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Grim’s Grave
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jul 2006
Grim’s Grave submitted by thecaptain on 27th Jul 2006. What a lovely find this is, miles from anywhere across the middle of Southern Dartmoor, and well worth a visit.
This cairn is surrounded by 9 large upright slabs making a full circle, some of which are over a metre in height. In the centre is a large rectangular kist, about 1.5 by 1 metre, and almost 1 metre deep
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The Heath Stone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2006
The Heath Stone submitted by thecaptain on 29th Jul 2006. The Heath Stone can be found not far from the road on the way to Fernworthy Reservoir, on the open moor just before you get to the forest.
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Dry Lake North Settlement
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2006
Dry Lake North Settlement submitted by thecaptain on 29th Jul 2006. Fairly well preserved ancient settlement on the eastern flanks of the Erme valley, consisting of several large walled enclosures, each containing several huts.
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Blatchford Brook Foot Settlement
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2006
Blatchford Brook Foot Settlement submitted by thecaptain on 29th Jul 2006. Blatchford Brook Foot Settlement is a well preserved bronze age settlement on the eastern flanks of the Erme valley.
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Crock of Gold
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2006
Crock of Gold submitted by thecaptain on 1st Aug 2006. The Crock of Gold is a fine cairn and cist which can be found just to the south of the track which runs east from Princetown as part of the Dartmoor way, and is named no doubt after a lucky find here by somebody in the past.
This is the view looking northeast.
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Bennet's Cross
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Aug 2006
Bennet's Cross submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Aug 2006. This is a lovely cross, believed to have been carved from a prehistoric menhir.
It stands about 1.7 metres tall, and is just beside the B3212 road near its high point as it crosses the moor between Moretonhampstead and Postbridge.
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Royal Hill Cairns
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Aug 2006
Royal Hill Cairns (SX621723) submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Aug 2006. Royal Hill Cairn 4
In the centre is a large cist, about 1 metre square, with its capstone displaced to the edge of the cairn.
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Ranny Brookhead Cist
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cist
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Aug 2006
Ranny Brookhead Cist submitted by thecaptain on 3rd Aug 2006. Ranny Brookhead cist is in the middle of a featureless bit of moor near the bottom of the dip between Stall Moor and Stalldown Barrow, in amongst the damp ground surrounding the Ranny Brook.
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Hurston Ridge
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 11th Aug 2006
Hurston Ridge submitted by thecaptain on 11th Aug 2006. The top half of the lovely Hurston Ridge double stone row.
Viewed here looking towards the southeast.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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