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The Wren's Egg & Nest / Image by Dark Galloway |
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Hello Spencer. I know the stones you mean and it's hard to say if they are cleared standing stones or not. There are a few similar stones in the walls around the field, which all look to be the same type as the Wren's Egg and the two in-situ standing stones. I'd guess they were all dropped from the last glacier to melt here. I was at Shakeabodie Rock, a few miles north at the weekend and the walls there were full of small glacial erratics of the same type too. The mound is certainly made of glacial deposits, but it isn't beyond possibility it was also of significance. The 1970s excavation report ruled out the possibility of the Wren's Egg being part of a double circle, but didn't rule out other stones standing close to it. It also mentions that as the stone holes are so shallow, it is possible any traces have been ploughed away. Interestingly, the stones from one of the early Bronze Age cists discovered here a few years ago, are deposited in the same corner of the field you speak of. I wouldn't be surprised if there are more to still discover (I think there was one found near the farmhouse too). I'd be interested to see if there are any ritual deposits waiting to be found in the nearby loch and my feeling is that the Fell of Barhullion lies at the centre of a ritual landscape. |
Posted by Dark Galloway 13 Feb 24ce |
The Wren's Egg & Nest / Image by Dark Galloway |
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| Great pic. If you didn’t, have a look at the two large stones in the wall out of shot on the right should you return soon. I do wonder too if there’s more to that large tree covered agglomeration of stones… |
Posted by spencer10 Feb 24ce |
Stokeleigh Camp / Image by thesweetcheat |
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| Very much so. It was good to see it without the vegetation you were fighting on your summer visit. |
Posted by thesweetcheat10 Feb 24ce |
Stokeleigh Camp / Image by thesweetcheat |
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| This really is a seriously impressive fort |
Posted by GLADMAN10 Feb 24ce |
The Wren's Egg & Nest / Image by Dark Galloway |
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| Thanks folks. Yes Mark, I've been slowly working my way around them, but still lots of places to visit yet. |
Posted by Dark Galloway 06 Feb 24ce |
The Wren's Egg & Nest / Image by Dark Galloway |
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| It's good to have a fellow Modern Antiquarian in Dumfries and Galloway. There are plenty of good sites for you to visit. |
Posted by markj99 05 Feb 24ce |
The Wren's Egg & Nest / Image by Dark Galloway |
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| What SC said :-) |
Posted by drewbhoy04 Feb 24ce |
The Wren's Egg & Nest / Fieldnotes by Dark Galloway |
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| Gotta love mornings like that. |
Posted by GLADMAN 04 Feb 24ce |
The Wren's Egg & Nest / Image by Dark Galloway |
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| Superb. So pleased to see you back here too. |
Posted by thesweetcheat 04 Feb 24ce |
Tyrebagger / Image by thelonious |
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| Electric :-) |
Posted by spencer 01 Feb 24ce |
Warren Wood / Image by GLADMAN |
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| Yeah, I'd normally say "Need to come back in winter".... but it IS winter, so... |
Posted by GLADMAN 30 Jan 24ce |
Tyrebagger / Image by thelonious |
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| Lovely atmospheric pic :-) |
Posted by drewbhoy 30 Jan 24ce |
Warren Wood / Image by GLADMAN |
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| Gonna need a bigger strimmer. Crikey, in summer this must be the sort of place you could lose a troop of scouts in. |
Posted by thesweetcheat 29 Jan 24ce |
Burcombe Hill / Fieldnotes by formicaant |
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| Definitely second that, great to see you back here. |
Posted by thesweetcheat 24 Jan 24ce |
Blaise Castle / Image by thesweetcheat |
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| I was pleasantly surprised, it's obviously been messed about with the folly but the ramparts are still impressive. It's not a place for solitude, obviously! |
Posted by thesweetcheat 24 Jan 24ce |
Blaise Castle / Image by thesweetcheat |
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| Yeah, pretty impressive and already naturally quite formidable. |
Posted by thesweetcheat 24 Jan 24ce |
Burcombe Hill / Fieldnotes by formicaant |
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| Thank's, it's been far too long, life/work got in the way. |
Posted by formicaant24 Jan 24ce |
Blaise Castle / Image by thesweetcheat |
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| These look like huge defences SC. |
Posted by drewbhoy 24 Jan 24ce |
Burcombe Hill / Fieldnotes by formicaant |
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| Long time no hear. Good to see you're still around doing your thing. |
Posted by GLADMAN 24 Jan 24ce |
Blaise Castle / Image by thesweetcheat |
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| Jeez, that's good. Never considered Blaise before because of the 'NT stately house' vibe... there's possibly nothing more pathetic from an architectural perspective than pretend-castles-that-are-supposed-to be-'romantic'-erected-by-seriously-rich-idiots-living-in-mansions. But this needs to go on the list |
Posted by GLADMAN 24 Jan 24ce |
Silbury Hill / Image by photobabe |
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hi do you kindly allow your silbury fog image fir my YT Avebury Video? within your link? can you send it to [email protected]? thanks from germany Fara www.ki-bewegung.de |
Posted by fara 22 Jan 24ce |
Silbury Hill / Image by Chance |
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hi do you kindly allow your silbury harp image for my YT Avebury video? within your link? can you send fir clearness image to [email protected]? thanks from Germany Fara |
Posted by fara 22 Jan 24ce |
Silbury Hill / Image by megadread |
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hi do you kindly allow your silbury hill image for my YT Avebury video? Within your link? can you send it to [email protected]? for clearness? thanks Fara from Germany www.ki-bewegung.de |
Posted by fara 22 Jan 24ce |
Avebury / Image by photobabe |
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i forgot for good clearnes, can you send that image to [email protected] thanks Fara |
Posted by fara 22 Jan 24ce |
Avebury / Image by photobabe |
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hi would you kindly allow your Avebury fog image for my YT Avebury Video? within your link? it would be pleasure greetings from Germany Fara www.ki-bewegung.de |
Posted by fara 22 Jan 24ce |
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