Taken 26th August 2003: One of the T-shaped chambers on the western side of the circle (the road is just visible in the background).
William is skulking in the background (to the left) giving a very false impression of scale (he’s 4 years old).
Taken 26th August 2003: I found this hole just outside the eastern perimetre of the circle. It looked to me like someone had recently removed the stones (the grass underneath them was healthy). I decided to put them back where they’d come from. I’d be interested to know whether this type of damage reappears at the site.
Taken 26th August 2003: The barrow to the west of the road (I think) complete with cattle. I think what’s left of it is visible as a bump behind the brown cow in the centre of the shot.
Taken 26th August 2003: This barrow sits to the east of the A27 (the grid reference is approximately SC232769) on a piece of land with no boundary fence, and apparent open access. In the photo the barow is not against the horizon, but just below the hill that is against the horizon (the barrow is covered in heather).
Taken 25th August 2003: The stones are enclosed in a stock-wire fence.
Taken 25th August 2003: The Braaid from the footpath, as seen approaching it. In the foreground is the Viking Long House, with the circle behind it.
Taken 25th August 2003: The circular structure at the Braaid, thought to be the remains of an Iron Age round hut.
Taken 25th August 2003: The most northerly stone, with the Royal Chapel of St. John behind it.
Taken 25th August 2003: The stones viewed from the north west.
Taken 25th August 2003: The hill viewed from the direction of the Ballaharra Stones.
Taken 25th August 2003: This uninspiring photo shows the hill, viewed from the east, with Louise and Alfie for scale.
The poles to the left and right are flag-poles, lining the path that connects the hill with the church. The pole in the middle is both a flag pole and a tent pole, used support an awning to shelter dignitaries at the Tynwald assemblies.
Taken 25th August 2003: A large stone in the hedge-bank next to the Kew. It’s not clear whether was originally part of the monument.
Taken 25th August 2003: The Kew viewed from the north, looking down the hedge-bank that cuts through it.
Taken 25th August 2003: Looking down the inside of the Kew from the west. Note the regular angle of the stones.
Taken 24th August 2003: The south western section of the site, viewed from the south west.
Taken 24th August 2003: The south western section of the site, viewed from the north east.
Taken 24th August 2003: The north east section of the site, taken looking east over (and through) the entrance to the first chamber into the forecourt. Clear as mud.
Taken 24th August 2003: The north eastern section of the site, viewed from the north (or thereabouts).
Taken 24th August 2003: A close-up of the stone, thought to be a Bronze Age standing stone.
The green sign above the stone quotes the Manx Museum and Ancient Monuments Act of 1886, in essence saying, ‘if you damage this monument you’ll be prosecuted’.
Taken 24th August 2003: The Spiral Stone from the other side of the lane, indicating just how close to the road it is.
I was rather taken by the racing style kerb, although the stone isn’t on the TT Course, and the road is really rather small.
Taken 24th August 2003: Looking south east(ish) down the line of chambers that were once under the cairn.
I’m still not sure what the distinctive bump in the soil represents (where the grass is bleached).
Taken 24th August 2003: The entrance to the tomb (a good picnic spot).
Taken 24th August 2003: Viewed from the east (or thereabouts) looking up the string of ‘inner’ chambers towards the tomb entrance.
Taken 24th August 2003: The end of the cairn. It’s not clear whether the wall truncates it, or just runs very close to it.
Taken 24th August 2003: A solitary standing stone, possibly flanking the entrance to the chamber.
Behind the wall is the road, and beyond that the little green plack next to Rullic Ny Quakern.
Taken 24th August 2003: The remains of the cairn viewed from the north east, or thereabouts.
Taken 24th August 2003: Cronk Sumark from the road to the north.
Taken 24th August 2003: Magher ny Clogh Mooar from the north east with Slieau Curn behind it.
Taken 24th August 2003: The plough damaged outlying stone (possibly of no significance whatsoever) with Magher ny Clogh Mooar behind it.
Taken 24th August 2003: The stone from the north. Not a great photograph really, but it does show the stripes on this side of the stone, and the ‘bulbous root’ of the stone (very weird).
Taken 24th August 2003: Magher ny Clogh Mooar from the south east, with it’s strange bulbous root clearly visible.
Taken 23rd August 2003: Viewed from the track to the south of the cairn.
Taken 23rd August 2003: What I believe to be the southern mound, viewed from the road to the east.
Taken 23rd August 2003: The lump that I chose to interpret as the northern mound, viewed from the east.
Taken 23rd August 2003: The northern mound (I think) viewed from the south.
Taken 23rd August 2003: The church at St. Bride’s where Julian speculates there may have once stood a stone circle.
Taken 15th August 2003: I think I’ve hit rock bottom with this ever so un-exciting photograph of Crug Cou.
Taken 15th August 2003: This photo show Caer Penrhos from the road to the south (on the other side of the Wyre fach valley).
Taken 8th August 2003: This shockingly poor photograph shows Crug Swllt from the south east. The grass really was that strange shade of brown, but all the glare and poor contrast are entirely my own doing (I thank you).
Taken 8th August 2003: Parc y Garreg viewed from the north east (or there abouts). At last the cows have moved away a bit, and with some judicious cropping in Photoshop, this is almost a cow-free photo.
Taken 8th August 2003: The stone from the south west(ish). Once again Heifer 1-93 is in the photo. She’s determined that I won’t disturb her grazing.
Taken 8th August 2003: The stone from the west, with Heifer 1-93 refusing to budge. I suppose she gives an idea of scale.
Taken 8th August 2003: The stone sits in the middle of a field near the village of Long Stone. Here it is viewed from the south west.
Taken 8th August 2003: The stone viewed from (approximately) the north west.
Taken 8th August 2003: The stone viewed from the south west.
Taken 2nd August 2003: The stones against a late dusk sky, with silhouetted cow in the distance.
Taken 2nd August 2003: OK, so it probably looked nothing like this originally, but the outside of Barclodiad-y-Gawres is almost as distinctive as the inside (in a nasty concrete sort of way). This shot was taken from nearby Port Nobla Cairn.
Taken 2nd August 2003: The carved upright to the right as you walk in to the concrete dome (on the exclusive side of the metal gates).
Taken 2nd August 2003: The capstone and supporting orthostats. Why has it taken this long for anyone to put a photo of this up?
Taken 2nd August 2003: The cist (or the jumble of stones that I’ve chosen to interpret as a cist).