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Standing Stones in Riverside Park

Published 3 months ago by Don McClane

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A solstice calendar made from slabs of limestone by artist Steve Murillo, photographed after a heavy snow during the snowiest month on record in Wichita.

Lanyon Quoit - under the capstone

Published 11 months ago by Roy Reed

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Lanyon Quoit in West Penwith, Cornwall is the remains of the burial chamber of a Neolithic long barrow. The capstone - which weighs abou...(more)

Lanyon Quoit

Published 11 months ago by Roy Reed

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Lanyon Quoit in West Penwith, Cornwall is the remains of the burial chamber of a Neolithic long barrow. The capstone - which weighs about 13 ton...(more)

Mên-an-Tol

Published 11 months ago by Roy Reed

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Mên-an-Tol (meaning 'holed stone') is thought to be part of the remains of a Bronze Age stone circle or possibly the entrance to a now vanished to...(more)

The Hurlers Stone Circle

Published over 1 year ago by Roy Reed

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The Hurlers is a group of stone circles on the eastern edge of Bodmin Moor, near the village of Minions. The name derives from the le...(more)

Menhir-Pierre-au-Coq

Published over 2 years ago by Renaud Toussaint

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Menhir: neolithic, or megalithic (stone age) standing stone. Named "Pierre-au-Coq", the Cock's stone. This region used to be a tool production ce...(more)

Appiehouse, Stenness, Orkney

Published over 2 years ago by John Leith

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This location is on private property but the owners don't mind people walking through. Scotland has no law of trespas so you are...(more)

Grimeston Standing Stone, Harray, Orkney

Published over 2 years ago by John Leith

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At the top of the Grimeston road there is a standing stone which I know very little about and by asking questions of v...(more)

Deepdale Stone, Stenness, Orkney

Published about 3 years ago by John Leith

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The deepdale stone is a neolithic standing stone set on its own alongside the Stenness Loch. The reason for this stone being e...(more)

Maeshowe, Stenness, Orkney

Published about 3 years ago by John Leith

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Maeshowe is part of the world heritage site "Heart of Neolithic Orkney", the other sites are The Standing Stones of Stenness, The Ring of Brodgar and Skara Brae.