One of my very favourite sites for today's #StandingStoneSunday
Moel ty Uchaf ('Highest House on the Bare Hill') is a superb cairn circle set in an elevated position on the foothills of Y Berwyn mountain range above Llandrillo. It has extensive views across the Dee towards all the main mountain ranges of North Wales from Aranau to Y Carneddau.
This visit May 2012 on my way up to Cadair Bronwen.
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Over to the west of Scotland and a trip in 2019 to visit Cromalt (west) chambered cairn near Ledmore for today's #StandingStoneSunday
The cairn material is mostly gone but the very nice orthostats of the chamber still remain. It's a little in the middle of nowhere nowadays but the walk here is good and the landscape open and pretty wonderful.
The mighty Old Keig recumbent stone circle in Aberdeenshire for today's #StandingStoneSunday
A huge recumbent, one of the largest of all, in a great setting with sweeping views across the landscape.
Visited April 2012 on a fantastic day of stone bothering.
A trip to Caithness from 10 years ago for today's #StandingStoneSunday
Backlass stone circle, a little past the middle of nowhere.
https://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/17293/backlass
A wonderful Aberdeenshire recumbent stone circle for today's #StandingStoneSunday
Cothiemuir Wood has one of the most elegant recumbent and flankers.
Visited April 2012. I think the some of trees have been felled since.
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Maen Ceti or Arthur's Stone on the Cefn Bryn ridge, Gŵyr/Gower for today's #StandingStoneSunday
A Neolithic chambered tomb with a broken capstone, it has a lovely setting looking across Afon Llwchwr towards Llanelli and the mountains of South Wales.
This visit March 2012.
A trip to Yonder Bognie stone circle in Aberdeenshire back in 2013 for today's #StandingStoneSunday
View over the recumbent setting to a rainbow beyond. Some more photos on TMA
https://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/7170/yonder-bognie
09/02/2025 - Now that the trees have gone.
The Slacks cairn just on the outskirts of Aberdeen. This large ancient bronze age cairn, 23m in diameter, was for so long hidden away in a wood. The recent felling has given it its view of the countryside back again.
More photos on TMA
https://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/13107/slacks
The fabulous Harold's Stones at Trellech, Monmouthshire for today's #StandingStoneSunday
Plentiful folklore abounds, of the giant Jack o' Kent, the Devil, lost fiddlers and forgotten battles:
https://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/103/harolds-stones
This visit November 2011.
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Anthony at Willow House Prints
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