Located on the Scottish island of Fetlar, the Haltadans is a circle of standing stones that folklore claims were once trows (Shetland's fairy folk). The story goes that they were still dancing in a circle when the sun rose one morning and turned them to stone. #MythologyMonday
Carragh An Tarbet, the Druid's Stone, Giant’s Tooth or Hanging Stone, at the northern end of the Isle of Gigha in the west of Scotland. The stone is about 7 feet high. Thom speculates this was part of a prehistoric lunar observatory on the island.
England's mystical Bodmin Moor holds secrets older than time, whispered on the wind and etched in the weathered faces of ancient stones. While Stonehenge may steal the spotlight, the enigmatic stone circles and standing stones scattered across the moor offer an equally captivating journey into the past
One of the three ancient Clava Cairns that stand in a line five miles east of Inverness. Dating back some 4,000 years, they are less well known than their near neighbour Culloden battlefield, but every bit as evocative. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/inverness/clavacairns/index.html
Blaenau Uchaf standing stones (one fallen) in southern Powys, north of Y Mynydd Ddu, for today's #StandingStoneSunday
The stones are on rising ground with great views, a little north of the wonderful complex of stone circles below Y Mynydd Ddu. There are traces of a possible avenue between here and the Nant Tarw circles.
Fun little tootle about in my running shoes today. Took the bus to Whiting Bay and then ran back over the hill via the Giant's Graves and Meallach's Grave, both sites of Neolithic chambered cairns over 5,000 years old.
This outing also involved cake.😃 #Arran #BusAndRun #TheGreenRunners #HowWeMove #StandingStones
My 75 year old Mother in Law said in passing that she'd really like to visit some standing stones one day. She's lived in the NE for most of her life. I'm bamboozled at how she managed to miss them. She's never gone for a walk in the country where she didn't know exactly where a path led to, or just gone exploring for the sake of it.
Knows all about all the soaps, strictly come baking in the jungle, but not her own place. Makes me a bit sad. We went to see two before tea. #StandingStones
The Stones of Stenness, Orkney. Lovely and wonderful and beautiful.
The nearby panel says in 1814 the farmer, tired of having to plough around them, pulled down on stone and destroyed another before he was stopped. The locals weren’t very happy about that. They tried to burn his house down, twice.
Historic Environment Scotland says "The Stones of Stenness may be the earliest henge monument in the British Isles, built about 5,400 years ago. Their function is unclear, but our best guess is that they were involved in activities and ceremonies celebrating the relationship between living and past communities."
A double row of large sarsens, it once extended all the way from The Sanctuary timber circle to Avebury henge. Fragmentary remains still exist along the road from The Sanctuary. This stone is close to Avebury, with Waden Hill rising behind.