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Fat Lambs - Avebury #StandingStoneSunday
November 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Albion
Albion
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November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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With millions in public money handed to private interests and serious questions over transparency and accountability, why hasn’t there been an inquiry into the goings-on on Teesside?

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November 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Last week, in the hush of the Romanesque crypt at St Mary’s, Lastingham, I 📸 a 10th-century cross-shaft — Viking interlace entwined with Saxon geometry — a visual and decorative bridge between cultures and continuity.
In the Romanesque crypt at St Mary’s, Lastingham, a 10th-century cross-shaft stands beneath low stone arches. Its weathered surface carries intricate Viking interlace and Saxon knotwork, softly lit by filtered light from a small doorway. Rough masonry and shadows evoke a sense of continuity between pagan artistry and early Christian devotion.
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Tees Valley mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen promised renewal. Instead, Britain’s biggest regeneration project has turned into a taxpayer-funded scandal - enriching a few local businessmen while leaving public bodies on the brink.

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November 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Machrie Moor #StandingStoneSunday
November 9, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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A walk in the park – The Calderstones
The Calderstones are collection of six megaliths housed in an annex of a large public building located within a public park in suburban Liverpool. The first written record of their existence was in…
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November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Low Tide
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November 7, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Low Tide
Low Tide
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November 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Wandering Liverpool
I recently spent a couple of days in Liverpool, which is always a pleasure. It was a family occassion and we had quite a busy weekend planned, so I set myself two additional tasks 1. An early morni…
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November 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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The beautiful pyramid tomb of William MacKenzie in Liverpool. #TombTuesday
November 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Cullerlie Stone Circle. #StandingStoneSunday
November 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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This lovely Woodcock paid us a visit this morning & made my day. The RSPB conservation status of this bird is Red with breeding populations falling. The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust acknowledge the decline but don’t believe that a ban on shooting them would help the recovery of native birds
October 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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St. Paul’s Square Birmingham

28.10.2025
St. Paul’s Square Birmingham
28.10.2025
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October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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A trio of cupmarks on one of the standing stones of the ‘Great X’ Kilmartin Scotland #StandingStoneSunday
October 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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What is Oued Beht? Giulio Lucarini explains how this archaeological site revolutionises our understanding of North African, and wider Mediterranean, prehistory.

Read the prize-winning research 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology

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October 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Nine Standards Rigg - A hapless trio & a terrier teessidepsychogeography.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/n...
October 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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On Nine Standards Rigg
October 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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I’ve never seen Iain Duncan Smith slapped down better than this. Well played Ian Byrne MP. 👏
October 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Wandering the Rigg teessidepsychogeography.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/t...
The Rigg
There’s an upright stone in the rough pasture below the Rigg, it’s been in my thoughts for a while now. I spotted it whilst wandering around the Ainthorpe quarries and have been curious about…
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October 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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The beautiful Clach an Trushal on Lewis, Scotland’s tallest standing stone. #StandingStoneSunday
October 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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October 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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John Piper – Middlesbrough from the Slag-Tips
‘..the walk may take any direction: the atmosphere of the years of forced and awkward growth will soon be felt; the background of Victorian compassion and cruelty, of aspiration fogged by commercia…
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October 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Wandering the Slaglands
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October 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Omphalos Bryn Celli Ddu #StandingStoneSunday @megalithic.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 7:15 AM