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Fairy Toot
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 11th Apr 2004
Fairy Toot submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Apr 2004. Fairy Toot Long Barrow, Nempnett Thrubwell, North Somerset, ST521618.
The sad remains of the Fairy Toot long barrow, looking northwest from midway along the eastern side. Remains of a sheepshed can be seen, built right in the middle of this once great barrow. Most of the rest of the mound has been cleared.
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Etiau standing stones
Trip No.204 Entry No.87 Date Added: 16th Jul 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jul 2005. My rating: Access 5
Etiau standing stones submitted by irundarra on 4th Jul 2012. Site in Coutures (Maine et Loire)
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Log Text: Several standing stones to the north of Etiau Dolmen at the road junction.
Etiau Dolmen
Trip No.204 Entry No.86 Date Added: 16th Jul 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jul 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Etiau dolmen submitted by ocdolmen on 8th Sep 2009. Etiau dolmen in Maine & Loire
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Log Text: In an area to the west of the hamlet, in an area rich in natural rock outcrops, can be found this strange little dolmen. It would appear that a large capstone has been positioned over a natural chamber, which is about 4 metres by 2 metres, this being a sort of split in the rocks. But there is more to it than that, as an entranceway has also been constructed, using two slabs set on their sides, and a backstone nicely in place also. Within the chamber, and on other stones in the vicinity, are lots of marks and grooves, which look like they have been used for polishing blades etc, although it is possible that they are just natural.
Estivaux Dolmen
Trip No.205 Entry No.25 Date Added: 19th Oct 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Limousin:Corrèze (19))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Estivaux dolmen submitted by thecaptain on 13th Feb 2006. To the east of the village of Estivaux, this dolmen can be found in a field near to the sports stadium and a new housing development, just about 50 metres from the road.
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Log Text: To the east of the village of Estivaux, this dolmen can be found in a field near to the sports stadium and a new housing development, just about 50 metres from the road. Its an odd little affair, and almost looks modern. The oval capstone, 3.5 m by 2.5 m sits on top of 4 support stones making a small chamber 2 metres by 1 metre inside, and about 1.5 metres in height. The support stones look to me to be quite new, perhaps an enthusiastic restoration job has been done, and it is all a bit too level. Unfortunately two of the support stones have been painted blue, and the ambience of the place is spoiled by the power cables directly overhead.
Estaque tumulus
Trip No.205 Entry No.47 Date Added: 21st Oct 2020
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: France (Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65))
Visited: Saw from a distance on 5th Sep 2005
Log Text: To the west of the village of La Barthe-sur-Neste, and northeast of the row of tumuli along the ridgetop road, can be found the remains of the Estaque tumulus. This is a very large mound, now contained beyond the confines of a rubbish facility, and not easy to access, although it can just about be seen from the road.
Estaque d'Avezac cinq tumuli
Trip No.205 Entry No.48 Date Added: 21st Oct 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65))
Visited: Yes on 5th Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Estaque d'Avezac cinq tumuli submitted by TheCaptain on 21st Jul 2010. To the west of the village of La Barthe-sur-Neste, along the hilltop is a row of tumulus mounds. Most are now obvious only because of the ferns and stuff left growing on them.
The row extends for about 1 kilometre, and there were probably once many more mounds to be found here, now mostly ploughed out or destroyed by the road.
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Log Text: To the west of the village of La Barthe-sur-Neste, and southeast of Capvern, along the hilltop beside the D.938 road, is a row of tumulus mounds. Most are now obvious only because of the ferns and stuff left growing on them, but the northwestern end tumulus is very well formed, 12 metres in diameter, 2 metres high and with a large cross on top. The row extends for about 1 kilometre, and there were probably once many more mounds to be found here, now mostly ploughed out or destroyed by the road.
Essich Moor
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jun 2018
Essich Moor submitted by TheCaptain on 18th Jun 2018. From the Prehistoric Explorers Club Facebook page today.
If anyone has any information on who is behind this please report!
This is from the NOSAS Facebook page: "We were very sorry to learn today that one of the cists at Carn Glas long cairn, Achvraid, Essich, south of Inverness has been deliberately damaged. Apparently turf has been cut and and stones have been removed to create a makeshift structure. This is a scheduled monument and the police, HES and Highland Council are aware....
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Esperance Stonehenge
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Australia
Visited: Yes on 26th Jan 2013
Esperance Stonehenge submitted by theCaptain on 26th Jan 2013. The relatively new Stonehenge copy at Esperance in Western Austraia - photo from my long lost / recently found relative Rachael.
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Erw Wen
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jan 2018
Erw Wen submitted by TheCaptain on 23rd Jan 2018. High on the slopes of Moel Goedog, in the hills above Harlech, is a collection of ancient walls and boundaries, with a large circular flattened area within which is a perfect circular homestead.
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Erme Pound
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Aug 2008
Erme Pound submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Aug 2008. The faint remains of one of the hut circles within the Erme Pound settlement.
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Er-Grah tumulus
Trip No.203 Entry No.349 Date Added: 10th May 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 11th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Er-Grah tumulus submitted by JJ on 8th Oct 2003. Er Grah tumulus, Grand Menhir Brisé, and La Table des Marchands, Locmariaquer.
Aerial photo copyright JJ Evendon
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Log Text: Much has been written about this place by others already, and I wont spend valuable daylight by sitting and writing anymore for myself, except to say that it is all very different to what it was in 1987, and that the current thinking is that the Grand Menhir was once just one of 19 stood up in a row, and was toppled deliberately after only a couple of hundred years. The other menhirs were broken and used for other purposes.
Er Run Dolmen
Trip No.203 Entry No.438 Date Added: 23rd May 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 4
Er Run dolmen submitted by theCaptain on 21st Jan 2015. This is a sad looking little dolmen in a field of sweetcorn, looking fallen and getting overgrown and unloved.
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Log Text: This is a sad looking little dolmen in a field of sweetcorn, looking fallen and getting overgrown and unloved. It is in a hamlet plagued by mad dogs chasing after me, barking and growling continuously. There is a second dolmen here, even more hidden in the undergrowth.
Er Lannic
Trip No.203 Entry No.331 Date Added: 4th May 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Saw from a distance on 10th Jun 2005
Er Lannic submitted by 43559959 on 15th May 2014. Er Lannic and it's birds.
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Log Text: I took a walk out to the Pointe de Penbert, from where the entrance to the Golfe de Morbihan can clearly be seen, and all the many islands within the gulf. It is a smashing day with a good breeze, and lots and lots of sailing boats are out having fun. There's a cracking tacking duel going on between two large single handed craft as I was writing. It all looks lots and lots of fun. Just offshore can be seen the islet of Er Lannic, with its double cromlech. Many of the stones stand proud of the island, and indeed the sea, where these half submerged circles are situated, and can clearly be seen from here.
Emblance Down stone row
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Mar 2005
Emblance Down stone row submitted by TheCaptain on 23rd Mar 2005. Sunday I had a day walking on northwestern Bodmin moor, and visited about a dozen prehistoric sites. While on King Arthur’s Downs, I wondered whether I had found a possible stone row, at SX137775. Unusual for round here I agree, but it wouldnt be too dissimilar to the Nine Maidens row at St Breock.
Walk eastwards from the two circles along the edge of the southern wall, and after a couple of hundred yards can be seen a large pointed stone flat to the ground. This stone is about three and a ...
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Eastwood Fort, Portishead
Date Added: 6th Nov 2023
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Eastwood Fort, Portishead submitted by TheCaptain on 6th Mar 2016. The western end of Eastwood Hill and fort, as seen from Battery Point.
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Log Text: Ancient woodland covered limestone hill, now a nature reserve, to the north of Portishead, beside the shipping channel into Portbury and Avonmouth docks, and the river Avon up to Bristol. As such has been an important strategic place since history began. There's a lot of history to the area - the remains of an Iron Age fort can be seen above the path on the north side of the Wood. The Romans also arrived at some point. World War 2 gun emplacements were sited at Battery Point and a military presence has been here as far back as the Civil War when a fort on the site was stormed by parlimentarians.
Easton Down Long Barrow
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 1998
Easton Down Long Barrow submitted by dooclay on 28th Aug 2022. Longbarrow from the SE
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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
Easter Aquhorthies
Date Added: 18th Jul 2022
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 10th Oct 2016. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Easter Aquhorthies submitted by TheCaptain on 31st Jul 2017. The beautiful stone circle, almost complete, is contained within a little circular walled enclosure, a bit like Boscawen-un, which has probably helped the survival of this sublime place.
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Log Text: A couple of miles to the west of Inverurie, in some very rural farmland, is the Easter Aquhorthies stone circle. There is a little parking area from which it is a few hundred metres walk aup the lane to the circle. While I was visiting, the local farmer was out with the BT men having his line fixed or adjusted so that he can get a proper broadband connection, if only I could get such a service. The beautiful stone circle, almost complete, is contained within a little circular walled enclosure, a bit like Boscawen-un, which although it has probably helped the survival of this sublime place, makes photography difficult. Unlike many of the others I have seen today, this one is well cared for by the Scottish authorities, and all looking very tidy. Beautiful.
East Pinford 2
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 3rd May 2008
East Pinford 2 submitted by thecaptain on 3rd May 2008. Said to be a six stone rectangle similar to East Pinford 1, with only one stone still standing.
I certainly found a stone standing at the grid ref noted here, about 0.3 metres high.
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East Pinford (NW)
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2017
East Pinford (NW) submitted by TheCaptain on 15th Jun 2017. This stone setting in the wilds of Exmoor is a lovely 6 stone rectangle, or two rows of three stones arranged like the dots on a domino. A proper Exmoor 6 Pack.
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East Moor stone row
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 25th May 2010
East Moor stone row submitted by TheCaptain on 25th May 2010. I went for a long walk on East Moor (Bodmin Moor) on Sunday 23 May, with the intention of visiting and photographing several of the ancient sites on the moor, with the East Moor stone row perhaps the No 1 target.
I also took my new GPS with me - more accurate and user friendly than my old one, so I took this chance to test it out. Here is a plot of my meanderings, many of the sites showing well as I wander about them taking pictures.
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