Andrew Donkin<p>For today’s <a href="https://toot.community/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a> here’s a pair of photographs capturing the walls around the side of the mighty monument. A thing of beauty and awe, even if the sky was dark on the day I took these back in March 2019. <a href="https://toot.community/tags/neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neolithic</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a></p>
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Petra van Cronenburg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/@ninawillburger" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ninawillburger</span></a></span> Oh, ich habe gerade einen Artikel mit tollen Fotos zu neolithischen Textilfaserfunden entdeckt (pdf, deutsch): <a href="https://archaeologie.tg.ch/public/upload/assets/71500/gesponnen%20geflochten%20gewoben.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archaeologie.tg.ch/public/uplo</span><span class="invisible">ad/assets/71500/gesponnen%20geflochten%20gewoben.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/textile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>textile</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fabric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fabric</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Arch%C3%A4ologie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archäologie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Stoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stoff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Textilien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Textilien</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Pflanzenfasern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pflanzenfasern</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Neolithikum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neolithikum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neolithic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FibreArtsFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FibreArtsFriday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/plantfibres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plantfibres</span></a></p>
Cat McIntyre<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a> Stenness, Orkney (2023) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/StoneCircle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StoneCircle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/L%C3%A0NanTursachan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LàNanTursachan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Tursachan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tursachan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/StandingStones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TheStandingStonesOfStenness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheStandingStonesOfStenness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neolithic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NeolithicMonument" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeolithicMonument</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orkney</span></a></p>
Nina Willburger<p><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neolithic</span></a> textile production: an amazing find! A charred spindle with a charred ball of flax thread. <br>Found in the pile dwelling settlement of Sipplingen-Osthafen, Lake Constance, dating 3316-3306 BC. The damp environment has preserved it in good condition.</p><p>📷 Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg </p><p><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
thesweetcheat<p>The remains of the stone chamber of Heston Brake Neolithic long barrow near Portskewett in Monmouthshire for today's <a href="https://toot.community/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a> </p><p>The long barrow stands on a little hill not far from the coast of Afon Hafren (Severn). </p><p>Visited on a lovely spring day, March 2012.</p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wales</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Cymru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cymru</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neolithic</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Monmouthshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monmouthshire</span></a></p>
GhostOnTheHalfShell<p>14 min</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4avrRX8Hus" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=M4avrRX8Hu</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neolithic</span></a></p>
Jens Notroff<p>Yet we already were able to track back such attempts of controlled early (even earlier) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pyrotechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pyrotechnology</span></a> with the production of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LimePlaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LimePlaster</span></a> in the Pre-Pottery <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neolithic</span></a> near East:</p><p><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/530304" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">jstor.org/stable/530304</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Andrew Donkin<p>A few more <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Newgrange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newgrange</span></a> shots for <a href="https://toot.community/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a> You can see the two standing stones in the first closer shot, again in the more distant photo. Fab memories of a visit to an amazing place. I’m enjoying all the standing stone photos on here. <a href="https://toot.community/tags/neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neolithic</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ireland</span></a></p>
Valentin Grimaud<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF8v1lLIdtE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=TF8v1lLIdt</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a></p><p><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/artparietal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artparietal</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/rockart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rockart</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neolithic</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/prehistoire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prehistoire</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Morbihan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Morbihan</span></a></p>
Kevin Wilbraham<p>The Copt Hill Barrow - a Neolithic burial mound at Houghton-le-Spring, near Sunderland. The barrow is also known as the Seven Sisters due to the seven trees that stood atop it. 📸 My own. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TombTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TombTuesday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Prehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prehistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neolithic</span></a></p>
thesweetcheat<p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/SilentSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSunday</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Cotswolds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cotswolds</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neolithic</span></a></p>
thesweetcheat<p>Maen Ceti or Arthur's Stone on the Cefn Bryn ridge, Gŵyr/Gower for today's <a href="https://toot.community/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a> </p><p>A Neolithic chambered tomb with a broken capstone, it has a lovely setting looking across Afon Llwchwr towards Llanelli and the mountains of South Wales.</p><p>This visit March 2012.</p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neolithic</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/TheModernAntiquarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheModernAntiquarian</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SouthWales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthWales</span></a></p>
Kevin Wilbraham<p>Remains of one of the houses at Barnhouse - a Neolithic settlement located very close to the Stones of Stenness on Orkney. 📸 My own. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neolithic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Prehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prehistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orkney</span></a></p>
thesweetcheat<p>Ancient Dorset burial site raises questions over age of Stonehenge </p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neolithic</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/06/flagstones-monument-dorset-burial-site-stonehenge-age?CMP=share_btn_url" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/science/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/06/flagstones-monument-dorset-burial-site-stonehenge-age?CMP=share_btn_url</span></a></p>
Andrew Donkin<p>For <a href="https://toot.community/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a> here’s another two shots of the amazing <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Newgrange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newgrange</span></a>. The first is a relative close up of the side of the 5200 year old <a href="https://toot.community/tags/neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neolithic</span></a> building in Ireland’s Boyne Valley. The second is a more distinct view. These shots are from a cloudy winter day a few years ago. I can’t wait to go back. (Even if it was blooming cold.)</p>
🏴Stuart Bain<p>Topped up the vitamin D with 18 others on a glorious Ramblers walk starting at Wenvoe and taking in Tinkinswood and St Lythans burial chambers. <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neolithic</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Ramblers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ramblers</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Tinkinswood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tinkinswood</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/StLythans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StLythans</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Wenvoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wenvoe</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/ValeOfGlamorgan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ValeOfGlamorgan</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wales</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Cymru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cymru</span></a></p>
~meoralis~<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/StandingStoneSunday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StandingStoneSunday</a> with another shot of <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Stonehenge?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Stonehenge</a><br>
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<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Steinkreis?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Steinkreis</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Wiltshire?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wiltshire</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/England?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#England</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/LandscapePhotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LandscapePhotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/CloudySky?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CloudySky</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/AncientHistory?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AncientHistory</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/megalith?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#megalith</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/megaliths?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#megaliths</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/neolithic?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neolithic</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/StandingStones?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StandingStones</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/SilentSunday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SilentSunday</a>
thesweetcheat<p>The remaining stones of the chamber of Sweyne's Howes (North) chambered tomb on the slopes below Rhossili Down, Gŵyr/Gower for <a href="https://toot.community/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a>. There are two tombs here, as well as many Bronze Age cairns and a prehistoric settlement.</p><p>This visit March 2012.<br><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Gower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gower</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SouthWales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthWales</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neolithic</span></a></p>
Hominides.com<p>Meule et molette – Néolithique – Musée Arkéos Douai – Photo Kroko pour Hominides.com <br><a href="https://www.hominides.com/musees-et-sites/arkeos-le-musee-parc-archeologique/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hominides.com/musees-et-sites/</span><span class="invisible">arkeos-le-musee-parc-archeologique/</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neolitique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neolitique</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neolithic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meule</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/molette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>molette</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/millstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>millstone</span></a> moudre <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grinding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grinding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/farine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flour</span></a></p>
Andrew Donkin<p>Entrance way to <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Newgrange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newgrange</span></a> for <a href="https://toot.community/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a> from a visit a few years ago. Build around 3200BC making it older than both Stonehenge and the pyramids. <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ireland</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neolithic</span></a></p>
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