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Seven Stones Of Hordron
Trip No.225 Entry No.138 Date Added: 28th Oct 2026
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Seven Stones Of Hordron submitted by chester1960 on 29th Jan 2012. A view of the Seven Stones of Hordron circle, looking west. Taken on 28 january 2012.
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Log Text: There is still plenty of time left in the day, and I am feeling OK, so I head off through Bamford and over to the Ladybower reservoir where I park up near Cutthroat Bridge. On the map it looks like an easy walk out to the Seven Stones of Hordron, but it turns out that there are big fences stopping me getting up onto the moor, so its a long walk down and then south along a trackway, then up onto the moor and turn back north to the lovely stone circle, probably my favourite of this weeks 10 visited. Returning I don’t want to do all that walk again, so decide to walk back the northeastern way, but once again am thwarted from getting down off the moor and back to the car directly, so its another long walk northwards across the moor before I can climb a gate to get off the moor. Its now a longish walk along the side of the A57 back to the car, with heavy traffic making it very unpleasant. Once back to the car I have time to stop for a pint at the Yorkshire Bridge Inn before heading back to Bakewell. It really is a lovely circle, and I am very glad I made the effort, even having to do three times the distance walking and I don’t mind.
Mam Tor
Trip No.225 Entry No.137 Date Added: 27th Oct 2026
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Mam Tor submitted by h_fenton on 27th Sep 2010. An almost horizontal kite aerial photograph of Mam Tor viewed from roughly north.
9 September 2010 @ 5.42pm
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Log Text: Its tuning into a nice afternoon as I get to the top of Mam Tor, and which didn't seem as long and hard slog to the top as I was expecting. The views all around are excellent, and most of the iron age defences clear to see.
Mam Tor Barrow
Trip No.225 Entry No.136 Date Added: 27th Oct 2026
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Mam Tor Barrow submitted by TheCaptain on 1st Oct 2025. Approaching the top of Mam Tor from the southwest, and the flagstoned path takes me through the hillfort ramparts, and there on the left is a high fenced off area. This is the barrow, which is currently fenced off for protection. It doesn't look much from below, but looks much batter from above.
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Log Text: Approaching the top of Mam Tor from the southwest, and the flagstoned path takes me through the hillfort ramparts, and there on the left is a high fenced off area. This is the barrow, which is currently fenced off for protection. It doesn't look much from below, but looks much batter from above. Looking in detail at the OS map, the second barrow on Mam Tor is shown at the actual summit, with its regular stream of visitors. It has been covered in cobble stones for protection with some interesting little plaques incorporated.
Castleton Museum
Trip No.225 Entry No.135 Date Added: 27th Oct 2026
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 2025. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Castleton Museum submitted by TheCaptain on 30th Sep 2025. Castleton National Park centre has an Iron Age stone head in a display case, which was found somewhere in the vicinity.
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Log Text: Forecast for today is the best day of the week, so I have saved it for the Castleton and Mam Tor loop. I park at the National Park centre and have a quick look around at its exhibitions, which are very interesting. They have an Iron Age stone head in a display case, which was found somewhere in the vicinity.
Flimston Bay Camp
Trip No.226 Entry No.103 Date Added: 26th Oct 2026
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Sep 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Flimston Bay Camp submitted by h_fenton on 13th Nov 2009. A view of Flimston Castle promontary fort showing the ramparts, the red/orange area is the low evening sun on the rockface.
5 October 2009
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Log Text: I had checked the Government range notices online which told me that the road out to the Green Bridge across the Castlemartin artillery range would be closed, but going back the scenic way I could have a look to see for myself if its been opened for the weekend a bit early. Yes, it has, so I can drive down to the car park near the cliffs. There are some huge parasol mushrooms out here, up to about a foot across!. The Green Bridge and the Elegug stacks are amazing with completely vertical cliffs, which gives me some serious vertigo issues. Wander east around various coves and stacks to Flimston Bay Camp, an old cliff fort before returning.
The Devil's Quoit
Trip No.226 Entry No.102 Date Added: 26th Oct 2026
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Sep 2026
The Devil's Quoit submitted by Adam Stanford on 16th Nov 2006. Devils Quoit (PEM 25) also known as Broomhill Barrows near Freshwater West. I would suggest this is a collapsed burial chamber rather than earthfast (as stated by Nash 2006, Daniel 1950 and others). I say this because of what looks like a large collapsed orthostat that is now visible and that the capstone rests on. The monument consists of five visible stones. 1 capstone, 2 orthosatats, 1 collapsed or horizontal stone and another vertical stone resting on the eastern side of the capstone. I woul...
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Log Text: Drive out to the Angle peninsula for an exploration, which I start by driving around Rhoscrowther oil terminal and what’s left of the old village. On my continuation to Angle, I stop for a look at the Devil's Quoit, but it all looks a bit fenced in, so did not proceed to make a full visit, having been there on previous occasions.
The Devil's Quoit
Trip No.115 Entry No.103 Date Added: 26th Oct 2026
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 8th Oct 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
The Devil's Quoit submitted by Adam Stanford on 16th Nov 2006. Devils Quoit (PEM 25) also known as Broomhill Barrows near Freshwater West. I would suggest this is a collapsed burial chamber rather than earthfast (as stated by Nash 2006, Daniel 1950 and others). I say this because of what looks like a large collapsed orthostat that is now visible and that the capstone rests on. The monument consists of five visible stones. 1 capstone, 2 orthosatats, 1 collapsed or horizontal stone and another vertical stone resting on the eastern side of the capstone. I woul...
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Log Text: Stop for a look at this on the way out to Angle. Couldn't quite get to the stones in their fenced off area with cattle.
Carreg Coetan Arthur
Trip No.226 Entry No.100 Date Added: 25th Oct 2026
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 9th Sep 2026. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Carreg Coetan Arthur submitted by PaulM on 24th Aug 2001. CARREG COETAN ARTHUR TRIPOD DOLMEN
NGR: SN06093930 (Landranger map 145/Outdoor Leisure North Pembrokeshire map (No 35))
Located close to the centre of Newport in Pembrokeshire with public access. Although called a tripod dolmen four uprights exist - only two of which support the capstone (which is said to replicate the summit of Carn Ingli to the south).
Excavations have revealed cremated bone, Beaker and Grooved ware sherds.
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Log Text: Newport is very busy as I get here, something to do with an eisteddfod, and I need to turn round to find Carreg Coetan Arthur. I almost give up, but then see a sign and make my way to it. Some lovely stones, unfortunately now all in the shade. It's all a bit sanitised, but well looked after, and at least its still here in its little plot and not been turned into another of the homes.
Castell Henllys
Trip No.226 Entry No.99 Date Added: 25th Oct 2026
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 9th Sep 2026
Castell Henllys submitted by vicky on 7th Jun 2002. Iron Age roundhouses reconstructed in their original position at the hillfort of Castell Henllys in Pembrokeshire.
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Log Text: Driving from Crymych towards Newport, I catch glimpses of Castell Henllys fort and village.
Mountain Burial Chamber
Trip No.226 Entry No.98 Date Added: 24th Oct 2026
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 9th Sep 2026
Mountain Burial Chamber submitted by PaulM on 24th Aug 2001. MOUNTAIN PORTAL DOLMEN
NGR: SN16573286 (Landranger map 145/Outdoor Leisure North Pembrokeshire map (No 35))
Located near the village of Mynachlog-ddu 5km south west Crymych. The burial chamber is visible from the road opposite Blaen Llethr farm.
Consists of a capstone and five collapsed uprights and now incorporated in to a field boundary. May once have been covered by a round mound.
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Log Text: Eventually I get back to the car feeling knackered and unfortunately forget to check out Mountain Burial Chamber before heading off to Newport, the road over the top and a pint in the Tafarn Sinc.
Carn Ferched Standing Stones
Trip No.226 Entry No.97 Date Added: 24th Oct 2026
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 9th Sep 2026. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Carn Ferched Standing Stones submitted by Hurricane_Luis on 23rd Mar 2013. Carn Ferched Standing Stones, Preseli Hills, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
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Log Text: Heading back east towards the car, with splendid views now of Foel Drygarn, I have another quick look for any stones forming the Carn Ferched Cairn; no, nothing. A bit further on there are two stones sticking up above the moorland which are on the Portal as Carn Ferched Standing Stones. They are something but I am not convinced.
The Golden Road
Trip No.226 Entry No.96 Date Added: 23rd Oct 2026
Site Type: Ancient Trackway
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 9th Sep 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
The Golden Road submitted by TheCaptain on 23rd Oct 2026. Walking east back from Bedd Arthur towards Foel Drygarn and Carn Meini right.
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Log Text: The Golden Road is an ancient, 5000-year-old Neolithic ridgeway path running along the spine of the Preseli Hills in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Heading back from Bedd Arthur I just stay on the main trackway, not detouring to do any more exploration of old rocks, but do have an interesting chat to a local up here walking his dog, who says I have been really lucky with the weather as these hills attract their own weather system.
Carn Bica
Trip No.226 Entry No.95 Date Added: 23rd Oct 2026
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 9th Sep 2026. My rating: Access 2
Carn Bica submitted by sem on 17th Oct 2010. The cairn is built around a natural rock outcrop. On the N side are 3 hollows (2 shown in pic). These are not mentioned in Coflein and could be either cysts or recent disturbance.
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Log Text: Tiring by the time I got to Bedd Arthur, for some reason I do not make the small extra effort to get to the top of Carn Bica - the original planned turning point of my walk. Doh!
Bedd Arthur
Trip No.226 Entry No.94 Date Added: 22nd Oct 2026
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 9th Sep 2026. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 2
Bedd Arthur submitted by TheCaptain on 21st Oct 2026. The light up here has become magnificent now with long clear views. This is a stitched panorama viewed looking south and east, Carn Menyn at the left, Foel Dyrch central and the slopes up to Carn Sian on the right.
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Log Text: After a look at the chambered cairn, I head north up to the trackway and then west along the ridge towards Carn Bica until I reach the magnificently situated Bedd Arthur, a sort of open oval stone circle. The light up here is magnificent now with long views. Feeling tired, and for some reason I do not make the effort to get to the top of Carn Bica - the original planned turning point of my walk. Doh! Heading back I just stay on the main trackway, not detouring to do any more exploration of old rocks, but do have an interesting chat to a local up here walking his dog, who says I have been really lucky with the weather as these hills attract their own weather system.
Carn Menyn Cairn
Trip No.226 Entry No.93 Date Added: 20th Oct 2026
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 9th Sep 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Carn Menyn Cairn submitted by Megawoogi on 4th Nov 2005. Image & text by Megawoogi; see main entry for more details - click on blue highlighted text to the top left of the picture for more information. Photo editing and submission by Shropshire Traveller.
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Log Text: Before heading on northwards back to the ridge-top trackway, I drop down through the rough grass towards the valley with a stream of stones down through the middle to visit this cairn which was quite clear to see now the weather has brightened. It is a large circle of stony cairn material on a surprisingly steep slope. In the centre there is a large stone, almost certainly once a capstone to a burial chamber within the cairn, and possible vague remains of a passage leading to it.
Carn Menyn Marker
Trip No.226 Entry No.91 Date Added: 18th Oct 2026
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 9th Sep 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Carn Menyn Marker submitted by sem on 23rd Jan 2011. View Looking approx NE
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Log Text: Further west, amongst the protruding outcrops, there is what seems to be a standing stone, which clearly looks to be shaped and positioned by non natural forces.
Carn Menyn table
Trip No.226 Entry No.90 Date Added: 18th Oct 2026
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 9th Sep 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Carn Menyn table submitted by TheCaptain on 18th Oct 2026. At the top of Carn Menyn, on a central area between the various eastern outcrops, there is a table like structure at one point, clearly man made with a flat stone raised up onto supports.
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Log Text: At the top of Carn Menyn, on a central area between the various eastern outcrops, there is a table like structure at one point, clearly man made with a flat stone raised up onto supports. Is it a stone workbench for working the bluestone? Is it ancient or more modern? Could it perhaps be the remains of a burial chamber of some sort? Intriguing.
Carn Meini
Trip No.226 Entry No.89 Date Added: 18th Oct 2026
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 9th Sep 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Carn Meini submitted by MikeMaddams on 15th Jan 2023. One of the most enigmatic sites I’ve ever visited. Heavy cloud until we touched the first stones at the summit, then we were blessed with the most stunning sunshine and the colours around us lit up. Beautiful place.
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Log Text: I then head up past an intriguing stony structure built into one of the spectacular outcrops where there is a sheepfold marked on the map, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was an ancient cairn built onto the outcrop. Thence up to Carn Menyn and having a good look around all these wonderful rocky outcrops, with a table like structure at one point, clearly man made with a flat stone raised up onto supports. Thankfully the weather is now clearing and presenting a nice blue sky.
Carn Ferched Cairn
Trip No.226 Entry No.88 Date Added: 15th Oct 2026
Site Type: Round Cairn
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 9th Sep 2026. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Carn Ferched Cairn submitted by Bladup on 4th Aug 2026. Carn Ferched Cairn, Showing the "large central hollow, probably the result of unrecorded antiquarian investigation" on top of the cairn
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Log Text: Heading southwest from the top of Foel Drygarn passing through a scrubby moorland area I spent some time searching for Carn Ferched Cairn. Having seen pictures on the portal with significant looking stones, I assumed it would be easy and so I made sure I hunted this cairn down. Using my gps I found a circular cairn with a depression in the middle, hiding in the heather right at the place on the detailed OS map, but saw no stones associated with it. I had another lookout on the way back, but again saw nothing that looked like the pictures presented.
Foel Drygarn Fort
Trip No.226 Entry No.87 Date Added: 15th Oct 2026
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 9th Sep 2026. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Foel Drygarn Fort submitted by Horatio on 11th Jun 2023. Well, this is my 'go to place' and knew I'd grab this shot very quickly after purchasing a drone, I just had to wait for the ideal conditions to really show off that pock-marked interior that are levelled house platforms where houses once stood, in total there are 227 with a further 42 'uncertain' that would bring the total to an amazing 269 house sites, obviously not all inhabited at the same time but is a testament to the importance of this large, imposing and important fort in during the iron...
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Log Text: My day to the Preseli hills, and despite the weather forecast being for a dry and sunny day, the hills have made their own weather system. From the little layby, I headed directly up Foel Drygarn. As I was heading up to the top of Foel Drygarn from the east I passed through some of the fortifications, and some obvious cairn type structures built onto the natural outcrops. Heading down from the hill towards the west, the man made fortifications and ramparts were much more significant and interesting on the northern and western sides, the southern side being mainly a steep side of natural rock outcrops. I didn't spend much time exploring these as I have started my walk up here and along the ridge far too late in the day, and I need to get on !