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Visited Stoney Littleton Long Barrow (3,500BC) in May last year, between Bath and Frome, in Somerset, UK, a beautifully quiet setting, this is the left wall just inside the entrance. Just been looking through photos and saw this one....just liked the old stone textures.....hope you do too!!
Handheld, Hisy remote, edited in Snapseed.
Standard handheld iPhone panorama of Silbury Hill, part of the Avebury complex. It was quite windy when I took the pano. and as a result the weeds are all broken up and also can be seen twice if you can work it out. Silbury Hill is the tallest prehistoric man-made mound in Europe and one of the world's largest. Massaged in Snapseed on iPad Pro.
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Grey Wethers Stone Circles, Dartmoor, Devon, UK. Really is worth a visit, it's quite a walk from the nearest car park, but such an amazing location, only cattle, ponies, sheep and a lone kestrel hunting for what seems to be miles around. Handheld, Zeiss ExoLens (Wide-Angle), Shoulderpod S1, Hisy remote, tickled in 'Photos' on iMac, and Snapseed on iPad Pro. Grey Wethers Stone Circles consists of two stone circles next to each other, the second can just be seen behind the first.
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I was very lucky and managed to spend some time aimlessly wandering around Avebury Complex, Wiltshire, yesterday. This panorama was taken from the middle of the West Kennet Avenue looking back towards the 3 stone circles at Avebury, and the approaching rain clouds that arrived not 5 minutes later. Handheld iPhone Panorama, edited in Snapseeed on iPad Pro with an Apple Pencil.
Wayland's Smithy, Oxfordshire (situated by the Ridgeway, the oldest road). A Neolithic chambered long barrow (burial chamber) built in two main phases starting over 5,500 years ago.
Tripod, Zeiss ExoLens (Wide-Angle), Hisy remote, tickled in 'Photos' on iMac, then battered and cropped in Snapseed on iPad Pro with a little help from an Apple Pencil. The original image lacked any interest, so after a while I came up with this.....for me it has the feel of an ancient building/temple situated somewhere in the jungles of South America.....rather than Oxfordshire.
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Trethevy Quoit, Cornwall. A Neolithic burial chamber, originally covered from view by a mound. Handheld, Zeiss ExoLens (Wide-Angle), Shoulderpod S1, Hisy remote, tweaked in Snapseed on iPad Pro.
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Mên-an-Tol (The holed stone), Cornwall, exact age unsure, probably Neolithic, possibly Bronze Age, either way a great place to visiit and spend some time....taken with a not quite so ancient Pentax K10 SLR with Pentax SMC DA 16-45mm, Snapseed on iPad Pro.
The Hurlers Stone Circles, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, taken at sunset with the last light of the day....(no moon light) Zeiss ExoLens (Wide-Angle), small tripod, Hisy remote. Mystically built in 'Photos' on iMac and Snapseed on iPad Air.
Grey Wethers Stone Circles, Dartmoor, Devon, UK. Handheld with the phone attached to the Manfrotto Tripod which was fully extended and held above my head as far as possible, not the easiest of shots....must've taken 10-20 shots before I got somewhere. Really is worth a visit but it is quite a walk from the nearest car park. Zeiss ExoLens (Wide-Angle), Shoulderpod S2, Hisy remote, tickled in 'Photos' on iMac, and Snapseed on iPad Pro. Grey Wethers Stone Circles consists of two stone circles next to each other, the second can just be seen behind the first.
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The group of trees at the top of Minninglow Hill catching the early morning sun. Within the group of trees crowning the hill are a Neolithic chambered tomb and two Bronze Age bowl barrows.
Mên-an-Tol (The holed stone), Cornwall, exact age unsure, probably Neolithic, possibly Bronze Age, either way a great place to visiit and spend some time....taken with a not quite so ancient iPhone 6s Plus with Zeiss ExoLens (Wide Angle), Shoulderpod S1, Hisy Remote, Snapseed on iPad Pro.
West Kennet Long Barrow, with the top of Silbury Hill just visible on the right h/s horizon, part of the Avebury complex, this has to be my favourite place on our incredible planet.....handheld, Zeiss ExoLens, cropped and battered in Snapseed on iPad Pro
Maen Ceti Burial Chamber, Arthur's Stone, Cefn Bryn, Gower, Wales. Small Tripod, Hisy remote, Zeiss ExoLens (Wide-Angle), religiously tickled in Snapseed on iPhone.
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The Hurlers Stone Circles, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. Mini Tripod, Zeiss ExoLens (Wide-Angle), Hisy remote, mysteriously caressed in Snapseed on iPhone.
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The first time I visited 'The Hurlers Stone Circles in Cornwall I didn't get a chance to visit this pair of stones situated about a 100m from the circles themselves.....but thankfully this time I did....slowly putting the pieces together.......Cornwall is a truly fascinating place as far as Neolithic remains are concerned....good job it's such a barren (but no less beautiful) place.....only good for grazing cattle and roaming ponies, hence the reason there's so much evidence of our ancestors work and possible belief systems. Just love it!!!! Small tripod, Zeiss ExoLens (Wide-Angle), Shoulderpod S1, Hisy remote, Snapseed on iPad Pro.
A wonderful stone circle indeed....the Merry Maidens Stone Circle, Cornwall, saw a beautiful sunset from here.
I mounted the iPhone onto the monopod to gain some height to the shot.
Manfrotto Monopod, Shoulderpod S1, Zeiss ExoLens (Wide Angle), Hisy remote, edited in Snapseed on iPad Pro with a little help from an Apple Pencil.
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Skara Brae is a well preserved neolithic site on the shoreline of the Bay of Skaill, Orkney, Scotland that was revealed during a massive storm in 1850. The site is a UNESCO World Heritage site that dates back to 3200 BC and is the best preserved Neolithic site in Europe. Note the stone hearth in the centre and stone-build storage cupboards, seats and bedding areas. It has been called the Scottish Pompeii because of evidence that it was rapidly abandoned ~2500, possibly in another destructive storm.
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Mên-an-Tol (The holed stone), Cornwall, exact age unsure, probably Neolithic, possibly Bronze Age, either way a great place to visiit and spend some time....Sara is in the background in this image (far right handside) doing a pencil drawing. Taken with a not quite so ancient iPhone 6s Plus with Zeiss ExoLens (Wide Angle), Shoulderpod S1, Hisy Remote, Snapseed on iPad Pro.
Gerasa Governorate/Jordan (The Arch of Hadrian is an ancient Roman structure 11-metre high triple-arched gateway erected to honor the visit of Roman Emperor Hadrian to the city (then called Gerasa) in the winter of 129–130. The arch originally stood to almost 22 m and probably had wooden doors. It features some unconventional, possibly Nabataean, architectural features, such as acanthus bases. The columns are decorated with capitals at the bottom rather than the top. .
Each face of the arch has four engaged columns standing on pedestals and bases. Each pedestal is 2.20 meters high, 2.25 meters wide and 1.20 meters deep. The base of each column is topped by a row of acanthus leaves.
There are three vaulted passageways on the lower level and each of these is flanked by two columns with Corinthian capitals.The two flanked archways are topped with niches. Each niche is on top of a small entablature, which stands on two pilasters crowned with capitals.
The arch was crowned with an attic, which might have held a dedicatory inscription. The lower part of the attic was decorated with a frieze of acanthus leaves and the central part was crowned with a triangular cornice...)
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The Mistress of the Universe accompanied by a hundred billion stars (her daughters, known as 'Lifebearers').......this is a standard iPhone shot of the plan of 'The Sanctuary' taken from the sign at the site. 'The Sanctuary', nr. Avebury, Wiltshire, is roughly 5,000 years old, it was a construction using both wood and stone rings (possibly even a building formed from the wooden posts) roughly the size of Stonehenge, it was one of the most important elements of the Avebury complex, it lies at the terminal point of the West Kennet Avenue, which in turn starts from the Rings at Avebury.
Religiously battered in Snapseed on iPad Air and then battered some more on iPad Pro, also finally tickled in 'Photos' on iMac.
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I was very lucky today and managed to spend some time aimlessly wandering around Avebury Stone Circle, Wiltshire. This photo was taken on the outer bank within a small group of trees that have, long since construction, made their home there. Some visitors leave 'gifts' to Mother Earth etc., one is seen at the base of the left hand tree. Also lots of engraving on the trees left by people in the past....top right. The whole scene reminds me very much of JRR Tolkiens' Lothlorien. Zeiss ExoLens (Wide-Angle) lens, Hisy remote, Manfrotto monopod. Editing.....pretty much battered in Snapseed on iPad Pro with a little help from an Apple Pencil.
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Taken from Wittenham Clumps, South Oxfordshire, on New Year's Day 2007
This is an ancient hill fort site in Oxfordshire with evidence of Bronze Age and Neolithic activity. Wittenham Clumps are the oldest known stands of planted hilltop beeches in England. A mystical place which rises 400 feet above the surrounding landscape with a panoramic view of Oxfordshire across to the Berkshire Downs.
Consisting of eight clustered houses, it was occupied from roughly 3180 BC to about 2500 BC and is Europe's most complete Neolithic village. Older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids, it has been called the "Scottish Pompeii"
because of its excellent preservation.
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Djerdap National Park: Day 3
Neolithic site on a hill above Danube and Lepenski Vir (Koso brdo) found by Dusan Borić (Cambridge) and his team, north-eastern Serbia.
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Djerdap National Park: Day 3
In the middle of the day on Koso brdo, above Danube, between Donji Milanovac and Lepenski Vir, north-eastern Serbia.
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Consisting of eight clustered houses, it was occupied from roughly 3180 BC to about 2500 BC and is Europe's most complete Neolithic village. Older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids, it has been called the "Scottish Pompeii" because of its excellent preservation.
Consisting of eight clustered houses, it was occupied from roughly 3180 BC to about 2500 BC and is Europe's most complete Neolithic village. Older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids, it has been called the "Scottish Pompeii" because of its excellent preservation.
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Just over a kilometre across the causeway is the Ring of Brodgar and about 150 metres behind where I'm standing are the Standing Stones of Stenness.
Behind the farmhouse at the causeway end is the newest archaeological find, the "Ness of Brogdar".
To the left is Loch of Stenness and to the right, Loch of Harray.
Consisting of eight clustered houses, it was occupied from roughly 3180 BC to about 2500 BC and is Europe's most complete Neolithic village. Older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids, it has been called the "Scottish Pompeii" because of its excellent preservation.
A reconstruction of Bulford Henges by Illustrator Jennie Anderson.
At this site, Wessex Archaeology discovered important archaeological remains including Neolithic pits, an Anglo-Saxon cemetery and 20th-century military features. The most dominant features on the site were two adjacent ring ditches. At first glance they appeared to be the ditches of two adjoined Early Bronze Age round barrows, but closer inspection of aerial drone imagery suggests that they had a more complex history with earlier, Neolithic, origins. The ring-ditches have been preserved and have been protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. More information about Wessex Archaeology’s work on this site can be found at: www.wessexarch.co.uk/our-work/bulford
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A rather beautiful monument (or monuments), I think. When Julian Cope visited here in the 1990s, he could still see the lake a few hundred yards away and in The Modern Antiquarian commented on the light shining off it. In 2021, though, bushes and small trees have grown up, obscuring it.
A Stone Circle on the Isle of Man from c. 3500 BC.
It consists of 12 burial chambers placed in a ring, with 6 entrance passages leading into each pair of chambers. Sherds of ornate pottery, charred bones, flint tools and white quartz pebbles have been found in burial chambers.
It is located on Mull Hill, above Cregneash in the Parish of Rushen in the Isle of Man, overlooking Port Erin and Milner's Tower beyond.
This image was taken in the 2000s by John Hall. It was commissioned by Culture Vannin as a part of a set of images of the Isle of Man, taken for use within educational resources.
Culture Vannin exists to promote and support all aspects of culture in the Isle of Man.
Consisting of eight clustered houses, it was occupied from roughly 3180 BC to about 2500 BC and is Europe's most complete Neolithic village. Older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids, it has been called the "Scottish Pompeii" because of its excellent preservation.