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Bonarme polissoirs
Trip No.203 Entry No.97 Date Added: 6th Apr 2020
Site Type: Polissoir
Country: France (Aquitaine:Dordogne (24))
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Bonarme polissoirs submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Jan 2011. There's a little signpost telling about the stones which reckons that the sort of polished axes found around here would have taken about 70 hours each to have polished properly into shape. Too much like hard work !
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Log Text: Further into the forest from the Bonarme dolmen are two polissoir stones dated to about 3000 BC which can also be found by following the marked and signposted forest walk for a kilometre or so. It’s a nice little spot on a hillside with an ancient spring below and some hut circles above. While I was there it was very humid and buzzing with insects.
One of the two stones has about 6 grooves in it with a natural basin for holding water a necessity for the polishing action. The other stone is superb and has about 10 grooves and flat polishing areas on it all of different sizes and in different parts of the stone almost a complete toolkit. Unfortunately the end of the stone has been broken off which may have had more grooves. I was not the first person here to rub a bit of stone up and down in the grooves as some are still well polished.
Its quite moving sitting rubbing a stone up and down in a groove thinking people were doing exactly this thousands of years ago. There's a little signpost telling about the stones which reckons that the sort of polished axes found around here would have taken about 70 hours each to have polished properly into shape. Too much like hard work !
Bonneval dolmen
Trip No.204 Entry No.272 Date Added: 11th Sep 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28))
Visited: Couldn't find on 8th Aug 2005
Log Text: I could find nothing of this, despite having a good look all around. There are likely remains of a round mound in the fields here though.
Bons Tassilly polissoirs
Trip No.202 Entry No.14 Date Added: 26th Mar 2020
Site Type: Polissoir
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 23rd Apr 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Bons Tassilly polissoirs submitted by TheCaptain on 6th May 2005. Mont Joly polissoirs, Bons Tassilly, Calvados.
The first of two polissoirs beside the river which forms the gorge surrounding the Mont Joly promontory site.
On the top surface of this stone are two large polished bowl areas, and three grooves, made by polishing the hard stone into tools.
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Log Text: Two polissoirs can be found beside the river which forms the gorge surrounding the Mont Joly promontory site. Follow signs to the Brèche de Diable park the car and then walk along the footpath which follows the river up this splendid rocky gorge. After several hundred metres the path diverges from the river and starts uphill to the left when you come to a fenced area. At this point go down towards the stream and the two polissoir stones can be found one on each side of the river.
The first one on the near side of the river is a block of hard stone sticking out of the hillside about 2 metres long and a metre wide. On the top surface of this stone are two large polished bowl areas and three grooves made by polishing the hard stone into tools. It is wonderful to sit down on one of the ends of this stone and imagine polishing away to make an axe or similar. In fact I was very tempted to just sit there and make one !
The polissoir on the far side of the stream has now been fenced off within private ground and cannot be reached although can clearly be seen.
Boot cairn circle
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 2017
Boot cairn circle submitted by TheCaptain on 4th Oct 2017. Small circle of stones, probably the remaining kerb circle from a cairn, near the remains of several peat cutters huts just to the right of the path up from Boot to Brat's Hill.
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Borderie Dolmen
Trip No.204 Entry No.164 Date Added: 20th Aug 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Limousin:Haute-Vienne (87))
Visited: Yes on 21st Jul 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Borderie dolmen submitted by TheCaptain on 24th Jul 2013. This is a very pleasant and nice looking dolmen on first sight, standing almost 2 metres tall. But closer inspection leaves me wondering about its authenticity. Firstly there is a fence built right through it, and secondly the entrance, with a fallen stone, is to the west.
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Log Text: A couple of kilometres west of Berneuil, along the D.83, turn right at the crossroads besides the La Lue dolmen. After a couple of hundred metres there is a trackway to the right, and signposted "dolmen", and then walk along there for another couple of hundred metres.
This is a very pleasant and nice looking dolmen on first sight, standing almost 2 metres tall. But closer inspection leaves me wondering about its authenticity. Firstly there is a fence built right through it, and secondly the entrance, with a fallen stone, is to the west. Inspection of the support stones shows many of them to have been broken and cemented back together from fragments. It is obviously a reconstruction of some sort, but how accurate I would not like to say. However, the chamber is about 3.5 m by 2.5 m with a nice capstone sitting proudly on top at head height.
Borie de Colombier 1
Trip No.203 Entry No.159 Date Added: 16th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Midi:Aveyron (12))
Visited: Couldn't find on 26th May 2005
Log Text: Marked on the ign 1:100000 map with a pink square and right beside a good road with brand new roadsigns pointing to dolmens, I thought I couldn’t miss these dolmens. Again i walked for miles in all directions, but could I find anything ? Nothing. I am starting to get fed up with this. So I drove away from the area, going through Rodez to try and find the museum, which was very busy with nowhere to park, so I will come back later.
Boscawen Un
Date Added: 7th Aug 2022
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jul 2003
Boscawen un submitted by thecaptain on 30th Jan 2004. Boscawen un circle, Penwith, Cornwall in July 2003. I just love the place. Interested to see Ocifants picture from march with the circle cleared, I thought I'd send this picture showing how rapidly it had overgrown again.
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Log Text: Visited during a day in Penzance before catching a train to Plymouth for a sailing trip to the Scilly Isles
Boscawen Un
Date Added: 7th Aug 2022
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 28th Sep 2008. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 3
Boscawen Un submitted by BazCross on 30th Mar 2012. Boscawen Un photographed March 2012.
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Log Text: The easiest way to find this circle is to park in a small pull in beside the A30 just to the east of the stream crossing at Lower Leha farm, at SW410277. There is now a marked path running south from here, looked after by CASPN, as is the circle itself. Unlike when I last visited, the paths and circles were nicely cleared of gorse and bracken, and it was a pleasure to walk to it, unlike the fight through jungle I had a few years ago. The circle itself lies within a circular enclosure which has been built around it at some time in the past, no doubt to protect it from the farming, or to keep it special. What a wonderful circle this is, now looking beautiful in the morning sunlight, all cleared of the overgrowth. Nineteen stones, averaging just over a metre in height, make up a slightly squashed circle with diameter between 22 and 24 metres. There is an “entrance” gap at the west of the circle, and this space is too small for there to be a missing stone here. Near the centre of the circle is the beautifully leaning gnomon stone, about 2.5 metres in length, and leaning towards the northeast. This stone has obviously been shaped, and appears to have been deliberately set at this leaning angle. All except one of the stones of the circle are a pale granite, which sparkles in this low sunshine. There is however, one stone which is a large block of white quartz, which is positioned at the southwest of the circle. At the northeast of the circle are several other slabs of granite, which are thought to be the remains of a burial cist. It is thought that this circle was in full use right up until the Dark Ages, with references to it in ancient Welsh literature. It is beautiful. I love it here. And such a big improvement over the disappointment of my last visit when it was so overgrown. This really is a special place.
Boscawen Un
Date Added: 7th Aug 2022
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 27th Sep 2012. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Boscawen Un submitted by BazCross on 30th Mar 2012. Boscawen Un photographed March 2012.
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Log Text: Took Dad here, and made sure he knew it is one of my favourite places. Dad thought it was great too. Low sun, shining on the stones, sparkling on the quartz, just terriffic. I love it here. So beautiful and quiet and calm. Just perfect.
Boscawen Un
Date Added: 7th Aug 2022
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Boscawen Un submitted by BazCross on 30th Mar 2012. Boscawen Un photographed March 2012.
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Log Text: Go to Boscawen-Un stone circle to eat my crab sandwich. It is looking really magnificent in the sun, with all the wildflowers and I have it all to myself. Walking back to the car later there was a minibus full of people coming to visit, so that was timed just right.
Boskednan Menhir 1
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 14th Oct 2014
Boskednan Menhir 1 submitted by theCaptain on 14th Oct 2014. From my dim memories, I thought that the menhir was somewhere between the stone circle and the cairns along the path towards Men-an-Tol.
On the way back I notice indeed there is a stump and perhaps a fallen stone right on the pathway where I was expecting it, is it remains of a pair?
Pipers perhaps?
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Boskednan stone circle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 24th Feb 2004
Boskednan stone circle submitted by TheCaptain on 24th Feb 2004. Boskednan stone circle.
Standing high on the moors above the Men-An Tol
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Boskenna Cross
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 27th Nov 2004
Boskenna Cross submitted by thecaptain on 27th Nov 2004. Close up of the front face of the Boskenna Cross as promised.
Unfortunately it isnt as clear as I would like it to be, but still shows the wonderful charm of the carving I think.
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Bosporthennis Quoit
Date Added: 30th Apr 2022
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Would like to visit
Bosporthennis Quoit submitted by ocifant on 13th Mar 2004. Bosporthennis (pronounced Bosprennis) Quoit
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Boswarthen Cross
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 19th Dec 2012
Boswarthen Cross submitted by theCaptain on 19th Dec 2012. A very nice wheel head cross.
The southeastern face has an equal armed cross with widening ends, while the lower part of the cross extends down the shaft.
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Botlann Dolmen
Trip No.203 Entry No.437 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 3 Ambience 2 Access 5
Botlann dolmen submitted by theCaptain on 21st Jan 2015. This small dolmen can be found around the back of some new houses at the east of the village of Erdeven
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Log Text: This small dolmen can be found around the back of some new houses at the east of the village of Erdeven, on the road to Ploemel. A 3 metre by 2 metre capstone rests on three supports, with remains of a chamber 2 metres in width. All other remains have gone, but it stands here proudly for the moment, although I suspect that the capstone willl break before too long, looking at the cracks in it.
Bougon Tumulus
Trip No.204 Entry No.134 Date Added: 15th Aug 2020
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: France (Poitou:Deux-Sèvres (79))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Bougon Tumulus submitted by TheCaptain on 15th Oct 2018. Overview of the magnificent Bougon site.
The necropolis plan From the catalogue of the archaeological site of the Musée des Tumulus de Bougon
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Log Text: A magnificent site not far from the town of St-Maixent-l'Ecole, and signposted for miles around. It was about €4 to get in (2005), and this includes everything. I spent more than three hours here, and went back the next day for more, as it had shut before I had finished seeing everything I wanted to, so it was good value. The raison d'etre for this site are the six ancient constructions of the necropolis, of which there are basically 5 tumulus mounds, all of different types, and all close together, which can be visited on a meandering walk around the grounds. With lots of parking and disabled access, there is also a museum built within the archaeological remains of an ancient priory, which is a great place to visit. The displays within the museum concentrate on the late stone age, when man settled down from nomadic hunter-gatherer to become builder and farmer, and all the associated crafts. There are the usual maps and collection of tools, but there is also an interesting display of ancient megalithic art, showing some lovely copies of engraved stones, which culminates in a full size reconstruction of the Gavrinis internal chamber. Outside there are displays of dolmen building, a 40 metre long longhouse based on archaeological finds, Souray sheep, ancient plants..... Everything. This is the best museum of ancient stuff I have been to. This is a must visit place.
Bougon Tumulus A
Trip No.204 Entry No.135 Date Added: 15th Aug 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Poitou:Deux-Sèvres (79))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Bougon Tumulus A submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Aug 2010. Approaching Tumulus A along the path from the southwest
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Log Text: Bougon Tumulus A is a large round mound with a single dolmenic chamber within it. It's a massive dolmen, with a capstone estimated to weigh 90 tonnes on top of a 5 metre by 5 metre chamber 2.5 metres high. It is incredible. It is a pity the french graffitti disease has got here and people are carving onto the stones. Apparently Tony Blair was here in 2002, and has carved his name to prove it... Its also a pity, but the flash and exposure on my camera seems to be playing up.
Bougon Tumulus B
Trip No.204 Entry No.136 Date Added: 15th Aug 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Poitou:Deux-Sèvres (79))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Bougon Tumulus B submitted by TheCaptain on 30th Aug 2010. Bougon Tumulus B with its two chambers, seen from the southwest.
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Log Text: Bougon Tumulus B is a long thin tumulus adjoining A, within which there are two dolmenic chambers, and also two funerary pits in the top. A superb reconstruction has been done here.
Bougon Tumulus C
Trip No.204 Entry No.137 Date Added: 15th Aug 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Poitou:Deux-Sèvres (79))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Bougon Tumulus C submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Aug 2010. Bougon Tumulus C viewed from the northwest.
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Log Text: Bougon Tumulus C another large round tumulus, with a single small chamber within, about 2 metres by 1 metre. The entrance to this is now open, but the original was sealed. Adjoining on the back of this is another large rectangular tumulus with drystone walling.