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Cerne Abbas Giant
Date Added: 8th May 2024
Site Type: Hill Figure or Geoglyph
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jun 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 2 Access 5
Cerne Abbas Giant submitted by theCaptain on 2nd Nov 2013. The Cerne Abbas Giant in his latest disguise - having grown his own Movember facial hair.
Thanks to BBC for this picture
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Log Text: Viewed from the tourist car park it is a bit disappointing: you can't necessarily make out the whole outline of this chalk giant. When I get my helicopter license I'll have a better look. But if you're nearby it's worth a quick look-see.
Arthur's Stone
Date Added: 20th May 2024
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Herefordshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2001. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Arthur's Stone submitted by wildtalents on 17th May 2024. More than twenty years ago I uploaded an image to the site before becoming a member later on. This photo was from the same reel of film... yup, remember those? The little lad on the right is a dad himself these days. And that's me on the left.
We were renting a cottage somewhere near Leominster, together with sister and brother in law and their young son. Arthur's Stone was a nice day out for us.
A day or two later I picked up a good copy of The Old Straight Track in Hay. It was great...
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Log Text: After a bit of a struggle with map reading, we fluked finding the site, and could park just yards away on the layby. It's a marvellous place and the cracked capstone adds to the marvellousness, in an odd way. Fantastic views across the Golden Valley and definitely a site I'd like to return to.
There's a clearly defined passageway/crawl-space to one side leading to the dolmen.
The Devil's stone (Kent)
Date Added: 17th May 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Kent)
Visited: Yes on 7th May 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
The Devil's stone (Kent) submitted by wildtalents on 10th May 2024. Despite living just a few miles down the A2 from here, I never knew this little menhir existed until seeing a tweet by Mr Burnham (with vegetable soup offering) in spring 2024. So I whizzed down the road and said hello.
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Log Text: Despite living within 10 miles of this site I had never heard of it until I saw a Twitter/X post in April or May of 2024. I overconfidently set off in utterly the wrong direction at first. Eventually the penny dropped; I'd passed by just yards away on the A2 many times. (If 'nearest town' attributes are calculated as the crow flies then it is certainly possible that Faversham is nearest. But I'd suggest Rainham is quite a bit nearer really, otherwise.
It's a cool little menhir that has stood up to a lot of change over the years, I'm sure. I forgot to check the second stone (or the vege soup can). The boot print looks like it might be an area that was once abutted next to another stone and hence not as weathered as the rest of the surface. But that doesn't explain why it stands proud of the rest of the stone. Maybe that was covered in (for example) lichens and then cleaned rather too eagerly, stripping off some of the surface?
Anyway: now I've seen it.
Addington Long Barrow
Date Added: 9th May 2024
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Kent)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 1995. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Addington Long Barrow submitted by bec-zog on 9th Oct 2003. Addington Park Chambered Long Barrow
TQ 653,591
Beside road from Wrotham Heath to Addington
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Log Text: I visited the barrow on the same afternoon as visiting the Chestnuts nearby. Could only view from the roadside and to be honest mot much was visible in the long grass but a couple of stones which were on the tomb's kerb. Disappointing.
Chestnuts
Date Added: 9th May 2024
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Kent)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 1995. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Chestnuts submitted by enkidu41 on 8th Apr 2004. The stones are massive (the 2 capstones and some uprights weigh up to 10 tons) and once formed a rectangular chamber 12' long and 7' high entered through a facade of sarsen stones. The owner will suggest you try dowsing rods. Do so, because you will be able to trace out the full extent of the chamber and long gone mound. TQ 652 592
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Log Text: Having telephone Rose Alba to make an appointment I turned up the appointed hour and what a treat.Imagine having this in your back garden!
The owner of the property was very generous with her time, and had a clearly well rehearsed spiel all typed up on laminated sheets. This was very helpful indeed in interpreting the site. Before heading off to cook her tea, leaving me to explore on my own for a bit, she offered me some dowsing rods, demonstrated the art, and then I had a go. Uncanny. With no intervention from me the rods went spinning about ninety degrees and then back when crossing certain parts of the site. Less movement but still noticeable at other points. You'd gladly pay a tenner or more if it was a National Trust property.
Coldrum
Date Added: 9th May 2024
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Kent)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2003. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Coldrum submitted by Eric Jones on 16th Jun 2002. View of remains of Coldrum neolithic burial chamber, Kent. Shame there's no crop circle in the background to finish the pic off.
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Log Text: An amazing site: a really steeply banked mound with the chambered tomb about two-thirds the way up - I've never seen anything quite like it. There are a number of decent sized kerb stones around the front part of the mound which a nearby sign describes as a stone circle. The mound kind of merges with the landscape at the back so you can walk around the gentler slope to the left and sit up top looking down upon the tomb.
Kit's Coty.
Date Added: 9th May 2024
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Kent)
Visited: Would like to visit
Kit's Coty. submitted by enkidu41 on 8th Apr 2004. The H-shaped chamber of a 180' long chambered long barrow the mound of which has disappeared. The tallest upright is 8' and the huge capstone is 13' x 9'. TQ 745 609
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Cross Well (Faversham)
Date Added: 11th May 2024
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Kent)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 5
Cross Well (Faversham) submitted by rhpb on 28th Jul 2023. The only pump I can find near this plaque is the Iron Victorian Grade II listed (ID: 1116164) pump in Market Square.
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Log Text: A 'part of the furniture' in Faversham market place, rarely give it a second glance if I'm honest. Often invaded by a fruit and veg stall on the Tuesday and Saturday markets. The Guildhall is quite picturesque and the nearby building that is partly occupied by a Chinese restaurant has an ancient-looking wooden door and the plaque commemorating Ss Crispan and Crispianus. There's a large house near the zebra crossing further down the Market Place that has a well in its kitchen, tapping the same spring. Most of the water is slurped up free of charge by the local mafia, er, I mean Shepherd Neame brewery,
Duddo Five Stones
Date Added: 22nd Mar 2025
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 16th Mar 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Abbotsbury Castle submitted by Bladup on 16th Apr 2024. Eastern side
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Log Text: Visited with Ian M. We took a circular walk approach, with a smattering of lost, which gave a great sense of getting to feel the site as it gradually came into view. Took the direct route back to the lay-by.
Housesteads Roman Fort
Date Added: 9th May 2024
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 2
Housesteads Roman Fort submitted by jeffrep on 6th Apr 2020. Housesteads was a Roman auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland near the border with Scotland constructed around 124 A.D.
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Log Text: Last stop in England on my way up to Orkney, and well worth it. It's not a long walk from the car park but it's pretty steep. Terribly scenic, and quite well preserved, and I enjoyed the "beware of the ferrets" sign. Apparently they are quite rife and apt to bite. Didn't see any though.
If I had known at the time about the Sycamore Gap, not far away, I'd've made the trek for sure... but too late now.
Milfield Reconstructed Henge at Maelmin Heritage Centre
Date Added: 15th May 2024
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Would like to visit
Milfield Reconstructed Henge at Maelmin Heritage Centre submitted by Modern-Neolithic on 15th Oct 2013. Milfield Reconstructed Henge in Northumberland.
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Slaggyford Stone Rows
Date Added: 15th May 2024
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Would like to visit
Slaggyford Stone Rows submitted by David on 1st Feb 2022. Stone row 1 looking south - but a different time of year and standing a bit further back. It's a fair length and has a carved stone down at the end, this way.
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Slaggyford Stones
Date Added: 15th May 2024
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Would like to visit
Slaggyford cup-marked stone submitted by David on 6th May 2002.
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Tot's Four-Poster
Date Added: 15th May 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Would like to visit
Tot's Four-Poster submitted by David on 26th Jan 2022. Three stones here - the fourth under the adjacent fieldwall.
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Kirkhaugh Stone Circle
Date Added: 15th May 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Would like to visit
Kirkhaugh Stone Circle submitted by David on 1st Feb 2022. Some bits are very well preserved. The outer ditch imay be debateable but this is what looks like a southern entrance.
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The Hanging Stone (Haydon)
Date Added: 15th May 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Would like to visit
The Hanging Stone (Haydon) submitted by Anne T on 7th May 2019. Standing just behind the stone looking north east. The stone is in a slight dip in the landscape and a (water?) channel runs almost from the base of the stone to the north east, where it joins another small stream. I wondered if at some point the stone marked the location of a spring, although this is not shown on the early OS maps. From here, it looks as if the top half of the stone is 'hooked'
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St Bartholomew's Church (Newbiggin by the Sea)
Date Added: 17th May 2024
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Would like to visit
St Bartholomew's Church (Newbiggin by the Sea) submitted by Anne T on 26th Sep 2018. This unusual fragment is built into the southern end of the east wall, near the altar (inside). It has been interpreted as "a net with entangled fishes" (the fishes head can just be seen towards the top of the stone). This fragment is dated to the 12th century and is said to have been part of a column capital.
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Three Kings
Date Added: 31st May 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Would like to visit
Three Kings submitted by cosmic on 29th Aug 2004. Three Kings from East
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Lindisfarne Priory
Date Added: 27th Nov 2024
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Lindisfarne Priory submitted by Thorgrim on 17th Nov 2004. Lindisfarne Priory has a fascinating museum of early carved stones and crosses. With a distant view of the Castle, Holy Island is a wonderful place to get in touch with the past.
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Log Text: The first time I’ve visited Holy Island, I didn’t make the trek over to the Castle, just the village, museum, and Priory.
Uffington White Horse
Date Added: 9th May 2024
Site Type: Hill Figure or Geoglyph
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2002. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 2 Access 4
Uffington White Horse submitted by SteveC on 15th Jun 2020. Unable to be seen in it's entirety from the ground, this is an image taken from a drone.
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Log Text: You don't get much of an impression of the horse, if it is a horse, when you're up close, especially on a mid-summer day when the site is absolutely crawling with visitors, ice-cream vans etc. As you approach the site the figure is much more distinct though and it's very worth the trip, especially if you follow the footpath along the Ridgeway to Wayland's Smithy. Liable to be very busy too. Not long after we visited some arseholes from the Countryside Alliance or some similar bunch of Tarquins created a red-coated 'rider' as some kind of celebration of fox hunting. Turds.