#StoneCircleSunday
Balquhain recumbent stone circle. A bit knocked about and likely repositioned (?), but thereโs something about if I really like.
Balquhain recumbent stone circle, near Aberdeen.
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The flanker on the left (from inside the circle) may have been moved, the circle has been knocked about a fair bit. Itโs also heavy with quartz, must shine in a full moon!
Photos by me.
[Note from DanQ.me]
Happy Stone Circle Sunday! The youngest and I went out to Avebury Henge, the worldโs largest neolithic standing stone circle and henge. ร
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On verdant grass and under clear skies, a boy in a white-and-blue 'Sonic the Hedgehog' t-shirt strolls in front of a line of about half a dozen enormous standing stones.
Happy Stone Circle Sunday! The youngest and I went out to Avebury Henge, the world's largest neolithic standing stone circle and henge.
#note #stoneCircleSunday #history #walking #archeology #children #parenting
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A stone circle in a field on a hillside
The Merry Maidens near St Buryan earlier this week #StoneCircleSunday #Cornwall
A Bronze Age stone circle on Dartmoor as the sun rises
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One of my favourites - Brisworthy Circle #Dartmoor
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Ballynoe 'stone circle' , Co. Down. The stones surround an oval mound. Excavations discovered a 'slab feature' with 3 compartments with a Neolithic or Bronze Age cist to the eastern end containing an MNI of 7 cremated individuals.
[Note: Easter Sunday Stone Circle]
The Devilโs Quoits (Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, UK) looks particularly striking in the bright sunlight of this Spring morning. ร
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A circle of standing stones in a henge, in a clearing flanked by trees, under wispy clouds in a bright blue sky.
The Devil's Quoits (Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, UK) looks particularly striking in the bright sunlight of this Spring morning.
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Komakino Stone Circle (Aomori Prefecture): A place of solemn gatherings, where stones arranged in concentric circles whisper tales of Jomon connection to place. #stonecirclesunday #jomon
Duddo Standing Stones, Northumberland with the Cheviot Hills in the distance
Close up of stone in the Duddo Stones circle
Sunny days and Standing Stones - early Bronze Age Duddo stone circle. Taken on a first post-lockdown outing in 2020 - Cheviots in the background. Northumberland beauty. #stonecirclessunday #stonecirclesunday #northumberland
A collection of interesting interviews for #StoneCircleSunday including Grampian storyteller Jackie Ross at East Aquhorthies & Prof Hayden Lorimer discussing various #WinterSolstice rituals
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Full moon setting at dawn above a monolith of a Neolithic stone circle. (c)Sean F. Johnston
Midwinter #dawn and #moonset at the Twelve Apostles stone circle, #Scotland.
#l'aube #Dumfries&Galloway #StoneCircleSunday
Castlerigg stone circle, Lake District
Beautiful, atmospheric site.
Neolithic c3000 BCE overlooking Thirlmere Valley within the peaks of Helvellyn
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Sunset at Torhouse stone circle, the sun setting behind the clouds, and the stones are in shadow.
Having a great birthday - but wish I was here.
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A black and white photo showing Castlerigg stone circle in the foreground, with a snow covered mountain behind.
Found this lovely wintry photo of Castlerigg in a copy of Motor Cycle from October 1964. #stonecirclesunday #archaeology
#stonecirclesunday Cothiemuir Wood stone circle at Keig, Aberdeenshire.