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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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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.
Gurness
Date Added: 15th Apr 2011
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Broch of Gurness submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Broch of Gurness HY382268. Another well preserved Broch.
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Log Text: The "well" is so intriguing http://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=a312&file=index&do=showpic&pid=47934
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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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
Isbister: Tomb Of The Eagles
Date Added: 3rd Feb 2012
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Isbister: Tomb Of The Eagles submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Isbister, Tomb of the Eagles ND470845. Skulls are on show inside.
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Log Text: This is a superb site as it's run by the family who own the land that the Tomb is on. The visitor centre is excellent for its talks and information. A shortish walk takes you to the Burnt Mound which is in date much younger than the Tomb, and then there's a much longer walk to the Tomb itself.
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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Kenmare
Date Added: 28th Feb 2011
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Kerry)
Visited: Yes
Kenmare submitted by bburdetteva on 17th Jul 2010. Kenmare Stone Circle July 2010
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King Doniert's Stone
Date Added: 13th Feb 2011
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Ambience 1 Access 4
King Doniert's Stone submitted by bec-zog on 4th Jan 2004. Inscribed cross of the 9th century in Cornwall SX236688
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Log Text: Very few sites have no ambience at all for me, this was one.
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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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.
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.
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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