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Forest Hill Cemetery

The cemetery protects seven pre-European contact effigy mounds, dating from 700 to 1200 CE. The earthworks are shaped like a goose flying down a slope toward Lake Wingra, two panthers, and a linear shape. Three more linear mounds have been destroyed by cemetery development and the goose's head was destroyed by grading for the railroad.

Saval More Stone Pair

Pair of Standing Stones in Co.Down. Quite impressive stones located in this private burial place so permission to enter is more than recommended. It is not clear whether it is a stone alignment or the last remnant of a vanished court tomb. Both stones have a flat top and are slightly leaning.

Forest Hill Cemetery

The cemetery protects seven pre-European contact effigy mounds, dating from 700 to 1200 CE. The earthworks are shaped like a goose flying down a slope toward Lake Wingra, two panthers, and a linear shape. Three more linear mounds have been destroyed by cemetery development and the goose's head was destroyed by grading for the railroad.

Sortsø Fredskov Langdysse 2

Langdysse (Long Barrow) with 13 stones preserved on the east side, 14 on the west and three at each end. In the middle of the mound is an open stone chamber. Some larger stones on the mound here seem to originate from a ruined burial chamber.

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Dooncarton circle

This little circle lies on a lower slope of Barnacuille surveying Broad Haven and the cliffs of Rinroe on the promontory of Benwee Head, Co. Mayo. There are six stones left: five are 1.4 metres high and pointed, while the sixth is a taller, rectangular outlier. 200 metres west are the indefinite remains of a court-tomb.

Colmeallie

Recumbent Stone Circle in Angus. The circle itself is pretty disrupted. Only five stones remain upright, though a drawing I've seen from the 1950's showed 6 upright at that time. It sits on a mound, and on investigation appears to have been two concentric circles at one time. Many stones are now fallen, and others have been utilised in nearby dykes. It's in a pretty stunning location though, and worth a look.

Dinas Dinorwig

Hillfort in Gwynedd probably built by the Ordovices. There are 3 earth ramparts which are in good condition although they are overgrown. None of the huts and buildings have survived and I think the rocks have been used to build a small wall on the east side of the fort.

Los Algarbes

The complex is made up of fifty funerary structures and artificial caves in the shape of a circular chamber with entrances at various levels. Also notable is a large megalithic construction with a wide corridor carved into the sandstone rock, which can be related to the covered gallery megalithic burials.

Cherkley Court Barrows

Excavations find evidence for quarrying, crop processing and potential ritual activity - and the possibility that Stane Street runs along the line of a pre-existing route, possibly dating back to the Bronze Age or earlier.. A group of round barrows near Cherkley Court. One has been excavated and burial urns were found.