Views from Nockan Crag Scotland

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Knockan Crag is renowned internationally due to the important geological feature that was first identified there. It is also one of the most important sites for understanding how the landscape of Northern Britain was formed. The rocks at and around Knockan Crag also record the last 3000 million years of history for the landmass that we now know as Scotland. Its Gaelic name is Creag a Chnocain, meaning crag of the small hill, and is very suggestive of the rugged and wonderful scenery of the…

Nether Largie Stone Circle

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Nether Largie standing stones are located southeast of Temple Wood stone circle and are composed of four menhirs, arranged in pairs an approximately 70 metres apart, with a single menhir in the middle. Around which are seven smaller stones and one fallen one. Another menhir is one hundred metres to the northwest leading towards the circle. Alexander Thom toured this site with Magnus Magnusson in 1970 in a BBC television documentary called Chronicle : Cracking the stone age code. He suggested…

Steinacleit Circle

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Steinacleit is a prehistoric archeological site in the Outer Hebrides.The site consists of an array of boulders which marks what is left of a chambered cairn. There are ten large stone slabs surrounding the central mound. Folk legend of the Outer Hebrides states there was probably a battle field near the location. The site is 50 feet in diameter and oval in shape. The age of the site is debatable and according to different sources ranges from 1800–1500 BC or 3000–1500 BC

Ring of Brodgar

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Part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site, the Ring of Brodgar is found in the West Mainland parish of Stenness. It stands on an eastward-sloping plateau on the Ness o' Brodgar – a thin strip of land separating the Harray and Stenness lochs. Because the interior of the Ring of Brodgar has never been fully excavated, or scientifically dated, the monuments actual age remains uncertain. However, it is generally assumed to have been erected between 2500 BC and 2000 BC, and was,…

A New Post From Hayley Anderson http://GlobalEyeImages.com/portfolio/HAnderson

My French images are now loaded and on the site. There is a lightbox for Paris, one for Provence and another for Beaujolais and Burgundy.
I will be away for a month from Oct 19th – working in Indochina and will be back and able to fulfil any orders from 20 Nov '11.

Any requests for photos of Vietnam, Cambodia or Laos – let me know by email.

Thanks for visiting – Hayley

Limestone Caves

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Have just added a lightbox on limestone caves and cave formations. Have a look, Im sure you will enjoy.

Historic Buildings of Mount Morgan

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Mount Morgan – a little gem of historic and architecturally significant heritage buildings. You can see a selection of these and other things located in this Central Queensland town in my published lightbox.

Callanai 3 – Stone Circle

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Callanai 3, is one of three stone circles on the Isle of Lewis in the village of Callanish, in the Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. This circle behind Callanai 2 circle, which is across the loch to the impressive Callanai 1 site, but is much smaller in size.

Callanai 2 – Stone Circles

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Callanai 2, is one of three stone circles on the Isle of Lewis in the village of Callanish, in the Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. This is a smaller stone circle to the impressive Callanai 1. The three circles form a loose triangle shape.

Callanai 1 at Sunrise

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Callanai 1, is one of three stone circles on the Isle of Lewis in the village of Callanish, in the Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. This is the most impressive of the three linked circles with most of the stones still standing. The centre of the circle contains a burial cyst. Images taken at sunrise in August 2011