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For #NeolithicNovember, the haunting #neolithic West Kennet long barrow, high over the sacred landscape of Silbury Hill, Avebury and the many barrows dotting the skyline.
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🧵 Seeing as it's still #NeolithicNovember (and #StandingStoneSunday) and I've already done a thread of Aberdeenshire stone circles I thought why not move on to the Pictish symbol stones I've seen in the county...
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The intricately carved Towie Ball is one of over 400 Neolithic stone balls that have been found, mostly in Aberdeenshire. Their purpose is unknown but one theory is that holding the stone gave the holder permission to speak. #findsfriday #neolithicnovember
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My #NeolithicNovember contribution is my visit to the 5000-year-old Skara Brae. For centuries, Skara Brae was covered by a huge sand dune on the Orkney Islands. It remained hidden there until a huge storm hit the island in 1850, blowing away the sand & exposing the village.
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Hopefully this qualifies for #StandingStoneSunday though it’s more of a balancing stone! Pancake Rock on Ilkley Moor, Yorkshire, one of many cup and ring stones scattered across the moor, this has over 50 cup marks. And a wonderful view!😁 #NeolithicNovember
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#NeolithicNovember is live! Here are the cup-and-ring marks at Dunchraigaig, dating to the time of the 1st farmers and part of Scotland’s beautiful Kilmartin Glen @cumbriapast
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Arthur's Stone near Dorstone. A 5000 year old Neolithic chambered tomb. Very atmospheric and overlooks the Golden Valley and faces towards the Black Mountains. #NeolithicNovember
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Remains of one of the houses at Barnhouse - a Neolithic settlement on Orkney which is located very close to the Stones of Stenness. #NeolithicNovember
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#NeolithicNovember Machrie Moor 2, #stonecircle, Isle of Arran, Scotland 13.7m diametre circle originally 7 or 8 tall sandstone slabs, 3 of which survive & stumps of others can be seen. Heights range from 3.7 to 4.9m. 1861 excavation revealed a cist in the centre. Top place 👍
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The King stone of the Rollright stones is in #Warwickshire. It is a menhir, solitary standing stone. #NeolithicNovember
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What remains of the finely balanced Pentre Ifan burial chamber (literally Pentres village) Pembrokeshire #NeolithicNovember
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Legananny dolmen, Northern Ireland. The capstone of this #Neolithic tomb is over 3m long. Pic taken Sept 2021 #TombTuesday #NeolithicNovember #prehistory
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Arthur’s Stone Dorestone #Herefordshire #Neolithic Chambered #TombTuesday #NeolithicNovember Arthur gets attached to a lot of archaeological sites - Has anyone ever counted?Here Arthur is said to have slain a giant who the left marks of his elbows on one of the stones as he fell.
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Neolithic entrance to one of the covered passageways at Skara Brae on Orkney. #NeolithicNovember
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#TombTuesday #DailyMegalith the allée couverte du Prieuré #Baud #Morbihan #Brittany #France (2022) #NeolithicNovember
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