Fiona Robertson
@stonelands.bsky.social
Megalith geek, writer, editor, author of STONE LANDS
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Sweyne's Howes North on the Gower peninsula: tumbledown though not as ruinous as nearby Sweyne's Howes South! Was this Sweyne who came to be associated with the prehistoric burial chambers on Rhossili Down the same Viking who gave his name to Swansea (Sweyns-ey – 'Sweyne's island')? #TombTuesday
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Sweyne's Howes North on the Gower peninsula: tumbledown though not as ruinous as nearby Sweyne's Howes South! Was this Sweyne who came to be associated with the prehistoric burial chambers on Rhossili Down the same Viking who gave his name to Swansea (Sweyns-ey – 'Sweyne's island')? #TombTuesday
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November 25, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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From Heel to Eternity on #StandingStoneSunday
Gazing down the Avenue, past the Heel Stone sarsen, to distant Stonehenge #Wiltshire, as the sun begins to set on a cold November afternoon
📷 2025
Gazing down the Avenue, past the Heel Stone sarsen, to distant Stonehenge #Wiltshire, as the sun begins to set on a cold November afternoon
📷 2025
November 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
From Heel to Eternity on #StandingStoneSunday
Gazing down the Avenue, past the Heel Stone sarsen, to distant Stonehenge #Wiltshire, as the sun begins to set on a cold November afternoon
📷 2025
Gazing down the Avenue, past the Heel Stone sarsen, to distant Stonehenge #Wiltshire, as the sun begins to set on a cold November afternoon
📷 2025
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And one of your favourites according to your book!
This video embedded in google maps provides a lovely bird's eye view of the stones...
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This video embedded in google maps provides a lovely bird's eye view of the stones...
maps.app.goo.gl/EiDMuo9gKrFG...
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November 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
And one of your favourites according to your book!
This video embedded in google maps provides a lovely bird's eye view of the stones...
maps.app.goo.gl/EiDMuo9gKrFG...
This video embedded in google maps provides a lovely bird's eye view of the stones...
maps.app.goo.gl/EiDMuo9gKrFG...
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My uncle Trevor gave my dad a fresh block of driftwood from his caravan in Somerset, so you know what that means - more particularly cursed carved phantoms..!
👁️ wellswoodcarving.bigcartel.com
👁️ wellswoodcarving.bigcartel.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My uncle Trevor gave my dad a fresh block of driftwood from his caravan in Somerset, so you know what that means - more particularly cursed carved phantoms..!
👁️ wellswoodcarving.bigcartel.com
👁️ wellswoodcarving.bigcartel.com
Recent trip to Boscawen-ûn, that quartz stone was more glittery and gorgeous than ever. Whatever the weather, it picks up the light. #StandingStoneSunday
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Recent trip to Boscawen-ûn, that quartz stone was more glittery and gorgeous than ever. Whatever the weather, it picks up the light. #StandingStoneSunday
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The central 'Devil's Arrow'.
This photo is from late August, when I arrived tyres burning, early morning, straight off of the A1M, en route to a Dig near Ripon.
They are truly an incredible sight and so beautifully incongruous amongst the ephemera of the modern day.
#StandingStoneSunday
This photo is from late August, when I arrived tyres burning, early morning, straight off of the A1M, en route to a Dig near Ripon.
They are truly an incredible sight and so beautifully incongruous amongst the ephemera of the modern day.
#StandingStoneSunday
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The central 'Devil's Arrow'.
This photo is from late August, when I arrived tyres burning, early morning, straight off of the A1M, en route to a Dig near Ripon.
They are truly an incredible sight and so beautifully incongruous amongst the ephemera of the modern day.
#StandingStoneSunday
This photo is from late August, when I arrived tyres burning, early morning, straight off of the A1M, en route to a Dig near Ripon.
They are truly an incredible sight and so beautifully incongruous amongst the ephemera of the modern day.
#StandingStoneSunday
Lovely review of STONE LANDS by the Historical Novel Society (thank you so much HNS!). Read it here: historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/ston...
Stone Lands: A Journey of Darkness and Light Through Britain’s Ancient Places - Historical Novel Society
Fiona Robertson’s memoir is a poignant and incredibly well-written reflection on why the standing stones of prehistoric Britain hold such enduring appeal. Robertson started the book shortly after her ...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Lovely review of STONE LANDS by the Historical Novel Society (thank you so much HNS!). Read it here: historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/ston...
At midsummer, the witches of Zennor would light fires on top of the ancient burial chambers and in the rock stacks, until it seemed like the whole moor was ablaze. Zennor Quoit for #TombTuesday!
November 18, 2025 at 8:07 AM
At midsummer, the witches of Zennor would light fires on top of the ancient burial chambers and in the rock stacks, until it seemed like the whole moor was ablaze. Zennor Quoit for #TombTuesday!
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For #TombTuesday - Holm of Papay South Chambered cairn. With the only Neoloithic carvings ever found within the Papay archipelago. Boat trips to the Holm run from April to October every year, a service operated by the Papay Development Trust.
#Papay
#Orkney
#Papay
#Orkney
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 AM
For #TombTuesday - Holm of Papay South Chambered cairn. With the only Neoloithic carvings ever found within the Papay archipelago. Boat trips to the Holm run from April to October every year, a service operated by the Papay Development Trust.
#Papay
#Orkney
#Papay
#Orkney
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We just did the southern half of the Wild Atlantic Way. Just a few of the highlights of Ireland’s incredible prehistory.
June 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
We just did the southern half of the Wild Atlantic Way. Just a few of the highlights of Ireland’s incredible prehistory.
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It can feel as if the stones cast a spell of perpetuation upon the landscape. Archetypes of transmission and reception echoed into a manifesting modernity. This is fanciful, but it's also one of the ways the Long Neolithic works – it infects our imaginations. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
November 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It can feel as if the stones cast a spell of perpetuation upon the landscape. Archetypes of transmission and reception echoed into a manifesting modernity. This is fanciful, but it's also one of the ways the Long Neolithic works – it infects our imaginations. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
A proud moment this summer: bagging a stone that isn't already on the @megalithic.bsky.social (very rare occurrence!). On the Beara peninsula east of Adrigole, a little way north of the Drumlave row. It involved crawling under barbed wire but then we saw there was a gate. #StandingStoneSunday
November 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
A proud moment this summer: bagging a stone that isn't already on the @megalithic.bsky.social (very rare occurrence!). On the Beara peninsula east of Adrigole, a little way north of the Drumlave row. It involved crawling under barbed wire but then we saw there was a gate. #StandingStoneSunday
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For #StandingStoneSunday #Stunday... Corrower Ogham Stone, Mayo, Ireland
A tall ogham stone with a worn inscription
#IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Neolithic #Megalithic #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photography #Infrared #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Art #BlueSky #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #Mayo
A tall ogham stone with a worn inscription
#IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Neolithic #Megalithic #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photography #Infrared #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Art #BlueSky #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #Mayo
November 16, 2025 at 8:14 AM
For #StandingStoneSunday #Stunday... Corrower Ogham Stone, Mayo, Ireland
A tall ogham stone with a worn inscription
#IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Neolithic #Megalithic #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photography #Infrared #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Art #BlueSky #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #Mayo
A tall ogham stone with a worn inscription
#IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Neolithic #Megalithic #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photography #Infrared #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Art #BlueSky #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #Mayo
German edition of STONE LANDS coming April 2026! The subtitle just seems so cool in German: Eine Reise durch Dunkelheit und Licht ❤️🪨❤️
November 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
German edition of STONE LANDS coming April 2026! The subtitle just seems so cool in German: Eine Reise durch Dunkelheit und Licht ❤️🪨❤️
The 5th/6th-century Selus Stone in St Just church - a testament to our perennial human tendency to mess things up.
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The 5th/6th-century Selus Stone in St Just church - a testament to our perennial human tendency to mess things up.
FOREWORD mag has done a v nice review of the US edition of STONE LANDS - v pleased with it, here it is! www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/stone-lands/
November 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
FOREWORD mag has done a v nice review of the US edition of STONE LANDS - v pleased with it, here it is! www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/stone-lands/
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I enjoyed a visit to the small, but interesting, Norris Museum in St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, at the weekend. A few items caught my eye, but particularly this very beautiful and poignant medieval brooch and these fabulous Roman faces 😀
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I enjoyed a visit to the small, but interesting, Norris Museum in St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, at the weekend. A few items caught my eye, but particularly this very beautiful and poignant medieval brooch and these fabulous Roman faces 😀
Took delivery of my US author copies today - a surreal and marvellous moment! STONE LANDS is coming out in North America on 2nd December.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Took delivery of my US author copies today - a surreal and marvellous moment! STONE LANDS is coming out in North America on 2nd December.
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Ballowall barrow one wild and windy October evening. No sign of strange lights or partying sprites, but a definite spooky vibe ... #TombTuesday
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Ballowall barrow one wild and windy October evening. No sign of strange lights or partying sprites, but a definite spooky vibe ... #TombTuesday
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November 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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A gentle reminder that this is one of those generational good books which will still being read in 20 years time.
A very occasional reminder that ‘Pan: the Great God’s Modern Return,’ published by Reaktion Books, is available in paperback through your favorite bookseller.
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
A gentle reminder that this is one of those generational good books which will still being read in 20 years time.
Watch Croft menhir. There are ancient cairns close by and you can see the tower of Ding Dong mine on far horizon. Somewhere down there is Boskednan, the Mên-an-Tol and Mén Scryfa. But where? (Next time I need to bring binoculars.) #StandingStoneSunday
November 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Watch Croft menhir. There are ancient cairns close by and you can see the tower of Ding Dong mine on far horizon. Somewhere down there is Boskednan, the Mên-an-Tol and Mén Scryfa. But where? (Next time I need to bring binoculars.) #StandingStoneSunday
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This is my painting 'Sun Henges', watercolour and gold ink on recycled cotton rag paper. It is one of several new works inspired by folk art and ancient megaliths that are now available for sale on my Etsy shop here: shorturl.at/HDzSI
#StandingStoneSunday #Art
#StandingStoneSunday #Art
November 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
This is my painting 'Sun Henges', watercolour and gold ink on recycled cotton rag paper. It is one of several new works inspired by folk art and ancient megaliths that are now available for sale on my Etsy shop here: shorturl.at/HDzSI
#StandingStoneSunday #Art
#StandingStoneSunday #Art
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Several war memorials in France use displaced menhirs as a centre piece. This one in Quiberon erected in 1921 used a menhir which originally stood on the Point of Beg er-Lann. #RemembranceSunday #StandingStoneSunday.
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Several war memorials in France use displaced menhirs as a centre piece. This one in Quiberon erected in 1921 used a menhir which originally stood on the Point of Beg er-Lann. #RemembranceSunday #StandingStoneSunday.