Category Archives: Ancient sites

Dear Wen: Sheaves…

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Wen… Yes, indeed…A real bonus though to get the thread of the Erin trip given to us so clearly, and to have But ‘n’ Ben so nicely rounded off. Once again we ended up in quite different places than … Continue reading →

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A ‘Land-Loched’ Isle…

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Much of Northern Lewis looks like this… * * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Dear Don: Sheaves…

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Don, Good trip, wasn’t it? Once again time seems to have been obliging and stretched itself to fit with our meanderings. We are going to need to go south again though, with all I am reading about Marden Henge … Continue reading →

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Calanais: Achmore…

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* For those souls with a feel for the living land, it would be wise to ‘turn away’ at this point. * The ‘dark back-drop form’ in the landscape depiction above is the line of hills known as the Cailleach-na-Mointeach. … Continue reading →

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Calanais: Cnoc Ceann a’Gharaidh…

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* The Head-of-Gary Hill, otherwise known, these days, as Callanish II… provided us with a rest-up place for the night. * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Dear Don: Cheesehound…

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Don, I have to point out that the precise origin of ‘your ‘slug trails are probably more unmentionable than the ones I am currently dealing with… No suit should be subjected to such gelatinous treatment and I have the … Continue reading →

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Calanais: Stone Walls?…

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* What with one thing and another on this trip stones and walls began to make their presence felt. * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Calanais: Silhouettes…

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* It is not normally advisable to shoot ‘into the sun’, but in this eventually it felt permissable… * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Calanais: Skyward…

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* But anyway something was happening in the sky. A great eye of light opened up above the main site… * If we weren’t going to get a night-scape, which we weren’t, we could at least get the stones with … Continue reading →

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Calanais: Folkal Points…

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* It seems strange now to think that these sites were ever considered in isolation from their surroundings but they undoubtedly once were. * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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