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Halicarnassus Mausoleum
Date Added: 10th Nov 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 18th Sep 2002. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Halicarnassus Mausoleum submitted by thecaptain on 28th Mar 2007. The modern day remains of Halicarnassus Mausoleum in Bodrum Turkey.
Most of the stones originally used in the building of this "one of the seven wonders" are now built into the walls of Bodrum castle.
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Log Text: The wind has got up overnight and is apparently too strong out at sea for us to go out for the day. This is only the third day that’s been cancelled all season. Still, it’s no problem, as we can go to Bodrum for the day and do the tourist thing. I never knew before that Bodrum was the ancient city of Halicarnassos, and home to one of the seven ancient wonders. What an amazing history the place has. The Dolmus takes about 20 minutes and costs about 30p each. Brilliant.
First off, we head for the remains of the Halicarnassos Mausoleum, the ancient wonder of the world. It was built by Queen Artemesia for her brother and husband, King Mausolus in 355BC.
What an amazing place it must have been, about 7 storeys high. But when the Knights of St John got there in 1494, they decided it was nothing more than a fantastic pile of stone with which to build their castle. So now there’s almost nothing left.
There is remains of an amazing drainage system and robber tunnels where ancient people tried to get in for treasure, and a few bits of massive column, but not much else.
Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology
Date Added: 10th Nov 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 18th Sep 2002. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology submitted by davidmorgan on 10th Nov 2010. A view across Bodrum harbour to the early 15th century CE castle of the Knights of St John which houses the Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology.
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Log Text: My notes from my sailing log book of my visit.
The wind has got up overnight again, and is W 6-7 out in the main sea area, with 2m swell. We are going nowhere today. Catch the Dolmus to Bodrum to do the tourist thing, spend the morning visiting the Halicarnassus Mausoleum, and afternoon in the Bodrum Castle and shipwrecks museum. A good day to be stuck in harbour. The Dolmus takes about 20 minutes and costs about 30p each. Brilliant.
After lunch, its to the castle, which includes the Museum of Underwater Archaeology. This is all absolutely brilliant, with shipwrecks and their finds found round the local coast dating back to the bronze age. In various castle rooms are different shipwrecks, arranged as they were found, and as the ships would have been. I particularly liked the 12th Century BC wreck with its ingots of copper, and there is some amazing glass ware from the 11th century “Glass ship”. And masses and masses of amphorae from throughout the millenia.
America's Stonehenge
Date Added: 24th Oct 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (New England)
Visited: Yes on 15th Apr 1990. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
America's Stonehenge submitted by thecaptain on 14th Dec 2003. One of the chambers at Mystery Hill, also known as America's Stonehenge, near Salem, New Hampshire. There are several of these chambers and other structures at the site as well as the calendar sighting stones
I have to say, despite their best efforts to assure me its 4000 years old, the stones just didnt look weathered enough to me.
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Fox Tor stone setting
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 31st Aug 2010
Fox Tor stone setting submitted by TheCaptain on 31st Aug 2010. On the southeastern slopes of Fox Tor, above Redmoor Marsh, a stone setting is marked on the RCHM Bodmin Moor survey.
I am not sure what to make of this, a couple of large side set slabs about 1.5 metres tall, with perhaps many other smaller ones around them.
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Les Roches-Hues
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Yes on 10th Nov 2009
Les Roches-Hues submitted by thecaptain on 10th Nov 2009. When I eventually found my way to this, the top of a large stone could be seen in the distance over some impenetrable overgrowth.
Looking for a way through proved futile.
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Pierre de Minoz
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 11th Nov 2009
Pierre de Minoz submitted by thecaptain on 11th Nov 2009. Although right beside the D28 on the left bank of the river Fremur, the Pierre de Minoz hides behind a chestnut tree.
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Allée Couverte de Roche-Plate
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Yes on 29th Nov 2009
allée couverte de Roche-Plate submitted by thecaptain on 29th Nov 2009. Part of the noticeboard at the site.
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Quebec ice dolmen
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Canada
Visited: Yes on 22nd Dec 2009
Quebec ice dolmen submitted by theCaptain on 22nd Dec 2009. Each year in February, the wonderful city of Québec holds a massive winter carnival, the Carnaval de Québec. Among the many events and festivities is an ice sculpture competition, with entries from around the whole world.
The year I visited, 1989, amongst all of the various ice carvngs and sculptures, there was a massive ice dolmen, made I believe by some Breton people. I could not of course, pass it by without taking a photograph.
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Millières menhir
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 30th Dec 2009
Millières menhir submitted by theCaptain on 30th Dec 2009. Almost certainly NOT the Millières menhir at La Guillaumerie.
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Menhir de Blainville-sur-Mer
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 4th Jan 2010
Menhir de Blainville-sur-Mer submitted by theCaptain on 4th Jan 2010. In the little square beside the Mairie and church of Blainville-sur-Mer, stands a little granite menhir, recently rediscovered during roadworks here in 1992.
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Buttern E
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th Mar 2010
Buttern E submitted by theCaptain on 16th Mar 2010. Buttern Hill stone circle, 14 March 2010.
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Buttern W
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 31st Mar 2010
Buttern W submitted by theCaptain on 31st Mar 2010. Is there anything left to see today of the possible remains of Buttern Hill (W) circle?
I saw a couple of slightly erect stones a bit further to the north of the main circle, on the far side of the valley. So I went for a look.
I found a couple of edge set stones, spaced about the same as the main circle, with other fallen stones and buried stones which could be considered to be a part of a circle, at position SX 6486 8855.
But I was not convinced.
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Gidleigh Chambered Cairn
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Apr 2010
Gidleigh Chambered Cairn submitted by theCaptain on 2nd Apr 2010. Gidleigh Chambered Cairn viewed looking southeast
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Buttern Hill settlement
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 4th Apr 2010
Buttern Hill settlement submitted by theCaptain on 4th Apr 2010. The remains of a very well preserved double walled hut circle, almost 10 metres in diameter with its floor level dug into the hillside to level it, can be found at SX 6555 8865.
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Scorhill Cairn and Rows
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 5th Apr 2010
Scorhill Cairn and Rows submitted by theCaptain on 5th Apr 2010. One or two hundred metres south of Scorhill stone circle, below the leat, can be found the remains of a cairn, with remnants of a double stone row running downhill from it towards the river Teign.
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Querns Barrow
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 6th Apr 2010
Querns Barrow submitted by theCaptain on 6th Apr 2010. Querns Barrow seen here from the hospital entrance, looking southeast.
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Ilkerton Ridge Barrows
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 11th May 2010
Ilkerton Ridge Barrows submitted by TheCaptain on 11th May 2010. Several barrows and cairns are to be found on the crest of Ilkerton Ridge, one or two quite large and in very good condition, some of them very small and deteriorated.
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Ilkerton Ridge stones
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 11th May 2010
Ilkerton Ridge stones submitted by TheCaptain on 11th May 2010. I found a single stone standing about three feet tall, in a hollow amongst the dense heather.
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Warcombe Water row
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 12th May 2010
Warcombe Water row submitted by TheCaptain on 12th May 2010. I found a very definite row of several tiny stones, each about 6 inches high, but very solid in the ground. Walking along the row, I first found four stones, with a gap and then two more stones. The stones were spaced fairly evenly, at about 4 metres from each other.
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Warcombe Water stone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 12th May 2010
Warcombe Water stone submitted by TheCaptain on 12th May 2010. On the promontory of dry, higher ground leading down from The Chains to Warcombe Water can be found a standing stone, about 2.5 by 1 foot in dimension.
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