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Nennigkofen Schalenstein
Trip No.15 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Switzerland (Solothurn)
Visited: Yes on 12th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Nennigkofen Schalenstein submitted by aolson on 17th Oct 2019. A closer view of the top of the stone.
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Log Text: A badger or similar critter has now taken up residence under the stone.
Vauroux Menhir
Trip No.15 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Switzerland (Neuenburg)
Visited: Yes on 12th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Vauroux Menhir submitted by croppy on 13th Jul 2008. Vauroux Menhir
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Log Text: Our GPS brought us to the back side, but that allowed for a beautiful view of the Alps.
Oensingen Schalenstein
Trip No.15 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Switzerland (Solothurn)
Visited: Yes on 12th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Oensingen Schalenstein submitted by aolson on 17th Oct 2019. Cupmarks on the upper surface, and holes in the vertical face.
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Log Text: Park in the Ravellenweg or at 47.29404, 7.71723 and walk a short distance up, rather than parking at the castle and walking the long distance down.
Laténium Museum
Trip No.14 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Museum
Country: Switzerland (Neuenburg)
Visited: Yes on 20th Apr 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Laténium Museum submitted by neolithique02 on 11th Oct 2011. Allée couverte of Auvernier, reconstructed in front of the museum.
Site in Neuenburg Switzerland
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Log Text: Spectacular setting. The reconstructions and relocations in the grounds are as impressive as the interior of the museum. Some of the items could use more thorough explanations. (For example, the names of the Auvernier Dolmen, the Columbier round cairn, and the undecorated menhir from Bauvaix are not given). Information in English would also be helpful for visitors from further afield.
Auvernier Dolmen
Trip No.14 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Switzerland (Neuenburg)
Visited: Yes on 20th Apr 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Auvernier Dolmen submitted by aolson on 21st Apr 2019. Located in the Archaelogical Park at the Latenium Museum.
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Log Text: Reconstructed on the grounds of the Latenium museum.
Eichholz Schalenstein
Trip No.14 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Switzerland (Solothurn)
Visited: Yes on 20th Apr 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Eichholz Schalenstein submitted by aolson on 13th Oct 2019. photo courtesy Kultur Historisches Museum, Grenchen
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Log Text: Easy to find, surrounded by a low hedge.
Selzach Schalenstein
Trip No.14 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Switzerland (Solothurn)
Visited: Yes on 20th Apr 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Selzach Schalenstein submitted by aolson on 21st Apr 2019. Stone with 9 cup marks in the shape of an arrow.
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Log Text: Gorgeous setting overlooking the Alps. The stone is very easy to find, the cup marks eluded us.
Colombier Round Tomb
Trip No.14 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Round Cairn
Country: Switzerland (Neuenburg)
Visited: Yes on 20th Apr 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Colombier Round Tomb submitted by aolson on 21st Apr 2019. Bronze Age burial cairn relocated to the grounds of the Latenium museum.
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Laufen Dolmen
Trip No.14 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Switzerland (Baselland)
Visited: Yes on 20th Apr 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 5
Laufen Dolmen submitted by ggm on 26th Jul 2008. Site in Baselland Switzerland
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Cleopatra's Needle (London)
Trip No.12 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: England (Greater London)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Mar 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Cleopatra's Needle (London) submitted by Thorgrim on 26th Mar 2006. The oldest man-made object in London can be seen on the Embankment. Its height makes our homegrown standing stones look quite stunted. See main site page for more information
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Log Text: One does wonder how much longer any inscriptions will be visible.
Dane John Mound
Trip No.13 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: England (Kent)
Visited: Yes on 21st Mar 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Dane John Mound submitted by TheCaptain on 12th Oct 2018. At the southern corner of the Canterbury city walls is a large mound, known as the Dane John Mound.
When the Romans built the Canterbury City walls, they were arranged to incorporate an ancient mound, thought to be a large burial mound within a barrow cemetary.
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London Stone
Trip No.12 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: England (Greater London)
Visited: Yes on 20th Mar 2019. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 2 Access 5
London Stone submitted by Thorgrim on 1st Apr 2004. Once considered to be the guardian of the City and the place where all distances from London were measured, the London Stone now sits almost forgotten in a little glass box set into the wall of 111, Cannon Street opposite the Underground Station at TQ326809. Very difficult to photograph because of the internal light and glass. It is very low to the pavement and I put my compact digital to the glass and hoped for the best!
The Stone is a fragment of oolithic limestone and must have been brou...
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Log Text: New case looks better than the old one. Little offerings by some besuited neopagan were a nice touch
Mithras Temple (London)
Trip No.12 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: England (Greater London)
Visited: Yes on 20th Mar 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Mithras Temple (London) submitted by dodomad on 8th Nov 2017. Situated on the site of Bloomberg’s new European headquarters, this new cultural hub showcases the ancient temple, a selection of the remarkable Roman artefacts found during the recent excavations, and a series of contemporary art commissions responding to one of the UK’s most significant archaeological sites.
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Log Text: Hats off to Bloomberg for this vastly improved setting of the temple. It is free, the display of finds in informative, and the temple looks so much better now! We visited here and immediately went to the Museum of London to see the finds from the original excavation.
Museum of London
Trip No.12 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Greater London)
Visited: Yes on 20th Mar 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Museum of London submitted by Thorgrim on 31st Mar 2004. Entrance to the Museum of London from the high walk of London Wall near the Barbican.
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Log Text: My second favorite museum in London. I notice something new every time. This time it was the sketch for the 1814 Panorama, and a new appreciation for the Mithras sculptures.
British Museum
Trip No.12 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Greater London)
Visited: Yes on 20th Mar 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
British Museum submitted by Thorgrim on 1st Apr 2004. The greatest portal to the treasures of the ancient world.
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Log Text: Tied with the west coast of Vancouver Island in my mind for the greatest place on planet Earth. I have spent dozens of hours here over the years, and still more to learn every time I come back.
Nesselhau Steinreihe
Trip No.11 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Switzerland (Zürich)
Visited: Yes on 17th Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Nesselhau Steinreihe submitted by aolson on 3rd Mar 2019. Part of the long side of the row made of hundreds of small to medium sized stones.
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Affoltern Bernhau Steinkreis
Trip No.11 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Switzerland (Zürich)
Visited: Yes on 17th Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Affoltern Bernhau Steinkreis submitted by aolson on 15th Mar 2019. Panorama view courtesy Richard Walker
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Schürmatt block terrace
Trip No.11 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: Switzerland (Zürich)
Visited: Yes on 17th Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 3
Schürmatt block terrace submitted by aolson on 15th Mar 2019. Site in Zürich Switzerland
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Log Text: Hard to get to through the dense brush. Not much to see once you find it.
Steinkreis Schürmatt
Trip No.11 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Switzerland (Zürich)
Visited: Yes on 17th Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Steinkreis Schürmatt submitted by aolson on 15th Mar 2019. Photo courtesy Richard Walker
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Würzhau Blockhügel
Trip No.11 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Switzerland (Zürich)
Visited: Yes on 17th Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Würzhau Blockhügel submitted by aolson on 15th Mar 2019. Two erratics standing on the top of a small hill.
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