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King's Weston Hill stockpound
Date Added: 6th Nov 2023
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
King's Weston Hill stockpound submitted by theCaptain on 13th Apr 2012. plan on the noticeboard showing the various items of historical interest on the King's Weston Hill ridgetop
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Log Text: A few hundred metres west along the hilltop ridge from the Kings Weston Hillfort can be seen the remains of a large circular earthwork, of unsure date. People have been living and working on this hilltop ridge since neolithic times, and it is thought that this earthwork is some sort of stockpound dating from perhaps bronze or iron age times. It is a very pleasant spot up on this hilltop, surrounded by the northwestern suburbs of Bristol, but you would hardly know it, and can easily get taken back in time while up here.
King's Weston Hill barrow cemetary
Date Added: 6th Nov 2023
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
King's Weston Hill barrow cemetary submitted by theCaptain on 13th Apr 2012. Walk several hundred metres west along the hilltop ridge from the Kings Weston Hillfort, past the large circular earthwork, across the roman road and its earthwork bank, and the open grassland of the hilltop now has several bushy clumps dotted around.
Some of these clumps hide the remains of several bronze age burial mounds.
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Log Text: Walk several hundred metres west along the hilltop ridge from the Kings Weston Hillfort, past the large circular earthwork, across the roman road and its earthwork bank, and the open grassland of the hilltop now has several bushy clumps dotted around. Some of these clumps hide the remains of several bronze age burial mounds. The burial mounds are not in the best of condition, but are thought to date back to almost 2000BC. It is a very pleasant spot up on this hilltop, surrounded by the northwestern suburbs of Bristol, but you would hardly know it, and can easily get taken back in time while up here.
King's Weston Hillfort
Date Added: 6th Nov 2023
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
King's Weston Hillfort submitted by theCaptain on 13th Apr 2012. The northeastern end of the ridge that is Kings Weston Hill.
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Log Text: At the northeastern end of the ridge that is Kings Weston Hill, now in the northwestern suburbs of Bristol, is to be found the remains of an iron age hillfort and farmstead. It is situated in parkland, just to the southwest of the more impressive Blaise Castle. The hill and immediately surrounding area is nowadays parkland, a part of the Blaise Castle estate. The steeply sloping sides of the hill are thick woodland, while the flat top of the ridge is open grassland, and makes for a nice walk. There is an informative noticeboard. The defended enclosure at the end of the ridge has been dated to 800BC and was in use until Roman times. The steep northern edge of the ridge still has some remains of earthern ramparts, while on the flat top of the hill is a rectangular banked enclosure.
Stokeleigh Camp
Date Added: 6th Nov 2023
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 28th Aug 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Stokeleigh Camp submitted by TheCaptain on 19th Aug 2011. Plan of Stokeleigh Camp from
Notes on the Clifton, Burwalls and Stokeleigh Camps
by Professor C. Lloyd Morgan,
Clifton Antiquarian Club 1900.
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Log Text: Iron age promontary hillfort on a spur overlooking the Avon Gorge from the high plateau at the western side of the Gorge, now a part of the large Leigh Woods nature reserve. This is one of three iron age forts here probably guarding a ford crossing of the river Avon at the bottom of the Avon Gorge, below where is now the Clifton Suspension Bridge. The promontary points towards the east, with the steep sided Nightingale valley marking the southern edge, where the hillside has been sculpted, with another smaller steep sided valley making the northeastern edges of the camp. The camp is completed around its northwestern sides by a double arc of massive ditch and bank ramparts, both once topped with stone walling. The main entrance was probably at the northern edge of the plateau, beside the steep cliff edge, where there is a third row of ditch and bank to help gaurd. I decided on a walk round Leigh Woods and to take in Stokeleigh Camp, on a showery bank holiday afternoon. Several things took my notice since my last visit here many years ago, firstly that it has all been tidied up by National Trust and much of the woodland cleared around the ramparts, making them very visible (I wasn't expecting to really be able to see them or get any decent pictures at all). I was most impressed with the massive size of the main ramparts, the inner bank being about 5 metres above the ground level inside, while the ditch outside must be almost of equal depth, making a top to bottom height of between 8 and 10 metres! Massive! Outside the inner bank and ditch is a second ring of bank and ditch, this time the relative heights and depth being about +/- 2 metres. At places around the top of the major rampart, there are places where stretches of vertical stone walling can be seen. In order to keep the vegetation down, NT and English Nature have decided to graze half a dozen Devon Red cattle around the camp.
Burwalls Camp
Date Added: 6th Nov 2023
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 28th Aug 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Burwalls Camp submitted by theCaptain on 15th Sep 2011. View of the site of Burwalls Camp, as seen from Clifton Down Camp across the Avon Gorge.
In the woods to the right, the steep sided Nightingale Valley, which separates Burwalls Camp from Stokeleigh Camp.
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Log Text: The Burwalls Camp hillfort is one of three iron age forts here probably guarding a ford crossing of the river Avon at the bottom of the Avon Gorge, below where is now the Clifton Suspension Bridge. Now mostly destroyed, with the western end of the Clifton Bridge and massive houses built all over it, a few remnants of the original ramparts can still be seen among the gardens of Burwalls. The neighbouring forts are Stokeleigh camp, just across Nightingale Valley, also on the western side of the Avon Gorge, and Clifton Down Camp on the eastern, Clifton side.
Clifton Down Camp
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 17th Aug 2011
Clifton Down Camp submitted by TheCaptain on 17th Aug 2011. Remains of the ramparts at the northwestern side
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Polissoir avec Plage
Trip No.204 Entry No.231 Date Added: 4th Sep 2020
Site Type: Polissoir
Country: France (Bourgogne:Yonne (89))
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Polissoir avec Plage submitted by TheCaptain on 7th Aug 2011. This one is a smaller stone, about 2 metres by 0.5 metres, and a nice smoothed crescent shape, hence the name.
As well as the entire polishing "beach", there are at least three bowls for keeping water or polishing.
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Log Text: A further 40 metres downstream from the second polissoir stone, is found a third. This one is a smaller stone, about 2 metres by 0.5 metres, and a nice smoothed crescent shape, hence the name. As well as the entire polishing "beach", there are at least three bowls for polishing, some of which are quite deep, and about 20 cm in diameter. This is quite some industrial centre, isn't it!
As I write this I am being watched by at least two deer, no more than 40 metres away from me. Oh well, better get back.
Bullring
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Aug 2011
Bullring submitted by TheCaptain on 4th Aug 2011. Panoramic view of the Bullring Henge, taken early evening of the open day, and stitched together using ICE.
Not sure how this will work when uploaded to the Portal, but can only try!
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Ste-Mère-Eglise Borne Gallo/Roman
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 28th Jul 2011
Ste-Mère-Eglise Borne Gallo/Roman submitted by TheCaptain on 28th Jul 2011. In the main square around the outside of the church (with D-Day parachutist hanging from the tower) can be seen this tall stone column.
A small sign states that it is a Borne Gallo/Romaine, a marker stone of some kind.
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Milk Hill Bowl Barrow
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2011
Milk Hill Bowl Barrow submitted by TheCaptain on 19th Jul 2011. Seen here on a long lens, from the Barge Inn
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Avebury
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Avebury - The Cove submitted by HarryTwenty on 13th May 2019. Another view of the Cove stones.
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Log Text: Did pretty much the whole Avebury tour with Dad and Rachael. Drove up the avenue from the Sanctury, and parked in the NH car park. Walked around the whole henge, and visited the internal circles. I'd forgotten quite how massive and wonderful Avebury is, even with a lot of people here
Silbury Hill
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2020
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jul 2011
Silbury Hill submitted by Scanner on 27th Sep 2019. Silbury Hill by Simon Ferguson
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Log Text: A quick look on the way between WKLB and Avebury.
West Kennett Long Barrow
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2020
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
West Kennett Long Barrow submitted by jackdaw1 on 16th Oct 2007. A shot taken inside West kennet long barrow nr. Avebury on 25 sec exposure at f16-conjuring spooky feels.
A small child called jake was happily playing and respectfully enjoying the atmosphere in there.
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Log Text: Having failed to get dinner at The Barge Inn, we got sandwiches in Marlborough, and then went and sat up on top of WKLB to eat them in the lovely sunshine, overlooking Silbury Hill and Avebury. Its lovely up here. But, there are always nutters about, banging drums, dowsing, tealights etc. What a shame the place has to put up with this.
Priddy Circles Unfinished N
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jul 2011
Priddy Circles Unfinished N submitted by TheCaptain on 4th Jul 2011. The eastern arc of the fourth Priddy Circle, seen over the top of the hedge from the roadside, June 2011.
The fence helps to give a good idea off the size of the remaining bank and external ditch.
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Barrow House Farm Long Barrow
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jun 2011
Barrow House Farm Long Barrow submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Jun 2011. Just to the west of the A39, on the top of the hill just before it descends southwards into Chewton Mendip, there are some lumps and bumps which can be seen in the field.
It looks to be two or three round barrows with a fairly large long barrow in between them.
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Lime House Long Barrow
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jun 2011
Lime House Long Barrow submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Jun 2011. Just to the southwest of central Chewton Mendip, up onto the higher meadows, there is a large and overgrown lumpy and bumpy area, which was once a fairly large long barrow.
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Castle Farm Long Barrow
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2011
Castle Farm Long Barrow submitted by TheCaptain on 23rd Jun 2011. Looking south from the busy B3134 to the strip of trees within which the remains of Castle Farm Long Barrow are.
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Pool Farm Cist
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2011
Pool Farm Cist submitted by TheCaptain on 23rd Jun 2011. I was walking through the field with the public footpath through it, when I heard a commotion and looked around to see about 50 bullocks running over to me, snorting and grunting as they ran.
Rather quickly, I legged it to the nearest gate, and fairly quickly vaulted it (remarkably so for a 50 year old with a still damaged shoulder)!
I guess they were only curious, but as I walked along the adjoining field they kept following me, and would not go away. Trip to Pool Farm Cist abandoned...
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Priddy Circles S
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 19th Jun 2011
Priddy Circles S submitted by TheCaptain on 19th Jun 2011. The field where the southern of the Priddy Circles should be.
Here viewed over the hedge from the B3135 near Harptree Lodge, Sunday June 19th, and there is no immediate sign of the henge at all.
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Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jun 2011
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Jun 2011. The Swedish runestone in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum.
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