Category Archives: Ancient sites

Calanais: Cnoc Fillibhir…

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Since the advent of the Visitor Centre at the site, there has been an attempt to rename Cnoc Fillibhir Bheag, which some might render the ‘little hill of the long-seers’, as plain old Callanish III… * Continue reading at … Continue reading →

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Calanais: Spirit…

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* We first coined the term ‘Spirit Stone’ at Waylands Smithy. * It has served us well, denoting as it does, a stone, which, like the spirit, holds many forms. * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Calanais: Graces…

Posted on August 9, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Presumably the fence is here, to keep out the sheep! * From the camera’s perspective, sheep can be less offensive than people… and fences. * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Calanais: Sentinels and Sights…

Posted on August 8, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Some of the stones look too tall and too thin to have stood for so long. * Especially in this wind… * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Calanais: Busy…

Posted on August 7, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …’Busy’ would, perhaps be a better word? * We do not mind busy stones at all, and this lot look like they are dancing! * However, when the stones are busy with people, things can get a bit disconcerting. … Continue reading →

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A rift in time…

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The hut was dark, save for the smoking lamp, shadows danced around her, drawing her into vision. She sat, silent and still, waiting for what would come, opening herself to the now familiar shift. A strange perfume filled the air, … Continue reading →

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Calanais: Moot-Points…

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* We may have to take issue with Burl. * There is nothing cramped about this monument. * And that word implies, does it not, unfit for purpose? Which Callanish most certainly is not. * From a distance the stones … Continue reading →

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Calanais…

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Given that we had never really expected to get there, once on the Isle of Lewis, we became quite blase about our arrival, and stopped for a kip and a snack, in a passing point, on the way into … Continue reading →

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Callanish Calling: Port Uig…

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* I have fond memories of Holyhead and the ferry to Dublin. * These may, it is true, be now rose-tinted by time, but I am sure that there is a pub in which we enjoyed lunch and a couple … Continue reading →

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Callanish Calling: Millennial Stone…

Posted on August 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* After our sojourn at the Off Road Inn we tried Portree again but although we managed to get a park this time, as we prepared to exit our Red-Pill-Box, the heavens opened… * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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