
Photo taken 5th March 2014. The Tregeseal dancing stones looking toward Carn Kenidjack, in the ten minute window of blue skies seen over West Penwith today!
Photo taken 5th March 2014. The Tregeseal dancing stones looking toward Carn Kenidjack, in the ten minute window of blue skies seen over West Penwith today!
Photo taken on 23rd November 2013. The Tump on a crisp winters afternoon.
Photo taken 30th October 2013. These fine menhirs overlook the coast.
The menhirs looking south on 30th October.
Photo taken 30th October. Looking north at the pair of menhirs.
Photo taken 30th October 2013. Looking north at the pair of menhirs.
The northernmost of the pair of menhirs, the broken off top of the stone is visible now lying at the base.
Dolmen de Mane Croch on 29th October 2013.
Photo taken 29th October. Looking from the nearby cist to the dolmen.
The dolmen sits on a green in the center of the tiny village of Cosquer.
Dolmen with a typical French farmhouse in the background, on 29th October 2013.
The grassy interior of the dolmen is quite a comfortable spot.
Photo taken 29th October 2013. From this angle the dolmen looks like a jumble of stones.
Dappled shade fills the Manio Quadrilataire on the afternoon of 29th October 2013.
The face of the giant. Photo taken on 29th October 2013.
Photo taken 28th October 2013. Part of the mound which would once have covered the dolmen still remains and is visible.
Photo taken 28th October 2013. Dolmen du Roh-Du in its woodland clearing.
The Grand-Village allee-couverte with information sign on 28th October 2013.
Photo taken 28th October 2013. The allee-couverte is the longest in Morbihan.
Photo taken 28th October 2013. Looking west along the length of the allee-couverte.
Merlin’s Tomb covered by offerings.
Les Jardin Aux Moines on the morning of 27th October 2013, still damp after a night of rain.
Photo taken 27th October 2013. The cromlech is hunkered in a small clearing in the ancient forest of Broceliande closely surrounded by trees.
Photo taken 27th October 2013, showing the compartment at the east end of the stones.
Photo taken 27th October 2013. The stone rectangle of the ‘Monks Garden’.
Photo taken 26th October 2013. A fairy mushroom at the fairy house.
Photo taken 26th October 2013. The allee-couverte in its woodland setting.
Photo taken 26th October 2013. The fairies front door.
The strange ‘breast’ carvings on the allee-couverte.
The well endowed Menhir de Champ dolent surrounded by cornfields, photo taken 26th October 2013.
The cartoony information board at Menhir de Champ-Dolent makes understanding the gist of the legends surrounding the place a bit easier if your French is not up to scratch!
Gawton’s Stone on 5th October 2013.
The ‘face’ on the side of Gawton’s Stone.
Gawton’s well in its grove of yews. Photo taken 5th October 2013.
Photo taken 14th August 2013. Looking back down from the mound towards Loch Wasdale.
Photo taken 14th August 2013. The ditch around the mound is just visible, as Howe Harper seems to mirror the hill on the horizon.
Howe Harper as seen from the path approaching Wasdale.
Photo taken 14th August 2013. Amazing skies over Stenness.
Photo taken 14th August 2013, showing the large boulder at the base of the stone.
Looking east towards Ward Hill, the highest point on South Ronaldsay.
Looking down from the stone towards Sandwick bay with the island of Swona in the distance.
Looking back towards the trees which screen the footpath, and provided some welcome shade on such a warm day.
Maen Crwn, ‘the Round Stone’ with Cefn Maen Amor in the background. From some angles the stone almost seemed to mirror the shape of the hill.