The wide panorama from Barpa Langais #Neolithic chambered cairn on North Uist yesterday

The cairn commands views from coast to coast, but the small entrance passage faces uphill & away from this impressive vista.

What a fabulous monument

The bronze age burial mound on Picwys Du in South Wales, 2,500 ft above sea level. (featuring my son and I!). HedleyThorne.com

Sunset tonight, Balranald, west coast of North Uist, #Hebrides 21.45. 👌

Cycling North Uist & Benbecula today - stopping for stunning archaeology, frequent crannogs & soaring Hen Harriers. And the sun is shining 🌞

📷Pobull Ffinn (Ffin's People) stone circle, North Uist, this morning

#AdoorableThursday Tiny door halfway up Tobermory's town clock. Nice to hear it strike on the hour

📷 Monday

Forest of Dean road block.

Pretty sure we didn't have *Iron Age roundhouse* on our Prehistory Bingo Card this morning but...

#Durotriges24

Sun setting tonight on the Machair west coast of North Uist on the RSPB Scotland Balranald Nature Reserve - camping within earshot of a Corncrake 👌

Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘Welsh Hill Farm’

CF Tunnicliffe (1949)

Leaving Mallaig - next stop Outer Hebrides 🍻🌊

Queen chess-piece from the famous 12th-century ‘Lewis Chessmen’.

A look that seems to say ‘We are not amused!’ 😁

This characterful medieval chess piece was carved from walrus ivory c. 1150-1200. From a large gaming hoard with around 80 chess pieces, found on the Isle of Lewis,

The new A487 Dyfi Bridge under construction near #Machynlleth .
Building the bridge took two years – from 2021 to 2023, and the new viaduct is 725m long with a 74m long river span.
📸T. Driver, CB_Arolygu / RC_Survey, 25 March 2022
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#NewlyCatalogued #ExploreYourArchive

#HillfortsWednesday The strongly-sited Torr Aint fort in Glen Bellart, Isle of Mull

This conspicuous fort dominates an inland pass, but has been heavily robbed - an abandoned crofting village, Aintuim, was built at its north end, visible in the foreground

📷 Monday, by bike

Lovely local books Hay Festival including #hotoffthepress The Old Words of Herefordshire

Dr Toby Driver I've stayed there many a time. Looked after by the sadly missed Barbara McIntosh who also ran the PO from there, + recorded the weather. Used during WW2 by army training. Owners had an offer for reuse but turned it down then emptied the house, barring anyone from going near it.

Haunted mansion anybody? 👻

Abandoned lochside property, Lochailort, today

Pont du Gard. Slightly more monumental than the Dorchester aqueduct I grew up with!!

Tre'r Ceiri, well worth the climb. Inspired by Dr Toby Driver book about #hillforts in Wales. A great read, learnt so much

Early ferry from Mull this morning to beat the rain. I do love this Art Deco ferry terminal at Tobermory - now the Calmac office; real seaside architecture

#StandingStoneTuesday 😉🧐 The two remaining standing stones of the Dervaig alignment, Isle of Mull

Sited in a mountain gap, away from prominent views, they have recently been cleared of their forested surroundings. And the sun came out! 🌞

📷 Yesterday