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Pete Crane
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Stravaiging & posting about Scotland's great outdoors, ancient & modern, & other stuff .. inc life in the #Cairngorms

Director Mountaineering Scotland & MBA vmo
James Hamilton Maxwell died, aged 22, at Ypres in 1915 - two lasting tributes from his parents were to open a nursery in Edinburgh where he grew up & this 'hidden' #Cairngorms memorial where he 'loved these hills' Photo taken today … #RemembranceDay
November 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A tomb with a view …. Avielochan Clava Cairn looking down the passage to the #Cairngorms (on a clear day) #TombTuesday

Location & more pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Colourful start to the day ....this morning's #sunrise in the #Cairngorms
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 AM
A circle of beauty; the kerb stones of Aviemore Clava …. One of five cairns in and around the village #StandingStoneSunday

More pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
November 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
This morning's #sunrise in the #Cairngorms
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Reposted by Pete Crane
Glen Roy's "parallel roads", north of Roybridge in Lochaber. Long held in folklore to be hunting paths used by the Celtic warrior Fingal, they actually mark different shore lines of a vast ancient loch created by glacial ice. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #GlenRoy #Lochaber
November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Simple pleasures; enjoying the last of our daylight … tonight’s #sunset in the #Cairngorms
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Tonight's #sunset colouring #BynackMore in the #Cairngorms
November 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Ballinluig Cairn, the remains of one of at least seven Clava Cairns in Strathspey in the western #Cairngorms#TombTuesday

More pics & location on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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The intricately carved 21ft high Sueno's Stone, standing on the edge of Forres in Moray, is the largest and most spectacular of the many carved stones that have survived from the early medieval period in Scotland. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #SuenosStone #Forres #Moray
November 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
With only six stones still standing it’s hard to covey the sheer size of Sheldon …. A circle 24m in diameter #StandingStoneSunday

More pics doing a better job on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
November 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
'Quite nice'; this morning's #sunrise in the #Cairngorms
November 2, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Our nine hours of daylight coming to a colourful end over the Old Kirk in Nethy Bridge in the #Cairngorms
November 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Simple pleasures; enjoying this morning's #dawn over #BynackMore in the #Cairngorms
October 30, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Cold and colourful start to the day in the #Cairngorms .... this mornings #sunrise
October 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
A range of prehistoric funeral sites are clustered along the Strathnairn including 'Hangman's Hill'; a burial cairn of Wessex type, said to be uncommon in Bronze Age Scotland. #TombTuesday

Location and one more pic on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
October 28, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Rediscovered only 26 yrs ago Ballinluig is a hidden gem in the #Cairngorms. Close by are small cairns, hut circles and a km SE is a Ring cairn … an ancient community? #StandingStoneSunday

More pics & location on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
October 26, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Reposted by Pete Crane
Callanish yesterday , big rainbow 🌈 #StandingStoneSunday
October 26, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Autumn in the Strath today but winter high in the #Cairngorms
October 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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A fascinating paper on recent Mesolithic archaeology in the #Cairngorms. I was lucky enough to attend a couple of the digs & even found a couple of wee flints. Exciting discoveries & interpretations, & who knows what else there is to uncover. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
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October 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
For 20 yrs I've cycled and driven past this abandoned, 2,500 yr old, round house .... yet only saw it this week .... just west of #BoatofGarten in the #Cairngorms
October 24, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Cloud and colour .... this mornings #sunrise over #BynackMore in the #Cairngorms
October 22, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Despite being clearly visible from A9 south of Inverness it seems Auchbain ring cairn was only rediscovered in 1996. #TombTuesday

More pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
October 21, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Johnston Ringing Stane in #Aberdeenshire ‘continues to make the visual impact its creators intended’ … #StandingStoneSunday

More on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
October 19, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Colourful start to the weekend ... this mornings #sunrise in the #Cairngorms
October 18, 2025 at 6:54 AM