*MEGALITHOMANIA*
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The Callanish Stones are an arrangement of standing stones placed in a cruciform pattern with a central stone circle. They were erected in the late Neolithic era, and were a focus for ritual activity during the Bronze Age. They are near the village of Callanish (Gaelic: Calanais) on the west coast of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
My favourite of the Callanish Standing Stones (with one of it's friends) which have stood for about 5000 years. Isle of Lewis, Scotland
a short trip to the northern province of Drenthe.
Here it ends; these three images are the last upload in this series....
Since my company is going virtual, I have been making room to bring office paraphernalia to my home office...that means going through old photo albums and boxes of pre-digital images. Huge project, but it has given me the opportunity to revisit places I travel to with my late husband in the '90s and early 2000s - nothing earlier because of the Oakland fire in 1991. It has been fun and poignant. It reminds me of one of the values of photography - memories attach themselves to images.
Explore #340 7/7/20
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A reconstruction of a Neolithic farm-house which doubled as a pottery, based on excavations on a settlement at Blicquy, "Petite Rosière", Hainault, Belgium, dating to 5000-4750 B.C. and one of the oldest found in this region.
At the Archeosite - Aubechies-Beloeil, which both has a museum with many Roman finds and reconstructions of pre-historic housing and Roman buildings which would have been found in this part of the northern Roman empire.
Avebury (/ˈeɪvbri/) is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, in southwest England. One of the best known prehistoric sites in Britain, it contains the largest stone circle in Europe. It is both a tourist attraction and a place of religious importance to contemporary pagans.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avebury
Castlerigg Stone Circle, Nr Keswick, Cumbria (about 3000 BC)
Castlerigg has a solar alignment and is used in solstice celebrations.
www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/castlerigg-stone...
"El tesoro de Guadalperal"monumento megalítico, que en tiempos fue un dolmen con sus correspondientes menhires, ha emergido a la superficie en su totalidad.
El origen del monumento megalítico se remonta a algún momento comprendido entre el milenio III y II a.C., durante la Edad del Bronce, aunque fue alterándose a lo largo de los siglos. Al principio, según los expertos, se erigió un círculo de piedras que harían la función de templo solar, un crómlech como el de Stonehenge aunque de tamaño más reducido. Después, los siguientes pobladores añadieron más menhires y cubrieron el conjunto con lajas horizontales para crear un dolmen.
Además, se concibió un corredor de acceso de 21 metros culminado en la entrada con un menhir con símbolos esculpidos y una serpiente, que supuestamente sería la encargada de custodiar la entrada a la cámara y de proteger sus tesoros. Más tarde se construyó una muralla con guijarros alrededor del dolmen para crear una suerte de enterramiento colectivo.
Este verano al bajar el nivel del agua del embalse de Valdecañas, ha emergido en todo su esplendor. Si no se ponen medios, el agua volverá a cubrirlo y los daños serán, con el tiempo, irreversibles.
"The treasure of Guadalperal" megalithic monument, which was once a dolmen with its corresponding menhirs, has emerged to the surface in its entirety. The origin of the megalithic monument dates back to some time between the millennium III and II BC, during the Bronze Age, although it was altered over the centuries. At first, according to experts, a circle of stones was erected that would serve as the solar temple, a crlech like that of Stonehenge although smaller in size. Then, the following settlers added more menhirs and covered the set with horizontal slabs to create a dolmen. In addition, a 21-meter access corridor was conceived culminating at the entrance with a menhir with sculpted symbols and a snake, which was supposed to be in charge of guarding the entrance to the chamber and protecting its treasures. Later a wall with pebbles was built around the dolmen to create a kind of collective burial. This summer, when the water level of the Valdecañas reservoir has dropped, it has emerged in all its splendor. If no means will be put in, the water will cover it again and the damage will eventually be irreversible.
This is part of the Ring of Brodgar.
The Ring Of Brodgar is on the largest of the Orkney islands, Mainland. It was built around 2500 - 2000 BC and is the third largest stone circle in the British Isles. It originally had something in the region of 60 stones. There are fewer than 30 there now. The larger stones are taller than an average person, maybe double the height. This place has World Heritage status as part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney.