Roger (Grisly)'s photos with the keyword: Standing Stones
X Formation Standing Stones
03 May 2017 |
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Nether Largie Standing Stones, Kilmartin consists of 5 large menhirs arranged to form a letter X, the centre stone is almost 3m high and is circled by smaller stones, all of the menhirs have obvious cup marks but it's the centre stone that is most is heavily decorated with carvings, cups and rings..
Built around 3,200 years ago and thought to be an early lunar observatory.
Info www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kilmartin/netherlargiestones
Standing Stones (Prehistoric Site)
25 Jul 2016 |
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Nether Largie Standing Stones, arranged in a letter X composed of four menhirs, arranged in pairs an approximately 70 metres apart, with a single menhir in the middle. Around which are seven smaller stones and one fallen one. Another menhir is one hundred metres to the northwest leading towards the circle. Alexander Thom toured this site with Magnus Magnusson in 1970 in a BBC television documentary called "Chronicle : Cracking the stone age code". He suggested that "gave so much information that it must be regarded as one of the most important, if not the most important sites in Britain". He clarified his hypothesis that it was a lunar observatory for predicting eclipses. (Wikipedia)
More information www.britainexpress.com/scotland/Strathclyde/ancient/nether-largie-stones.htm
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