Milton of Clava, a single standing stone thought to be all that's left of a #ClavaCairn .... #TombTuesday #ClavaCairns More pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

Only two stones are left of Loanend circle in Aberdeenshire but the recumbent is a biggie at 4.2m wide and 1.9m high #StandingStoneSunday More pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

It's estimated that the fire in the #Cairngorms has burnt 25 sq km ..... that's the area of Inverness City?

"You are passing through just bare forest now and birds flying about looking for their nests." "There are smouldering points - hotspots - in the soil which is quite peaty and when the wind get up that reignites and there are flames again." #Cairngorms #fire #Highlands www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Apocalyptic' damage as Cairngorms wildfire burns for two weeks

The blaze has destroyed about 25 sq km of moorland and forestry near Aviemore since Wednesday 15 July.

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Culdoich #ClavaCairn is the most westerly of the ‘Clava cemetery’ near Inverness #TombTuesday #ClavaCairns A few more pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

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The circle at Aviemore is the remains of one of 50 #ClavaCairns in the Highlands #StandingStoneSunday ... more pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

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Aviemore Stone Circle, Scotland. Hope everyone is OK after the Cairngorm wildfires. #StandingStoneSunday

The chamber and passage of Avielochan #ClavaCairn north of Aviemore. A second cairn lies close by ... #TombTuesday #ClavaCairns More pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

Celebrating 'surviving' the 20km out to summit of Beinn Lair 859m #Corbett. Worth it for the views .... now only 20km back. #Corbetts

Old Keig at 53 tons is the largest recumbent known (4.9m by 2.1m by 2.0m) and thought to have been brought from the Don valley about 10km away. #StandingStoneSunday More pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

Optimism, happiness, enthusiasm .... the colour orange not me.

They tried to smash it but New Craig recumbent still sits with us #StandingStoneSunday Many more pics @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

'Quality or state of being calm, peaceful, and free from disturbance, noise, or worry'.... tranquility early this morning at #LochGarten in the #Cairngorms

Chambered or not? 6,000 yrs old or 4,500 .... or somewhere between? Carrachan Dubh Cairn near Inchnadamph in the Highlands is another example of just how much we still have to learn about our ancient past. More pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

"Of national importance" ... Ardlair in Aberdeenshire, the remains of a recumbent stone circle on a prominent hilltop #StandingStoneSunday More pics @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

The things you end up doing in life that you never envisaged: this week I became a remote location chimney sweep at Corrour Bothy in the #Cairngorms.

#Belladrum is known for the Tartan Heart Festival but 4,000 yrs ago it was the place to build #ClavaCairns ….. #TombTuesday, #ClavaCairn More pics of two cairns on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

Simple pleasures ... today's ride with a view .... of the #Cairngorms

Stonehead for #StandingStoneSunday ..... all that remains of this Aberdeenshire circle is the impressive recumbent and two tall flankers. Many more pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

I wonder if the summer fire restrictions in the #Cairngorms should extend to land managers?

Great to have an #orchid flowering in our small #wildflowers garden in the #Cairngorms

At over 5 metres Kirkton of Bourtie in Aberdeenshire is thought to be the longest of recumbent stones #StandingStoneSunday More pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

Drumtroddan Standing Stones. The name means the ridge of the skirmish or quarrel. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography #SouthernScotland

Still a bit of snow high up on the hills .... on the way up #CreagMeagaidh today

Great to see the #BogCotton blooming on the Dava Moor 11 months after Britain's first megafire ..... nature recovering? #Cottongrass

Ballinluig #ClavaCairn the remains of one of seven #ClavaCairns in Strathspey in the western #Cairngorms ..... #TombTuesday More on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

Colmeallie - a recumbent that once was #StandingStoneSunday More info and pic on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

Rolling back the years .... first time on my #recumbent for an age

Some 5km NE of the main #ClavaCairns site sits Dalcoss Mains #ClavaCairn. The outer kerb 'survives' as does the view to the Moray Firth #TombTuesday More pics, inc the view, on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

At 2.7m tall the two flankers of Cothiemuir Wood Recumbent stand impressively tall #StandingStoneSunday … in #Aberdeenshire More pics of this remarkable recumbent on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...