My site of the year - Rudston Monolith
Tricky to pick as I’ve been lucky to visit some great sites this year. What can you say about this one, it puts the mega in megalithic. A must see site.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/334/rudston_monolith.html

Adventure of the year - Dun Deardui
Great day out with Drew. Fantastic location. Good fun getting to this very tricky site.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/18469/dun_dearduil_north.html

Location of the year - Dun Bharpa
Nearly my favourite site but definitely my favourite location. Wow setting with the hills behind.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/6622/dun_bharpa.html

Peaceful site of the year - Borrowston Rig
Nice middle of nowhere feel. A place just to sit by on a warm day and have a little daydream.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/6749/borrowston_rig.html

Walk of the year – Loop round Cnoc Chaornaidh
Yes it was very wet under foot but this area is just crammed with Chambered Cairns. We visited 6 on this walk but you can keep going for another 2 or 3.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/18232/allt_eileag.html

Revisit of the year - Jarlshof
Wonderful Jarlshof alongside Ness of Burgi and Old Scatness. Doesn’t get much better than this.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3140/jarlshof.html

Mystery of the year - Cnoc Breac
I’d love to know what this site is. I know it’s a bit out of the way but if anyone is passing by, it would be great for someone else to have a look.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/18226/cnoc_breac.html

Site/fieldnotes/photos etc. posted on TMA that really make me what to visit - Boscawen-Un
The more photos I see of this one the more I need to visit. Such a long way though.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/229/boscawenun.html

Hope everyone has a great 2018 :-)

Been a poor year for me in many respects, with less day trips out than for pretty much any year for the last decade, very few mountains, no Scotland, and no days out with Chris, which rates as the biggest loss.

I've just done a quick count up though, and managed to visit about 130 sites (with groups of barrows counting as one), the majority of which I haven't been to before, including 10 stone circles that I haven't been to previously.

The best ones were probably:

Merrivale in January, on a lovely evening of low light: http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/18/plague_market_at_merrivale.html

A muddy trip to Dorset to three stone circles, two chambered tombs and my first bank barrow:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/323/hellstone.html

A beautiful spring Equinox trip to the Avebury landscape, with the highlight being the wonderful viewpoint cairn on Overton Down, which I revisited 6 months later:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/13946/overton_down.html

The Cerrig Caerau and Lled Croen yr Ych stone circles and fabulous Yr Allor cairn in remote mid-Wales:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/18309/yr_allor.html

100 miles of coast path and some great chambered tombs on Ynys Mon, as well as lovely revisit to the Maen Hirion setting at Llanfechell:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/127/mein_hirion.html

A long trek to Nine Stones of Altarnun and Goodaver stone circles in a heat wave in June:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/7036/nine_stones_of_altarnun.html
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/714/goodaver.html

Finally getting to visit the fogous at Pendeen and Boleigh:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/240/pendeen_vau.html
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/228/boleigh.html

A very rewarding walk up Pen yr Ole Wen and Carnedd Dafydd in stunning scenery:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/15526/llyn_ogwen.html
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/12140/garnedd_fach_y_carneddau.html

A long overdue trip to Duloe stone circle:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3/duloe.html

Wishing all on TMA the very best for 2018.

I seem to have spent most of the summer/Autumn working on sites, so for me it has to be the henged Stripple Stones on Bodmin Moor that undertook a part rebuild that we were invited to, to help out in a small way. The small way was to rediscover three buried ring stones and to have the immense pleasure of seeing one of them re-erected amongst the seven that were in total. It looks fabulous now as aside from the stones being re-erected, the stone wall that had been built through part of the circle was taken down and re-built outside of it to match the curve of the circle.

A pretty sparse year for me. I need to get out more as there is so much more to see. I guess I'll just have to drag my eight-year-old out despite her protestations. Her mam recently told her that she'll thank me for it in the future.

So Skregg was a little gem on a weekend in Athlone:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/2454/skregg.html

I don't get to this vicinity often and couldn't find it the last time I was here. It's in the TME book as is really rather special:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/2014/cleenrath_or_cleenrah.html

A shout out to Sheemore, my most (not very) arduous trek: http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/5998/sheemore.html

And a happy stone-laden new year to everyone.

Don’t mind at all!

Didn’t get to too many ‘old stones’ last year - mostly ‘modern’ medieval stuff!
So I will pick

Immense, seemingly ignored round barrow upon Sugar Hill, Wiltshire:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/18158/sugar_hill.html

Superbly placed cairn upon The Black Mountains at Blaneau-draw:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/18177/blaneaudraw.html

The Brown Willy cairns, Bodmin Moor:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3917/brown_willy_cairns.html

Excellent Mesolithic vibe at Great Upon Little Rock Shelters, West Sussex right at the start of last year:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/18105/great_upon_little_rock_shelters.html

Cerrig Blaencletwr-Fawr, northern foothills of my beloved Pumlumon:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/18447/cerrig_blaencletwrfawr_esgair_foelddu.html

Exceptional upland cist upon Buttern Hill, Bodmin:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/10341/buttern_hill.html
.....although the Trewortha cairn ran it close: http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/11123/trewortha_cairn_and_cist.html

And finally, for my money, the most perfect, inspirational little hill fort - Bryn Castell, Rhinogydd; to prove the point, prompting a visit up Diffwys later that week:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/18189/bryn_castell.html