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Fiona Robertson

@stonelands.bsky.social
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Megalith geek, writer, editor, author of STONE LANDS. If I approach you wanting to edit your book or find you an agent or a publisher, it's a scam – please doublecheck via the contact form on my website! fionarobertsonbooks.com

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Rebecca Lambert (She/Her) ♾️🐭🍉 @reblambert.bsky.social · 10h
We beat you then, and we’ll beat you again!” 90 years ago today No Pasaran! ✊❤️✊ @tuc.org.uk
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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 14h
The ancient stone at Harry's Walls on St Mary's stands next to a modern daymark, the two seeming to work in synchrony. Maybe the stone itself was used as a marker by boats in prehistoric times. You can actually see it from the water in pic 2 ... Look for daymark's cross! #StandingStoneSunday
Standing stone with a daymark behind itSt Mary's harbour – can you spot the stone?
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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Aaaaand we're off. TWISTED PIKE published today. www.canelo.co/books/twiste...
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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
TOMORROW.
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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Very excited to get my hands on a copy of this wonderful book about the amazing Breton stones by Wendy Mewes, with gorgeous illustrations by @classicalalan.bsky.social !
Cover of Stone Stories, featuring Men Marz, a menhir with a cross on top
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Elizabeth Tutty @tutty352.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
They’re amazing and not so well known.
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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Duddo Stones: five strange megaliths on a hilltop in Northumberland. Sometimes they even sing. #StandingStoneSunday
Deep folds of stonesViews far and wide
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Catherine Gogerty @catherinegogerty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The 'Devil's Coach-horse' beetle, in Ireland this beetle was a symbol of corruption. It was thought to have the power to kill on sight, and eat sinners. When the beetle raised its tail, it was thought to be casting a curse. I've got some of these living in my house at the moment #FolkloreThursday
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Laurence Mitchell @eastofelveden.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I ❤️ megalith. Quiberon, Brittany
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Oxenham Arms pub in South Zeal, Devon, boasts the unusual distinction of having been constructed around two prehistoric standing stones. If you’re lucky and visit at the right time of day, as I did, you might also see the smaller of the two being recharged with sacred energy by the sun.
An ancient standing stone replenishes itself with the moorland winter sun, in a the dining room of a pub where I found out, to my disappointment, non-cash payments of under £10 are not permitted.
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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Apparently I've been trying to sign up Oscar Wilde's next book.(Just to stress that I'm not currently working as a literary agent or commissioning editor for Watkins or anyone else, so if I approach you in this capacity, it's not me!)
A letter from Fiona Robertson to Oscar Wilde, praising his book The Picture of Dorian Gray and asking if he might be interested in literary representation. AKA risible yet somewhat sinister AI slop.
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Rebecca Lambert (She/Her) ♾️🐭🍉 @reblambert.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Stonehenge: What 3 Wraiths is getting its first ‘public’ screening to English Heritage/Historic England colleagues. I’m (very) nervous, but the feedback will be welcome. I just hope that they get it, and like it 😬🤞🙂
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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Buzza Hill entrance grave, St Mary's, Scilly. In one direction: Porthcressa beach and Hugh Town. In the other: the sinister-looking tower that was once a windmill.
Buzza Hill entrance grave with views down over Porthcressa beach to the left, Hugh town in the centre, and the uninhabited isle of Samson on the right. Looking over the capstone of the entrance grave to Buzza Tower.
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Rebecca Lambert (She/Her) ♾️🐭🍉 @reblambert.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Am really chuffed to have been longlisted for @manmetuni.bsky.social Images of Research competition 2026 🙂 www.mmu.ac.uk/research/res...
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Images of Research: 2026 entries
View the images in the online gallery.
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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
1/2. Maiden Castle, the Iron Age hill fort in west Dorset, must be one of the most extraordinary and atmospheric locations in the UK. While looking at Paul Nash's rather more famous photographs of Avebury, I spotted these that he took of Maiden Castle in 1935.
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
How special is it for #StandingStoneSunday to be utterly alone on a Sunday morning at the stunning World Heritage monument of West Kennett long barrow 🥰 If you haven't been, walk with me into this special Neolithic burial chamber, conserved & reconstructed in the 1950s... 📷 My own
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
One piece of folklore I refuse to believe in is the waking of England's stone and wooden nights when the country is in peril. We keep lurching right, we keep lurching toward authoritarianism and they don't even show any signs of twitching. – #MattAdams, 1982
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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The Megalithic Imperative: A 3rd Stone Reader by Neil Mortimer presents a selection of articles originally published in the magazine, alongside new commentaries from people like Jenny Blain and Paul Devereux. Buy here strangeattractor.greedbag.com/buy/the-mega...
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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Britain’s most southerly standing stone: The Old Man of Gugh (Scilly). He used to be known as The Old Man Cutting Turf #StandingStoneSunday
Standing stone overlooking sea and a distant island (St Mary’s)Stone looking more like a bent old man
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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
#StandingStoneSunday Inscribed standing stone on Cefn Ystrad with amazing views of Pen-y-Fan in Bannau Brycheiniog (the Beacons) in the background. 📸My own. #Archaeology #History #Wales
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Kate U @kateullman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Woop! #StandingStoneSunday A couple of the stones that make up Fox Tor stone alignment on Bodmin Moor near Trewint. Info on the trig point at the top of Fox Tor. QR takes you here: cornwall-landscape.org/monument/fox...
A colour photo of moorland. Visible are two of the remaining stones which make the stone alignment. The stones are no higher than about 50cns high. A photo of an information board which is attached to a trig point at the top of a tor. The text reads :
"Fox Tor Stone Alignment

Rew Meyn Torr Lowam

Running north-northeast to south-southwest across a broad valley, Fox Tor Stone Row survives today as a row of 10 upright and leaning standing stones.

Surveys have shown that originally there might have been up to 32 stones in the alignment which was erected during the Late Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Many of the fallen stones still lie partially hidden beneath the turf today. The largest stone, at the southern end of the row, is set perpendicular to the alignment.

As you walk south, you'll notice a cairn atop the distant tor, Bronn Geliow (Brown Gelly), appear to rise up behind it - presenting a similar arrangement to sites found on Dartmoor such as Hurston Ridge Stone Row.

This alignment towards a significant hill in the landscape with its own rich archaeology, including cairns and a settlement, could help explain the purpose of this monument.

The site is owned and cared for by Trebartha Estates Ltd.

Scan the QR code to find out more about this special site

Arghas Ertach

Heritage Fund

Cornwall National Landscape

Historic England"
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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"Hot", baby.
Screenshot showing TWISTED PIKE by DAVID BARNETT at number 1 in the Hot New Releases in British Horror Fiction chart on Amazon
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London Fortean Society @forteanlondon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The Haunted Landscape 2026: Magic, Fairies and Old Gods Saturday 21 November 2026 10 am - 5 pm Fiona Robertson - Stone Lands: A Journey Through Britain’s Ancient Places Megaliths, demons, ghosts, witches @stonelands.bsky.social Details and tickets forteanlondon.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-... 4/9
A jagged grey megalith cuts through the centre of the image, seemingly stabbing a blue patch of sky, pushing the clouds to the side. Fiona Robertson, the true subject of this image, sits against this ferocious rock in the bottom left of the picture. She is black haired, black shirt and shirt and dark blue jeans, seating on the verdant ground. You can see the mud-clumped soles of her walking boots. She grins into the camera. The cover of Fiona's book Stone Lands: A Journey Through DArkness ans Light Through Britain's Ancient Places. It in the style of an engraving or line and ink drawing, all black and blue. A stone circle reaches up from the ground, backed by trees with a mountain above them. Sun beams scatter from a blue cloud above all.
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David @archaeomather.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Ancient burial mounds emerging from the morning mist, last week near the Mississippi River in Minnesota.
Round earthen mounds surrounded by mist i  a grassy field, with forest behind.
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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Long Rock menhir on St Mary's, felled by Storm Goretti.
Long Rock on the ground with fallen trees As it used to be: Long Rock standing in a wood
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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
For good measure, there is an Innisdigen Lower too ... #TombTuesday
Heathery mound of entrance grave, with a backdrop of spit, sea and islandsInside the tomb!
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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I've been exploring the prehistoric tombs of Scilly and this is one of the best: Innisdigen Upper on St Mary's. But the rope swing that once stood above it, launching a thousand children (and adults) into the blue, is no more ... its tree felled, like so many others, by Storm Goretti. #TombTuesday
Innisidgen Upper entrance grave, with sea/islands in the background and the surviving pines.
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
How did prehistoric cultures perceive remarkable natural stones in the landscape? I came across this incredible perched glacial erratic nr Cregennan Lakes yesterday in upland Gwynedd which closely resembles some regional Neolithic tombs 🧐 One for #TombTuesday 📷 My own
A person standing alongside an enormous propped boulder
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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 26/08/2026
'Stone Lands' by Fiona Robertson is "a beautifully written expression of her lifelong passion for these ancient stone monuments as well as a moving exploration of her grief at the passing of her much-loved husband, Stephen" 🆓 in our #NewBookChronicle doi.org/10.15184/aqy... @stonelands.bsky.social
Cover of the book reviewed, depicting a stone circle in a forest with a hill cresting the horizon, over which the sun projects brilliant rays.
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Crowds coming and going at Castlerigg stone circle this morning, Keswick I used to want these places to myself when I visited..but then it struck me, the stone circle is still functioning as a place of communal gathering & wonder - even in our modern age So - it's never really fallen out of use
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Michael J. Warren @drmjwarren.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
@stonelands.bsky.social on the extraordinary sense of place at prehistoric stone monuments. #WainwrightPrize @wainwrightprize.bsky.social #naturewriting
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Tony Cole @yorktone.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Sunrise at Duddo. #standingstonesunday
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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Bryn Cader Faner, aka The Crown of Thorns. An extraordinary Bronze Age cairn high in the beautiful Rhinogydd mountains #StandingStoneSunday
Bryn Cader Faner: a spiky prehistoric burial cairn with views over the mountains
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Dan Herbert @danherb10.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Good morning @tessmachling.bsky.social @drtobydriver.bsky.social @reblambert.bsky.social @claireboardman.bsky.social Did you know it's almost impossible to light a candle in a cheese shop because of the strong bries
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Dalek from Doctor Who Says 'I Regret Nothing'
ALT: Dalek from Doctor Who Says 'I Regret Nothing'
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It's always good to see the *original* Stonehenge triathlon 🧐😮.. The extraordinary rock formation high on Glyder Fach this week, in a mountain landscape full of prehistoric monuments & ritual offerings; what if word did get out to those Wiltshire builders..? 🤔😉 📷 My own
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Why bang on about re-enchantment? #ReEnchantmentIsResistance
Re-enchantment as an assertion of wonder and the numinosity of our relationships with landscape. Re-enchantment as an assertion of our collective ability to both imagine and experience better worlds. As a refusal of despair, as a lensing of hope.

Re-enchantment as personal metamorphosis. The space in which we grow glowing red eyes to patrol our communities against this long night of authoritarian pisspuffiny. The space in which we develop iron-hard fur that make us immune to the curses reductionist racists, misogynists, homophobes and AI cultists throw at us. Re-enchantment as the permissive circle where we can voyage into ourselves and find the marvels and bravery we need to deal with this age of violent bruising.

Re-enchantment as resistance.
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Nicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
As well as The New Forest, Westbury White Horse is on fire. The one Ravilious painted, from the third class carriage of the GWR…
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
My last speaking engagement this year will be at the wonderful @treadwells-books.bsky.social where I will be talking about re-enchantment as resistance; communities of story and the importance of links between folklore and place. www.tickettailor.com/events/tread.... I hope to see some of you there.
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Buy tickets – Hookland with David Southwell – In-Person Lecture – Treadwells Books
Hookland with David Southwell – In-Person Lecture – Treadwells Books, Thu 24 Sep 2026 - The creator of England's imagined lost county on re-enchantment as resistance. Through near-daily postings in th...
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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Cors y Gedol, a Neolithic burial chamber in a lovely spot high above Dyffryn Ardudwy (where there are two further excellent Neolithic tombs) #TombTuesday
Neolithic burial chamber by hawthorn tree on moorland
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Hannah Wickes @hannahwickes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The incredible stonework of Quoyness, a Chambered burial Cairn on the island of Sanday. It has one tall interior chamber and six little ones that come off it. And yes, you have to crawl to enter the tomb. #TombTuesday
Entrance passageway to a burial cairnInterior chamber of the burial CairnTiny chambers coming off the main interior.
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Nice for the cropmarks in Wales to make today's #Times. #Heatwave #RCAHMW #AerialArchaeology
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ⓕⓡⓐⓩⓔⓡ @frazerdjones.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
“We take our pints and wander into the field to the standing stones.” — @stonelands.bsky.social / Fiona Robertson
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
What was once barrow is now a lithic landmark. Reduced to its stone bones, it offers us haptic connection to the echoing Long Neolithic. It is also a tactile gate into folklore – simultaneously chambered tomb and a place of giant-slaying. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Standing stone by Cregennen lake, with Tyrrau Mawr (Cadair Idris) rising behind. What a view! From a fantastic day out with @philolithia.bsky.social 💚#StandingStoneSunday
Standing stone with lake and mountain
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Stone Club @stoneclub.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The Merry Maidens #StandingStoneSunday
Stone circle and dry grass
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Tony Cole @yorktone.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The Rudston Monolith #standingstonesunday
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Happy #StandingStoneSunday to all who celebrate 🥳 The atmospheric stone circle at Castlerigg, Keswick, last June - in anything but a heatwave Very much looking forward to revisiting this majestic site in a few day's time 🤗 📷 My own
A moody photo of a great stone circle with wet ground & clouds above
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Philolithia@bsky.social @philolithia.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Walked a path I’d not walked before down by the saltmarsh this morning. It was a place of low flying geese, wondrous blue and lens flare.
Photo of a still blue mere in the yellowy green saltmarsh with mountains beyond and blue sky with a fine skein of white cloud in places.Photo of a blue sky with mackerel white clouds over a blue pool in an expanse of yellowy-green saltmarsh that stretches flat to the horizon. A feeling of peace.Photo of two geese flapping wildly as they navigate a harmless hill, with mackerel white clouds overlying blue sunlit sky.Photo of yellow sun with lens flare making the white clouds iridescent in places. Blue sky above, dark mountains below.
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Kernow 〓〓 @kernow.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
From Cornish writer Elizabeth Dale @cornishbirdblog.com THE CURSE OF PENDEEN VAU FOGOU (In Cornish, translates as Pen – headland and Din – fort) cornishbirdblog.com/the-curse-of...
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The Curse of Pendeen Vau Fogou - The Cornish Bird
Pendeen Vau Fogou is one of the best preserved and most impressive of all of Cornwall’s fogous. These unusual Cornish monuments were constructed in the Iron Age, some 2000 years ago, for a purpose tha...
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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This Sunday (after 4pm) I get to go on the Lyn Bowles show on BBC Radio Wales to talk about stone hunting in the extraordinary megalithic landscapes of Wales! There are of course many superb ancient sites in Wales – this is just one of them: Penrhos Feilw on Yns Môn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🪨❤️
The two standing stones of Penrhos Feilw with Holyhead Mountain in the distance
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