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#StandingStoneSunday

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Chris Bond<p>#904 Fife's Early Archaeological Heritage: A Guide. Fife Regional Council, Glenrothes, with Dunfermline District Council, Kirkcaldy District Council and North East Fife District Council, 1989, 1st edition. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fife</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/StandingStones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookOfTheDay</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 is a shot of the Hill of Tara. Taken on the same day / trip as the <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Newgrange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newgrange</span></a> shots posted over the last few months. Gosh it was wet and windy up there that day. I was especially happy to get there as it’s mentioned in the first <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ArtemisFowl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtemisFowl</span></a> book by Mr C. Follow for more stones. <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/HillofTara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HillofTara</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neolithic</span></a></p>
@shezza_t<p>A perfect post for <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a>.<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@fionaorkneynews/114370088343341384" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.scot/@fionaorkneynews</span><span class="invisible">/114370088343341384</span></a></p>
Dr Helen Wilson<p>Drizzlecombe, Dartmoor</p><p>An area of Bronze Age stone rows, cairns and menhirs. There are three principal stone rows, each with its barrow and terminal menhir. Nearby (in pic 3) is the large but damaged cairn known as Giant's Basin.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Devon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Devon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dartmoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dartmoor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BronzeAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BronzeAge</span></a></p>
Chris Bond<p>A sepia real photographic postcard showing the Dolmen de Crucuno at Plouharnel-Carnac in Breizh. Published by Laurent-Nel of Rennes, № 1570. Postally used in 1933. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Carnac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Carnac</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Plouharnel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plouharnel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Breizh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Breizh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dolmens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dolmens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CartesPostalesAnciennes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CartesPostalesAnciennes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Postcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Postcards</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a></p>
Chris Bond<p>Carfury Menhir in Madron, West Penwith, Cornwall. Photographed from the west-north-west on 5 July 2003. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CarfuryMenhir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarfuryMenhir</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cornwall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cornwall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kernow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kernow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Megaliths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Megaliths</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a></p>
Paul Kerrien :bzh:<p><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/StandingstoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingstoneSunday</span></a><br>FR : Jeudi dernier, après ma balade sur la lande autour du radar de Menez an Duc, je me suis arrêté à l'allée couverte de Castel-Ruffel, légèrement en contrebas du sommet sur le versant ouest.<br>euh... la troisième photo n'est pas un menhir, mais le radar en question <br>EN : Last Thursday, after my walk on the moor around the Menez an Duc radar station, I stopped at the covered alley of Castel-Ruffel, just below on the western slope.<br>uh... on the third photo isn't a menhir, but the radar<br><a href="https://finistere.en-photo.fr/megalithe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">finistere.en-photo.fr/megalith</span><span class="invisible">e</span></a></p><p><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/dolmen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dolmen</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/megalithe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>megalithe</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Bretagne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bretagne</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Finistere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finistere</span></a></p>
Prehistoric Portugal<p>Come visit the Menir da Meada: the tallest standing stone in Iberia, and (possibly) the oldest in the world!<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Portugal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Portugal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/megalith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>megalith</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxvhFMgO0Do" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=pxvhFMgO0Do</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Spaceways<p>A trip to Caithness from 10 years ago 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>Backlass stone circle, a little past the middle of nowhere. <br><a href="https://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/17293/backlass" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">themodernantiquarian.com/site/</span><span class="invisible">17293/backlass</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/StoneCircle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StoneCircle</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/TheModernAntiquarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheModernAntiquarian</span></a></p>
thesweetcheat<p>A wonderful Aberdeenshire recumbent stone circle 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>Cothiemuir Wood has one of the most elegant recumbent and flankers. </p><p>Visited April 2012. I think the some of trees have been felled since.</p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Aberdeenshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aberdeenshire</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/StoneCircle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StoneCircle</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/LichenSubscribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LichenSubscribe</span></a></p>
Pete Crane<p>Stunning, awe inspiring, ancient beauty; back visiting Machrie Moor 2 on <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Arran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arran</span></a> this week … <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a> <br>Many more pics on <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://archaeo.social/@megalithic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>megalithic</span></a></span> here <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=1113" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">megalithic.co.uk/article.php?s</span><span class="invisible">id=1113</span></a></p>
Megalithic Portal (Andy B)<p>Menhir de Grande-Villeneuve, to be found in a garden in the hamlet of the same name, a kilometre or so to the north of Tredion. About 4 metres tall and nicely shaped, although it looks to have lost its top at some point, possibly due to a lightning strike. <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a> More…<br>1/2</p>
Ulla Rajala<p>Avebury is probably the second most known archaeological site in Britain. Around 3000 BC the first enclosure was built. In the following 500 years the stones were erected. The Avebury landscape includes Windmill Hill, Silbury Hill, &amp; West Kennet Long Barrow. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a></p>
Simon<p>Nut is supported by Shu the god of air, and the ram-headed Heh deities, while Geb reclines beneath. Book of the Dead of Nesitanebtashru. British Museum.</p><p>The Merry Maidens stone circle the day after visiting the 'Between Worlds' Ithell Colquhoun exhibition at Tate St Ives. A breast-like formation of clouds appears suspended over the circle</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cornwall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cornwall</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IthellColquhoun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IthellColquhoun</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a></p>
Andrew Donkin<p>Here’s some smashing spirals for this week’s <a href="https://toot.community/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a> at <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Newgrange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newgrange</span></a> in <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a>. Amazing to see them up close during our visit. A glimpse back into the minds of people creating art thousands of years ago.</p>
Seonaidh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿<p>Tursachan Choille an Teampaill, Cill Màrtainn. Mu 3000 RC.</p><p>Ancient stones, newer dyke.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Argyll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Argyll</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/G%C3%A0idhlig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gàidhlig</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Gaelic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaelic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SilentSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
LindenShieldARTs 🇺🇦<p>Time for the customary <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a> post~</p><p>„Where the Fae Folk Goes“ is a gouache painting from 2023, and the original is still available:<br><a href="https://lindenshieldarts.com/products/gouache-original-where-the-fae-folk-goes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lindenshieldarts.com/products/</span><span class="invisible">gouache-original-where-the-fae-folk-goes</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gouache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gouache</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TraditionalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TraditionalArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NatureArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatureArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Forest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Forest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FantasyArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FantasyArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fairy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fairy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OriginalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OriginalArt</span></a></p>
Chris Bond<p>Printed monochrome postcard showing the Giant's Ring near Belfast. Published by Lawrence of Dublin. Not numbered. Postally unused, but is c.1910. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Belfast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Belfast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Antrim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antrim</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dolmens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dolmens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Henges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Henges</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Postcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Postcards</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a></p>
IR Photog<a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/StandingStoneSunday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StandingStoneSunday</a> - though the stones at <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/ArborLow?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArborLow</a> in <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/Derbyshire?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Derbyshire</a> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/PeakDistrict?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeakDistrict</a> aren't really standing.<br> <br> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/Henge?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Henge</a> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/Megalithic?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Megalithic</a> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/Infrared?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Infrared</a> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/Photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/InfraredPhotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfraredPhotography</a> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/LandscapePhotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LandscapePhotography</a> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/BlackAndWhite?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackAndWhite</a> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/BWPhotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BWPhotography</a> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/BlackAndWhitePhotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackAndWhitePhotography</a> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/LumixGH3?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LumixGH3</a> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/720nm?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#720nm</a> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/Sepia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sepia</a>
Prehistoric Portugal<p>This is a very damaged dolmen, but a visit to it lets us think about the depth of time and the beauty of walking along rarely-traveled country lanes.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dolmen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dolmen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Portugal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Portugal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CasteloDeVide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CasteloDeVide</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buT2BT2qmgI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=buT2BT2qmgI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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