The Isle of Arran: Goatfell
/A walk into the sky to explore the stony world on the summit of Goatfell, including a search for pitchstone.
Read MoreA walk into the sky to explore the stony world on the summit of Goatfell, including a search for pitchstone.
Read MoreToday, I visited a group of intriguing rock features on the Helvellyn range in the central Lake District. This remote plateau is around 880m (2880 feet) above the sea, and was in the grip of winter.
Read MoreA skyline walk along the main ridge of the Simonside Hills reveals a series of Bronze Age burial mounds that have interesting relationships to rock formations and the sky.
Read MoreThis week I visited three probable Bronze Age cairns on a prominent ridge near Rothbury in Northumberland. They have been partially robbed, and remodeled in recent times, but are set in a striking location.
Read MoreDown Tor stone circle and row (also known as Hingston Hill) is set in a remote and atmospheric location in southwest Dartmoor. There are spectacular tors nearby.
Read MoreA walk in the central Lake District, featuring a dynamic cloud formation and Neolithic worked stone.
Read MoreA blustery walk along Hadrian's Wall in winter sunshine.
Read MoreA visit to several Iron Age hillforts, and a Bronze Age cairn, near the village of Ingram.
Read MoreMy first visit to Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island. The isle is joined to the coastline of Northumberland by a tidal causeway.
Read MoreIt's been a glorious sunny day in Argyll on the west coast of Scotland. I divided my time between visitingcup and ring rock art around Kilmartin Glen, and landscapes with elemental qualities.
Read MoreWalker and author Linda Cracknell recently broadcast a thought provoking piece about quartz, and it features my research on Ben Lawers in collaboration with Richard Bradley.
Read MoreWild weather continues in Orkney, yet again making our fieldwork impractical. As a break from reading, Ronnie and I went for a somewhat breezy walk along the coastline near Birsay.
Read MoreCloudless skies today in Hoy, so I headed out along the coastline and up into the hills.
Read MoreThis afternoon we had a break from the Dwarfie Stane. Ronnie got to work with some sketching and painting while I spent a few hours exploring Rackwick beach.
Read MoreFollowing sunrise observations inside Camster Round earlier this morning, Ronnie and I spent a few hours tramping around a group of thirteen chambered cairns which overlook the Loch of Yarrows.
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