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Not quite #StandingStoneSunday but it’s a broad church, so here are a couple of photographs of the tumulus de Colombiers-sur-Seulles, the oldest surviving stone monument in the Calvados region of Normandy. It dates from about 4,000 BCE. The whole site has a very tranquil setting.
The first image shows the entrance into the funerary chamber which is about 2.5 metres wide and has 6 remaining orthostats or upright stones. Charred and broken bones were found in this chamber on excavation.
The second image is a wider shot showing the whole of the long barrow itself, which is impressive at about 60 metres in length, and about 18 metres wide at the eastern end and about 9 metres wide at the western end, nearest the foreground of the photograph. At this western end, there are two "blocking" stones which might suggest another chamber here, with its entrance here.
(📷 by me on 23 August 2026)
#Tumulus #LongBarrow #StandingStones #Megalithic #ColombiersSurSeulles #Calvados #Normandy #Normandie
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Sunrise | Solstice
On top of the hills on the right of the picture are the Carrowkeel Neolithic tombs. Older than the pyramids, some of the passage graves illuminate at the summer solstice, unlike Newgrange which is aligned to the winter solstice. I love the fact that 5000+ years ago our ancestors were so attuned to the turning of the cycle of the year. Looking forward to the grand stretch in the evenings now…
#photography #landscape #sligo #ireland #carrowkeel #sunrise #neolithic #megalithic
