Here's a pair of charcoal kilns not often seen as they are a bit out of the way high in the Cedar Range of southeastern Nevada. The Panaca Kilns were built c. 1875 and used until the 1890s to make charcoal for mining smelters in the region. They were operated by Swiss and Italian woodcutters, known as "Carbonari," who had perfected the charcoal-making process in Europe.
I'm not sure who that old coot is photo bombing this cliff dwelling, but I saw him free climb down into the canyon from the mesa top. Silly old guy must have went up the wrong canyon looking for this ruin, climbed out, walked across the mesa, & then climbed down into this, the right canyon with its really cool cultural site. There's rock art decorating the canyon walls, pottery shards, 800-year-old corn cobs, & pressure flakes everywhere!
In the center of this photo, possibly visible if you zoom in, is a really cool ancestral Puebloan ruin. I'll be visiting it in the morning. (Phone photo.)
Who remembers the movie Vanishing Point (1971)? Yup, this is the Shell station / cafe featured in the movie's opening sequence and final sequence when the Challenger R/T slammed into the bulldozers. There's almost nothing left of the town that was here 50 years ago. "Kowalski Lives!" ... and I think I saw him hanging out with Hayduke. Lol! (Cisco, Utah. Phone photo.)
Comprising the stone ruins of at least 22 rectangular buildings and a corn-drying kiln with associated stone-walled enclosures and fields, Craignavar was deserted in around 1820. It's unknown whether it was part of the forced Highland Clearances or just a voluntary departure due to economic reasons.
Dunstanburgh Castle
Once the largest castle in the county, it was built between 1313 and 1325 and was originally owned by Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, nephew of King Edward II.
In 1362, Dunstanborough passed into the hands of John of Ghent, the fourth son of King Edward III, who rebuilt the castle on a large scale. During the War of the Red and White Roses, Lancaster Castle was fired upon and destroyed. #castle#nature#northumberland#history#ruin#photography#photo
A Kiva, with its original roof, tucked up under a cliff overhang in a small canyon (10/22/2018). The use of Kivas by ancient cliff dwellers is unknown. However, modern Hopi use Kivas for spiritual ceremonies.
The extremely elusive ruin of St Patrick’s Chapel, behind the shore north of Gullane in East Lothian. It was in use in the early 16th century but was subsequently inundated by sand until excavated in the early 20th century. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/gullane/stpatricks/index.html
The crumbling ruins of Dunbar Castle. Ancient in origin and once one of the mightiest castles in Scotland, the sea is now steadily reclaiming what the builders of the adjacent Victorian harbour left standing. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dunbar/dunbarcastle/index.html
Wanted to take a look at beautiful this #ruin in Occitany, but after approaching I found out that behind the outer walls a intact private house and a parked car where hidden so I left again.