The eastern terminal of both double stone rows at Merrivale on Dartmoor, Devon. Photo taken on 31 August 2004.
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In Orkney, the henge monument, the Ring of Brodgar, is huge. The exact number of stones standing in the circle is difficult to establish, so there is a lot of guesswork involved in the counting. Also, we have to wonder if the monument was ever finished!
https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-ring-of-brodgar.html
orkneyriddler.blogspot.comThe Ring of Brodgar The Ring of Brodgar Further to the recognition that the Stones of Stenness may not have been completed, neither is it clear that the work ...
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Can I side-track my own thread for a second? My recent book “Along the Line”, written partly as a graphic narrative, talks about modern-day “standing stones” used to demarcate state borders. (Published in French as “Bornées”.) Apart from the shameless self-promotion, I mention this because the visitors’ centre in Carnac suggested that the #standingstones could be some sort of borders or markers of territory. Why not? But obviously completely different from modern conceptions! #Alongtheline
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A few days later, we went to Carnac (Brittany 
) and all got heatstroke because I had unwisely pre-booked a guided tour for 12am, not thinking that there would be a full-blown heatwave. The megalithic alignments are absolutely extraordinary, but probably best visited in the winter when the whole site is freely accessible. In the summer, you can only go in guided groups. Humans in last photo for scale!
#StandingStoneSunday #Megaliths #standingstones
This lecture is going to be fascinating: https://www.outsavvy.com/event/26572/ithell-colquhoun-and-the-vital-energies-of-land-and-body #womenArtists #Surrealism #StandingStones #Cornwall #WeirdBritain #Psychogeography #hauntology
OutSavvyIthell Colquhoun and The Vital Energies of Land and Body Tickets - - OutSavvyCLASS DESCRIPTION Like most occultists of the twentieth century, occultist and surrealist Ithell Colquhoun was deeply interested in the intersections of spirituality and science, believing that the scientific advancements relating to the invisible world (X rays, radio waves, atomic theory) would prove the existence of spiritual planes and dimensions. From 1939-1942, as World War Two was raging, Colquhoun’s own magical and artistic practice was focused on an animistic notion of vitality, theorizing about the ways in which bodies and the earth held, and transferred energy. Through her wildly colorful landscape studies and a bold series of works devoted to sacred sexuality, Colquhoun explored how humans could connect to the divine through learning to direct the energy currents in their own bodies and through engaging with ancient sacred sites. Perhaps she believed that society could overcome its divisions through an integration with the sacred, fueled by energy from the portals of sacred landscapes and individuals’ elevated connections with one another as they embraced the potential to access dimensions more peaceful and enlightened than the unstable world around them. This richly illustrated talk unpacks the occultural context and the embrace of empiricism that informed Colquhoun’s ideas about vital energies, followed by the ways in which Colquhoun explored union with the divine through sex magic and encounters with sacred sites. This explicit and revealing body of work theorizes the operationalization of women’s pleasure, the transcendence of gender and the activation of prehistoric megalithic monuments, all powered by the ability to harness and direct the electromagnetic currents that were the keys to ancient spiritual technologies, and that Colquhoun believed had the potential to heal humanity. 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Treverven Menhir at Treverven near St Buryan in Cornwall, viewed from the west-north-west and photographed on 24 April 2004.
July. Summer on the island
muffles in scarves.
Merino-socked, Berghaus-booted,
swap cocoon of car
for hilly slither. Pilgrim-trail
with sodden strangers,
step in time to the cadence of rain…
—Nikki Robson, “The Callanish Stones”
published in Other Worlds: An Anthology of Scottish Island Poems (Birlinn, 2022)
https://birlinn.co.uk/2022/06/20/poem-of-the-week-the-callanish-stones-by-nikki-robson/
Scattered across Europe, lone standing stones like Punchestown and Wotanstein aren’t just ruins — they are prehistoric markers of death, sun, and power. Their origins remain mysterious. Are they calling us?
#StandingStones #MegalithicMystery #AncientRituals #Punchestown #NeolithicSecrets #BronzeAgeLegacy #Wotanstein #ArlobiMenhir#ArchaeologyFinds #Storytelling #DidYouKnow #AncientHistory #HistoryFacts #DocumentaryShort #WeirdHistory
The Gûn Rith Menhir at Boleigh in West Penwith, Cornwall, photographed from the east-south-east on 7 August 2004.
Retour en 2023 avec une encre de Chine réalisée pour l'#inktober2023. Le thème était #dodge soit "esquiver" et j'étais partie sur l'idée d'une silhouette mystérieuse cachée derrière des les pierres dressées dans cercle ancien... parce qu'on ne se refait pas 
Musique : "Standing stones" de Loreena McKennitt
First pull for the edition of ‘Listen to Meg’ #StandingStoneSunday #printmaking #linocut #stonecircles #megalith #reliefprintmaking #standingstones #summersolstice #alttext
A dreich day near Dores, Scottish Highlands for today's #StandingStoneSunday
Aldourie 'stone circle', probably originally a Clava type cairn circle, re-erected as a stone circle of 18 stones in parkland near Aldourie Castle.
The largest stone may be in its original position, as most Clava type monuments are graded with the tallest stones on the SW.
Visited towards the end of an increasingly soggy walk from Dores, April 2012.
Aujourd'hui c'est le solstice d'été qu'on célèbre à travers la fête néopaïenne de Litha. Jour le plus long de l'année, ce 21 juin est l'occasion de redécouvrir les merveilles de la nature. C'est en tout cas l'invitation du "Cercle de Litha", un dessin à retrouver en version A4 et carte postale!
https://ysae-illustrations.fr/produit/le-cercle-de-litha-dessin-numerique-imprime/
Holiday to the Orkney islands with ma and pa. Very windy, wet, and cold. At times like filling in a bingo card of archaeological sites. But a beautiful part of the world I’d never otherwise see, and time well spent with my parents.
#Orkney #standingStones #Scotland #travel
#Orkney #standingStones #Scotland #travel
#standingstones #Aberdeen #Aberdeenshire #Scotland 2,000 BC Easter Aquhorthies recumbent stone circle
#StandingStoneSunday friends, here are four shots from Wiltshire’s #Avebury. A couple of the line of standing stones. One of a sign with a map of the village and the stones. And another of the banks and ditches. I always enjoy seeing everyone else’s photos on a #StandingStoneSunday #standingstones #neolithic #england
Changeable weather at Broomend of Crichie complex near Inverurie for today's #StandingStoneSunday
A Neolithic henge (a circular earthwork with an external ditch) contains the remains of a stone circle. Two stones remain, the third is a carved Pictish symbol stone that was moved into the site later. There is also an avenue and various outlying stones.
Visited April 2012.
Strangehollow is a vast enchanted place, you will find ancient standing stones on the outskirts, however this means you will also find fairies, which, like most things you'll find there, are not harmless. Savage Strangehollow - launches later this year! #watercolour #standingstones #painting #art
At Metheral Stone Circle, recently rediscovered last year by Alan Endacott. Most of the stones are hidden in the grass and peat of Taw Marsh, but the setting between Metheral Hill and Oke Tor, overlooked by Steeperton Tor is striking. I hadn't visited this valley before, so it was good to explore new ground.
Printed colour postcard showing The Four Stones at Clent Hills in Worcestershire, a folly constructed in c.1750. Published by John Price & Sons, Bilston. Not numbered. Postally unused, but is c.1910.