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Fernworthy stone row N
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 12th Feb 2019
Fernworthy stone row N submitted by TheCaptain on 12th Feb 2019. Approaching the northern row from the circle. Froggymeade living up to its name.
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White Ridge Standing Stone
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 12th Feb 2019
White Ridge Standing Stone submitted by TheCaptain on 12th Feb 2019. There is a large elongated slab near to the middle of the ring structure, which looks to me like it should once have been standing.
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Blackhall Stones
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Feb 2019
Blackhall Stones submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Feb 2019. There are several standing stones and other stone settings positioned at the junctions of the new housing estate roads with the road running west from Inverurie.
I am not sure whether these are real old stones moved and positioned here during the construction of the housing estate.
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Dyce Stones
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Feb 2019
Dyce Stones submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Feb 2019. Pair of stones standing in a grassy area between a major road intersection and a petrol station near to the entrance of Aberdeen (Dyce) International Airport.
I don't know whether the stones are ancient and have been moved from elsewhere during the Airport and surrounding business park development.
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Rhossili millenium stone
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 11th Feb 2019
Rhossili millenium stone submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Feb 2019. Large piece of white Rhossili Down conglomerate erected to commemorate the millenium, just outside the churchyard on a green beside the pathway up to the Down.
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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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Île Melon grand menhir
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 10th Feb 2019
Île Melon grand menhir submitted by TheCaptain on 10th Feb 2019. The huge menhir which once stood on Ile Melon. It was destoyed on 2nd March 1942.
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La Pointue Rocque
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Channel Islands and Isle of Man (Guernsey)
Visited: Yes on 10th Feb 2019
La Pointue Rocque submitted by TheCaptain on 10th Feb 2019. From Saxon101
photograph taken of the remains of this site, which was incorporated into a boundary wall, probably in the 18th century.
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Leskernick Hill cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 9th Feb 2019
Leskernick Hill cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 9th Feb 2019. A walk round the Leskernick Hill cairn in April 2017. Viewed here looking approx south.
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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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Dolmen Don Bosco
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Switzerland (Wallis)
Visited: Yes on 7th Feb 2019
Dolmen Don Bosco submitted by TheCaptain on 7th Feb 2019. Archaeologists in the canton of Valais have discovered a 5,000-year dolmen, or megalithic tomb, during construction of an underground garage.
Picture from www.lenouvelliste.ch
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Cat's Well
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jan 2019
Cat's Well submitted by TheCaptain on 28th Jan 2019. Was out for a post Burns night walk to blow away the cobwebs, and passed this well
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Ringmoor Down Stone Row
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jan 2019
Ringmoor Down Stone Row submitted by TheCaptain on 18th Jan 2019. Ringmoor Down Stone Row looking back south uphill towards the circle.
April 2013
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Tumuli Landes de Jobourg
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 18th Jan 2019
Tumuli Landes de Jobourg submitted by TheCaptain on 18th Jan 2019. Plot of the Joburg Tumuli site by R. Lemière in 1962
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Cow Stone (Shropshire)
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jan 2019
Cow Stone (Shropshire) submitted by TheCaptain on 9th Jan 2019. From Mitchell's Fold stone circle, we walked on along the trackway northeasterly direction to find the Dead Cow Stone, stated as being 400 metres away. Nothing. Kept walking and eventually found it right beside the track almost double that distance away.
November 2018
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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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King Doniert's Stone
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jan 2019
King Doniert's Stone submitted by TheCaptain on 3rd Jan 2019. Inspecting the inscription on King Doniert's Stone in 1973
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Wern Derys
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Herefordshire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jan 2019
Wern Derys submitted by TheCaptain on 3rd Jan 2019. I found a side lane off to the south of the lane, guarded by a magnificent old oak tree with a wooden sign hanging on it, and various carved pumpkins etc positioned around
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Heel Stone
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 21st Dec 2018
Heel Stone submitted by TheCaptain on 21st Dec 2018. I have been sorting through the old family slides, and found these of Stonehenge from I believe 1969. I thought I would share them here.
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Holmhead stone circle
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Dec 2018
Holmhead stone circle submitted by TheCaptain on 18th Dec 2018. Newly discovered Recumbent Stone Circle near Holmhead farm, in the parish of Leochel-Cushnie in Aberdeenshire.
image from https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/historic-stone-circle-discovered-at-north-east-farm/
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