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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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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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Cailleach Beara
Date Added: 11th Mar 2011
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes
Cailleach Beara submitted by Runemage on 11th Mar 2011. I'd only just passed through the gate when my sandal broke after a few steps, so I continued barefoot. The atmosphere there that day was feminine, gentle and enfolding. It was of an intensity I've only experienced at a few other sites, Cailleach in her aspect of Mother, warm gentle and nurturing.
From the first sight of her, which is the view in this image, I could instantly see where the legend had arisen of her waiting on the shore for her lover Manannan Mac Lir to return. She does look like...
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Bryn Cader Faner
Date Added: 3rd Jun 2011
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Would like to visit
Bryn Cader Faner submitted by Thingy on 2nd Feb 2010. I couldn't submit pics of Bryn Cader Faner without one showing the 'standard' but nevertheless spectacular view.
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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.
Ballycrovane
Date Added: 3rd Feb 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ballycrovane submitted by Luca_Paradisi on 26th Apr 2004. Another pinhole photo by Luca Paradisi of West Cork Prints. Not sure where this stone is exactly, will find out.
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Log Text: It's also known as Faunkill. There's something just odd about walking through someone's garden to visit a megalith, even when you've paid to do it!
This tall thin stone itself is a short walk up a steep incline and it's set on the top. Be careful trying to take a photograph, I had it almost in my sights and stepped back, and again, and again and realised there wasn't enough ground to get it all in one shot.
Aramu Muru
Date Added: 9th Oct 2011
Site Type: Sculptured Stone
Country: Peru
Visited: Would like to visit
Aramu Muru submitted by Michelledubois on 8th Oct 2011. Aramu Muru is a mysterious portal located near Lake Titicaca on the Peru/Bolivia border. This photo was taken by Brien Foerster.
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Aill na Mireann
Date Added: 20th Oct 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Westmeath)
Visited: Would like to visit
Aill na Mireann submitted by durhamnature on 20th Oct 2012. Great photo from Annals of Westmeath, via archive.org
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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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