Loanhead of Daviot
A peaceful recumbent stone circle set amidst the rolling hills and farmland of north-east Scotland, near Daviot in Aberdeenshire.
Scotland
A selection of sites and places in Scotland which I am particularly drawn to.
Kilmartin Glen
This amazing area is home to hundreds of neolithic monuments, as well as a great range of natural habitats.
Dunadd, Kilmartin
Dunadd hill, at the heart of the west coast Gaelic kingdom of Dál Riata, is one of the most important monuments of early Scotland.
Machrie Moor, Arran
Eleven separate circles and groups of standing stones nestle into the Shiskine valley on the Western side of Arran.
Fairy Glen, Rosemarkie
A gentle walk through a delightful wood beside a tumbling stream, with waterfalls, with long-standing fairy associations.
Corrimony Chambered Cairn
A Clava-type chambered cairn 9 miles west of Loch Ness – an atmospheric, intriguing place.
Clava Cairns, Inverness
An impressive, and important, complex of cairns and surrounding standing stones in the Nairn valley.
Findhorn Gorge
The river Findhorn tumbles down from the Monadhliath mountains through a rocky gorge, lined with forest. I feel a wild, elemental, energy here.
Ring of Brodgar
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.
Stones of Stenness
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