(Had a plan to pop up to Dartmoor for the sunset, but the rows and menhir are in literally Drizzlecombe)
(Had a plan to pop up to Dartmoor for the sunset, but the rows and menhir are in literally Drizzlecombe)
One December day a few years back - part of the Drizzlecombe ceremonial site on #Dartmoor
On the far hill is Whittenknowle Rocks - a Bronze Age settlement with very pronounced walls
One December day a few years back - part of the Drizzlecombe ceremonial site on #Dartmoor
On the far hill is Whittenknowle Rocks - a Bronze Age settlement with very pronounced walls
One of the menhirs at Drizzlecombe, with The Bone Stone in the distance #Dartmoor
One of the menhirs at Drizzlecombe, with The Bone Stone in the distance #Dartmoor
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#standingStoneSunday @megalithic.bsky.social #Dartmoor
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#standingStoneSunday @megalithic.bsky.social #Dartmoor
The two largest menhirs at Drizzlecombe, with a double stone row between #Dartmoor
The two largest menhirs at Drizzlecombe, with a double stone row between #Dartmoor
The Giant’s Basin cairn burial mound at Drizzlecombe #Dartmoor
An important person was laid there. But there are quite a few others on the slope
The Giant’s Basin cairn burial mound at Drizzlecombe #Dartmoor
An important person was laid there. But there are quite a few others on the slope
Part of the Drizzlecombe ceremonial site #Dartmoor. The area is a big Neolithic & Bronze Age graveyard
Part of the Drizzlecombe ceremonial site #Dartmoor. The area is a big Neolithic & Bronze Age graveyard
The first menhir at the foot of the hill is massive & from one side, almost pyramidical - from the other, as slender as a wand
The first menhir at the foot of the hill is massive & from one side, almost pyramidical - from the other, as slender as a wand
May not be much for serious allday hikers (I was one!). But enough! #Dartmoor
May not be much for serious allday hikers (I was one!). But enough! #Dartmoor
#Dartmoor
From Hartor Tor, the menhir almost looks like it has horns (in fact, it’s a beak-like protrusion as seen in the second image)
#Dartmoor
From Hartor Tor, the menhir almost looks like it has horns (in fact, it’s a beak-like protrusion as seen in the second image)
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#standingStone #Dartmoor #weirdWalk
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#standingStone #Dartmoor #weirdWalk
#dartmoor #cicerone #devon
For more info visit: www.stevedavison.co.uk/book/walking-dartmoor-south
#dartmoor #cicerone #devon
For more info visit: www.stevedavison.co.uk/book/walking-dartmoor-south