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#SilentSunday #RollrightStones #StandingStoneSunday #LongCompton #KingsMen

A circular arrangement of stone monoliths is set against a backdrop of green grass and a cloudy sky, with trees surrounding the area.

Staying for a bit more near #WatfordGap, this week visited #BletchleyPark, the #RollrightStones couple more places near #Banbury and #Coventry, the #CastleRing and lots of highway junctions.

Today I made another pilgrimage to the historic Rollright Stones, it's always great to be there.

The Rollright Stones are a complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments, they are used for modern Pagan ritual and have folklore tales associated with them.

#neolithic #bronzeage #stonecircle #pagan #heathen #rollrightstones #ritual #history #photo #photography #megalith #megaliths

The Kings Men stone circle at the Rollright Stones.

An incense burner, on a small altar at the Rollright Stones.

The Whispering Knights, part of the Rollright Stones complex.

The King Stone, part of the Rollright Stones complex.

The Rollright Stones on the Oxfordshire/Warwickshire border about 10 years ago. Photo 1 is The King Stone, the second is The King’s Men, the last is The Whispering Knights plus some idiot with a greyhound larking about because I don’t seem to have a photo of them on their own 😁
#StandingStoneSunday #RollrightStones

A large, moss-covered standing stone surrounded by a black iron fence, set in a grassy area with wildflowers and trees in the background. The sky is overcast.

A grassy area featuring a circle of standing stones, surrounded by wildflowers. In the background, there's a field of bright yellow plants and rolling green hills under a cloudy sky.

A man stands next to a cluster of large stones enclosed by a black fence, with a dog beside him. The background features rolling green hills and a vibrant yellow field under a cloudy sky.

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After taking this, I did some dowsing in the middle and found each stone connected to the centre by it's own individual "spoke" like a giant wheel.
#dowsing

The King Stone, at #RollrightStones at sunset on 02/02/2025
#StandingStoneSunday

Yours truly #dowsing at the #RollrightStones one rod pointed itself to the Rollright Stones, the other rod pointed itself to The Whispering Knights (both in a straight line with each other)
#standingstones #energyLines

Holding the rods loosely by their sleeves while making my "concentration" face, the rod on my right pointed to the Rollright Stones and the other to the Whispering Knights (against the wind!), both lined up in a straight line

A monochrome real photographic postcard showing The King Stone, part of the Rollright Stones near Chipping Norton. Published by Percy Simms of Chipping Norton, № 8. Postally unused, but is c.1920. #RollrightStones #Menhirs #StandingStones #Postcards #StandingStoneSunday

A vintage photographic postcard showing the King Stone in Warwickshire, standng just across the border from the King's Men stone circle and the Whispering Knights which together comprise the Rollright Stones at Little Rollright near Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire. The oolitic limestone menhir is about 2.5m or 8ft tall and stands within a fence.

Monochrome real photographic postcard showing the Whispering Knights at the Rollright Stones in Oxfordshire. Published by Percy Simms of Chipping Norton in the Fourshire Series, № 2. Postally unused, but is c.1920s.

#RollrightStones #StandingStones #Dolmens #Megaliths #Archaeology #Postcards #StandingStoneSunday

A vintage black and white photographic postcard showing the dolmen or chambered tomb called the Whispering Knights, which stands on the opposite side of the same field as the Rollright Stones in Oxfordshire, and close to the border with Warwickshire. An isolated menhir, the King Stone, stands across the county border on the other side of the road. The stones of all three monuments are oolitic limestone.

#StandingStoneSunday
Lots of stones today, at the Rollright Stones in Oxfordshire and Warwickshire. There are three monuments of different ages close together, straddling the county border.

#RollrightStones #StoneCircle #Megaliths #Menhirs #Prehistoric #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Oxfordshire #Warwickshire #SmartPhonePhotography #PhonePhotography #Nexus6 #CameraFV5

Seven stones set in grass, forming part of an ancient circle, with a worn path on the inner side, with a tall hedge behind.

A single rough stone in long grass, surrounded by metal railings.

A tight group of one recumbent and four upright stones, surrounded by metal railings.

#StandingStoneSunday
Lots of stones today, at the Rollright Stones in Oxfordshire and Warwickshire. There are three monuments of different ages close together, straddling the county border.

#RollrightStones #StoneCircle #Megaliths #Menhirs #Prehistoric #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Oxfordshire #Warwickshire

A grassy field with concentric circles of long grass in the foreground and a circle of irregularly shaped stones behind. There is a line of trees in the background against a threatening grey sky.

A tight group of four upright and one recumbent stones surrounded by metal railings, with a view behind of rolling countryside. The sky is a mixture of grey and brightly lit clouds with some blue sky.

A single irregularly shaped monolith surrounded by metal railings with trees behind.

Monochrome real photographic postcard showing part of the large stone circle at the Rollright Stones near Long Compton in Oxfordshire. Published by Frank Packer of Chipping Norton in about 1940, not numbered. #StoneCircles #Megaliths #RollrightStones #Postcards #StandingStoneSunday

A vintage black and white photographic postcard showing an arc of the King's Men stone circle at the Rollright Stones in Oxfordshire, close to the border with Warwickshire. A dolmen called the Whispering Knights is on the opposite side of the same field and an isolated menhir, the King Stone, stands across the county border on the other side of the road. The stones of all three are oolitic limestone. Frank Packer is known to have reused some of the photos originally taken by Percy Simms, also of Chipping Norton, a couple of decades earlier.

The fabulous #RollrightStones in England’s #Cotswolds. Some 4,000 years old. #neolithic Traditionally a monarch and his courtiers petrified by a witch. #neolithic #bronzeage #Ancient

Ich nehme euch mit auf meinem ersten Tag in den Cotswolds.

Heute noch ohne #Wandern, damit geht es erst morgen los.

Ein thread.

#Cotswalk #RollrightStones

Ton an 😉

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📷 A witch, a witch! No, really. Or so (contemporary) legend has it. At The Rollright Stones, Oxfordshire. #photography #clickity #witch #megalithicuk #rollrightstones

the figure of a witch, constructed from whicker, backlit by low winter sunlight

The King’s Stone, the King’s Men and the Whispering Knights: The Rollright Stones Explored https://howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2014/05/23/the-kings-stone-the-kings-men-and-the-whispering-knights-the-rollright-stones-explored/ #rollright #rollrightstones #archaeology #memory #megaliths #stonecircles

I've finished my #painting "Waiting for you". It's about human #history & our place within #MotherNature, a theme I have returned to many times.

#Detectorists fans will recognise the stories I'm telling!

More info & commentary here: https://janetomlinson.com/artworks/waiting-for-you/

As it's #FollowFriday, pls #FollowMe - I #followBack! 🙏

#treasure #metaldetecting #viking #RollrightStones #StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology #artistonMastodon #ArtistInAction #MastoArt #CreativeToots #art #AYearForArt #MastodonArt

"Waiting for you" a painting inspired by Detectorists by Jane Tomlinson

My #painting about #history & nature is *very close* to being finished. I'll reveal all once I'm completely sure it's done, and there's enough daylight to get a properly decent photo of it, rather than phone snaps in nasty artificial light.

#Detectorists fans will recognise 'the briar & the bramble' and one or two other things...

#WorkInProgress #ArtistInAction #treasure #Archaeology #artistonMastodon #MastoArt #CreativeToots #art #AYearForArt
#MastodonArt #RollrightStones

Our family tradition for New Year's Day involves a visit to the Rollright Stones (on the Oxfordshire/Warwickshire border). According to legend, its not possible to count the stones and the same number twice!

#StandingStoneSunday #NewYear #RollrightStones

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