A #Neolithic & #BronzeAge thread for #MuseumsUnlocked by @profdanhicks starting in #Caithness at Camster #ChamberedCairn - showing the forecourt area & entrances to the chambers
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to the #landscape entanglements of the unique megalithic monuments of the Dwarfie Stane, Hoy, Orkney
…https://heritagelandscapecreativity.wordpress.com/2020/01/09/dark-enchanted-isle/
https://heritagelandscapecreativity.wordpress.com/2020/01/0... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/MuseumsUnlocked"> #MuseumsUnlocked 2/13
…https://heritagelandscapecreativity.wordpress.com/2020/01/09/dark-enchanted-isle/
https://heritagelandscapecreativity.wordpress.com/2020/01/0... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/MuseumsUnlocked"> #MuseumsUnlocked 2/13
the places of extraction & enchantment in the mountains, such as the Langdale Axescape, Lake District.
…https://heritagelandscapecreativity.wordpress.com/2014/12/09/langdale-axescape/
https://heritagelandscapecreativity.wordpress.com/2014/12/0... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/MuseumsUnlocked"> #MuseumsUnlocked 3/13
…https://heritagelandscapecreativity.wordpress.com/2014/12/09/langdale-axescape/
https://heritagelandscapecreativity.wordpress.com/2014/12/0... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/MuseumsUnlocked"> #MuseumsUnlocked 3/13
...to enclosures, such as Mayburgh Henge, where people terraformed the river side for building materials, creating arenas emphasising the night sky...
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/mayburgh-henge/
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/pla... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/MuseumsUnlocked"> #MuseumsUnlocked 4/13
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/mayburgh-henge/
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/pla... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/MuseumsUnlocked"> #MuseumsUnlocked 4/13
... or like Easter Aquhorthies, Aberdeenshire, recumbent stone circle may have been designed to frame the Moon every 19 years ...
See the great @forestryls educational resource:
https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/research/recumbent-stone-circles/
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See the great @forestryls educational resource:
https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/research/recumbent-stone-circles/
https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/research/... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/MuseumsUnlocked"> #MuseumsUnlocked 5/13
... & then there is the archaeoacoustics of rockart, percussion rock on rock ringing, a rhythmic return to stone & place ...
…https://heritagelandscapecreativity.wordpress.com/tag/ballochmyle/
https://heritagelandscapecreativity.wordpress.com/tag/ballo... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/MuseumsUnlocked"> #MuseumsUnlocked 6/13 @scottishrockart
…https://heritagelandscapecreativity.wordpress.com/tag/ballochmyle/
https://heritagelandscapecreativity.wordpress.com/tag/ballo... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/MuseumsUnlocked"> #MuseumsUnlocked 6/13 @scottishrockart
... the liminal nodes & centres of ceremonies & rituals, like the remarkable concentration of monuments & associated dwellings between the Loch of Harray & Loch of Stenness ...
Image Stones of Stenness Circle & Henge
https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/stones-of-stenness-circle-and-henge/">https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-p... @HistEnvScot
#MuseumsUnlocked 7/13
Image Stones of Stenness Circle & Henge
https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/stones-of-stenness-circle-and-henge/">https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-p... @HistEnvScot
#MuseumsUnlocked 7/13
... to endure, to be revisited & reworked,
like the standing stone on Learable Hill #Caithness, next to a stone circle and stone rows, with a later cross added ...
https://canmore.org.uk/site/6698/learable-hill
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like the standing stone on Learable Hill #Caithness, next to a stone circle and stone rows, with a later cross added ...
https://canmore.org.uk/site/6698/learable-hill
https://canmore.org.uk/site/6698... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/MuseumsUnlocked"> #MuseumsUnlocked 8/13
... & still some of us are drawn to these special places,
making different journeys, seeking multiple meanings ...
#MuseumsUnlocked 8/13 #Calanais #Callanish @CalanaisCentre
#WildPrehistory
making different journeys, seeking multiple meanings ...
#MuseumsUnlocked 8/13 #Calanais #Callanish @CalanaisCentre
#WildPrehistory
... & at these vulnerable times, perhaps seeing the lichens upon the stones are more important as we seek new forms of community ...
https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/machrie-moor-standing-stones/
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#IsleofArran @VisitArran
https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/machrie-moor-standing-stones/
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#IsleofArran @VisitArran
... & so when we see Neolithic & Bronze Age monumental forms continuing to be created, I wonder what is it that still draws us back to these forms & arrangements, ....
…https://heritagelandscapecreativity.wordpress.com/2018/02/11/past-inspired-sculpture-8/
Image">https://heritagelandscapecreativity.wordpress.com/2018/02/1... Menhirs for Peace by Galician Sculptor Manolo Paz.
#MuseumsUnlocked 12/13
…https://heritagelandscapecreativity.wordpress.com/2018/02/11/past-inspired-sculpture-8/
Image">https://heritagelandscapecreativity.wordpress.com/2018/02/1... Menhirs for Peace by Galician Sculptor Manolo Paz.
#MuseumsUnlocked 12/13
& one reason perhaps, is that they have never passed, are not of the past, they are always of the now & always
Monuments to the Future
…https://heritagelandscapecreativity.wordpress.com/tag/crawick-multiverse/
https://heritagelandscapecreativity.wordpress.com/tag/crawi... href="https://twitter.com/CMVerse">@CMVerse @Future_Heritage
#MuseumsUnlocked 13/13 #CurateTheFuture #3M_DO
Monuments to the Future
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#MuseumsUnlocked 13/13 #CurateTheFuture #3M_DO