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Drizzlecombe Cist 6
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Feb 2008
Drizzlecombe Cist 6 submitted by thecaptain on 23rd Feb 2008. Drizzlecombe Cist 6 looking southwest, with the upper end of row1 at the upper left of the picture.
There is a capstone 1.8 m by 1.2 m sitting on top of a broken box, which is now three side set slabs, probably two side slabs and a single end stone.
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Chapman Barrows Quincunx
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th Mar 2008
Chapman Barrows Quincunx submitted by thecaptain on 16th Mar 2008. Looking up the slope from the bottom stone.
The broken central stone is in a depression beside the marsh grass below my bag - which marks the position of the upper stone.
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Beckham Hill
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2007
Beckham Hill submitted by thecaptain on 30th Apr 2007. Baa Baa Baa, Baa Baa Baa Lambs.
Spring lambs on Exmoor, April 29 2007.
Beckham Hill with its stone setting in the right background of this picture.
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Menhir dit Pierre Bottin
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 2nd May 2007
Menhir dit Pierre Bottin submitted by thecaptain on 2nd May 2007. I could see the stone from the road nearby, and estimate it to be about 2 metres tall. It has a similar sized stone laying flat nearby.
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Museo Arqueológico Nacional
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: Spain (Castilla La Mancha y Madrid)
Visited: Yes on 12th May 2007
Museo Arqueológico Nacional submitted by thecaptain on 12th May 2007. The entrance to the splendid Spanish National Archaeology Museum, in Madrid.
Taking pictures inside is not encouraged.
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Museo de Santa Cruz
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: Spain (Castilla La Mancha y Madrid)
Visited: Yes on 13th May 2007
Museo de Santa Cruz submitted by thecaptain on 13th May 2007. The Santa Cruz Museum is located in the beautiful World Heritage city of Toledo.
The building itself has lovely architecture, with its cloisters, coffered ceilings, palatial staircases etc.
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Swap Hill (N)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 28th May 2007
Swap Hill (N) submitted by TheCaptain on 28th May 2007. The best I could find at the given grid ref for this outlying stone. I dont think it is the one intended.
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Swap Hill
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 28th May 2007
Swap Hill submitted by TheCaptain on 28th May 2007. Swap Hill stone setting looking southeast.
An edge set outlier in the foreground.
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Silbury Hill
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jun 2007
Silbury Hill submitted by TheCaptain on 4th Jun 2007. Silbury Hill, Sunday June 3rd 2007, with its repair team at the foot.
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Trout Hill 3
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jun 2007
Trout Hill 3 submitted by TheCaptain on 12th Jun 2007. I am not sure that I found the right place, but what I found was the only stone I could find in the long grass anywhere near the given grid reference.
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Longstone (Challacombe)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 17th Mar 2008
Longstone (Challacombe) submitted by thecaptain on 17th Mar 2008. The view from the top of Longstone Barrow, showing the situation of the Longstone, which can be seen as a small dark mark just below the skyline about two thirds to the right of the picture, easy to find (as in reality) by following the path from the barrow.
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Longstone Barrow
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 18th Mar 2008
Longstone Barrow submitted by thecaptain on 18th Mar 2008. This large round barrow is still in a very fine condition, with the ditch around it almost like a moat and full of water on a damp March day.
Viewed here from the southeast.
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Chapman Down Barrow
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 18th Mar 2008
Chapman Down Barrow submitted by thecaptain on 18th Mar 2008. This large round barrow on the southeastern slopes of Chapman Down has a large slice cut through to the middle, rather than the usual hole in the top.
View here to the southeast, with the steep valley down towards Challacombe seen, where the Longstone stands at the top of. It can be seen on a better res version of the picture, about 2/3 from the left below the skyline.
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Longstone Barrow Row
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 18th Mar 2008
Longstone Barrow Row submitted by thecaptain on 18th Mar 2008. There should be three stones in a row here.
I spent much time searching around amongst the tall wet grasses and heather, but I couldn’t find a single stone.
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Woodbarrow (Exmoor)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2008
Woodbarrow (Exmoor) submitted by thecaptain on 19th Mar 2008. This is another large round barrow high up on Exmoor which is still in a good condition, although a very well used trackway runs past it just to its eastern side.
As usual it has been dug into from the top, there is a very marsh and boggy remains of a ditch running around the outside.
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Woodbarrow Hangings
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2008
Woodbarrow Hangings submitted by thecaptain on 19th Mar 2008. Somewhere here is a stone setting, which is a rarity that merits a mention on the little local maps which are attached to several of the gates around here.
I had a very good look around but could find nothing at all. Either it is all well hidden under the long reed grass which is growing all around here, or perhaps has all been broken and destroyed like many other Exmoor stone settings.
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Chapman Barrows
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2008
Chapman Barrows submitted by thecaptain on 19th Mar 2008. There are about half a dozen large round barrows in an east to west line running up the western slope and over the top of Chapman Down.
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Los Millares
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Spain (Andalucía)
Visited: Yes on 10th Apr 2008
Los Millares submitted by thecaptain on 10th Apr 2008. Los Millares site is large, spectacular and very well maintained with some reconstructions for instructive purposes
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Woodbarrow Stone Setting
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 21st Apr 2008
Woodbarrow Stone Setting submitted by thecaptain on 21st Apr 2008. It is possible that what I found is the remains of two rows, or perhaps even the remains of an Exmoor six-pack, the two rows being about 7 metres apart.
One fallen stone in the foreground, another leaning stone is in the clump of long growth mid picture.
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East Pinford 2
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 3rd May 2008
East Pinford 2 submitted by thecaptain on 3rd May 2008. Said to be a six stone rectangle similar to East Pinford 1, with only one stone still standing.
I certainly found a stone standing at the grid ref noted here, about 0.3 metres high.
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