Stone circles – Photos of Beautiful Neolithic Sacred Places

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Sacred Places – Colour wall art photo prints of the beautiful enigmatic standing stone circles of the British Isles – Some of the most impressive Neolithic stone circles are to be found in the British Isles. From the great stones standing stones & stones circles of Orkney to the Iconic Stonehenge, this gallery is dedicated to our ancestors who left us awe inspiring stone monuments to wonder at. Photos by photographer Paul E Williams

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Sacred Places – Photos of the standing Stone Circles of the British Isles

Stone Circles – Stonehenge

“The most enigmatic heirlooms our neolithic ancestors have left us are the great standing stone monuments that are scattered across the world. One of the most famous is Stonehenge, a standing stone circle surrounded by a henge, or ditch in southern England. Scholars and modern druids have assumed that this 5000 year old monument was used for religious purposes.

Stone Circles of Orkney

In the absence of written evidence its impossible to prove what these standing stone monuments were really used for. Scholars found that the standing stones at Skara Brae on the isle of Orkney had been brought from many different parts of the island. This led to theorising that each stone had been brought by a different island clan and that the stone circle could have been an early parliament.

Avebury Stone Circle

The biggest stone circle in the UK can be found at Avebury in Wiltshire, not far from Stone henge. Avebury stone circle at is so big that it surrounds a small village and a Norman church.

From the Avebury stone circle a long avenue of standing stones 25m wide and 2.5 km long run to the Sanctuaries of Silbury Hill and West Kennet Long Barrow.

Neolithic man must have had very pressing reasons to move stones weighing up to 25 tons over many many miles to build these great monuments. Sadly we will never really know but that doesn’t stop us wondering and marvelling at our ancestors ingenuity.

I hope you enjoy the photos”

Paul E Williams.