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Athelney
Date Added: 25th Aug 2022
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes
Athelney submitted by mattimpey on 15th Sep 2009. In 878 King Alfred (he who burnt the cakes) built a small strong hold on Altheney to defend against a Danish Pagans.
A monument was erected in 1801 to commemorate this.
The Hillfort is a small hill on the Somerset plains.
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Holy Well (Swainshill)
Date Added: 25th Aug 2022
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Herefordshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Holy Well (Swainshill) submitted by jfarrar on 1st Feb 2009. The water shrine at New Weir gardens. It was uncovered in 1891 by workmen digging a trench for a new water pipe.
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Fairy Well (Barrow Gurney)
Date Added: 21st Aug 2022
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 21st Aug 2022. My rating: Condition 1 Access 4
Fairy Well (Barrow Gurney) submitted by hevveh on 21st Aug 2022. View from footbridge
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St. Agnes Well
Date Added: 20th Aug 2022
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 20th Aug 2022
St. Agnes Well submitted by dodomad on 13th Jan 2017. Well decorations, photo credit: Well Obsessed on Facebook
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date Added: 25th Sep 2022
Site Type: Museum
Country: United States (New England)
Visited: Saw from a distance
Metropolitan Museum of Art submitted by davidmorgan on 19th Aug 2018. A Costa Rican stone sphere at The Met. Photos by James Doyle from The Met website. Item record on the museum website.
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Jorvik Viking Centre
Date Added: 25th Sep 2022
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Yorkshire (East))
Visited: Saw from a distance
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Poldue Downs Hut Circle
Date Added: 25th Sep 2022
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 4th Sep 2020
Poldue Downs Hut Circle submitted by Bladup on 20th Jul 2015. Poldue Downs hut circle.
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St Ives Head Fort
Date Added: 25th Sep 2022
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Saw from a distance
St Ives Head Fort submitted by Bladup on 14th Sep 2013. A hut circle near the top of St Ives Head Fort.
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Merlin's Cave (Cornwall)
Date Added: 25th Sep 2022
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Saw from a distance
Merlin's Cave (Cornwall) submitted by Bladup on 9th Sep 2013. Looking out of Merlin's cave.
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Barras Nose Cave
Date Added: 25th Sep 2022
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Saw from a distance
Barras Nose Cave submitted by ogham on 13th Mar 2013. Barras Nose cave as seen from Tintagel.
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Dorset County Museum
Date Added: 25th Sep 2022
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 24th Sep 2022
Dorset County Museum submitted by TimPrevett on 4th Nov 2003. www.dorsetcountymuseum.org
Loads of prehistory here; well recommended for a deeper insight to the area's prolific amount of sites.
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Cerne Abbas Giant
Date Added: 25th Sep 2022
Site Type: Hill Figure or Geoglyph
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 24th Sep 2022
Cerne Abbas Giant submitted by theCaptain on 2nd Nov 2013. The Cerne Abbas Giant in his latest disguise - having grown his own Movember facial hair.
Thanks to BBC for this picture
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Poundbury
Date Added: 25th Sep 2022
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 24th Sep 2022
Poundbury submitted by JimChampion on 5th Jun 2005. Looking south across the Frome valley at the ramparts of Poundbury hillfort. You can see its rectangular perimeter in this composite picture - no wonder the Romans liked the site. Parts of modern Dorchester can be seen poking out e.g. the keep-like military museum is on the left. (The line in the sky is a power cable that I couldn't get away from).
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Grey Wethers.
Date Added: 17th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Would like to visit
Grey Wethers. submitted by Bladup on 23rd Oct 2014. The Grey Wethers.
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Blessingstone
Date Added: 20th Feb 2023
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Blessingstone submitted by rogerkread on 28th Jun 2017. The Blessingstone in its walled niche.
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Foxborough Stone Sites
Date Added: 4th Feb 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: United States (New England)
Visited: Would like to visit
Foxborough submitted by TheCaptain on 23rd Jan 2023. A map showing the individual sites of the Foxborough Forest from Stonesites.net by Chuck Drayton. Follow that link to their copy of the map where the yellow markers on the map are clickable to find out more about each location.
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St Illtud's Cross
Date Added: 7th Jan 2023
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: Wales (South Glamorgan)
Visited: Would like to visit
St Illtud's Cross submitted by AngieLake on 8th Aug 2006. The cross in the foreground, left, is St Illtud's Cross, also known as the Samson Cross. It is 2.15 metres high, and probably originally capped by a wheel cross.
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Brackenbury Ditches
Date Added: 29th Dec 2022
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Brackenbury Ditches submitted by camperman on 27th Dec 2022. The promontory hillfort of Brackenbury Ditches viewed from the east with the Severn Vale in the distance.
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Kümbet North Tomb
Date Added: 16th Dec 2022
Site Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Kümbet North Tomb submitted by davidmorgan on 22nd Jun 2014. A chamber carved through the rock.
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Three Shires Stones
Date Added: 24th Oct 2022
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Three Shires Stone submitted by Thorgrim on 22nd Aug 2003. The Three Shires Stones mark the place where Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire meet. They are near Marshfield and Colerne on the Fosse Way at ST796700.
It is claimed that these boundary stones were erected in 1859 and are believed to be the remains of a chambered tomb. In early 19th century guide books they are referred to as "Druidical stones" which of course they are not. A modern folly, but perhaps Tolkien had them in mind when he Created the Theee Farthings Stone in the ...
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