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Rudston Monolith
Date Added: 30th Dec 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Yorkshire (East))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2008. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Rudston monolith submitted by rldixon on 25th Dec 2005. rudston monolith in colour
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Log Text: Just mindblowing in its sheer height.
Willy Howe
Date Added: 7th Jan 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Yorkshire (East))
Visited: Yes on 7th Mar 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Willy Howe submitted by DavidRaven on 9th Jun 2003. Part of the 'Great Yorkshire Barrows' group. To say that these have been called by some, 'the ancestors' of the mighty Silbury Hill in
Wiltshire, you'd think a little more would be made of them!
Reckoned to be as old as Duggleby Howe, and a similar size: seven and a half meters high and thirty six and a half meters in diameter.
Attempts at finding its secrets in 1857 and again thirty years later yielded nothing. A pit about nine feet deep was discovered but was bereft of objects or human ...
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Log Text: Well worth a visit,especially in springtime as I did.
Duggleby Howe
Date Added: 6th Jan 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Yes on 13th Mar 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Duggleby Howe submitted by PaulH on 2nd Apr 2003. North Yorkshire
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Duggleby How Neolithic round barrow, viewed from North.
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Log Text: This place would have been the Silbury hill of the north in its day.
Ggantija
Date Added: 8th Jan 2020
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Malta (Gozo)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 5
Ggantija submitted by enkidu41 on 5th May 2004. Ggantija ("the Goddess's Tower) was built about 5,500 years ago and consists of 2 unconnected temples enclosed by a single outer wall each with a single entrance in a common facade.
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Log Text: A truly awe inspiring place which got me hooked and set me off on a lifelong passion for these ancient sites.
Tarxien
Date Added: 8th Jan 2020
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Malta (Mainland)
Visited: Yes on 21st Sep 2007. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Tarxien submitted by enkidu41 on 27th Apr 2004. The celebrated prehistoric temple situated in the capital Valletta.
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Log Text: Not in the best setting but definitely worth a trip if for the artwork alone.
Trefignath
Date Added: 30th Dec 2019
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 4
Trefignath submitted by ericgrindle on 29th Jul 2016. Trefignath - Anglesey Trefignath is a chambered tomb found close to Holyhead. despite its proximaty to the urban environment, lingering as the sun goes down often reveals stunning sunsets. Trefignath is a chambered tomb found close to Holyhead. despite its proximaty to the urban environment, lingering as the sun goes down often reveals stunning sunsets. Image copyright: Eric Grindle (Eric Grindle), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Log Text: The modern surroundings of this site spoil the ambience of the place.
Bryn Celli Ddu
Date Added: 30th Dec 2019
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Bryn Celli Ddu submitted by ericgrindle on 22nd Feb 2015. The Site is clearly signposted and only a short walk from the road. It is considered to be one of the finest passage tombs in Wales, The series of photographs will show the entrance, the main passage and chamber. The access to the main chamber being via a tunnel, the sides of which consist of large vertical slabs topped by substantial stone lintels.
Eric. Image copyright: Eric Grindle (Eric Grindle), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Log Text: There is conjecture that the standing stone inside the chamber is actually a petrified tree stump.