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Roche-aux-Fées (Essé)
Trip No.210 Entry No.2 Date Added: 16th Sep 2020
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jun 2010. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Roche-aux-Fées (Essé) submitted by AlexHunger on 21st Sep 2004. Roches Aux Fees viewed from North West
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Log Text: June 2010 visit to France to see my sister, and as usual I had my Dad with me. I had decided on a long detour to visit La Roche-aux-Fées, but before we came here, I had told him nothing about it, except to say we were going to visit somewhere special. He is well used to me taking him to old stones all over the place, often on wild goose chases in woods and across fields finding nothing. But not this time.
This monument is now presented quite differently to when I previously visited in 2005, with a large new car park and visitor centre in what would have been fields to the south. Unfortunately, the visitor centre was closed, being open at weekends and holidays only this time of year until July and August when it becomes daily. I have read that this centre is very good, and with a decent book and gift shop.
From the visitor centre, a pathway leads through a nicely landscaped area towards the monument itself, which is hidden behind trees and hedges, until you round the end of a hedge (with a large fallen stone at the corner), and then there it is, in all its splendor, viewed towards the wonderful portal entrance. Even on my second visit here, it is awe inspiring, especially the work on the portico, which is over 4500 years old and still completely level.
My Dad was well impressed too, and couldn’t quite believe what he was seeing. “Oh My!, How can this be so big? What’s this for?” he asked. “It can’t be just to bury somebody in. All these separate room bits? Why? It’s a bit like the side chapels in a Cathedral”. Pretty much my thoughts exactly, and it is good to hear these things coming from somebody else with no prompting.
Somebody had made little piles of pebbles and other decorative bits and pieces placed at various places, which looked good. I am impressed by one of the massive capstones which seems to have been fitted exactly into a gap in the supporting side stones. This place is truly absolutely fantastic. I don’t have the words for it.
The new field around the monument has been splendidly done, and gives it the space it needs. Only two other people came to visit in the time we were here, a large improvement over my previous August Saturday visit. One downside are the various noticeboards now erected here, stating that cracks have been found in some of the stones, and people should be careful and not climb on the stones. I hope that there is no bad damage to the place. What would the Fairies think?
St-Benoit polissoir
Trip No.210 Entry No.5 Date Added: 13th Jun 2020
Site Type: Polissoir
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jun 2010. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
St-Benoit polissoir submitted by thecaptain on 14th Oct 2005. St Benoit polissoir, near St James.
Not a million miles from Mont St Michel, this lovely polissoir stone is nowadays nicely kept in a little garden type area beside the lane.
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Log Text: Decide to take Dad here to see this special stone, so leave the autoroute at St James, to go have a look – the third time I will have tried to take Dad here, having missed it twice before due to roadworks and a shut bridge, and lateness on the previous occasions. Blimey, there are now big brown signs indicating it from the main road.
Set in its nice little marshy area, this is now very well looked after and presented, unlike the old description when I was first looking for it several years ago. The stone is a bit smaller than I remember it, but it is really wonderful. I just love being able to sit and stroke the very polished grooves, and let my mind wander back through the millennia. Again, Dad seemed well impressed at being able to see something like this.
Hoaroak 1
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 30th May 2010
Hoaroak 1 submitted by TheCaptain on 30th May 2010. This is a nice little setting of stones, mostly on open grassland, making it easy to see and find!
Most of the stones are less than 18 inches long, and fallen, or else just stubs of stone still fast in the ground. Only one stone really stands proudly near the centre of the setting.
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Spettigue Menhir
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 27th May 2010
Spettigue Menhir submitted by TheCaptain on 27th May 2010. View northwest from the top of Fox Tor on a long zoom, with Spettigue menhir in the centre.
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Ötzi Memorial
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: Italy (Lombardia)
Visited: Yes on 25th May 2010
Ötzi Memorial submitted by TheCaptain on 25th May 2010. The Memorial to Ötzi the Iceman, found in 1991 on the Austria-Italy border close to the Hauslabjoch Pass.
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East Moor stone row
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 25th May 2010
East Moor stone row submitted by TheCaptain on 25th May 2010. I went for a long walk on East Moor (Bodmin Moor) on Sunday 23 May, with the intention of visiting and photographing several of the ancient sites on the moor, with the East Moor stone row perhaps the No 1 target.
I also took my new GPS with me - more accurate and user friendly than my old one, so I took this chance to test it out. Here is a plot of my meanderings, many of the sites showing well as I wander about them taking pictures.
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Furzehill Common stone row
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 19th May 2010
Furzehill Common stone row submitted by TheCaptain on 19th May 2010. Here I found four little stumps of stone in a row, in a boggy hollow on top of the ridge. They are spaced 2.5, 5, 2.5 metres apart, suggesting a missing stone in between those I could find.
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Furzehill Common 1
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 18th May 2010
Furzehill Common 1 submitted by TheCaptain on 18th May 2010. On the western slopes of Furzehill Common ridge, I first found a large boulder like stone, and with some further searching around, I found a sort of line of stones running down the side of the hill.
I found two stones high up the slope which are spaced at about 10 metres from each other, marked here by my hat and bag.
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Windmill Tump
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 16th May 2010
Windmill Tump submitted by TheCaptain on 16th May 2010. "Historic sites can be hazardous" !
The informative little English Heritage sign at this lovely long barrow.
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Furzehill Common cairn
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th May 2010
Furzehill Common cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 16th May 2010. The cairn is in a patch of shortly trimmed grass, and hence easily found. There is a 5 metre diameter raised ring, with a hollow in the centre, which is filled with some large stones, which may or may not be an original feature.
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Furzehill Common 0
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th May 2010
Furzehill Common 0 submitted by TheCaptain on 16th May 2010. From the first large stone, I walked off in a south-easterly direction towards my next target, and found several more stones standing or fallen on the moorland amongst the heather. Some of the stones were fairly big and evenly spaced, standing in a line diagonally up the hillside to a square of stones at SS 7339 4449.
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Furzehill Common Barrow
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 14th May 2010
Furzehill Common Barrow submitted by TheCaptain on 14th May 2010. On the western slopes of Furzehill Common, having crossed from Warcombe, I found this tumulus easily, which is fairly large and prominent on the slopes down the side of the ridge.
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Furzehill Common 2
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 14th May 2010
Furzehill Common 2 submitted by TheCaptain on 14th May 2010. Supposedly a stone setting of three stones, I found one stone standing just over a foot high surrounded by couch grass. With a good hunt around, I found only one other stump of a stone nearby, marked by my bag.
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Warcombe Water row
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 12th May 2010
Warcombe Water row submitted by TheCaptain on 12th May 2010. I found a very definite row of several tiny stones, each about 6 inches high, but very solid in the ground. Walking along the row, I first found four stones, with a gap and then two more stones. The stones were spaced fairly evenly, at about 4 metres from each other.
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Warcombe Water stone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 12th May 2010
Warcombe Water stone submitted by TheCaptain on 12th May 2010. On the promontory of dry, higher ground leading down from The Chains to Warcombe Water can be found a standing stone, about 2.5 by 1 foot in dimension.
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Ilkerton Ridge Barrows
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 11th May 2010
Ilkerton Ridge Barrows submitted by TheCaptain on 11th May 2010. Several barrows and cairns are to be found on the crest of Ilkerton Ridge, one or two quite large and in very good condition, some of them very small and deteriorated.
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Ilkerton Ridge stones
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 11th May 2010
Ilkerton Ridge stones submitted by TheCaptain on 11th May 2010. I found a single stone standing about three feet tall, in a hollow amongst the dense heather.
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Menhir de la Fage B02
Trip No.205 Entry No.230 Date Added: 6th Dec 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Lozère (48))
Visited: Yes on 26th Apr 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhir de la Fage B02 submitted by theCaptain on 26th Apr 2010. One of the La Fage B menhirs, this is a 1.6 metre tall menhir.
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Log Text: A 1.6 metre tall menhir.
Querns Barrow
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 6th Apr 2010
Querns Barrow submitted by theCaptain on 6th Apr 2010. Querns Barrow seen here from the hospital entrance, looking southeast.
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Scorhill Cairn and Rows
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 5th Apr 2010
Scorhill Cairn and Rows submitted by theCaptain on 5th Apr 2010. One or two hundred metres south of Scorhill stone circle, below the leat, can be found the remains of a cairn, with remnants of a double stone row running downhill from it towards the river Teign.
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