#dolmen
Druid’s Temple Dolmen, Masham, Yorkshire, Pen and Ink Sketch, November 2019.
Knocknakillais a megalithic complex in Ireland that is rich with archaeological artifacts. The site includes 3 ringed hillforts, a burn mound, a portal stone, a dolmen, several standing stones, a stone circle, and a cairn.
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The Meehambee Dolmen is a portal tomb dating back to 3500 BC located in Ireland. It was found by two children in the 1960s who, on the same day, also found 2 stone axes. Originally over 2 meters high, the portal stone supporting the back end of the dolmen collapsed, causing the capstone to slide out of position. As with many of the other Irish dolmen, this one is thought to be the burial site of a prominent tribe member from the Neolithic era.
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The Neolithic portal tomb at Ballybrittas, Co. Wexford. These burial monuments typically date from c. 3800-3200 BC
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Dating from the Early Neolithic period (4000-3000 BC), Brownshill dolmen in Carlow is one of the most impressive Irish megalithic monuments. The capstone is truly massive & is estimated to weigh in excess of 150 tonnes & is believed to be one of the heaviest capstones in Europe
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Rain
The rain is falling
and it gently erases
every memory
In Spanish:
La lluvia cae
borrando mansamente
todo recuerdo
My home town is located in the only european desert. By the way, It is also close to the only artificial structure visible from the Space (it is not the Chinese Great Wall). I have always loved rain. Soft, hard, slow… It doesn’t matter. I don’t care being completely soaked under a grey sky. Actually, It is almost a religious experience… I feel some kind of strange connection between the earth and the clouds and my mere mortal being just acting as witness of a primordial rite repited many times.
In Shawshank Redemption, Stephen King says the Pacific has no memory… Neither the rain.
This picture is from my visit to a celtic dolmen in Galicia (North of Spain). Touch that stone was… magical.
Lanyon Quoit, Cornwall as it stands today after a mishap during restoration in 1824. Local legend tells of huge bones being discovered inside the structure, earning it the alternative name of “The Giant’s Table”. Photo taken 25/10/2019 #folklorethursday #dolmen #lanyonquoit (at Lanyon Quoit)
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botober day 30: “field of gravity-shifted stones”
Dolmen of the Pierre Levée, La Chapelle-Vendômoise
This limestone dolmen is located just south of La Chapelle-Vendômoise in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France. It is a classic Angevin dolmen, which face east and have a lowered anteroom (portico) leading to a larger room. It is thought to date as far back as the Neolithic period and is still in nearly complete condition.
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Je reprends mon projet de présenter la plupart de mes 52461 photos (oui, ça a encore augmenté !).
2005. Fin d’été à Vichel, en Auvergne. Dans les alentours :
- les 2 premières : Chalus avec ses vaches buvant paisiblement à l’abreuvoir devant le château.
- Le Broc : un dolmen
- les 4 dernières : Boudes, village viticole.
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