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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

When time reflects, we encounter, ripples of disruption ... Hundred Year Stone (1995) by Peter Randall-Page celebrating 100 years of @nationaltrust.org.uk located on Derwent Water. #scupture #Landscape #change #Keswick #lakedistrict

Two halves of split grey boulder sitting in water. Broken faces carved with labyrinth, reflection in still water with clouds and hills beyond

Two halves of split grey boulder sitting in water. Broken faces carved with labyrinth, reflection in still water with clouds and hills beyond Concentric ripples beyond

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And pause, wrapped, cool sea mist. Hear feint, whispered Saints. Grasp sword and stake, step with care, through telling time. #Whitby #archaeology #history #heritage

Yellow sandstone gravestone surface pitted through erosion, names removed. In distance Whiby Abbey towers and Gothic arched windows, silhouetted against misty sky

Whiby Abbey roofless ruin silhouetted against grey misty sky. Pierced with arched windows, like skeletal remains of vast behemoth

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Wonderful discoveries by @govanstones.bsky.social & great example of the power of #communityarchaeology brilliant engagement by the whole team. So much passion about the story of Govan and getting people actively involved in learning. @hornesupremacy.bsky.social #glasgow #archaeology

Hand holding rough circular grey shale object upagainst blue sky. Hole in middle and incised circular cut runs around it. Abandoned rough out for making a finger ring

View of excavation trench with three archaeologists investigating a complex of different features, including large square stone structure and earlier pits and postholes

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Do you know @thescottishcrannog.bsky.social artefacts excavations of Oakbank Crannog have been recognised as Nationally Significant, including 2500 year old fabrics. Real privilege to present on behalf of @archscot.bsky.social on Why Archaeology Matters At This Time? as part of #ScotArchMonth

Side of crannog walkway overlooking Loch

View out of crannog door to distant thatched buildings

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

And still we puzzle, perhaps first, sense. Our hands hold. All possibilities, through time. First Conundrum by Remco de Fouw (2000) #Archaeology #Sculpture #Scotland #Heritage

Trees fringed public square overlooked by large buildings with windows. Two large spherical sculptures of carved stone balls sit in middle, partial reflections in rainsoaked flagstone surfaces

Public square overlooked by large buildings with windows. Five large spherical sculptures of carved stone balls sit in middle, partial reflections in rainsoaked flagstone surfaces

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

And build monuments to our dreams ... Sighthill Stone Circle Created in 1979 & relocated in 2019. This is my first visit since being there for 2016 equinox with @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social #StandingStoneSunday @stoneclub.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social @clydevalleyarf.bsky.social

Black and white images of group of standing stones. Foreground paving and grass. Background grey cloudy Glasgow sky

Black and white images of row of standing stones. Front stone has grafiiti in white paint. Foreground grass. Background young leafed trees, grey cloudy Glasgow sky above

Black and white image of group of standing stones. Foreground set of three steps. Background young leafed trees, distant higher rise and grey cloudy Glasgow sky above

Black and white image of group of standing stones. Foreground grass with three large unused stones. Paving runs to stone circle on mound via a set of six steps. Background young leafed trees, distant higher rise and grey cloudy Glasgow sky above

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

And ruins, in the shadow, of the mausoleum... Ferns & moss slowly cover the shell of the Cottage. It sits in rarely visited edgeland, haunt of graffitists. Woodland slowly swallows walls, its collapsing roof shivers to the elements. Adjacent the larger vaulted mausoleum casts its long shadow.

View inside building, into ground floor with stone walls covered in moss and ferns. Rubble and rubbish cover the floor. Ceiling has collapsed revealing room above, and its brick fireplace. In corner stairs spiral up to next level.

Blonde sandstone block built corner butress with relief carving in organic mosaic of irregular forms. Fringed by ferns, and woodland.

Blond sandstone building, covered by green leaves branches and fallen tree. To right hand side steel boarded entrance has been pulled open, darkness beyond. Graffiti covers out surfaces

Large blonde sandstone built multistorey structure with central cupola capped building. Entrance to lower crypt is through three arched barred doors. Either side large lions recline, heads resting in front paws.

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This winged beast has stood sentinel for a thousand years, on a most remarkable structure. It sits on the edge of the entrance to the 106 ft high round tower at Brechin Cathedral. It is only one of two in Scotland & relates to the tower tradition in Ireland. #Scotland #Heritage #Archaeology

Relief carving of crouched beast, with wings and large claws. In its mouth is what appears to he a severed leg

Cloudy sky with patches of blue. Circular tower overlooking roof of cathedral. Weather vane on top of conical roof of tower, pierced by arched windows.

Large circular tower 106 ft tall which has been built into gable end corner of cathedral. Cathedral has arched doors and windows. Door to tower is above ground level to create additional security

Narrow wooden door on side of circular tower, with large iron hinges, and iron studs on either side. Sits in door recess. Details of carvings surrounding doorway include the beast and lamb, two Saints and Crucifiction scene.

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

And grey lazy Sundays, strangely I find myself thinking about those standing stones in museum collections... surely they are happier in the landscape, moss and lichen, birds perching. Changing light & seasons, glowing with sunrise. Or perhaps that's just us? #standingstonesunday #archaeology

Standing stone in corridor of museum, images manipulated so contrast of grey green mood allows rock art carvings to stand out more. Series of wavy lines and two large cup and ring mark motifs.

Large cup and ring, spiral like, motifs. With splash of pale red added digitally as if to evoke a low sun

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

And some stones, Stare, Face different futures ... Le Geant du Manio watches with patience in the woodland #standingstonesunday #archaeology #carnac #prehistory #Heritage @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social

Large standing stone, in clearing in deciduous woodland. On the right hand side of stone features give appearance of face. Brown earth of ground exposed due to so many visitors.

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Nether Largie South is a Clyde type chambered cairn, dating from c 3700 BC The view from the chamber shows later blocking slabs. A key monument in the 'linear cemtery' it's a wonderful site to spend some quiet time at. #Kilmartin #archaeology #scotland #TombTuesday @archscot.bsky.social

View from inside stone chamber with massive side slabs and capstone. Two large blocking stones prevent easy access. Rectangular view of distant landscape shows trees, green hills beyond, with stormy sky above.

stone chamber within large stone mound capstone and end slab partially showing in top. Large stone cist with capstone partially off in foreground. Distant landscape shows trees, green hills beyond, with stormy sky above.

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Amazing to be at @thescottishcrannog.bsky.social launch on behalf of @archscot.bsky.social Destroyed by fire 5 yrs ago, the team worked tirelessly to regenerate the new site, with passion for archaeology & learning, always inclusive, creative and fun. Many congratulations #Scotland #Archaeology

Dark cloudy grey sky. Wooden causeway running to a circular timber structure, sitting put on grey water of Loch Tay, distant hills to either side.

Circular timber structure with open entrance facing. Scaffolding still up people in white hard hats and yellow vis vests are thatching the roof

Cut end of large log, with To Be A Log Boat written in green on it. Timber crannog and loch beyond

Group of people in front of Crannog as part of celebration.

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

And choose to stand, together we are stonger ... Ballymeanoch Stone Row has endured for over 3000 years #Kilmartin #Scotland #Archaeology #standingstonesunday

Dark grey cloud filled sky, with flat of vibrant blue showing below above distant green tree line. Foreground is four large standing stones, running at an angle across the scene, and pitching diagonally slightly to the left.

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Amazing couple of days on workshops at Old Mill Arts Learned so much about pigment making and natural binders. If your interested in sustainability in your creative practices, can't recommend this enough. #art #sustainability #ecoart #earthart #heitage

Glass Mueller on circle of ochre pigments on glass sheet

Granite mortar and pestle. 120 micron sieve and pastry brush. Flat stone with test rubbings of pigments before grinding. Orange, red and black stones next to colour swatches

Small copper bowl with cherry tree resin sitting in it. Old Mill Arts leaflet about Binder Making with Natural Pigments

20 circles on white paper infilled with test colours of different pigmemts and binders

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

And with care, we remember ... Sweet Heart Abbey founded in 1273 by Lady Dervorgilla of Galloway, in memory of her husband John Balliol. 800 years later it's now covered in scaffolding to make repairs due to erosion from climate change. #scotland #heritage

Large redsandstone monastic building with arched windows. Set in graveyard of headstones and green grass. Upper portion of central tower covered in scaffolding which bright sun, against dark sky, shines through.

Large redsandstone monastic building with arched windows. Set in graveyard of headstones and green grass

Arched redsandstone window, beyond which another arched window, through which another narrower arched window can be seen in ruined monastery

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

And fair and foul, Remain rooted, Earth to sky... At Mayburgh Henge the last remaining standing stone within its interior still endures. #standingstonesunday #archaeology #penrith #prehistory

Large grey standings stone set within low stone cairn in large grassy amphitheatre of stoney bank of bigger enclosure monument. Along top of.bank leafless trees, skeletal, dark cloudy sky with flashes of light broods above.

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

And everytime, with each return, we grow closer ... Isle of Arran, Machrie Moor, Circle 2 #StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology #Scotland #Prehistory

Two red sandstone standing stones, one to left.is narrower and taller, tapering to top. Its grooved surface is covered in lichen, grey and green. To the right shorter stone is more triangular shaped. Foreground green grass path sits between golden grasses. Beyond trees of Machrie Moor and more distant hillslopes, topped by grey sky

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

And how, shall we now, mark what matters ... Learable Hill, Caithness, is part of a larger monument group, including stone row and cairn. On one face, a simple cross has since been incised, over 2000 years after the stone was first erected. #StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology #Scotland

Flat slab like standing stone, wider face toward us, will small patch of windblown snow clinging on its surface. The inscribed shape of a simple cross still visible. It stands in moorland, with Heather covered ground , and distant snow patched hills beyond.

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Clach Mhic Leoid has stood, sentinel over sand and sea, for over 3000 years... ... it will witness great changes in the future. #StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology #Scotland

Single grey standing stone, surfaces dripping in lichens, stands on grass covered headland. Dark stormy sky beyond, and flashes off golden yellow sands, as white waves break from Hebridean waters.

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Achnacreebeag has recently been reinvestigated by @archscot.bsky.social with support from @socantscot.bsky.social Audrey Henshall Legacy To learn more about what discoveries were made at the end of the rainbow, give them a follow. #TombTuesday #HESsupported #archaeology

Chambered cairn comprising five upright orthostats and capstone which has dropped between them. Dark cloudy sky with double rainbow behind.

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

And witnesses, reflections on the storm ... Dargill Standing Stone may have seen 3500 years of changing weather but it has never experienced the consequences of rapid climate change, how can it respond? #StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology #Prehistory #Scotland

Three large leafless trees, forming line a long field boundary, snow flecked hill slopes and grey sky behind. In ploughed field is large pool of flood water in which reflections are ripplingly present. In centre of picture large standing stone sits in green island of unploughed ground, its reflection in water stands in front of left tree.

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Netherton Cross, about a thousand years old, covered with mix of figurative & geometric designs including beast headed figures, snakes, boses & interlace patterns. An example of Govan School sculptural tradition relsting to the Kingdom of Strathclyde @archscot.bsky.social @govanstones.bsky.social

Sandstone cross back dropped by church, above which blue sky. Lens flare partly obscures decoration on weathered, lichen covered surface. But central boss and interlace pattern visible.

Side of cross at top, with relief carving of spiralling snake motion with open mouth.

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

I am the keeper of magic ... ... but happy to share Fabulous 2024 mural by Hera of Herakut in Aberdeen. Also sharing other pics, one smaller work that still survives; one of amazing piece on Aberdeen Market before demolition; one #ContemporaryArchaeology piece put up at Nuart 2019 #StreetArt

Grey sky with bird birling overhead, side of building displays figure in blue hoodie cradling small unicorn in its arms. Large brutalist building to left.

Figure kneeling uses spray can to create decoration on cheetah costume being worn by an upstanding person.

Four images. Larger top one of mural on side of Aberdeen Market, shows person with red hair flowing and hand outstretched. Another shows hooded face of person, another a minature person in grey suit all hunched up, and the other is figure wearing a aviator hat.

To left is Yellow Ceramic tile with punch like figure holding sign saying Be Here Now. To right leaflet stuck on wall saying Strange World of the Future with Contemporary Archaeologies over image of two explorers in pith helmet and aviator hat confronting large red robot

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Playing with some ideas for making an artist book inspired by visit to Gulf of Morbihan and its stories of monument building, rock art and sea level changes. #Art #Archaeology #ArtArchaeology #RockArt #prehistory

Mixed media work showing standing stone in brown water colours, concentric red lines behind splattered with red and orange. Blues flow from bottom of page running upwards

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Oh got @stoneclub.bsky.social tag wrong, so sharing a bonus #TombTuesday pic of Cairn Holy 1 in its full sunrise glory !

Six standing stones forming facade to chambered cairn. Ante-chamber and chamber comprising lower stone slab boxes in foreground. Distant sky is orange and dark with morning sunrise, green pastures and woodlands below.

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

And at some places, we can feel closer to the rhythms of the world... Cairn Holy 1 chambered cairn is a remarkable monument which has been visibly revisted and reused for nearly six thousand years. #prehistory #TombTuesday @archscot.bsky.social @the.stone.club @megalithic.bsky.social

Two standing stones forming entrance to chambered cairn. Ante-chamber and chamber comprising lower stone slab boxes in foreground. Distant sky is orange and dark with Mmorning sunrise, green pastures and woodlands below.

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Rows & Relationships ‐ part of the Alignement De Kermario, Carnac, the larger stone being strongly anthropomorphic. The group seems to have a deliberate rythmn or narrative that may have been legible in the past. #StandingStoneSunday

Three standing stones in a row, left most is larger with torso and headlike form. Middle is lower and subrectangular, and to right classic stone pillar form. Sat within golden grasses, and fringed with green ivy at their base. Background is group of pine trees standing above woodland, and clear blue sky beyond.

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

There is something particularly special about stones placed on top of monuments, like at Tumulus de Kercado. I also love the contrast with the funnel shaped water tower which overlooks the monument. #StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology

Small light grey standing stone on top of large stone monument, vertical stone faces lead to entrance to chamber. Cloudy sky in background, fringed by trees to left.

Small grey standing stone, with worn earth around it, casts short shadow. In background among woodland, emerges grey funnel shaped water tower

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Stormy weather inspired mark making, remembering all those standing stones over looking Atlantic seascapes #ArtArchaeology #ArchaeologyLife #StandingStoneSunday #archaeology #art

Mixed media work showing pair of standing stones on a headland overlooking stormy seascape.

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Wishing you a wonderful #wintersolstice A time of rest, reflection and renewal, today was spent playing with images of standing stones and cycles of time. #StandingStoneSunday #Art #ArtArchaeology #Archaeology #prehistory

Pastel on cardboard showing rising sun and row of standing stones

Found page of book, overlaid by image of moon detailed with curvilinear rockart including spirals. Below which is rows of standing stones as seen at Carnac

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Still set deep within its mound, eastern most of Dolmens de Mané-Kerioned. Step down to the dark entrance, within remarkable decorated stones are found. A powerfully atmospheric monument that leaves a deep lasting impression #Archaeology #prehistory #rockart #TombTuesday @megalithic.bsky.social

Entrance to monument, grey stones partially covered in moss, and fringed with grasses. Dark passage hides chamber beyond

Hooded figure stands in passage silhouetted by light beyond

Hooded figure stands in stone chamber looking at decorated stones forming wall, silhouetted by light from entrance

Grey stone to left covered in incised geometric decoration around central raised boss. Orange stone to left with incised curvilinear decoration. Spaces between infilled with drystone walling.

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Gavrinis is the most amazing megalithic site I have been privileged to visit. Taking a boat to reach, you encounter a remarkable concentration of #Neolithic rock art at a single megalithic monument. A deeply powerful & inspiring place. @megalithic.bsky.social #rockart #archaeology #TombTuesday

Drystone facade with large megalithic stones forming entrance to passage entering large cairn

Passage of cairn with large stone side slabs all covered incised decoration and with stone slab floor and capstones

Large standing forming side slab of passage. Covered in incised decoration comprising rainbow 🌈 shaped forms, large ones in middle and smaller to side.

View into large square chamber at end of passage. Two large decorated backslabs and massive single paving stone.

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Penone is a wonderful artist, Ideas of Stone is like the cousin of the durational piece Stone Coppice by Andy Goldsworthy at Jupiter Artland

Woodland comprising copiced multi stem trees, held within branches are large angular grey boulders.

Detail of multi stemmed trunk holding large grey boulder.

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

We have all had days like this ... !

Tarmac surface with chalk drawing. To left a large pink heart, to right three stick figures. One to rear with blue tears at eyes, two smaller ones at front with pink cheeks, mouths open, green jets spewing forward. At there feet subcirular green pools.

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Roadside loss, like a Boyle Family detail, play with broken figures of consumption @legolostatsea.bsky.social #Archaeology #ContemporaryArchaeology

Close cropped colour photo of roadside kerb from above. Gap between granite sets and vertical face to tarmac surface below. Purple torso and shattered purple legs of lost and broken legs figure lie against edge of kerb

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Interpretation on Loch Leven circular walk places Orwell standing stones in landscape context, with associated story of eels from Sargasso Sea which once migrated to the Loch before mill sluices blocked them. #StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology 🏺 #Scotland

Stainless steel surface with images and words engraved. Image of two standing stones set in landscape of fields and hedges. Text between stones reads Orwell standing stones were part of a stone circle. Coffins containing charred bones have been found there. Encircling scene the image of an eel.

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

. Stand together, Stand steady, in dark times, we find Moments of light Stones of Steness Photo from c 2019 #StandingStoneSunday

Four standing stones heavily silhouetted against grey sky. Circular lens flairs cluster around the third stone, brighter more diffuse patches of light.

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Great to see some fantastic new Scottish #Archaeology related books just published by @oxbowbooks.bsky.social @archscot.bsky.social #ArchScot 🏺

Two books covers, to left title is High Pasture Cave Ritual, Memory and Identity in the Iron Age of Skye by Steven Birch and Jo McKenzie. Cover shows distant mountains of Skye overlaid by pen and ink drawing of Iron Age life. To the right, title is Cultural Landscapes of North-east Scotland Collaborative research in History and Archaeology edited by Colin Shepherd. Cover shows four people in excavation trench, one smiling, others digging and drawing a section. Set woodland, adjacent felled trees, and fringed with green ferns.

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Mayburgh Henge A solitary survivor of what is thought to have been four standing stones in the interior of this remarkable monument. It's massive enclosing bank was probably largely taken from the near by river ‐ 'Neolithic' terraforming of the wider landscape. #StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology 🏺

Large trapezoidal shaped standing stone with small cairn like scatter at its base. Stands in flat interior of larger monument, surface of flat winter scorched grass extends beyond to large circular bank. Upon bank grow large leafless trees, silhouetted against cloudy sky.

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

And remember those little cousins, For centuries sentinels of field boundaries, roadside and woodland edge. They still recall rhythms and routes in the landscape #StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology #Landscape🏺

Sandstone pillar with flat sides and curved top. On one side iron plate with hinge is visible. Set on edge of field with rough flattened winter grass. Silhouetted trees line beyond, faint glow of distant sun sandwiched by dark clouds.

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

rest care hold glow Good wishes to you all, keep bringing light & joy in such dark times.

Group of four photographs arranged with wide white border between. Top left setting sun silhouetted dry winter plants. Bottom Left distant copse of trees low sun shines through them rough winter snow scattered track in foreground. Top right suns show through railings of 'pipe bridge' snow on either side of stairs which run up to it. Bottom left, diffuse full moon glowing through trees

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

As this year pivots & turns Look forward with increasing light energies renewed. #Solstice #WinterSolstice

Snow covered landscape. Foreground fence line dark in shadow. Skeletal shrubs and trees silhouetted to left of image. To right poles of power line and row of pylons run to distant horizon.

Low lying mist makes midground hazy but diffused with light from setting sun. Tiger stripe clouds, glow hot orange.

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