Standing stone

Sculpture gardens are sublime, serene places — like cemeteries without the sorrow. They are hidden oases of calm, places to marvel over beautiful manmade forms in rugged natural surrounds. Cornwall has the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden at St Ives, where tactile geometric shapes rise o

The Standing Stones of Lundin are three impressive monoliths up to 5 metres tall at Lundin Ladies Golf Course in Fife, Scotland. A fourth stone recorded in the 18th century lies broken nearby. The New Statistical Account of 1845 conjectured that they could be Roman, memorials to Vikings slain by Macbeth and Banquo, or perhaps of 'Druidical' origin. The purpose of such monuments remains uncertain, perhaps with religious or ceremonial significance, or acting as territorial or route markers…

This neolithic stone grave has been altered and restored so often its now more neo than lithic.

A megalithic monument, in archaeology, is a construction involving one or several roughly hewn stone slabs of great size; it is usually of p...

Calanais standing stones. Lewis Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

With its rows of thousands of standing stones, Carnac, on the south coast of Brittany, has long fascinated man. Find out more about this magical place...

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Standing stones of the Ring o' Brodgar a neolithic stone circle dating from approximately 2500 BC, Orkney Islands Scotland

Kilnasaggart Pillar Stone, Co Armagh Standing at 2.8 metres high the Kilnasaggart pillar stone is probably the oldest dateable stone monument in Ireland. The Pillar stands in a small enclosure in the townland of Edenappa in County Armagh. The Pillar stands at the edge of a graveyard that was excavated in the later part of the sixties, these excavations revealed both stone built and dug graves. There are several small stones lying around the standing stone and some of these stones bear…

Standing stones are often highly mysterious. Folklore rushes in to fill the gaps since we don't know who built them or why. Learn more here.