Ancient Stone Structures

Historic megalithic sites, stone circles, and dolmens surrounded by natural landscapes, highlighting their cultural significance and ancient history.

England, Cornwall, near Trenuggo. According to tradition the Blind Fiddler Standing Stone, prehistoric monolith, near Trenuggo in West Penwith, is a musician turned to stone as punishment for playing his violin on a Sunday.

5000 year old Castlerigg Prehistoric Stone Circle near Keswick in the Lake District, Cumbria in the northwest of England. Built in the Neolithic period it is one of the oldest stone circles in Europe

Ireland, County Clare, The Burren, Poulnabrone Dolmen

Cromlech of La Pasada del Abad La Parada del Abad Rosal de la Frontera Cromlech of La Pasada del Abad La Parada del Abad Rosal de la Frontera, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21750007

England, Cornwall, near Trenuggo. According to tradition the Blind Fiddler Standing Stone, prehistoric monolith, near Trenuggo in West Penwith, is a musician turned to stone as punishment for playing his violin on a Sunday.

Castlerigg Stone Circle near Keswick Castlerigg prehistoric stone circle near Keswick in Lake District Copyright: xZoonar.com/StevexHeapx 3907736

England, Wiltshire, Avebury. Standing stones, part of the Avebury ring, the oldest stone ring known to be in existence in the world.

Isolated menhir on the Mejean plateau Cevennes France

Kilclooney Dolmen, County Donegal, Ireland

The Kings Men stone circle, The Rollright Stones, on the Oxfordshire Warwickshire border, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Menhir of Pointe d'Er-Limouzen, megalith, Quiberon Peninsula, Brittany, France.

Pentre Ifan in the Preseli Mountains, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK

Sweden, Scania, Kaseberga. Ales Stenar, viking burial ground

England, Derbyshire, Stanage Edge. Abandoned millstones below High Neb on Stanage Edge in the Peak District National Park.

Balancing stones across the landscape Large boulders scattered across the landscape, some precariously balancing on top of each other, makes you wonder how they got into those unique positions. Wyangals, Central West NSW Copyright: xZoonar.com/Leah-AnnexThompsonx 7790081

Co Sligo, Carrowmore bronze age cemetery, & Knocknarea Mountains, Ireland

Scotland, North Ayrshire, Glenashdale. Giants Grave, chambered cairns from the Neolithic period in Glenashdale on the Isle of Arran.

Limestone rock formations on Castle Hill, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania

UK - England, Cumbria, Keswick, Castlerigg Stone Circle

France. Bretagne. Carnac. Ménec

Arrizazen Cist and Menhir, Legaire Megalithic Park, Legaire Campas , Álava, Basque Country, Spain.

USA, Texas, Enchanted Rock State Park

Castlerigg Stone Circle, Cumbria, Lake District, England

A Norber Erratic which was left by melting ice sheets.

Megalithic field with rows of stones, Alignement de Ménec, in Carnac, Morbihan, Brittany, France

Boulders, Carrizo Plain National Monument, California

Harold's Stones in the village of Trellech.

Salt Cellar Rock on Derwent Edge, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Sweden, Bohuslan, Blomsholm, Blomsholmsskeppet, stone ship circle, Iron-age burial ground, 400-600 AD

The boundary stone at Two Barrows on Hamel Down in Dartmoor National Park.

megalithic tomb of Nobbin with flight of starlings

Bowermans Nose granite outcrop in Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

YACIMIENTO DEL CANTO DEL CUERVO. VISTAS DEL ABRIGO Y PINTURAS RUPESTRES. PROYECTO SIGAREP II.

Higher Tor on Belstone Ridge on a winter morning, Dartmoor, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

View looking from Castlerigg Stone Circle towards snow topped Blencathra in spring late winter.

Sweden, Bohuslan, Blomsholm, Blomsholmsskeppet, stone ship circle, Iron-age burial ground, 400-600 AD

Rollright Stones, 2000 BC, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire borders, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon.

Sweden, Southern Sweden, Kaseberga, Ales Stenar, Ale's Stones, early people's ritual site from 600 AD, with visitors,

Wales, Powys, Black Mountains. Grave stones in the Black Mountains area of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Standing Stones at sunrise, Carnac, Brittany, France

Spinsters' Rock. Artist: Unknown

Akarte menhir Akarte menhir, Legaire Megalithic Park, Campas de Legaire, Álava, Basque Country, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22845999

Arrizazen menhir, with the mountains of the Aizkorri-Aratz Natural Park in the background, Legaire Megalithic Park, Campas de Legaire, Álava, Basque Country, Spain.

Castlerigg stone circle in the English Lake District National Park.

Pacific Islands, Easter Island, Rano Raraku Crater. Moai Statues Abandonned In Transit On The Slopes Of Crater

Rock formation, Teufelsmauer nature reserve, near Weddersleben, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Menhirs near Carnac, megalithic culture, sunset, backlight, Brittany, France, Europe

Small limestone-walled old fields on Inisheer the Burren. western Eire.

Avebury stone circle, Wiltshire, England

The 5000 year old Castlerigg Prehistoric Stone Circle near Keswick in the Lake District in Cumbria in the northwest of England. Built in the Neolithic period it is one of the oldest stone circles in Europe.

Teufelsmauer, Koenigstein, rock formation, Harz foothills, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Moais By The Quarry On The Outer Slope Of The Rano Raraku Volcano, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Chile

Ininsky rock garden Ininsky rock garden, Copyright: xZoonar.com/MYCHKOx 9731523

Cromlech Dos Almendres site, ancient neolithic -Alto Das Pedras Talhas-, Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe, Valverde, Evora, Alentejo, Portugal.

Creag Megaidh National Nature Reserve, Lochaber, Scotland, UK, December. 2020VISION Book Plate.

The trig point on the summit of Shilstone Hill in Exmoor National Park.

Erstaunliches Island. Landmannalaugar. Erstaunliches Island. Landmannalaugar. Copyright: xZoonar.com/kavramx 22544183

The King's Men Stone Circle which is part of the Rollright Stones, a complex of three Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monuments in Long Compton, Oxfordshire. Dated 21st Century

Grave field, Grebbestad, Bohuslaen, Sweden, Europe

shetlandinseln shetland isles, landscape Copyright: xZoonar.com/murxxxx 14232414

Cromlech of La Pasada del Abad (La Parada del Abad) Rosal de la Frontera, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain.

Meneham Beach, Kerlouan, Pays Pagan, Finistere, Brittany, France

Blakeley Rise Stone Circle in Cumbria.

M zora Kromlech und Menhir M zora Kromlech und Menhir Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 23118734

Rock in mountains of Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Young man climbing a boulder surrounded by tall grass and mountains in the Castle Hill Basin, New Zealand.

Norber erratics glacial deposition, Austwick, Yorkshire Dales national park, England, UK

Scotland, Isle of Lewis. Sunset over the western-facing line of standing stones. Ancient stone circle dating back to Neolithic times, Callanish is the most dramatic prehistoric site in the Hebrides.

Elder Tree - Growing through roof of stone barn (Sambucus nigra). Peak District Derbyshire UK.

Cornwalls, England Rochers , 1913 - England - Auguste Léon - (August 28 - September 3) (French - Cornouailles , Angleterre Rochers). Black image, geology, Sciences , Techniques, England

dolmen of Achar de Aguas Tuertas , Aguas Tuertas dolmen, Guarrinza, Valley of Hecho, western valleys, Pyrenean mountain range, province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain.

Wildnis entsteht nach dem Waldbrand im Nationalpark Sächsische Schweiz *** Wilderness is created to the Forest fire at National Park Saxon Switzerland 1133401808

The Hurlers, Menhirs, Megaliths, Bronze Age Stone Circles, Minions, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England, Great Britain

Rock called Hoelzlstein in Burgenland

Erratic block of moraine Hardangervidda plateau Norway

Landscape at the Awatere River, New Zealand, Oceania

Lindholm Hills called Lindholm Hoje in Danish is a major viking burial site in Denmark

England, North Yorkshire, near Pateley Bridge. Brimham Rocks formed from Millstone Grit exposed and eroded over millions of years to form the bizarre shaped rocks that can be seen today.

menhires, Parque Megalítico de Legaire, campas de Legaire , Álava, Pais Vasco, Spain.

North Wales, Gwynedd, Beddgelert. A view to Gelert's Grave. In this field is where legend says 13th century Prince Llywelyn buried his dog giving name to the village in Snowdonia National Park.

England, North Yorkshire, North York Moors . Snow carpets the moorland around an old Waymarker on Spaunton Moor.

Chile, Easter Island aka Rapa Nui. Rapa Nui National Park, historic site of Rano Raraku 'the quarry'. Volcanic hillside where moai were carved.

Granite upland landscape at Combestone Tor, near Hexworthy, Dartmoor national park, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

valle de Guarrinza, pirineo aragones,Huesca, Spain.

View of 'Tump', raised mound in flowery grassland, above Apold, Transylvania, Romania, June

England, North Yorkshire, Swaledale, Fields and Sheep

View from the Mont Beuvray, France

Large stone grave on Mön, Denmark Großsteingrab Sprovedyssen of the Neolithic Age on the island of Mön, Däbemark. Acceptance in the dark with unleashed flash in the grave and internal camera blitz as lightening light. Ancient Megalithic Tomb Sprovedyssen on the Island Moen, Denmark, at Night

Ireland, County Sligo, Castlebaldwin, Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery, View from the summit over one of the cairns..

Rainbow over the Dolmen, Legaire Megalithic Park, Legaire Campas, Alava, Basque Country, Spain, Europe

Vineyar in autumn at La Rioja, Spain

Avebury Prehistoric Stone Circle World Heritage Site Wiltshire England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU

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