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Megaliths and✨SO MUCH✨more.
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The original stone head is on display in the cloister of Dom cathedral.
📷 Alta-Falisa More: http://www.megalithi...
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Lovely, it’s a great read. Do you visit ancient sites in the UK ever?
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Agreed!
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One of the best, thanks for sharing.
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#StandingStoneSunday You can visit St Gildas' Well at the same time (see previous post), as you park for the holy well and follow the footpath to the chapel. 📷 Ogham More: http://www.megalithi...
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A quartzite standing stone, probably Bronze Age. About 1.6km (1 mile) SE of the source of the River Severn. There was once a forest here which may be marked as Hafren Forest on the OS map but the area near the stone has been cleared . 📷 HarryTwenty More: http://www.megalithi...
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Amazing! And you're sharing the book page there with
@drfrancisyoung.bsky.social
whose book also looks fascinating... www.telegraph.co.uk/books/
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Indeed not, I know it well.
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Fiona @stonelands.bsky.social has more events in the pipeline so potentially yes.
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Definitely - I'm in for the nibbles! See you there if you're going.
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24th June The Farm at Avebury, 18:00
Midsummer evening talk & walk: wine and nibbles, Fiona tells us about her book, then walk in the Avebury landscape. Andy B, Megalithic Portal Ed. will join Fiona at this launch event which includes a signed copy of the book.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stone-land...
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Josh Pollard sums up Stone Lands best: ‘Written with great craft, sensitivity and authority, Fiona Robertson offers a wonderfully evocative, and at times deeply personal and poignant, account of the ancient sites and landscapes of Britain.' 📷 Andy B More: http://www.megalithi...
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I think it's fair to say our book wouldn't have happened without her drive, knowledge and enthusiasm and Fiona has come up with something extraordinary again here. To me Prof.
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One of my favourite sites, thanks for sharing!
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There are many other large stones around it, one of which is 15m in length with 8m below the ground. http://www.megalithi...
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Hello David, we have some answers for you: www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?...
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Also by Cerrig: Summer solstice sunrise at Maen Llia standing stone: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSaZ...
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Photo and original research by our contributor Cerrig. Full details are documented on our site here: www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?...
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9 metres thick and dominates the scenery in the austere moorland of Fforest Fawr. 📷 cerrig More: http://www.megalithi...
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Maen Llia Standing Stone is an elegant and imposing standing stone which is impressively situated in a remote position at the top of the Llia valley, along which it points directly north to south. It is a massive slab of a stone 3.8 metres in height, 2.8 metres across but only 0.
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25 years since the collapse of Silbury Hill - the hole story (groan!) in the new Blackmore Vale magazine:
blackmorevale.net/25-years-since-the-collapse-of-silbury-hill-the-hole-story/
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🏆 CONGRATULATIONS to @louisearchaeology.bsky.social @dah-lab.bsky.social for creating No Stone Left Unturned, a game which re-purposes digitised archival materials from the Avebury Papers Project to create public engagement for archaeological research ⛏️
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5 acres) and is estimated to have taken 18 million working hours to construct. 📷 Pete Glastonbury More: http://www.megalithi...
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until its rediscovery in 2004, making it visible once more. 📷 Houdorf More: http://www.megalithi...
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When the facade was moved forward, the stone was almost hidden, so a hole was created to keep it visible. Initially, the stone was believed lost, prompting a search that yielded no results. Later, a showcase was placed over the hole, leading to the stone's existence being forgotten