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Lanyon Quoit
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Nov 2006
Lanyon Quoit submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Nov 2006. My effort a few years ago on a misty murky day to get the Ding Dong Minehouse inside Lanyon Quoit.
I was quite disappointed with the results, and not only because of the murky day. I of course should have done some gardening before laying on the damp ground to remove the foreground grass. A wide angle shot of the quoit would have looked much more like I was wanting, but to get the engine house bigger, a telephoto shot was required. Or of course some jiggery pokery, as I suspect was done in t...
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Whit Stones
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Oct 2006
Whit Stones submitted by thecaptain on 29th Oct 2006. Two large (for Exmoor) stones are sticking out of the deep heather, leaning beyond 45° downhill. They are about 5 metres apart.
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Wambarrows
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 25th Oct 2006
Wambarrows submitted by thecaptain on 25th Oct 2006. There are three large barrows on top of Winsford Hill, known as the Wambarrows.
The one nearest the top of the hill is about 20 metres in diameter and up to 2.5 metres in height.
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Caratacus Stone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Oct 2006
Caratacus Stone submitted by thecaptain on 23rd Oct 2006. This engraved stone sits in a little stone shelter in order to protect it from the worst of the elements, near to a road junction a couple of kilometres to the southwest of Winsford.
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Bradenham Puddingstone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Buckinghamshire)
Visited: Yes on 20th Oct 2006
Bradenham Puddingstone submitted by thecaptain on 20th Oct 2006. The village green at Bradenham is surrounded by lumps of the local puddingstone, a geological oddity related to sarsen, and of which lumps were thought to have been used as prehistoric trackway markers.
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Whiteleaf Barrows
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Buckinghamshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Oct 2006
Whiteleaf Barrows submitted by thecaptain on 18th Oct 2006. On the hilltop above Whiteleaf Cross are the remains of two bronze age round barrows, both much disturbed.
This one is pretty much directly above the cross.
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Princes Risborough Puddingstone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Buckinghamshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Oct 2006
Princes Risborough Puddingstone submitted by thecaptain on 16th Oct 2006. The puddingstone is now lovingly presented with floral surrounds and an informative little sign.
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Tumuli de Condé-sur-Ifs
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 8th Oct 2006
Tumuli de Condé-sur-Ifs submitted by thecaptain on 8th Oct 2006. Condé-sur-Ifs tumuli, as shown on the sign at Colombiers-sur-Seulles.
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Menhir de la Demoiselle de Bracqueville
Trip No.206 Entry No.5 Date Added: 25th Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 28th Sep 2006. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhir de la Demoiselle de Bracqueville submitted by thecaptain on 11th Oct 2006. To visit this stone, find your way from Beny-sur-Mer to the south along small tracks to Bracqueville farm. Park near to the farm, and walk about 500 metres along the track which passes in front of the farm till you get to a junction of trackways. Take the grassy track to the left, and the menhir is a further 500 metres along and just into the field on the left.
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Log Text: Found this at last, on probably my third attempt. Find your way from Beny-sur-Mer to the south along small tracks to Bracqueville farm. Park near to the farm, and walk about 500 metres along the track which passes in front of the farm till you get to a junction of trackways. Take the grassy track to the left, and the menhir is a further 500 metres along and just into the field on the left.
Its about 1.4 metres tall, 0.7 metres wide and 0.3 metres thick, and leaning towards the north. The farmer has left very little room around it, and it has some very recent scrapes and damage done to it, no doubt from farm machinery. It is likely that this menhir often gets obscured by crops in the summer. Nice to have found it, its a nice stone. Stupidly I forgot to take my gps with me to get a proper position.
Menhir dit Pierre Debout (Reviers)
Trip No.206 Entry No.6 Date Added: 25th Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 28th Sep 2006. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhir dit Pierre Debout (Reviers) submitted by thecaptain on 29th Dec 2005. Reviers menhir.
Just inland from the D-Day beaches can be found (when the crops are down) the sad remains of this menhir.
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Log Text: As I am right here and passing by, thought I may as well stop and take a look in the daylight. The crops in the field are growing, or more likely its been left fallow, but the ploughs have been right up to the stone and its fairly difficult to spot, even with this small growth. The poor stone is in a very sorry state, and could do with some TLC. Shame its so woefully looked after, so close to the well maintained large barrow.
Madacombe
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 27th Sep 2006
Madacombe submitted by thecaptain on 27th Sep 2006. Madacombe stone row, Exmoor. Its in there somewhere.
Could I find anything ? No chance !!!! I found nothing at all, wading around in waist deep wet grass and heather. If there are any stones to be found here, they are well hidden under the wet moorland growth. I did however, get soaking wet and a twisted ankle for my efforts !
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Pen Hill Longbarrow
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 12th Sep 2006
Pen Hill Longbarrow submitted by thecaptain on 12th Sep 2006. This is a 45 metre long by 15 metre wide longbarrow which is to be found in a little fenced enclosure, just to the south of the summit of Pen Hill at the southern edge of the Mendip Hills just north of Wells.
The view to the southwest from here is fantastic, with the Somerset Levels spread out below.
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Drove Cottage Henge
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 11th Sep 2006
Drove Cottage Henge submitted by thecaptain on 11th Sep 2006. A 55 metre diameter henge which can be seen in a field to the south of Hillgrove Road to the north of Wells, and to the east of Priddy.
The earthworks can clearly be seen in the field, but without proper access to the field, it was difficult to fully determine what is there.
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Pierre-aux-Fées
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Yes on 5th Sep 2006
Pierre-aux-Fées (St-Micaud) submitted by thecaptain on 5th Sep 2006. The Pierre-aux-Fées is about 7 metres tall, and has perhaps got some carvings on it.
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Stalldon Row
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2006
Stalldon Row submitted by thecaptain on 1st Sep 2006. Myself stood beside the northern stones of Stalldon Row in order to give some scale.
These stones on the top of the hill can be seen from miles away, and look like some lonely hikers at first, until you realise thay are not moving.
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Upper Erme Cairns
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Aug 2006
Upper Erme Cairns submitted by thecaptain on 28th Aug 2006. Upper Erme Cairn 2 is a large cairn just upslope from the stone row about half a kilometre from the southern end. It is about 15 metres in diameter, and still well over a metre high.
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Childe’s Tomb
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Aug 2006
Childe’s Tomb submitted by thecaptain on 28th Aug 2006. Childe’s Tomb, viewed looking north east.
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Upper Erme Row
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Aug 2006
Upper Erme Row submitted by thecaptain on 23rd Aug 2006. At the southern end, the row starts at the 16 metre diameter Kiss-in-the-Ring stone circle.
From here the row runs northwards, with the stones generally about half a metre tall above the modern turf, and spaced at intervals of about 1.5 to 2 metres. The grass around these stones is in July very long, and many of the stones are very difficult to see, but the path of the row is clearly seen by the darker shade of the grass surrounding them, and also for the path which runs alongside.
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Stall Moor circle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 14th Aug 2006
Stall Moor circle submitted by thecaptain on 14th Aug 2006. Kiss-in-the-Ring stone circle, seen here looking south, with the southern end of the longest known prehistoric stone row (more than 3 km in length) leading to it in the foreground.
In the distance of the picture is Stalldown Barrow hill, with the wonderful Stalldon Row marching over its summit, which can be seen clearly in real life.
The river Erme valley is to the left of the picture.
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Hook Lake Settlement
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 13th Aug 2006
Hook Lake Settlement submitted by thecaptain on 13th Aug 2006. Well preserved ancient settlement on the eastern flanks of the Erme valley, consisting of two large walled enclosures, the one to the north a circular shape, with a sort of triangular one to the south. Each enclosure contains several huts.
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