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July 13, 2018

The Isle of Arran: Goatfell

July 13, 2018/ Aaron Watson
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.

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July 13, 2018/ Aaron Watson/
Landscape, Nature and Culture, Walking
Scotland
April 17, 2018

The standing stones of Nethermost Pike

April 17, 2018/ Aaron Watson
The standing stones of Nethermost Pike

Today, 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.

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April 17, 2018/ Aaron Watson/
Geology, Landscape, Stone Circle, Walking
Lake District
June 25, 2017

Visiting Bronze Age cairns on the Simonside Hills, Northumberland

June 25, 2017/ Aaron Watson
Visiting Bronze Age cairns on the Simonside Hills, Northumberland

A 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.

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June 25, 2017/ Aaron Watson/
Geology, Landscape, Walking
Northumberland
June 24, 2017

Visiting Bronze Age cairns on Cartington Hill, Northumberland

June 24, 2017/ Aaron Watson
Visiting Bronze Age cairns on Cartington Hill, Northumberland

This 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.

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June 24, 2017/ Aaron Watson/
Landscape, Geology, Walking
Northumberland
May 22, 2017

Visiting a stone circle and stone row near Burrator, Dartmoor

May 22, 2017/ Aaron Watson
Visiting a stone circle and stone row near Burrator, Dartmoor

Down 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.

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May 22, 2017/ Aaron Watson/
Landscape, Walking, Stone Circle
Dartmoor, Devon, England
May 07, 2017

A walk to the summit of Fairfield: Clouds and Neolithic stones on a Lake District mountain

May 07, 2017/ Aaron Watson
A walk to the summit of Fairfield: Clouds and Neolithic stones on a Lake District mountain

A walk in the central Lake District, featuring a dynamic cloud formation and Neolithic worked stone.

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May 07, 2017/ Aaron Watson/
Walking, Photogrammetry, Landscape, Fieldwork, Nature and Culture
Lake District, Cumbria, England
March 21, 2017

A walk along Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland

March 21, 2017/ Aaron Watson
A walk along Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland

A blustery walk along Hadrian's Wall in winter sunshine.

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March 21, 2017/ Aaron Watson/
Landscape, Walking
Northumberland
March 20, 2017

A walk between hillforts and a waterfall in the Breamish Valley, Northumberland

March 20, 2017/ Aaron Watson
A walk between hillforts and a waterfall in the Breamish Valley, Northumberland

A visit to several Iron Age hillforts, and a Bronze Age cairn, near the village of Ingram.

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March 20, 2017/ Aaron Watson/
Landscape, Walking
Northumberland
March 16, 2017

An evening walk on Lindisfarne, Northumberland

March 16, 2017/ Aaron Watson
An evening walk on Lindisfarne, Northumberland

My first visit to Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island. The isle is joined to the coastline of Northumberland by a tidal causeway.

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March 16, 2017/ Aaron Watson/
Walking, Landscape
Northumberland
February 14, 2017

A day in the landscapes of Argyll

February 14, 2017/ Aaron Watson
A day in the landscapes of Argyll

It'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.

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February 14, 2017/ Aaron Watson/
Walking, Rock art, Landscape
Argyll
January 12, 2017

Ben Lawers excavations featured on BBC Radio 3

January 12, 2017/ Aaron Watson
Ben Lawers excavations featured on BBC Radio 3

Walker 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.

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January 12, 2017/ Aaron Watson/
Landscape, Geology, Walking, Media
Ben Lawers, Scotland, Triboluminescence, Quartz
September 29, 2016

Archaeo-optics in Orkney Day 12: A stormy coastal walk at Birsay

September 29, 2016/ Aaron Watson
Archaeo-optics in Orkney Day 12: A stormy coastal walk at Birsay

Wild 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.

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September 29, 2016/ Aaron Watson/
Walking
Orkney, Scotland, Birsay
September 22, 2016

Archaeo-optics in Orkney Day 5: The hills of Hoy

September 22, 2016/ Aaron Watson
Archaeo-optics in Orkney Day 5: The hills of Hoy

Cloudless skies today in Hoy, so I headed out along the coastline and up into the hills.

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September 22, 2016/ Aaron Watson/
Walking, Landscape, Geology
Cuilags, Hoy, Scotland, Orkney, Dwarfie Stane
September 20, 2016

Archaeo-optics in Orkney Day 3: On the beach at Rackwick

September 20, 2016/ Aaron Watson
Archaeo-optics in Orkney Day 3: On the beach at Rackwick

This 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.

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September 20, 2016/ Aaron Watson/
Archaeo-optics, Walking
Scotland, Hoy, Orkney, Rackwick
September 10, 2016

Exploring Yarrows megalithic cemetery

September 10, 2016/ Aaron Watson
Exploring Yarrows megalithic cemetery

Following 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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September 10, 2016/ Aaron Watson/
Walking, Landscape
Chambered cairn, Yarrows
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