Loanhead of Daviot
A peaceful recumbent stone circle set amidst the rolling hills and farmland of north-east Scotland, near Daviot in Aberdeenshire.
A selection of sites and places in Scotland which I am particularly drawn to.
A peaceful recumbent stone circle set amidst the rolling hills and farmland of north-east Scotland, near Daviot in Aberdeenshire.
This amazing area is home to hundreds of neolithic monuments, as well as a great range of natural habitats.
Dunadd hill, at the heart of the west coast Gaelic kingdom of Dál Riata, is one of the most important monuments of early Scotland.
Eleven separate circles and groups of standing stones nestle into the Shiskine valley on the Western side of Arran.
A gentle walk through a delightful wood beside a tumbling stream, with waterfalls, with long-standing fairy associations.
A Clava-type chambered cairn 9 miles west of Loch Ness – an atmospheric, intriguing place.
An impressive, and important, complex of cairns and surrounding standing stones in the Nairn valley.
The river Findhorn tumbles down from the Monadhliath mountains through a rocky gorge, lined with forest. I feel a wild, elemental, energy here.
The Ring of Brodgar is at the heart of the Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. I have visited here many times, the most memorable being one time in March, in snowstorms and a bitter arctic wind.
Just across the isthmus from the Ring of Brodgar, the standing stones of Stenness have a mysterious presence, although, in my experience, it is a very comfortable place to be