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Art as Metaphor: The Prehistoric Rock-art of Britain

Art as Metaphor: The Prehistoric Rock-art of Britain

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Argyll and Isle of Mull

Cladh Aindreis
Cladh Aindreis - PID:175288
Added Dec 22 2017 by SumDoood
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From the info board at the roadside.
Dunagoil
Dunagoil - PID:149258
Added May 18 2016 by SumDoood
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Viewed from the SW. My intention here is to try to put across the imposing...
Dunagoil
Dunagoil - PID:149259
Added May 18 2016 by SumDoood
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Viewed from the NW. My intention here is to try to put across the imposing...
Dunagoil
Dunagoil - PID:149260
Added May 18 2016 by SumDoood
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At, or on, the highest point are three lines which converge in a style and...
Greadal Fhinn
Greadal Fhinn - PID:175311
Added Dec 22 2017 by SumDoood
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I didn't go any closer. This view is from the east while leaving Kilchoan by...
St. Ninian's Bay
St. Ninian's Bay - PID:149493
Added May 21 2016 by SumDoood
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I haven't yet visited this site, but took these from the road thinking that...
St. Ninian's Bay
St. Ninian's Bay - PID:149494
Added May 21 2016 by SumDoood
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The stones would be, I reckon, about 4/10 in from the right, and roughly in...

Caithness and Sutherland

Buldoo
Buldoo - PID:136664
Added Aug 23 2015 by SumDoood
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This low-ish stone is by the field boundary and almost exactly due east of the...
Buldoo
Buldoo - PID:136669
Added Aug 23 2015 by SumDoood
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Near to the lowest corner of the same field is apparently a standing stone in...
Cnoc An Daimh
Cnoc An Daimh - PID:206360
Added Dec 28 2019 by SumDoood
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From the NW.
Cnoc An Daimh
Cnoc An Daimh - PID:206362
Added Dec 28 2019 by SumDoood
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From the W.
Cnoc An Daimh
Cnoc An Daimh - PID:206363
Added Dec 28 2019 by SumDoood
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From the W.
Cnoc An Daimh
Cnoc An Daimh - PID:206387
Added Dec 29 2019 by SumDoood
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From the NW
Cnoc An Daimh
Cnoc An Daimh - PID:206388
Added Dec 29 2019 by SumDoood
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The chamber, 2 uprights evident of the far side. In the distance is part of...
Cnoc An Daimh
Cnoc An Daimh - PID:206389
Added Dec 29 2019 by SumDoood
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Into the polygonal chamber. Next time I'd be tempted to take my gardening...
Cnoc An Daimh
Cnoc An Daimh - PID:206390
Added Dec 29 2019 by SumDoood
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No need for this shot, other than to suggest a place to scatter your ashes.
Cnoc An Daimh
Cnoc An Daimh - PID:206391
Added Dec 29 2019 by SumDoood
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Here you might notice at least an indication of the broad, cleared trench on...
Cnoc An Daimh
Cnoc An Daimh - PID:206392
Added Dec 29 2019 by SumDoood
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Clearly the cairn is built on top of a naturally occurring rock outcrop....
Garrywhin Fort
Garrywhin Fort - PID:136709
Added Aug 24 2015 by SumDoood
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This is an odd place, much smaller than most "forts", not in a particularly...
Kyle of Durness Cairn
Kyle of Durness Cairn - PID:206290
Added Dec 25 2019 by SumDoood
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From the north.
Kyle of Durness Cairn
Kyle of Durness Cairn - PID:206353
Added Dec 27 2019 by SumDoood
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From NE
Kyle of Durness Cairn
Kyle of Durness Cairn - PID:206354
Added Dec 27 2019 by SumDoood
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From the N and aiming to show the broad trench particularly obvious to all but...
Kyle of Durness Cairn
Kyle of Durness Cairn - PID:206355
Added Dec 27 2019 by SumDoood
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The cist / chamber opening fairly choked with ferns / bracken.
Kyle of Durness Cairn
Kyle of Durness Cairn - PID:206356
Added Dec 27 2019 by SumDoood
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Poor view of chamber's interior.
Kyle of Durness Cairn
Kyle of Durness Cairn - PID:206357
Added Dec 27 2019 by SumDoood
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Towards the N.
Kyle of Durness Cairn
Kyle of Durness Cairn - PID:206358
Added Dec 27 2019 by SumDoood
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View to SW showing site in relation to land and water at the inland (S) end of...
Kyle of Durness Cairn
Kyle of Durness Cairn - PID:206359
Added Dec 27 2019 by SumDoood
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Towards centre of cairn with restricted view into chamber.
Latheron Standing Stone
Latheron Standing Stone - PID:136665
Added Aug 23 2015 by SumDoood
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I'm assuming this is rock art. It looks almost like a zip!
Latheron Standing Stone
Latheron Standing Stone - PID:136686
Added Aug 23 2015 by SumDoood
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It seems to me likely that these red stones did not arrive accidentally...
Latheron Standing Stone
Latheron Standing Stone - PID:136687
Added Aug 23 2015 by SumDoood
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Is this rock art? It might almost represent a cloven hoof! It's about head...

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