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an abandoned stone house along the trail to Montana Mountain.
no doors
no windows
box spring
barrel fireplace
dried up creek near by
Not too many of these old stone ditches around any more,this is just outside Omagh. It must have taken a long time to build these as there is so much stone involved- its about 6 ft high and 12 ft across!
I finally got out shooting the other day. I actually got to get out with a friend.
Of course I had to go to my favorite place, The Minneapolis Stone Arch Bridge!!! ;-D
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A segment of the neolithic Avebury stone circles and henge in Wiltshire. The largest stone circle complex in Europe, constructed 3rd millennium B.C.
Stone Flower is a monument to the victims of Ustasha atrocities during World War II in Jasenovac.(Croatia) Designed by Bogdan Bogdanović and unveiled in 1966.
Beach Stone-curlew at Merimbula. These birds are Critically Endangered in NSW and are rarely seen this far south.
Presumably this is the same bird that was seen here last year and stayed around for a few weeks.
Duddo Stone Circle
Movement in the foreground grasses against the 5 stones that make up the stone circle.
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Duddo, Northumberland
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Outer Stone Circle
Part of the Outer Circle
Within the henge is a great outer circle. This is one of Europe's largest stone circles,[28] with a diameter of 331.6 metres (1,088 ft), Britain's largest stone circle.[29] It was either contemporary with, or built around four or five centuries after the earthworks. It is thought that there were originally 98 sarsen standing stones, some weighing in excess of 40 tons. The stones varied in height from 3.6 to 4.2 m, as exemplified at the north and south entrances. Radiocarbon dating of some stone settings indicate a construction date of around 2870–2200 BC.[30]
The two large stones at the Southern Entrance had an unusually smooth surface, likely due to having stone axes polished on them.[31]
Inner Stone Circles
Nearer the middle of the monument are two additional, separate stone circles. The northern inner ring is 98 metres (322 ft) in diameter, but only two of its four standing stones remain upright. A cove of three stones stood in the middle, its entrance facing northeast.[citation needed] Taking experiments undertaken at the megalithic Ring of Brodgar in Orkney as a basis, the archaeologists Joshua Pollard, Mark Gillings and Aaron Watson believed that any sounds produced inside Avebury's Inner Circles would have created an echo as sound waves ricocheted off the standing stones.
The southern inner ring was 108 metres (354 ft) in diameter before its destruction in the 18th century. The remaining sections of its arc now lie beneath the village buildings. A single large monolith, 5.5 metres (18 ft) high, stood in the centre along with an alignment of smaller stones.[citation needed]
Hiking The Anza Borrego, after a going through a small canyon, sometimes called Lone Palm Canyon. One comes upon an area full of wonderful eroded stone.
Duddo Stone Circle
One from our weekend trip over to Nothumberland and the five stones of Duddo Stone Circle.
I wanted to catch a bit of movement in the grasses against the stones. I went with the portrait form to try and work in both the grasses but also the great clouds above the stones.
Duddo, Northumberland
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I love this colourful stone with its fishy face and lovely geometric markings. Here it is just as I found it.
Entered in the TMI Contest "Rocks that Rock"
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43/365, 2017 one photo each day
12/28 in February
52 in 2017 Challenge #43 Stone
a stone face on a staircase in Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Macro Mondays theme Monday, May 29; Pareidolia.
the challenge: you are to look for and photograph faces in everyday objects or in your surroundings.
I was not able to post it to the group in time, because of no internet.
This stone circle stands in the dip on the south side of Little Hound Tor and between it and Hound Tor, both of which are fairly minor hills in a line between the larger Cosdon Hill and Wild Tor in the north east corner of Dartmoor. Known as the White Moor, or Whit Moor, stone circle, it is 20 metres in diameter and one of the more remote stone circles on Dartmoor, standing at the highest altitude of all the Dartmoor stone circles at 473 metres.
Close by there is a standing stone, the Whit Moor stone. This is now in use as a boundary stone but is quite likely of ancient origin as a Bronze Age Menhir in view of its proximity to the stone circle.
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This is the second time I have been onto this rocky outcrop. Its on the beach below the old shack near the popular Seltjarnarnes Viti, Iceland.
I had to wade in ocean up to my knees to get there which was quite cold in winter in Iceland. Luckily the ocean was calm this day. I did not know if the tide was going up or down when I finally got there. Thinking that I was going to getting into serious trouble if it was going up I started shooting. Again luck was on my side as saw the tide go down. If it hadn´t I would have had to spend part of the night on this small rock outcrop.
The octagon shaped stones are the top of basalt columns that are not that uncommon in lava rock.
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The surviving stones are sited on a promontory at the south bank of the stream that joins the southern ends of the sea loch Loch of Stenness and the freshwater Loch of Harray. The name, which is pronounced stane-is in Orcadian dialect, comes from Old Norse meaning stone headland. The stream is now bridged, but at one time was crossed by a stepping stone causeway, and the Ring of Brodgar lies about 1.2 km (0.75 mi) away to the north-west, across the stream and near the tip of the isthmus formed between the two lochs. Maeshowe chambered cairn is about 1.2 km (0.75 mi) to the east of the Standing Stones of Stenness and several other Neolithic monuments also lie in the vicinity, suggesting that this area had particular importance.
The Stenness Watch Stone stands outside the circle, next to the modern bridge leading to the Ring of Brodgar
Although the site today lacks the encircling ditch and bank, excavation has shown that this used to be a henge monument, possibly the oldest in the British Isles. The stones are thin slabs, approximately 300 mm (12 in) thick with sharply angled tops. Four, up to about 5 m (16 ft) high, were originally elements of a stone circle of up to 12 stones, laid out in an ellipse about 32 m (105 ft) diameter on a levelled platform of 44 m (144 ft) diameter surrounded by a ditch. The ditch is cut into rock by as much as 2 m (6.6 ft) and is 7 m (23 ft) wide, surrounded by an earth bank, with a single entrance causeway on the north side. The entrance faces towards the Neolithic Barnhouse Settlement which has been found adjacent to the Loch of Harray. The Watch Stone stands outside the circle to the north-west and is 5.6 m (18 ft) high. Once there were at least two stones there, as in the 1930s the stump of a second stone was found. Other smaller stones include a square stone setting in the centre of the circle platform where cremated bone, charcoal and pottery were found. This is referred to as a "hearth", similar to the one found at Barnhouse. Animal bones were found in the ditch. The pottery links the monument to Skara Brae and Maeshowe. Based on radiocarbon dating, it is thought that work on the site had begun by 3100 BC
One thing that stood out to me in our recent trip to the peak district was the stone walls, literally miles upon miles of handbuilt stone walls seperating the grided network of ancient farm perimeters. I seem to remember once hearing that the stones used are called chips and potatoes, the large stones being the potatoes and the small the chips. Not sure if this is 'actually' correct, just a vague childhood memory, which I proudly annouced as a definate fact. I think the dogs believed me at least...
stone-waves, tactile curves, magnetic spirals, arrow-lines
at the gate of the ancient city
reading and touching the past
entering...
The court house in Santa Barbara, California
Spirit of the Ocean Fountain
The Spirit of the Ocean Fountain is a prominent architectural feature near the great arch of the Courthouse. Years of rain, environmental toxins and exposure had taken their toll on the delicate sandstone, and efforts to reinforce and repair the statues with various fillers had resulted in a badly deformed carving.
With a project team of 15 professionals, and almost a million dollars raised by the Santa Barbara Courthouse Legacy Foundation, they located a quarry close to the original, cut large blocks from the sandstone, and transported them to the front lawn of the Courthouse to be publically and painstakingly hand carved using many of the original tools.
Completed by Nick Blantern and his team from Britishstone, this combination of ancient carving methods, combined with modern and computer assisted techniques resulted in an amazing replication of this beloved and historic fountain. Fundraising for this project took nearly 6 years, and would not have been possible without the support of Foundations and private donors in the Santa Barbara community.
On our drive around Iceland, we came across this beautiful little stone-beach in Djúpavogshreppur. There we found those lined up like this.
Isle of Lewis was every bit as beautiful and drenched in history as I was imagining and expecting it to be. The Outer Hebrides being so remote and cut off, offers some of the best landscapes as well as the rich history that goes with the place...
The Standing Stones of Callanish or Calanais is a lot more beautiful than the touted Stonehenge in England. The entry for Stonehenge the last time I checked was over £10. The entry for the stones of Calanais is, well FREE. The best thing about Scottish Highlands which I really appreciated was the easy access to every place you want to visit. I am sure things would be different in other places in Scotland, but I certainly did not pay a penny as entry fees or for that matter parking.
The construction of the standing stones took place between 2900 and 2600 BC, though there were possibly buildings before 3000 BC. A tomb was later built into the site. Debris from the destruction of the tomb suggests the site was out of use between 2000 BC and 1700 BC. Local tradition says that giants who lived on the island refused to be converted to Christianity by Saint Kieran and were turned into stone as a punishment. Another belief says that at sunrise on midsummer morning, the "shining one" walked along the stone avenue, "his arrival heralded by the cuckoo's call." This legend could be a folk memory recalling the astronomical significance of the stones. - Courtesy Wiki
I did not have the luxury of sunlight for much of my stay in Lewis and Harris. So I had to make do with any available light and make the photograph interesting as well. Daytime shots become really interesting when shot using Infrared filters. This is something I employed to good effect to keep myself occupied during the day which lasts for about 14 hours in summer!
EXIF - 8 sec f/22 ISO 50 16mm
Hoya R72nm
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