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Rudston Monolith
Date Added: 7th Jun 2022
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Yorkshire (East))
Visited: Yes on 12th May 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Rudston monolith submitted by rldixon on 25th Dec 2005. rudston monolith in colour
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Log Text: A day to Scarborough from York, so made sure of a visit to this and Wetwang on the way. I was expecting to be slightly disappointed after all the French monster menhirs I have seen, but in actuality I was impressed. Its huge, and obviously well shaped. Only disappointment is the metal hat, and that its "caged" in the churchyard, rather than being wild and free. Also another small stone and cist grave in the corner of the churchyard. Lovely.
Royal Hill Cairns (SX621724)
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Aug 2006
Royal Hill Cairns (SX621724) submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Aug 2006. Royal Hill Cairn 5
Cairn 5 is easily found to the north of cairn 4, and about 100 metres distant from it.
This is a cute little thing with a complete stone ring around a central cist, but there is little remaining in the way of a cairn.
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Royal Hill Cairns (SX621723)
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Aug 2006
Royal Hill Cairns (SX621723) submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Aug 2006. Royal Hill Cairn 4
In the centre is a large cist, about 1 metre square, with its capstone displaced to the edge of the cairn.
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Royal Hill Cairns
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Aug 2006
Royal Hill Cairns (SX621723) submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Aug 2006. Royal Hill Cairn 4
In the centre is a large cist, about 1 metre square, with its capstone displaced to the edge of the cairn.
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Roundy Park settlement
Date Added: 5th Jun 2022
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 3rd May 2022
Roundy Park settlement submitted by TheCaptain on 5th Jun 2022. Roundy Park settlement seen clear on the other side of the East Dart valley from Hartland Tor.
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Log Text: I now try to walk south from the Beehive Hut along the marked bridleway beside the Dart, but its hard going, very rough and largely overgrown, I find it to be much easier higher up on the moorland. South over the top of Hartland Tor with good views south towards Bellever Tor and Roundy Park settlement clear on the other side of the river. Onwards down to the Dart again, through the Hartyland estate to Postbridge, having a look at the old clapper bridge before getting a pint of Jail Ale in the welcoming East Dart Hotel bar.
Rougié Dolmen
Trip No.203 Entry No.137 Date Added: 10th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Midi:Lot (46))
Visited: Yes on 24th May 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Rougié dolmen submitted by MichelDRN on 14th Oct 2005. The Rougié dolmen is located 2.750m NW from Livernon church, 250m NW from the 'Pierre Martine' dolmen, in open field.
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Log Text: Just a hundred metres or two behind the Pierre Martine, beyond the fence and up the slope into the adjacent field, can be found this dolmen sitting in a field full of thistles, surrounded by brambles and scrub. Despite the many people who visit the Pierre Martine, hardly anybody knows of the existence of this dolmen. It is about 3 metres long with a capstone broken into two pieces, and faces 085°
Roughtor well
Date Added: 24th Jul 2022
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 13th Sep 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Roughtor well submitted by theCaptain on 11th Jan 2015. I am amazed that I never knew of its existence in the past (ah, I see, rediscovered and restored in 1994).
A nice stone trough and well front has been built over a fairly vigorous spring quite high up on the Roughtor Massif, approximately halfway between the main Roughtor top and the Showery Tor top on the north-western hillside.
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Log Text: This was a nice find, and I am amazed that I never knew of its existance in the past. A nice stone trough and well front has been built over a fairly vigourous spring quite high up on the Roughtor Massif, approximately halfway between the main Roughtor top and the Showery Tor top on the northwestern hillside. It is fairly easy to find amongst all of the other natural clitter on a clear day, as the stream which runs out from it can be seen at is traces its way down the hillside. The well can be simply found at the top of this! There were a few little offerings strewn amongst the stones on the afternoon of my visit.
Roughtor Summit Cairns
Date Added: 15th Mar 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Roughtor Summit Cairns submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Jul 2022. Showing the cairn structure around the natural outcrops at the summit of Roughtor
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Log Text: Remains of cairns created round some natural outcrops within the settlement on the top of Roughtor, near to the memorials.
Roughtor South
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 11th Apr 2005
Roughtor South submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Apr 2005. One of the multitude of field walls at the western side of the Roughtor South village.
Brown Willy looking nice on the horizon to the south east.
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Roughtor South
Date Added: 24th Jul 2022
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Roughtor South submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Apr 2005. A hut circle at the Roughtor South village. Many of the buildings here seem to be complex double or treble roomed dwellings.
View looking north towards Roughtor itself.
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Log Text: North of the stone circle, and south of the bulk of Roughtor are the remains of a large and complex settlement
Roughtor settlement
Date Added: 24th Jul 2022
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 13th Sep 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Roughtor settlement submitted by Bladup on 21st Apr 2013. Inside the amazing Roughtor Neolithic settlement.
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Log Text: Around the top of the Roughtor hilltop, from Little Roughtor in the northeast to the main Roughtor summit in the southwest, can be seen the remains of a stone bank encircling the hilltop. In places this stone bank remains very significant, but in other places, particularly on the steeper slopes, it is less significant, probably due to stones falling off and rolling down the hillside amongst all of the other clitter. There are remains of a few cairns and hut circles within this enclosure.
Roughtor North cairn X
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Round Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jun 2015
Roughtor North cairn X submitted by TheCaptain on 12th Jun 2015. Remains of a round cairn near to the lower end of the Roughtor Long Cairn, not far from the way onto the open moor from the parking area.
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Roughtor north
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jan 2015
Roughtor north submitted by theCaptain on 11th Jan 2015. My memory tells me that there are many round houses and enclosed farmsteads on the northern slopes of roughtor, many in a fine state of conservation, but until we were almost right down at the bottom there was little other than very damaged sites to be seen.
However, down low beside the river and many enclosed farmsteads with their round houses built into the walls can be seen.
I do believe I must have been spoiled by some of the much better preserved hut circles and farmsteads I hav...
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Roughtor north
Date Added: 24th Jul 2022
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Roughtor north submitted by bec-zog on 26th Mar 2004. ROUGH TOR SX141815
Prehistoric Bronze Age landscape: well preserved group of hut circles, cairns, burial chambers & associated structures.
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Log Text: To the northwest of the bulk of Roughtor is a very large and strung out settlement, and cairns.
Roughtor long cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 18th Oct 2014
Roughtor long cairn submitted by theCaptain on 18th Oct 2014. Almost 500 metre long stone bank structure, 5 - 8 metres wide and with facing slabs lining its edges, on the northern slopes of Rough Tor. Originally thought to be a sort of boundary structure, an investigation by TimeTeam in 2007 showed it to be more of a cairn type feature.
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Roughridge Hill Long Barrow
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 1998
Roughridge Hill Long Barrow submitted by dooclay on 28th Aug 2022. Looking back across the Longbarrow
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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
Rougeiresque menhir
Trip No.205 Entry No.214 Date Added: 30th Nov 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Gard (30))
Visited: Yes on 24th Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Rougeiresque menhir submitted by heather-connie on 21st Apr 2007. Category A
Lizard Stone - A cup-marked stone set high on the ridge between the Vallée Française and the Vallée Borgne. A beautiful piece of quartz-layered schist. It is near the village of Saint André de Valborgne. I call it the Lizard Stone as on my first visit a hugh emerald green lizard was sheltering at its base.
Location Lat. 44.166 Lon. 3.703
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Log Text: Travelling along the Corniche-des-Cévennes, stop at the point where the road from Gabriac joins from the north east. Just about opposite to this junction can be found a track up the other side of the road, signposted to the Schistes Cévenolles quarries. Walk up this track for about 500 metres, and just after the track splits at the top of the ridge, this nice menhir can be seen 50 metres in front of you, re-erected in a little stone and cement base.
The menhir is about 3.5 metres tall, made of a nice piece of schist with a quartz vein through the middle. On the south facing side there are many cupules (I counted 15), while on the back face I counted 6. Some of these are quite large, and they mostly form a row up the right hand side of the stone as you look at it for both faces.
Rouffignac Dolmen
Trip No.204 Entry No.170 Date Added: 20th Aug 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Limousin:Haute-Vienne (87))
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jul 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Rouffignac Dolmen submitted by theCaptain on 26th Jul 2012. The capstone has several 30 mm cupules carved into it, and also a fairly large diameter circle - or semi circle at least, which I think must be relatively modern.
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Log Text: From the hamlet of Rouffignac, this little dolmen is signposted and easily found, about 400 metres along the track opposite the farm, first to the west, and then south (left) into a little recently cleared area amongst thet trees. The dolmen is a simple thing, with a 2.5 by 2.5 metre capstone sat on three upright supports, about one metre above the ground. The capstone has several 30 mm cupules carved into it, and also a fairly large diameter circle - or semi circle at least, which I think must be relatively modern.
Rossignols Dolmen
Trip No.203 Entry No.21 Date Added: 1st Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 14th May 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Rossignols Dolmen submitted by AlexHunger on 4th Jun 2005. Large 4 Meter by 2.5 Meter capstone supported by smaller stones that are largely burried. The chamber is about 4 Meters by 4 Meters. There are indications that the capstone was cut down from that size when someone tried to break it. Saint-Brevin-L'Océan at Allée Des Rossignols / Square Victor Lesueur.
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Log Text: In amongst the houses in this little seaside town this dolmen has its own plot of land with a picnic area and is signposted from various places in the vicinity. It has obviously been covered over by sand dunes as it is all in a hollow in the ground surrounded by trees. There is a massive capstone 4 by 3 metres and 1 metre thick but this covers only about half of the chamber which is surrounded by upright slabs many of which are still in position part buried in the sand.
Rospletha cross
Date Added: 14th Jul 2023
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 3
Rospletha cross submitted by Bladup on 28th May 2017. Rospletha cross with the top of St Levan's church in the background on the left.
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Log Text: A day walking and exploring the coast between Porthcurno and Gwennap Head. Park at Porthcurno, and initially head inland then up onto the fields to pass Rospletha cross. It’s a nice thing, but rather overgrown at the moment.