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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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
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.
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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Twelve Apostles (Dumfries)
Date Added: 9th Jan 2011
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Twelve Apostles (Dumfries) submitted by kelpie on 4th Jul 2002. Some of the Twelve Apostles, the circle is too big to include them all
NX947794
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Log Text: Access from the road that runs beside it is over a stile, signposted at that point with a wooden marker.
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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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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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
NX518539
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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.
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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