Pictures of various stone circles and standing stones/megaliths we have seen on our travels. We both (my partner Unda and myself) have a keen interest in ancient history and customs so these places are a bit special to us

These pictures are of the Tomnaverie stone circle which was erected around 2500 BC. The full Moon would have been visible between the two tall pillars in picture 5 around midsummer at the limit of its movement across the sky which happens once every generation

These pictures are of the Ring of Brogar, a large and exact stone circle on the Orkney Islands. it was built between 2500 and 2000 BC. It is not yet certain what purpose this giant stone circle had.

The Stones of Stenness, these are what remains of a circle of giant stones erected between 3000 and 2500 BC. The Ring of Brogar is only about 1 mile from this circle but was built much later. Just as with the Ring of Brogar we have no idea what the purpose of these stones was.

Pictures from our visit to Carnac in Brittany, north-west France. We were really just passing through so not many pictures. We hope to go back and spend more time there, explore the area properly and take some more hopefully better pictures.

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