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Hoar Stone at Duntisbourne
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Aug 2017
Hoar Stone at Duntisbourne submitted by TheCaptain on 23rd Aug 2017. "Seven years ago photographer David Quentin began capturing surreal, alien-like scenes of rocks falling from the sky at locations across the UK. It all started when the London-based photographer threw a stone into the air and took a picture of it to see how it looked..."
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Photo Credit: David Quentin
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Loanhead Of Daviot
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Aug 2017
Loanhead Of Daviot submitted by TheCaptain on 3rd Aug 2017. The circle is well presented and kept tidy, the outer circle of large stones almost completely filled with a covering of small stones, presumably the remains of a cairn.
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Cullerlie
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Aug 2017
Cullerlie submitted by TheCaptain on 3rd Aug 2017. Cullerlie. There is a little parking area with noticeboard, and a tree lined avenue leading out to the circle
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Midmar Kirk N
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jul 2017
Midmar Kirk N submitted by TheCaptain on 30th Jul 2017. In the small woodland running alongside the road to the north of Midmar Kirk can be found this tall slender stone, standing amongst the trees at an angle.
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Midmar Kirk S
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jul 2017
Midmar Kirk S submitted by TheCaptain on 30th Jul 2017. What a fabulous site, the circle standing in the churchyard of Midmar Kirk, gravestones all around it but none placed within. Nicely looked after, this has become something of a favourite.
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Sunhoney
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jul 2017
Sunhoney submitted by TheCaptain on 30th Jul 2017. A shortish walk up a farm track and then footpath brings you to this splendid recumbant stone circle in a round wooded area on a little hilltop.
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Tomnaverie
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jul 2017
Tomnaverie submitted by TheCaptain on 28th Jul 2017. Tomnaverie stone circle. Glorious in the low sunlight of an October afternoon.
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Sheldon (Aberdeenshire)
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jul 2017
Sheldon (Aberdeenshire) submitted by TheCaptain on 27th Jul 2017. Despite having seen nice pictures of this stone circle, it was a big let down. To get to it meant a longish walk through firstly a manure dump, and after that a field full of growing root vegetables, meaning a wet detour along the tractor tramlines to get to the top of the hill.
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Kirkton Of Bourtie
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jul 2017
Kirkton Of Bourtie submitted by TheCaptain on 27th Jul 2017. Kirkton Of Bourtie in the low sun of an October late afternoon
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New Craig
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jul 2017
New Craig submitted by TheCaptain on 27th Jul 2017. Within the woodland behind are a few other large stones, presumably once part of the original circle.
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Broomend of Crichie Pictish Symbol Stone
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Class I Pictish Symbol Stone
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jul 2017
Broomend of Crichie Pictish Symbol Stone submitted by TheCaptain on 27th Jul 2017. The pictish stone now erected within the henge is a splendid stone, the carvings on which can clearly be made out.
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Broomend of Crichie Avenue
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jul 2017
Broomend of Crichie Avenue submitted by TheCaptain on 27th Jul 2017. Just a couple of stones remain of this 500m long stone avenue, which once lead away to the south from the henge, and also northwards from the henge to the now destroyed stone circle. There are supposedly a couple more stones and some burial cists to be found at the southern end of the avenue, but this appeared to be within the grounds of a private complex.
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Broomend Of Crichie Stone Circle / Henge
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Henge
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jul 2017
Broomend Of Crichie Stone Circle / Henge submitted by TheCaptain on 27th Jul 2017. Composite panorama of the henge and stones looking south
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Castle Fraser Row
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jul 2017
Castle Fraser Row submitted by TheCaptain on 27th Jul 2017. The two standing stones noted as a row are clear to see near to the road in the lower slopes of the field below the circle.
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Castle Fraser circle
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jul 2017
Castle Fraser circle submitted by TheCaptain on 27th Jul 2017. Approaching the stone circle up the edge of the cropped field.
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Twr-y-Fan Foel cairn
Date Added: 10th Apr 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jul 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 2
Twr-y-Fan Foel cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 8th Sep 2017. Looking southeast to the Twr-y-Fan Foel cairn on its hilltop promontory position.
The cairn is about 11 metres diameter and becoming very eroded by the weather and all the walkers stopping here to admire the spectacular views from its cliff edge position.
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Log Text: Along the ridge to the southeast of Fan Foel, Twr-y-Fan Foel cairn can be seen sitting on its hilltop promontory position. The cairn is again about 11 metres diameter and becoming very eroded by the weather and all the walkers stopping here to admire the spectacular views from its cliff edge position. Once again the two German lads were stood on top of it with no signs of moving on, so I just took a couple of quick photos and we carried on to get to the trig point on top of Fan Brycheiniog (802m) before them, so we could take our pictures without them in the way!
Fan Foel Cairns
Date Added: 10th Apr 2023
Site Type: Round Cairn
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jul 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Fan Foel Cairns submitted by TheCaptain on 8th Sep 2017. Fan Foel cairn seen looking back from near Twr-y-Fan Foel.
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Log Text: Once up on the top of Fan Foel (781m) in the rain and wind, the remains of this large circular cairn are plain to see, no doubt due to the excavation work some years ago. The circular structure of the cairn is 11 meters in diameter, and within this cairn, offset to the steep cliff edge, is the box like remains of a cist. At this point we saw just about the only other people we saw all day, a couple of German lads who stood in the cairn and seemed reluctant to move away so I could take some photos!
Fan Brycheiniog
Date Added: 10th Apr 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jul 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 2
Fan Brycheiniog submitted by TheCaptain on 8th Sep 2017. Although I can find no record of this being an ancient site, it looks to me like there is probably the remains of an ancient cairn below the trig point on top of Fan Brycheiniog (802m), as there is on the other peaks here. It is well worn and eroded in its hilltop position.
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Log Text: We carried on to get to the trig point on top of Fan Brycheiniog (802m) before the Germans, so we could take our pictures without them in the way! Once more it looks like there is probably the remains of an ancient cairn below the trig point, which is once again becoming well worn. We then went and sat in the little circular shelter 50 metres away to the south along the ridge to have our lunch, and let the storms pass, the weather becoming much brighter.
Picws Du
Date Added: 10th Apr 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jul 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 2
Picws Du submitted by TheCaptain on 9th Sep 2017. Seen from the path along the westerly edge of Fan Foel, view of Picws Du at 749m, which is topped by an ancient cairn.
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Log Text: From Fan Brycheiniog we set off back northwards and then headed off in a westerly direction across the open boggy moorland, which would not have been a good idea in weather any worse, but it was now quite bright and I was able to pick a reasonable route between the bogs and peat hags! Once onto the path along the westerly edge of Fan Foel, it was steeply down and then slowly up the steep slope to the top of Picws Du at 749m, which is once again topped by an ancient cairn. The remains of this one are in a better, more natural condition than the others up here, no doubt helped by a lesser number of visitors, as the path here is much less worn and eroded. The remains are probably still abut a metre in height, and topped by a modern walkers cairn. Around the outside it was possible to make out a nice circle of kerbstones. From here it is possible to see down to Llyn y Fan Fach in the hollow below, the glacial lake which is the home to the Lady of the Lake legend. With the winds swirling around the mountains, it does indeed make all sorts of patterns on the surface of the lake, as if it is bubbling and boiling away heralding an appearance. It is really fabulous up here, the views extending southwards to the Bristol Channel and beyond, while northwards over the cliff edge up to the Cambrian Mountains. There are many heavy storms moving around across the landscape but thankfully we are missed by the worst of them for the rest of the day. It is of interest to see them tracking over in a north-easterly direction, the shadows of the clouds making constantly moving patterns on the moorland below. There are many ravens flying around, usually in pairs, making their deep cawing calls to each other, which can be heard from miles away.
Rhyd Wen Fach
Date Added: 10th Apr 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jul 2017. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 4 Access 2
Rhyd Wen Fach submitted by TheCaptain on 10th Sep 2017. With a bit of an optimistic eye, I could make out what might be an arc of stones probably with an approx. 15 m diameter, but it may well have been no more than my wanting to see something.
Looking towards the climb up to the summit of Fan Foel. Twr-y-Fan Foel to the left.
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Log Text: Visited while walking round the Carmarthen Fan loop, just at the foot of the hard climb up to Fan Foel. We had ended up not following the expected ridgetop path, but a trail a bit below the top to the southwest, so I had to head over and back downhill a few hundred yards as San slowly ascended the steep ridge. I had a quick look round, aided by using my GPS, and soon found the large stones Sem has posted photos of, but there was nothing obvious else to see of a circle. There are many stones around, and what is natural and what has been positioned is anyone’s guess. With a bit of an optimistic eye, I could make out what might be an arc of stones probably with an approx. 15 m diameter, but it may well be no more than wanting to see something. To me it wasn't a very likely place to find a stone circle, the ground here being too steep. Since returning I notice the RCAHM gives a ref of SN 8223 2312, a further 50 metres to the north of where I was looking, which would have been slightly flatter, but more peaty and boggy ground. I wasn’t going to spend long here, as I was getting left behind, and I didn't want Sandra to be climbing up that steep ridge on her own, especially as the heavens were just about to open with a very cold and heavy squall. The climb up the ridge was very hard work as we are not as young as we were, but just taking it a few steps at a time, and not rushing, I eventually made it up to meet San sat sheltering behind a boulder in her green Kermit cape, we were by then both soaked! Once up at the top, what a fabulous feeling of achievement, and the weather improved a bit to give breath taking views. It really was indeed well worth the effort.