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Sittaford Stone Circle
Date Added: 12th Jun 2014
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jun 2014. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 2
Sittaford Stone Circle submitted by theCaptain on 12th Jun 2014. With the weather turned nice, I took a day off work to walk out to the newly found Sittaford Tor stone circle.
This is a plot from my GPS showing not only the track of my walking around of the circle, but I also created a waypoint for each stone, which are plotted as the little flags.
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Log Text: With the weather turned nice, I took a day off work to walk out to the newly found Sittaford Tor stone circle, starting out from Fernworthy Reservoir. Having planned the trip in advance, so knowing where to look, the circle was very easy to find, although very wet and boggy. All of the stones have been dug around so they are no longer buried in the mire. Excellent.
Sinodun Camp
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Mar 2004
Sinodun Camp submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Mar 2004. Round Hill, Wittenham Clumps, Oxfordshire. SU566927
View of Round Hill looking northeast from Castle Hill. This hill and its surroundings are rich with archaeological remains from the bronze age to the present day
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Single Barrow (Hamel Down)
Date Added: 2nd Jan 2023
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 6th Dec 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Single Barrow (Hamel Down) submitted by TheCaptain on 2nd Jan 2023. Hamel Down Single Barrow, which is smaller and less obvious than Broad Barrow which can be seen here on the hilltop to the south.
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Log Text: Further south along the track, and just to the west of it is the next barrow, known as Single Barrow, which is smaller and less obvious than Broad Barrow. It too has one of the Duke Stone boundary markers on top of it.
Silbury Hill
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jun 2007
Silbury Hill submitted by TheCaptain on 4th Jun 2007. Silbury Hill, Sunday June 3rd 2007, with its repair team at the foot.
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Silbury Hill
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2020
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Silbury Hill submitted by Scanner on 27th Sep 2019. Silbury Hill by Simon Ferguson
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Log Text: A quick look on the way after day at Avebury before going home.
Silbury Hill
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2020
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jul 2011
Silbury Hill submitted by Scanner on 27th Sep 2019. Silbury Hill by Simon Ferguson
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Log Text: A quick look on the way between WKLB and Avebury.
Silbury Hill
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2020
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Silbury Hill submitted by Scanner on 27th Sep 2019. Silbury Hill by Simon Ferguson
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Log Text: Good views of Silbury today, so I decide to walk to it along the path in the fields north of the busy A4 road. It looks lovely in this light, sometimes in the sunshine and sometimes in the shade. With the bright green grass of the fields blowing around in the wind, it looks to be floating in a sea of green. Beautiful, and strangely compelling. From here I walk towards Avebury along the stream, but see people walking over Waden Hill, so decide to go over that and down to the Avenue, so as to approach Avebury along the West Kennet Avenue. There are fabulous views of Silbury Hill in its plain from up here, probably the best views of it there are to be had.
Silbury Hill
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 1998
Silbury Hill submitted by Scanner on 27th Sep 2019. Silbury Hill by Simon Ferguson
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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
Silbaby
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2020
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 25th Sep 2020
Silbaby submitted by marcgreenman on 21st Sep 2020. Approaching waden hill, tree and nettle coverage can be clearly seen from here this also gives an approximate idea of the mound's size
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Log Text: Walking along the fields beside the stream, get clear views of Silbaby mound, recently declared to be not prehistoric but medieval, and officially named The Waden Mound. There is a dead tree in front of it with a large hollow near the top which makes it look like an owl from a distance.
Showery Tor Ring Cairn
Date Added: 24th Jul 2022
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 13th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Showery Tor Ring Cairn submitted by theCaptain on 11th Jan 2015. The beautiful pile of weathered and balanced granite slabs at the top of Showery Tor has a very large and well defined ring of stones around it.
No doubt this place was of great significance to the ancient people who lived around here.
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Log Text: The beautiful pile of weathered and balanced granite slabs at the top of Showery Tor has a very large and well defined ring of stones around it. No doubt this place was of great significance to the ancient people who lived around here.
Showery Tor Ring Cairn
Date Added: 24th Jul 2022
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Showery Tor Ring Cairn submitted by Bladup on 21st Jul 2015. Showery Tor Ring Cairn.
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Log Text: A day to climb up Roughtor and Brown Willy. Start off up to Showery Tor with its splendid ring cairn around the cheesewring on top.
Showery Tor Northwest Standing Stone
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jul 2015
Showery Tor Northwest Standing Stone submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Jul 2015. Viewed to the northeast as approaching the stone
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Showery Tor Northwest enclosure 2
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jul 2015
Showery Tor Northwest enclosure 2 submitted by TheCaptain on 12th Jul 2015. One of the cairns associated with the smaller of the two enclosures.
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Showery Tor Northwest enclosure 1
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jul 2015
Showery Tor Northwest enclosure 1 submitted by TheCaptain on 12th Jul 2015. One of the cairns associated with the larger of the two enclosures.
The top of Roughtor enshrined in mist.
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Showery Tor Northwest Cairn 1
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Round Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jan 2015
Showery Tor Northwest Cairn 1 submitted by theCaptain on 11th Jan 2015. On the slopes of Showery Tor, above the top end of the long cairn structure, are remains of a few hut and round cairn structures.
I thought this to be the remains of a round cairn with cist.
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Showery Tor North Standing Stone
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jul 2015
Showery Tor North Standing Stone submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Jul 2015. Looking around from one of the cairns, I again notice something over towards Davidstow, about halfway to the forest, and wonder what it is, so I decide to walk over and have a look.
This is definitely a standing stone, still stood upright and held in place by a good amount of packing stones.
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Shovel Down stone circle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 13th Oct 2004
Shovel Down stone circle submitted by thecaptain on 13th Oct 2004. Two of the remaining standing stones viewed looking east.
The northern end of row 3 is just down to the right of this picture somewhere.
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Shovel Down Settlement
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th Oct 2004
Shovel Down Settlement submitted by thecaptain on 16th Oct 2004. The remains of a hut within the Shovel Down settlement. This hut still has its entrance jambs in place, set side on to the walling.
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Shovel Down row 7
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 14th Oct 2004
Shovel Down row 7 submitted by thecaptain on 14th Oct 2004. Shovel Down row 7.
About 100 metres below the Three Boys Stone can be found a large flat stone, with what looks like a slab mounted on edge nearby. Could these be the remains of some form of cairn or cist associated with this now destroyed row?
Kes Tor on the horizon in this view looking northeast.
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Shovel Down row 6
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 15th Oct 2004
Shovel Down row 6 submitted by thecaptain on 15th Oct 2004. Shovel Down Row 6
View looking south towards the Three Boys Stone. Fernworthy forest in the distance.
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