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Dunstanburgh Castle
Date Added: 8th May 2023
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 25th Sep 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Dunstanburgh Castle submitted by SolarMegalith on 21st Aug 2017. A general view of the promontory with Dunstanburgh Castle and site of an Iron Age settlement (photo taken on July 2017).
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Log Text: Day up to Dunstanburgh castle. Park at Craster, buy sandwiches then walk along the coast northwards to the castle. Excellent.
Hadrian's Wall
Date Added: 16th May 2023
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Sep 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Hadrian's Wall submitted by johndhunter on 23rd Jun 2019. Hadrian's Wall – Looking East towards Sewingshields Crags, May 2012
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Log Text: A day exploring Hadrians Wall. Drive to Housesteads, bus to The Sill, then walk up to the trig point on Winshield Crag before walking eastwards along Hadrian's wall back to Housesteads Fort, having lunch at Sycamore Gap.
Brightwell Barrow
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 28th Mar 2004
Brightwell Barrow submitted by TheCaptain on 28th Mar 2004. Brightwell Barrow - Wittenham Clumps, Oxfordshire.
Brightwell Barrow as seen along the ridge from Castle Hill.
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Sinodun Camp
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Mar 2004
Sinodun Camp submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Mar 2004. Round Hill, Wittenham Clumps, Oxfordshire. SU566927
View of Round Hill looking northeast from Castle Hill. This hill and its surroundings are rich with archaeological remains from the bronze age to the present day
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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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Goose Stones
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jan 2007
Goose Stones submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Jan 2007. One of the Goose Stones, to the north of the lane across Chastleton Common near the western end.
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Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jun 2011
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Jun 2011. The Swedish runestone in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum.
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Rollright Stones
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Mar 2013
Rollright Stones submitted by theCaptain on 2nd Mar 2013. Part of the Rollright Stones.
Picture resurrected from an old negative taken on an Olympus Trip camera in about 1978. Negative scanned using a £50 scanner, showing all the failings of the original all these years later.
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Whispering Knights
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Mar 2013
Whispering Knights submitted by theCaptain on 2nd Mar 2013. The Whispering Knights at the Rollright Stones.
Picture resurrected from an old negative taken on an Olympus Trip camera in about 1978, probably on Bonusprint film. Negative scanned using a £50 scanner, showing all the failings of the original all these years later.
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The Stiperstones
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Nov 2018
The Stiperstones submitted by TheCaptain on 14th Nov 2018. The large cairn on the top of the Stiperstones ridge, between Manstone Rock and the Devil's Chair.
Its over 500m above sealevel, and we were in the clouds on this November day.
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Mitchell's Fold outlier
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Nov 2018
Mitchell's Fold outlier submitted by TheCaptain on 14th Nov 2018. The cairn near the outlier at Mitchell's Fold.
Corndon Hill in the fading light beyond
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Shooting Box Disc Barrow
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Nov 2018
Shooting Box Disc Barrow submitted by TheCaptain on 14th Nov 2018. The large barrow on the top of Long Mynd where the road crosses over.
View looking west with Corndon Hill in the distance
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Stretton Sheela
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Nov 2018
Stretton Sheela submitted by TheCaptain on 23rd Nov 2018. Above the old Norman doorway on the north side of the church at Church Stretton is a much older carved Sheela-na-gig stone, presumably from an earlier time and built into the church.
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Norton Camp (Shropshire)
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Jan 2019
Norton Camp (Shropshire) submitted by TheCaptain on 5th Jan 2019. The large double ramparts of Norton Camp, northeastern section, November 2018
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Cow Stone (Shropshire)
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jan 2019
Cow Stone (Shropshire) submitted by TheCaptain on 9th Jan 2019. From Mitchell's Fold stone circle, we walked on along the trackway northeasterly direction to find the Dead Cow Stone, stated as being 400 metres away. Nothing. Kept walking and eventually found it right beside the track almost double that distance away.
November 2018
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Fairy Toot
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 11th Apr 2004
Fairy Toot submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Apr 2004. Fairy Toot Long Barrow, Nempnett Thrubwell, North Somerset, ST521618.
The sad remains of the Fairy Toot long barrow, looking northwest from midway along the eastern side. Remains of a sheepshed can be seen, built right in the middle of this once great barrow. Most of the rest of the mound has been cleared.
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Felton Bowl Barrows T28 & T29
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 14th Apr 2004
Felton Bowl Barrows T28 & T29 submitted by TheCaptain on 14th Apr 2004. Felton Hill Barrows, Felton Common, North Somerset. ST519648.
The central mound, complete with ditch and surrounding stone circle.
Felton Common lies directly under the flight path to Bristol Lulsgate airport, at the eastern end of the runway. This airfield was very active during the second world war, and it is known that there was much military activity on Felton Common during that period. It would not surprise me if the barrows had been substantially rearranged during that period, perhap...
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Butcombe Barrow
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 15th Apr 2004
Butcombe Barrow submitted by TheCaptain on 15th Apr 2004. Butcombe Barrow, Butcombe, North Somerset. ST516627
This impressively situated bowl barrow lies just below the top of a hillock near Bicknell Farm, with splendid views south over Blagdon Lake to the Mendip Hills, and west to the sea. The barrow is about 25 metres in diameter, and traces of its external ditch are still clearly visible. Excavations have obviously been made in the past here, and there is the usual hollow in the top.
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Brent Knoll Camp
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 27th Apr 2004
Brent Knoll Camp submitted by TheCaptain on 27th Apr 2004. Brent Knoll Hillfort, Somerset. ST341510.
Over the years the knoll has been sculpted and adapted my man for various uses. Bronze Age and Iron Age people set up forts and encampments on the summit which became a focus for religious activity. The Romans built a temple and fortifications there, and referred to the hill as “The Mount of Frogs”. Legend claims this hill to be the site of Mons Badonicus, with its King Arthur connections. The Anglo-Saxons made good use of the Knoll, and on its e...
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Maes Knoll
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2004
Maes Knoll submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Apr 2004. Maes Knoll Hillfort, Norton Malreward, North Somerset, ST600660.
The remains of this Iron age hillfort lie at the eastern end of the Dundry Hill ridge just to the south of Bristol. The hillfort consists of a fairly large flat open area, roughly triangular in shape, that has been fortified by ramparts and shaping of the steep sided hilltop around the northern, eastern and southwestern sides of the hill. The western end of the fort is made across a narrow neck of the ridge of high land, and co...
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