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Egypt > Giza Pyramids & Sphinx (1 file)

Photographs of the three Giza pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, the Sphinx, temples, Solar Barque museum and western cemetery mastabas, including the Light and Sound Show night views.
Sphinx & Great Pyramid Giza EG02011jhp Giza Egyptian Sphinx Cheops Khufu Khafre Chephren Pyramid blue sky sets off this giant carved limestone lion statue with human head is somewhat of an enigma, but most likely carved out of an outcrop as an inspirational homage to the Pharaoh Khafre some 2500BC whose pyramid is directly behind it, although some attribute it to the previous Khufu who built the first and Greatest Pyramid. This huge prone lion figure with a human face faces the east to the rising sun and the modern day Cairo and is a very popular destination for the thousands that visit the Giza plateau and here viewed from the most accessible point on causeway from Khafre Pyramid to his Valley Temple and just visible is the roof of the Solar Barque Museum at the base of the Great Pyramid. Keywords: keywords: Egypt, Cairo, Egyptian, Giza, Sphinx, pyramid, Khufu, Cheops, Great, Khafre, Chephren, soft, erosion, limestone, Valley, Temple, causeway, landscape, lion, paws, haunch, face, nemes, headdress, enclosure, excavation, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, Solar, Barque, Museum

Egypt > River Nile Cruise & Sites (1 file)

Photographs in this gallery show daily life along the River Nile mainly from the cruises I have undertaken over the past 10 years or so. Sites that border the Nile are included although the major temples visted have their own dedicated sites such as Edfu and Kom Ombo. One of the enjoyments of the Nile cruise is the tranquility of watching 'life go by' usually characterised by the friendliness of those you pass whether boatmen or farm workers as well as seeing wild birds close at hand. The other aspect is the service on the cruiseboats from friendly crews and the chance to relax after hectic and often crowded temple visits.
River Nile Cruiseboat EG052011jhp Modern Egyptian River Nile Cruiseboat reflections style windows balcony water taken on the the journey from Luxor to Aswan and on this stretch to Esna by cruiseboat offers a peaceful way albeit a busy one these days to see modern day Egyptian life that occurs along the banks of this historic major African river and which still plays an important part in the wealth of Egypt and in the lives of ordinary Egyptians today just as it has over the past 5000 years or so. This photo was taken in 2005 and will not represent the current situation with a huge drop in tourist numbers because of the Arab Spring and its aftermath. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Modern, West, East, Bank, River, Nile, riverbank, daily, life, cruiseboats, congestion, busy, convoy, water, cruise, cruising, landscape, design, style, windows, reflections, white, railings, lifebelts, patio, balcony, decks, artistic, arty, art

Egypt > Saqqara & Memphis (1 file)

This gallery contains pictures of the two main sites usually visited together on a day trip south of Cairo - Saqqara with the famous Step Pyramid, a huge necropolis with many tombs and other pyramids and Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt now will an open air museum with the alabaster sphinx and the huge partial statue of Ramasses 11.
Saqqara Tomb EG02AA91jhp Saqqara Unas carvings reliefs ancient Egyptian mastaba sunken hieroglyphics buried that remain alongside the restored causeway from the Pyramid of Unas near the Step Pyramid and which slopes down to the Valley Temple first seen as visitors arrive at this major complex near Memphis. Recent archaeological work has discovered tombs underneath the causeway such as that of the Two Brothers while many other undiscovered or partially excavated ones lie alongside the causeway as do boat pits but there are also some sunken half buried tomb entrances such as this. A photo from 2011 on the Internet shows that is has been cleared now for safe access but I cannot determine who it was for. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Saqqarah, Saqqara, Memphis, Bedrashein, necropolis, Unas, Unis, Wenis, stele, texts, step, pyramid, causeway, valley, temple, landscape, carvings, carving, relief, limestone, cobra, vulture, sedge, hieroglyphics, hieroglyphs, digital, recent, history, antiquity, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, history, desert, sand, mastaba buried, entrance, tomb

Scotland > Aberdeen City (15 files)

This gallery includes all photographs connected with Aberdeen city from buildings, churches, streets, public parks, gardens, the University, Harbour and the beach. Places covered included Union Terrace Gardens, Cowdray Hall, Rosemount, HM Theatre, William Wallace Statue, Union Street, Castlegate, Citadel, Town House, Provost Skene House, Marsicahl College, Woolmanhill, Denburn Carpark, Johnston Gardens, Victoria Park, Duthie Park, Hazlehead Park, Piper Alpha Memorial, Seaton Park, Kings College, Elphinstone, Old Aberdeen, Fittie, Bridge of Don, AECC, Garthdee, Torry, Nigg, Pocra Quay
Aberdeen Duthie Park wyy8595jhp Aberdeen Duthie Park David winter garden sculptures bandstand summer Scottish city is the largest of the central municipal parks in Aberdeen bordering the River Dee towards the southern aspect of the city. The park has had a major facelift bringing it back to the original Victorian layout. Keywords: Aberdeen, City, Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, summer, landscape, sea, coast, granite, silver, Rivers, Dee, parks, public, municipal, park, boating, pond, restoration, fountain, refelctions, Duthie, restaurant, Winter Gardens, sculptures, obelisk, bandstand, Britain in Bloom, flowers, crocuses, trees, mauve, white, green, colorful, colourful, colours, colors, blue, sky, clouds, gulls, 2011, August, camera, Nikon, D700
Aberdeen Duthie Park wyy8593jhp Aberdeen City Duthie Park David Welch sculptures bandstand summer in the largest of the central municipal parks in Aberdeen bordering the River Dee towards the southern aspect of the city. The park has had a major facelift bringing it back to the original Victorian layout. Keywords: Aberdeen, City, Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, summer, landscape, sea, coast, granite, silver, Rivers, Dee, parks, public, municipal, park, boating, pond, restoration, fountain, refelctions, Duthie, restaurant, Winter Gardens, sculptures, obelisk, bandstand, Britain in Bloom, flowers, crocuses, trees, mauve, white, green, colorful, colourful, colours, colors, blue, sky, clouds, gulls, 2011, August, camera, Nikon, D700
Aberdeen Duthie Mound wyy8582jhp Aberdeen City Duthie Park summer wild flowers insects colours one of colourful displays during the relandscapeing of the old Mound in the largest of the central municipal parks in Aberdeen bordering the River Dee towards the southern aspect of the city. The park is about to complete a major facelift bringing it back to the original Victorian layout. Keywords: Aberdeen, City, Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, summer, landscape, sea, coast, granite, silver, Rivers, Dee, parks, public, municipal, park, boating, pond, restoration, fountain, refelctions, Duthie, restaurant, Winter Gardens, sculptures, obelisk, bandstand, Britain in Bloom, flowers, crocuses, trees, mauve, white, green, colorful, colourful, colours, colors, blue, sky, clouds, gulls, 2011, August, camera, Nikon, D700, mound, wild, flowers, insects, bees, pyrethrums, daisies, poppies, red, yellow, blue, white, bright, saturated, rich
Aberdeen Duthie Mound wyy8574jhp Aberdeen Duthie Park Scottish summer Mound wild flowers colourful natural one of colourful displays during the relandscapeing of the old Mound in the largest of the central municipal parks in Aberdeen bordering the River Dee towards the southern aspect of the city. The park is about to complete a major facelift bringing it back to the original Victorian layout. Keywords: Aberdeen, City, Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, summer, landscape, sea, coast, granite, silver, Rivers, Dee, parks, public, municipal, park, boating, pond, restoration, fountain, reflections, Duthie, restaurant, Winter Gardens, sculptures, obelisk, bandstand, Britain in Bloom, flowers, crocuses, trees, mauve, white, green, colorful, colourful, colours, colors, blue, sky, clouds, gulls, 2011, August, camera, Nikon, D700, mound, wild, flowers, insects, bees, pyrethrums, daisies, poppies, red, yellow, blue, white, bright, saturated, rich
Aberdeen Duthie Mound wyy8570jhp Aberdeen City Duthie Park summer wild flowers Mound poppies red in one of colourful displays during the relandscapeing of the old Mound in the largest of the central municipal parks in Aberdeen bordering the River Dee towards the southern aspect of the city. The park is about to complete a major facelift bringing it back to the original Victorian layout. Keywords: Aberdeen, City, Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, summer, landscape, sea, coast, granite, silver, Rivers, Dee, parks, public, municipal, park, boating, pond, restoration, fountain, reflections, Duthie, restaurant, Winter Gardens, sculptures, obelisk, bandstand, Britain in Bloom, flowers, crocuses, trees, mauve, white, green, colorful, colourful, colours, colors, blue, sky, clouds, gulls, 2011, August, camera, Nikon, D700, mound, wild, flowers, insects, bees, pyrethrums, daisies, poppies, red, yellow, blue, white, bright, saturated, rich
Aberdeen Duthie Flowers wyy8589jhp Aberdeen City Duthie Park Peonies Scottish summer carpet flowers colours one of many colourful displays in the largest of the central municipal parks in Aberdeen bordering the River Dee towards the southern aspect of the city. The park has completed a major facelift bringing it back to the original Victorian layout. Keywords: Aberdeen, City, Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, summer, landscape, sea, coast, granite, silver, Rivers, Dee, parks, public, municipal, park, boating, pond, restoration, fountain, reflections, Duthie, restaurant, Winter Gardens, sculptures, obelisk, bandstand, Britain in Bloom, flowers, crocuses, trees, mauve, white, green, colorful, colourful, colours, colors, blue, sky, clouds, gulls, 2011, August, camera, Nikon, D700, mound, wild, flowers, insects, bees, pyrethrums, daisies, poppies, red, peonies, yellow, blue, white, bright, saturated, rich
Aberdeen Duthie Flowers wyy8588jhp Aberdeen west gate Duthie Park Peonies Scotland summer carpet flowers colourful one of many colourful displays in the largest of the central municipal parks in Aberdeen bordering the River Dee towards the southern aspect of the city. The park has completed a major facelift bringing it back to the original Victorian layout. Keywords: Aberdeen, City, Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, summer, landscape, sea, coast, granite, silver, Rivers, Dee, parks, public, municipal, park, boating, pond, restoration, fountain, reflections, Duthie, restaurant, Winter Gardens, sculptures, obelisk, bandstand, Britain in Bloom, flowers, crocuses, trees, mauve, white, green, colorful, colourful, colours, colors, blue, sky, clouds, gulls, 2011, August, camera, Nikon, D700, mound, wild, flowers, insects, bees, pyrethrums, daisies, poppies, red, peonies, yellow, blue, white, bright, saturated, rich
Aberdeen Union Gdns wyy8568jhp Union Terrace Gardens Theatre August summer lawn picnics flowers Aberdeen City located in the centre of the Aberdeen and viewed from the iconic Union Terrace Gardens with the famous Bon Accord floral coat-of arms on the face of the bank in the Gardens beneath the background terraces offers unique public space landscaped on a natural gorge. The buildings in this photograph are known affectionately as “ Education, Salvation and Damnation” three classical Aberdeen silver granite buildings facing Rosemount Viaduct off a grand backdrop – the City Library, St Mark’s domed Church and HM Theatre now of course with its very modern addition of box office and restaurant and the latter two are visible. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North, East, Aberdeen, City, William, Wallace, Statue, HM Theatre, Rosemount, St. Mark's, Church, Library, Union, Terrace, Gardens, landscape, garden, park, Bon, Accord, floral, clock, coat, arms, display, granite, grey, silver, architecture, style, classic, public, park, flowers, yellow, daffodils, green, spring, vibrant, colorful, colourful, colours, colors, blue, sky, sun, shining, August, 2011, camera, Nikon, D700, digital
Aberdeen Marischal wyy8556jhp Aberdeen Scottish summer Marischal buildings Bruce Statue horse summer granite silver spires is one of the most recognisable buildings in the City of Aberdeen if not Scotland with its elaborate spires carved out of the silver grey granite common throughout most of Aberdeen Victorian architecture. A recent addition is the magnificent bronze statue of Robert the Bruce on his charger and also this building has a new lease of life becoming the working quarters of the City Council rather than solely being part of the University. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, Aberdeen, City, Marischal, College, Robert, Bruce, statue, horse, bronze, Council, Offices, university, entrance, landscape, granite, grey, silver, coats, arms, heraldic, shields, badges, colours, colourful, architecture, elaborate, style, classic, summer, cirrus, clouds, blue, sky, August, 2011, camera, Nikon, D700, digital
Aberdeen Marischal wyy8544jhp Aberdeen Marischal College Robert Bruce Statue woman seated summer granite silver spires is one of the most recognisable buildings in the City of Aberdeen if not Scotland with its elaborate spires carved out of the silver grey granite common throughout most of Aberdeen Victorian architecture. A recent addition is the magnificent bronze statue of Robert the Bruce on his charger and also this building has a new lease of life becoming the working quarters of the City Council rather than solely being part of the University. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, Aberdeen, City, Marischal, College, Robert, Bruce, statue, horse, bronze, Council, Offices, university, entrance, landscape, granite, grey, silver, coats, arms, heraldic, shields, badges, colours, colourful, architecture, elaborate, style, classic, summer, cirrus, clouds, blue, sky, August, 2011, camera, Nikon, D700, digital, girl, pink, dress
Aberdeen Marischal wyy8530jhp Aberdeen City Marischal College summer Scottish facade roadside view granite silver spires is one of the most recognisable buildings in the City of Aberdeen if not Scotland with its elaborate spires carved out of the silver grey granite common throughout most of Aberdeen Victorian architecture. A recent addition is the magnificent bronze statue of Robert the Bruce on his charger and also this building has a new lease of life becoming the working quarters of the City Council rather than solely being part of the University. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, Aberdeen, City, Marischal, College, Robert, Bruce, statue, horse, bronze, Council, Offices, university, entrance, landscape, granite, grey, silver, coats, arms, heraldic, shields, badges, colours, colourful, architecture, elaborate, style, classic, summer, cirrus, clouds, blue, sky, August, 2011, camera, Nikon, D700, digital, girl, pink, dress
Aberdeen Marischal wyy8528jhp Scotland Aberdeen City Marischal College Council offices entrance summer granite silver spires is one of the most recognisable buildings in the City of Aberdeen if not Scotland with its elaborate spires carved out of the silver grey granite common throughout most of Aberdeen Victorian architecture. A recent addition is the magnificent bronze statue of Robert the Bruce on his charger and also this building has a new lease of life becoming the working quarters of the City Council rather than solely being part of the University. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, Aberdeen, City, Marischal, College, Robert, Bruce, statue, horse, bronze, Council, Offices, university, entrance, landscape, granite, grey, silver, coats, arms, heraldic, shields, badges, colours, colourful, architecture, elaborate, style, classic, summer, cirrus, clouds, blue, sky, August, 2011, camera, Nikon, D700, digital, council, offices, entrance
Aberdeen Denburn wyy8524jhp Denburn Donald Wynd Aberdeen City summer August Woolmanhill Hospital Scottish is conveniently located at the rear of the Central Library, St Mark's Church and HM Theatre and adjacent to the Aberdeen City's Woolmanhill Hospital. A feature of this small seated area is the Denburn Well as well as colorful floral displays throughout the spring and summer. Keywords: Aberdeen, City, Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, Grampian, landscape, granite, silver, HM Theatre, St Marks, Central, Library, Rosemount, Viaduct, Denburn, carpark, well, shrubbery, Woolmanhill, hospital, architecture, style, classic, Britain, Bloom, flowers, hanging, baskets, lamp, standards, spring, summer, colorful, colourful, colours, colors, August, 2011, camera, Nikon, D700, digital
Aberdeen Denburn wyy8521jhp Denburn Aberdeen City summer flowers Well Woolmanhill Hospital Scotland hanging baskets is conveniently located at the rear of the Central Library, St Mark's Church and HM Theatre and adjacent to the Aberdeen City's Woolmanhill Hospital. A feature of this small seated area is the Denburn Well as well as colorful floral displays throughout the spring and summer. Keywords: Aberdeen, City, Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, Grampian, landscape, granite, silver, HM Theatre, St Marks, Central, Library, Rosemount, Viaduct, Denburn, carpark, well, shrubbery, Woolmanhill, hospital, architecture, style, classic, Britain, Bloom, flowers, hanging, baskets, lamp, standards, spring, summer, colorful, colourful, colours, colors, August, 2011, camera, Nikon, D700, digital
Aberdeen Denburn wyy8518jhp Denburn Car Park Aberdeen City summer flower tubs Woolmanhill Hospital Scotland is conveniently located at the rear of the Central Library, St Mark's Church and HM Theatre and adjacent to the Aberdeen City's Woolmanhill Hospital. A feature of this small seated area is the Denburn Well as well as colorful floral displays throughout the spring and summer. Keywords: Aberdeen, City, Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, Grampian, landscape, granite, silver, HM Theatre, St Marks, Central, Library, Rosemount, Viaduct, Denburn, carpark, well, shrubbery, Woolmanhill, hospital, architecture, style, classic, Britain, Bloom, flowers, hanging, baskets, lamp, standards, spring, summer, colorful, colourful, colours, colors, August, 2011, camera, Nikon, D700, digital

Scotland > Aberdeenshire (1 file)

This gallery includes rural, scenic and landscape subjects of the Shire, including Kincardineshire, Mearns, Garioch, Buchan Strathbogie and Mar.
Bellabeg Lost wyy6103jhp Bellabeg motte Lost roadsign famous stolen Strathdon Scotland summer farm querky scene just to the west of Bellabeg village crossing the Nochty road bridge by the Spar Grocery store from the main Strathdon road. This roadsign to a farm of this name has been so famous that the council roadsign has disappeared on several occasions. Just to the west of this road is the impressive motte which can be seen from the road. A public carpark is opposite the motte, an ancient Pictish fort site in origin, later reinforced for the Earldom of Mar in the 1100,s but later redundant with the construction of Glenbuchat Castle further to the east and strategically placed above the other entrance to the Glen.The Doune of Invernochty is one of the largest such Norman castle motte’s in Scotland and although making use of an existing glacial deposit the mound was shaped to large proportions and is thought to have included a high status chapel as well as the fortified structure. The surrounding ditch could have been flooded as remains of a man made lake whose eastern retaining bank can still be seen. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Strathdon, Bellabeg, Glenbuchat, road, Lost, sign, roadsign, farm, Kirkton, Correen, hills, Castle, Alford, glen, Water, Nochty, motte, earthwork, mound, Norman, Doune, Invernochty, Buchat, River, Don, bridge, burn, landscape, summer, June, 2011, west, glacial, military, engineering, moat, rural, agriculture, fields, trees, sunshine, blue, sky, clouds, shapes, Nikon, D700, digital, camera, DSLR, photo, photograph

Scotland > Ancient Stones (10 files)

The gallery has photos of ancient Scottish sites such as recumbent stone circles, stone circles, long cairns, Pictish carvings and early fortifications including Tap ONoth, Bennachie, Kinord, and most of the following:
Aikey Brae RSC; Balquhain Stone Circle; Brandsbutt Stone; Broomend of Crichie Henge and Pictish Symbol Stone; Castle Fraser Stone Circle; Consumption Dykes, Kingswells; Corsedarder Memorial; Cothiemuir Wood RSC; Craigearn Standing Stone; Craw Stane, Rhynie; Cullerlie Stone Circle; Culsh earthhouse or souterrain; Easter Aquthorthies RSC; Eslie the Greater RSC; Eslie the Lessler RSC; Garrol Wood RSC; Glassel Stone Circle; Kinord Cross; Kirkton of Bourtie RSC; Loanhead of Daviot RSC; Long Cairn, Corsedarder; Maidenstone Symbol Stone; Mid Mar Stone Circle; Nine Staines RSC; Picardy Pictish Symbol Stone; Strichen RSC; Sueno Stone, Forres; Sunhoney RSC; Tomnaverie RSC;

Loanhead Daviot RSC wyy8181jhp Loanhead Daviot Recumbent Stone Circle altar flankers monolith Scottish wide view Aberdeenshire located near the village of Daviot, west of Inverurie on the B9001 Rothienorman Road. Well signed from the road via the village, with a Historic Scotland carpark and easy access. One of the largest sites in the North East with evidence suggesting early use over a few centuries but possibly stopped around the Beaker period c 2000BC. There is evidence, along with much bone and skull fragments, of extensive cremation use and a possible wooden mortuary structure from the finds of postholes in the middle of the central area. One of the monoliths has five cup-marks in a line on its inner face. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Gordon, Inverurie, Daviot, village, Bennachie, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, Ring, Cairn, ellipse, elliptical, 2011, Nikon D700, DSLR, landscape, panorama, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, ancestors, neolithic, excavation, bone, radiocarbon, dating, monument, stones, altar, flankers, monoliths, sockets, cup-marks, uprights, kerb, radials, monolith, hilltop, cemetery, sacrifice, cremation, enclosed, cemetery, children, skull, fragments, Beaker, pottery, charcoal, hut, mortuary, wooden, adult, bones, burial, cult, quartz, granite, tribe, antiquity, leader, generation, death, ceremony, construction, primitive, community, field, territorial, marker, clearances, ritual, rural, nature, astronomical, seasons, moon, lunar, stellar, sunset, sunrise, cyclical, cycles, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, quiet, sun, sunshine, grass, green, blue, white, farming, agriculture, countryside, wild, summer, clouds, white, grey
Loanhead Daviot RSC wyy8189jhp Loanhead Daviot Recumbent Stone Circle monolith framed closeup summer Scottish Aberdeenshire located near the village of Daviot, west of Inverurie on the B9001 Rothienorman Road. Well signed from the road via the village, with a Historic Scotland carpark and easy access. One of the largest sites in the North East with evidence suggesting early use over a few centuries but possibly stopped around the Beaker period c 2000BC. There is evidence, along with much bone and skull fragments, of extensive cremation use and a possible wooden mortuary structure from the finds of postholes in the middle of the central area. One of the monoliths has five cup-marks in a line on its inner face. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Gordon, Inverurie, Daviot, village, Bennachie, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, Ring, Cairn, ellipse, elliptical, 2011, Nikon D700, DSLR, landscape, close, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, ancestors, neolithic, excavation, bone, radiocarbon, dating, monument, stones, altar, flankers, monoliths, sockets, cup-marks, uprights, kerb, radials, monolith, hilltop, cemetery, sacrifice, cremation, enclosed, cemetery, children, skull, fragments, Beaker, pottery, charcoal, hut, mortuary, wooden, adult, bones, burial, cult, quartz, granite, tribe, antiquity, leader, generation, death, ceremony, construction, primitive, community, field, territorial, marker, clearances, ritual, rural, nature, astronomical, seasons, moon, lunar, stellar, sunset, sunrise, cyclical, cycles, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, quiet, sun, sunshine, grass, green, blue, white, farming, agriculture, countryside, wild, summer, clouds, white, grey
Loanhead Daviot RSC wyy8188jhp Loanhead Daviot Recumbent Stone Circle flankers large monolith Scottish foreground Aberdeenshire located near the village of Daviot, west of Inverurie on the B9001 Rothienorman Road. Well signed from the road via the village, with a Historic Scotland carpark and easy access. One of the largest sites in the North East with evidence suggesting early use over a few centuries but possibly stopped around the Beaker period c 2000BC. There is evidence, along with much bone and skull fragments, of extensive cremation use and a possible wooden mortuary structure from the finds of postholes in the middle of the central area. One of the monoliths has five cup-marks in a line on its inner face. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Gordon, Inverurie, Daviot, village, Bennachie, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, Ring, Cairn, ellipse, elliptical, 2011, Nikon D700, DSLR, landscape, upright, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, ancestors, neolithic, excavation, bone, radiocarbon, dating, monument, stones, altar, flankers, monoliths, sockets, cup-marks, uprights, kerb, radials, monolith, hilltop, cemetery, sacrifice, cremation, enclosed, cemetery, children, skull, fragments, Beaker, pottery, charcoal, hut, mortuary, wooden, adult, bones, burial, cult, quartz, granite, tribe, antiquity, leader, generation, death, ceremony, construction, primitive, community, field, territorial, marker, clearances, ritual, rural, nature, astronomical, seasons, moon, lunar, stellar, sunset, sunrise, cyclical, cycles, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, quiet, sun, sunshine, grass, green, blue, white, farming, agriculture, countryside, wild, summer, clouds, white, grey
Loanhead Daviot RSC wyy8186jhp Loanhead Daviot Recumbent Stone Circle flankers large close monolith Scotland Gordon district Aberdeenshire located near the village of Daviot, west of Inverurie on the B9001 Rothienorman Road. Well signed from the road via the village, with a Historic Scotland carpark and easy access. One of the largest sites in the North East with evidence suggesting early use over a few centuries but possibly stopped around the Beaker period c 2000BC. There is evidence, along with much bone and skull fragments, of extensive cremation use and a possible wooden mortuary structure from the finds of postholes in the middle of the central area. One of the monoliths has five cup-marks in a line on its inner face. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Gordon, Inverurie, Daviot, village, Bennachie, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, Ring, Cairn, ellipse, elliptical, 2011, Nikon D700, DSLR, landscape, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, ancestors, neolithic, excavation, bone, radiocarbon, dating, monument, stones, altar, flankers, monoliths, sockets, cup-marks, uprights, kerb, radials, monolith, hilltop, cemetery, sacrifice, cremation, enclosed, cemetery, children, skull, fragments, Beaker, pottery, charcoal, hut, mortuary, wooden, adult, bones, burial, cult, quartz, granite, tribe, antiquity, leader, generation, death, ceremony, construction, primitive, community, field, territorial, marker, clearances, ritual, rural, nature, astronomical, seasons, moon, lunar, stellar, sunset, sunrise, cyclical, cycles, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, quiet, sun, sunshine, grass, green, blue, white, farming, agriculture, countryside, wild, summer, clouds, white, grey
Loanhead Daviot RSC wyy8184jhp Loanhead Daviot Recumbent Stone Circle summer clouds Historic Scotland Aberdeenshire located near the village of Daviot, west of Inverurie on the B9001 Rothienorman Road. Well signed from the road via the village, with a Historic Scotland carpark and easy access. One of the largest sites in the North East with evidence suggesting early use over a few centuries but possibly stopped around the Beaker period c 2000BC. There is evidence, along with much bone and skull fragments, of extensive cremation use and a possible wooden mortuary structure from the finds of postholes in the middle of the central area. One of the monoliths has five cup-marks in a line on its inner face. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Gordon, Inverurie, Daviot, village, Bennachie, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, Ring, Cairn, ellipse, elliptical, 2011, Nikon D700, DSLR, landscape, panorama, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, ancestors, neolithic, excavation, bone, radiocarbon, dating, monument, stones, altar, flankers, monoliths, sockets, cup-marks, uprights, kerb, radials, monolith, hilltop, cemetery, sacrifice, cremation, enclosed, cemetery, children, skull, fragments, Beaker, pottery, charcoal, hut, mortuary, wooden, adult, bones, burial, cult, quartz, granite, tribe, antiquity, leader, generation, death, ceremony, construction, primitive, community, field, territorial, marker, clearances, ritual, rural, nature, astronomical, seasons, moon, lunar, stellar, sunset, sunrise, cyclical, cycles, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, quiet, sun, sunshine, grass, green, blue, white, farming, agriculture, countryside, wild, summer, clouds, white, grey
Loanhead Daviot RSC wyy8170jhp Loanhead Daviot Recumbent Stone Circle stones monoliths Scotland Aberdeenshire trees located near the village of Daviot, west of Inverurie on the B9001 Rothienorman Road. Well signed from the road via the village, with a Historic Scotland carpark and easy access. One of the largest sites in the North East with evidence suggesting early use over a few centuries but possibly stopped around the Beaker period c 2000BC. There is evidence, along with much bone and skull fragments, of extensive cremation use and a possible wooden mortuary structure from the finds of postholes in the middle of the central area. One of the monoliths has five cup-marks in a line on its inner face. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Gordon, Inverurie, Daviot, village, Bennachie, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, Ring, Cairn, ellipse, elliptical, 2011, Nikon D700, DSLR, landscape, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, ancestors, neolithic, excavation, bone, radiocarbon, dating, monument, stones, altar, flankers, monoliths, sockets, cup-marks, uprights, kerb, radials, monolith, hilltop, cemetery, sacrifice, cremation, enclosed, cemetery, children, skull, fragments, Beaker, pottery, charcoal, hut, mortuary, wooden, adult, bones, burial, cult, quartz, granite, tribe, antiquity, leader, generation, death, ceremony, construction, primitive, community, field, territorial, marker, clearances, ritual, rural, nature, astronomical, seasons, moon, lunar, stellar, sunset, sunrise, cyclical, cycles, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, quiet, sun, sunshine, grass, green, blue, white, farming, agriculture, countryside, wild, summer, clouds, white, grey
Loanhead Daviot RSC wyy8176jhp Loanhead Daviot Recumbent Stone Circle stones monolith Scotland Aberdeenshire photo located near the village of Daviot, west of Inverurie on the B9001 Rothienorman Road. Well signed from the road via the village, with a Historic Scotland carpark and easy access. One of the largest sites in the North East with evidence suggesting early use over a few centuries but possibly stopped around the Beaker period c 2000BC. There is evidence, along with much bone and skull fragments, of extensive cremation use and a possible wooden mortuary structure from the finds of postholes in the middle of the central area. One of the monoliths has five cup-marks in a line on its inner face. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Gordon, Inverurie, Daviot, village, Bennachie, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, Ring, Cairn, ellipse, elliptical, 2011, Nikon D700, DSLR, landscape, upright, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, ancestors, neolithic, excavation, bone, radiocarbon, dating, monument, stones, altar, flankers, monoliths, sockets, cup-marks, uprights, kerb, radials, monolith, hilltop, cemetery, sacrifice, cremation, enclosed, cemetery, children, skull, fragments, Beaker, pottery, charcoal, hut, mortuary, wooden, adult, bones, burial, cult, quartz, granite, tribe, antiquity, leader, generation, death, ceremony, construction, primitive, community, field, territorial, marker, clearances, ritual, rural, nature, astronomical, seasons, moon, lunar, stellar, sunset, sunrise, cyclical, cycles, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, quiet, sun, sunshine, grass, green, blue, white, farming, agriculture, countryside, wild, summer, clouds, white, grey
Loanhead Daviot RSC wyy8174jhp Loanhead Daviot Recumbent Stone Circle monoliths closeup Scottish summer Aberdeenshire located near the village of Daviot, west of Inverurie on the B9001 Rothienorman Road. Well signed from the road via the village, with a Historic Scotland carpark and easy access. One of the largest sites in the North East with evidence suggesting early use over a few centuries but possibly stopped around the Beaker period c 2000BC. There is evidence, along with much bone and skull fragments, of extensive cremation use and a possible wooden mortuary structure from the finds of postholes in the middle of the central area. One of the monoliths has five cup-marks in a line on its inner face. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Gordon, Inverurie, Daviot, village, Bennachie, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, Ring, Cairn, ellipse, elliptical, 2011, Nikon D700, DSLR, landscape, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, ancestors, neolithic, excavation, bone, radiocarbon, dating, monument, stones, altar, flankers, monoliths, sockets, cup-marks, uprights, kerb, radials, monolith, hilltop, cemetery, sacrifice, cremation, enclosed, cemetery, children, skull, fragments, Beaker, pottery, charcoal, hut, mortuary, wooden, adult, bones, burial, cult, quartz, granite, tribe, antiquity, leader, generation, death, ceremony, construction, primitive, community, field, territorial, marker, clearances, ritual, rural, nature, astronomical, seasons, moon, lunar, stellar, sunset, sunrise, cyclical, cycles, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, quiet, sun, sunshine, grass, green, blue, white, farming, agriculture, countryside, wild, summer, clouds, white, grey
Loanhead Daviot RSC wyy8173jhp Loanhead Daviot Stone Circle stones flankers monoliths overview Scottish Aberdeenshire located near the village of Daviot, west of Inverurie on the B9001 Rothienorman Road. Well signed from the road via the village, with a Historic Scotland carpark and easy access. One of the largest sites in the North East with evidence suggesting early use over a few centuries but possibly stopped around the Beaker period c 2000BC. There is evidence, along with much bone and skull fragments, of extensive cremation use and a possible wooden mortuary structure from the finds of postholes in the middle of the central area. One of the monoliths has five cup-marks in a line on its inner face. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Gordon, Inverurie, Daviot, village, Bennachie, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, Ring, Cairn, ellipse, elliptical, 2011, Nikon D700, DSLR, landscape, panorama, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, ancestors, neolithic, excavation, bone, radiocarbon, dating, monument, stones, altar, flankers, monoliths, sockets, cup-marks, uprights, kerb, radials, monolith, hilltop, cemetery, sacrifice, cremation, enclosed, cemetery, children, skull, fragments, Beaker, pottery, charcoal, hut, mortuary, wooden, adult, bones, burial, cult, quartz, granite, tribe, antiquity, leader, generation, death, ceremony, construction, primitive, community, field, territorial, marker, clearances, ritual, rural, nature, astronomical, seasons, moon, lunar, stellar, sunset, sunrise, cyclical, cycles, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, quiet, sun, sunshine, grass, green, blue, white, farming, agriculture, countryside, wild, summer, clouds, white, grey
Loanhead Daviot RSC wyy8169jhp Loanhead Daviot Recumbent Stone Circle stones flankers monolith Scottish Aberdeenshire located near the village of Daviot, west of Inverurie on the B9001 Rothienorman Road. Well signed from the road via the village, with a Historic Scotland carpark and easy access. One of the largest sites in the North East with evidence suggesting early use over a few centuries but possibly stopped around the Beaker period c 2000BC. There is evidence, along with much bone and skull fragments, of extensive cremation use and a possible wooden mortuary structure from the finds of postholes in the middle of the central area. One of the monoliths has five cup-marks in a line on its inner face. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Gordon, Inverurie, Daviot, village, Bennachie, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, Ring, Cairn, ellipse, elliptical, 2011, Nikon D700, DSLR, landscape, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, ancestors, neolithic, excavation, bone, radiocarbon, dating, monument, stones, altar, flankers, monoliths, sockets, cup-marks, uprights, kerb, radials, monolith, hilltop, cemetery, sacrifice, cremation, enclosed, cemetery, children, skull, fragments, Beaker, pottery, charcoal, hut, mortuary, wooden, adult, bones, burial, cult, quartz, granite, tribe, antiquity, leader, generation, death, ceremony, construction, primitive, community, field, territorial, marker, clearances, ritual, rural, nature, astronomical, seasons, moon, lunar, stellar, sunset, sunrise, cyclical, cycles, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, quiet, sun, sunshine, grass, green, blue, white, farming, agriculture, countryside, wild, summer, clouds, white, grey

Scotland > Historic Properties (4 files)

This gallery has photographs of Scottish Castles and Fortresses, Stately Homes and Gardens, old churches or kirks and includes most of the following:
Auchindoir Church; Auchindoun Castle; Balmoral Castle; Balvenie Castle; Bass of Inverurie; Bellabeg Motte; Braemar Castle; Brodie Castle; Castle Fraser; Corgarff Castle; Corrichie Monument; Corse O’Neil Castle; Craigellachie Bridge; Crathes Castle; Crathie Kirk; Dalgetie Castle; Deer Abbey; Drum Castle; Duff House; Duffus Castle; Dunnideer; Dunnottar Castle; Elgin Cathedral; Esslemont Castle; Fasque House; Fetternear House; Findlater; Fordyce; Fyvie Castle; Gairnshiel Bridge; Glenbuchat Castle; Haddo House; Hallforest Castle; Huntly Castle; Inchdrewer Castle; Invercauld Bridge O’Dee; Kildrummy Castle; Kincardine O’Neil Kirk; Kindrochit Castle; Kinloss Abbey; Kinneff Church; Knock Castle; Leith Hall; Mar Lodge; Marnoch Kirkyard; Mid Mar Kirk; Monymusk Kirk; Peel of Lumphanan; Pitmedden Gardens; Pluscarden Priory or Abbey; Ruthven Barracks; Slains Castle; Tolquhon Castle; Tullich Kirk; Fort George;
Bellabeg Motte wyy6109jhp Bellabeg motte fort Doune Invernochty fortress Glenbuchat road Scottish summer scene viewed from the main Strathdon road. The motte can be seen from the road after crossing the Water of Nochty Bridge and after the right hand turn to Lost with its famous sign. A public carpark is opposite the motte, an ancient Pictish fort site in origin, later reinforced for the Earldom of Mar in the 1100,s but later redundant with the construction of Glenbuchat Castle further to the east and strategically placed above the other entrance to the Glen. The Doune of Invernochty is one of the largest such Norman castle motte’s in Scotland and although making use of an existing glacial deposit the mound was shaped to large proportions and is thought to have included a high status chapel as well as the fortified structure. The surrounding ditch could have been flooded as remains of a man made lake whose eastern retaining bank can still be seen. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Strathdon, Bellabeg, Glenbuchat, road, Lost, farm, Kirkton, Correen, hills, Castle, Alford, glen, Water, Nochty, motte, earthwork, glacial, mound, Norman, Doune, Invernochty, Buchat, River, Don, bridge, burn, landscape, summer, June, 2011, west, military, engineering, moat, rural, agriculture, fields, trees, sunshine, blue, sky, sunshine, Nikon, D700, digital, camera, DSLR, photo, photograph
Bellabeg Motte wyy6107jhp Bellabeg motte fort Doune Invernochty fortress fort Strathdon Scotland summer scene viewed from the main Strathdon road. The motte can be seen from the road after crossing the Water of Nochty Bridge and after the right hand turn to Lost with its famous sign. A public carpark is opposite the motte, an ancient Pictish fort site in origin, later reinforced for the Earldom of Mar in the 1100,s but later redundant with the construction of Glenbuchat Castle further to the east and strategically placed above the other entrance to the Glen. The Doune of Invernochty is one of the largest such Norman castle motte’s in Scotland and although making use of an existing glacial deposit the mound was shaped to large proportions and is thought to have included a high status chapel as well as the fortified structure. The surrounding ditch could have been flooded as remains of a man made lake whose eastern retaining bank can still be seen. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Strathdon, Bellabeg, Glenbuchat, road, Lost, farm, Kirkton, Correen, hills, Castle, Alford, glen, Water, Nochty, motte, earthwork, mound, Norman, Doune, Invernochty, Buchat, River, Don, bridge, burn, landscape, summer, June, 2011, west, glacial, military, engineering, moat, rural, agriculture, fields, trees, sunshine, blue, sky, clouds, shapes, Nikon, D700, digital, camera, DSLR, photo, photograph
Bellabeg Motte wyy6106jhp Bellabeg motte fort moat ditch Doune Invernochty fortress fort Scottish summer scene viewed from the main Strathdon road. The motte can be seen from the road after crossing the Water of Nochty Bridge and after the right hand turn to Lost with its famous sign. A public carpark is opposite the motte, an ancient Pictish fort site in origin, later reinforced for the Earldom of Mar in the 1100,s but later redundant with the construction of Glenbuchat Castle further to the east and strategically placed above the other entrance to the Glen. The Doune of Invernochty is one of the largest such Norman castle motte’s in Scotland and although making use of an existing glacial deposit the mound was shaped to large proportions and is thought to have included a high status chapel as well as the fortified structure. The surrounding ditch could have been flooded as remains of a man made lake whose eastern retaining bank can still be seen. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Strathdon, Bellabeg, Glenbuchat, road, Lost, farm, Kirkton, Correen, hills, Castle, Alford, glen, Water, Nochty, motte, earthwork, mound, Norman, Doune, Invernochty, Buchat, River, Don, bridge, burn, landscape, upright, summer, June, 2011, west, glacial, military, engineering, moat, rural, agriculture, fields, trees, sunshine, blue, sky, clouds, shapes, Nikon, D700, digital, camera, DSLR, photo, photograph
Bellabeg Motte wyy6104jhp Bellabeg motte fort Doune path glacial mound Invernochty Strathdon Scotland summer scene viewed from the main Strathdon road. The motte can be seen from the road after crossing the Water of Nochty Bridge and after the right hand turn to Lost with its famous sign. A public carpark is opposite the motte, an ancient Pictish fort site in origin, later reinforced for the Earldom of Mar in the 1100,s but later redundant with the construction of Glenbuchat Castle further to the east and strategically placed above the other entrance to the Glen. The Doune of Invernochty is one of the largest such Norman castle motte’s in Scotland and although making use of an existing glacial deposit the mound was shaped to large proportions and is thought to have included a high status chapel as well as the fortified structure. The surrounding ditch could have been flooded as remains of a man made lake whose eastern retaining bank can still be seen. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Strathdon, Bellabeg, Glenbuchat, road, Lost, farm, Kirkton, Correen, hills, Castle, Alford, glen, Water, Nochty, motte, earthwork, glacial, mound, Norman, Doune, Invernochty, Buchat, River, Don, bridge, burn, landscape, summer, June, 2011, west, military, engineering, moat, rural, agriculture, fields, trees, sunshine, blue, sky, sunshine, Nikon, D700, digital, camera, DSLR, photo, photograph

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