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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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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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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.
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
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.
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.
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
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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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
Dolmen Of The Four Maols
Date Added: 15th Mar 2011
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Mayo)
Visited: Yes
Dolmen Of The Four Maols submitted by Runemage on 21st Mar 2011. Maols means friends/companions if memory serves, but I've forgotten the legend that the stone is named after.
Taken in 1999
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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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Eightercua
Date Added: 9th Mar 2011
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Kerry)
Visited: Yes
Eightercua submitted by Klingon on 11th Apr 2005. Shoot trough a telephoto lens, direct access is difficult.
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Log Text: There was no public access when I visited and none of the images we have seem to be taken close to these stones. They are easily visible from the road.
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.
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.
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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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.
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.
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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