Fiona Robertson

Sweyne's Howes North on the Gower peninsula: tumbledown though not as ruinous as nearby Sweyne's Howes South! Was this Sweyne who came to be associated with the prehistoric burial chambers on Rhossili Down the same Viking who gave his name to Swansea (Sweyns-ey – 'Sweyne's island')? #TombTuesday

Mist and a burial chamber - the giant capstone still high at one end, but angled down to the ground at the other. Bushes and ancient leafless hawthorns blurring in the fog.

Daily #Wales with a little not-so-random archaeology from the village…

Oh, it’s #TombTuesday!

Thank you so much Beccy x

Wishing you a fantastic trip!

Hi Beccy, I’m sorry to hear about the difficult circumstances. Thank you so much for reading and reaching out - I’m sending you my best wishes. I really miss Mull and Iona, would love to go back one day. Thank you ❤️

😂 I was wondering that very thing inside Zennor quoit recently. But what a way to go!

It’s a great rainshelter/sunshade - so long as it doesn’t topple over while you’re under it!

A large, irregular grey stone, encircled by a slight, grass covered circular ditch, stands to the left foreground with a series of stone uprights supporting lintels in the near distance, framed by blue sky, white clouds and setting sun

From Heel to Eternity on #StandingStoneSunday

Gazing down the Avenue, past the Heel Stone sarsen, to distant Stonehenge #Wiltshire, as the sun begins to set on a cold November afternoon

📷 2025

And one of your favourites according to your book!
This video embedded in google maps provides a lovely bird's eye view of the stones...
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It is, I love this stone! 💚🪨💚

Three sheet ghosts carved from a lump of driftwood.

My uncle Trevor gave my dad a fresh block of driftwood from his caravan in Somerset, so you know what that means - more particularly cursed carved phantoms..!
👁️ wellswoodcarving.bigcartel.com

Recent trip to Boscawen-ûn, that quartz stone was more glittery and gorgeous than ever. Whatever the weather, it picks up the light. #StandingStoneSunday

The central 'Devil's Arrow'.

This photo is from late August, when I arrived tyres burning, early morning, straight off of the A1M, en route to a Dig near Ripon.

They are truly an incredible sight and so beautifully incongruous amongst the ephemera of the modern day.

#StandingStoneSunday

Stone Lands: A Journey of Darkness and Light Through Britain’s Ancient Places - Historical Novel Society Fiona Robertson’s memoir is a poignant and incredibly well-written reflection on why the standing stones of prehistoric Britain hold such enduring appeal. Robertson started the book shortly after her ...

Lovely review of STONE LANDS by the Historical Novel Society (thank you so much HNS!). Read it here: historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/ston...

At midsummer, the witches of Zennor would light fires on top of the ancient burial chambers and in the rock stacks, until it seemed like the whole moor was ablaze. Zennor Quoit for #TombTuesday!

For #TombTuesday - Holm of Papay South Chambered cairn. With the only Neoloithic carvings ever found within the Papay archipelago. Boat trips to the Holm run from April to October every year, a service operated by the Papay Development Trust.

#Papay
#Orkney

That’s so fascinating - thank you! I’d love to know more too.

I was looking at online pics of some of the Utah petroglyphs recently- so awesome

We just did the southern half of the Wild Atlantic Way. Just a few of the highlights of Ireland’s incredible prehistory.

Definitely will! (Despite being a technophobe.)

It’s very nice!

I have a screenshot of the blue dot (me at the stone) in relation to the row, which should help.

I’m going to attempt to add it but might need your help in reminding me how 😂

I would love to visit some of the US sites - so fascinating!

Thanks so much for being an incredibly thorough and insightful archaelogy editor Andy and for all your invaluable feedback and suggestions! ❤️🪨❤️

It can feel as if the stones cast a spell of perpetuation upon the landscape. Archetypes of transmission and reception echoed into a manifesting modernity. This is fanciful, but it's also one of the ways the Long Neolithic works – it infects our imaginations. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday

Nice! 💚🪨💚

Thank you! I was very pleased with myself.

A proud moment this summer: bagging a stone that isn't already on the @megalithic.bsky.social (very rare occurrence!). On the Beara peninsula east of Adrigole, a little way north of the Drumlave row. It involved crawling under barbed wire but then we saw there was a gate. #StandingStoneSunday

For #StandingStoneSunday #Stunday... Corrower Ogham Stone, Mayo, Ireland
A tall ogham stone with a worn inscription
#IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Neolithic #Megalithic #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photography #Infrared #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Art #BlueSky #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #Mayo