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Real Name: Steven Watson
Favourite Ancient Site: The Ring of Brodgar
Your Location: Leeds
Your Occupation: Reconciliation Officer
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Argyll and Isle of Mull

Camus Nan Geall
Camus Nan Geall - PID:17202
Added Oct 19 2005 by swatson
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Sheltered by trees and almost hidden by nettles, the remains of a chambered...
Camus Nan Geall
Camus Nan Geall - PID:17201
Added Oct 19 2005 by swatson
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The beautiful site at Camus Nan Geall. The cairn is hidden under the trees...
Camus Nan Geall cross
Camus Nan Geall cross - PID:17203
Added Oct 19 2005 by swatson
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A short distance from the chambered cairn at Camus Nan Geall is this stone,...
Kildalton Cross
Kildalton Cross - PID:8111
Added Jul 18 2004 by swatson
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Carved from a single piece of epidiorite in the 6th century, this peerless...
Nether Largie Stone Row
Nether Largie Stone Row - PID:34430
Added Oct 25 2007 by swatson
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A standing stone in the Nether Largie complex in the Kilmartin Valley of...
Nether Largie Stone Row
Nether Largie Stone Row - PID:34431
Added Oct 25 2007 by swatson
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The complex of standing stones at Nether Largie in the Kilmartin Valley....
Temple Wood S
Temple Wood S - PID:34432
Added Oct 25 2007 by swatson
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The stone circle at Temple Wood in the Kilmartin Valley. NR836980

Callanish

Callanish I
Callanish I - PID:8911
Added Aug 30 2004 by swatson
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The most difficult thing about taking pictures of these stones is timing the...
Callanish I
Callanish I - PID:8931
Added Aug 30 2004 by swatson
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Dating back to about 1800 BC this site a Callanish consists of a central...
Callanish I
Callanish I - PID:9202
Added Sep 17 2004 by swatson
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I know you have many pictures of this site already but I don't think you can...

Co. Cork

Knocknakilla Megalithic Complex
Knocknakilla Megalithic Complex - PID:10171
Added Oct 23 2004 by swatson
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This impressive site is in the Boggeragh Mountains of Co. Cork. W297 841

Contributors

swatson
swatson - PID:8208
Added Jul 21 2004 by swatson
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Yours truly at Brodgar. Not as old as the stones. (Well, not quite)
swatson
swatson - PID:8304
Added Jul 26 2004 by swatson
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Yours truly

Cumbria

Castlerigg
Castlerigg - PID:21461
Added Jun 20 2006 by swatson
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The Castlerigg Stone Circle in the evening sunshine
Long Meg
Long Meg - PID:21366
Added Jun 17 2006 by swatson
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Long Meg in Cumbria. Close inspection reveals cup and ring markings on the...
Long Meg and Her Daughters
Long Meg and Her Daughters - PID:21367
Added Jun 17 2006 by swatson
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It's an impressively big site and it's not possible to include all the stones...

History

Muness Castle
Muness Castle - PID:10858
Added Dec 04 2004 by swatson
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Muness Castle on the island of Unst, built by Laurence Bruce in 1598 and in...

History: North East

Historic Linton
Historic Linton - PID:9100
Added Sep 09 2004 by swatson
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History Gallery The ancient bridge alongside the ford at historic Linton,...

History: North West

Wast Water
Wast Water - PID:21512
Added Jun 22 2006 by swatson
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A rare treat to see Wast Water in such good weather. One of the few times...

History: Orkney and Shetland

Brough of Birsay Settlement
Brough of Birsay Settlement - PID:8275
Added Jul 25 2004 by swatson
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History Gallery The remains of a Viking monastic settlement on the Brough...
Huxter Water Mills
Huxter Water Mills - PID:8273
Added Jul 25 2004 by swatson
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These three watermills at Huxter, Westside, Shetland, date back to Viking times.
Orphir Round Church
Orphir Round Church - PID:8261
Added Jul 25 2004 by swatson
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All that remains of the Round Church at Orphir on Mainland Orkney. Built in...
The Brough of Birsay Settlement
The Brough of Birsay Settlement - PID:8279
Added Jul 25 2004 by swatson
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History Gallery Another angle on the Viking monastic settlement on the...
The Kame of Isbister
The Kame of Isbister - PID:10863
Added Dec 04 2004 by swatson
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Lovers of TV archaeology programs may recall the extrem archaeology program...

History: Southern Ireland

St Brendan's Chapel
St Brendan's Chapel - PID:8245
Added Jul 22 2004 by swatson
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History Gallery This small chapel on an island on Gougane Barra lake in Co....
The Gallarus Oratory
The Gallarus Oratory - PID:8244
Added Jul 22 2004 by swatson
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History Gallery The enigmatic Gallarus Oratory on the Dingle Peninsula, Co....

Isle of Lewis, Isle of Harris

Dun Carloway
Dun Carloway - PID:8854
Added Aug 28 2004 by swatson
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This impressive Broch is near Carloway in the west of the Island of Lewis....

Isle of Skye

Dun Beag (Struan)
Dun Beag (Struan) - PID:8879
Added Aug 29 2004 by swatson
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Looking across the middle of this impressive broch and out across Loch...
Dun Beag (Struan)
Dun Beag (Struan) - PID:8881
Added Aug 29 2004 by swatson
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A detail of that wonderful stairway in Dun Beag, displaying the skilled...
Dun Beag (Struan)
Dun Beag (Struan) - PID:8884
Added Aug 29 2004 by swatson
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Readily accessible today but, when it was in use, any attacker must have been...

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