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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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Cairnholy 1
Date Added: 20th Feb 2011
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Cairnholy 1 submitted by wolfnighthunter on 19th Nov 2008. Cairnholy 1
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Gamelands
Date Added: 20th Feb 2011
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Ambience 5 Access 4
Gamelands submitted by LivingRocks on 8th Feb 2005. Photographed in November 2004 with short grass, a superb site even though the stones are all fallen.
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Log Text: Not very well known locally, none of the staff in our hotel had heard of it.
Stonehenge.
Date Added: 27th Jun 2011
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes
Stonehenge. submitted by TimPrevett on 27th Dec 2010. Winter Solstice 2010
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Cullerlie
Date Added: 23rd Apr 2011
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes
Cullerlie submitted by krautrock on 1st Aug 2010. Cullerlie Stone Circle in the evening sun.
June 2010
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Les Grises Pierres
Date Added: 15th Oct 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Would like to visit
Les Grises Pierres submitted by TheCaptain on 16th Oct 2010. The larger of Les Grises Pierres used to stand with its small end into the ground. It was said to turn three times on Christmas Eve.
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Poulnabrone
Date Added: 26th Feb 2011
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Clare)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Ambience 5 Access 4
Poulnabrone submitted by groovyearthwisps on 11th Jul 2006. Twilight at Poulnabrone, 10th July 2006.
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Log Text: Situated in the Burren region on the unusual geological Limestone Pavement, exposed rock with its own micro-climate in the cracks - called grykes - for flora and fauna, Poulnabrone Dolmen, made from the same stone, almost blends into its surroundings.
It's so much larger in reality than it looks in images, I could stand inside it easily.
When I visited, the access was unlimited and the landowner sat in a car nearby with a bucket beside it with a handmade sign asking for a donation of 1 Punt per person.
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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Fairy Well (Stenness)
Date Added: 6th Sep 2017
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Would like to visit
Fairy Well (Stenness) submitted by howar on 4th May 2010. overlooking Fairy Well from side
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Wat Phra Mahathat
Date Added: 8th Sep 2017
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Thailand
Visited: Would like to visit
Wat Phra Mahathat submitted by KaiHofmann on 8th Sep 2017. The Wat Phra Mahathat temple complex.
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Barnhouse Settlement
Date Added: 21st Aug 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Barnhouse Settlement submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Barnhouse Settlement HY306127. Probably in use around the same time of Skara Brae.
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Log Text: I visited in 2005 so this log’s from memory, it was a superb location. I’ve not seen structures built so close to a loch. Imagine stepping outside first thing in the morning, a few steps and you could have a quick dip and catch your breakfast simultaneously. The Standing Stones of Stenness are only a short walk away and easily visible from Barnhouse, so it leads the imagination to wonder what went on between the two sites. Did the people who lived at Barnhouse build the circle or use it? Present day (2011) excavations at the nearby Ness of Brodgar are unearthing buildings which seem to be constructed in a very similar way to some of the ones at Barnhouse. I don’t know of any other area that has a stone circle with contemporary dwellings so close by. Here we have two within easy walking distance of each other, the Ring of Brodgar with the Ness settlement then cross the causeway which has its own megaliths, the finest being the Watchstone, to find Stenness with the Barnhouse settlement. Maes Howe is also visible from Stenness, I didn’t check from Barnhouse but it’s likely.
All of these sites are so close to each other and I think contemporary, it’s hard not to let the imagination run riot and wonder how the population socialised. Was it harmonious or human nature being what it is, were the Ness and Barnhouse residents in competition with each other. Did the entire population live in these structures or were they only for one section of the community and the others lived in temporary dwellings?
Some of the features in the houses are delineated by different coloured gravels, wooden posts etc. to give a very clear visual of what was where and what it was used for. One has a trapezoidal stone where you couldn’t help but walk over it. I can’t remember what was found under it but think there was one instance of a burial in a doorway, very liminal, threshold and all that, but not so nice for us to think of granny under the doormat!
This area is literally the Neolithic Heart of Orkney, not only does it have so many monuments in such a small area, it has a tantalising link to the people that lived and worked there.
St.Magnus's Well
Date Added: 21st Aug 2011
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
St.Magnus's Well submitted by howar on 27th Apr 2005. area of possible original stone
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Log Text: Just spotted this as I was driving along. As I was reading the sign, I heard the trickle of running water and found a pipe sticking out of the ground beside a wooden fence that had a clean mug left there for thirsty travellers.
Cueva de Menga
Date Added: 8th Nov 2010
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Spain (Andalucía)
Visited: Would like to visit
Cueva de Viera submitted by greywether on 13th Jul 2005. The entrance to Viera.
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Kardung petroglyphs
Date Added: 2nd Nov 2011
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: India
Visited: Would like to visit
Kardung petroglyphs submitted by KaiHofmann on 26th Jul 2011. Kardung petroglyphs
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Cathair Crobh Dearg
Date Added: 7th Mar 2014
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Kerry)
Visited: Would like to visit
Cathair Crobh Dearg submitted by Klingon on 11th Apr 2005. Inner stonewall of the Cathair Crobh Dearg fort.
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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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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
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.