🎙️It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for, the toppermost standing stones in Britain according to our @megportal visitors and 📸 photo posters. #5 to #1. With 🎁 competition winners too: 🧵/1 #StandingStoneSunday
#4 The Aberlemno Pictish Symbol stones (Angus) - a lot of interest in these, possibly this stone has prehistoric origins but I didn’t say that was essential 📷 Sandy Gerrard https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=1519 /3
#2 Rudston Monolith (East Yorkshire) 📷 putting it in context by ATBlackcat Correctly put in Top 10 by Blingo and others. The tallest and of course iconic but not #1 in our countdown… https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=142 /5
To keep you in suspense before #1, the two winners are: 🏆Most correctly guessed entries: Xseawitch45 on Instagram. Had it not been for my curveball at #4 would have almost entirely nailed it! Remarkable. /6
2nd prize drawn from all the entries who correctly guessed a stone in our Top 10 is: @thesweetcheat on Mastodon. 👏👏👏 Prize of #TheOldStones book (UK) or Megalithic Portal T Shirt. So without further ado: /7
So as teased in the first post #1 is Maen Llia Standing Stone (Powys). Correctly guessed by two, including our long standing contributor Cerrig who has also done a lot to popularise and theorise the workings of this wonderful stone. Here are some more of his lovely photos: https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=1399 /8
Recap:
#5 The Pipers Standing Stones (Cornwall)
#4 Aberlemno Pictish Symbol stones (Angus)
#3 Long Meg Standing Stone (Cumbria)
#2 Rudston Monolith (East Yorks) #1Maen Llia Standing Stone (pic: Shadow going down to the stream to ‘drink’📷 Cerrig)
I hope you enjoyed. /9
Congratulations @thesweetcheat you have won a prize in our competition with your Top 10 prediction - well done! If you are in the UK it’s a choice of Old Stones Book or Megalithic Portal T Shirt, otherwise it’s a T Shirt or Stonehenge Tea Towel. I don’t think you can PM here so please email me know your selection and address to andy@megalithic.co.uk Thanks!
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