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Sunhoney Stone Circle seen through the recumbent setting at midday.

The recumbent setting at Tomnagorn Stone Circle, illuminated by sunshine as never before.

Tomnagorn Stone Circle, no longer overshadowed by trees.

A panoramic view over Tomnagorn Stone Circle from the east.

Macleod’s Maidens.

Macleod’s Maidens, seen from the clifftop.

The Mother, tallest of Macleod’s Maidens.

Macleod’s Maidens, seen in a telephoto view from near Fiscavaig.

Natural arches on the shore just north of the Maidens.

Hunebed D21 below the canopy of an impressive beech tree.

The original marker erected by Professor A E van Giffen at the site of hunebedden D21 and D22. It has now been removed for safe keeping and replaced by a modern information panel.

The entrance portal of D15 Loon consists of two pairs of sidestones and a single capstone.

This elevated view of Hunebed D15 Loon gives a great impression of the monument and its ring of kerbstones.

A close-up view of the entrance portal of hunebed D16 Balloo.

Cupmarks on the upper surface of capstone No 6 of D16 Balloo.

The cupmarked boulder at Glack Farm.

The cupmarked boulder at Glack Farm.

The cupmarked boulder lying beside the dyke just south of Glack Farmhouse.

Hunebed D18 at Rolde, showing the tops of two portal stones, now largely buried in the sand.

A close-up view of the entrance portal at hunebed D17 Rolde.

Hunebed D47 Angelslo with its sidestones almost completely buried,and the capstones barely above the ground.

An elevated view above the capstones of hunebed D47 Angelslo.

Hunebed D47 Angelslo in its urban setting.

Hunebed D46 Angelslo near Emmen.

Hunebed D46 Angelslo with its four remaining capstones (one missing).

An elevated ‘monopod’ view over hunebed D46 Angelslo.

Elevated frontal view over D46.

Drill holes in the 2nd capstone of hunebed D46 Angelslo,

Finding your way from the Kerspellaan Bus Halt (red circle at foot of map) to hunebed D46 Angelslo (blue marker at top of map) near Emmen. The journey on Bus 2 takes about 10 minutes from the railway station. The walk of about half a kilometre takes another 10 minutes.

Before arriving at D49 Schoonoord, you pass this boulder bearing a bronze likeness of archaeologist Albert van Giffen.

This elevated view of D49 Schoonoord was obtained by holding the camera aloft on a monopod.

The steel gate that protects the ‘crypt’ beneath the barrow of hunebed D49 Schoonoord.

The ‘crypt’ within D49 Schoonoord.

Hunebed D49 Schoonoord, photographed by archaeologist A E van Giffen, in 1925.

This close-up view shows the presence of a borehole on top of the smaller capstone of hunebed G1.

A frontal view of hunebed G1 Noordlaren which emphasises just how massive the leading capstone is.

A side-on view of Hunebed G1 Noordlaren.

An elevated view over Hunebed G1 Noordlaren that also clearly shows some of the cement markers which indicate where some of the missing sidestones once stood.

The secluded farm track leading from the brick-surfaced road into the field containing D12 Eext.

Hunebed D12 Eext.

Hunebed D12 Eext with the stump of the felled tree prominent.

An elevated view above D12 Eext in which some of the markers showing the positions of missing uprights are just visible.

A front-on view of the crypt at hunebed D13 Eext.

This view of hunebed D13 Eext shows clearly how closely together the sidestones have been placed.

Hunebed D13 Eext only pops into view as you ascend its grassy mound.

This is the impressive barrow that contains Hunebed D13 Eext. There is no hint of the presence of a hunebed from below.

A sketch of Hunebed D13-Eext with its three-stepped entrance and closely set sidestones, drawn after the capstones and the top of the barrow were taken away, in 1756, looking southward across the heath.