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Maen Llia / Image by cerrig |
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| It's time to tell the story of this site. |
Posted by cerrig 31 Mar 20ce |
Maen Llia / Image by cerrig |
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| This really is great stuff........ |
Posted by GLADMAN31 Mar 20ce |
/ Mobile Isolation Unit and the dogs blanket. by postman |
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| Another very enjoyable read, looking forward to the next 6 sites. I was shocked when I came across the Hellstone, I wasn't expecting anything like that in Dorset (my ignorance, not Dorset's fault). Hardy's monument to Kingston Russell via some of the above also makes for a pleasant morning walk, just need this dreadful virus to disappear so we can get back out there. |
Posted by costaexpress 29 Mar 20ce |
Hepburn Moor / Image by thesweetcheat |
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| The whole castle is overflowing with "stuff". The owner is clearly an eccentric, it's great fun to have a look round though. |
Posted by thesweetcheat27 Mar 20ce |
Hepburn Moor / Image by thesweetcheat |
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| What a weird looking assemblage, the bones and skulls etc. Someone's wacky idea of the 'savage' past maybe. |
Posted by ryaner27 Mar 20ce |
Maen Llia / Image by cerrig |
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This is a row of flat slabby recumbents heading uphill towards Maen Llia as a unified entity, whereas the avenue at Cerrig Duon could be considered a separate entity from Maen mawr and the circle stones. I personally believe all the elements at Cerrig duon are part of one overall scheme but it does seem different to the Maen Llia set up to me. |
Posted by cerrig 27 Mar 20ce |
Maen Llia / Image by cerrig |
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Guess the point is the Cerrig Duon 'alignment' is, from what I recall, a double... so maybe an avenue heading up from the Tawe; whereas here we have a single row, right? Assume no close proximity associates to Maen Llia are suspected? |
Posted by GLADMAN 27 Mar 20ce |
Rath Maeve / Image by ryaner |
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| You've no doubt visited more sites than a good few archaeos, so don't discount your opinion. It's a fine earthwork either way! |
Posted by thesweetcheat 26 Mar 20ce |
Maen Llia / Image by cerrig |
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Very good. Maen Mawr has more than two stones, the others are very small though... |
Posted by thesweetcheat 26 Mar 20ce |
Kingston Russell / Image by postman |
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| It all makes sense now I've read your fieldnotes :) |
Posted by thesweetcheat 26 Mar 20ce |
The Nine Stones of Winterbourne Abbas / Image by postman |
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| Yes, I rather thought it was still a growing tree, but perhaps it wasn't. It was February so not the time for leaves. |
Posted by thesweetcheat 26 Mar 20ce |
Maen Llia / Image by cerrig |
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Some similarities maybe but also differences too I would say. Maen mawr and it's two companions are in a N/S relationship and their midday shadows give a samhein/Imbolc date reference. This row is aligned approx. 153/333 deg's which is outside any date markings, so it presumably had a different purpose. Curiously if the alignment is carried on it passes through other stones to the N/W and also the trig point on N51.883 W-3.581. This is the best time of year to see this because it gets overgrown in the summer. Not much use during this lockdown I know but maybe something to put on the list for more normal times. |
Posted by cerrig 25 Mar 20ce |
Rath Maeve / Image by ryaner |
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| No inner ditch visible anywhere that we could see tsc. So yes, don't discount the possibility that it's not a henge, though that's my preference (which is of no archaeological value of course). |
Posted by ryaner 25 Mar 20ce |
Kingston Russell / Image by postman |
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| A good eleven to twelve feet now, ooh hasn't he grown, as a nana would say. |
Posted by postman25 Mar 20ce |
The Nine Stones of Winterbourne Abbas / Image by postman |
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| Was the stump still tall when you went? |
Posted by postman 25 Mar 20ce |
Kingston Russell / Image by postman |
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| That's a good angle, have you grown taller? |
Posted by thesweetcheat 25 Mar 20ce |
Rath Maeve / Image by ryaner |
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| That's a very impressive earthwork, no obvious inner ditch in that shot? Beautiful light for your photos too. |
Posted by thesweetcheat 25 Mar 20ce |
The Nine Stones of Winterbourne Abbas / Image by postman |
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| That looks so different without the tree! |
Posted by thesweetcheat 25 Mar 20ce |
Maen Llia / Image by cerrig |
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| Wow, parallels with Maen Mawr/Cerrig Duon there. |
Posted by thesweetcheat 25 Mar 20ce |
Birney Hill (relocated) / Image by thesweetcheat |
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| ... farty. The light wasn't great so I tried black and white to bring out the carvings, not entirely successfully! |
Posted by thesweetcheat 25 Mar 20ce |
Birney Hill (relocated) / Image by thesweetcheat |
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| Mmmmm arty. |
Posted by postman 25 Mar 20ce |
Maiden Castle (Dorchester) / Image by postman |
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| Yes indeed, top of the pile, my only gripe, if I had to have one, is the so called "great views" are mostly just farmland, not really a fan. |
Posted by postman 25 Mar 20ce |
Maiden Castle (Dorchester) / Image by postman |
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| Yep, i'll have to go back at least one more time, cant stand leaving things undone. |
Posted by postman 25 Mar 20ce |
Rempstone Stone Circle / Image by postman |
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| Only half a circle left, close to the road, I wasn't expecting a great deal from the site, but I was utterly enchanted by it. I did spend five or ten minutes weed whacking, but not to much avail, clearly. |
Posted by postman 25 Mar 20ce |
Maiden Castle (Dorchester) / Image by postman |
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| It's an amazing place, another one to revisit. Really like the angle in this shot. |
Posted by thesweetcheat 24 Mar 20ce |
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