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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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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.
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.
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.
Duloe
Date Added: 23rd Jan 2011
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
Duloe submitted by Andy B on 8th Oct 2003.
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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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Chalice Well
Date Added: 16th Feb 2011
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Chalice Well submitted by MarionBenham on 29th Jan 2004. The new well cover, the iron vesica pisces/bleeding lance designed originally by F Bligh Bond, has been slightly embellished and added to the underside of the lid so it can be seen when the lid is raised.
nwwrtjwgty Fly now on raven's wing to find that which you seek
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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
Esslie The Lesser
Date Added: 6th Jan 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Esslie The Lesser submitted by cosmic on 1st Nov 2003. Boulder pile near Esslie Lesser.
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