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Llanfihangel Rogiet
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Monmouthshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2004
Llanfihangel Rogiet submitted by TheCaptain on 1st Apr 2004. Llanfihangel Rogiet, Standing Stone in Monmouthshire, ST445878
Nice view of the stone from the northeast in a setting sun.
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Heston Brake
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Monmouthshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2004
Heston Brake submitted by TheCaptain on 1st Apr 2004. Heston Brake, Chambered Tomb in Monmouthshire, ST505887
View of the remains from the rear of the chamber
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Gray Hill circle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Monmouthshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Apr 2004
Gray Hill summit cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 2nd Apr 2004. Grey Hill or Gray Hill, Monmouthshire. Cairn atop hill at ST434936
Right on the top of the hill, with spectacular views all around is the remains of an ancient, but well worn cairn. I could have been imagining it, but did this cairn once have a kerbed ring around it, and some internal structures ?
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Symonds Yat Fort
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Apr 2004
Symonds Yat Fort submitted by TheCaptain on 5th Apr 2004. Iron age hillfort on the headland of Symonds Yat Rock, high above a complete U Bend in the river Wye. This promontory hillfort has remains of four rows of ditch and bank ramparts, the largest remaining being the bank on the inside. This is the inner bank.
A lovely place to visit on a nice day Symonds Yat Fort, Symonds Yat Rock, Gloucestershire, SO563157
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Long Stone, Staunton
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Apr 2004
Long Stone, Staunton submitted by TheCaptain on 5th Apr 2004. View of this nice standing stone on a foul Sunday afternoon in April 2004. A lot of forest clearance is currently going on around this stone.
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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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Hawkesbury Knoll
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 15th Apr 2004
Hawkesbury Knoll submitted by TheCaptain on 15th Apr 2004. Hawksbury Knoll, Chambered Tomb, South Gloucestershire, ST768872.
The view of the barrow atop Hawkesbury Knoll from the Somerset Monument.
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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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Kingston Russell Circle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Apr 2004
Kingston Russell Circle submitted by TheCaptain on 22nd Apr 2004. Kingston Russell Stone Circle, Dorset, SY577878.
View of this pleasant circle on a nice early evening, September 2003. It was good to be able to see the circle properly, as when I have visited here in years gone by, the field within which it lives has been used for crops. I seem to even remember struggling to see it through a field of maize one year.
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Tenants Hill enclosure
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Apr 2004
Tenants Hill enclosure submitted by TheCaptain on 22nd Apr 2004. Kingston Russell Cairn and Enclosure, Dorset, SY578882.
View to the northwest from the enclosure which is built on a little promontary just to the north of the Kingston Russell stone circle. There is also a cairn or two here in this place with a truly wonderful view.
Up the valley to the right leads to the valley of the stones. To the left, westwards down the valley gets you to the sea and the Golden Cap.
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Oxenham Arms
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 26th Apr 2004
Oxenham Arms submitted by TheCaptain on 26th Apr 2004. Oxenham Arms, South Zeal, Devon SX651935.
An enormous and magnificent menhir built into the wall of a tremendous pub on the main street in the village of South Zeal, Devon.
In fact, the pub is believed to have been built by monks in the twelfth century around the menhir. As the pub website says "A very interesting part of the house is the small lounge behind the bar. In this room, set in the wall, is a monolith and the theory of archaeologists is that the monastic builders placed the...
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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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Nine Stones (Belstone)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 27th Apr 2004
Nine Stones (Belstone) submitted by TheCaptain on 27th Apr 2004. Belstone Nine Stones, Belstone Common, Devon SX612928.
A nice neat little stone circle on the moors below Belstone Tor on the common to the south of the village of Belstone, Devon.
This is a view looking southeast, with Belstone Tor in the background.
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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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Bwlch Standing Stone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 6th May 2004
Bwlch Standing Stone submitted by thecaptain on 6th May 2004. Bwlch Standing Stone in Powys, SO150219
At Bwlch, the A40 makes a large hairpin bend to get up the hillside. In the field which is largely surrounded by this road is this Standing Stone, which is about 2 metres tall.
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Cwrt-y-Gollen
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 6th May 2004
Cwrt-y-Gollen submitted by thecaptain on 6th May 2004. Cwrt-y-Gollen, Standing Stone in Powys, SO232168
This magnificent standing stone lives beside the busy A40 just inside the entrance to the Welsh Brigade army camp just to the south of Crickhowell. Over 4 metres high, “The Growing Stone” looks most impressive, and has a pleasant grass and trees area around it.
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Crug Hywel
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 7th May 2004
Crug Hywel submitted by TheCaptain on 7th May 2004. Crug Hywel, Hillfort in Powys, SO226207
While on a stone hunting day in and around the Black Mountains, the murk on the hills cleared enough for me to get this picture of the Crug Hywel, or Table Mountain fort from near the Llangenny Stones - which I didnt find.
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Mynydd Troed
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 9th May 2004
Mynydd Troed submitted by TheCaptain on 9th May 2004. Mynydd Troed, Chambered Tomb in Powys, SO161284
The remains of this tomb, marked Long Cairn on the map, are nicely positioned at the top of the pass to the west end of Mynydd Troed hill.
This view of the mound is looking south across the pass towards Mynydd Llangorse.
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Golden Grove
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 9th May 2004
Golden Grove submitted by TheCaptain on 9th May 2004. Golden Grove, Standing Stone in Powys, SO239178
This standing stone lives in a little field besides a stream at Llangenny. The stone is about 4 feet high, in a sheltered position just below the steep hillside.
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