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January 26, 2026
From the SMR at archaeology.ie, updated November, 2021:
Situated on a level landscape and just N of where three old field drains meet. A small circular feature described as ‘Lismahon Moat’ is depicted on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map and it is described similarly on the 1908 edition. This is an oval, flat-topped and grass-covered mound (dims of base 16m E-W; 9m N-S; dims of top 6.5m E-W; 1.5m; H 1.6m at E to 2.2m at W) at the S corner of a field with large silted drains just to the E and W.
January 24, 2026
Stopping off at Maen Llia. As one should.... but, in my case, rarely gets around to doing. No matter, we are all but fleeting actors upon its stage....
January 21, 2026
Looks like I’m the first person to visit the site, from TMA, since 2009. Back then 2 out of 3 still stood, sadly it is now 1 standing 2 fallen. Like a few of the nearby sites, gentle restoration comes to mind.
From the confusingly named Dunamuck South standing stones I headed north, only to be confronted by a burn/ditch, taking a run and jump I mis-judged the distance (or the takeoff point was ill judged) and promptly landed in the middle.
Being a nice sunny day I was soon covered in dried mud, perfect for the walk to the dun, a source of another weird story from much earlier in the day.
Visited 08/04/2025.
Looking west, Slios Garbh behind keeping an eye on me.
Image credit: drew/AMJ
Round cairn high above where supposed long cairns are, looking west.
Image credit: drew/AMJ
Our collection of old records of Men Scryfa including old images
Postcard dated 1920 of Trethevy Quoit
Image credit: CoralJackz- That History Couple
Collection of historical records and old images of Zennor Quoit
January 20, 2026
January 19, 2026
Sarfven
Film and music by Matthew Shaw.
Filmed at The Merry Maidens Stone Circle, West Penwith, Cornwall.
January 18, 2026
An ascent of Fan Nedd, Fforest Fawr.
An old favourite – and still not that busy, relatively speaking... although it seems word’s getting around. Classic example of a modern ‘marker cairn’ sitting upon an ancient footprint.
National Trust staff have found fossils in a dry stonewall in Staffordshire that date back 340 million years.
January 15, 2026
Returning to Maiden Castle
Wandering Danby Rigg
A walk in the park – Calderstones
Winter Solstice at Standingstones Rigg
January 14, 2026
After the Fire – Wandering John Cross Rigg
January 12, 2026
