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Shuri-jō
Date Added: 24th Apr 2020
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Japan (Kyūshū)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 5
Shuri-jō submitted by Aska on 10th Apr 2016. Site in Kyūshū Japan
The ruin of fort wall and the landscape of Naha city below.
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Log Text: main buildings destroyed by fire in October 2019. Will be reconstructed but this will take years. See e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuri_Castle#2019_fire. A tragic loss, it had taken decades to re-build it after the destruction during WWII. We were lucky to visit it just days before the fire – one of the most spectacular reconstructions I have ever seen.
Machrie Moor 5
Date Added: 24th Apr 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Arran)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jul 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Machrie Moor 5 submitted by jeffrep on 30th Jul 2013. Machrie Moor 5, sometimes called "Fingal's Cauldron Seat," consists of two almost perfectly preserved rings of granite boulders.
The Machrie Moor Stone Circles are located at the end of a 1-1/2 mile track that is off of the A841 (some 200 yards south of the bridge where the main road crosses the Machrie Water) and three miles north of Blackwaterfoot in the western part of the Isle of Arran in North Ayrshire, Scotland.
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Machrie Moor 2
Date Added: 24th Apr 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Arran)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jul 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 2
Machrie Moor 2 submitted by DrewParsons on 12th Dec 2009. October 2006
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Tama Udun
Date Added: 24th Apr 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Japan (Kyūshū)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Tama Udun submitted by Aska on 10th Apr 2016. Site in Kyūshū Japan
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Katsuren-jō
Date Added: 24th Apr 2020
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Japan (Kyūshū)
Visited: Yes on 30th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 3
Katsuren-jō submitted by Aska on 20th Jan 2018. Site in Japan
The view from the front yard.
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Nakijin-jō
Date Added: 24th Apr 2020
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Japan (Kyūshū)
Visited: Yes on 24th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 3
Nakijin-jō submitted by Aska on 20th Jan 2018. Site in Japan
The view of the main courtyards from the inner courtyard.
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Wayland's Smithy
Date Added: 3rd Dec 2019
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1987
Wayland's Smithy submitted by TimPrevett on 19th May 2017. Collage showing a remarkable encounter with a mouse at Wayland's Smithy at its entrance. This mouse and I had each others' eye contact for about a minute before it dove between the horizontal facing stones. One of those happenings on visiting ancient sites which on one level is mere fortune and synchronicity but on another feels very meaningful and profound.
A little video of this on my instagram account here.
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Tiwanaku
Date Added: 13th Oct 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Bolivia
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1982. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Tiwanaku submitted by davidmorgan on 12th Feb 2007. La Puerta del Sol or Gateway of the Sun. November 1994.
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Machu Picchu.
Date Added: 24th May 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1984. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 3
Machu Picchu. submitted by KaiHofmann on 6th May 2013. Machu Picchu.
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Palenque
Date Added: 24th May 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Chiapas)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 1982. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5
Palenque submitted by LivingRocks on 14th Apr 2007. The Temple of the Sun.
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Newgrange
Date Added: 26th Aug 2018
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes on 24th Aug 2018
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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Hill of Tara
Date Added: 26th Aug 2018
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes on 24th Aug 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
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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Maiden Castle (Dorset)
Date Added: 5th Nov 2017
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1987
Maiden Castle (Dorset) submitted by pab on 16th Oct 2011. Moon at dawn over Maiden Castle.
Just before sunrise, with the almost full moon about to set.
One of those mornings when you feel it is worth getting up early to catch nature's magic working in a magnificent setting.
This photo is looking across the north east rim, with the early morning mist beginning to catch the light from the rising sun.
October 2011
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Long Meg And Her Daughters
Date Added: 20th Aug 2017
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1987
Long Meg And Her Daughters submitted by Iain_P on 12th Aug 2017. Another. It was the only sun we saw all week!
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Pömmelte Kultstätte
Date Added: 4th Aug 2017
Site Type: Timber Circle
Country: Germany (Saxony-Anhalt)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Pömmelte Kultstätte submitted by Flickr on 29th Jun 2016. The mysterious Stone Age Sanctuary in Saxony-Anhalt / Rätselhaftes Heiligtum aus der Steinzeit in Sachsen-Anhalt. Ringheiligtum Pömmelte Image copyright: LostPlacesMagdeburg, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Log Text: fully reconstructed site (wooden poles) with lots of in depth information in German and English. A huge wooden structure enables a magnificent view of the site. Regularly used for cultural events like theater and concert performances.
Sonnenobservatorium Goseck
Date Added: 4th Aug 2017
Site Type: Henge
Country: Germany (Saxony-Anhalt)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Sonnenobservatorium Goseck submitted by Klingon on 21st Dec 2005. Picture from the re-opening at the winter solstice 2005.
A set of fireworks were placed between the two rings - nice effect.
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Wayland's Smithy
Date Added: 1st Jun 2017
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1987
Wayland's Smithy submitted by StoneLee on 11th Jun 2015. Wayland's Smithy
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Trethevy Quoit
Date Added: 7th Mar 2017
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1986
Trethevy Quoit submitted by stone on 19th Apr 2011. Trethevy Quoit, Sunrise at Summer Solstice, 2010. This is a true photo but has been Photoshopped to replace the modern cottage on the right with more natural greenery!
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Avebury
Date Added: 28th Nov 2015
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1987. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Avebury submitted by JJ on 8th Nov 2015. Photograph taken nearly 10 years ago,
I got there before dawn to capture the wonderful images of the sun
rising when there was freezing fog.
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Ales stenar
Date Added: 20th Sep 2015
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Sweden (Skåne)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1992
Ales stenar submitted by cereus on 19th Feb 2004. A neolithic sunship (3.300 - 3.600 BC). The most southern part of Sweden by the sea. There is much to read about it <a href="http://www.alesstenar.com/"> here</a>
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