#stone structures

[alexanderpearce]

incredible winter solstice with @afieldinengland at stonehenge :)

[realbeeing]

Mysteries in Stone

Four different chambers of probable ancient origin

Putnam County, NY

[yorksnapshots]

Beggar’s Bridge, Glaisdale, North Yorkshire, England.

A Packhorse bridge built 1619 by Thomas Ferris a former Sheriff and Mayor of Hull.                       

Thomas was the son of a poor farmer and loved Agnes,   daughter of a squire across the River in Glaisdale. Thomas was             rejected as a suitor and denounced as a beggar by the squire. So he decided   to go to sea to seek his fortune, he was prevented from saying       good-bye to Agnes by floods making the river impassable. After making his     fortune in the Caribbean, Thomas returned to marry Agnes and built this           bridge to help future lovers.         

[zoeflake]

Elusive light

[ancientstuff]

These mysterious stone structures in Saudi Arabia are older than the pyramids

Monumental structures built from walls of rock in Saudi Arabia are older than Egypt's pyramids and the ancient stone circles of Britain, res

These are fascinating. I'm not sure I agree entirely with their assessment of muscatils as having a cultic purpose, but I also haven't studied them in depth.

[barklyvanish]

Eilean Donan Castle,Scotland #scotland #eileandonan #castle

[archaeologicalnews]

Hundreds of Mysterious Stone Structures Discovered in Western Sahara

Hundreds of stone structures dating back thousands of years have been discovered in the Western Sahara, a territory in Africa little explored by archaeologists.

The structures seem to come in all sizes and shapes, and archaeologists aren't sure what many of then were used for or when they were created, archaeologists report in the book "The Archaeology of Western Sahara: A Synthesis of Fieldwork, 2002 to 2009" (Oxbow Books, 2018).

About 75 percent of the Western Saharan territory, including most of the coastline, is controlled by Morocco, while 25 percent is controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Before 1991, the two governments were in a state of war. Read more.

[adley-carlton-barnaby]

The Beautiful Leeds Castle,Kent,England.....

#leeds castle #Kent England #Castles #Scenic Beauty #London,England #United Kingdom #Stone Structures #Gardens