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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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Cerrig Arthur
Date Added: 25th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Would like to visit
Cerrig Arthur submitted by LivingRocks on 30th Aug 2005. These three large stones stand in the centre of the circle.
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Bodø Standing Stone
Date Added: 11th Mar 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Norway (Nordland)
Visited: Yes on 4th Mar 2012
Bodø Standing Stone submitted by pab on 4th Mar 2012. Reported by kentha88, and on the nearby information sign, as being surrounded by smaller stones - no chance of seeing them when we managed to visit during brief stop at Bodø in the snow!
February 2012.
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Nordland Museum, Bodø
Date Added: 11th Mar 2012
Site Type: Museum
Country: Norway (Nordland)
Visited: Yes on 4th Mar 2012
Nordland Museum, Bodø submitted by PAB on 4th Mar 2012. Collection of Silver items from the Viking Age on display in Nordland Museum, Bodø.
This is described in the museum's brochure as being one of the biggest treasures from the Viking Age found in Northern Norway.
It was found by chance in 1919, hidden in a scree and wrapped in birch bark. The coins / money are a mixture of both Anglo-Saxon (5) and Arabic (47) origin.
February 2012.
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Garreg Garn Fair
Date Added: 11th Mar 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Mar 2012
Garreg Garn Fair submitted by pab on 11th Mar 2012. Photo taken on 8th of March 2012.
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Garn fawr (Carmarthenshire)
Date Added: 12th Mar 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Mar 2012
Garn fawr (Carmarthenshire) submitted by pab on 11th Mar 2012. Image taken 8 March 2012
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Beuno's Well (Clynnog Fawr)
Date Added: 19th Apr 2012
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Beuno's Well (Clynnog Fawr) submitted by AngieLake on 11th Jul 2006. St Beuno's Well, or Fynnon Beuno, at Clynnog Fawr. This was once very popular with pilgrims and looked very inviting from the road. (Beware when visiting, as this road is lethal - the traffic whizzes past about an inch from your nose; and, fool that I am, I was there at leaving work time! There are no pavements and it's quite narrow, with no verge. I walked along it trying to catch a glimpse of the dolmen, as well as the well!)
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Log Text: The Well is no longer alongside the busy A499 because of the new Clynnog by-pass. The Well is now in a cul-de-sac formed by the by-pass - it must have been awful to walk to it before!
There seems to have been significant damage to the structure of the wall at some point during or prior to 2010, and the well was still locked in Sept 2011.
St Gwenfaens Well
Date Added: 21st Apr 2012
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Would like to visit
St Gwenfaens Well submitted by guile on 3rd May 2010. St. Gwenfaen's Well.
According to legend St. Gwenfaen was pursued by Vikings, she ran from her cell in Rhoscolyn Church to the well, ascended the nearby rock stack and was carried to heaven and safety by angels right before the reavers eyes.
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Stonehenge Aotearoa
Date Added: 7th Jun 2012
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: New Zealand
Visited: Yes on 25th Nov 2011. My rating: Ambience 4 Access 5
Stonehenge Aotearoa submitted by pab on 7th Jun 2012. November 2011
This is the 'Avenue' entrance to the main circle, with my 5ft marker (aka Mrs PAB) standing at the entrance for scale.
There is plenty of information about the purpose and layout - but basically the various monoliths are markers of the limits of events such as the solstice or equinox. It is definitely worth visiting the website to understand the location more fully.
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