Fiona Robertson
@stonelands.bsky.social
Megalith geek, writer, editor, author of STONE LANDS
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
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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
Recent trip to Boscawen-ûn, that quartz stone was more glittery and gorgeous than ever. Whatever the weather, it picks up the light. #StandingStoneSunday
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Recent trip to Boscawen-ûn, that quartz stone was more glittery and gorgeous than ever. Whatever the weather, it picks up the light. #StandingStoneSunday
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!
November 18, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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!
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
November 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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
German edition of STONE LANDS coming April 2026! The subtitle just seems so cool in German: Eine Reise durch Dunkelheit und Licht ❤️🪨❤️
November 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
German edition of STONE LANDS coming April 2026! The subtitle just seems so cool in German: Eine Reise durch Dunkelheit und Licht ❤️🪨❤️
The 5th/6th-century Selus Stone in St Just church - a testament to our perennial human tendency to mess things up.
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The 5th/6th-century Selus Stone in St Just church - a testament to our perennial human tendency to mess things up.
FOREWORD mag has done a v nice review of the US edition of STONE LANDS - v pleased with it, here it is! www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/stone-lands/
November 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
FOREWORD mag has done a v nice review of the US edition of STONE LANDS - v pleased with it, here it is! www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/stone-lands/
Took delivery of my US author copies today - a surreal and marvellous moment! STONE LANDS is coming out in North America on 2nd December.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Took delivery of my US author copies today - a surreal and marvellous moment! STONE LANDS is coming out in North America on 2nd December.
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Ballowall barrow one wild and windy October evening. No sign of strange lights or partying sprites, but a definite spooky vibe ... #TombTuesday
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Ballowall barrow one wild and windy October evening. No sign of strange lights or partying sprites, but a definite spooky vibe ... #TombTuesday
Watch Croft menhir. There are ancient cairns close by and you can see the tower of Ding Dong mine on far horizon. Somewhere down there is Boskednan, the Mên-an-Tol and Mén Scryfa. But where? (Next time I need to bring binoculars.) #StandingStoneSunday
November 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Watch Croft menhir. There are ancient cairns close by and you can see the tower of Ding Dong mine on far horizon. Somewhere down there is Boskednan, the Mên-an-Tol and Mén Scryfa. But where? (Next time I need to bring binoculars.) #StandingStoneSunday
The new Ben Edge exhibition at the Fitzrovia Chapel: stunning folkloric art in a spectacular setting!
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The new Ben Edge exhibition at the Fitzrovia Chapel: stunning folkloric art in a spectacular setting!
The rather ruinous Sperris Quoit in its marvellous moorland setting, with the triangle of Zennor Quoit visible in the distance! #TombTuesday
November 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The rather ruinous Sperris Quoit in its marvellous moorland setting, with the triangle of Zennor Quoit visible in the distance! #TombTuesday
A Samhain visit to lovely Sancreed well. One of the most magical places.
November 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
A Samhain visit to lovely Sancreed well. One of the most magical places.
Yesterday at the Merry Maidens: red roses and much eerie mooing!
October 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Yesterday at the Merry Maidens: red roses and much eerie mooing!
Tregeseal barrow (looking in both directions). William Copeland Borlase found a wonderful urn here, now in the British Museum. The passage grave is on farmland not far from Tregeseal stone circle. I've been wanting to visit this for so long and finally have! #TombTuesday
October 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Tregeseal barrow (looking in both directions). William Copeland Borlase found a wonderful urn here, now in the British Museum. The passage grave is on farmland not far from Tregeseal stone circle. I've been wanting to visit this for so long and finally have! #TombTuesday
The Hawk Stone, Oxfordshire. There's a legend that witches were tied here, their iron chains wearing the slit in the top of stone. But another story says that it was a witch who brought the stone here, for purposes of her own ... #StandingStoneSunday
October 26, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The Hawk Stone, Oxfordshire. There's a legend that witches were tied here, their iron chains wearing the slit in the top of stone. But another story says that it was a witch who brought the stone here, for purposes of her own ... #StandingStoneSunday
Discovering the Roman mosaic hidden under an old tarp in Spoonley Wood nr Winchcombe … Very fun indeed #MosaicMonday
October 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Discovering the Roman mosaic hidden under an old tarp in Spoonley Wood nr Winchcombe … Very fun indeed #MosaicMonday
Duloe - eight luminous quartz stones with a witchy vibe ✨🪨✨ #standingstonesunday
October 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Duloe - eight luminous quartz stones with a witchy vibe ✨🪨✨ #standingstonesunday
Thank you everyone who came to the STONE LANDS event in Sydenham yesterday- and thank you @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social for the insanely brilliant window display complete with megaliths! Nice to see fellow stones geeks @megalithic.bsky.social @jonathanmorris.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Thank you everyone who came to the STONE LANDS event in Sydenham yesterday- and thank you @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social for the insanely brilliant window display complete with megaliths! Nice to see fellow stones geeks @megalithic.bsky.social @jonathanmorris.bsky.social
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
October 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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
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/
October 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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/
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#
October 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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#
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
October 5, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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
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!
October 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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!
A reminder re the FANTASTIC FOLKLORE evening this Fri 3rd Oct at Lincoln Book Festival featuring @katecherrell.bsky.social @icysedgwick.bsky.social @occultaria.bsky.social and me! Weird sites, weird folklore, weird happenings – can't wait ... lincolnartscentre.co.uk/event/fantas...
September 30, 2025 at 8:32 AM
A reminder re the FANTASTIC FOLKLORE evening this Fri 3rd Oct at Lincoln Book Festival featuring @katecherrell.bsky.social @icysedgwick.bsky.social @occultaria.bsky.social and me! Weird sites, weird folklore, weird happenings – can't wait ... lincolnartscentre.co.uk/event/fantas...