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Porlock Common SW
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 4th Nov 2006
Porlock Common SW submitted by thecaptain on 4th Nov 2006. Seen here looking east, away from the circle.
I found 5 tiny little stones in two parallel rows. There was one row of three stones, spaced about 1.5 metres apart. Adjacent to this is a second row consisting of one stone at the western end, and one more beyond the eastern end, which would seem to be from a fourth pair. The two rows are less than a metre apart. The largest stone is no more than 6 inches in height !
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Alderman's Barrow
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 9th Nov 2006
Alderman's Barrow submitted by thecaptain on 9th Nov 2006. This is a very large round barrow in a very prominent position high up on Exmoor.
The area around here is used as a meeting place, and as a place to park landrovers and horse boxes.
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Porlock Circle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 10th Nov 2006
Porlock Circle submitted by thecaptain on 10th Nov 2006. Just uphill to the north is another little standing stone, and the remains of a cairn. It looks possible that there was once more stones here. Is this the remains of another little row associated with the circle ?
This is the view to the south from the cairn over the circle.
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Withypool Circle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 17th Nov 2006
Withypool Circle submitted by thecaptain on 17th Nov 2006. The eastern part of Withypool stone circle seen looking northish towards the top of the hill.
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Withypool Hill Barrow
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 19th Nov 2006
Withypool Hill Barrow submitted by thecaptain on 19th Nov 2006. This is large 25 metre diameter round barrow on the top of Withypool Hill. It’s been much dug about in the middle but is still well over a metre high.
The outside circumference is still in very good condition, and almost looks like it had a ditch and outer bank around it originally.
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Almsworthy
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 24th Nov 2006
Almsworthy submitted by thecaptain on 24th Nov 2006. Almsworthy Common. This is stated by various sources to be the remains of two concentric ovals, or up to six lines of stones, but I could see no particular pattern.
Here we see about 6 of the little stones poking up above the heather, looking southeast.
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Lanacombe 4
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Mar 2007
Lanacombe 4 submitted by thecaptain on 29th Mar 2007. What did I find here ? Absolutely nothing. Not a Sausage. Diddley Squat.
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Wiveliscombe Barrow
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Apr 2007
Wiveliscombe Barrow submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Apr 2007. Large, well preserved bowl barrow 21m diameter, 2m high, on top of the Brendon Hills in Somerset.
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Naked Boy stone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Apr 2007
Naked Boy stone submitted by thecaptain on 3rd Apr 2007. Naked Boy stone, on top of the Brendon Hills in Somerset, seen here looking south.
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Huish Champflower Barrow
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 4th Apr 2007
Huish Champflower Barrow submitted by thecaptain on 4th Apr 2007. This is a large, but well messed about with barrow surrounded by trees and sheep. There was no obvious way into the field, so I did not go in.
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Hoar Moor (E)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 4th Apr 2007
Hoar Moor (E) submitted by thecaptain on 4th Apr 2007. Hoar Moor standing stone, at Porlock Post, Exmoor.
Seen here looking north east
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Long Holcombe (S)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 13th Apr 2007
Long Holcombe (S) submitted by thecaptain on 13th Apr 2007. When I eventually found the stone, which is almost lost among the long grass, it is only about 18 inches high, and it leans to the south, uphill.
I came to the conclusion that this stone is perhaps the last remaining stone of what was originally a stone setting of some kind, and that there was probably further stones in amongst the moor grass at one time.
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Faulkland
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 19th Apr 2007
Faulkland submitted by thecaptain on 19th Apr 2007. King Portal in his Megalithic Throne
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Beckham Hill
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2007
Beckham Hill submitted by thecaptain on 30th Apr 2007. Baa Baa Baa, Baa Baa Baa Lambs.
Spring lambs on Exmoor, April 29 2007.
Beckham Hill with its stone setting in the right background of this picture.
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Swap Hill (N)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 28th May 2007
Swap Hill (N) submitted by TheCaptain on 28th May 2007. The best I could find at the given grid ref for this outlying stone. I dont think it is the one intended.
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Swap Hill
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 28th May 2007
Swap Hill submitted by TheCaptain on 28th May 2007. Swap Hill stone setting looking southeast.
An edge set outlier in the foreground.
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Trout Hill 3
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jun 2007
Trout Hill 3 submitted by TheCaptain on 12th Jun 2007. I am not sure that I found the right place, but what I found was the only stone I could find in the long grass anywhere near the given grid reference.
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Lanacombe 3
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2007
Lanacombe 3 submitted by TheCaptain on 31st Jul 2007. The first, and only obvious stone I found here at Lanacombe 3.
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Lanacombe 5
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 5th Aug 2007
Lanacombe 5 submitted by TheCaptain on 5th Aug 2007. On the south facing slopes of Lanacombe Hill on Exmoor, are the remains of this fairly recently found stone setting.
I found many stones and stumps of stones standing proud of the ground.
The book I have says 9 stones in 3 rows, but to be honest, it could be anything.
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Lanacombe 2
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 17th Aug 2007
Lanacombe 2 submitted by TheCaptain on 17th Aug 2007. The third stone I found, I would estimate to be about 20–30 metres further up the hill, but it is leaning over or fallen, and well hidden in some marsh grass.
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