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Friday 30 May 2008

Skywatch Friday - Postcard from Orkney

Just for those who wanted a glimpse of Orkney. These prehistoric standing stones of Stenness are the remains of a 30 metre circle within a henge. Probably from around 3000BC. No shortage of history in these parts!


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17 comments:

Anonymous said...

A fantastic piece of History mixed with some beef!

George Townboy said...

Gorgeous photo!! Beautiful sky!

Diederick Wijmans said...

Very mysterious, like Stonehenge. Wonderful combination of colours.

The Lone Beader® said...

Intruiging! I did not know about these! Thanks for sharing! :D

Anonymous said...

Such isolation. That stone, standing like a forgotton sentinel, guards the past. The days filled with laughter, tears, crying babies and all the life then. Neat photograph.

Pink said...

what exactly is a henge anyway? I always wondered.

great photo

Petunia said...

I love Stonehenge and now I love this standing stones too:)
Beautiful shots!

Petunia's SWF

FO - 2 said...

Great!
I love this shot!
Beautiful!

Snap Catch said...

great catch for SWF! mine's up too hope you can drop by.

Diane Vogel Ferri said...

That's incredible - of course, in America we have nothing very old in comparison!

Daniel J Santos said...

Beautiful place, beautiful image, excellent.

marley said...

Dramatic sky. Dramatic stone. Dramatic photo.

Jane Hards Photography said...

A very haunting image. Excellent

Tom said...

I have always wanted to get up there but never did make it.. a great Sky Watch.. which was what a lot of these standing stones were built for I guess.

J.C. said...

Is that a storm brewing?

Happy Sky Watch Friday!

chrome3d said...

This had a good historic atmosphere. I liked it a lot.

Greyhound Girl said...

that's just cool and interesting! and I love the pic!

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