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Garn Turne
Date Added: 3rd Nov 2019
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Couldn't find on 5th Oct 2015
Garn Turne submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Garn Turn Burial Chamber SM979272.
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Log Text: Despite there being a few places to park nearby, I could find no way into the relevant field to have a look at this interesting sounding site, which is not clearly marked on the maps.
Lower Broadmoor
Date Added: 3rd Nov 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Oct 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Lower Broadmoor submitted by TheCaptain on 21st Dec 2015. A 2.1 metre tall standing stone in a cattle field just to the south of Lower Broadmoor farm, a couple of kilometres to the north of Wolf's Castle in Pembrokeshire.
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Log Text: A 2.1 metre tall standing stone in a cattle field just to the south of Lower Broadmoor farm, a couple of kilometres to the north of Wolf's Castle in Pembrokeshire. Not so easy to get to as it looks on the map, with many gates across the footpath and ankle deep mud caused by the cattle which use this track. When I saw a way into the field, it looked to be the best way to the stone, but a herd of young cattle saw me and came charging over towards me, so I skidaddled pretty quickly, getting wet in a boggy bit halfway up to my knees. I then satisfied myself with looking at this fine stone from the trackway, and noticed another huge stone in the hedge, which may have lost its top. Made me wonder if these were once a pair or more.
Parc Y Llyn
Date Added: 3rd Nov 2019
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Oct 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 4
Parc Y Llyn submitted by TheCaptain on 21st Dec 2015. Viewed in the hedge across the field from the entrance from the bridleway. The raise of the ground under the hedge can be clearly seen.
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Log Text: Remains of a burial chamber with a splendidly nobbly capstone partly in a hedge at the east side of a field, which can be accessed via a bridleway to the south. When I was here I found it difficult to park anywhere nearby, and the short section of bridleway from road to field was very overgrown and almost impassable.
Trehale Stone
Date Added: 3rd Nov 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Oct 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Trehale Stone submitted by TheCaptain on 21st Dec 2015. The remains of Trehale Stone as seen to the south of the bridleway.
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Log Text: One of several ancient sites around here, none of them clearly marked on my 1:50000 map. Having parked at Treddiog, I walked along the bridleway to the west, about 300 yards along the track and saw this stone on top of a little hillock in the field to the south. It looks to be broken off, and would once have been much more substantial. At the time I didn't know of the others to be found around here, it was very wet and getting dark, so a quick return to the car was in order! Turns out the stone was dynamited and still has drill holes as a reminder of its fate.
Bitton Round Barrow
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 30th Sep 2015
Bitton Round Barrow submitted by TheCaptain on 30th Sep 2015. Bitton Round Barrow and Horses
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Wain's Hill
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 18th Aug 2015
Wain's Hill submitted by TheCaptain on 18th Aug 2015. The northeastern corner of Wain's Hill showing part of the ramparts outside the woodland. Clevedon Pier in the background.
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Starveall
Date Added: 11th Jun 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Starveall submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Jun 2021. Now all shorn of the trees a decade ago, all we have now is an elongated mound in the field, but it is at least fenced off for protection.
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Log Text: I revisited this barrow August 2015 to see what sort of state it is now in. What a disappointment and disgrace. The poor thinghas been shorn of all growth on it and looks to be much smaller than the pictures of 4clydesdale7 from 2011. It's no doubt slowly (or rapidly on a longbarrow lifespan timescale) just becoming a part of the field here and will soon be all gone.
Abson Church
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Sculptured Stone
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jul 2015
Abson Church submitted by TheCaptain on 30th Jul 2015. Aaaahhhh. At last I found it !
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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 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 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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North Stoke Promontory Fort
Date Added: 11th Apr 2022
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
North Stoke Promontory Fort submitted by TheCaptain on 30th Jul 2015. Panorama from the north western slopes of the promontory fort. The fort itself on the top of the plateau behind. The scarp of the hill has been shaped.
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Log Text: Having a walk round Lansdown, passed through this hillfort. Didn't notice too much of the internal banks and ditches, but must have walked alongside them for a while! The hilltop edge is very steep, and the views to south and west are supreme. A lovely place to stand and stare!
Bessie's Meadow Cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jun 2015
Bessie's Meadow Cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Jun 2015. Viewed here looking east, with Hardings Down behind
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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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Rhossili Down Cairn 3
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jun 2015
Rhossili Down Cairn 3 submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Jun 2015. Viewed looking northeast
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Old Castle Camp
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jun 2015
Old Castle Camp submitted by TheCaptain on 28th Jun 2015. Looking along the banks at the northern side, with the magnificent view of Rhossili Bay beyond.
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Hardings Down East
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jun 2015
Hardings Down East submitted by TheCaptain on 28th Jun 2015. Some of the embankments of Hardings Down East hillfort can be seen atop Hardings Down, as seen here from Rhossili Down.
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Hardings Down West
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jun 2015
Hardings Down West submitted by TheCaptain on 28th Jun 2015. The shape of Hardings Down West hillfort can be seen here on the northwestern slopes of Hardings Down, as seen here from Rhossili Down.
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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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