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Celtic and Prehistoric sacred sites in United Kingdom
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Dwarfie Stane (Dwarf's Stone)
Hoy, Scotland, United Kingdom
In a steep-sided valley on the island of Hoy, a massive block of red sandstone lies in desolate peatland....
Eamhain Mhacha
Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Rising above the Armagh countryside, this ceremonial hilltop was the spiritual and mythological heart of ancient Ulster....
Fernworthy Stone Circle
West Devon, England, United Kingdom
Hidden within a Dartmoor forest clearing, Fernworthy Stone Circle has stood for four thousand years....
Fingal’s Cave, Island of Staffa, Scotland
Staffa Island, Scotland, United Kingdom
On the uninhabited island of Staffa, a sea cave lined with hexagonal basalt columns has drawn pilgrims for over two centuries....
Giant’s Ring, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Rising from farmland south of Belfast, the Giant's Ring stands as Ireland's largest prehistoric ceremonial enclosure....
Giants' Graves
Whiting Bay, Scotland, United Kingdom
On the eastern slopes of the Isle of Arran, above the village of Whiting Bay, two Neolithic chambered cairns stand in a clearing among the trees....
Glebe Cairn
Kilmartin, Scotland, United Kingdom
Glebe Cairn marks the northern entrance to Kilmartin Glen's linear cemetery, a two-kilometre alignment of burial monuments built and rebuilt across fifteen centuries....
Gors Fawr stone ring, Mynachlog-ddu, Dyfed, England
Mynachlog-ddu, Wales, United Kingdom
On remote moorland in the shadow of the Preseli Mountains, sixteen low stones form a circle that has survived intact for over four thousand years....
Harold’s Stones
Trellech, Wales, United Kingdom
In a field at the edge of Trellech village, three standing stones rise from the Welsh earth, the tallest reaching fifteen feet despite having sunk into the ground....
Healabhal Mhor, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Dunvegan, Scotland, United Kingdom
On the Duirinish peninsula of Skye, Healabhal Mhor rises with a summit so flat it resembles a natural altar open to the sky....
Hill o' Many Stanes
Lybster, Scotland, United Kingdom
On a low hill near the village of Mid Clyth in Caithness, approximately two hundred small standing stones are arranged in twenty-two rows that fan outward as they run down...
Hurlers Stone Circles
Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Rising from the windswept expanse of Bodmin Moor, the Hurlers comprise three stone circles aligned across the landscape like a question posed in granite....
Jarlshof Prehistoric and Norse Settlement
Sumburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
At the southern tip of Mainland Shetland, where the land narrows to a low promontory above the sea, the ruins of Jarlshof spread across a headland that humans have called...
Kilmichael Glassary Cup and Ring Marks
Lochgilphead, Scotland, United Kingdom
On a sloping rock outcrop beside a village school in Argyll, over one hundred and fifty carvings wait in the stone....
Kilphedir Broch
Kilphedir, Scotland, United Kingdom
High on a hillock above the Strath of Kildonan in Sutherland, a broch of pink granite commands views up and down the valley....
Kinnell stone circle, Killin
Killin, Scotland, United Kingdom
In a quiet pasture east of Killin village, six standing stones have held their positions for perhaps four thousand years....
Knap of Howar
Papa Westray, Scotland, United Kingdom
On the western shore of Papa Westray, one of Orkney's smallest inhabited islands, two stone buildings stand with their doorways facing the sea....
Knowe of Lairo
Rousay, Scotland, United Kingdom
On the southwestern hillside of Rousay, overlooking Eynhallow Sound and the tidal island whose Norse name means Holy Island, the Knowe of Lairo stretches over forty-five...
Knowe of Yarso
Rousay, Scotland, United Kingdom
High on a hillside above Eynhallow Sound, the Knowe of Yarso commands views that stretch across the water to Mainland Orkney and the hills beyond....
Lanyon Quoit
Madron, England, United Kingdom
Lanyon Quoit rises from the West Penwith landscape like a statement from another age....
Llech-y-tribedd
Moylgrove, Wales, United Kingdom
Rising from a quiet Pembrokeshire hillside, Llech-y-tribedd is a portal dolmen built by Neolithic farming communities around 4000 BCE....
Long Meg and Her Daughters stone ring
Little Salkeld, England, United Kingdom
One of Britain's largest and oldest stone circles rises from the Eden Valley in Cumbria, its massive ring of granite daughters watched over by a single sandstone monolith...
Machrie Moor Stone Circles
Machrie, Scotland, United Kingdom
On the western coast of the Isle of Arran, a walk of a mile and a half across open moorland brings you to six stone circles arranged on a broad, flat expanse beneath the...
Maeshowe Chambered Cairn
Stenness, Scotland, United Kingdom
On Mainland Orkney, a grass-covered mound rises seven metres above a surrounding ditch....
Marlborough Mound
Marlborough, England, United Kingdom
In the grounds of Marlborough College stands a 19-meter mound that most visitors to Wiltshire never see....
Mên-an-Tol
Morvah, England, United Kingdom
On the West Penwith moor, three stones stand against the sky—but it is the middle stone that draws seekers from around the world....
Merry Maidens Stone Circle
Lamorna, England, United Kingdom
Rising from Cornish farmland near Land's End, the Merry Maidens stands as one of Britain's most complete Bronze Age stone circles....
Midhowe Broch
Rousay, Scotland, United Kingdom
On the western coast of Rousay, where two steep gullies cut into the shoreline, a broch stands within its own small settlement....
Midhowe Chambered Cairn
Rousay, Scotland, United Kingdom
On the western shore of Rousay, sheltered beneath a modern protective roof, lies the largest stalled cairn in Orkney....
Mor Stein
Shapinsay, Scotland, United Kingdom
On the southeastern shore of Shapinsay, one of the inner Orkney Islands, a single standing stone rises roughly ten feet from the turf....
Moss Farm Road Stone Circle
Machrie, Scotland, United Kingdom
On the western shore of the Isle of Arran, where a farm track leads into the ancient ceremonial moorland of Machrie, seven stones still stand in a broken ring....
Mount Schiehallion, Scotland
Aberfeldy, Scotland, United Kingdom
Rising like a sentinel at the heart of Scotland, Schiehallion carries one of the most evocative names in Gaelic geography: Sidh Chailleann, the Fairy Hill of the...
Mt. Beinn-na-Greine, Portree, Scotland
Portree, Scotland, United Kingdom
On the Isle of Skye, a modest peak carries an ancient name: Beinn na Greine, Mountain of the Sun....
Ness of Brodgar
Stenness, Scotland, United Kingdom
On the narrow isthmus between two lochs on Mainland Orkney, the Ness of Brodgar lies at the centre of a Neolithic world....
Nether Largie Mid Cairn
Kilmartin, Scotland, United Kingdom
Nether Largie Mid Cairn stands at the heart of Kilmartin Glen's linear cemetery, a two-kilometer procession of burial monuments stretching across the floor of one of...
Nether Largie North Cairn
Kilmartin, Scotland, United Kingdom
Nether Largie North Cairn stands second in a line of five burial monuments stretching through Kilmartin Glen in Argyll, Scotland....
Nether Largie South Cairn
Kilmartin, Scotland, United Kingdom
In the heart of Kilmartin Glen, Nether Largie South Cairn has held its ground for more than five thousand years....
Nether Largie standing stones, Argyll, Scotland
Kilmartin, Scotland, United Kingdom
Five massive stones stand in an X-shaped pattern at the heart of Kilmartin Glen, mainland Scotland's richest prehistoric landscape....
Nine Maidens stone ring, Cornwall
St. Columb Major, England, United Kingdom
On the high moorland of West Penwith, where Atlantic winds sweep across granite and gorse, the Nine Maidens stand in their ancient circle....
Nine Stones Close Stone Circle, Youlgreave
Derbyshire Dales, England, United Kingdom
Four weathered stones stand sentinel on Harthill Moor, remnants of a Bronze Age circle that once framed the setting Moon between the twin pillars of Robin Hood's Stride....
Old Scatness Broch and Iron Age Village
Virkie, Scotland, United Kingdom
In 1975, construction workers building a road to Sumburgh Airport cut through what appeared to be a natural grassy mound at the southern tip of Mainland Shetland....
Ousdale Broch
Helmsdale, Scotland, United Kingdom
In a sheltered valley where the Ousdale Burn cuts toward the sea, between the villages of Helmsdale and Berriedale on the Caithness-Sutherland border, a broch stands that...
Penrhos Feiliw standing stones
Holyhead, Wales, United Kingdom
On Holy Island, at the western edge of Anglesey, two standing stones rise in near-identical form....
Pentre Ifan Dolmen
Nevern, Wales, United Kingdom
On a hillside in west Wales, a sixteen-ton capstone floats on three slender uprights....
Praying Hands of Mary
Fortingall, Scotland, United Kingdom
Deep in Glen Lyon, Scotland's longest and most storied glen, two weathered stones rise from the hillside like hands pressed together in prayer....
Quoyness Chambered Cairn
Sanday, Scotland, United Kingdom
On the Elsness peninsula of Sanday, one of Orkney's northern isles, a chambered cairn of exceptional preservation stands near the shore....
Ri Cruin Cairn
Kilmartin, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ri Cruin Cairn stands at the southern end of Kilmartin Glen's linear cemetery, a two-kilometre alignment of Bronze Age burial cairns running through the floor of an Argyll...
Ring of Bookan
Stromness, Scotland, United Kingdom
On a windswept rise northwest of the Ring of Brodgar, a broad ditch and raised platform mark where Neolithic people placed a monument at the boundary between the everyday...
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