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Close up of overlapping Bracken fronds.

Bracken, Great Langdale, Cumbria. #FernFriday #Bracken #Fronds #GreatLangdale #Cumbria #LakeDistrict @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @cumbriabdc.bsky.social

Pentre Ifan dolmen, Pembrokeshire.

Pentre Ifan, Pembrokeshire. Neolithic chambered tomb situated below the Preseli Hills, the source of the bluestones that went into the making of Stonehenge as well as Pentre Ifan itself. #StandingStoneSunday #TombTuesday #Dolmen #PentreIfan @stoneclub.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social

Small Tortoiseshell butterfly resting on orange flowers.

Small Tortoiseshell butterfly, Sizergh, South Cumbria. #Butterfly #Cumbria #LakeDistrict @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @cumbriabdc.bsky.social

Three lichen covered standing stones at Machrie Moor, Arran.

There’s just something about Machrie Moor. Machrie Moor 2, Isle of Arran. #StandingStoneSunday #MachrieMoor #Arran @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social

Fantastic. Saw one up in Cumbrian fells a few days ago. Guessing there must be a few about this year. 👍

Nice one Steve. 👍

Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire. Founded in 1132 by monks from the Benedictine house of St. Mary’s, York, it became the wealthiest Cistercian monastery in England until its dissolution, by order of Henry VIII, in 1539. #MedievalMonday #MedievalSky #Yorkshire

It is, not too far from me so like to get up there whenever I get the chance.

Birkrigg Stone Circle, Birkrigg Common, near Bardsea, Cumbria. A.k.a The Druid’s Circle. Taken from the outer ring with Morecambe Bay in the distance.
#StandingStoneSunday #Cumbria #Birkrigg #MorecambeBay @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social
@morecambebay.bsky.social

Thanks!

Warnscale Beck, Buttermere, Cumbria. #LakeDistrict #Cumbria #Buttermere @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @lakedistrictnpa.bsky.social @friendsoflakes.bsky.social

Giant’s Grave, Kirksanton, Cumbria. Black Combe rising in the distance.
#StandingStoneSunday #Cumbria @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social

Heckington Windmill, Lincs. The only surviving eight-sailed windmill in the UK. There’s an excellent little microbrewery (8 Sail Brewery 🍻) on site too. #WindmillWednesday #Windmill #Heckington #Lincolnshire #LincolnshireLife

Yeah, it was a great drink but tinged with sadness that someone’s livelihood had been destroyed & their craftsmanship had come to an end. Fortunately nobody was injured during the bombing.

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Six-spot Burnet moth on Kidney Vetch & Oxeye Daisies at Ormsgill slag bank, South Cumbria. #Moths #BurnetMoth #TeamMoth #WildFlowerHour #Coast #BarrowInFurness #Cumbria @savebutterflies.bsky.social @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @cumbriabdc.bsky.social

Yes, a real shame. Amazing that so many standing stones, circles etc. still survive, undoubtedly many will have been lost in similar circumstances over the years.

Mostly repurposed for building stone.

Goggleby Stone, Shap, Cumbria. One of the fourteen remaining stones that originally formed part of a 2.5km stone avenue, that up until the 18th century was considered comparable to Avebury.
#StandingStoneSunday #Cumbria @adamibbotson.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social

First Golden-ringed Dragonfly today at @rspbengland.bsky.social Haweswater. Small Copper, Common Blue & Small Heath butterflies also present. #Dragonfly #Cumbria #LakeDistrict @britishdragonflies.bsky.social @cumbriabdc.bsky.social @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social

Yes, legend has it that St. Samson placed the capstone in position using only his little finger.

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Carreg Samson, Neolithic burial chamber, Pembrokeshire. #StandingStoneSunday #Dolmen @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social

It’s amazing that any survive on unprotected beaches. Most people completely unaware of their presence.

Speckled eggs of the Ringed Plover in nest made of shell fragments and shingle.

Ringed Plover nest, South Cumbria. Monitored for @btobirds.bsky.social Nest Record Scheme. 🪺 #MorecambeBay #Nest @wadertales.bsky.social @waderquest.bsky.social @waderstudy.bsky.social

Another image from Machrie Moor, Isle of Arran. Of the original nine stones forming the circle at Machrie Moor 3, only one still stands. #StandingStoneSunday #MachrieMoor #Arran @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social

Thanks.

Machrie Moor 2, Isle of Arran. #StandingStoneSunday #MachrieMoor #Arran @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social

Yes, it’s an amazing place.

Medieval altarpiece and wall paintings at The Chapel of St. Nicholas, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire. #Medieval #MedievalSky #ChurchCrawling