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Kelsborrow Castle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jul 2007

Kelsborrow Castle submitted by TimPrevett on 7th Jul 2007. Kelsborrow Castle hillfort as viewed from the north west. Easily identified by the masts atop its summit. Fantastic views to South Cheshire, the East, and West into the Clwydian Range and chain of hillforts.
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Castle Ditch Eddisbury
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jul 2007

Castle Ditch Eddisbury submitted by TimPrevett on 7th Jul 2007. As viewed from the east; notice the two figures atop, in the centre - these two gentlemen we bumped into, and they'd been there specifically to visit the hillfort, too.
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Blacknoll Hill
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jul 2007

Blacknoll Hill submitted by TimPrevett on 8th Jul 2007. The trig point mounting probably the easiest barrow to see on Blacknoll Hill. From there, though, the Five Marys, and numerous other barrows are visible.
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Plas Newydd Burial Chamber
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2007

Plas Newydd Burial Chamber submitted by TimPrevett on 14th Jul 2007. At Plas Newydd, also keep an eye out for two very large boulders / stones a short way from the main tomb. We couldn't help but look at them and say "hmmmmn, I wonder".
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Plas Newydd
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2007

Plas Newydd Burial Chamber submitted by TimPrevett on 14th Jul 2007. At Plas Newydd, also keep an eye out for two very large boulders / stones a short way from the main tomb. We couldn't help but look at them and say "hmmmmn, I wonder".
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Bunbury Hillfort (Alton Towers)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 26th Jul 2007

Bunbury Hillfort (Alton Towers) submitted by TimPrevett on 26th Jul 2007. People have been coming to the site of Alton Towers since at least the Iron Age. Within the grounds of the now Theme Park survive the slight earthworks of univallate hillfort, which makes use of the spur above the Churnet Valley. This view shows the site from the south, in Alton.
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The Bargain Stone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Holed Stone
Country: England (West Midlands)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jul 2007

The Bargain Stone submitted by TimPrevett on 28th Jul 2007. The holed Bargain Stone outside St Peter's in Wolverhampton City Centre. It is believed bargains, probably deals on wool traded from the Welsh Marches, would have been sealed with a handshake through this stone. It is thought to be a well weathered and broken gargoyle, with the hole having been the drainage. Don't miss the huge Anglo Saxon cross shaft nearby.
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Kinver
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Aug 2007

Kinver submitted by TimPrevett on 4th Aug 2007. The northwestern ramparts at Kinver Edge hillfort.
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Boltstone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Aug 2007

Boltstone submitted by TimPrevett on 4th Aug 2007. Within the view presented of this field once stood The Boltstone. No trace survives, it seems, as the farmer destroyed it looking for fabled treasure beneath it in 1839 - so the story goes. Not far to the NW of Kinver hillfort, off Bannut Tree Lane, near the footpath shown cutting across the field.
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Rostherne Celtic Head
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Sculptured Stone
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Aug 2007

Rostherne Celtic Head submitted by TimPrevett on 11th Aug 2007. The possible ancient British deity carving at Rostherne.
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The Hemlock Stone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Rock Outcrop
Country: England (Nottinghamshire)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Aug 2007

The Hemlock Stone submitted by TimPrevett on 22nd Aug 2007. The Hemlock Stone - a towering natural outcrop with myths and legends, west of Nottingham. A good page for more information is here
http://www.broxtowe.gov.uk/staplefordhill_hemlock.htm
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Engine Vein, Alderley Edge Copper Mines
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 26th Aug 2007

Engine Vein, Alderley Edge Copper Mines submitted by TimPrevett on 26th Aug 2007. Looking east through the Engine Vein, which has been mined for 4,000 years. See main article for details.
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Golden Stone (Alderley Edge)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 26th Aug 2007

Golden Stone (Alderley Edge) submitted by TimPrevett on 26th Aug 2007. The large Golden Stone, which is a possible standing stone. See main entry for detail.
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Armada Beacon
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 26th Aug 2007

Armada Beacon submitted by TimPrevett on 26th Aug 2007. Viewed from the west, the Armada Beacon, which is also a bronze age burial mound - though there is nothing there to tell the steady stream of bank holiday tourists such information.
A lovely area, and if you know where to find them (after 10 years of visiting, I do at last), many items of interest at Alderley Edge.
See main entries.
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Hill Ridware
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cursus
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 12th Sep 2007

Hill Ridware submitted by TimPrevett on 12th Sep 2007. The site of the neolithic cursus at Hill Ridware; nothing to see apart from the field now, unlike the other cursus near Alrewas - see
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=14868
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Brenig 46
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 20th Feb 2006

Brenig 46 submitted by TimPrevett on 20th Feb 2006. The more ruinous Brenig 46 Cairn, looking SW, with Portal user whatisthat in the background. Many of the cairns here have been reconstructed in situ. Obviously, this one has not been! Nonetheless, I'll often walk miles to see something like this, so still worthwhile. This cairn is situated north of a mediaeval Hafod - a summer grazing base, called Sion Lwyd. We kept wanting to call it Sian Lloyd!
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Arbor Low 1
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Feb 2006

Arbor Low 1 submitted by TimPrevett on 25th Feb 2006. Visiting Arbor Low on Tues 21st Feb 2006, this circle has been 'burnt' into the centre of the monument with some chemical, killing the vegetation. Ivy, holly, lavender, and tea lights were left in the centre. Also planted nearby were some crocuses just beginning to flower. Surely *not* how leave a special place for other people?
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Dyffryn Lane, Berriew
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Henge
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Mar 2006

Dyffryn Lane, Berriew submitted by TimPrevett on 22nd Mar 2006. If one looks carefully at the Dyffryn Lane henge site, especially with reference to the aerial image in the CADW guide to Clywd & Powys, three areas of corresponding contours can be detected. Look for curves and rises juxtaposed against the linear hedgerows. I have marked the picture here to help show off the distant curves near the field boundary, and a closer mark to show the contours nearer the front of the image. Walking down from Maen Beuno, just a couple minutes, look over the field opposi...
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Chirbury
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 24th Mar 2006

Chirbury submitted by TimPrevett on 24th Mar 2006. The location of the ring ditch, possible henge, west from Chirbury. Just an apparently empty field. The road to its south runs higher, and this photo is taken from the road. The crop mark was certainly in this field, and the approximate area has been circle. Size of the circle has no bearing upon the size of the ring ditch.
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The Berth
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 26th Mar 2006

The Berth submitted by TimPrevett on 26th Mar 2006. Iron Age Slave Chains. A gathering of the Berth Archaeological Group on Saturday 25th March had the enormous pleasure of a guided talk by Ernie Jenks (right) who carried out the dig here in 1962/3.
One of the most unusual finds here at that time were some slave chains like those found at Llyn Cerrig Bach on Anglesey, showing the slave trade was alive and well in pre Roman Britain.
Here Ernie demonstrates with his own reconstruction of the chains, using himself and Portal Contributor VirtHist...
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