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Norchard Beacon
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th Dec 2015
Norchard Beacon submitted by TheCaptain on 6th Dec 2015. Near to the Trig Point, one of the barrows is still to be seen.
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Normandy Down
Date Added: 11th Oct 2020
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: England (Isles of Scilly)
Visited: Yes on 8th Sep 1986
Normandy Down submitted by paulcall on 31st Oct 2006. A view of the delapidated easterly entrance grave looking north towards St Martin's. This grave gets trodden on a lot, as it is not normally covered in scrub like the other two. There are more stones to be seen here, but they are rather a jumble.
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Log Text: During a 2 week sailing trip with friends, I left the rest of the crew to sail L'Aurian from St Mary's all the way round the Western Rocks and in to New Grimsby harbour, Tresco for the night. I spent the day walking round the entire coast of St Mary's visiting many ancient sites, before catching a ferry over to Bryher in the evening and getting picked up by the crew.
Nornour
Date Added: 11th Oct 2020
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Isles of Scilly)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 8th Sep 1986
Nornour submitted by Thorgrim on 4th Nov 2003. The island of Nornour (SV 944147) is less than four acres in size and is joined to Great Ganilly at low tide. Yet the excavations of the early '70's revealed the remains of a major settlement which was occupied from the middle of the Bronze Age to the Romano-British Iron Age. Nornour clearly reveals the effects of rising sea levels, as this tiny scrap of land could never have supported such a thriving community. Many more houses are doubtless lost beneath the sea and right up until Tudor ...
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Log Text: During a 2 week sailing trip with friends, I left the rest of the crew to sail L'Aurian from St Mary's all the way round the Western Rocks and in to New Grimsby harbour, Tresco for the night. I spent the day walking round the entire coast of St Mary's visiting many ancient sites, before catching a ferry over to Bryher in the evening and getting picked up by the crew.
North Stoke Promontory Fort
Date Added: 11th Apr 2022
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
North Stoke Promontory Fort submitted by TheCaptain on 30th Jul 2015. Panorama from the north western slopes of the promontory fort. The fort itself on the top of the plateau behind. The scarp of the hill has been shaped.
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Log Text: Having a walk round Lansdown, passed through this hillfort. Didn't notice too much of the internal banks and ditches, but must have walked alongside them for a while! The hilltop edge is very steep, and the views to south and west are supreme. A lovely place to stand and stare!
North Stoke Promontory Fort
Date Added: 11th Apr 2022
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 10th Apr 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
North Stoke Promontory Fort submitted by Bladup on 10th Jan 2015. The bank and ditch at the eastern entrance of North Stoke Promontory Fort.
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Log Text: A walk round Lansdown battlefields and around the racecourse, making sure to check out the hillfort defences this time, which are more substantial than I remember. Lovely views to south and west, overlooking the Avon valley and watch the birds.
Norton Camp (Shropshire)
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Jan 2019
Norton Camp (Shropshire) submitted by TheCaptain on 5th Jan 2019. The large double ramparts of Norton Camp, northeastern section, November 2018
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Notgrove
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jan 2007
Notgrove submitted by thecaptain on 7th Jan 2007. The completely hopeless and uninformative sign at the site of Notgrove longbarrow. This site is a disgrace to English Heritage and Gloucester Council.
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Notre Dame-de-Lorette Alignements
Trip No.203 Entry No.586 Date Added: 8th Jun 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 26th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 5
Notre Dame-de-Lorette Alignements submitted by theCaptain on 5th Jul 2012. A noticeboard at the site
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Log Text: Just outside the Notre-Dame-de-Lorette chapel is what I have seen described in various sources as a cromlech, allée couverte, tumulus or long barrow. From my visit, I have to say it is difficult to say just what this is the remains of. There is a signpost which says that it is the remains of a neolithic long barrow.
Basically, just to the north of the chapel are two rows of stones, lined up at about 100°, which are 20 metres long and 10 metres apart. The two rows are of different stones, the northern row being being chunky blocks of grey quartz, while the southern row is tall slender pointy green dolerite. Around the western end are some more blocks which could be seen as making a horseshoe. So perhaps it is all of the above, the outer ring of stones around a barrow, from which the remains of any allée couverte have long since gone.
Whatever, it is all in a very pleasant position, high up on a hilltop with glimpses of splendid views between the trees. It's all very nicely tended green parkland with a few picnic tables. Obviously a special place for many thousands of years, with many different signs of human reverence.
Notre-Dame-de-Lorette spring
Trip No.203 Entry No.585 Date Added: 8th Jun 2020
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 26th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Notre-Dame-de-Lorette spring submitted by theCaptain on 6th Jul 2012. Just to the west of the little chapel at the top of the hill is a nice little spring with a full blown well house built on top of it. Water gushes up into a crystal clear pool, and there is even a tap with a local authority certificate of cleanliness. There is of course a cross and suchlike also.
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Log Text: Just to the west of the little chapel at the top of the hill is a nice little spring with a full blown well house built on top of it. Water gushes up into a crystal clear pool, and there is even a tap with a local authority certificate of cleanliness. There is of course a cross and suchlike also. The well is legendary for curing earache !
Nucleo Regional do Megalitismo
Date Added: 25th Oct 2019
Site Type: Museum
Country: Portugal (Évora)
Visited: Yes on 12th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Nucleo Regional do Megalitismo submitted by Alta-Falisa on 26th Mar 2017. Showcase : such decorative plaques have been found in abundance, to the point that nearly every museum in Alto Alentejo (and beyond) has at least one on display, generally in excellent state of préservation. Photo : March 2017.
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Log Text: A fairly new and interesting megalithic interpretation centre in the old railway station in the small town of Mora. The main room has a large wooden interpretation of the local landscape, with various chambers and areas within it containing various finds and information of neolithic life and the the local megaliths. I was particularly taken by the displays of the decorated neolithic plaques, many of which have been found with the local burials. The girl working at the centre was very friendly and helpful when we visited, helping me with suggestions of which local megalithic sites I should be visiting.
Nympsfield
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2021
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Sep 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Nympsfield submitted by AngieLake on 11th Oct 2015. A magical double rainbow (you can't see the upper arc here) over Nympsfield longbarrow, viewed from the rear of the mound. 22nd Sept.
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Log Text: Fabulous loop walk from Coaley Peak picnic area, starting with a look at Nympsfield long barrow, then down through and past the lakes of Woodchester Park, back up through the vineyards to Selsey Common, before turning back along the Cotswold Way through the lovely woodland on the edge of the hills.
Nympsfield
Date Added: 23rd Oct 2021
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Mar 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Nympsfield submitted by AngieLake on 11th Oct 2015. A magical double rainbow (you can't see the upper arc here) over Nympsfield longbarrow, viewed from the rear of the mound. 22nd Sept.
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Log Text: This Chambered long barrow with a pair of side chambers and an end chamber, is located in Coaley Peak picnic area, on the edge of the Cotswold Hills in Gloucestershire. Once covered by a mound 27m long by 18m wide and with a horned forecourt, it contained between 20 and 30 burials. These days it is an easy and pleasant place to visit, with plenty of parking, picnic areas etc nearby, and some splendid views from the edge of the Cotswold Hills over the Severn Valley below, and over to the Forest of Dean and the Welsh Hills.
Oddendale
Date Added: 17th Oct 2022
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Oddendale submitted by stu on 20th Jul 2002. 592129 NE Lakes Sheet.
Excellent double ringed circle, a must see.
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Log Text: I now walk south along the trackway past the rough limestone pavement before heading out southwesterly across the open land to find the Oddendale circles. Quite hard to see at first, then they come into view, the stones hiding amongst the long grass. Upon closer inspection it is a really fabulous site, a large outer ring of big boulders surrounding a smaller ring with possible remains of a cist at the centre. There are several outlying stones around the large circle, some possibly forming an avenue to the northeast. Its lovely here with huge views all around and nobody else within sight. I spent quite a bit of time up here before heading back to the car and onwards to Penrith.
Offa's Dyke at Tidenham Chase
Date Added: 9th Sep 2020
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Nov 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Offa's Dyke at Tidenham Chase submitted by TheCaptain on 7th Apr 2022. A walk up Offas Dyke from Chepstow to Brockweir, and not hammering down with rain this time, so I got a few snaps. The banks are not built as big as further north, but there is a lot of stone in the construction here, looking more like a wall in places.
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Log Text: Well preserved and significantly built section of Offa's Dyke high up on the eastern side of the River Wye at Tidenham Chase. The Offa's Dyke path is well used here, and in places offers splendid views over the river to Wales, with options to walk north to the well known "Devil's Pulpit" rock stack allowing intrepid visitors a superb vista of Tintern Abbey. South leads to the rocky cliffs above the River Wye at Wintour's Leap.
Offa's Dyke at Tidenham Chase
Date Added: 7th Apr 2022
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Apr 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Offa's Dyke at Tidenham Chase submitted by TheCaptain on 7th Apr 2022. A walk up Offas Dyke from Chepstow to Brockweir, and not hammering down with rain this time, so I got a few snaps. The banks are not built as big as further north, but there is a lot of stone in the construction here, looking more like a wall in places.
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Log Text: A walk up Offas Dyke from Chepstow to Brockweir, and not hammering down with rain this time, so I got a few snaps. The banks are not built as big as further north, but there is a lot of stone in the construction here, looking more like a wall in places.
Offa's Dyke near Brockweir
Date Added: 9th Sep 2020
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 27th May 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Offa's Dyke near Brockweir submitted by TheCaptain on 18th Apr 2020. Beware. There may be dragons and monsters
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Log Text: Well preserved and significantly built section of Offa's Dyke high up on the eastern side of the River Wye near the village of Brockweir. The Offa's Dyke path is well used here, and in places offers splendid views over the river to Wales, especially at the well known "Devil's Pulpit" rock stack allowing intrepid visitors a superb vista of Tintern Abbey.
Ogmore Cross Shaft
Date Added: 28th Oct 2019
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: Wales (South Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 10th Oct 2018
Ogmore Cross Shaft submitted by coin on 26th Apr 2015. An early 11th C. incomplete shaft of a cross-slab, with inscriptions on both faces (enclosed by triple-moulded borders) Supposedly, the inscription reads:
EST / QUOD.DED[IT] / ARTHMAIL /AGRUM DO / ET GLIGUIS. / ET NERTAT ET FILIE : SU[A]
The slab was discovered at the castle in 1929 and built into the base.
Source: GGAT
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Log Text: Day out exploring the south Wales coast. On the way back, stop off at Ogmore Castle, gleaming orange in the setting sun. Within the castle is mounted a stone which clearly has carvings on it, but in the dark shadow of the castle walls, it was impossible to make anything out clearly.
Old Bath Road Tumulus
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 1998
Old Bath Road Tumulus submitted by vieveforward on 23rd Mar 2017. Bronze Age round barrow with WW2 gun emplacement inserted into it. One of the brick entrances can be seen from this side. Visited in December 2014.
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Log Text: Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue
Old Castle Camp
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jun 2015
Old Castle Camp submitted by TheCaptain on 28th Jun 2015. Looking along the banks at the northern side, with the magnificent view of Rhossili Bay beyond.
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Old Sodbury
Date Added: 9th Sep 2020
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Old Sodbury submitted by TheCaptain on 4th Aug 2020. View east between the fortifications from the outer bank of Old Sodbury Camp
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Log Text: Friday afternoon 10k walk, north from Old Sodbury along the Cotswold Edge through two ancient forts, past three old churches and lots of big houses to Horton Court. Back over fields through Little Sodbury. Stopped for a pint at the Dog afterwards.