#standingstonesunday

The Hole Stone (or Crow Stone) in Galloway. Local tradition says that it was used during marriage ceremomies, by joining hands through the hole. A similar tradition is attached to St Kennera's Cross, a 10th century disc headed cross, pierced at the four quarters, at nearby Kirkinner. It stands close to the White Cairn and another stone reputedly once accompanied it, which had gone by the mid-1800s. #Scotland #History #StandingStoneSunday

Stonehenge in the early morning mist Photographer Nick Bull #StandingStoneSunday #Stonehenge #England

A dolmen near busy roads in Galway, Ireland (Gaillimh, Éire) Is this an ancient dolmen or relatively new? edit: the consensus is that this dolmen is new(ish) -- see thread #StandingStoneSunday #photography #TravelPhotography #Galway #Ireland #AskFedi

For #StandingStoneSunday it's Pentre Ifan from a visit 8 years ago to the day on a wonderful trip to #Wales with some English friends. The fellow checking his phone is Andy Burnham, no, the other one, of Megalithic Portal fame. With another friend, Jon Morris, we were on an adventure to sources of Stonehenge's bluestones. In the process we experienced every kind of Welsh weather. We also saw Michael Parker Pearson give a talk. What a fun time!

One of three stone rows, adjacent to Torhouse Stone Circle, near Wigtown in the Machars of Galloway and part of a wider ceremonial landscape. #Scotland #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography

This stone circle is Callanish Stones, a 5,000-year-old prehistoric monument on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebridies in Scotland. It was used for 2,000 years. Patrick Ashmore, who excavated there in the early 1980 says that every 18.6 years, the moon skims especially low. #StandingStoneSunday

It's stubble time, so I was able to get close to the Pencraig standing stone Near East Linton #EastLothian #StandingStoneSunday

Calanais Standing Stones, Isle of Lewis. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography

"Ancient Pembrokeshire" - my map of ancient monuments & #megaliths in #Pembrokeshire is finished. I hope you like it & I haven't missed anything... And if I have, it's too late - this is a hand painted watercolour -no AI slop, entirely human-made.) If you'd like a signed A2 poster print of this #painting, pre-order here: https://janetomlinson.com/products/ancient-pembrokeshire #ancientstonenbothering #standingstoneSunday

Good morning. ☺️ This is a #silentsunday, #stonecircle & #standingstonesunday from a while ago. This is the Druid's Circle or Maen Hirion, & is located above the village of #Penmaenmawr. Driving up a dangerously narrow lane to the carpark is scary but the views are definitely worth it. Some say that this may be the remains of a long lost Bronze Age landscape known linked to Dinas Affaraon. An ancient city that Ceridwen may have visited & seek the wisdom & magic of nature. A quiet place. ☺️

Drumtroddan Standing Stones in Galloway. One of the first sites to be donated into state care following the 1882 Ancient Monuments Act, by Herbert Maxwell. A stone fell a few years ago, leaving just a single one remaining. Historic Environment Scotland have decided against restoring the fallen stone, declaring the money better spent elsewhere. This isn't state care, it is managed decline. What would Herbert Maxwell think now? #StandingStoneSunday #Scotland

#StandingStoneSunday Earlier today I visited Hellens Manor in the village of Much Marcle, Herefordshire, parts of which may date back to King Harold II. In the grounds at the end of a long meadow is a modern stone circle (~10 years old) with each stone inscribed with a quotation.

Lanyon Quoit on the moors above Madron in West Penwith, Cornwall. Photo taken from the west on the 4th of July 1993. #LanyonQuoit #StandingStoneSunday #Dolmens #Penwith #Cornwall

A pair of small standing stones at the Wren's Egg, a glacial erratic boulder and aligned to the Midwinter Sunset, in the Machars of Galloway. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography #SouthernScotland

#StandingStoneSunday with the standing stones at Coolcoulaghta, Mizen Peninsular 🇮🇪 a short distance from the Dunbeacon circle, but much easier to access

The Long Stone, near Staunton, Forest of Dean. Almost hidden by shoulder-height bracken. #standingstonesunday #silentsunday #ancienthistory #ukcountryside #NomadicHearts

Sunrise at The Druid's Seat, West Nab. Happy Summer Solstice. #StandingStoneSunday

Drumtroddan Standing Stones. This old feller is the last stone standing in what was once a row of 4, possibly 5 stones, pointing towards the Galloway Hills in the east. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography #SouthernScotland

The Wren's Egg, a glacial erratic accompanied by a pair of small standing stones, aligned to the Midwinter Sunset, in the Machars of Galloway. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography #SouthernScotland