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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.
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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Menhir Bevaix/Treytel
Trip No.15 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Switzerland (Neuenburg)
Visited: Yes on 12th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 2 Access 5
Menhir Bevaix/Treytel submitted by wirzroland on 19th Jul 2014. Menhir Bevaix/Treytel
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Log Text: The condition rating applies to the actual menhir in the Latenium museum. This rough copy has all the appeal of a piece of leftover construction material, but it is a nice gesture to mark the approximate area the menhir was found.
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.
Courgenay Pierre-Percée
Date Added: 30th Jun 2018
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Switzerland (Jura)
Visited: Yes on 17th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 5
Courgenay Pierre-Percée submitted by ggm on 26th Jul 2008. Courgenay Pierre-Percée, Switzerland
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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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Brüggmöösli Schalenstein
Trip No.15 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Switzerland (Bern)
Visited: Yes on 12th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Brüggmöösli Schalenstein submitted by aolson on 13th Oct 2019. As the stone appeared in 1985 before the overgrowth. Photo courtesy of the Schweizerische Stein-Denkmäler
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Log Text: Impossible to see the cupmarks due to the growth of ivy.
Luterhölzli Schalenstein
Trip No.15 Date Added: 7th Feb 2020
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Switzerland (Bern)
Visited: Yes on 12th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 5
Log Text: Nice deep, obvious marks, but now clearly not in their original alignments.
Oberbipp Dolmen
Trip No.15 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Switzerland (Bern)
Visited: Yes on 12th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Oberbipp Dolmen submitted by dodomad on 15th Feb 2013. A look at the internal chamber.: The dolmen is filled with material that was probably washed in from the stream.
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Site in Bern Switzerland
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Log Text: Nicely placed in the quiet churchyard.
Museum Schwab
Date Added: 26th Oct 2021
Site Type: Museum
Country: Switzerland (Bern)
Visited: Yes on 13th Oct 2019
Museum Schwab submitted by aolson on 13th Oct 2019. Neues Museum Biel
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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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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
Würenlos Menhir
Trip No.10 Date Added: 19th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Switzerland (Aargau)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Würenlos Menhir submitted by aolson on 3rd Feb 2019. Over 4 meters tall and almost 2 meters wide
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Log Text: Park on the Basel-bound side of the rest area and follow the footpath under the railroad.
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.
National Museum of Scotland
Date Added: 11th Jul 2024
Site Type: Museum
Country: Scotland (Midlothian)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
National Museum of Scotland submitted by DrewParsons on 3rd Oct 2011. Andesite and sandstone carved balls from Fyvie, Aberdeenshire and Skye dated to between 3500 BC and 1800 BC. September 2011.
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Log Text: Lots of very interesting and important prehistoric artifacts, but it is very hard to find specific items due the the organization of the floors. They are laid out according to a curator's whim of what "theme" the artifact falls unter, rather than chronological. There were carved stone balls in at least two rooms (and I never found the one I was looking for), and hand axes in three different rooms.
National Museum of Scotland (Early Christian Stones)
Date Added: 11th Jul 2024
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: Scotland (Midlothian)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
National Museum of Scotland (Early Christian Stones) submitted by Anne T on 18th Jan 2018. This Whithorn Style Cross Shaft is on display in the 'Early People's Exhibition on Level -1. It comes from Craiglemine, Glasserton, Wigtownshire near Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway. Submitted with the kind consent of National Museums of Scotland. Exhibit X.IB 122. Dates from 900-100 AD.
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National Museum of Scotland (Pictish Stones)
Date Added: 11th Jul 2024
Site Type: Museum
Country: Scotland (Midlothian)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
National Museum of Scotland (Pictish Stones) submitted by Anne T on 18th Jan 2018. A collection of 3 Pictish stones on display behind glass in Level -1 of the Tower. From front to back these are: Boulder from Letham Grange, Angus; Slab reused in a burial cist from West Yardhouse (?); and a slab from Lamancha.
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Log Text: First in person view of Pictish stones. I eventually found the ones I was looking for, but they are scattered through several rooms on two floors of the museum.
Court Cave
Date Added: 11th Jul 2024
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Scotland (Fife)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Court Cave submitted by johnur on 13th Nov 2018. West entrance to Court Cave in September 2018. Comparison with old photos on Canmore will show that the ground level outside the cave is now several feet higher than it was 100 years ago. The top of the old wall in the Canmore photos is now just below the present ground level. This is due to pit waste from Michael Colliery accumulating on the foreshore to establish a ground level which became permanent when rock armour was installed in the late 20th century to prevent coastal erosion.
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Log Text: When we unexpectedly realized our deviation from the gps route led us through Wemyss, we had to pay the caves a visit.
Jonathan’s Cave
Date Added: 11th Jul 2024
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Scotland (Fife)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Jonathan’s Cave submitted by durhamnature on 11th Mar 2013. Panel from "Sculptured Stones of Scotland" via archive.org
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Log Text: Barred off like the other caves in the area.
Well Cave (East Wemyss)
Date Added: 11th Jul 2024
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Scotland (Fife)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Well Cave (East Wemyss) submitted by aolson on 11th Jul 2024. Entrance to Well Cave quite silted up.
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Log Text: Alas, the mouth of the cave is quite covered, the lawn in front of it is also quite overgrown. Thanks to TIme Team we can still imagine what it looks like inside.