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Announcing the Megalithic Portal photo competiton winners for April 2011

Submitted by Andy B on Friday, 26 August 2011  Page Views: 4757

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Ballard Longstone
Ballard Longstone submitted by Dmull : The Longstone at Ballard is situated in a beautiful unspoilt area of South Armagh. The stone is quite small for a megalith bearing the name longstone standing at almost 1 1/2 metres high, but having said that it is quite an attractive shape. (Vote or comment on this photo)
I'm very pleased to announce the winners of our April 2011 photo competition, voted for by you.
1st Prize: Ballard Longstone by Dmull
2nd Prize: Trethevy Quoit by mikeaitch
3rd Prize: Dry Tree Menhir, a photo of an original painting by cazzyjane

View the photos and more Highly Commended entries below.

1st Prize: Ballard Longstone by Dmull


2nd Prize: Trethevy Quoit by mikeaitch


3rd Prize: Dry Tree Menhir, a photo of an original painting by cazzyjane


Photos can be scored for visual, archaeological merit or indeed any other reason you like. Congratulations to all, as well as the kudos of having won out of all those photos, you have all won books from our Online Shop.

Here are some more Highly Commended photos with very good ratings to show as well.

Machu Picchu by SolarMegalith


Oianleku Cromlech Norte by irundarra


Lehnstedt Steingrab 1 by krautrock


Moron Deer Stones by ArnoudTenHaaft


Thanks to everyone who voted and entered. Just as a recap, each month all the photos submitted to the Megalithic Portal have a chance to be voted on by you, the Megalithic Portal visitors and contributors.

There is still some time to vote on the June, July and August competitions. and we will be announcing the results of the May 2011 competition soon.

Feel free to vote or comment on any that particularly catch your eye, either for visual or archaeological merit. A vote from any person will start off the scoring - remember that you are allowed to vote for your own photos once if you would like to put them forward. Equally you do not have to have your photos rated or voted on if you don't want to. Please contact Andy B if you do not want to take part.

More details on the monthly photo competitions are here.

Note: Please keep voting for the best photos in our gallery
Contributor Bio for Andy B: Megalithic Portal Founding Editor.

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Re: Announcing the Megalithic Portal photo competiton winners for April 2011 by Dmull on Saturday, 03 September 2011
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well done to all involved
chuffed to come first with such a high standard :)
thanks all,
DMull
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Re: Announcing the Megalithic Portal photo competiton winners for April 2011 by MikeAitch on Saturday, 27 August 2011
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Congratulations DMull such a beautiful atmospheric dreamlike shot :)
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Re: Announcing the Megalithic Portal photo competiton winners for April 2011 by TheCaptain on Saturday, 27 August 2011
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A very worthy winner
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Re: Announcing the Megalithic Portal photo competiton winners for April 2011 by Runemage on Friday, 26 August 2011
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Congratulations to everyone, another fantastic selection of images to inspire the rest of us to grab our cameras and have a go.
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