We know very little about people who inhabited Britain in prehistoric times. They didn't leave books or documents to tell us how they lived or what their traditions and beliefs were. They left monuments, often in stone, and many of these have withstood both time and the ravages of the elements.
Mystical Places In England: Stonehenge, other Stone Circles, Glastonbury, St. Michael's Mount
Stonehenge might be the most famous stone circle, but, there are hundreds of stone circles (or henges) all over Britain.
Stonehenge. There are 'faces' in the stones.
A stone circle near Inverness, Scotland.
The Stallmoor stone row on Dartmoor, Devon.
Rollright stones in Oxfordshire.
Casteriggstones
Merrivale stone row, Dartmoor.
The Ring of Brodgar, Orkney Islands.
Orkney Islands, Scotland.
The Devil's Arrows in Yorkshire.
Castlerigg
Callandish stone circle on the Outer Hebrides.
Druid's Circle, Wales
Doll Tor, Derbyshire
Celtic fields near Cape Cornwall. Stone Field boundaries (walls) are of surface granite
A Stone Circle Ley line, England
Merry Maidens, 1890
The Merry Maidens are also called Dawn's Men.
Men-an-Tol Megalithic stone, Cornwall, England
The name Mên-an-Tol means stone with a hole in Cornish.
Trethevey Stone,Cornwall
The 'Cerne Giant' just outside the village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset is one of many giant hill figures cut into the underlying chalk of southern England.
Hillfigosmington
Hillfigwestbury
Hillfigwilmington
Glastonbury Abbey – a Christian church on an ancient site
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Low Tide at St Michaels Mount
St Michaels Mount
The Druids arrive ready for the solstice ritual
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