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The Beeracres Stone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Nov 2004
The Beeracres Stone submitted by thecaptain on 11th Nov 2004. The Beeracres Stone
My new standing stone, almost 6 feet of best Cornish Granite, recently erected in the garden of Beeracres.
Despite a nightmare start to things when getting it delivered, we managed to move it into place and erect it last Sunday afternoon fairly easily, and had a nice little celebratory event.
I think it looks nicely at home here.
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The Beacon Cist
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cist
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 10th Feb 2019
The Beacon Cist submitted by TheCaptain on 10th Feb 2019. Possible remains of a cairn with slab sided cist, on the northern slopes of The Beacon, Hendra Downs near Leskernick.
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The Beacon Cairns
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 9th Feb 2019
The Beacon Cairns submitted by TheCaptain on 9th Feb 2019. At the summit of The Beacon near Altarnun a couple of cairns are marked.
I did not get a proper look, but they looked to be in a bit of a ruinous state.
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The Beacon (West Glamorgan)
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jun 2015
The Beacon (West Glamorgan) submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Jun 2015. Approaching the summit cairn from the south, looking north along the ridge of Rhossili Down, Burry Holmes islet in the background.
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Terramara di Montale
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Italy (Emilia-Romagna)
Visited: Yes on 20th Sep 2008
Terramara di Montale submitted by thecaptain on 20th Sep 2008. In a little park area outside the church, faint remains of the ancient ditch and embankment can be seen, and there is an enclosed area where excavations were carried out in the 1990s, and many of the finds are displayed in here. However, it has a glass front, and so something of what is inside can be seen at all times.
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Tennad-er-Menguen Dolmen
Trip No.203 Entry No.395 Date Added: 14th May 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Tennad-er-Menguen dolmen submitted by Ogneslav on 30th Aug 2008. The view from West
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Log Text: Back to the overgrown sites again ! This one is down a lane then across a field before finding it in the undergrowth. Probably once upon a time this was quite a good dolmen with an entry passageway, there is a 3 metre diameter chamber with capstone, and a few stones of the entrance still standing, along with at least one capstone surviving.
Tenants Hill enclosure
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Apr 2004
Tenants Hill enclosure submitted by TheCaptain on 22nd Apr 2004. Kingston Russell Cairn and Enclosure, Dorset, SY578882.
View to the northwest from the enclosure which is built on a little promontary just to the north of the Kingston Russell stone circle. There is also a cairn or two here in this place with a truly wonderful view.
Up the valley to the right leads to the valley of the stones. To the left, westwards down the valley gets you to the sea and the Golden Cap.
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Ten Commandments Stone
Date Added: 31st Jan 2023
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 7th Dec 2022. My rating: Ambience 5 Access 3
Ten Commandments Stone submitted by AngieLake on 31st May 2010. While I was there yesterday there were several groups of visitors arriving to enjoy the ambience of the tor. The stones are in the foreground here.
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Log Text: A day to myself, and decide to go to Totnes, but first go the scenic way through Buckland, then decide to walk out to Buckland Beacon for a look at the Ten Commandments stones. The views from here are fantastic, right down to the sea all around the south, including right along the Teign estuary. Great to spend time looking all around the north and west trying to figure out all the various tors and bits of Dartmoor previously visited. Magnificent. There is a very interesting series of Boundary stones to the north, one of which looked to me like an old cross originally.
Temple de Mercure
Trip No.204 Entry No.194 Date Added: 28th Nov 2020
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Yes on 26th Jul 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Temple de Mercure submitted by regina on 17th Nov 2018. Site in Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) France
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Log Text: Remains of a Gallo-Roman temple can be seen at the summit of the Puy de Dôme (1465m).
Temple de Mars
Date Added: 10th Jun 2020
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 1992. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Temple de Mars submitted by regina on 21st Nov 2018. Site in Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) France
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Log Text: Cycling camping trip round Emerald Coast, day 2, Dinan, Corseul, St Caste. Roman tower, dolmens, Lunch at Le Guildo castle.
Having cycled to this site with the others, all I got was scorn due to the state of the remains. I think it was here that the phrase HOC was first coined. I thought it was interesting.
Taw Marsh cairnfield
Date Added: 18th Apr 2025
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 8th Apr 2025. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Taw Marsh cairnfield submitted by TheCaptain on 18th Apr 2025. I find the boundary stone standing proud of the long grass, and it seems to have been mounted on a large stony area.
Viewed looking northwest, Belstone Tor beyond.
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Log Text: Before heading up to White Moor, I look for the kerbed cairn Paul has made a sitepage for, over by the marked Boundary Stone. I firstly find the boundary stone, standing proud of the long grass, and it seems to have been mounted on a large stony area. I read later that this has been declared as one of several cairns located in this area, and it makes sense to me.
Tautavel Musee de Prehistoire
Trip No.205 Entry No.85 Date Added: 28th Oct 2020
Site Type: Museum
Country: France (Languedoc:Pyrénées-Orientales 66)
Visited: Yes on 12th Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Tautavel Musee de Prehistoire submitted by thecaptain on 16th Dec 2005. Museum in the village of Tautavel in the French departement of Pyrénées-Orientales, which is the home to one of the oldest known European Humans.
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Log Text: I only came here to get a photo, assuming the museum would be closed on a Monday, but it was open, so thought I'd better go in. The museum contains hundreds of thousands of items found at the nearby Caune de l'Arago cave, where the remains of a human skull was found in July 1971, the skull being known as Arago item 21. Since then many others have been found, along with items of their food, tools etc etc. The finds have been dated to about 450,000 BC, and thus are amongst the earliest remains of humans found in Europe.
Tautavel man lead a life of hunting, and this is all displayed here also, with remains of many animals and suchlike which would have been around at that time. Tautavel man, however, is not an ancester of ours, as he lead up to Neanderthal man, which died out 30,000 years ago, to be replaced by Cro Magnon man.
While this should all have been very interesting, I have to admit to finding many of the displays quite dull and repetitive, and the awful American voice talking down to me in the audio guide was enough to put me right off. The whole museum seemed a bit 1970's and showing signs of age. The displays mostly consisted of bones and tools in glass cases, video presentations of certain things, and staged scenes using mannequins, with lots of keep off and don't touch signs. In my recent travels, I have seen many much better presented museums which bring the subject to life.
Tarr Steps Prehistoric Bridge
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Ancient Trackway
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 21st Nov 2016
Tarr Steps Prehistoric Bridge submitted by TheCaptain on 21st Nov 2016. Tarr Steps pictures after Storm Angus had done its worst on Saturday. The follow up storm today has also completely flooded the bridge and threatened more damage.
Picture from ENPA
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Tanouëdou tumulus
Trip No.203 Entry No.578 Date Added: 8th Jun 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 26th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Tanouëdou tumulus submitted by theCaptain on 3rd Jul 2012. There are several other smaller tumuli nearby.
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Log Text: This is a large bronze age tumulus, diameter 40 metres and height 6 metres, which once contained a tomb made of wood and stone within which were found many bronze weapons, gold studs and jewelry when excavated in 1865. It is signposted and found on top of a hill behind a farm to the south east of Bourbriac. There are several other smaller tumuli nearby.
Tafarn-y-Bwlch
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th Dec 2015
Tafarn-y-Bwlch submitted by TheCaptain on 6th Dec 2015. nearby the stone pair is a linear bank and ditch, which incorporates many large stones, some of which extend beyond the height of the bank.
Just a boundary or something more significant?
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Table des Fées (Rocheville)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 5th Apr 2009
Table des Fées (Rocheville) submitted by thecaptain on 5th Apr 2009. La Table des Fées.
My Dad can be seen in the lane, with the gap through to the stone seen.
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Symonds Yat West
Date Added: 23rd May 2025
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: England (Herefordshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th May 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Symonds Yat West submitted by TheCaptain on 23rd May 2025. A circular walk from Symonds Yat, crossing the Wye on the hand ferry, then it’s a slog up forest trails through the woods and get to these caves. They were tentatively fenced off, but easy to get to and have a look in. On the right looking at them is a decent sized cave
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Log Text: May bank holiday circular walk from Symonds Yat, crossing the Wye on the hand ferry, then it’s a slog up forest trails through the woods and get to these caves. They were tentatively fenced off, but easy to get to and have a look in. On the right looking at them is a decent sized cave, with a smaller one to the left. There are plenty of other small cave entrances and mine shafts about, so be careful !
Symonds Yat Fort
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Apr 2004
Symonds Yat Fort submitted by TheCaptain on 5th Apr 2004. Iron age hillfort on the headland of Symonds Yat Rock, high above a complete U Bend in the river Wye. This promontory hillfort has remains of four rows of ditch and bank ramparts, the largest remaining being the bank on the inside. This is the inner bank.
A lovely place to visit on a nice day Symonds Yat Fort, Symonds Yat Rock, Gloucestershire, SO563157
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Symonds Yat Fort
Date Added: 11th Jun 2025
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 4th May 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Symonds Yat Fort submitted by TheCaptain on 5th Apr 2004. Symonds Yat Fort, Symonds Yat, Gloucestershire, SO563157
Iron age hillfort on the headland of Symonds Yat Rock, high above a complete U Bend in the river Wye.
This is a view of the eastern end of the inner ditch and bank, the defended headland being to the right.
This is a smashing place to visit on a nice day, of which this was most definately NOT one.
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Log Text: Used the car park and café before a long walk down over the river Wye to King Arthurs cave and back. By the car park machines, there is now a nice display of the hillfort including a bronze model representation
Symonds Hall Farm
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Nov 2004
Symonds Hall Farm submitted by thecaptain on 18th Nov 2004. Symonds Hall Farm Long Barrow, as seen when approaching from the west.
It can be seen to be in two parts now, and with the odd stone or two to be seen
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