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South Yarrows Broch
Date Added: 9th Feb 2012
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Caithness)
Visited: Yes on 18th Aug 2011
South Yarrows Broch submitted by pab on 18th Aug 2011. SolarMegalith's photo PID80083 - being of curious temperament, I just had to see what was in the dark patch of SolarMegalith's photo, so I opened it on my PC.
I was very surprised to be able to get this amount of additional detail from the image on the Portal: apparently able to see what was under the water!
Closer look - especially at the lower lines of stone - showed an excellent reflection instead. I found it interesting though how much more detail could be seen, even in a compress...
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St Gredifael's Holy Well (Penmynydd)
Date Added: 9th Feb 2012
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 29th Dec 2010
submitted by on .
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Craig Rhosyfelin
Date Added: 9th Feb 2012
Site Type: Rock Outcrop
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 27th Feb 2011
Craig Rhosyfelin submitted by PAB on 27th Feb 2011. Runemage commented that a map might be useful to help people understand what the 'new' discovery means, so I popped up there at lunchtime to try and get a picture to show the connections.
This is one of our favourite spots for Sunday lunch, so no great hardship!
The Carn Meini outcrop is to the left of this shot - which is basically looking along the northern flank of the Preseli Hills towards Carn Ingli and the coast at Newport.
It is certainly true that no-one would take any ston...
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Steinacleit
Date Added: 9th Feb 2012
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Sep 2011
Steinacleit submitted by pab on 22nd Sep 2011. Central cairn looking NW to the sea.
The stones encircling this cairn define a significant area on this exposed hilltop.
The Interpretation Panel at the car park area reports that the area has not been fully investigated or excavated, so its original usage is unclear but it offers the following suggestion:
"An Ancient Farm: Are the stones the remains of a burial cairn or a stone circle? Using the limited evidence, Stenacleit is probably best interpreted as a prehistoric settlem...
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Borvemore
Date Added: 9th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Isle of Harris)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Sep 2011
Borvemore submitted by pab on 22nd Sep 2011. Looking north, across the water separating Taransay from Isle of Harris.
NB - no changes made in these colours in preparation or posting! On the odd occasion we had sun, the Western Isles really did look superb.
Date of visit: 8 May 2011
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Tobar Bhrìghde
Date Added: 9th Feb 2012
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Sep 2011
Tobar Bhrìghde submitted by pab on 23rd Sep 2011. Photo of Tobar Bhrìghde copied from "The Healing Wells of the Western Isles"
© Photograph Donald John Campbell,
Published by Acair Ltd 2000. Reproduced with written permission from the publishers
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Pollachar
Date Added: 9th Feb 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (South Uist)
Visited: Yes on 24th Sep 2011
Pollachar submitted by pab on 24th Sep 2011. Strangely low in ambiance - perhaps knowing that it had been re-erected made it seem less 'authentic'?
Grossly unfair of course!
Date of visit: 12 May 2011
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Clach Mhic Leoid
Date Added: 9th Feb 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Isle of Harris)
Visited: Yes on 24th Sep 2011
Clach Mhic Leoid submitted by pab on 24th Sep 2011. The location of Clach Mhic Leoid as seen from the Sacrista Stone. As can be seen, it is by no means on the top of the hillside.
Date of visit: 8 May 2011
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Tobar Bharra
Date Added: 9th Feb 2012
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Scotland (Barra and Vatersay)
Visited: Yes on 25th Sep 2011
Tobar Bharra submitted by pab on 25th Sep 2011. Supposedly one of the most important & famous wells in the Western Isles, but virtually obliterated.
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Tobar Chaluim Chille (Barra)
Date Added: 9th Feb 2012
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Scotland (Barra and Vatersay)
Visited: Yes on 26th Sep 2011
Tobar Chaluim Chille (Barra) submitted by pab on 26th Sep 2011. Tobar Chaluim Chille, visited 15 May 2011.
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Borve Standing Stones
Date Added: 9th Feb 2012
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Barra and Vatersay)
Visited: Yes on 26th Sep 2011
Borve Standing Stones submitted by pab on 26th Sep 2011. Marked as a Standing Stone on the 50k OS series, and as Standing Stones on the 25k version.
RCAHMS has comments from site visits in 1915, 1928 and 1965: http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/9711/details/barra+borve/
The RCAHMS report also discusses the reputedly Viking burial linked to one of the stones:
http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/9715/details/barra+borve/
Date of visit 15 May 2011
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Cille Bhrianain
Date Added: 9th Feb 2012
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: Scotland (Barra and Vatersay)
Visited: Yes on 26th Sep 2011
Cille Bhrianain submitted by pab on 26th Sep 2011. Cille Bhrianain, May 2011
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Pobull Fhinn
Date Added: 9th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (North Uist)
Visited: Yes on 27th Sep 2011
Pobull Fhinn submitted by pab on 27th Sep 2011. Built on a artificial platform, leveling, this oval 'circle' is described in early RCAHms reports as being 122ft E-W and 100ft N-S.
The reports state that there are 23 or 24 stones in total, but the amount of heather/bracken at the time of our visit meant that only the larger ones were visible.
May 2011
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Callanish I
Date Added: 9th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 18th Oct 2011
Callanish I submitted by pab on 18th Oct 2011. Briefly gorgeous sky - not a common sight for us during our visit to the Outer Hebrides!
May 2011
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Callanish
Date Added: 9th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 19th Oct 2011
Callanish I submitted by pab on 19th Oct 2011. Although nearby Callanish II and III can be seen fairly well from the main site, it isn't very easy to appreciate that from photos - so hopefully this composite will help those who have not (yet) been able to get to this glorious place.
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La Zarza
Date Added: 9th Feb 2012
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Spain (Canary Isles)
Visited: Yes on 4th Feb 2012
La Zarza submitted by PAB on 4th Feb 2012. Position of the La Zarza Rock Art site within the Parque Cultural.
The Parque is located within a ravine containing a beautiful mixeture of laurel, pine and other trees. It is approx 15 minute walk from the entrance & museum - rather slippery in wet conditions.
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Maiden Castle (Dorset)
Date Added: 17th Oct 2011
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 12th Oct 2011
Maiden Castle (Dorset) submitted by baz on 13th Jul 2002. Part of the southern defences.
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Log Text: To help us enjoy both an evening visit and be close enough to just walk up for a dawn attempt at the sunrise/moonset double, we used the Camping & Caravan site just at the foot of Maiden Castle itself.
This meant a fairly easy & short walk up to the western entrance - what a delight to have somewhere to leave the campervan & just walk up to such a magnificent location..
For information, the sunrise was about 7.30, with the moon not setting until just after 9am - not often you can catch 2 such lovely times with such a short interval between them. Checking the great Photographers Ephemeris website helps to make me decide whether it might be worth putting an early alarm on - highly recommend it as a source of timing information..
Dun Carloway
Date Added: 24th Sep 2011
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 7th May 2011
Dun Carloway submitted by swatson on 28th Aug 2004. This impressive Broch is near Carloway in the west of the Island of Lewis. Sadly time did not permit detailed exploration but that's something to look forward to at a later date. There is enough of this tower standing to indicate the method and the superb workmanship involved in it's construction.
OS NB 192 413
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Barpa Langais
Date Added: 24th Sep 2011
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Scotland (North Uist)
Visited: Yes on 9th May 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Barpa Langais submitted by pab on 24th Sep 2011. The imaginative & interesting interpretive panel at the site - part of the text reads:
"Earth, sky and ancestors.
The path before you leads uphill to the chambered cairn of Barpa Langais. Tombs like this were built all over the islands by Neolithic farming communities, but this is the best preserved example in the Outer hebrides. It has never been investigaed by modern archaeologists, but it belongs to a group of monuments built about 5000 years ago, thus it is one of the earliest st...
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Clach An Truishal
Date Added: 22nd Sep 2011
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 8th May 2011
Clach An Truishal submitted by JJ on 25th Sep 2002.
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