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The Stiperstones
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jun 2004
The Stiperstones submitted by TimPrevett on 28th Jun 2004. A cairn just north east of Manstone Rock.
"The Stiperstones" is the name for a hill on the far west reaches of Shropshire, well into The Welsh Marches, overlooking the Welsh border. It is the second highest hill in Shropshire, affording superb views in all directions, and having several bronze age cairns along its ridge.
The cairns themselves, excepting the largest, can be quite hard to locate. At a very reductionist level, they are basically piles of stone amidst a whole ridge of piles of...
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Pontesford Hill
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jun 2004
Pontesford Hill submitted by TimPrevett on 29th Jun 2004. Find a hill in Shropshire, and it likely has a hillfort upon it! In this picture are two hillforts - Earl's Hill Camp (a rampart can be seen upon the right hand side of the top hill), and Pontesford Hill hillfort, covered by trees now. Taken on the move on the A488 looking south.
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Earls Hill Camp
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jun 2004
Earls Hill Camp submitted by TimPrevett on 29th Jun 2004. Find a hill in Shropshire, and it likely has a hillfort upon it! In this picture are two hillforts - Earl's Hill Camp (a rampart can be seen upon the right hand side of the top hill), and Pontesford Hill hillfort, covered by trees now. Taken on the move on the A488 looking south.
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Haughmond Hill Camp
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jun 2004
Haughmond Hill Camp submitted by TimPrevett on 29th Jun 2004. A univallate hillfort immediately to the east of Shrewsbury, situated upon Haughmond Hill. It lies near the path running south from Haughmond Abbey, an Augustinian Abbey, now under the care of English Heritage.
Part of a rampart is vitrified - fused together by intense heat to increase strength (used in some Scottish hillforts such as Knockfarrel, Craig Phadraig, Finavon and Trusty's Hill, and Cronk Sumark on the Isle of Man). Here, it may be due to iron smelting, but it is not conclusive.
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Carreg y Big (Shropshire)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jul 2004
Carreg y Big (Shropshire) submitted by TimPrevett on 22nd Jul 2004. Showing the packing visible around the base of the stone, as well as large associated fragment to the rear.
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Selattyn Hill Ring Cairn
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jul 2004
Selattyn Hill Ring Cairn submitted by TimPrevett on 22nd Jul 2004. The western edge of the cairn, and edge of the tower, complete with large
amounts of encroaching vegetation. A winter or early spring visit must be
tried at some point.
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Grinshill
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jul 2004
Grinshill submitted by TimPrevett on 22nd Jul 2004. One of the mesolithic microliths brought along by the archaeologist on the walk, found at this very site. The storage bag (which contained numerous other microliths from this location) is visible at the bottom.
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Grid Reference: SJ519237
Type of site: Mesolithic & Neolithic Settlement
Nearest village: Grinshill
Nearest town: Wem
Access Rating (1 to 5) - 5 is best: 5
Condition Rating (1 to 5) - 5 is best: 1
Ambience Rating (0 to 5) - 5 is best: 5
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Cynynion Standing Stone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jul 2004
Cynynion Standing Stone submitted by TimPrevett on 22nd Jul 2004. Peering over the hedge, standing on top of a wall surprised this sheep, as I photographed Cynynion standing stone. The other livestock present are not visible here! This is the perspective from the west.
Country (if not listed above):
Grid Reference: SJ245305
Type of site: Standing Stone
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County (province etc): Shropshire
Nearest Town: Oswestry
Nearest Village: Rhydycroesau
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Hafodty
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2004
Hafodty submitted by TimPrevett on 29th Jul 2004. The view of the 3 most damaged stones - split and fallen; the other two are standing, but have had chunks knocked out of their far faces.
This circle is not destroyed, though has been considerably damaged. 3 stones remain upright, the tallest at about 4 feet, the other 2 around 2.5 feet. 2 are fallen, and 1 has been blasted apart, and unsurprisingly now lies prostrate, with a large piece missing. Diameter is around 36 feet.
Frances Lynch in her guide to Gwynedd (Conwy formed part of that c...
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Caerhun Stones
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2004
Caerhun Stones submitted by TimPrevett on 29th Jul 2004. The two Caerhun standing stones in the early morning light, late in July.
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Cerrig Pryfaid
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2004
Cerrig Pryfaid submitted by TimPrevett on 29th Jul 2004. The northern arc, and outlier, of Cerrig Pryfaid, early morning in late July.
The very small stones of a complete and wide circle are hard to capture in one photo, so I decided to only focus on these, waiting for the sun to show through clouds, and was pleased with the result.
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Cefn Maen Amor
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2004
Cefn Maen Amor submitted by TimPrevett on 29th Jul 2004. View to the north, higher ground not far away. Three stones can be seen here.
Cefn Maen Amor stone circle has absurdly small stones, no higher than 1 foot, and easily lost under the bilberry and heather. Marked on OS maps as a cairn just to the north west of Maen Penddu standing stone, on a higher track, this is situated on a flat area, just beneath the highest terrain (as many circles are).
Locating it was a matter of careful map reading, and looking for conspicuous bumps to the north of ...
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Caerhun Chambered Tomb
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jul 2004
Caerhun Chambered Tomb submitted by TimPrevett on 30th Jul 2004. The open chamber, and south east stones, looking northwest up to Tal y Fan.
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Maen Hir (Conwy)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jul 2004
Maen Hir (Conwy) submitted by TimPrevett on 30th Jul 2004. A distant shot of Maen Hir; admittedly not the quality I like to submit - but it was the best, and arguably one poor picture is better than none.
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Bwlch y Ddeufaen
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jul 2004
Bwlch y Ddeufaen submitted by TimPrevett on 30th Jul 2004. The western stone has two associated stones, says Frances Lynch in her guidebook to the ancient and historic sites of the area.
The middle stone is convincing in its relationship with the main stone - the most distant in this picture.
I remain uncertain about the smaller whiter stone at the front of the picture, as it seems out of character with the other stone monuments in The Pass of The Two Stones.
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Rollright Stones
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Aug 2004
Rollright Stones submitted by TimPrevett on 18th Aug 2004. A summer view of the Rollrights; a lovely place.
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Flower's Barrow
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 18th Aug 2004
Flower's Barrow submitted by TimPrevett on 18th Aug 2004. The eastern end of Flower's Barrow hillfort as seen from East Lulworth.
Time, and potential hazards did not permit an actual visit this time.
I used to work at the (now long closed) Q8 garage less than a mile away, and never payed any attention to the hill... oh to be able to send messages to yourself in the past!
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Eggardon Hill
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 18th Aug 2004
Eggardon Hill submitted by TimPrevett on 18th Aug 2004. Cutting across the south east entrance to the hillfort, which enters the picture at the bottom right.
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Whispering Knights
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Aug 2004
Whispering Knights submitted by TimPrevett on 18th Aug 2004. A megalithic portal view from the Rollrights to The Whispering Knights.
Shame about the yellow paint...
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Avebury - The Cove
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Aug 2004
Avebury - The Cove submitted by TimPrevett on 18th Aug 2004. Stormy skies brewing over Avebury, captured against the towering stones of The Cove, with a threatening gloom.
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