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Butterdon Hill Barrow
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Aug 2004
Butterdon Hill Barrow submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Aug 2004. Butterdon Hill Barrow, Dartmoor, Devon SX657594
Large cairn just beside the Butterdon Hill stone row, at the point where the row changes direction as it drops over the edge of the ridge, and at what is the crest of the hill when seen from the north. It is possible that it was once surrounded by a ring of stones, but this cairn has been much altered over the years.
Viewed here looking towards the northwest
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Butterdon Stone Circle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Aug 2004
Butterdon Stone Circle submitted by thecaptain on 3rd Aug 2004. Butterdon Stone Circle, Butterdon Hill, Dartmoor, Devon SX656588
The fantastic Butterdon Hill stone row starts at a cairn situated just downslope to the north of the largest cairn on the hilltop. The cairn is the usual mass of stones with a hollowed out middle, about 8 metres in diameter. Outside the remains of the cairn lies a ring of large fallen slabs, which once must have made an impressive ring.
This view is to the north, along the row, of which the first half mile can be seen as th...
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Butterdon Hill Cairns
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 5th Aug 2004
Butterdon Hill Cairns submitted by thecaptain on 5th Aug 2004. Butterdon Hill Cairns, Dartmoor, Devon SX655587
At the summit of Butterdon Hill are two very large cairns, with others to be seen in the vicinity. The southern of the pair, on the actual summit of the hill, has been fairly mutilated, with a trig point and various walls of shelters now built into and around it.
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Butterdon Hill Row
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 6th Aug 2004
Butterdon Hill Row submitted by thecaptain on 6th Aug 2004. The remains of this fantastic row run for nearly 2 kilometres across the moor in a roughly northerly direction from Butterdon Hill.
The row drops off from the ridge at Butterdon Hill barrow and continues towards the top of Piles Hill. At the lowest part of the slopes, the alignment is pretty well defined.
This view is looking south as the row meanders its way across the lower slopes. On the skyline can be seen Butterdon Hill Barrow, at which point the row reaches the top of the ridge and ...
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Hobajons Cross
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 6th Aug 2004
Hobajons Cross submitted by thecaptain on 6th Aug 2004. Hobajons Cross. This relatively large stone is part of the Butterdon Hill row, and has a simple cross carved into it on the western face. It appears to be a part of the original alignment, adapted for more recent use as a marker for ancient tracks crossing the moor.
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The Longstone (Piles Hill)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2004
The Longstone (Piles Hill) submitted by thecaptain on 7th Aug 2004. This large stone just below the summit of Piles Hill, over 2 metres in height, leans at an angle although it has been only recently re-erected. It probably marked the northern end of the Butterdon Hill stone row.
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Symonds Hall Farm
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Nov 2004
Symonds Hall Farm submitted by thecaptain on 18th Nov 2004. Symonds Hall Farm Long Barrow, as seen when approaching from the west.
It can be seen to be in two parts now, and with the odd stone or two to be seen
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Boskenna Cross
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 27th Nov 2004
Boskenna Cross submitted by thecaptain on 27th Nov 2004. Close up of the front face of the Boskenna Cross as promised.
Unfortunately it isnt as clear as I would like it to be, but still shows the wonderful charm of the carving I think.
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Shortwood Hill barrow
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jan 2005
Shortwood Hill barrow submitted by thecaptain on 25th Jan 2005. Shortwood hill barrow viewed from the north
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Shortwood Circle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 26th Jan 2005
Shortwood Circle submitted by thecaptain on 26th Jan 2005. Shortwood circle. Seen here silhouetted against a setting January sun.
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Wayland's Smithy
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 28th Feb 2005
Wayland's Smithy submitted by TheCaptain on 28th Feb 2005. Sunset at Wayland's Smithy, 27 Feb 2005
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Ridgeway
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Trackway
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 28th Feb 2005
Ridgeway submitted by TheCaptain on 28th Feb 2005. The Ridgeway near to Waylands Smithy after sunset, February 2005, showing just what a terrible state it has been turned into. Thankfully it was all frozen, and so walking along it wasnt too problematical.
Those who insist on driving their 4WD vehicles all over everything say they are not destroying things, and that walkers, mountain bikers and horses cause as much destruction.
I'll let the viewer be the judge.
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Stoney Littleton
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 18th Mar 2005
Stoney Littleton submitted by TheCaptain on 18th Mar 2005. I called in at Stoney Littleton last weekend, a cracking little barrow. A lovely sunny day, but the walk to the barrow was horrendously muddy.
Checked out the pictures here, lots of the entrance and from inside, but there are none which show the whole barrow. So here is one looking at it from the south.
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Emblance Down stone row
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Mar 2005
Emblance Down stone row submitted by TheCaptain on 23rd Mar 2005. Sunday I had a day walking on northwestern Bodmin moor, and visited about a dozen prehistoric sites. While on King Arthur’s Downs, I wondered whether I had found a possible stone row, at SX137775. Unusual for round here I agree, but it wouldnt be too dissimilar to the Nine Maidens row at St Breock.
Walk eastwards from the two circles along the edge of the southern wall, and after a couple of hundred yards can be seen a large pointed stone flat to the ground. This stone is about three and a ...
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Leaze Cist
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cist
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 24th Mar 2005
Leaze Cist submitted by TheCaptain on 24th Mar 2005. Walking northwards towards King Arthur’s Hall from the end of the road out into Bodmin Moor near Leaze waterworks, the remains of a fine cist within a kerbed cairn are to be found.
The cist is about 3 foot long by 18 inches wide, and a couple of feet deep, lined with good slabs of stone. The surrounding cairn is fairly small, probably only about 3 metres in diameter, but with a clear circle of stones surrounding it.
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King Arthur's Down SE
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 24th Mar 2005
King Arthur's Down SE submitted by TheCaptain on 24th Mar 2005. King Arthur’s Down SE stone circle.
View of the 4 large fallen slabs in the southwest quadrant. The NW circle is seen beyond.
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King Arthur's Down NW
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 24th Mar 2005
King Arthur's Down NW submitted by TheCaptain on 24th Mar 2005. King Arthur’s Down NW stone circle.
The three stones of the northern arc which are still standing.
Even on a nice dry day after a long dry spell, beware the pools of bog which will catch the unwary - or those not looking where they are walking !
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Louden Hill chamber
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 25th Mar 2005
Louden Hill chamber submitted by TheCaptain on 25th Mar 2005. A possible burial chamber on the western slopes of Louden Hill, northwestern Bodmin Moor.
View of the stones here looking west at the end of a long day on the moor, with the darkness descending.
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Stannon cairn
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 27th Mar 2005
Stannon cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 27th Mar 2005. Cairn circle just east of Stannon Circle on Bodmin Moor.
View looking south westwards at this cairn circle which I found while walking back to my car from Fernacre. A fine set of teeth it has.
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Louden Hill circle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 27th Mar 2005
Louden Hill circle submitted by TheCaptain on 27th Mar 2005. Louden Hill stone circle.
The lovely triangular stone, and a couple of its fallen neighbours in the southern arc.
Brown Willy, Cornwalls highest mountain, is in the distance.
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