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Krzemionki Opatowskie Flint Mine

One of the most important Neolithic flint mines of eastern Europe, including over 4000 features, including 700 shafts of 4 major types. Near the entrances to the shafts the remains of flint workshops were discovered. There is a guided trail around reconstructed shafts, as well as the reconstruction of a Neolithic village and a small museum nearby.

Anta da Pata do Cavalo

Burial Chamber (Dolmen) in Setúbal

(Monumento Megalitico - Pata de Cavalo - Algedas - Azinheira de Barros)

Megalithic Portal Site Visit logs and blogs with images and maps

This is worth a re-run as a reminder - you can also use these to mark sites you'd like to visit in future.... The Megalithic Portal has had the facility to log sites you've visited for some time, and our dedicated contributors have now logged almost 35,000 visits to ancient sites on our pages! We now have a new and better way to show off all these visits, in your own 'blog' format with images and customised maps. It's really easy to get started with so please do have a go.

Frachdale

Frachdale is a robbed out Clyde group chambered cairn on the Oa peninsula of the Isle of Islay. The ruined Frachdale buildings are easily reached and a rough road runs up the hill to Frachdale Chambered Cairn and Coille A'chnoic Mhoir standing stone, easily spotted a quarter of a mile up on the right.

Kamei Gakoi Yokoana rock cut tombs

A group of rock-cut tombs on the slope of a hill behind a village, 27 of them were excavated and mural paintings were discovered in tomb nos.2, 3, 4 and 13. Damaged by the great earthquake of 2001, now only tombs nos.11 and 12 are open.

Kōzen-ji temple

Matsumae, situated at the southernmost point of Hokkaidō, was a frontier town for the Tokugawa shogunate. Kōzen-ji is one of the temples in the central castle area in Matsumae town, well known for the fine cherry tree in front of the temple. It has a hidden dry landscape garden behind the building.

Rickelmann Hügelgrab 2

A circle of smaller stones with a pair of more significant standing erratics at its centre. These stones were the internal structure of a round barrow which was excavated nearby. So it is quite a rare possibility to study such a structure.

Buerup Vakkerdysse

Megalitgrav (Burial Chamber) in Holbæk. Photo: A very beautiful view of lake Tissø in the evening sun.

Fishbourne Roman Palace and Gardens

Andy B next Old Stones Evening Talk: Sat 7th Sept - Fishbourne Roman Palace!. The Fishbourne Roman Palace museum presents the restored portion of a significant first century AD Roman Palace in West Sussex. The collection of mosaics is both interesting and impressive and the gardens are wonderful.

Five Stanes A

Border stones video visiting Five Stanes, Trestle Cairn, Dere Street Stone, Burgh Hill Stone Circle, Stob Stones and Hethpool Stone Circles, details in the comments on our page. Stone Circle in Scottish Borders. Absolutely fantastic location. Follow the hot and hilly Roman road. this circle, which is some 20' in diameter, stands in rough pasture on the S side of a slight rise. It comprises five stones, three standing and two prone, one of the latter ... having also been displaced from its original position in the circle.