#standingstones — Public Fediverse posts

“Signpost your places of interest and see that good maps are available.”

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/09/29/signpost-your-places-of-interest-and-see-that-good-maps-are-available/

“Signpost your places of interest and see that good maps are available.”

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/09/29/signpost-your-places-of-interest-and-see-that-good-maps-are-available/

“Signpost your places of interest and see that good maps are available.”

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/09/29/signpost-your-places-of-interest-and-see-that-good-maps-are-available/

“Signpost your places of interest and see that good maps are available.”

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/09/29/signpost-your-places-of-interest-and-see-that-good-maps-are-available/

The new house seems to have been built in a perfect west-facing alignment.

We hated the dark hallway with the solid front door. We swapped it this week for a similar door with a window at the top.

Behold! The new door casts a cross on photos on the far wall at sunset. The center of the cross seems to fall on the newborn babe in his parents’ arms.

#equinox #standingstones

The new house seems to have been built in a perfect west-facing alignment.

We hated the dark hallway with the solid front door. We swapped it this week for a similar door with a window at the top.

Behold! The new door casts a cross on photos on the far wall at sunset. The center of the cross seems to fall on the newborn babe in his parents’ arms.

#equinox #standingstones

The new house seems to have been built in a perfect west-facing alignment.

We hated the dark hallway with the solid front door. We swapped it this week for a similar door with a window at the top.

Behold! The new door casts a cross on photos on the far wall at sunset. The center of the cross seems to fall on the newborn babe in his parents’ arms.

#equinox #standingstones

The new house seems to have been built in a perfect west-facing alignment.

We hated the dark hallway with the solid front door. We swapped it this week for a similar door with a window at the top.

Behold! The new door casts a cross on photos on the far wall at sunset. The center of the cross seems to fall on the newborn babe in his parents’ arms.

#equinox #standingstones

#1401 Cheryl Straffon (ed) - Meyn Mamvro: Ancient Stones and Sacred Sites in Cornwall - No 49, Autumn 2002. Meyn Mamvro, St Just.

#CherylStraffon #MeynMamvro #EarthMysteries #Archaeology #Cornwall #Kernow #StandingStones #BodminMoor #HolyWells #BookOfTheDay

#1401 Cheryl Straffon (ed) - Meyn Mamvro: Ancient Stones and Sacred Sites in Cornwall - No 49, Autumn 2002. Meyn Mamvro, St Just.

#CherylStraffon #MeynMamvro #EarthMysteries #Archaeology #Cornwall #Kernow #StandingStones #BodminMoor #HolyWells #BookOfTheDay

#1401 Cheryl Straffon (ed) - Meyn Mamvro: Ancient Stones and Sacred Sites in Cornwall - No 49, Autumn 2002. Meyn Mamvro, St Just.

#CherylStraffon #MeynMamvro #EarthMysteries #Archaeology #Cornwall #Kernow #StandingStones #BodminMoor #HolyWells #BookOfTheDay

#1401 Cheryl Straffon (ed) - Meyn Mamvro: Ancient Stones and Sacred Sites in Cornwall - No 49, Autumn 2002. Meyn Mamvro, St Just.

#CherylStraffon #MeynMamvro #EarthMysteries #Archaeology #Cornwall #Kernow #StandingStones #BodminMoor #HolyWells #BookOfTheDay

last few pictures before we move on to the next stage of the journey

these are the rocks and markings that inspired the last few videos

it was raining pretty much all the time so recording shakuhachi outdoors was tricky but i captured some nice moments in a church nearby - you can watch the videos on my IG page...
more coming up soon...

sounding out continues, in search of sacred sites, places of beauty and marvels of sonic architectures...

#rockmarkings #stonecircles #standingstones

last few pictures before we move on to the next stage of the journey

these are the rocks and markings that inspired the last few videos

it was raining pretty much all the time so recording shakuhachi outdoors was tricky but i captured some nice moments in a church nearby - you can watch the videos on my IG page...
more coming up soon...

sounding out continues, in search of sacred sites, places of beauty and marvels of sonic architectures...

#rockmarkings #stonecircles #standingstones

Neolithic ‘Devil’s Arrow’ stones moved 11 miles across Yorkshire #megalithic #neolithic #menhirs #StandingStones https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1143126

Neolithic ‘Devil’s Arrow’ stones moved 11 miles across Yorkshire #megalithic #neolithic #menhirs #StandingStones https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1143126

Neolithic ‘Devil’s Arrow’ stones moved 11 miles across Yorkshire #megalithic #neolithic #menhirs #StandingStones https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1143126

Neolithic ‘Devil’s Arrow’ stones moved 11 miles across Yorkshire #megalithic #neolithic #menhirs #StandingStones https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1143126

It took longer than I thought, perhaps I had lost that wibbly wobbly stuff for some days. 😂
But now I published my thoughts about the weird feelings of #time when we feel overwhelmed. And how to get our timey-wimey stuff back:
https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/6a7c6585-3b32-4168-ba32-ef0e3a7c9364?utm_campaign=steady_sharing_button

Yes, we can debate now if wolves invented #StandingStones by marking and how you find your #tree. 😁

#timeFlies #DrWho #astronomy #culturalHeritage #naturelovers #farming #gardening #seasons #wellbeing #reconnectingWithNature #community #trees

It took longer than I thought, perhaps I had lost that wibbly wobbly stuff for some days. 😂
But now I published my thoughts about the weird feelings of #time when we feel overwhelmed. And how to get our timey-wimey stuff back:
https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/6a7c6585-3b32-4168-ba32-ef0e3a7c9364?utm_campaign=steady_sharing_button

Yes, we can debate now if wolves invented #StandingStones by marking and how you find your #tree. 😁

#timeFlies #DrWho #astronomy #culturalHeritage #naturelovers #farming #gardening #seasons #wellbeing #reconnectingWithNature #community #trees

It took longer than I thought, perhaps I had lost that wibbly wobbly stuff for some days. 😂
But now I published my thoughts about the weird feelings of #time when we feel overwhelmed. And how to get our timey-wimey stuff back:
https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/6a7c6585-3b32-4168-ba32-ef0e3a7c9364?utm_campaign=steady_sharing_button

Yes, we can debate now if wolves invented #StandingStones by marking and how you find your #tree. 😁

#timeFlies #DrWho #astronomy #culturalHeritage #naturelovers #farming #gardening #seasons #wellbeing #reconnectingWithNature #community #trees

It took longer than I thought, perhaps I had lost that wibbly wobbly stuff for some days. 😂
But now I published my thoughts about the weird feelings of #time when we feel overwhelmed. And how to get our timey-wimey stuff back:
https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/6a7c6585-3b32-4168-ba32-ef0e3a7c9364?utm_campaign=steady_sharing_button

Yes, we can debate now if wolves invented #StandingStones by marking and how you find your #tree. 😁

#timeFlies #DrWho #astronomy #culturalHeritage #naturelovers #farming #gardening #seasons #wellbeing #reconnectingWithNature #community #trees

The menhir or standing stone at Merrivale on Dartmoor, Devon. Photo taken on 31 August 2004.

#Merrivale #Dartmoor #Menhirs #StoneCircles #StandingStones #StandingStoneSunday

The menhir or standing stone at Merrivale on Dartmoor, Devon. Photo taken on 31 August 2004.

#Merrivale #Dartmoor #Menhirs #StoneCircles #StandingStones #StandingStoneSunday

The menhir or standing stone at Merrivale on Dartmoor, Devon. Photo taken on 31 August 2004.

#Merrivale #Dartmoor #Menhirs #StoneCircles #StandingStones #StandingStoneSunday

The menhir or standing stone at Merrivale on Dartmoor, Devon. Photo taken on 31 August 2004.

#Merrivale #Dartmoor #Menhirs #StoneCircles #StandingStones #StandingStoneSunday

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

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

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

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

#1373 Ian McNeil Cooke - Standing Stones of the Land's End: An Enquiry Into Their Function. Men-an-Tol Studio, Penzance, 1998, 1st edition.

#IanCooke #MenAnTolStudio #Cornwall #Penwith #Menhirs #StandingStones #Archaeology #BookOfTheDay

#1373 Ian McNeil Cooke - Standing Stones of the Land's End: An Enquiry Into Their Function. Men-an-Tol Studio, Penzance, 1998, 1st edition.

#IanCooke #MenAnTolStudio #Cornwall #Penwith #Menhirs #StandingStones #Archaeology #BookOfTheDay

#1373 Ian McNeil Cooke - Standing Stones of the Land's End: An Enquiry Into Their Function. Men-an-Tol Studio, Penzance, 1998, 1st edition.

#IanCooke #MenAnTolStudio #Cornwall #Penwith #Menhirs #StandingStones #Archaeology #BookOfTheDay

#1373 Ian McNeil Cooke - Standing Stones of the Land's End: An Enquiry Into Their Function. Men-an-Tol Studio, Penzance, 1998, 1st edition.

#IanCooke #MenAnTolStudio #Cornwall #Penwith #Menhirs #StandingStones #Archaeology #BookOfTheDay

New sketch | Moorland stones - Colour Sketch | small one off part of my sketch-a-day project.
Posting every day since 2013

Sketches from only £39.00

👉🏽👉🏽 https://tinyfi.me/KLqd

#2026 #ArtPrint #Colour #drawing #FineArt #gicleé #Hand-drawn #HomeDecor #Horizon #illustration #Moorland #Prehistoric #print #Scene #SeanBriggsArt #sketch #StandingStones #WallArt #Walldecor

New sketch | Moorland stones - Colour Sketch | small one off part of my sketch-a-day project.
Posting every day since 2013

Sketches from only £39.00

👉🏽👉🏽 https://tinyfi.me/KLqd

#2026 #ArtPrint #Colour #drawing #FineArt #gicleé #Hand-drawn #HomeDecor #Horizon #illustration #Moorland #Prehistoric #print #Scene #SeanBriggsArt #sketch #StandingStones #WallArt #Walldecor

New sketch | Moorland stones - Colour Sketch | small one off part of my sketch-a-day project.
Posting every day since 2013

Sketches from only £39.00

👉🏽👉🏽 https://tinyfi.me/KLqd

#2026 #ArtPrint #Colour #drawing #FineArt #gicleé #Hand-drawn #HomeDecor #Horizon #illustration #Moorland #Prehistoric #print #Scene #SeanBriggsArt #sketch #StandingStones #WallArt #Walldecor

#1364 Cheryl Straffon (ed) - Meyn Mamvro: Ancient Stones and Sacred Sites in Cornwall - No 48, Summer 2002. Meyn Mamvro, St Just.

#CherylStraffon #MeynMamvro #EarthMysteries #Archaeology #Cornwall #Kernow #StandingStones #TheLizard #Scilly #BookOfTheDay

#1364 Cheryl Straffon (ed) - Meyn Mamvro: Ancient Stones and Sacred Sites in Cornwall - No 48, Summer 2002. Meyn Mamvro, St Just.

#CherylStraffon #MeynMamvro #EarthMysteries #Archaeology #Cornwall #Kernow #StandingStones #TheLizard #Scilly #BookOfTheDay

#1364 Cheryl Straffon (ed) - Meyn Mamvro: Ancient Stones and Sacred Sites in Cornwall - No 48, Summer 2002. Meyn Mamvro, St Just.

#CherylStraffon #MeynMamvro #EarthMysteries #Archaeology #Cornwall #Kernow #StandingStones #TheLizard #Scilly #BookOfTheDay

#1364 Cheryl Straffon (ed) - Meyn Mamvro: Ancient Stones and Sacred Sites in Cornwall - No 48, Summer 2002. Meyn Mamvro, St Just.

#CherylStraffon #MeynMamvro #EarthMysteries #Archaeology #Cornwall #Kernow #StandingStones #TheLizard #Scilly #BookOfTheDay

The Avenue (leading to) Avebury, Wiltshire
#photography #Avenue #StandingStones #sheep #Avebury #Wlitshire

The Avenue (leading to) Avebury, Wiltshire
#photography #Avenue #StandingStones #sheep #Avebury #Wlitshire

The Avenue (leading to) Avebury, Wiltshire
#photography #Avenue #StandingStones #sheep #Avebury #Wlitshire

The Avenue (leading to) Avebury, Wiltshire
#photography #Avenue #StandingStones #sheep #Avebury #Wlitshire

Les pierres levées (orimbato) de Madagascar notamment très présentes sur les hauts plateaux (en région Merina qui entoure la capitale), étaient généralement des symboles érigés en pleine campagne entre les villages pour marquer les grandes décisions des anciens rois et sceller leur mémoire. L'abolition de la monarchie vit l'identité de ces rois et la nature de ces décisions tomber malgré tout dans l'oubli pour la plupart (David Graeber, Lost People: Magic and the Legacy of Slavery in Madagascar)
Mais les pierres subsistent.

#stones #sacredstones #standingstones #orimbato #madagascar #imerina #hova #graeber #decolonialhistory #petractivism #pierre #pencil #drawing #illustration

Les pierres levées (orimbato) de Madagascar notamment très présentes sur les hauts plateaux (en région Merina qui entoure la capitale), étaient généralement des symboles érigés en pleine campagne entre les villages pour marquer les grandes décisions des anciens rois et sceller leur mémoire. L'abolition de la monarchie vit l'identité de ces rois et la nature de ces décisions tomber malgré tout dans l'oubli pour la plupart (David Graeber, Lost People: Magic and the Legacy of Slavery in Madagascar)
Mais les pierres subsistent.

#stones #sacredstones #standingstones #orimbato #madagascar #imerina #hova #graeber #decolonialhistory #petractivism #pierre #pencil #drawing #illustration

Les pierres levées (orimbato) de Madagascar notamment très présentes sur les hauts plateaux (en région Merina qui entoure la capitale), étaient généralement des symboles érigés en pleine campagne entre les villages pour marquer les grandes décisions des anciens rois et sceller leur mémoire. L'abolition de la monarchie vit l'identité de ces rois et la nature de ces décisions tomber malgré tout dans l'oubli pour la plupart (David Graeber, Lost People: Magic and the Legacy of Slavery in Madagascar)
Mais les pierres subsistent.

#stones #sacredstones #standingstones #orimbato #madagascar #imerina #hova #graeber #decolonialhistory #petractivism #pierre #pencil #drawing #illustration

Les pierres levées (orimbato) de Madagascar notamment très présentes sur les hauts plateaux (en région Merina qui entoure la capitale), étaient généralement des symboles érigés en pleine campagne entre les villages pour marquer les grandes décisions des anciens rois et sceller leur mémoire. L'abolition de la monarchie vit l'identité de ces rois et la nature de ces décisions tomber malgré tout dans l'oubli pour la plupart (David Graeber, Lost People: Magic and the Legacy of Slavery in Madagascar)
Mais les pierres subsistent.

#stones #sacredstones #standingstones #orimbato #madagascar #imerina #hova #graeber #decolonialhistory #petractivism #pierre #pencil #drawing #illustration

Part of the Ring of Brodgar, #Orkney.
It must have been raining. It was about to become a heavy rainstorm and gale.

#StandingStones #Neolithic #LandscapePhotography #TemporaryPictures

Part of the Ring of Brodgar, #Orkney.
It must have been raining. It was about to become a heavy rainstorm and gale.

#StandingStones #Neolithic #LandscapePhotography #TemporaryPictures

Part of the Ring of Brodgar, #Orkney.
It must have been raining. It was about to become a heavy rainstorm and gale.

#StandingStones #Neolithic #LandscapePhotography #TemporaryPictures

Part of the Ring of Brodgar, #Orkney.
It must have been raining. It was about to become a heavy rainstorm and gale.

#StandingStones #Neolithic #LandscapePhotography #TemporaryPictures

Happy Monday, everyone 😊

I posted a new piece on my #blog ... about encounters with the local wildlife (a bit of a change from my usual stuff about #StandingStones and #HolyWells 😁)

It starts like this ...

"I don't really accept that one magpie foretells sorrow, but I'll happily anticipate joy when I see two."

Big thanks to @Devonkiwi and @Glamazon for the photos 💗

#nature #wildlife #spiritanimals #NomadicHearts

https://2ruth.blog/2026/07/12/wild-meetings/

Happy Monday, everyone 😊

I posted a new piece on my #blog ... about encounters with the local wildlife (a bit of a change from my usual stuff about #StandingStones and #HolyWells 😁)

It starts like this ...

"I don't really accept that one magpie foretells sorrow, but I'll happily anticipate joy when I see two."

Big thanks to @Devonkiwi and @Glamazon for the photos 💗

#nature #wildlife #spiritanimals #NomadicHearts

https://2ruth.blog/2026/07/12/wild-meetings/

Happy Monday, everyone 😊

I posted a new piece on my #blog ... about encounters with the local wildlife (a bit of a change from my usual stuff about #StandingStones and #HolyWells 😁)

It starts like this ...

"I don't really accept that one magpie foretells sorrow, but I'll happily anticipate joy when I see two."

Big thanks to @Devonkiwi and @Glamazon for the photos 💗

#nature #wildlife #spiritanimals #NomadicHearts

https://2ruth.blog/2026/07/12/wild-meetings/

Happy Monday, everyone 😊

I posted a new piece on my #blog ... about encounters with the local wildlife (a bit of a change from my usual stuff about #StandingStones and #HolyWells 😁)

It starts like this ...

"I don't really accept that one magpie foretells sorrow, but I'll happily anticipate joy when I see two."

Big thanks to @Devonkiwi and @Glamazon for the photos 💗

#nature #wildlife #spiritanimals #NomadicHearts

https://2ruth.blog/2026/07/12/wild-meetings/

This time, I'm posing next to the Long Stone, near the village of Staunton in the Forest of Dean.

According to folklore, if you prick this stone with a pin at midnight, it will bleed.

I'm not gonna mess with shit like that, though 😅

#standingstones #folklore #ukcountryside #history

I present to you the Bronze Age standing stone, known as Queen's Stone.

Excavated in 1926 by Alfred Watkins (of Ley Lines fame), twice as much lies buried beneath the ground.

It sits alone in a huge bend of the River Wye, near Symonds Yat.

And the strangest thing about it? There appears to be no surviving folklore about this remarkable stone 🤷🏼‍♀️

#standingstones #folklore #ukcountryside #bronzeage #todaysadventure

I present to you the Bronze Age standing stone, known as Queen's Stone.

Excavated in 1926 by Alfred Watkins (of Ley Lines fame), twice as much lies buried beneath the ground.

It sits alone in a huge bend of the River Wye, near Symonds Yat.

And the strangest thing about it? There appears to be no surviving folklore about this remarkable stone 🤷🏼‍♀️

#standingstones #folklore #ukcountryside #bronzeage #todaysadventure #history #landscapephotography #dogsofmastodon