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GLADMAN 950 posts |
Jan 02, 2018, 20:38
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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
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ryaner 679 posts |
Jan 03, 2018, 02:36
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costaexpress wrote: Carrowkeel for me, not just 2017, any year ever, ... Yes, Carrowkeel, only 130 miles away and only been once. The Bricklieves are beautiful, worth going even without the megalithics. I think I feel a road trip coming on...
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GLADMAN 950 posts |
Jan 03, 2018, 21:56
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Oh... ...Photos etc. posted on TMA that really make me what to visit: Dun Bharpa: http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/6622/dun_bharpa.html
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thelonious 330 posts |
Jan 04, 2018, 08:04
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GLADMAN wrote: Oh... ...Photos etc. posted on TMA that really make me what to visit: Dun Bharpa: http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/6622/dun_bharpa.html I'd love to visit Reineval on South Uist one day. Looks to have a similar vibe going on http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/1276/reineval.html Are you maybe hearing the call of the Outer Hebrides this year Gladman?
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thelonious 330 posts |
Jan 04, 2018, 08:11
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How you getting on with your EH sites, HS sites etc. Carl? You can't have many EH sites left to visit?
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GLADMAN 950 posts |
Jan 04, 2018, 18:45
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thelonious wrote: GLADMAN wrote: Oh... ...Photos etc. posted on TMA that really make me what to visit: Dun Bharpa: http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/6622/dun_bharpa.html I'd love to visit Reineval on South Uist one day. Looks to have a similar vibe going on http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/1276/reineval.html Are you maybe hearing the call of the Outer Hebrides this year Gladman? The call is unspoken, never unheard. It would be nice. The only Scotland trip I made this year was Edinburgh for a business conference. But then I have to say Dartmoor and Bodmin were in no way an 'instead of'. Need to try and fit everything in. Impossible :-)
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Sanctuary 4670 posts |
Jan 05, 2018, 08:37
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GLADMAN wrote: The call is unspoken, never unheard. It would be nice. The only Scotland trip I made this year was Edinburgh for a business conference. But then I have to say Dartmoor and Bodmin were in no way an 'instead of'. Need to try and fit everything in. Impossible :-) I gave up on 'everything' many years ago when I decided it was much more interesting to study a site and its surroundings in much greater detail then dashing from place to place. By doing this I got to realise how much more there was to a site than had been previously published.
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costaexpress 77 posts |
Jan 05, 2018, 10:42
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Sanctuary wrote: GLADMAN wrote: The call is unspoken, never unheard. It would be nice. The only Scotland trip I made this year was Edinburgh for a business conference. But then I have to say Dartmoor and Bodmin were in no way an 'instead of'. Need to try and fit everything in. Impossible :-) I gave up on 'everything' many years ago when I decided it was much more interesting to study a site and its surroundings in much greater detail then dashing from place to place. By doing this I got to realise how much more there was to a site than had been previously published. How true that is, just starting to enjoy the pleasures of understanding single sites in more detail rather than just dashing from place to place, although I do enjoy that as well. Problem is, still so much to see and experience and not enough time
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Sanctuary 4670 posts |
Jan 05, 2018, 13:28
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costaexpress wrote: Sanctuary wrote: GLADMAN wrote: The call is unspoken, never unheard. It would be nice. The only Scotland trip I made this year was Edinburgh for a business conference. But then I have to say Dartmoor and Bodmin were in no way an 'instead of'. Need to try and fit everything in. Impossible :-) I gave up on 'everything' many years ago when I decided it was much more interesting to study a site and its surroundings in much greater detail then dashing from place to place. By doing this I got to realise how much more there was to a site than had been previously published. How true that is, just starting to enjoy the pleasures of understanding single sites in more detail rather than just dashing from place to place, although I do enjoy that as well. Problem is, still so much to see and experience and not enough time I think the dashing about is perfectly fine if say you were off on a business trip up country for instance to an area you'd not visited before and made a whistle-stop tour on two or three sites you'd also not seen before. Of course I am very fortunate in having Bodmin Moor right on my doorstep so easy for me to re-visit a sight as often as I like to double[-check things and take readings and measurements virtually at will. Bloody good excuse to get out there again as well :-)
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CARL 511 posts |
Jan 05, 2018, 22:27
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69 EH and (only) 97 HS to go! I am hoping to knock a minimum of 10 off the EH list each year. That way I will complete the lot by the time I am 60 - good grief that makes me feel old! However, taking family domestics into account things are never that easy. I am actually surprised by how many HS sites I have managed to visit. Thanks for asking:)
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