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Taversoe Tuick
Date Added: 7th Jun 2013
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jun 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Taversoe Tuick submitted by enkidu41 on 6th May 2004. HY 426276
On Rousay this is a two-storied stalled cairn, one of only two known. The round cairn is about 30' in diameter. The lower chamber, reached by a 19' passage, is about 12' long x 5' wide x 5' high, and is divided into 4 cells by upright slabs. The upper chamber, whose floor is the celing of the lower chamber, is reached by an 11' long passage, and is divided into 2 compartments. The cairn is built on a hill so each passage is at ground level, one on the uphill side, the other on the dow...
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Knowe of Yarso
Date Added: 7th Jun 2013
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 6th Jun 2013. My rating: Access 2
Knowe of Yarso submitted by enkidu41 on 6th May 2004. HY 404281
On Rousay. A neolithic stalled cairn about 50' long x 25' wide entered by a 13' long passage at the eastern end. The chamber (which my have originally been two-storied) is divided into 4 compartments by 3 pairs of upright slabs.
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Midhowe Broch
Date Added: 7th Jun 2013
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jun 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Midhowe Broch submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Midhowe Broch HY372306.
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Cuween Hill
Date Added: 7th Jun 2013
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jun 2013. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 3
Cuween Hill submitted by Jon on 28th Dec 2003.
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Unstan
Date Added: 7th Jun 2013
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jun 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Unstan submitted by howar on 27th Jan 2004. Unstan Chambered Cairn front
HY283117 Orkney
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Grain Earth House
Date Added: 17th Jun 2013
Site Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 7th Jun 2013. My rating: Ambience 2 Access 4
Grain Earth House submitted by cosmic on 23rd Jan 2005. The Roof Supports
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The Orkney Museum
Date Added: 17th Jun 2013
Site Type: Museum
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 8th Jun 2013
The Orkney Museum submitted by jeffrep on 5th Aug 2010. Tankerness House, the Orkney Museum in the heart of Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland
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Log Text: The museum is presently closed for refurbishment. It was due to reopen in Spring 2013, but was still closed when visited in June.
Whitby Cross
Date Added: 17th Jun 2013
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Whitby Cross submitted by Jansold on 17th Jun 2013. Whitby Cross, adjacent to abbey car park
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Roche-aux-Fées (Essé)
Date Added: 1st Jul 2013
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Yes on 28th Jun 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Roche-aux-Fées (Essé) submitted by AlexHunger on 21st Sep 2004. Roches Aux Fees viewed from North West
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Ménec alignements
Date Added: 1st Jul 2013
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ménec alignements submitted by thecaptain on 18th Oct 2004. Ménec alignements, north of Carnac, Brittany, France.
View of the Ménec alignements as they were in summer 1987, when you could walk amongst them before they were fenced off, and with an awful lot of erosion going on around them.
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Stonehenge Visitor Centre
Date Added: 31st Jan 2014
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jan 2014. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Stonehenge Visitor Centre submitted by dodomad on 17th Dec 2013. The new Stonehenge exhibition and visitor centre, a sensitively designed modern building, is located 1.5 miles away from Stonehenge. It was designed by leading architects Denton Corker Marshall.
Image Credit: James O. Davies/English Heritage.
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Arkoudiotissa Cave
Date Added: 5th Feb 2014
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Greece (Crete)
Visited: Yes on 5th Feb 2014. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 3
Arkoudiotissa Cave submitted by jansold on 31st Jan 2014. Inside Arkoudiotissa cave
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Grime's Graves Flint Mines
Date Added: 4th Jul 2015
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: England (Norfolk)
Visited: Yes on 14th Apr 2014. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Grime's Graves Flint Mines submitted by Thorgrim on 8th Jun 2004. Galleries radiate out from the bottom of the mine shaft in search of the top quality "floorstone" flint. They are only two or three feet high and would have been a tight squeeze
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Kilree Monastery
Date Added: 29th Sep 2014
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Kilkenny)
Visited: Yes on 5th Sep 2014. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Kilree Monastery submitted by jansold on 27th Sep 2014. Kilree high cross with the tower of the monastery in the background
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Kenmare
Date Added: 17th Sep 2014
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Kerry)
Visited: Yes on 7th Sep 2014. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Kenmare submitted by bburdetteva on 17th Jul 2010. Kenmare Stone Circle July 2010
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Staigue
Date Added: 17th Sep 2014
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Kerry)
Visited: Yes on 7th Sep 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Staigue submitted by Anthony_Weir on 13th Apr 2005.
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Dromagorteen
Date Added: 17th Sep 2014
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Kerry)
Visited: Yes on 8th Sep 2014. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 3
Dromagorteen submitted by frogcottage42 on 1st Mar 2010. Complete with helpful information boards and sizeable boulder burial in the centre.
A fulacht fiadh stand 12m to the NE and a well preserved rath (ring fort) about 200m to the West
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Caherconnell
Date Added: 17th Sep 2014
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Clare)
Visited: Yes on 10th Sep 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 5
Caherconnell submitted by jeffrep on 20th Aug 2008. The exterior wall at Caherconnell Stone Fort.
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Log Text: Commercialised site, with high entrance fee. Visitor centre is more about the cafe and the sheepdogs.
Poulnabrone
Date Added: 17th Sep 2014
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Clare)
Visited: Yes on 10th Sep 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Poulnabrone submitted by groovyearthwisps on 11th Jul 2006. Twilight at Poulnabrone, 10th July 2006.
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Cross of the Scriptures (Clonmacnoise)
Date Added: 27th Sep 2014
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Offaly)
Visited: Yes on 11th Sep 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Cross of the Scriptures (Clonmacnoise) submitted by Sunny100 on 6th Sep 2010. The Famous 9th century 'Cross of the Scriptures', a 4 metre tall high cross at the monastic site of Clonmacnois. It has scenes from the life of Christ and other biblical episodes. Also, a panel shows St Ciaran founding the first section of his monastery - which is represented by a tree.
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Log Text: The crosses have been replaced by replicas, and the originals are housed in the museum at the site