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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.
Botlann Dolmen
Date Added: 24th Jul 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 17th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Botlann dolmen submitted by minteddy on 12th Sep 2008. I assume this has been heavily restored to produce such a flat cap stone. What other dolmen look so slim?
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Log Text: Surprising small, with the opening very similar in size and shape to a hockey goalmouth.
Bonstetten Schladhau Menhir
Trip No.10 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Switzerland (Zürich)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Bonstetten Schladhau Menhir submitted by aolson on 22nd Feb 2019. Photo courtesy Richard Walker
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Bonstetten Schladhau Cromlech
Trip No.10 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Switzerland (Zürich)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 4
Bonstetten Schladhau Cromlech submitted by aolson on 22nd Feb 2019. Photo courtesy Richard Walker
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Log Text: Only the remnants of the circle remain. You need to look at just the right angle to be able to picture it.
Bodel Menhir
Date Added: 1st Aug 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Bodel menhir submitted by Ogham on 1st Aug 2012. Bodel menhir is set in a valley surrounded by fields.
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Blackgate of Pitscandlie
Date Added: 11th Jul 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Angus)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 4
Blackgate of Pitscandlie submitted by hamish on 24th Jun 2007. Again wide but narrow, this is a magnificent Stone.
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Log Text: Visited early on a Sunday and didn't see anyone around, so we had to be content with a view from the driveway.
Bislikerhau Steinreihe B
Trip No.10 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Switzerland (Zürich)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Bislikerhau Steinreihe B submitted by aolson on 4th Feb 2019. Looking along the row toward the Bislikerhau stone circle.
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Bislikerhau Steinreihe A
Trip No.10 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Switzerland (Zürich)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Bislikerhau Steinreihe A submitted by aolson on 4th Feb 2019. Lookin southeast along the row.
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Beg-er-Goalennec Menhirs
Date Added: 25th Jul 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 18th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Beg-er-Goalennec menhirs submitted by thecaptain on 5th Jun 2006. Beg er Goalennec menhir B is a heart shaped menhir which stands 3 metres tall right beside the Cote Sauvage road.
It is splendidly situated to sit and watch the waves break over this spectacular coastline.
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Beg-er-Goalennec 1
Date Added: 25th Jul 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 18th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Beg-er-Goalennec 1 submitted by thecaptain on 6th Jun 2006. This is a nice menhir, less than 3 metres tall, standing in heathland just beside the Cote Sauvage road and cliffs on the Quiberon peninsular. A splendid position.
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Baderholz Alignment
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
Baderholz Alignment submitted by aolson on 16th Mar 2019. The wall's northern end and one of the ending mounds.
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Babouin et Babouine
Date Added: 1st Aug 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Babouin et Babouine submitted by Jimwithnoname on 24th Sep 2010. Babouin et Babouine
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Log Text: The walk from the parking area to the menhirs was simply spectacular. A cool summer morning out of the hot sun, surrounded by ferns and mosses - It reminded me of my beloved Oregon. But Oregon does not have menhirs!
Avebury
Date Added: 25th Aug 2022
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Avebury - The Cove submitted by Nasher on 21st Jun 2005. OVERALL 1st PRIZE WINNER!
This is Leah's (Creator's niece) submission for * A * Summer Solstice Photo Competition.
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Log Text: Alas, due to rental car problems we had all of 45 minutes to explore the whole Avebury area. I only got to see 1/4 of the circle and we had to leave.
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.
Augusta Raurica
Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Switzerland (Baselland)
Visited: Yes on 6th Aug 1998. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Augusta Raurica submitted by wirzroland on 15th Jul 2016. Augusta Raurica, Roman settlement, theater.
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Log Text: Best preserved Roman ruins north of the Alps
Attiswil Freistein
Trip No.15 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Switzerland (Bern)
Visited: Yes on 12th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Attiswil Freistein submitted by wirzroland on 15th Jul 2014. Site in Switzerland
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Althau Menhirs
Trip No.10 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Switzerland (Aargau)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Althau Menhirs submitted by aolson on 3rd Mar 2019. Site in Aargau Switzerland
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Log Text: The most impressive megalithic site I have visited. It was amazing to walk along the top of the hill and watch a seemingly endless number of menhirs, stone circles, and rows appear out of the fog.
Altgrüt Lochstein
Trip No.9 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Holed Stone
Country: Switzerland (Zürich)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jan 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Altgrüt Lochstein submitted by aolson on 25th Jan 2019. Looking roughly north through the hole.
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Allmend Alignment
Trip No.9 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Switzerland (Zürich)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jan 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Allmend Alignment submitted by aolson on 25th Jan 2019. Looking east along the alignment.
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Log Text: According to some sources, the row extends further west, but other sources say only 8 stones.
Allée Couverte du Haut Bodel
Date Added: 1st Aug 2020
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 5
Allée Couverte du Haut Bodel submitted by oldman on 3rd Oct 2018. Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France
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Log Text: While returning to the car after a fruitless search of the woods near the manor wall, we noticed the dolmen there in the yard a couple dozen meters from where we parked.