Contributions of the group Carnac & Co et mégalithes (menhir, dolmen, cromlechs)

Herbstwald im Gegenlicht

nobody@ipernity.com (Jo WaLo) — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 17:02:52 +0000

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Eine weitere Aufnahme mit meiner Panoramakamera (Negativformat 24x58 mm). Zenit Horizon 202 Panorama, Arsat MC 28mm f2.8, Stativ, Rollei Blackbird, Negativscan, November 2025

Die Bank neben dem Hünengrab - HBM

nobody@ipernity.com (Jo WaLo) — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 06:49:59 +0000

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Bei Emsbüren im Emsland. Testaufnahme mit meiner Kamera-Neuerwerbung. Allen eine gute neue Woche! Zenit Horizon 202 Panorama, Arsat MC 28mm f2.8, Stativ, Rollei Blackbird, Negativscan, November 2025

Lentillac-du-Causse - Pierre Levée

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 13:44:27 +0000

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I had learned that this region has the highest density of prehistoric dolmens in all of France.

The dolmen called La Pierre-Levée (also known as Peyrelevade) was excavated in the early 19th century by Jacques-Antoine Delpon. Delpon was a lawyer and archaeologist and collaborated with the Champollion brothers.

During excavations of the mound in 1958, pottery fragments from the Bronze Age were discovered.

Lentillac-du-Causse - Pierre Levée

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 12:10:52 +0000

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Greetings from Prehistoric times - HFF

nobody@ipernity.com (Christa1004) — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 23:07:19 +0000

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This gallery tomb "La Bertinière" rises to the east, where the burial chamber is located at the end. The gallery is 14.7 m long and approximately 1.45 m wide, with an irregular width. Nine stones form the roof. During the excavation in the 19th century, human bones were discovered in the western chamber, along with a polished stone, two worked flints, and black pottery with raised ridges. A skull fragment and cremated bones were found in the gallery.

UN BONJOUR DES TEMPS PRÉHISTORIQUES. L'allée couverte de la Bertinière s'élève vers l'est, la chambre funéraire se trouvant à son extrémité. La galerie mesure 14,7 m de long et environ 1,45 m de large, avec une largeur irrégulière. Neuf pierres forment le toit. Lors des fouilles au XIXe siècle, des ossements humains ont été découverts dans la chambre ouest, ainsi qu'une pierre polie, deux silex taillés et des fragments de poterie noire à reliefs. Un fragment de crâne et des ossements incinérés ont été mis au jour dans la galerie.

VIELE GRÜSSE AUS DER VORZEIT. Das Galeriegrab der "Bertinière" steigt nach Osten an, wo am Ende die Grabkammer liegt. Die Länge der Galerie beträgt 14,7m, ihre unregelmässige Breite etwa 1,45 m. Neun Steine bilden das Dach. Bei Ausgrabungen im 19. Jh. wurden in der westlichen Kammer menschliche Knochen entdeckt, ein polierter Stein, zwei bearbeitete Silices und schwarze mit Reliefs verzierte Keramikteile. In der Galerie lagen ein Schädelfragment und verbrannte Knochen.

Verwitterter Findling...

nobody@ipernity.com (Jo WaLo) — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 17:49:12 +0000

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...des Großsteingrabs bei Emsbüren im Emsland. Sony alpha 7II, Konica Hexanon AR 40mm f1.8, Dezember 2023

Blencathra

nobody@ipernity.com (TOZ) — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 08:08:34 +0000

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Blencathra taken from Castlrigg Stone Circle.
Blencathra, also known as Saddleback, is one of the most northerly of the Cumbrian Mountains, in the English Lake District. It has six separate fell tops, of which the highest is the Hallsfell Top at 2,848 feet.

De hoogen Steener

nobody@ipernity.com (Jo WaLo) — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 09:15:23 +0000

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De hoogen Steener (hochdeutsch: die hohen Steine) sind eine zwischen 3500 und 2800 v. Chr. entstandene Megalithanlage der Trichterbecherkultur. Sie befindet sich etwa drei Kilometer nördlich von Werlte in Niedersachsen (Quelle: Wikipedia). Sony alpha 7II, Konica Hexanon AR 28mm f3.5, Mai 2024.

Hünengrab im Wald

nobody@ipernity.com (Jo WaLo) — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 17:39:45 +0000

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Bei Emsbüren im Emsland. Infrarot-Filter mit 720nm. Sony DSC-F828, Carl Zeiss Vario Sonnar T 7,1-51mm f2-2.8, August 2023

Castlerigg Stone Circle

nobody@ipernity.com (TOZ) — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:27:09 +0000

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One of Britain's most impressive prehistoric monuments sits on a low hill to the east of Keswick with a ring of mountains surrounding it. Castlerigg Stone Circle is one of the earliest stone circles to be found in Britain and is important in terms of megalithic astronomy and geometry

Loanhead of Daviot

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 21:22:30 +0000

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The stone circle of Loanhead of Daviot is a recumbent stone circle (= RSC). The RSC is characterized by a "recumbent stone" accompanied by two standing, tall, "flank stones" that are located inside or near the circle.

The circle consists of eight stones plus the accompanying stones on either side of the 12-ton "resting stone". The height of the stones in the circle increases towards the resting stone. The circle has had a detached interior lined with stones since the end of the 3rd millennium. It contained broken pottery and deposits of cremated remains.

There were ceremonial activities here for about 15 centuries, from about 3000 BC, when the stone circle was built, until about 1500 BC, when the subsequent cremation cemetery fell into disuse.

Trefignath

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:02:07 +0000

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Trefignath is located on the island of Holy Island, which belongs to Anglesey. It is a megalithic structure of the Cotswold Severn Tomb type. The structure was excavated in 1987, revealing a three-phase structure within the remains of the mostly removed stone mound.

The oldest part is the western chamber, which was built over a cavity in the rock with access to the south. Four large supporting stones from it still remain. Radiocarbon dates from the old surface show that this structure was built around 3750-3500 BC.

The current middle chamber was built next. It is also still marked by four supporting stones. The mound was given a west-east orientation.

Finally, the far better preserved east chamber was built in the forecourt and the stone mound was extended to its current shape. The chamber is almost complete and has two large portal stones in addition to the capstones.

Trefignath

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:52:34 +0000

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Trefignath

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 20:32:26 +0000

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Bodowyr

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 22:10:00 +0000

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The Bodowyr burial chamber is the surviving remains of the central chamber of a passage tomb.

Three bearing stones, about one meter high, support a wedge-shaped capstone that is over 2.0 meters long and almost one meter thick at its widest point. A fallen stone nearby could be a former closure stone. The passage tomb would originally have been located in an earthen or stone mound with a narrow entrance. This has been completely removed by erosion, field cultivation or stone theft.

Dyffryn Ardudwy Burial Chamber

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:18:32 +0000

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Dyffryn Ardudwy Burial Chambers are two dolmens, 8.6 metres apart on a bed of white boulders. They are from the Neolithic period. Excavation studies proved that the construction was carried out in two stages. First, a smaller western chamber was created, then a larger, eastern one. They were once covered with a trapezoidal mound of earth and stones (cairn) with an edge encased with smaller stones in order to stabilize the structure. The cairn has been diffused and only a part of the stones scattered around are visible.

Trellyffaint

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 22:25:47 +0000

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The dolmen of Trellyffaint is a portal tomb. It is located north of Nevern (Pembrokeshire) Trellyffaint is a double tomb with a large or main and small or secondary chamber. The capstone of the main chamber is supported by two stones to the south and a third supporting stone blocks the back of the chamber. The chamber height used to be greater, but the capstone slipped and broke.

The smaller, neighbouring chamber to the north-west consists of only three side stones. It may be a chamber added later or a stone box. It is possible that a cairn once covered both chambers.

Its name, which might be translated as ‘Toad’s Hall’, stems from the early medieval historian and geographer, Giraldus Cambrensis, who believed that its occupant was a chieftain who had been devoured by toads.

Trellyffaint

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 22:05:14 +0000

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Llech y Drybedd

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sat, 07 Dec 2024 20:55:20 +0000

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Llech y Drybedd is a finely balanced tripod dolmen consisting of three pillar-like supporting stones that support the heavy triangular capstone, which is around three metres long, 2.5 metres wide at its widest point and almost a metre thick. A fallen stone lies on one side of the chamber. If there was a cairn above the chamber, there is no trace of it.

Llech y Drybedd

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sat, 07 Dec 2024 20:50:19 +0000

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