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Wilmots Pool Cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 17th Nov 2017
Wilmots Pool Cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 17th Nov 2017. A large 22m diameter Bronze Age barrow beside Wilmot's Pool, below Black Hill, a high point of the Quantock Hills ridge.
By this time we were cold and soaking wet, so were cutting our ridgetop walk short!
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Hurley Beacon Tumulus
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 17th Nov 2017
Hurley Beacon Tumulus submitted by TheCaptain on 17th Nov 2017. Hurley Beacon with its large barrow seen here on the right, Black Hill further away on the left.
There was a freezing cold wind, and some heavy showers, so we did not detour to look at this barrow.
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Black Hill Tumuli
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 17th Nov 2017
Black Hill Tumuli submitted by TheCaptain on 17th Nov 2017. Remains of several barrows on Black Hill, part of the Quantock Hills ridge
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Beacon Hill Platform Cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 17th Nov 2017
Beacon Hill Platform Cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 17th Nov 2017. Approaching the summit cairn of Beacon Hill, near the northwestern end of the Quantock Hills ridge
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Priddy Nine Barrows
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Dec 2017
Priddy Nine Barrows submitted by TheCaptain on 2nd Dec 2017. Priddy Nine Barrows seen here from the south, near Eastwater Cavern
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Stanton Drew - The Cove
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 11th Dec 2017
Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Dec 2017. The Cove at Stanton Drew, seen here in spring 2004
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Stanton Drew
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 11th Dec 2017
Stanton Drew submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Dec 2017. Stanton Drew siteplan, from English Heritage
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Stanton Drew NE Avenue
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 11th Dec 2017
Stanton Drew NE Avenue submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Dec 2017. Looking along the NE Avenue to the NE circle at Stanton Drew, seen here in spring 2004
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Rolstone
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jan 2018
Rolstone submitted by TheCaptain on 20th Jan 2018. Near Cannaway's Farm, this stone stands in the middle of a field.
Apologies for awful picture. It was a miserable wet and misty day, and the batteries on my camera had died, so this was taken from the fieldgate on my phone.
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Triscombe Stone
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2018
Triscombe Stone submitted by TheCaptain on 21st May 2018. noticeboard in the car park
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Fire Beacon Cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2018
Fire Beacon Cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 21st May 2018. Fire Beacon Cairn seen from the Drove Road along the top of the Quantock ridge
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West Hill Platform Cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2018
West Hill Platform Cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 21st May 2018. West Hill Platform Cairn seen from the Drove Road along the top of the Quantock ridge
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Great Hill Platform cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2018
Great Hill Platform cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 21st May 2018. Nearby towards the main ridgetop is another smaller platform cairn.
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Wills Neck
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2018
Wills Neck submitted by TheCaptain on 21st May 2018. Several cairns are on the top of and around Wills Neck, the highest point (386m) of the Quantock Hills.
This one is to the southeast of the summit
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Plainsfield Camp
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 25th May 2018
Plainsfield Camp submitted by TheCaptain on 25th May 2018. Plainsfield Camp. View south along the east bank from the entrance to the southeast corner.
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Cadbury Camp
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 20th Oct 2018
Cadbury Camp submitted by TheCaptain on 20th Oct 2018. Noticeboard at the site
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Wavering Down cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Round Cairn
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 14th Nov 2018
Wavering Down cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 14th Nov 2018. Cairn at the top of Wavering Down at the western end of the Mendip Hills (viewed looking west).
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North Stoke Promontory Fort
Date Added: 11th Apr 2022
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 10th Apr 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
North Stoke Promontory Fort submitted by Bladup on 10th Jan 2015. The bank and ditch at the eastern entrance of North Stoke Promontory Fort.
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Log Text: A walk round Lansdown battlefields and around the racecourse, making sure to check out the hillfort defences this time, which are more substantial than I remember. Lovely views to south and west, overlooking the Avon valley and watch the birds.
Doulting Quarries barrow
Date Added: 20th Mar 2023
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2023. My rating: Access 5
Doulting Quarries barrow submitted by TheCaptain on 20th Mar 2023. In some open land behind the bus stop at Doulting, opposite to the stone quarries entrance, I saw what looked like a longbarrow with stone entrance. Closer inspection showed this to be a modern interpretation, with a large stone standing on the top.
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Log Text: In some open land behind the bus stop at Doulting, opposite to the stone quarries entrance, I saw what looked like a longbarrow with stone entrance. Closer inspection showed this to be a modern interpretation, with a large stone standing on the top.
Beacon Hill (Oakhill) Barrows
Date Added: 20th Mar 2023
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2023. My rating: Access 4
Beacon Hill (Oakhill) Barrows submitted by dooclay on 20th Aug 2023. From the East
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Log Text: Several round barrows can be clearly seen from the roman road in an open field along the ridgetop, with several more to be found in Beacon Hill Woods. I didn't have time to park and go and have a proper look.