Martyn Stonehouse
@martynaudio
Heritage Sound Artist & Composer Audio & Technical Production Sound for Media & Games martynstonehouse.com Exploring our past through ancient sites and landscapes - instagram.com/megalithic_transport_network
possible boundary or marker stone within dry stone walling, looking north west towards Bosley Cloud - taken in June. #standingstoneSunday 🪨
I've been spending some time visiting and researching the landscape around Buxton recently for our upcoming event at Hagstone Records this Friday - the Scientific Rambles group will be sharing our practice and inviting people to get involved 🪨
A good old book here in the form of the 1913 edition of 'Thorough Guides' to The Peak, in slightly poor condition but all the more characterful for it... #PeakDistrict #OldBook #TravelGuides
I've been waiting years to use this patch... 🎹 #generalMIDI #MIDImusic
35mm snap from a recent visit to the 'Bradstone' near Wirksworth - that's a big old piece of limestone right there. 🪨 #menhir #standingstone #PeakDistrict #Wirksworth #KodakGold
Lost burial mounds of Derbyshire... Starting with Brier Low and Hind Low... ⚱️ #derbyshire #archaeology #tumulus
New blog post looking at some of the features around Big Moor & Barbrook Moor over on my MTN Supporter page - more details here - buymeacoffee.com/supportMTN (Supporters check your inbox) 🪨
'THE SINGING STONES' is a piece I composed for the launch of the new Well Dressed 'Listening Stone' project - you can hear the full recording over on Bandcamp here - megalithictransportnetwork.bandcamp.com/track/the-si...
Tomorrow night I'll be bringing some #megalithictransportnetwork sounds to the launch of 'The Listening Stone' at Quad in Derby! A new project by Well Dressed. 🪨
Had a great time at last night's Evening Rambles artists workshop with #ScientificRambles - thanks to everyone who came and got involved. Also cheers to Iain for grabbing this little time lapse of some stone-drone action 🪨
This is the area now, a few tufty bits of grass etc that might be features underneath?
Went to Tatton Park today and had a nice nosey - intrigued by these parchmarks however, can't find them on any old maps - newish or old? Sure someone here will know! No sign of them on the ground now...
Made my way up to the Pikestones earlier today, a chambered cairn up on the moors north of Bolton - it's been on my list for a while and didn't disappoint (though the information sign did) 🪨
A clip from 'Untitled Film'- part of 'The Wild Between', the latest #ScientificRambles exhibition at the Silk Museum in Macclesfield. The film is a short collection of processed Sony Handycam footage, shot around the #PeakDistrict in the last 6 months. 🪨 www.thesilkmuseum.co.uk/calendar/sci...
More wanderings coming up in the next MTN mailout, plus a free download and a link to stream the latest pieces created for our recent exhibition... Sign up here 🪨 - mailchi.mp/cd9f09388b7e...
Collection of stones in the gardens of Hopton Hall - tried to find out about them but was met with confusion 🪨
Thanks to everyone who came down for the launch of 'The Wild Between' last night at the Silk Museum, it was great to chat to everyone and share some thoughts and ideas. The exhibition runs until the 16th May, Wednesday to Saturday. #ScientificRambles
'The Wild Between' opens this Saturday at the Silk Museum in Macclesfield - with work by Iain Davidson, Ailsa Holland, Becca Smith and myself. 🪨 www.thesilkmuseum.co.uk/whats-on @derbyshirearch.bsky.social @chesterarchsoc.bsky.social @staffsarch.bsky.social #ScientificRambles #ThreeShires
Loving the 'Web Rewind' created by @operabrowser.bsky.social today! Nice to have something genuinely fun to do after a software update - www.web-rewind.com/2002
Is #mapMonday still a thing..? Regardless - here's an interesting little spot just north of Bradwell in the #PeakDistrict along part of the Roman road heading from Buxton to the fort at Brough. Intrigued by the 'Site Of Eden Tree' ? @derbyshirearch.bsky.social (map from @natlibscot.bsky.social )
Always good to see the remains of an old doorway or window stratified within later additions to a building! This is the south side of the Church Of The Holy Cross in Ilam.
Had a fantastic time yesterday getting to know the Ilam Hall estate better - a stunning location with the extra bonus of a @nationaltrust.org.uk cafe ☕
Excited to be a part of the next #ScientificRambles exhibition at the Silk Museum in March - new work by Iain Davidson, Ailsa Holland, Becca Smith and myself. 🪨 'The Wild Between' opens on March 21st and runs until May 16th.
Working on new pieces for the next #ScientificRambles installation today - opening March 21st at the Silk Museum in Macclesfield.
I had a great time last night at The Peer Hat as part of the Manchester Folk Horror event - it was my first time performing #MegalithicTransportNetwork pieces live, and it was lovely to have such a friendly and supportive crowd 🪨