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Lundin Links
Trip No.21 Entry No.7 Date Added: 31st Jul 2025
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Fife)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Lundin Links submitted by Postman on 24th Sep 2018. Autumn Equinox sun rise 2018
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Log Text: Took a picture over the wall of the cottage to the west. Be sure to ask permission, the residents are kindly but do not want people climbing over their wall to access the stones.
The Blue Stane (St Andrews)
Trip No.21 Entry No.8 Date Added: 31st Jul 2025
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Fife)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 2 Access 5
The Blue Stane (St Andrews) submitted by SHUGS on 16th Nov 2017. This stone is found in a small garden part of a hotel, would you believe called "The Blue Stane Hotel" right in the centre of St Andrews
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Log Text: Well, at least it beats London's stone...
Monk's Well, St Andrews
Trip No.21 Entry No.9 Date Added: 31st Jul 2025
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Scotland (Fife)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Monk's Well, St Andrews submitted by jamesrattue on 25th Nov 2006. The Monk's Well at St Andrews, photographed 21st November 2006.
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Log Text: Very nice setting at the edge of the cemetery. Do watch out for the statues? of angels in the vicinity.
McManus Galleries
Trip No.21 Entry No.10 Date Added: 31st Jul 2025
Site Type: Museum
Country: Scotland (Angus)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
McManus Galleries submitted by DrewParsons on 29th Oct 2012. McManus Galleries Museum
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Log Text: A wonderful local museum in a grand old building. The prehistoric collection is informative and well laid out. The rest of the museum is eclectic and interesting.
Tealing
Trip No.21 Entry No.11 Date Added: 31st Jul 2025
Site Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Country: Scotland (Angus)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Tealing Souterrain submitted by Nick on 5th Nov 2002. Tealing is just north of Dundee on the A929. Turn into the village and follow the road round, and look for the signpost. The souterrain is down a track and over a stile in a field behind the doocot (16th century pigeon house). This site dates from approximately 100 AD, and is a well preserved example. These earth houses were covered over with thatched roofs, and used for storage. The cup and ring marked stone at the northern entrance is thought to have been taken from another site and used ...
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Log Text: My first visit to a souterrain. Just off the road from Dundee to Aberlemno, so we had to stop by.
Carsegownie Cairn
Trip No.21 Entry No.13 Date Added: 31st Jul 2025
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Angus)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Carsegownie Cairn submitted by DrewParsons on 29th Oct 2012. The mound. September 2012.
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Log Text: Not much to see. Fortunately we were there on a quiet morning, but I imagine parking without disrupting traffic could be a challenge on a busy day
Aberlemno
Trip No.21 Entry No.12 Date Added: 31st Jul 2025
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Angus)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Aberlemno submitted by dodomad on 12th Mar 2022. A carved Pictish symbol stone uncovered in a field in Aberlemno in 2022. Only 200 Pictish symbol stones are known to exist
Photo Credit: University of Aberdeen
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Log Text: A highlight of our trip to Scotland. After seeing many Pictish stones in museums, it was great to see some in almost their natural setting.
Blackgate of Pitscandlie
Trip No.21 Entry No.14 Date Added: 31st Jul 2025
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.
Glamis 2
Trip No.21 Entry No.15 Date Added: 31st Jul 2025
Site Type: Class I / Class II Hybrid Pictish Symbol Stone
Country: Scotland (Angus)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Glamis 2 submitted by cosmic on 20th Jul 2005. Cross on West side.
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Log Text: Arrived during the service at the church, so we didn't feel like we could ask about entering the manse grounds.
Eassie Stone
Trip No.21 Entry No.16 Date Added: 31st Jul 2025
Site Type: Class II Pictish Symbol Stone
Country: Scotland (Angus)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Eassie Stone submitted by C_Michael_Hogan on 7th Oct 2007. Eassie Church in ruin with part of the old graveyard. @ C. Michael Hogan
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Log Text: What a great setting in the ruined church. 5 for ambience if it weren't for the (necessary) glass box.
La Prisciona Nuraghe
Trip No.22 Entry No.2 Date Added: 31st Jul 2025
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Italy (Sardinia (Sardegna))
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
La Prisciona Nuraghe submitted by AlexHunger on 23rd Oct 2006. Medium sized Nuraghe near the Coddu Vecchio Giants' Tomb. Currently being renovated due to danger of collapse.
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Log Text: On our way to our hotel we had to make a little detour. The boardwalks detract a bit from the ambience, but the raised platforms are nice for pictures
Coddu Vecchiu Tomba di Giganti
Trip No.22 Entry No.1 Date Added: 31st Jul 2025
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Italy (Sardinia (Sardegna))
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Coddu Vecchiu Tomba di Giganti submitted by AlexHunger on 15th Oct 2006. Sardinian Chambered tomb with arc shaped granite slab facade.
The tomb is covered with cap stones.
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Log Text: Our first stop after the airport. (priorities, you know!) The nicest Giant's Tomb we would see this week.
Su Monte 'e S'Abe Tomba di Giganti
Trip No.22 Entry No.3 Date Added: 31st Jul 2025
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Italy (Sardinia (Sardegna))
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Su Monte 'e S'Abe Tomba di Giganti submitted by SolarMegalith on 17th Dec 2017. Central part of the exedra with an entrance (photo taken on October 2017).
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Log Text: Bit of a longer walk in the summer heat after just getting off the plane from cooler climes, but very worth the visit.
Villaggio nuragico di Sos Muros (Orosei)
Trip No.22 Entry No.4 Date Added: 31st Jul 2025
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Italy (Sardinia (Sardegna))
Visited: Yes on 25th Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 3
Villaggio nuragico di Sos Muros (Orosei) submitted by aolson on 31st Jul 2025. Most of the remains of the village are scattered and coverd in brush.
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Log Text: A very untidy entrance area, with lots of junk lying around, and a sad looking dog tied up at the beginning of the path. There are hints of structures all around, but very overgrown and difficult to interpret.
Sos Moios Domus de Janas
Trip No.22 Entry No.5 Date Added: 31st Jul 2025
Site Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Country: Italy (Sardinia (Sardegna))
Visited: Yes on 25th Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Sos Moios Domus de Janas submitted by aolson on 31st Jul 2025. Two entries carved into a single block.
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Log Text: After much frustration of finding most of the sites I wanted to visit were behind fences or locked gates, it was a pleasant surprise to find a site that could be visited, but with a paved path leading to it!
S'Ena Tunda Tomba di Giganti
Trip No.22 Entry No.6 Date Added: 31st Jul 2025
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Italy (Sardinia (Sardegna))
Visited: Yes on 25th Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
S'Ena Tunda Tomba di Giganti submitted by aolson on 31st Jul 2025. The chambered tomb at the top of a small hill.
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Log Text: Another easily accessible site. A wonderful location.
Conca Umosa Nuraghe
Trip No.22 Entry No.7 Date Added: 31st Jul 2025
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Italy (Sardinia (Sardegna))
Visited: Yes on 25th Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 4 Access 2
Conca Umosa Nuraghe submitted by aolson on 31st Jul 2025. Traces of Conca Umosa nuranghe
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Log Text: Rough going to reach this site. After much wandering and scrambling around the rocks I found the faded sign from the local archaeology unit among rocks that themselves seem nothing special. It turns out I was only about 50 meters below the actual base of the nuraghe.
Santa Lucia Nuraghe
Trip No.22 Entry No.9 Date Added: 31st Jul 2025
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Italy (Sardinia (Sardegna))
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Santa Lucia Nuraghe submitted by aolson on 31st Jul 2025. A few courses of stonework remain, but most of the structure is now rubble.
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Log Text: Park at the church above the nuraghe. The climb up from the bottom is difficult and would go through private property.
Oddoene Domus de Janas
Trip No.22 Entry No.11 Date Added: 31st Jul 2025
Site Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Country: Italy (Sardinia (Sardegna))
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Oddoene Domus de Janas submitted by aolson on 31st Jul 2025. A strikingly shaped Domus de Janas in a remote part of eastern Sardinia.
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Log Text: Not marked on any of my maps or referenced on any websites, I just happened to see the familiar looking information sign at the side of the road. What a find!
Su Itichinzu Tomba di Giganti
Trip No.22 Entry No.12 Date Added: 31st Jul 2025
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Italy (Sardinia (Sardegna))
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Su Itichinzu Tomba di Giganti submitted by aolson on 31st Jul 2025. The giants' tomb in the background behind the circular structure.
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Log Text: There is an obvious path leading from the road to the site through a wonky gate made of twine and an old pallet. I was not surprised to find the circular structure nearby, but now I can't find where I would have heard that it was there.