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Easter Aquhorthies
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jul 2010
Easter Aquhorthies submitted by Runemage on 30th Jul 2010. Much is said about the composition of the pink stone at Easter Aquhorthies but I've not been able to find out exactly what it's made from. It's often referred to as Red Jasper or Rose Quartz and less commonly Porphyry. The crystal laid on it for colour-comparison is six and a half inch long haemetite quartz which has itself a delicate pinky-peachy hue.
Note to self, next time you go, take some unpolished rose quartz for comparison!
Are there any geologists out there who know what this stone...
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Acklam Wold Cemetery
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Yes on 7th Apr 2010
Acklam Wold Cemetery submitted by Runemage on 7th Apr 2010. In the Misty Morning, on the Edge of Time.
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Mine Howe
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jan 2010
Mine Howe submitted by Runemage on 23rd Jan 2010.
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Cairnholy 2
Date Added: 29th Jan 2011
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2007. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Cairnholy 2 submitted by nicoladidsbury on 18th Nov 2008. Cairn Holy II
Golden Sunlight over Cairn Holy II
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Drumtroddan Cup and Ring Markings
Date Added: 8th Mar 2011
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2006. My rating: Condition 3
Drumtroddan Cup and Ring Markings submitted by rockartuk on 20th Aug 2001. On a fenced outcrop, 200m South of the farm (NX 362 447), R.W.B. Morris counted 84 cup-and-rings (1979). This photo was taken in 1993 with the carvings still clear. However, in 2000 the marks turned very faint. Acid rain? The question of preservation (after about 5000 years!) is now actual as well as urgent. How?
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Log Text: It's quite a walk from the parking area at the farm, not suitable for anyone with mobility problems. The largest easily-accessible outcrop with RA I've seen. There was a large herd of bullocks to walk through which some folks find intimidating.
Mother Shipton's Cave and Petrifying Well
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Yes on 16th Jul 2005
Mother Shipton's Cave and Petrifying Well submitted by Runemage on 16th Jul 2005. This is the spring that turns objects suspended in its magical waters to stone.
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Knowth
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jul 2005
Knowth submitted by Runemage on 15th Jul 2005. Passageway into Knowth.
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Stenness
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jul 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Stenness submitted by Runemage on 15th Jul 2005. Ethereal and numinous.
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Hull and East Riding Museum
Date Added: 20th Aug 2011
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (North Humberside)
Visited: Yes on 16th Apr 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Hull and East Riding Museum submitted by Runemage on 20th Aug 2011. I think these are Bronze Age Collared Urns, displayed at the depth they were discovered in different mounds. The detailing on the pottery is superb.
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Log Text: Very interesting visit and a must for prehistory enthusiasts. J.R.Mortimer, a prolific antiquarian excavated anything that looked like a lump in the landscape in the East Yorkshire Wolds area and his detailed records of neolithic and bronze age discoveries were published in what's known as 'Mortimer's Forty Years' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robert_Mortimer. His 66,000 finds are in the museum, but only a comparative few are on display. The ones that are there show a superb quality of craftsmanship.
In addition, there is a good quality replica of the Folkton Drums, http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/t/the_folkton_drums.aspx
The original and enigmatic quartzite-eyed Roos Carr figures http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/museumcollections/collections/storydetail.php?irn=484&master=449
The Hasholme Boat, made from a huge hewn log in a watery preservation area http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/museumcollections/collections/storydetail.php?irn=514&master=424
Iron Age Chariot Burials are a feature of the area and several are on display. My interest in history finishes about there, but there's lots more to be seen like Roman mosaics etc. http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/museumcollections/collections/subtheme.php?irn=449
Shronebirrane
Date Added: 7th Mar 2011
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Kerry)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1999. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Shronebirrane submitted by kerrywoman on 25th Aug 2008. Site in Co. Kerry:
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Log Text: At first glance as it's only half there, I called this one Shronebirrane semi-circle.
It's unusual inasmuch as it's in the valley-bottom, surrounded by mountains. I felt it had a very forlorn air. There's a modern house literally within a few feet of it which illustrates how incongruous Irish sites can be.
Rollright Stones
Date Added: 26th Jan 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1980. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Rollright Stones submitted by JimChampion on 17th Feb 2005. February 2005. A worms-eye view looking north into the King's Men circle. Lovely winter morning sunshine on a somewhat eerie site.
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Log Text: Just came across this old leaflet from my first visit in 1980
Torhousekie stone circle
Date Added: 29th Jan 2011
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 0007. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Torhousekie stone circle submitted by kelpie on 8th Jun 2002. A neat little circle easy to locate and very peaceful.
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Ring of Brodgar
Date Added: 18th Feb 2011
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Ring Of Brodgar submitted by Andy B on 18th Dec 2004. Image taken one evening in about 1995
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Unstan
Date Added: 18th Feb 2011
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Unstan submitted by howar on 27th Jan 2004. Unstan Chambered Cairn front
HY283117 Orkney
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Comet Stone (Orkney)
Date Added: 20th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Comet Stone (Orkney) submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Comet Stone HY296132 standing 137mtrs SE from the Ring of Brodgar.
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Watch Stone (Orkney)
Date Added: 20th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Watch Stone (Orkney) submitted by swatson on 18th Jul 2004. Situated 170m NNW of the Stones of Stennes is the Watch Stone; an impressive monolith 5.6m high, dating back to the 3rd millenium BC.
OS HY306125
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Newgrange
Date Added: 20th Sep 2010
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Newgrange submitted by McDeil on 8th Jan 2002. Entry at Newgrange showing massive carved stone which once blocked the entry. Not shown are the tourists who in Summer would queue for up to an hour to be taken through the tomb!
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Hill of Tara
Date Added: 20th Sep 2010
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Hill Of Tara submitted by jeffrep on 21st Aug 2008. Mound of the Hostages from a distance. At Hill of Tara in County Meath north of of Dublin.
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Uragh NE
Date Added: 2nd May 2018
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Kerry)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Uragh NE submitted by Caramia on 1st Jul 2003. This picture was taken at Uragh NE, County Kerry
Ireland on May 1. I was visiting from California
leading a photo/culture tour of SW Ireland.
Spectacular setting, magnificent moment.
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TaglangLa Pass Buddhist road temple
Date Added: 3rd Oct 2010
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: India
Visited: Would like to visit
TaglangLa Pass Buddhist road temple submitted by motist on 10th Jul 2010. TaglangLa Pass Buddhist road temple , Ladakh
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