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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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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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West Wycombe Camp
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Buckinghamshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Nov 2003
West Wycombe Camp submitted by thecaptain on 18th Nov 2003. View of West Wycombe Hill from the East. On the top, inside the iron age camp is built St Lawrence's Church (with the Golden Ball as used by the Hellfire club) and also the Dashwood Mausoleum. Material for building these, was taken from the caves under the hill
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Madron Well
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jan 2004
Madron Well submitted by thecaptain on 21st Jan 2004. Madron Baptistry
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Trippet Stones
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jan 2004
Trippet Stones submitted by thecaptain on 29th Jan 2004. The Trippet Stones circle, Bodmin Moor, July 2003. By now back in the rain storms.
Note in these pictures how much the moors are being destroyed by the ceasless use of quadbikes and 4wd vehicles all over it.
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Men Scryfa
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 24th Feb 2004
Men Scryfa submitted by TheCaptain on 24th Feb 2004. Men Scryfa
Inscribed standing stone near the Men-an-tol. July 2003
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Carn Gluze
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 24th Feb 2004
Carn Gluze submitted by TheCaptain on 24th Feb 2004. Ballowall Barrow / Carn Gluze. July 2003
Difficult to get a good picture of, but I quite like the way this one shows the position of the barrow with respect to the clifftop views.
Others will probably have better pictures of the structure itself
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Boskednan stone circle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 24th Feb 2004
Boskednan stone circle submitted by TheCaptain on 24th Feb 2004. Boskednan stone circle.
Standing high on the moors above the Men-An Tol
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Pipers (nr Merry Maidens)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 24th Feb 2004
Pipers (nr Merry Maidens) submitted by TheCaptain on 24th Feb 2004. The Pipers of Boleigh, with both of the massive stones in the same picture.
These two massive stones are said to be the Pipers playing the music to which the Merry Maidens were dancing, before they all got turned to stone.
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Merry Maidens Holed Stone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Holed Stone
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 24th Feb 2004
Merry Maidens Holed Stone submitted by TheCaptain on 24th Feb 2004. The holed stone near to the Merry Maidens stone circle. This stone stands at SW 432246.
It is now in use as part of a gatepost entry to a field near to the Gun Rith standing stone
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Porthmeor Circle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 24th Feb 2004
Porthmeor Circle submitted by TheCaptain on 24th Feb 2004. Treen Common stone circle, also known as Porthmeor
I knew nothing of this very ruined circle until I found it in the excellent Belerion book. So I just had to go and have a look.
It is largely an embanked ring with plenty of stones sticking up out of the top in a very haphazard way. It is possibly the remains of a henge, rather than a proper stone circle.
This picture was taken from a high point on the embankment, and can be seen curving away to the right, more by the dark green of t...
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Tregiffian Barrow
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 28th Feb 2004
Tregiffian Barrow submitted by thecaptain on 28th Feb 2004. Tregiffian Barrow.
Not the best photo of this nice barrow, but this picture shows its situation quite well. Not only can the road which cuts through its back be seen (thankfully the road straightening in the the 1960's was not completed), but in the background of the photo can be seen the Merry Maidens stone circle. And the Gun Rith menhir lives in the field to the left of the road.
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Tregeseal East
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 28th Feb 2004
Tregeseal East submitted by thecaptain on 28th Feb 2004. Tregeseal Stone Circle, July 2003
The circle was completely surrounded by gorse, ferns and other growth, which made getting to the stones practically impossibe. Getting a photo was difficult too. To get this picture I had to climb on top of the wall surrounding the field the circle is in.
Surely these monuments deserve better treatment
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Beacon Hill (Burghclere)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 7th Mar 2004
Beacon Hill (Burghclere) submitted by thecaptain on 7th Mar 2004. Hillfort at Beacon Hill, SU458573, Hampshire.
Kite flying on top of Beacon Hill. Its a wonderful place for kite flying for all ages. View looking north towards Newbury.
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Bryn Cader Faner
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 9th Mar 2004
Bryn Cader Faner submitted by thecaptain on 9th Mar 2004. Bryn Cader Faner.
This is the truly wonderful sight as you approach this cracking circle up the hillside.
On a nice day, there is a lovely walk from Harlech, past Moel Goedog to Llyn Trawsfynydd along an ancient trackway, which passes several standing stones, several cairns and a few circles. This is the pick of them all.
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Bury Hill Camp (Winterbourne)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 27th Mar 2004
Bury Hill Camp (Winterbourne) submitted by TheCaptain on 27th Mar 2004. Bury Hill Camp, near Winterbourne Down, South Gloucestershire.
View of the ditch and ramparts of the eastern side. The inside of the fort is to the right of this picture
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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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Starveall
Date Added: 11th Jun 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 28th Mar 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 4
Starveall submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Mar 2004. Starveall Barrow, South Gloucestershire, ST794879, March 2004.
View looking west at the barrows east side.
The ploughed field surrounding the barrow is eating away at it. The most recent ploughing must have taken a couple of feet from each end, with all the stones which formerly made up the mound being scattered across the field.
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Log Text: I visited this barrow this afternoon. Its getting in a very poor state. The ploughed field surrounding it is eating away at the mound. The most recent ploughing must have taken a couple of feet from each end, with all the stones which formerly made up the mound being scattered across the field. And there is the remains of a massive dead tree which has died and pulled down lots more stone along one edge. I saw no sign of any chamber, but it was all covered with vegetation and rubble thrown onto it.
Horton Camp
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Mar 2004
Horton Camp submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Mar 2004. Horton Camp Hillfort, South Gloucestershire, ST765845, March 2004.
View looking northwest along the remaining bank across the top of the hill. There is no sign of a ditch. The "inside" of the camp is to the left.
I may well be wrong, but I think that this bank may be a former internal division of what was once a much bigger camp taking in the entire promontary, not just the southern end.
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