Merrivale Ceremonial Centre, Dartmoor
Menhir of 3.1m, part of a wonderfully preserved complex including two double stone rows, stone circles and burial cairns. The menhir stands apart from most of the site in a small group consisting of a 3-stone row (once 5), two cairns and a stone circle. A medieval road runs between the ceremonial centre and a prehistoric village downhill.
Real photographic postcard showing two illustrations by T.H. Victor of dolmens in Cornwall: Lanyon Cromlech in Madron and Chun Cromlech in Morvah. Published by A. H. Hawke of Helston. Not numbered. Postally unused, but is c.1940. #Cornwall #Dolmens #LanyonQuoit #ChunQuoit #Postcards #StandingStoneSunday
The prehistoric chambered tomb Zennor Quoit in West Penwith, Cornwall, rises through the mist from a carpet of ferns. Photo taken from the east on the 4th of July 1993. #Zennor #ZennorQuoit #Cornwall #Dolmens #StandingStoneSunday
Found postcard.
Vasastenen. Rättvik, Sweden.
I have had Calanais stone circle before but this is another picture that shows the cross-shape fine. The stone circle is on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebridies. The circle was used at least for 2,000 years. It may have been an astronomical observatory. #StandingStoneSunday
One of the 11 kerb stones forming the outer ring round Corrimony Clava Cairn west of Drumnadrochit #StandingStoneSunday
More pics on @megalithic here https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=54
A 5ft long propped stone, overlooking the stone rows, menhirs, and enclosures of the Drizzlecombe complex. Was this erratic stone set up by people as part of the Drizzlecombe complex of megalithic stone structures? #StandingStoneSunday More...
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Le #menhir de Penglaouic à 18h32 et 18h25 aujourd'hui alors que la marée haute avec un gros coefficient de 114 est prévue à 18h29 à Bénodet soit un peu plus tard ici. Pour bien finir, la balade dominicale.
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Monochrome real photographic postcard showing "The Devil's Chair" at Avebury in Wiltshire. Publisher not stated, № 7570. Postally unused, but is c.1920. #Avebury #StoneCircles #Postcards #StandingStoneSunday
And that was the walk. A few bog hops and I'm back at the start.
Hope you enjoyed exploring bronze age Drizzlecombe with me.
Laters.
It's actually 4 circles inside each other. Beautifully arranged so they seem to ripple out. I spend some time here. It feels special. There was real care and pride in how it was built.
And then I find the Yellowmead stone circles. They weren't rediscovered until the 1920s, lost in the heather. Now they sit low in the grass so you don't see them till you're near.
At the top of Higher hator tor you can look down at the valley. Huge huts and cairns are scattered over both sides of the Plym. The cairn below, to the side of the bone stone is massive. It was raided and no one knows if it held anything.
Pit stop. Opted for pork pies today.
I cross the streams and head up the gentle slope of Higher Hator tor, following the path along the stone rows. They are so impressive! Visible from a way off, with huge menhirs at each end. One, the bone stone, over 4 meters tall. It's kinda breathtaking.
I start by skirting the edge of Whittenknowles Rocks, a medieval village that looks across to the older site. The definition of much of the huts and walls is still clear. They lived close together, huddled. Maybe that was cosy and safe feeling on the wide wild hill.
Good write up of the site here.
https://www.torsofdartmoor.co.uk/tor-page.php?tor=whittenknowles-rocks
Yesterday I did a brisk few miles around Drizzle Combe, an area seeped in bronze age life.
Here's the view over a valley that was clearly full of people thousands of years ago.
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Gardom's Edge Rock Art, Derbyshire, Peak District.
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Perched on a flat shelf, Mitchell's Fold stone circle offers panoramic views towards Wales and the west. Eastwards is the Stiperstones ridge and Cranberry Rock. From the circle this horizon has the appearance of a lion as the Equinox sun gleams and rises over it. #StandingStoneSunday More...
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