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100 most recent eGallery Comments View latest 1000  RSS Version of this feed1. TheCaptain: This view only shows the northeastern side of Stackpole Head, and nothing of Mowingword Promontory, which is on the far side of the headland... 2. davidmorgan: This is Aslantaş, not Yılantaş.... 3. Andy B: Thanks for the correction and new photo, appreciated.... 4. Anne T: Nothing remains of the fishing spot detailed in the main site page, which now lies some way from the river. This is the Narva River today. ... 5. Klingon: With reference to the comment on this image 131172, this is an anniversary stone and not the original one.... 6. Klingon: With reference to the comment on this image 131172, this is an anniversary stone and not the original one.... 7. Klingon: With reference to the comment on this image 131172, this is an anniversary stone and not the original one.... 8. Klingon: With reference to the comment on this image 131172, this is an anniversary stone and not the original one.... 9. HamGarn: This is not the Conlig Standing stone, it's a modern stone erected to celebrate the centenary of Clandeboye Golf club. The ancient standing stone stands between the 17th tee and 16th green.... 10. CyberHermit: Thank you. Sorry for the previous mistakes. ... 11. Andy B: Hello, some 'smart' phones report their location as the location of the nearest phone mast and embed this in the photo. I assume that was the case here. We try to filter these out via the published pr... 12. Andy B: All renamed now, thanks for the help. I'll keep this one named as is so it connects to the page about the gate post but have added details in the caption.... 13. GEdge: Thank you. I am delighted you chose the photo... 14. Klingon: The coordinates of the Admin Note are located in the middle of a residential building.... 15. Bladup: I hope you had a nice time, I love Pembrokeshire myself (If i wasn't in Cornwall, I would live there) In my opinion all the other photo's on the sitepage are of the small Carn Ferched outcrop, My phot... 16. TheCaptain: I'm just back from a week in Pembrokeshire, and checking places I visited, this cairn being one of them. For this cairn I was expecting to see stones, but i found none. Had I got the wrong place? I c... 17. w650marion: I agree, we also love to visit old churches, and leave a small offering to the spirits there. It's like the pleasures of visiting stones, burial cairns and tombs. I was reading about walking pilgrimag... 18. Anne T: Hi Paul, many thanks for the comment. To a very large extent, I do agree with you. It was so very frustrating travelling all that way and not being able to get in, especially as it was the third chu... 19. Bladup: Looking at this photo all these years later i believe this is in fact a photo of the smaller (than the henge/massive disc barrow) ring ditch which was found just to the NW of the henge/massive disc ba... 20. Bladup: Looking at this photo all these years later i believe this is in fact a photo of the smaller (than the henge/massive disc barrow) ring ditch which was found just to the NW of the henge/massive disc ba... 21. Bladup: Looking at this photo all these years later i believe this is in fact a photo of the smaller (than the henge/massive disc barrow) ring ditch which was found just to the NW of the henge/massive disc ba... 22. Bladup: Looking at this photo all these years later i believe this is in fact a photo of the smaller (than the henge/massive disc barrow) ring ditch which was found just to the NW of the henge/massive disc ba... 23. Bladup: Looking at this photo all these years later i believe this is in fact a photo of the smaller (than the henge/massive disc barrow) ring ditch which was found just to the NW of the henge/massive disc ba... 24. Bladup: The site of the little henge (if it is one) is at the map ref on the sitepage, It's just into the next field to the left of the Battle Stone (with what look like sheep in it)... 25. Andy B: Lovely! I have put on our front page. Welcome and thanks for the photos.... 26. Andy B: Lovely! I have put on our front page. Welcome and thanks for the photos.... 27. Bladup: Any church been locked is against everything christianity is meant to stand for (If it ever stood for anything!), The old church in Gwithian is open for anyone 24/7 (as they all should be), It often h... 28. Bladup: This is a photo of the Gors Fawr outliers - http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=6396 (Carn Menyn is visible in t... 29. peulven: Bonjour Nicole ! c'est seulement aujourd'hui (10/09) que je découvre votre msge, désolé. Ce menhir de Talvé n'est pas facile à trouver : c'est pendant ma visite au menhir couché connu comme "Ta... 30. E85jay: Need to let people see it ,, Its amazing should be a tourist attraction ... 31. E85jay: I would love to visit ... 32. Horatio: excellent!... 33. Martin_L: Great photograph, what a spectacular view. ... 34. Martin_L: Thank you so much for making the effort to get a decent image despite the obstacles. I dared to create an enhanced version: ... 35. Anne T: Coflein records this stone as NPRN 305181, standing stone, with a burnt mound 30m to the west. Because of its location, stock will undoubtedly taken advantage of it to use as a rubbing stone, too.... 36. Rich32: The stone to the left has recently been recorded as the ‘Deer Stone’ by archaeologist Professor George Nash and his team. They suggest the groove visible here towards the upper left is the back of... 37. Anne T: Just to note that the Coflein entry for this stone places it "just south of Mathry 2" - an identical stone just a few metres away, also built into the churchyard wall. Having plotted the grid referen... 38. Shane94: ... 39. cerrig: The geologists are Alan Bowring (kneeling) and Martin Laverty.... 40. AngieLake: I came here to say how sad and shocking it is that the holy well cave has been buried by the cliff fall (I did wonder if anyone was visiting at the time like I did in the early 2000s .. !) It's also ... 41. Bladup: Thanks Martyn... 42. TheCaptain: Some excellent pictures Paul... 43. Bladup: Bless it, hit by a tree but thankfully still intact. It doesn't look like much of the stone was in the ground! I hope they get it back up soon.... 44. PAB: Hi Horatio.....we spent a few days recently in our van on the small field alongside Carreg Samson, and watched the almost continuous line of visitors....most of whom described two circles walking roun... 45. Andy B: Apparently someone on Facebook said it fell over when it was hit by a tree in the recent storms, more as we find it.... 46. calluna: Brilliant image of this fascinating stone... 47. Anne T: Hello, Koten, many thanks for your comments and the additional information, especially about the location of the stone and possible re-use over the ages- that's really interesting, and much appreciate... 48. nickshoot: I do admire the creative mind behind this image, clever!... 49. Anne T: This image was originally submitted to the Misgaun Meva Stone site page by thelaoiscyclist, but matches the Rath Cruachan mound, so I've transferred it over to this site page. Any issues, please post ... 50. Bladup: Cheers Lee, I like groovy, It must have have been that early 70's magic roundabout wallpaper i had rubbing off on me (and certainly not other stuff!!!)... 51. Horatio: Nice one Paul I love how you make the stones look so groovy! ... 52. Bladup: Cheers Andy, It's a pleasure... 53. Andy B: Beautiful, thanks for sharing!... 54. Bladup: This is a modern stone circle so i can categorically state that it has nothing to do with the 'ancient mining' (by giants???) of anything, Out of all the ancient sites on this website it did make me c... 55. Jeffroutson: I am pretty certain the hole in the stone was used to drag the stone in the stone circle, which I contend is an ancient mining Arrostra, as for most, if not all stone circles were used for. They were ... 56. Jeffroutson: These stone circle sites were mining “ arrostras “, where the stones were dragged in the circle around and around to release the ore. Please google image search mining arrostras, and YouTube video... 57. Jeffroutson: I have researched these sites, it wasn’t until I learned about mining arrostras in the American west that the Spaniards brought to the Americas. These stone circles are left over mining arrostras fr... 58. Anne T: Andreas has included a detailed description in his Wikipedia photo entry, which reads: " Shrine in form of a wooden church close to the round tower, considered by Michael Moore as possibly the... 59. AngieLake: :-D :-D ... 60. cerrig: Nice. It's easy to imagine being here. Well captured.... 61. Bladup: After visiting this site i noticed that a dark patch in the grass joined up the enclosure at it's open southern end and after looking again at this lidar image i can see a remaining slight ploughed ba... 62. Anne T: The shape of this stone reminds me of the Anglo Saxon Cross Bases in England, except the hole is circular rather than round. As these stones are usually to be found near to early Christian sites of w... 63. Bladup: Thanks for the reply, I was only been light hearted (hence the winking face), with the "Get off my land" farmers there seems a strong correlation between posh landowners directly linked to the land ga... 64. SpaceTravellor: I hold the round Cup Marks in generally to depict stars and starry conditions. - Making rows of stars as on this image, depict very logically the outstretch starry band of the Milky Way contou... 65. drolaf: point taken, and i think he felt the same. (i shouldn't have said 'his'). i have found many landowners with a good attitude-maybe things are different up north and in scotland, where right to roam is... 66. drolaf: they are about kiddy height! i'm not sure many people visit it, or even notice it walking by! ... 67. cerrig: I might have Angie, although i find Anglo Saxon works really well for me. At least I had good company to compensate.... 68. Andy B: Hello, yes that was a Geograph thing where they are obsessed with photographing things by grid squares. Edited out, thanks!... 69. AngieLake: Great photo Cerrig. So sorry you failed successfully! Did you swear in Welsh at the cloud?... 70. Koten: There are, what appear to be, cup marks on this stone on the southern face (socket hole side) as well as on the exposed top. On the top the cup marks are joined by channels. The piece of tooled... 71. cerrig: Hi BeddYBrodau, it was mostly a happy accident. I intended to film star trails without realising the stone was actually a horizontal sundial, but here it is.... 72. Anne T: The National Museum of Ireland records this stone in their collection as ... 73. theSongofFfraed: Wonderful drawing. Great photo of a remarkable place. Thank you.... 74. Anne T: Google translation of Javier's text: Altar located in the east apse of the tomb dedicated to ceremonies for the dead, whose remains were placed in the building’s crypt.... 75. Anne T: Google translation of Javier's text: The current state of this impressive legacy is, for me, a true uncertainty and unknown. From what I’ve been reading in the past few days, it is in complet... 76. Anne T: Google translation of Javier's text: The building was converted in the Visigothic era into a Christian place of worship, thereby losing its function as a tomb. Its crypt will be adapted for the celebr... 77. Anne T: Google translation of Janier's text: The new occupants will erase any trace of the previous Roman period, including any mosaics that might have existed. Instead, they will prepare the inside of the cr... 78. Anne T: Google translation of Javier's text above: I want to dedicate this photograph to my great friend from Flickr, José A. Ferndez, a person who knows how to see the detail through his eyes and capture it... 79. Anne T: Google translation of Javier's text above: Access to the Ermita building is through a large entrance topped with a big arch. Although the original access disappeared due to later remodeling. Ma... 80. Anne T: Google translation of Javier's text above: The Mausoleum of Llanes, for which procedures were started to have it classified as a B.I.C., is located between the areas of Priego and Albenda, in the prov... 81. Anne T: Google translation of Javier's text: In what would be the north apse of the interior of the main floor is located the staircase that goes down to the burial crypt. Mausoleum of Llanes, Priego ... 82. Anne T: Google translation of Javier's text above: Here is another example of a heritage legacy that has survived over time and that the eyes of Andalusians fail to appreciate. Are we aware of its existence?... 83. Anne T: Google translation of Javier's text above: The sanctuary has a unique basilica layout, with a three-nave hall and a chancel divided into the altar, prothesis, and diaconicon. The building will be supp... 84. Anne T: Google translation of Javier's text above: These are some of the few examples of this type of hermitage that can be found in the south of the peninsula and one of the most important Visigothic testimo... 85. Anne T: Google translate of Javier's text above: The sanctuary or hermitage of San Ambrosio was declared a Property of Cultural Interest with the category of monument in 2004. Sanctuary of San Ambrosio... 86. Anne T: Google translation of Javier's text: But the foundations of what used to be its dependent necropolis will be reused in the 7th century to build this marvelous early Christian chapel. Its founding is a... 87. Anne T: Google translate of the Spanish text: Built in the 7th century, this is a Paleochristian hermitage. Its foundation is attributed to the bishop of Asidonia, Pimenio, in the year 644 AD. The sanctuary h... 88. Bladup: Yes, It was amazing and not to busy either, Apart from the two of us everyone who was there is in the photo... 89. TheCaptain: A nice place to be for it... 90. ROO: This is fabulous! I doff my cap to any person who can look at something and then draw it. Especially as I find it difficult to draw a straight line! As opposed to someone {ME!}, who would happily take... 91. CONDERTON: I will still CONDERTON. ... 92. CONDERTON: still I have see as we are in Scotland. ... 93. CONDERTON: Wish I was CONDERTON but have moved.... 94. Bladup: This site is to be found at SN08703318... 95. golux: The comment above from enorm seems to have landed on the wrong page, it does not refer to the stone pictured here. The description of a stone with a circular ogham inscription must refer to one of the... 96. jonm: Thanks Horatio. Always seems to be sunny whenever I go there (except for that time with Andy and Nancy)... 97. Anne T: The link given above gives access to the Parks Canada short gallery of 6 images for this site. Use the arrows to scroll through. ... 98. Andy B: Great! Matt will be pleased. Looking forward to seeing them myself.... 99. Klingon: It really does look a lot like Dowth, but the overhead power line and that rectangular thing in the background on the left just don’t quite fit in.... 100. kozmoplov: non-invasive archeology. :) especially that axe!... |