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Returning Solicitor-advocate, Past President Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland, formerly at Scottish Government
A mystery for #Standingstonesunday. According to g***le maps this is the site of the Neolithic Talaiot stone de s'Hort des Poves outside Alcudia, Mallorca. I certainly couldn't find it and I'm not the first to say there's nothing Neolithic there.
Where is it?
Where is it?
December 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
A mystery for #Standingstonesunday. According to g***le maps this is the site of the Neolithic Talaiot stone de s'Hort des Poves outside Alcudia, Mallorca. I certainly couldn't find it and I'm not the first to say there's nothing Neolithic there.
Where is it?
Where is it?
The studio of Joan Miro, Palma de Mallorca
December 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The studio of Joan Miro, Palma de Mallorca
The early 19th century ice house at Alva, Clackmannanshire earlier today
November 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The early 19th century ice house at Alva, Clackmannanshire earlier today
On a very early Channel One pressing:
"Hello, can I help you?"
"Yes, I'd like six bottles ofTheakston's Old Peculier and a bottle of Glenfiddich"
"Hello, can I help you?"
"Yes, I'd like six bottles ofTheakston's Old Peculier and a bottle of Glenfiddich"
October 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
On a very early Channel One pressing:
"Hello, can I help you?"
"Yes, I'd like six bottles ofTheakston's Old Peculier and a bottle of Glenfiddich"
"Hello, can I help you?"
"Yes, I'd like six bottles ofTheakston's Old Peculier and a bottle of Glenfiddich"
From the Antiquario de Sevilla Casa de las Columnas, for #MosaicMonday
September 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
From the Antiquario de Sevilla Casa de las Columnas, for #MosaicMonday
This dragonfly was on my balcony last night
September 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
This dragonfly was on my balcony last night
Perhaps a bit tenuous for #HillfortsWednesday, but this is the site of a prehistoric township at Jerah Path in the Ochil Hills
August 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Perhaps a bit tenuous for #HillfortsWednesday, but this is the site of a prehistoric township at Jerah Path in the Ochil Hills
July 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
For the benefit of those looking for this stone, it's Pitcorthie at Kilnconquhar, not Pitcorthie in Dunfermline, which has a less impressive stone
June 15, 2025 at 8:28 AM
For the benefit of those looking for this stone, it's Pitcorthie at Kilnconquhar, not Pitcorthie in Dunfermline, which has a less impressive stone
.... and a little further away, and relocated when the route of the A92 went through it, is the Balbirnie Stone Circle
June 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
.... and a little further away, and relocated when the route of the A92 went through it, is the Balbirnie Stone Circle
A few hundred metres away, also surrounded by a circular ditch, is a wooden enclosure
June 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
A few hundred metres away, also surrounded by a circular ditch, is a wooden enclosure
Nestling in the middle of an unremarkable 1970s housing scheme in Fife is Balfarg Henge, with the remains of a circular ditch and a burial stone at its centre #StandingStoneSunday
June 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Nestling in the middle of an unremarkable 1970s housing scheme in Fife is Balfarg Henge, with the remains of a circular ditch and a burial stone at its centre #StandingStoneSunday
King David playing his harp on the Dupplin Cross, now inside St. Serf's Church, Dunning, for #StandingStoneSunday
June 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
King David playing his harp on the Dupplin Cross, now inside St. Serf's Church, Dunning, for #StandingStoneSunday
This reminds me of a film...
May 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This reminds me of a film...
A small part of the boundary wall overlooking a precipitous cliff can still be seen
May 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A small part of the boundary wall overlooking a precipitous cliff can still be seen
All that remains of the exterior of Seanchaisteal broch, Faraid Head, Sutherland #HillfortsWednesday
May 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
All that remains of the exterior of Seanchaisteal broch, Faraid Head, Sutherland #HillfortsWednesday
A view of the Duddo Stones from the East, taken on my trip at the start of this month for #StandingStoneSunday
April 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A view of the Duddo Stones from the East, taken on my trip at the start of this month for #StandingStoneSunday
The ramparts of Castlelaw Hillfort, Midlothian for #Hillfortswednesday
April 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The ramparts of Castlelaw Hillfort, Midlothian for #Hillfortswednesday
The Eastern Stones at Ballymeanoch, Kilmartin Glen, Argyllshire #StandingStoneSunday
April 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The Eastern Stones at Ballymeanoch, Kilmartin Glen, Argyllshire #StandingStoneSunday
The interior of the side chamber of the souterrain at Castlelaw Hillfort, Midlothian @megalithic.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The interior of the side chamber of the souterrain at Castlelaw Hillfort, Midlothian @megalithic.bsky.social
Temple Woods Stone Circle, Kilmartin Glen, Argyll - #StandingstoneSunday
April 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Temple Woods Stone Circle, Kilmartin Glen, Argyll - #StandingstoneSunday
The Nether Largie Stones, Kilmartin, Argyll. If you expand the photo you can just see the curious single outlier to the far left #StandingStoneSunday
April 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The Nether Largie Stones, Kilmartin, Argyll. If you expand the photo you can just see the curious single outlier to the far left #StandingStoneSunday
Three stones from the Duddo Stone Circle (two of the original seven are lost) #StandingStoneSunday
April 6, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Three stones from the Duddo Stone Circle (two of the original seven are lost) #StandingStoneSunday