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Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
Date Added: 9th Sep 2012
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: Canada
Visited: Yes on 15th Apr 1989. My rating: Access 5
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump submitted by thecaptain on 24th May 2009. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
The welcome sign with logo.
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Nine Maidens Stone Row
Date Added: 19th Jul 2012
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 10th Aug 1974
Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by rldixon on 26th Oct 2010. Nine Maidens stone row
taken about 8pm
29-5-2008
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Danebury Ring
Date Added: 19th Jul 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Danebury Ring submitted by Jimit on 19th Feb 2004. Danebury Hill Fort - the main entrance defensive works.
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Navajo Nat. Mon. - Betatakin
Date Added: 7th Jan 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Nov 1990
Navajo Nat. Mon. - Betatakin submitted by DrewParsons on 3rd Nov 2008. Betatakin settlement
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Althing
Date Added: 3rd Jan 2011
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Iceland
Visited: Yes on 21st Apr 1995
Althing submitted by DrewParsons on 10th May 2010. The Law Rock or Lögrétta is a high rock on European side of the chasm and was the site from which laws were passed and trials conducted. April 2010.
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Log Text: Rent Jeep Cherokee with big wheels. Do the Golden triangle, íngvellir, Geysir and Gullfoss. Back via Bläfjöll Ski area.
Iasos
Date Added: 1st Dec 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 16th Sep 2002. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Iasos submitted by TheCaptain on 30th Nov 2010. Turbintorium ruins at Ancient Iasos
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Tusayan Ruins
Date Added: 18th Nov 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 6th Nov 1990
Tusayan Ruins submitted by bat400 on 6th Aug 2006. Large Kiva at Tusayan Ruins, Coconino County, Arizona.
The Tusayan ruins at the Grand Canyon National Park show two separate circular ruins that may have been ceremonial rooms, or Kivas. The smaller one appeared to have burned, was made into some other sort of space. This is the foundation of the larger Kiva, seemingly built later that the first.
There was a firepit in the center of the room and an airshaft (seen in the rear wall.) This is a common feature of both historic Kivas, and simi...
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Bright Angel Trail
Date Added: 18th Nov 2010
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 5th Nov 1990
Bright Angel Trail submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Jun 2009. The Bright Angel Trail is one of the few trails which cross the Grand Canyon, and descends into the canyon from the Grand Canyon Village on the southern rim. The trail is an ancient one, originally used by the Havasupai Indians to reach their gardens low down in the canyon.
Just beyond the first tunnel on the trail down the side of the canyon can be seen some ancient petroglyphs, where there are animals, hand and footprints, and many enigmatic symbols.
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Halicarnassus Mausoleum
Date Added: 10th Nov 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 18th Sep 2002. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Halicarnassus Mausoleum submitted by thecaptain on 28th Mar 2007. The modern day remains of Halicarnassus Mausoleum in Bodrum Turkey.
Most of the stones originally used in the building of this "one of the seven wonders" are now built into the walls of Bodrum castle.
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Log Text: The wind has got up overnight and is apparently too strong out at sea for us to go out for the day. This is only the third day that’s been cancelled all season. Still, it’s no problem, as we can go to Bodrum for the day and do the tourist thing. I never knew before that Bodrum was the ancient city of Halicarnassos, and home to one of the seven ancient wonders. What an amazing history the place has. The Dolmus takes about 20 minutes and costs about 30p each. Brilliant.
First off, we head for the remains of the Halicarnassos Mausoleum, the ancient wonder of the world. It was built by Queen Artemesia for her brother and husband, King Mausolus in 355BC.
What an amazing place it must have been, about 7 storeys high. But when the Knights of St John got there in 1494, they decided it was nothing more than a fantastic pile of stone with which to build their castle. So now there’s almost nothing left.
There is remains of an amazing drainage system and robber tunnels where ancient people tried to get in for treasure, and a few bits of massive column, but not much else.
Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology
Date Added: 10th Nov 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 18th Sep 2002. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology submitted by davidmorgan on 10th Nov 2010. A view across Bodrum harbour to the early 15th century CE castle of the Knights of St John which houses the Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology.
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Log Text: My notes from my sailing log book of my visit.
The wind has got up overnight again, and is W 6-7 out in the main sea area, with 2m swell. We are going nowhere today. Catch the Dolmus to Bodrum to do the tourist thing, spend the morning visiting the Halicarnassus Mausoleum, and afternoon in the Bodrum Castle and shipwrecks museum. A good day to be stuck in harbour. The Dolmus takes about 20 minutes and costs about 30p each. Brilliant.
After lunch, its to the castle, which includes the Museum of Underwater Archaeology. This is all absolutely brilliant, with shipwrecks and their finds found round the local coast dating back to the bronze age. In various castle rooms are different shipwrecks, arranged as they were found, and as the ships would have been. I particularly liked the 12th Century BC wreck with its ingots of copper, and there is some amazing glass ware from the 11th century “Glass ship”. And masses and masses of amphorae from throughout the millenia.
America's Stonehenge
Date Added: 24th Oct 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (New England)
Visited: Yes on 15th Apr 1990. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
America's Stonehenge submitted by thecaptain on 14th Dec 2003. One of the chambers at Mystery Hill, also known as America's Stonehenge, near Salem, New Hampshire. There are several of these chambers and other structures at the site as well as the calendar sighting stones
I have to say, despite their best efforts to assure me its 4000 years old, the stones just didnt look weathered enough to me.
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Fox Tor stone setting
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 31st Aug 2010
Fox Tor stone setting submitted by TheCaptain on 31st Aug 2010. On the southeastern slopes of Fox Tor, above Redmoor Marsh, a stone setting is marked on the RCHM Bodmin Moor survey.
I am not sure what to make of this, a couple of large side set slabs about 1.5 metres tall, with perhaps many other smaller ones around them.
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Quebec ice dolmen
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Canada
Visited: Yes on 22nd Dec 2009
Quebec ice dolmen submitted by theCaptain on 22nd Dec 2009. Each year in February, the wonderful city of Québec holds a massive winter carnival, the Carnaval de Québec. Among the many events and festivities is an ice sculpture competition, with entries from around the whole world.
The year I visited, 1989, amongst all of the various ice carvngs and sculptures, there was a massive ice dolmen, made I believe by some Breton people. I could not of course, pass it by without taking a photograph.
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Millières menhir
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 30th Dec 2009
Millières menhir submitted by theCaptain on 30th Dec 2009. Almost certainly NOT the Millières menhir at La Guillaumerie.
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Menhir de Blainville-sur-Mer
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 4th Jan 2010
Menhir de Blainville-sur-Mer submitted by theCaptain on 4th Jan 2010. In the little square beside the Mairie and church of Blainville-sur-Mer, stands a little granite menhir, recently rediscovered during roadworks here in 1992.
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Buttern E
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th Mar 2010
Buttern E submitted by theCaptain on 16th Mar 2010. Buttern Hill stone circle, 14 March 2010.
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Buttern W
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 31st Mar 2010
Buttern W submitted by theCaptain on 31st Mar 2010. Is there anything left to see today of the possible remains of Buttern Hill (W) circle?
I saw a couple of slightly erect stones a bit further to the north of the main circle, on the far side of the valley. So I went for a look.
I found a couple of edge set stones, spaced about the same as the main circle, with other fallen stones and buried stones which could be considered to be a part of a circle, at position SX 6486 8855.
But I was not convinced.
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Gidleigh Chambered Cairn
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Apr 2010
Gidleigh Chambered Cairn submitted by theCaptain on 2nd Apr 2010. Gidleigh Chambered Cairn viewed looking southeast
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Buttern Hill settlement
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 4th Apr 2010
Buttern Hill settlement submitted by theCaptain on 4th Apr 2010. The remains of a very well preserved double walled hut circle, almost 10 metres in diameter with its floor level dug into the hillside to level it, can be found at SX 6555 8865.
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Scorhill Cairn and Rows
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 5th Apr 2010
Scorhill Cairn and Rows submitted by theCaptain on 5th Apr 2010. One or two hundred metres south of Scorhill stone circle, below the leat, can be found the remains of a cairn, with remnants of a double stone row running downhill from it towards the river Teign.
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