Ollie looking at the Watchstone, which is 5.5m tall. It's a fine, sunny day with blue skies and fluffly clouds. The Loch of Stenness is visible on the right.

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Ollie at the Watchstone, #Stenness #Orkney #Scotland (2018)

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A grey day. Ollie (a bearded white man in a purple jacket and dark shorts) examine this tall and quite impressive standing stone. It looks very rectangular from this angle but is pointy if you look at it from where he's standing. Hills in the background, long grass in the field. The stone is around 3m tall and was originally one of a pair. It's covered in lichen.

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The Ford stone, aka Loch Awe stone, nr #Kilmartin #ArgyllandBute #Scotland (2012)

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Large, squarish stones arranged in a field. It's grey (it rained every single day on this holiday!) but you can see across the gentle rural landscape to the sea

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Rathfran/Rathfranpark wedge tomb, nr #Killala #CountyMayo #RepublicofIreland (2015)

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The impressive capstone and uprights of this famous site. It's a bright sunny day with high cloud and blue skies.

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Lovely spring day at Pentre Ifan last May. nr #Newport #Pembrokeshire #Wales (2025)

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Various trilithons, fallen circle stones and bluestones at Stonehenge. Photo taken around 9am on a beautiful sunny cold day in April.

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Stonehenge #Wiltshire #England (2022)

Ollie, a middle-aged, bearded white man in a straw hat, floral shirt and sunglasses, sitting on the capstone of a mossy dolmen in the woods. The angle makes him look quite small, but to be fair the stone is large and the orthostats are tall, so the capstone is a long way off the ground and his little legs are dangling. This is a passage grave, in a wooded clearing. The trees crowd around it but it's quite light, a sunny afternoon.

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Dolmen de Kerherne Bodunan, aka Roh-Coh-Couët or Allée couverte de Roh Koh Koed, nr #Saint-JeanBrevelay #Morbihan #Brittany #France (2022)

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Ollie stands with his back to the camera, between two stones, arms raised. The stones are roughly rectangular and slightly taller than he is. The lean, but you can't see that from this angle. The gap between them aligns with a gap in the hills beyond. They are set in rough moorland with patches of reeds, and it's a cloudy moment on a sunny autumn day.

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The stone pair at Carnasserie, #Kilmartin #ArgyllandBute #Scotland (2012)

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A fine spring day. Blue skies, sunshine, and a dolmen quite tightly contained within a very old and rusty iron fence. It's set in rough pasture, with hills beyond.

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There seems to be a Welsh theme today, so here's my contribution.

The rather lovely Bachwen (aka Clynnog) nr #Caernarfon #Gwynedd #Wales (2025)

The capstone has 110 cupmarks, and there are fine views out to sea.

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Ollie, a middle-aged white man with a beard, wearing an orange velvet jacket and a black, brimmed hat, leaning on a large, squareish standing stone which is covered in lichen. Andother shorter stone is in front of him, and off to his left is another stone. It's a beautiful sunny day, blue skies, no clouds. The stones are in a field of rough grass and reeds. Distant hills can be seen.

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Ollie at Doory stone row, nr #Waterville #CountyKerry #RepublicofIreland (2025)

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Six of the stones of Ardgroom stone circle. They are tall and roughly triangular is shape, apart from the second from the right which is a bit stumpier. There's gorse and rough grass and reeds in the centre of the circle. It's a greyish day with low cloud, but you can see the sea in the distance. (I think it's the Kenmare estuary.)

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Ardgroom stone circle #CountyCork #BearaPeninsula #RepublicofIreland (2008)

A lovely circle in a fab setting.

Five medium sized rocks in a rough clearing with scrappy plantation trees in the background. The rock nearest the camera is more bouldery, the other four are upright pillars. The tallest is about five feet tall. A sixth stone can be seen in the distance.

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Shantemon stone row aka Finn McCool's Fingers, nr #Ballyhaise #CountyCavan #RepublicofIreland (2024)

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A fine autumn day. This is a five-stone circle (the stones are not large, maybe knee to waist height) with a stone row adjacent, the large stone in the photo (about 2.5m) is part of the row. The views are stunning, across to Killmakilloge Harbour and Knockatee mountain. There's another circle about 70m away, and the mediæval road from Kenmare to Castletownberehaven can be seen to the north.

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Cashelkeelty East stone circle, nr #Lauragh #CountyKerry #RepublicofIreland (2008)

It's quite a climb up here, through the dark damp woods, but well worth it.

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A large rock covered in inscribed shapes and patterns

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Inscribed rocks, Knockmany passage tomb, aka Anya's (or Annia's) Cove, nr #Augher #CountyTyrone #NorthernIreland (2024)

You can't enter the tomb, this was taken through the roofbox, it's quite awkward. Also Knockmany Hill is quite steep in places.

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A chunky 2.3m tall standing stone set in rough grass with a drystone wall behind it, and trees behind that. It's a fine late summer afternoon, with blue skies and strong shadows

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It's the Goggleby Stone, #Shap #Cumbria (2014)

Part of the Shap stone row or avenue, the stone can be seen from considerable distances, peeking over walls and looking surprisingly large on the horizon.

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A lovely sunny October day. Ollie, a white man in a purple jacket and sunglasses, stands beside a very large standing stone, around 6m tall. From this angle (the side) it's wider at the bottom and tapers towards the top. Behind it is a similarly sized pine tree. The ground is sandy and covered in pine needles, with other rocks exposed.

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Ollie admires the menhir du Reun, aka menhir de Skividan #Treffiagat #Finistère #Brittany #France (2007)

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Fourth and last of the old postcards of tombs at Carnac. This one is Le Mane Remor (obviously that e on Mane should have an accent on it but I can't for the life of me work out how to add one!).
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The sky is grey, the grass is green, Ollie is wearing his waterproof jacket. The stone is behind him, leaning backwards, about ten feet tall and covered in lichen. The ogham script is on the edge facing the camera but it's tricky to see. "Macalister's revised reading (1945, 226-7) of this is: . . . ]ERRLONNA MAQI R[U]T[E]N[I] The very weathered and uneven surface of the stone detracts from the general clarity of the inscription. The first stroke of the L is unclear, as is the final stroke of the second N. The next character appears to be M rather than A. Only two notches of the first I are discernible, and the first stroke of the third R is incomplete. The first stroke of the T and the final E and I are doubtful. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 912."

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The ogham stone at Cool East #ValentiaIsland #CountyKerry #RepublicofIreland (2025)

You can see Cool East wedge tomb from the ogham stone - although not from this angle. There's a modern standing stone in this field, too.

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Ooh look that's my photo! This time last week we'd just got home from the day's adventures that included this fine site. #DailyMegalith

A beautiful sunny September day with blue skies, fluffy clouds and strong shadows. The tomb is set in rough pasture, and photographed from the unusual open antechamber or portico end, with the large capstone and chamber visible beyond.

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Coom wedge tomb, nr #Ballinskelligs #CountyKerry #RepublicofIreland (2025).
Handy for the road (despite an electric fence) and in an absolutely beautiful setting with views across Ballinskelligs Bay towards Waterville.

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A view of Uragh stone circle, which has a very large axial stone with a wiggle in it from this angle. It’s set on a raised plateau between two loughs and beyond it, at the head of Lough Inchiquin, there’s a waterfall, just visible. It’s a fine day with sunshine breaking through the clouds.

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We went to Uragh last week. One of the most amazing sites with the best setting, although there’s a new path since our last visit so no ‘pudding shake’ from the bog. nr #Tuosist #CountyKerry #RepublicofIreland (2025)

A tall narrow stone in a green field, the ocean and hills beyond

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Cahersiveen standing stone (there are two in fact but the other’s in the hedge and much shorter, we didn’t see it). #Cahersiveen #CountyKerry #RepublicofIreland (2025)

In a short break between heavy showers. Four standing stones on the horizon, with low cloud obscuring the hill behind them

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Eightacua stone row from the road. Nr #Waterville #CountyKerry #RepublicofIreland (2025)

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A close up shot of the recumbent stone with half of one flanker in the foreground. Other circle stones can be seen in the background, with hills beyond. Blue sky, fluffy clouds, a lovely sunny autumn day.

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Tomnaverie recumbent stone circle, nr #Aboyne #Aberdeenshire #Scotland (2021)

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Ollie (a white man with a beard, wearing a straw hat, sunglasses, shorts and a pale floral shirt) reaches up to touch the capstone of this rather slumped burial chamber. It's a bright sunny September day, with dark shadows making it hard to see into the chamber. The dolmen is in a rough stoney field, there are farm buildings in the background.

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Dolmen de la Madeleine, ne #Carnac #Morbihan #Brittany #France (2013)

This is quite badly damaged but still impressive - and conveniently just by the road.

(There's another, much better preserved burial chamber around 300 metres away on the other side of the road.)

It's a beautiful sunny afternoon with blue skies but Ollie's outfit (boots, waterproof, woolly hat) indicate certain levels of windiness. The stone is about seven feet tall and two feet thick. It's very rectangular from this angle although from the other side it's surprisingly trapezoid.

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Ollie experiences the very chunky Yetnasteen, #Rousay #Orkney #Scotland (2018)

"The name comes from Old Norse "Jotunna-steinn" meaning Giant Stone."

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A bright, sunny autumn day with blue skies and high clouds. In the distance you can see the sea. The stone is about fifteen feet tall and quite narrow from this angle, with a wonky sort of profile.

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Ollie at Beacharr standing stone, nr #Tayinloan #Kintyre #Argyll #Scotland (2012)

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A young teenager and a middle-aged man on the capstone of a Neolithic dolmen. You can see the path running below the monument and both Tilly and Ollie are looking out to sea. Ol has a straw hat and a floral shirt. The tomb is set on a not-very flat platform in the side of the hill, which is covered in bracken. It's one of those fairly hot but cloudy summer days.

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Tilly and Ollie at King's Quoit, five years ago today. #Manorbier #Pembrokeshire #Wales (2020)

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Four standing stones forming the arc of a stone circle. They stand on a scrubby sort of field with large trees behind. It’s sunny.

The whole circle from a distance. There’s a really scruffy sheep as well

Ollie, in a floral shirt, with his hat over his face, lies on his back on the central stone platform, arms outspread. Two circle stones can be seen beyond him

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The Gorsedd at Ruthin Castle Hotel #Ruthin #Denbighshire #Wales (2025)

Built for the Eisteddfod in 1972. Usually gorsedds have quite small stones – this one is on a larger scale. Bonus picture, Oliver As Sacrifice (to the sun I think, it was boiling).

Some of the stones of the Great Circle of the Late #Neolithic complex at #StantonDrew, Somerset. #StandingStoneSunday #DailyMegalith @megalithic.bsky.social

Information panel for The Cove at Stanton Drew.

The three stones making up The Cove at Stanton Drew.

The NE Circle at Stanton Drew.

Some of the stones of the SW Circle at Stanton Drew.

Got here at last (on 7th July): The Cove, the NE Circle and part of the SW Circle of the Late #Neolithic complex at #StantonDrew, Somerset. #StandingStoneSunday #DailyMegalith @megalithic.bsky.social