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Roche Buquet
Date Added: 12th Oct 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Yes on 11th Oct 2012
Roche Buquet submitted by thereddragon on 9th Oct 2012. Site in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) France
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Menhir de la Pierre Fichée (La Pinelais)
Date Added: 12th Oct 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Yes on 11th Oct 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhir de la Pierre Fichée (La Pinelais) submitted by thereddragon on 9th Oct 2012. Pierre Fichée (La Pinelais)
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Log Text: A bit like busses, this menhir has been ignored by the megalithic portal's stonehunters for many years, and then 2 come along in 2 days!
Redland Park
Date Added: 20th Dec 2013
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Dec 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Redland Park submitted by theCaptain on 20th Dec 2013. This stone of great antiquity sits near the southeastern corner of Redland Green, not far away from the entrance to the church.
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Log Text: I can't believe that in 35 years of living in the Bristol area, that I have never visited this stone before. Although I have once or twice spent time looking for it on the wrong Green in Redland!
Domaine de Castillon
Date Added: 30th Dec 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 27th Dec 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Domaine de Castillon submitted by theCaptain on 30th Dec 2013. View across the swollen river to the northern end of the hill where the C17th Chateau has been built on top of the ancient site.
It was such horrible wet weather, I wasn't going to explore away from the road.
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Log Text: Stopped off for a quick look while travelling home after Christmas at my sisters. The weather was foul and everything completely sodden, so didn't spend any time exploring other than driving around the local roads. One to come back to sometime, for a better look for some of the ramparts, and a look round the chateau gardens.
Peetje en Meetje
Date Added: 9th Apr 2014
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Belgium (Oost-Vlaanderen)
Visited: Yes on 29th May 1998. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Peetje en Meetje submitted by Alta-Falisa on 23rd May 2014. Through the keyhole.
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Log Text: It annoys me that I have no photos of this from my visit in 1998. I had another look through my old boxes of photos and there was nothing at all that day of my cycling holiday, although I could have sworn differently. Perhaps my camera was left in my tent as we visited it on a day ride out from Oudenaaard. Very unlikely, I could swear I had pictures of a local windmill and the bar where we had lunch, but nothing was found.
Sittaford Stone Circle
Date Added: 12th Jun 2014
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jun 2014. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 2
Sittaford Stone Circle submitted by theCaptain on 12th Jun 2014. With the weather turned nice, I took a day off work to walk out to the newly found Sittaford Tor stone circle.
This is a plot from my GPS showing not only the track of my walking around of the circle, but I also created a waypoint for each stone, which are plotted as the little flags.
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Log Text: With the weather turned nice, I took a day off work to walk out to the newly found Sittaford Tor stone circle, starting out from Fernworthy Reservoir. Having planned the trip in advance, so knowing where to look, the circle was very easy to find, although very wet and boggy. All of the stones have been dug around so they are no longer buried in the mire. Excellent.
Hendraburnick Quoit
Date Added: 14th Sep 2014
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 13th Sep 2014. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Hendraburnick Quoit submitted by Bladup on 9th Sep 2013. The remains of Hendraburnick Quoit, The source of the river Camel is just to the South east [In the background].
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Log Text: Visited this site yesterday, and remarkably found it very easily, although an episode with a gate caused much amusement. Other than seeing details here, could only find notes which call it a disputed site. First thoughts are blimey, its a big old longbarrow with fallen chamber at SE end. Second thoughts are maybe not, mch of this is natural.... Look closer, and the leaning stone beyond the big capstone is clearly not natural, and was once standing, probably as a support to the capstone. So, my thoughts are this is a true ancient site, using what was naturally available as a starting point. I have since read that there are many cupmarks in the capstone - always good to have reason for another visit.
Rockhampton Standing Stone
Date Added: 19th May 2016
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 8th May 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Rockhampton Standing Stone submitted by TheCaptain on 19th May 2016. Lovely limestone stone standing on a little grassy area at the junction of a couple of lanes. Nicely looked after, its a shame I am too late for the daffodils.
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Log Text: Lovely limestone stone standing on a little grassy area at the junction of a couple of lanes, not actually in Rockhampton but the first junction along the road to the northeast from the village. Nicely looked after, its a shame I am too late for the daffodils.
West Hill Fort, Portishead
Date Added: 16th Aug 2019
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 13th Aug 2019. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 2 Access 4
West Hill Fort, Portishead submitted by TheCaptain on 16th Aug 2019. Possible remnants of the ramparts remain in the little wooded area below Wood Hill Park
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Log Text: Possible remnants of the ramparts remain in the little wooded area below Wood Hill Park
Druid Stoke
Date Added: 16th Aug 2019
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 15th Aug 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 5
Druid Stoke submitted by TheCaptain on 16th Aug 2019. A few large stones remain in the parking area outside a large house near the top of Druid Hill, in the leafy suburb od Stoke Bishop, north of Bristol. The stones can be seen from the road through the gateway. (August 2019)
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Log Text: How on Earth can I never have been to visit this before, as 43 years ago I lived only half a mile away! So, on a sunny day, after a visit to the expensive dentist, I stopped by for a look. A few large stones remain in the parking area outside a large house near the top of Druid Hill, in the leafy suburb od Stoke Bishop, north of Bristol. The stones can be seen from the road through the gateway.
Nucleo Regional do Megalitismo
Date Added: 25th Oct 2019
Site Type: Museum
Country: Portugal (Évora)
Visited: Yes on 12th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Nucleo Regional do Megalitismo submitted by Alta-Falisa on 26th Mar 2017. Showcase : such decorative plaques have been found in abundance, to the point that nearly every museum in Alto Alentejo (and beyond) has at least one on display, generally in excellent state of préservation. Photo : March 2017.
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Log Text: A fairly new and interesting megalithic interpretation centre in the old railway station in the small town of Mora. The main room has a large wooden interpretation of the local landscape, with various chambers and areas within it containing various finds and information of neolithic life and the the local megaliths. I was particularly taken by the displays of the decorated neolithic plaques, many of which have been found with the local burials. The girl working at the centre was very friendly and helpful when we visited, helping me with suggestions of which local megalithic sites I should be visiting.
Cromeleque do Monte das Fontaínhas Velhas
Date Added: 25th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Portugal (Évora)
Visited: Yes on 12th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Cromeleque do Monte das Fontaínhas Velhas submitted by Bak_teria on 22nd Sep 2014. A good view of all the 6 megaliths.
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Log Text: Hadn't planned on visiting or knowing of this site before visiting the Mora centre, where we were told of it by the girl there. As it was on the way to Pavia, just off the main road a couple of kilometers outside town, we stopped for a look. Re-erected in recent years, there is a video of this in the Mora centre. There is a single large stone almost 4 metres tall standing in a part circle of half a dozen smoothed and rounded smaller stones. Just nearby across the track is a further smaller stone, and approx a hundred metres distant to the northeast is a further outlier.
Menir do Monte das Fontaínhas Velhas
Date Added: 25th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Portugal (Évora)
Visited: Yes on 12th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menir do Monte das Fontaínhas Velhas submitted by TheCaptain on 26th Oct 2019. Outlying menhir to the northeast of the Cromeleque do Monte das Fontaínhas Velhas, standing in open ground surrounded by cork bark oaks.
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Log Text: Outlying menhir to the Cromeleque do Monte das Fontaínhas Velhas, standing in open grownd surrounded by cork bark oaks.
Anta de Pavia
Date Added: 25th Oct 2019
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Portugal (Évora)
Visited: Yes on 12th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Anta de Pavia submitted by Bak_teria on 25th Sep 2014. A view from the left side.
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Log Text: Chapel built into a huge Anta (dolmen) now in a square in the sleepy village of Pavia. The chapel is locked shut, but has a gate of iron railings allowing us to view inside. The nearby Café du Dolmen is also closed, and a few old chaps sit nattering in the shade of a small shelter on the square. Difficult to photograph in the bright sun, as it is mostly in shadow.
Centro Interpretativo dos Almendres
Date Added: 25th Oct 2019
Site Type: Museum
Country: Portugal (Évora)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 5
Centro Interpretativo dos Almendres submitted by TheCaptain on 25th Oct 2019. Interprative trail at Centro Interpretativo dos Almendres
Pic from Google images
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Log Text: Newly built (opened 2019) visitor centre, shop and interpretive trail, at the edge of the village of Guadalupe on the Rue do Cromeleque, before the road turns to a dirt track leading out to the Almendres sites. As well as the Almendres megaliths, the shop and building is heavily influenced by the local cork bark tradition, and features many cork products.
I could have spent much more time here, but we had to get to Evora to check in to the guesthouse.
Anta de Folgos I
Date Added: 26th Oct 2019
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Portugal (Évora)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 13th Oct 2019. My rating: Access 4
Log Text: Saw this from the car while driving south east. Nowhere obvious to park to go back and have a look, so didn't.
Kostivere Sliding Stone
Date Added: 27th Oct 2019
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Estonia
Visited: Yes on 19th Oct 2003
Kostivere Sliding Stone submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Nov 2003. Kostivere Sliding Stone. A sacred Cult Stone in Estonia, a few miles to the East of Tallinn. The stone is a glacial erratic, but has been used for ceremonial purposes for many thousands of years, and has the remains of a burial mound associated with it, and is covered in ancient cup marks. The legend associated with this stone is that it can cure infertility. Women slide down the rock bare bottomed, and their infertility will be cured.
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Jõelähtme
Date Added: 27th Oct 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Estonia
Visited: Yes on 19th Oct 2003
Jõelähtme submitted by thecaptain on 1st Nov 2003. Jõelähtme burial mounds. A few miles to the East of Tallinn, Estonia
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Rebala
Date Added: 27th Oct 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Estonia
Visited: Yes on 19th Oct 2003
Rebala submitted by thecaptain on 1st Nov 2003. An unexcavated burial mound near Rebala. A few miles to the East of Tallinn, Estonia
There are many hundreds of these in this region
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The Polisher (Fyfield Down)
Date Added: 28th Oct 2019
Site Type: Polissoir
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
The Polisher (Fyfield Down) submitted by TheCaptain on 24th Sep 2019. At long last, I have been to visit this fabulous stone.
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Log Text: At long last, I have been to visit this fabulous stone. On this beautiful September fay, I sat and had lunch with the Polisher. I must have been here best part of an hour, watching the Red Kites circling, and didn't see another soul. It's really moving sat here, just where people would have been sat 5000 years ago.