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Waun Mawn W
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 10th Apr 2009
Waun Mawn W submitted by pab on 10th Apr 2009. View eastwards along northern slopes of Preselli Hills. The highest point on the ridge (right) will be Carn Sian, bearing 106...if I am reading the map correctly.
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Flimston Castle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jun 2009
Flimston Castle submitted by pab on 6th Jun 2009. Flimston Fort. View of ramparts and ditches, taken from the west. The large crack in the cliff shows just how much the headland will have reduced in extent since its use as hillfort.
Photo taken 31 May 2009 - before travelling far to see the site, check first that access is allowed as the raod goes through the Castlemartin (tank) firing range.
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Hobbyhorse Bay
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jun 2009
Hobbyhorse Bay submitted by pab on 6th Jun 2009. Site in Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro) Wales:
Linney Head Hillfort, Iron Age and earlier. This is the general view from the west. Would have preferred not to have the minibus in shot, but it does actually give some idea of scale...and it did allow us to go through the Artillery Range as well!
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West Kennet Avenue
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 31st Aug 2009
West Kennet Avenue submitted by pab on 31st Aug 2009. Wanton destruction along West Kennet Avenue!
ShropshireTraveller's photo of a snail at Avebury aroused my suspicions, and a walk along the Avenue this weekend seemed to confirm them.
Although most of his/her accomplices were skulking at ground level, this brazen lithovore was still munching away in broad daylight.
It is unclear whether the snails are directly eating the rock surface for their shells, or whether they are dissolving & dislodging the grains to get to tasty morsels inside li...
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Mary's House and Mary's Well
Date Added: 5th Mar 2019
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2009. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Mary's House and Mary's Well submitted by PAB on 5th Mar 2019. Mary's House and Mary's Well
Mary's House, with the smaller part (on the right) being shown on the plans in the guide book as having originally been a bedroom.
The entrance lobby on the far left was apparently a later addition, dating to the 7th century.
Oct 2009
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Harran
Date Added: 1st Feb 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Visited (still working on) on 13th Oct 2009
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Ephesus
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 27th Feb 2010
Ephesus submitted by pab on 27th Feb 2010. Ephesus: Terraced Houses. Close to the magnificent Library frontage, there is a covered area for which an additional charge is payable.
There are real delights waiting for you inside - these are not terraced houses as those of us who were brought up in British cities may think of them - they are houses built up in terraces up the slope!
From humble shops at street level to villas higher up the slope, you are able to watch craftsmen at work restoring the marble panels, and meander thr...
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Syracuse Archaeological Park
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: Italy (Sicily (Sicilia))
Visited: Yes on 19th Apr 2010
Syracuse Archaeological Park submitted by pab on 19th Apr 2010. Inside the cave! The surface of the cave showed the lines of workings, so it isn't a natural cave, but one formed by quarrying. The photo doesn't really show it, but the guide talked us through the progressive layers into the seam the slaves were quarrying.
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Llanddewigaer
Date Added: 30th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Apr 2010
Llanddewigaer submitted by PAB on 10th Oct 2010. View along the top of the western rampart, facing north. To give an idea of the significant size of these defences, note the gorse bush - one of the other pictures I will be posting shows the same bush from the north.
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Caerau Gaer-1
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2010
Caerau Gaer-1 submitted by pab on 25th Apr 2010. Caerau Gaer hillfort, this hidden gem commands wonderful views south over the valley, whilst its close neighbour (Llanddewi Gaer) looks north towards the Precelli Hills.
The lanes linking the two hilltops have the incomparable feel of ancient trackways....with a fox happily wandering along ahead of me!
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North Skomer settlement
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 30th May 2010
North Skomer settlement submitted by PAB on 30th May 2010. Location of Iron Age huts and settlement, looking north towards St David's.
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Castell Coch, Trefin
Date Added: 6th Aug 2011
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jun 2010. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Castell Coch, Trefin submitted by h_fenton on 5th Feb 2008. the ramparts of the promontory fort shown in some detail in the top photo, main photo showing height of promontory above water. the interior of the fort it to the left.
Site visited: 2 April 2005
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Twyn-y-Gaer (Trallong)
Date Added: 5th Aug 2011
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 29th Jul 2010
Twyn-y-Gaer (Trallong) submitted by pab on 5th Aug 2011. Twyn y Gaer, July 2010
Image from Aberbran, 1mile SE.
COFLEIN reports the site as:
"A univallate, sub-oval enclosure, set on the summit of a mountain spur. It is subdivided by a scarp and ditch with a central entrance. There are remains of subsidiary enclosures, fields or paddocks, to the south-west, covering an area of about100m by 80m. An embanked trackway leads away to the north-west."
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Log Text: Viewed from campsite at Aberbran in the evening sunlight while we were in the Beacons for the 2010 Portal day, so this image was taken from 1 mile away.
No comments possible on access/condition etc for the site itself, but hopefully we will visit again sometime in the future.
Beddau Folau Chambered Cairn
Date Added: 3rd Oct 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Beddau Folau Chambered Cairn submitted by PAB on 2nd Oct 2010. Beddau Folau Cairn, showing its location on the plateau above the Elan Valley, looking south.
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Ty'n Y Pant Stone
Date Added: 7th Aug 2011
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 20th Sep 2010
Ty'n Y Pant Stone submitted by pab on 7th Aug 2011. Ty'n Y Pant Stone. The dragonfly is of course one of the oldest surviving creatures, so it seemed only right for us to wait until he had soaked up some sunshine.
He obviously thinks Ty'n Y Pant Stone is worthy of close inspection...anyone know otherwise?
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Cwmyffynnon alignment
Date Added: 4th Oct 2010
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Oct 2010
Cwmyffynnon alignment submitted by PAB on 3rd Oct 2010. On the slopes above the road between Lyn Nantlle and Ryd Ddu, there is a clear alignment. This may well be 'natural' but it is and almost certainly was formerly very significant. As for special - no doubt...
This photo is taken along a bearing of 042 - towards the many settlements and cairns on the Carneddau.
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Carreg Bica Cairn
Date Added: 29th Dec 2010
Site Type: Round Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 5th Oct 2010
Carreg Bica Cairn submitted by PAB on 5th Oct 2010. Carreg Bica - general view, looking southeast. The shape of the barrow is clear and striking, providing excellent panoramic views.
The stone cairn is clearly a fairly 'modern' construct - and the marker is one of the boundary markers which go right round the Elan Valley Estate - about 65 miles apparently.
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Troy Town Maze
Date Added: 29th Dec 2010
Site Type: Turf Maze
Country: England (Isles of Scilly)
Visited: Yes on 26th Oct 2010
Troy Town Maze submitted by pab on 26th Oct 2010. Troy Town Maze: showing the extent of erosion in June 2009. This is the view looking west, with Bishop Rock Lighthouse visible top left, about 4 miles away.
In such as exposed location, it must be very difficult for the soil and turf to recover from the damage caused by visitors tracing the curves.
Photo: 21 June 2009
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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
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Althing
Date Added: 16th Jan 2011
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Iceland
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jan 2011
Althing submitted by pab on 2nd Jan 2011. Site in Iceland
By way of contrast to Drew's photo from April 2010, this picture is of the same location, but looking at the Rock and flag from the other direction. This was taken in July 2002, when Iceland was really in bloom with wild flowers.
The Icelanders have a very keen pride in having had their democratic 'parliament' since such an early period.
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