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JANUSZCZAK @januszczak.bsky.social · 3d

Death, death, death… it’s something I tackle in Art’s Most Horrific on Sky Arts. Tomorrow night at 9pm! Wear something warm!

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The Smell of Water @smellofwater.bsky.social · 3d

Stan Beckensall

'The Sculptured Rocks In this design you petrified the language of your soul - Your own symbolic logic; Linked a little world with universe, Arrested time with space. You saw the cycle of your birth and death with clarity. As sun and moon spun round, As buds burst into leaves and…

Stan Beckensall

'The Sculptured Rocks In this design you petrified the language of your soul - Your own symbolic logic; Linked a little world with universe, Arrested time with space. You saw the cycle of your birth and death with clarity. As sun and moon spun round, As buds burst into leaves and fell upon the nourishing ground.A rhythmic pulse beat out like water flow,

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The Smell of Water @smellofwater.bsky.social · 3d

Stan Beckensall, one of the loveliest blokes you could meet. See ya Stan. #StandingStoneSunday @megalithic.bsky.social

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The Smell of Water @smellofwater.bsky.social · 4d

Passage Grave Art & A Giantess teessidepsychogeography.wordpress.com/2025/10/05/p... #StandingStoneSunday @megalithic.bsky.social

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 8d

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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The Smell of Water @smellofwater.bsky.social · 8d

Megalithic Anglesey teessidepsychogeography.wordpress.com/2025/09/30/a... #TombTuesday

Anglesey – Another Wavelength

I recently took a trip to Anglesey, whilst there I visited a few of the many prehistoric sites on the island. Here’s a few images that I took using a near infrared filter. IR photography is not for…

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The Smell of Water @smellofwater.bsky.social · 10d

The beautiful twisty Ty Mawr Standing Stone: Holy Island. Anglesey #StandingStoneSunday

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Del - Martian Observer @martian-observer.art · 18d

New evidence proves an asteroid impacted the north Sea more than 43 million years ago causing a huge tsunami and leaving a 1.9 mile (3km) wide crater under the seabed

New evidence confirms Yorkshire North Sea asteroid impact

Geologists say an asteroid hit the North Sea near Yorkshire more than 43 million years ago.

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The Smell of Water @smellofwater.bsky.social · 18d

The Clifton Stones in Cumbria. Local folklore tells us that the stones are protected by a pair of mischievous Boggarts. #StandingStoneSunday

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The Smell of Water @smellofwater.bsky.social · 21d

More wonderful stuff from Kenny Brophy theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/p...

Passage grave art … in a passage

Urban prehistory can still surprise me. On a recent trip to Belfast, I hoped that I might stumble upon something that would be blog post worthy, and I thought I had hit urban prehistory gold when I…

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The Smell of Water @smellofwater.bsky.social · 22d

Ladgates before the Rain teessidepsychogeography.wordpress.com/2025/09/17/l... #etymology

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The Smell of Water @smellofwater.bsky.social · 22d

Muzzled bears are the norm for this class of hogback. I’ve not come across an explanation of the muzzle. As these monuments are christian perhaps the muzzle symbolises the dominance of christianity over the old pagan ways. Who knows?

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The Smell of Water @smellofwater.bsky.social · 23d

Hogbacks - The Stone Bears of Brompton teessidepsychogeography.wordpress.com/2025/09/16/t...

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The Smell of Water @smellofwater.bsky.social · 24d

Machrie Moor November 2011 #StandingStoneSunday

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The Smell of Water @smellofwater.bsky.social · 29d

From a train

The Smell of Water @smellofwater.bsky.social · Sep 7

Tregeseal Stone Circle with Carn Kendijack in the background. #StandingStoneSunday

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The Smell of Water @smellofwater.bsky.social · Sep 4

Birmingham street sounds

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The Smell of Water @smellofwater.bsky.social · Sep 4

Advice to Quarry-Men teessidepsychogeography.wordpress.com/2025/09/04/a...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Sep 3

Those who can channel our anger at 15 years of misrule, who can speak the language of outrage and hope, are the politicians of the moment. They will contribute to what could be, in 2029, the greatest electoral reset in our modern history.
This week's column.
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