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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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Ring of Brodgar
Date Added: 20th Apr 2025
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 1987. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5
Ring of Brodgar submitted by Dodomad on 12th Apr 2025. Back in 2022, historian Tristan Hughes visited Orkney to film part of the Mysteries of Prehistoric Scotland. Although the three programmes were initially for History Hit TV subscribers, the full series can now be viewed by all as a single, two-hour long documentary.
In it we hear from, among others, Professor Jane Downes, the director of the UHI Institute, at the Ring of Brodgar and Skara Brae; Dr Antonia Thomas at the Unstan stalled cairn; Nick Card at the Ness of Brodgar; Roy Towers on Gr...
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Callanish I
Date Added: 20th Sep 2015
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Would like to visit
Callanish I submitted by Megalithicmatt on 17th Sep 2015. One quarter of the circle.
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Auchencar
Date Added: 29th May 2016
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Isle of Arran)
Visited: Would like to visit
Auchencar submitted by Energyman on 8th May 2016. And with a bit of work done on it in RAW format
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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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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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Teotihuacan - Pyramid of the Sun
Date Added: 11th May 2015
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Mexico (Estado de Mexico)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1982. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Teotihuacan - Pyramid of the Sun submitted by DrewParsons on 7th May 2012. View showing the immense size of the pyramid. Photographed in December 1992.
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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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Hazaike Kofun
Date Added: 19th Nov 2022
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Japan (Shikoku)
Visited: Yes on 19th Nov 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Hazaike Kofun submitted by Aska on 3rd Mar 2013. Site in Shikoku Japan
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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.
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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Dowth Passage Grave
Date Added: 18th Mar 2014
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Would like to visit
Dowth Passage Grave submitted by jeffrep on 11th Aug 2009. South Entrance, Dowth Passage Tomb, County Meath, Ireland.
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Loughcrew Cairn L
Date Added: 7th Aug 2015
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Would like to visit
Loughcrew Cairn L submitted by eforrest25 on 27th Dec 2008. Site in Co. Meath: Loughcrew Cairn L as seen from the path coming down from Cairn T. The entrance was vividly illuminated in the sunlight.
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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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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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Grianán of Ailech
Date Added: 21st Sep 2023
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Donegal)
Visited: Yes on 20th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Grianán of Ailech submitted by DrewParsons on 15th Oct 2008. Grianan of Aileach taken on October 2008
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Log Text: The signposted "Old Church Visitor Centre" is permanently closed despite signs saying "Open every day". There is now an event location in the old church. If you ask at the adjacent bar you may still get access.
Bocan Stone Circle
Date Added: 21st Sep 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Donegal)
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Bocan Stone Circle submitted by Rediana on 11th Aug 2017. Recent damage to Bocan Stone Circle. Photographed 17th May 2017
Photo credit: Diana Redig
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Log Text: located in the middle of a fenced meadows, guarded by a flock of sheep (Sep 2023)