standing stones
  • History , Latest Feature , Megalithic sites

A folk tale, a battlefield, and a witch’s leap

July 19, 2020
A vivid tale is woven around these standing stones at Carse in Knapdale
  • History , Latest Feature , Megalithic sites

Diarmuid and Grainne: a boar hunt and a tragic love story in Glen Lonan

November 22, 2019
Old legends lie soft as cobwebs across this landscape of cairns and standing stones
  • Churches, abbeys and chapels , History

The island of Gigha

May 12, 2019
Memories of Viking longships haunt this tiny island of windswept sandy bays and cryptic stones
  • History

A morning in Kilmartin Glen

March 17, 2018
A quiet walk around some of my favourite places - Nether Largie and Temple Wood
  • History , Megalithic sites

Standing stone near Loch Ederline

July 27, 2017
Checking fields at random around Kilmartin Glen will reveal any number of cairns and standing stones. This one, right …
  • History , Megalithic sites

The Ballymeanoch stones, Kilmartin Glen

March 13, 2016
Clad in silvery garlands of lichen, these stones have been casting long shadows in Kilmartin Glen for thousands of years …
  • History , Megalithic sites

The Tuilyies stones

October 25, 2015
A windswept shore, standing stones and a blasted oak… it sounds like one of Emily Bronte's dreams!
  • History , Megalithic sites

The Devil’s Arrows: shafts of darkness

August 12, 2015
The people who put up these standing stones in North Yorkshire were obviously thinking big - but what on earth …
  • History , Megalithic sites

Croft Moraig: circle of light

January 08, 2015
Right by the roadside near Kenmore in Perthshire is this wonderful stone circle - and some of its best friends …
  • History , Megalithic sites

Kintraw’s lonely watcher

June 19, 2014
Marking the midsummer sunset, this ancient monolith stands guard over two burial mounds high above Loch Craignish in Argyll
  • History , Megalithic sites

The stone circles of Fortingall

May 11, 2014
Stirred by recent human activity, these ancient circles present an enduring puzzle. Sometimes it really is better to leave …
  • History , Megalithic sites

Nether Largie: secrets in stone

October 02, 2013
Neither a circle nor a row, the arrangement of stones at Nether Largie in Argyll is puzzling in the extreme. …
  • History , Megalithic sites

Clach na Carraig or Diarmid’s Pillar

March 02, 2012
In Glen Lonan, Argyll, an impressive standing stone is said to mark the grave of a legendary Irish hero.
  • History , Megalithic sites

Callanish: a ring to rule them all

January 06, 2012
On a wind-scoured hillside in the west of Lewis, nothing prepares you for the stark magnificence of Callanish...
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