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Boden Fogou
Date Added: 18th Oct 2023
Site Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Would like to visit
Boden Fogou submitted by lucasn on 26th Apr 2020. The site of the ancient village
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House Of The Fairies
Date Added: 18th Oct 2023
Site Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Country: Scotland (St. Kilda)
Visited: Would like to visit
House Of The Fairies submitted by cornishstargazer on 18th Jun 2023. Entrance to the souterrain on St Kilda. The passage is aligned NW-SE with the opening orientated to the SE and the interior would have been illuminated at winter solstice dawn.
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Carn Brea Well
Date Added: 18th Oct 2023
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Would like to visit
Carn Brea Well submitted by MawnanIan on 6th Oct 2004. The well is by a narrow winding path on the norrth side, between the tower and the monument
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Lower Boscaswell Well
Date Added: 18th Oct 2023
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Would like to visit
Lower Boscaswell Well submitted by ocifant on 3rd Oct 2004. A few granite steps lead down into the well, an absolute haven for arachnids...
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Nanjulian courtyard house settlement
Date Added: 18th Oct 2023
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Would like to visit
Nanjulian courtyard house settlement submitted by Bladup on 2nd Dec 2013. Stones at the courtyard house at SW3622 2887, with the hills of Carn Brea and Bartinney in the background.
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Tregaminion Holy Well
Date Added: 18th Oct 2023
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Would like to visit
Tregaminion Holy Well submitted by enkidu41 on 29th Apr 2004. SW 401359
Also referred to as Morvah Well this has only just been rediscovered and restored. Set some way back from the cliff edge it is beautifully situated - or would be if the detritus of the modern world was removed.
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Chapel Carn Brea Tomb
Date Added: 24th Jan 2024
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Would like to visit
Chapel Carn Brea Tomb submitted by TheCaptain on 9th Aug 2022. Could it once have been a bit like Carn Gloose, with a large internal cairn surrounded by a ring, with at least one chamber?
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Trencrom
Date Added: 17th Oct 2023
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Nov 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Trencrom submitted by Bladup on 22nd Apr 2022. Thick walling at the South of the fort
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Men-An-Tol
Date Added: 17th Oct 2023
Site Type: Holed Stone
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Men-An-Tol submitted by karolus on 5th Jan 2023. Men-An-Tol Winter Solstice set, 2022
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Lanyon Quoit
Date Added: 17th Oct 2023
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Lanyon Quoit submitted by Bladup on 24th Dec 2022. Lanyon Quoit after Sunset on the Winter Solstice 2022
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Venton Ia
Date Added: 17th Oct 2023
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Venton Ia submitted by KiwiBetsy on 11th Sep 2006. This well is located in St Ives opposite Porthmeor Beach on the corner of Porthmeor Hill and Beach Road.
Venton Ia consists of two recesses each containing a trough of water. A plaque states “Venton Ia,. The holy well of St Ia, until 1843 the main water supply to Downalong”, which was the old name for this area of the town.
St Ives takes it’s name from St Ia, a 5th of 6th century saint who arrived in the area after crossing the Irish Sea on a leaf which she had increased in siz...
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Sancreed Well
Date Added: 17th Oct 2023
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Sancreed Well submitted by ocifant on 30th Mar 2004. Looking down into the well
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Sancreed Beacon Barrows
Date Added: 17th Oct 2023
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Sancreed Beacon Barrows submitted by JimChampion on 26th Oct 2007. August 2007. View north from Sancreed Beacon, with the northern barrow in the foregound (at grid reference SW41432949)- including the capstone of the cist.
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Tregiffian Barrow
Date Added: 17th Oct 2023
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Tregiffian Barrow submitted by Richard13 on 23rd Jul 2022. Tregiffian Barrow, showing the cup marked stone, and the proximity of the road!
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Merry Maidens (Circle)
Date Added: 17th Oct 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by Bladup on 19th Aug 2013. A Rainbow and the light from the setting sun shining onto Merry Maidens stone circle.
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St Euny's Well (Carn Euny)
Date Added: 17th Oct 2023
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
St Euny's Well (Carn Euny) submitted by JimChampion on 25th Aug 2005. Looking down into the dark waters of the well to the south of the footpath. At the bottom of the photo are the stone steps leading down into the well.
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Carn Euny Fogou
Date Added: 17th Oct 2023
Site Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 3
Carn Euny Fogou submitted by AngieLake on 2nd Jan 2005. This shot shows the huge but low (4.5ft - 1.4m) SE-facing doorway of the Carn Euny 'Beehive Hut' underground chamber, with its own short passage leading into the fogou passage which runs SW/NE, (but snaking here with a flatter, more W/E run), just outside the doorway. It is thought that the Beehive Hut (chamber) was the first structure on this site, so that originally the eastern wall of the fogou passage would not have obstructed the view. It is possible that the sun was meant to shine down t...
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Carn Euny Village
Date Added: 17th Oct 2023
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Carn Euny Village submitted by AngieLake on 31st Oct 2004. This view over the Carn Euny Settlement was taken in two shots, which are cobbled together to give an idea of how it looked in March 2004. Bec-Zog's pic is similar to this.
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Madron Well
Date Added: 17th Oct 2023
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Madron Well submitted by Bladup on 9th Aug 2016. The elemental Madron Well.
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Carn Galver 1
Date Added: 17th Oct 2023
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Carn Galver 1 submitted by DavidShepherd on 25th Mar 2020. An end view, showing the prospect along the long axis and the grooves
in the bedrock. I've tried to show the stone, its propping and the view.
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