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Fiona Robertson

@stonelands.bsky.social

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Megalith geek, writer, editor, author of STONE LANDS

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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · Jun 6

So amazing to be holding my book at last ❤️🥲❤️

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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 2d

Me too ❤️

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Amy Tryphena @realkernow.bsky.social · 2d

A spectacular example of a quoit came looming out of the mist - Chun Quoit #Kernow #StandingStoneSunday @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 2d

Derwent village’s drowned church in Ladybower Reservoir, Derbyshire

two people looking at a church spire above the water level of a reservoir

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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 2d

Stones in the mist – Tregeseal circle entirely cut off from Kenidjack common and the carn on the skyline invisible. At times like these, the danger of beguilement by unnatural lights and shifting paths grows, and stumbling pixie-led into the otherworld feels entirely possible … #StandingStoneSunday

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Dr Pat Witts @wittspat.bsky.social · 2d

For #StandingStoneSunday, remembering a wonderfully atmospheric visit to the incomparable Castlerigg stone circle recently. The wisps of cloud in the valley added to the mystique.

Part of a stone circle curving from right foreground to left centre. The stones are mostly upright with a few lying down. They are in a grassy setting with mountains and clouds in the distance. Some of the clouds are dipping into a valley just above left of centre.

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The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones @megalithic.bsky.social · 2d

Duddo Five Stones: Art by Bladup, lots more in our Art section #StandingStoneSunday. This circle in Northumberland lies atop a hill surrounded by farmland. One of the stones was re-erected in the 1920s and Burl believes that it is probable that they have all been re-erected at some point. More 1/

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 2d

Tingwall Standing Stone on Shetland. The stone is also known as the ‘Murder Stone’, and is connected with the death of Lord Skaldale by his cousin the Earl of Orkney in the late 14th century. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Shetland

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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 2d

Urgh it’s so annoying today! Too many options.

Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 5d

On Thurs 16 Oct I'm going to be at @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social talking about stones with a special focus on the ancient sites of the southeast. This for example is the sarsen at St Augustine's Canterbury which legend says is a reused prehistoric stone! Hope you can join! www.outsavvy.com/event/30140/

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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 5d

Ooh lovely - thanks for sharing that!

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Dan Herbert @danherb10.bsky.social · 5d

Always nice to bump into some of your favourite people in Waterstones Piccadilly
@durotrigesdig.bsky.social @theduncanmackay.bsky.social @stonelands.bsky.social

A photo of a bookshelf with books about British Roman history

A photo of a bookshelf with a large array of hardback books

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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 5d

Recreate as a tableau vivant (a never-before-used expression I’ve pulled from the depths of my subconscious…)

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Kenny Brophy @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social · 5d

OK I’ve got this thing in my office. What should I do with it?

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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 5d

Looking forward to going online with the Conscious Café this coming Monday 13th to talk about the weird and wonderful aspects of stones … leylines, legends, energies, ghosts and more! Hope you can join! ❤️🪨❤️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/explore-the-magic-and-mystery-of-the-stones-tickets-1555943431689#

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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 9d

Cumbria, near Penrith

Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 9d

Was that for pedestrians @classicalalan.bsky.social ? The ground level would have been lower then!

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Making It Wyrd @makingitwyrd.bsky.social · 9d

An excellent night of folklore on Friday with @stonelands.bsky.social @icysedgwick.bsky.social and @occultaria.bsky.social! Now to keep our eyes peeled for stone megaliths, grey ladies and singular gloves...👻👻👻

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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 9d

Long Meg, a witch turned to stone, stands next to her many stony-hearted daughters (or, alternatively, her lovers or her fellow witches). If you break bits off her, she will bleed. A wonderful stone decorated with rock art, she marks the direction of winter solstice sunset. #StandingStoneSunday

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jack heathen @jackheathen.bsky.social · 9d

Dowsing at Avebury (oil on canvas) for #StandingStoneSunday

#Avebury #dowsing

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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 10d

😂❤️

Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 10d

It’s really mind boggling!

Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 10d

My first time of seeing- wonderful!@

Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 10d

Yes!

Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 11d

Lincoln’s Newport Arch was built by the Romans in the 3rd century and is still very much in use by vehicles today, some 1,800 years later- this is pretty amazing!

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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 11d

Looking forward to it! ❤️

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