Hob

Happy lichen

Mystical energies or evidence of yoghurt painting?

Remains of last year’s crop circle, not archaeology.

The view when hovering in mid-air above the forecourt.

Looking to the south

Kitty’s plantation in the background. They’re on the path from the quarry to the enclosure, following the wire fence.

Gratuitous infra-red image. No anomalies.

One stone, almost split in half.

The Lightning stricken stone.

Natural features? Artificial creations? Or perhaps artificially enhanced natural features? How would you ever tell?

Artificially enhanced, or just serious weathering? Suitable for libatory activities either way, assuming it’s always been a horizontal stone.

Do these holes go all the way through?

Gratuitous infra red shot. No anomalies when compared to local non-megalithic stone (i.e. gateposts). But them I wouldn’t call a flying midnight visit a controlled study, so don’t take my word for it.

Southern cup marks by night, to this geordie’s delight.

Taken at night with a wavy handlamp

Fluted grooves, but sort of more a squatting stone than a standing stone.

Simonside in the distance (again).

Hardly weathered at all on the back.

The angular bit at the bottom is presumably unweathered due to having been below the soil level. Or it could be fluke.

Weathered top or what?

The Piper’s Chair from the bottom of Shaftoe Hill.

Artificially enhanced basin. Presumably recent, but why? Could it be be an indicator of some old tradition based on the water in the natural basins, which survived until relatively recent times?

Natural basin on the top of the rock.