Laurence Mitchell

Not so much for the dead as of the dead. Capela dos Ossos (Bone Chapel), part of the 18th century Carmelite church, Nossa Senhora do Carmo in Faro, Portugal, which contains the bones of over 1000 Carmelite friars #TombTuesday

Two of the taller megaliths of Pobull Fhinn stone circle on slope of Ben Langlass, Isle of North Uist. Probably 2nd millennium BCE. The circle is actually an oval c 27 x 38 metres. About two dozen stones remain in total. #StandingStoneSunday #Scotland

Dejected signpost, Norfolk #FingerpostFriday

A thin place, Iona #Samhain #Halloween

Kerry Ridgeway, Shropshire/Powys border #FingerpostFriday

The resting place of Sir John Soanes, polymath and architect of the Bank of England, St Pancras Old Church graveyard, London. His tomb later to be inspiration for the iconic K1 red telephone box #TombTuesday

An outlier of Lochbuie stone circle, whose nine granite megaliths can be seen in the distance in the shadow of Ben Buie on the Isle of Mull. Late Neolithic/early Bronze Age #StandingStoneSunday

Saddle-height fingerpost, Corndon Hill, Powys, Wales #FingerPostFriday

NEWS – Flint Country makes EABA Shortlist

I'm delighted to announce that Flint Country has been shortlisted in the General Non-fiction category for the East Anglia Book Awards 2025. The winners of each of the seven categories will be announced early next year. It's gratifying to see it here,…

The love was clear to see.

Knowth passage tomb, Co Meath, Ireland. Built c 3000 BCE, part of the Bru na Boinne complex in the bend of the River Boyne. Here are some of its many decorated kerbstones #TombTuesday

Yes, I did. A very moving sight.

Monasterboyce tower and high cross, Ireland #BlueSkyMonday

Fantastic news to have Flint Country shortlisted for this award.

An outlier at Beltany Stone Circle, Donegal #Ireland #StandingStoneSunday

Bryn Celli Ddu, a late Neolithic site on Anglesey, Wales. Built in two phases: first a henge, then later a passage tomb added within, its entrance roughly aligned with the summer solstice. Visitors continue to leave votive offerings even today #TombTuesday

One of 64 stones at Bronze Age Beltany stone circle, Donegal #StandingStoneCircle #Ireland

The Bloody Foreshore, Donegal, Ireland #FingerPostFriday

Drumnatiddy beach, Co Donegal, Ireland

The path to Tramore Beach, Co Donegal, Ireland

Monasterboice, County Louth, Ireland. Cross, tower and church.

Absorbed by nature, SE Bulgaria #FingerPostFriday

Holy Trinity Church, Loddon, and its lovely glistening rainbow of flintwork.

Lochbuie stone circle. Nine granite megaliths shape a circle, close to the shoreline in the shadow of Ben Buie on the Isle of Mull. Late Neolithic/early Bronze Age #StandingStoneSunday

Callanais, Isle of Lewis. The grain of the land #StandingStoneSunday #megaliths

Telephone box and heron, Ulva, Inner Hebrides, Scotland #telephones #TelephoneBoxTuesday

Thank you. I seem to remember a very ancient telephone box nearby too.

Wonderful. I never saw an otter on Lewis but did see plenty of golden and white-tailed eagles. It holds a very special place in my heart, the Callanish region.

Megaliths of Callanish VIII overlooking bridge to Great Berneray Island, Isle of Lewis #StandingStoneSunday

News and Updates Kashgar, Xinjiang, China 2001 I have made a few updates to East of Elveden recently so you might wish to take a look. The site is now thankfully ad-free, so the only thing I am promoting or trying …

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