Items matching megaliths

Stone Henge in Wiltshire, wallpaper version

A version of Stone Henge in Wiltshire [1780] with the publisher’s name removed from the bottom, making it the right shape for many computer screens. There is also a widescreen stonehenge wallpaper ver [...]

Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, ruins, temples, megaliths, druids, stone circles, spooky

Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2008-08-27

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49.—Stone Henge, in Wiltshire.

Stonehenge in a woodcut from 1786. I would not assume that the drawing is very accurate. In the foreground is a group of people on the ground, to give a sense of scale. Stone Henge, in Wiltshire. Pu [...]

Keywords: ruins, temples, megaliths, druids, stone circles

Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2008-08-27

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Cromleh near Dundalk Ireland, from the Druidical Antiquities plate.

This is an engraving of Proleek Dolmen, part of a megalithic portal tomb, although this should not be taken to imply that there is a burial chamber. The capstone is almost four metres long and over t [...]

Keywords: druids, megaliths, ruins, tombs

Places shown: Dundalk; County Louth; Ireland

Added: 2006-01-11

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Rocking Stone. From the Druidical Antiquities Plate.

A rocking stone is one so placed that it can be wobbled easily, apparently a neolithic amusement.

This is one item from a full-page plate, Druidical Antiquities

Keywords: druids, ruins, megaliths

Places shown: Cornwall; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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Cromleh near Plaisnewdd in Anglesea

The modern spelling of Plaisnewdd is Plas Newydd; this megalithic burial chamber is near the National Trust site at Bryn Celli Ddu in Anglesey (Ynys Mon). modern picture by hamish This is one item fro [...]

Keywords: druids, tombs, megaliths, ruins

Places shown: Plas Newydd; Anglesey; Wales

Added: 2006-01-11

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Kist-vain, from the Druidical Antiquities plate

This is an engraving of a kist-tomb.

Kist is an old name for chest or coffin, and vain used also to mean empty or pointless, as, in vain.

This is one item from a full-page plate, Druidical Antiquities

Keywords: ruins, druids, megaliths, tombs

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-01-11

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Druidical Circle near Keswick in cumberland. From the Druidical Antiquities Plate.

I remember visiting this stone circle one November, drawn to the spiritual nature of the place. It was cold and rainy, and as group of very determined hikers walked past me one of them, seeing I was c [...]

Keywords: stone circles, druids, megaliths

Places shown: Keswick; Cumberland; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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Carne or Carnedd, from the Druidical Antiquities plate

A cairn is a pile of stones or rocks used to mark a place, perhaps a burial.

This is one item from a full-page plate, Druidical Antiquities

Keywords: druids, ruins, megaliths

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-01-11

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Lanyon Cromleh Cornwall. From the Druidical Antiquities plate.

This appears to be an engraving of a dolmen called Lanyon Quoit in Cornwall. The monument was actually destroyed in 1815 by a storm, and was rebuilt incorrectly. This engraving is of the original mon [...]

Keywords: druids, tombs, ruins, megaliths, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Bosiliack; Cornwall; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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Rock basons

[description pending]

This is one item from a full-page plate, Druidical Antiquities

Keywords: druids, ruins, megaliths

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2006-03-01

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Tolmen Northwethel Scilly. From the Druidical Antiquities Plate.

There are over 150 Bronze-age remains or sites on the Isles of Scilly; I could not find any specific information on this one at Northwethel and would appreciate further details. This is one item from [...]

Keywords: druids, ruins, megaliths

Places shown: Northwethel; Isles of Scilly; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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No. 1 from the Druidical Antiquities

The caption for this engraving of an obelisk just says Nº1.

This is one item from a full-page plate, Druidical Antiquities

Keywords: ruins, druids, megaliths

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-01-11

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