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Photo taken on 3rd July 2021.Sweep of the stones of the wonderful ‘U’ shaped setting of Achavanich. The remains of the chambered cairn is visible to the left of the shot.
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Photo taken on 21st June 2017 at 4.17 am, about 10 minutes after sunrise.
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Here comes the sun! Photo taken at sunrise on the summer solstice, 4.17 am, 21st June 2017.
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Photo taken 20th June 2017. Note the holed stone lined up with the entrance, which may have been re-used from an earlier monument and incorporated into the site.
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Photo taken 20th June 2017. The souterrain chamber just outside the broch walls.
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Photo taken 20th June. One of the buildings in the exterior village complex that contained two furnaces. Look at the quality of that stonework!
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Sadly not a magical rejuvenation of the Thorn tree, but an old photo I found taken on 5th February 2008, showing the tree in happier times :(
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Photo taken 5th February 2017. The perfect cairn circle at Soussons Common. Recent rains meant a pool had formed in the depression of the cist, but the top of the cist stones could still just be seen poking through the turf.
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Photo taken 4th February 2017. The circle in its dramatic moorland aspect.
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Photo taken 4th February 2017. Nine Stones, with the looming granite of Belstone Tor behind.
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Photo taken 4th February 2017. Looking north-west across the, undoubtedly more than, Nine Stones.
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Photo taken 13th June 2016.
The info board, attached to the brick ‘chimney’ which sits atop the mound.
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Photo taken 13th June 2016.
Looking back at the tomb whilst trying to find Holm of Papay Centre.
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Photo taken 13th June 2016.
The zig zag patterns in the tomb.
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Photo taken 13th June 2016.
Looking down the length of the chambered tomb.
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Photo taken 13th June 2016.
The famous ‘eyebrows’ plus loads of cupmarks!
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Photo Taken 13th June 2016. Looking down the length of the mound, the horrible concrete roof spoiling the view somewhat!
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Photo taken 13th June 2016. The full length of the mound becomes apparent as you approach.
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Photo taken 13th June 2016. The approach to the Holm of Papa Westray.
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Photo taken 13th June 2016. The wonderful Knap of Howar on an equally wonderful day.
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Photo taken 13th June 2016. The interior of the smaller northern workshop building.
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Photo taken 13th June 2016. In the wall of the southern house is this niche, the back of it a contrasting dark slate, covered in stromatalites. Perhaps a spot to display treasured items?
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Photo taken 13th June 2016. Inside the larger southern house, a saddle quern still lying in situ at the bottom left of the shot.
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Photo taken 13th June 2016. The dwellings of the Knap of Howar, the island of Westray just visible in the left of the shot.
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Photo taken 12th June 2016. The standing stone at Sorquoy currently stands between two field boundaries.
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Photo taken 12th June 2016. The stone seems to stare wistfully out to sea, a sentinel on the South Ronaldsay coast.
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Photo taken 12th June 2016. Blue skies over Sorquoy.
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Photo taken 9th June. The stone on a perfect Westray day.
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Photo taken 9th June. Looking west at the stone from just inside the field. The cairns atop the flanking hills are just visible to either side of the stone.
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Photo taken 9th June 2016. Looking south the stone has a bit of a phallic aspect!
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Photo taken 9th June 2016. Stone of Quoybirse, with the village of Pierowall in the background.
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Photo taken 6th June 2016. From the Fairy Knowe looking out over the Wide Firth at 7.30pm. The sun was still directly above the mound, making it too bright to take photo’s looking toward the entranceway!
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Photo taken 30th April 2016. From this angle the length of the burial chamber is visible.
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Photo taken 30th April 2016. Great Urswick sits so naturally in the landscape you could almost play spot the burial chamber!
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Photo taken 30th April 2016. The chamber reminded me a a great stone turtle with the tree as its shell.
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Photo taken 29th October 2013. Stones as far as the eye can see on a lovely sunny October Breton day.
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Photo taken 30th April 2016. The Druid’s circle in all its glory.
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Photo taken 30th April 2016. The Druid’s circle with the patch of limestone pavement in the background.
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Photo taken 30th April 2016. Druid’s circle, with snow on the lakeland fells in the background.
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Photo taken 30th April 2016. Looking down to Morecambe bay from the outer ring of the circle.
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Photo taken 30th April 2016. The old gods and the new, the Druid’s Circle overlooking the church at Bardsea.
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Photo taken 2nd May 2016. Meg amongst the sunbeams.
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Photo taken 2nd May 2016. Looking across at the southern entrance of the henge.
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Photo taken 7th August 2015. Machrie moor’s iconic stone, with the sad stumps of the other remaining circle stones visible to the left of the picture.
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