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Arthur's Seat
Date Added: 28th Apr 2025
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Scotland (Midlothian)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Arthur's Seat submitted by Andy B on 28th Aug 2011. Holyrood Park from Pollock Halls
Arthur's Seat on the left, and Crow Hill in the centre (which is the summit with the hill fort), seen from the bar terrace of the John McIntyre Centre at Pollock Halls.
From this direction, there is a resemblance to a lion's head and haunch.
Copyright Derek Harper and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Site in Midlothian Scotland
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Log Text: I have explored Arthur's Seat on multiple occasions: I was a resident in Pollock Halls in 1987 and visited Edinburgh regularly since then. My last ascent of Arthur's Seat was on 01.06.16.
Home Covert Tumulus
Date Added: 29th May 2021
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Norfolk)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Home Covert Tumulus submitted by Runemage on 28th Feb 2014. Image from R Gadsby. Tumulus with trees removed.
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Log Text: Home Covert Tumulus is easy to visit from a lay-by on the A1066. The tumulus is also known as Boudicca's Grave, one of several sites around Southern England claiming to be Boudicca's last resting place.
Bardristane 1
Date Added: 11th Jun 2025
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 13th Feb 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Bardristane 1 submitted by markj99 on 13th May 2021. Bardristane 1 Rock Art Panel.
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Log Text: Bardristane 1 Carved Stone features several cup and ring carvings on its NNW face. There is a horizontal crack with grass sprouting from it one third from the top of the panel. The cup and ring carvings are featured in the portion of the panel below the crack. In normal daylight only one deep cup and ring are visible.
Borgarvirki
Date Added: 28th May 2021
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: Iceland
Visited: Yes on 15th Nov 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Access 4
Borgarvirki submitted by KaiHofmann on 15th Apr 2010. Site in Iceland
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Log Text: I was fortunate to visit Borgarvirki Fort on the cusp of Winter, a fresh layer of snow adding atmosphere to an impressive site. Although my visit predated Game of Thrones it seems to me that Borgarvirki could easily have been transported from the icy wastes beyond The Wall.
Althing
Date Added: 10th Apr 2021
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Iceland
Visited: Yes on 11th Nov 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Althing submitted by DrewParsons on 10th May 2010. The Law Rock or Lögrétta is a high rock on European side of the chasm and was the site from which laws were passed and trials conducted. April 2010.
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Log Text: Thingvellir National Park features Almannagjá, a slowly widening chasm between the European and American plates and Lögrétta, the Law Rock that is said to be the first site of Althing, the oldest surviving parliament in the world. Althing was established c. 930 AD.
Allt nan Uamh Bone Caves
Date Added: 7th Apr 2021
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Allt nan Uamh Bone Caves submitted by freedomandpeace on 6th Feb 2014. Entrance to one of caves
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Log Text: The Bone Caves are set at the base of Creag nan Uamh in a spectacular highland glen. All of the discoveries have been removed to museums so it requires some imagination to reconstruct the caves as they were discovered. The impressive nature of the site more than makes up for this.
Altnacealgach
Date Added: 10th Apr 2021
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Altnacealgach submitted by markj99 on 12th Dec 2020. Approaching Altnacealgach Cairn from the east.
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Log Text: Altnacealgach Cairn is accessible from Altnacealgach Motel if you have walking boots or wellies as it situated on a rough moorland slope. The c. 0.5 mile return trip is more than compensated by a heather clad cairn with a 45 degree arc of exposed stones in the SE.
Achlochan Broch
Date Added: 24th Dec 2022
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Achlochan Broch submitted by markj99 on 17th Jan 2021. A preserved arc of interior wall in Achlochan Broch.
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Log Text: I was disappointed by the scant remains of Achlochan Broch. Only diehard broch fans need to visit this much reduced site.
Cnoc Chaornaidh North West
Date Added: 4th Jul 2025
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Cnoc Chaornaidh North West submitted by markj99 on 5th Jul 2021. Interior of Cnoc Chaornaidh NW Cairn Chamber viewed from SW.
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Log Text: To find Cnoc Chaornaidh North West Cairn you require GPS navigation because the cairn is not visible from the A837. I parked up at NC 29662 08278 at a private road end c. 170 yards W of Stratheskie. Cnoc Chaornaidh North West Cairn is c. 300 yards NE across pathless rough moorland from here.
Cnoc Chaornaidh Central
Date Added: 4th Jul 2025
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Cnoc Chaornaidh Central submitted by markj99 on 5th Jul 2021. Cnoc Chaornaidh Central Cairn viewed from SW.
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Log Text: Cnoc Chaornaidh Central Cairn is not visible from the A837. To locate the cairn park up at a passing place at NC 30120 07996. Walk c. 120 yards NNE to a mast on the hill. Cnoc Chaornaidh Central Cairn is c. 110 yards NNW (345°) of the mast. The cairn has a NW view of the iconic mountain Suilven.
Cnoc Chaornaidh South-east
Date Added: 4th Jul 2025
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4
Cnoc Chaornaidh South-east submitted by markj99 on 5th Jul 2021. Interior of Cnoc Chaornaidh SE Cairn Chamber viewed from N.
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Log Text: After visiting Cnoc Chaornaidh Central Cairn walk back to the mast then head SE (140°) for c. 220 yards to Cnoc Chaornaidh SE Cairn. It could be obscured by ferns in Spring and Summer.
Ardvreck
Date Added: 14th Apr 2021
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Sutherland)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Ardvreck submitted by markj99 on 8th Sep 2021. Ardvreck Chambered Cairn viewed from SE looking towards Quinag.
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Log Text: Ardvreck Chambered Cairn lies c. 250 yards NE of Ardvreck Castle. Therein lies the problem. Thousands of people walk past an anonymous grass mound transfixed by its more attractive companion. I myself was guilty of this on my first visit. It was only on my second visit to Ardvreck that I targeted the cairn using its grid reference.
Pots and Pans Stone (Greenfield)
Date Added: 18th Aug 2025
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Lancashire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jun 2015
Pots and Pans Stone (Greenfield) submitted by markj99 on 19th Jan 2021. Pots and Pans Stone viewed from SE.
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Log Text: There is a mini roundabout on the A635 at the Clarence Hotel in Greenfield. Take the Chew Valley Road signed for Oldham A699. Follow the A669 for c. 0.3 mile. Take the Kinders Lane right turn opposite the King William IV Hotel. Follow Kinders Lane for 0.4 mile then bear left onto Haw Clough Lane. Stay on Haw Clough Lane for 0.3 mile to reach Knowl Top Farm. There is room to park opposite the start of Pots and Pans Path. It is c. 500 yards up a hill to the Pots & Pans Stone.
Grey Man of the Merrick
Date Added: 27th Jul 2025
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 16th May 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 1
Grey Man of the Merrick submitted by markj99 on 27th Oct 2020. Grey Man of the Merrick Close-Up
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Log Text: The Grey Man of the Merrick is an unusual rock site in a valley c. 1 mile SE of the summit of Merrick, the tallest hill in the Galloway Forest. There are multiple routes available but I have walked my route twice: the path is relatively obvious for most of the route and there are good landmarks confirming accurate navigation. The Grey Man of the Merrick is located on a rockface at the top of a valley. The illusion of the bearded man requires an eastern view across the rock face looking towards Benyellary. Directions to the Grey Man are available in the main page.
Crickley Hill
Date Added: 30th Jun 2022
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Mar 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Crickley Hill submitted by h_fenton on 19th Sep 2011. Crickley Hill, viewed from roughly south east.
Kite Aerial Photograph
18 September 2011 @ 5.18pm
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Log Text: Crickley Hill Enclosure is a large space that requires imagination to interpret the remains. The most impressive feature is the Iron Age Rampart at the entrance to the Enclosure.
Hautville's Quoit
Date Added: 18th Mar 2023
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 3
Hautville's Quoit submitted by bec-zog on 29th Oct 2003. Hautville Quoit. Late neolithic remnant. Located @ ST 602,638 (NNE 0f Stanton Drew Great Circle)
Aligns with centre of the Great Circle & the SW Circle.
Possibly part of a larger, now destroyed, structure.
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Log Text: The remaining stone of Hauteville's Quoit half-buried next to a hedge requires more imagination than I have to reconstruct the monument. One for the completists.
Stanton Drew NE Avenue
Date Added: 18th Mar 2023
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Stanton Drew NE Avenue submitted by SandyG on 12th Jan 2018. Stone alignment approaching a stone circle.View from south east.
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Log Text: At first sight I thought Stanton Drew circles were a jumble of stones, however after a 15 minute walk around the site the circles and avenues appeared before my eyes.
Stanton Drew NE Circle
Date Added: 18th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Stanton Drew NE Circle submitted by Horatio on 23rd Apr 2022. The NE circle the smallest of the 3 circles at Stanton Drew, includes some of the heaviest blocks of stone. Within this circle geophysics have shown that four enormous timber once once stood., it is not yet understood if these where buildings, raised platforms or some other form of ceremonial structure.
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Log Text: At first sight I thought Stanton Drew circles were a jumble of stones, however after a 15 minute walk around the site the circles and avenues appeared before my eyes.
Stanton Drew - Avenue
Date Added: 18th Mar 2023
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Stanton Drew - Avenue submitted by SandyG on 12th Jan 2018. Row leading from the Great Circle. View from east.
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Log Text: At first sight I thought Stanton Drew circles were a jumble of stones, however after a 15 minute walk around the site the circles and avenues appeared before my eyes.
Stanton Drew
Date Added: 18th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Stanton Drew Great Circle submitted by JJ on 6th Oct 2003. Aerial photo copyright JJ Evendon
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Log Text: At first sight I thought Stanton Drew circles were a jumble of stones, however after a 15 minute walk around the site the circles and avenues appeared before my eyes.