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Tarr Steps Prehistoric Bridge
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Trackway
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jul 2002
Tarr Steps Prehistoric Bridge submitted by TimPrevett on 7th Jul 2002. Tarr Steps Ancient Bridge
Could this be where all the big Megaliths on Exmoor have gone? :-)
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Beckham Hill
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jul 2002
Beckham Hill submitted by TimPrevett on 7th Jul 2002. Beckham Hill Stone Setting
A site of six smaller stones in two curves with a fairly flat stone in the middle.
Photo, visit & text by Roger Gay, South Molton, Devon. Scanning & editing by Tim Prevett.
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Swap Hill
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jul 2002
Swap Hill submitted by TimPrevett on 7th Jul 2002. Swap Hill SS806427
A setting consisting of two large standing stones, several smaller stones, and two fallen stones close to each other that would have stood nearly four feet tall. A large site with many stones going farther up the hill.
Photo, visit & text by Roger Gay, South Molton, Devon. Scanning & editing by Tim Prevett.
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East Pinford (NW)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jul 2002
East Pinford (NW) submitted by TimPrevett on 7th Jul 2002. East Pinford Multiple Stone Rows
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The nearest to a stone avenue that I have seen on Exmoor; two straight rows of three quite large stones in each, other small stones dotted around.
Photo, visit & text by Roger Gay, South Molton, Devon. Scanning & editing by Tim Prevett.
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Glastonbury Tor
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 17th May 2006
Glastonbury Tor submitted by TimPrevett on 17th May 2006. I awoke early Sunday morning; mist hung in the streets of Glastonbury - so I *knew* that above it would be fantastic, so I got out quick, eating breakfast on the go... as I ascended the tor, the mist began thinning to give a fantastic day above. Magic.
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Chalice Well
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 26th May 2006
Chalice Well submitted by TimPrevett on 26th May 2006. Chalice Well gardens - a really beautiful place. Of all the environments created around holy wells, this must surely be one of the best, aesthetically pleasing. Absolutely stunning place.
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Stanton Drew - The Cove
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 18th Aug 2006
Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by TimPrevett on 18th Aug 2006. A beautiful summer evening at The Cove, Stanton Drew.
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Stanton Drew - Avenue
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 18th Aug 2006
Stanton Drew - Avenue submitted by TimPrevett on 18th Aug 2006. For evidence of the avenue, go past the NE circle, and look for the linear earthwork. The line is visible here on the LH corner of the picture; the group is on another part of the earthwork. Looking on the aerial pics, and on the ground, this can be traced from 3 o'clock to 12 o'clock outside the Great and NE circles. I did have an excellent picture of this from the ground, but have accidentally overwritten it!
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Stanton Drew SSW
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 18th Aug 2006
Stanton Drew SSW submitted by TimPrevett on 18th Aug 2006. View towards the church from the South West Circle.
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Mitchell's Fold
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th May 2003
Mitchell's Fold submitted by TimPrevett on 11th May 2003. The dramatic skies above Mitchell's Fold as we left on the Megalithic Meet, March 2003.
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The Wrekin
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Nov 2003
The Wrekin submitted by TimPrevett on 16th Nov 2003. SJ630083 The Wrekin; atop this monster of a hill which dominates the landscape between Shrewsbury & Telford, are some remains of a hillfort. A spectacular location. We went up the Wrekin on Christmas Day one year - and got caught in a snowstorm at the top! This picture taken from Corbet Wood SJ525237, which gives commanding views across the hills to the south.
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Caer Caradoc (Church Stretton)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Nov 2003
Caer Caradoc (Church Stretton) submitted by TimPrevett on 19th Nov 2003. To give an idea of the steepness of the ascent / descent (at times) of this Caer Caradoc; I sweated buckets going up this hill, and the long jolting, sliding descent made my legs feel like jelly when I at last reached level ground! This was taken looking N on the W side before the fog enveloped me and the hill!
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Castle Hill (Shropshire)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Nov 2003
Castle Hill (Shropshire) submitted by TimPrevett on 19th Nov 2003. SO461959; lovely views to the E to Caer Caradoc, and NE to The Wrekin. What may remain of ramparts is probably underneath fern, fireweed, and brambles. It has been argued to be a defended Iron Age settlement, shorn up on 3 sides by human efforts, defining an area about 60 by 90 feet. A ditch and bank is supposed to be visible on the W. This view is looking towards Church Stretton and really is all there about to be seen; though it is a pleasant location. The nearby 1902 church of St Michael & Al...
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Secret Hills Discovery Centre
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 13th Dec 2003
Secret Hills Discovery Centre submitted by TimPrevett on 13th Dec 2003. SO435825. This impressive exhibition is a millenium project worth singing about. A museum to demonstrate the wonders of an outstanding area of England so little known about. Hence the secret hills bit.
This covers archaeology, geology, wildlife, folklore, and local arts & crafts.
The full size skeleton of the Condover Mammoth is there to worry or delight children!
Of interest to the megarak is much on lumps & bumps in the area; a simulated balloon ride of many of the hillforts in the a...
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Whittington Castle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Dec 2003
Whittington Castle submitted by TimPrevett on 16th Dec 2003. SJ 325313. A barrow-like mound (possibly re-used barrow) at Whittington Castle - not disimilar from ones at Little Moreton Hall in Cheshire, or Boscobel House further east in Shropshire, near the Staffs border. A woman we spoke with here said that soil-core tests done here date contemporary with Old Oswestry Hillfort; she was adamant that the inhabitants of the fort actually dwellt here, and only moved to the fort in times of threat.
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Hoarstones
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Dec 2003
Hoarstones submitted by TimPrevett on 19th Dec 2003. At the Hoarstones (Shropshire) Meet 2003... Corndon Hill's ghostly figure to the rear!
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Caer Caradoc (Chapel Lawn)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jan 2004
Caer Caradoc (Chapel Lawn) submitted by TimPrevett on 6th Jan 2004. This is the more southerly of two hillforts in Shropshire named Caer Caradoc.
Looking N on the W Side, entrance in the foreground.
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Bury Ditches (Shropshire)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jan 2004
Bury Ditches (Shropshire) submitted by TimPrevett on 6th Jan 2004. Bury Ditches is a wonderful example of a hillfort; the views are breathtaking, too. Until 1976, it was shrouded in trees - but a storm blew many of them down, and then the Forestry Commision felled the remainder of trees from the ramparts, revealing the oval-shape hillfort. Parking is to the south east side, where the fort is entered by a prolonged 'inturned entrance', adding additional chance of defence to any attackers breaching the fort's gateway. The more western entrance relies upon the usu...
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Titterstone Clee Camp
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Feb 2004
Titterstone Clee Camp submitted by TimPrevett on 14th Feb 2004. Sitting to the NEE of Ludlow, the imposing figure of Titterstone Clee upon which sits the hillfort at SO592779. On this very murky day the greyness lifted just enough for me to be able to grab this picture of its silhouette from the top of St Laurence's Church Tower in the centre of Ludlow.
Titterstone Clee Camp is the largest hillfort in Shropshire covering some 28 hectares, though parts of it are now lost due to 100 years plus quarrying, thankfully now ceased. Two cairns, one mounted by an ...
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Ludlow Museum
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Feb 2004
Ludlow Museum submitted by TimPrevett on 14th Feb 2004. Ludlow Museum sits on the corner of the Marketplace, with Tourist Information within the same building (the cream coloured one). If visiting out of season, phone up to enquire about opening hours as it is closed for much of the time. We were disappointed to find the museum closed when we visited, so do check.
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