Pete Crane

@petecrane

Stravaiging & posting about Scotland's great outdoors, ancient & modern, & other stuff .. inc life in the #Cairngorms Director Mountaineering Scotland & MBA vmo

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Pete Crane@petecrane· 9h

We humans..... both wood ant nests in the #Cairngorms; one remote, the other next to a path. #Woodants

Pete Crane@petecrane· 1d

Only five standing stones belonging to a circle of monoliths remain of Marionburgh #ClavaCairn …. One of five possible #ClavaCairns in this area near the confluence of the rivers Avon and Spey. #TombTuesday More pics @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

Two standing stones, one in the foreground and one in the background, under the shade of mature trees.

Pete Crane@petecrane· 3d

Removed and rebuilt in 1982, Strichen Recumbent is a 'wee beauty' #StandingStoneSunday More pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

Two standing stones with a large recumbent stone lying between them

Pete Crane@petecrane· 8d

Muir of Ord golf course in the Highlands has a henge green!

Pete Crane@petecrane· 8d

Milton of Clava, a single standing stone thought to be all that's left of a #ClavaCairn .... #TombTuesday #ClavaCairns More pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

A 2.5 metre high standing stone thought to be the only remaining stone of the outlying ring of a Clava cairn

Pete Crane@petecrane· 10d

Only two stones are left of Loanend circle in Aberdeenshire but the recumbent is a biggie at 4.2m wide and 1.9m high #StandingStoneSunday More pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

A huge recumbent stone under the shadow of nature trees. The single remaining standing stone is in the distance at the right hand side of the photo.

Pete Crane@petecrane· 12d

It's estimated that the fire in the #Cairngorms has burnt 25 sq km ..... that's the area of Inverness City?

Pete Crane@petecrane· 15d

Culdoich #ClavaCairn is the most westerly of the ‘Clava cemetery’ near Inverness #TombTuesday #ClavaCairns A few more pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

A circle of boulders roughly 20 metres in diameter forming the outer ring of the original, now gone, burial cairn

Pete Crane@petecrane· 17d

The circle at Aviemore is the remains of one of 50 #ClavaCairns in the Highlands #StandingStoneSunday ... more pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

Pete Crane@petecrane· 22d

The chamber and passage of Avielochan #ClavaCairn north of Aviemore. A second cairn lies close by ... #TombTuesday #ClavaCairns More pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

Front of picture is the rock walled circular chamber with a view down the entrance tunnel. Trees are growing on what little remains of the surrounding cairn.

Pete Crane@petecrane· 26d

Celebrating 'surviving' the 20km out to summit of Beinn Lair 859m #Corbett. Worth it for the views .... now only 20km back. #Corbetts

Pete Crane@petecrane· Jul 12

Old Keig at 53 tons is the largest recumbent known (4.9m by 2.1m by 2.0m) and thought to have been brought from the Don valley about 10km away. #StandingStoneSunday More pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

A large recumbent stone and two upright flankers all under the shadow of a mature tree behind. The rolling hills of Aberdeenshire forms the distant horizon.

Pete Crane@petecrane· Jul 10

Optimism, happiness, enthusiasm .... the colour orange not me.

Pete Crane@petecrane· Jul 5

They tried to smash it but New Craig recumbent still sits with us #StandingStoneSunday Many more pics @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

A large cracked recumbent stone lying between to tall standing stones. Mature trees behind the stones.

Pete Crane@petecrane· Jun 25

'Quality or state of being calm, peaceful, and free from disturbance, noise, or worry'.... tranquility early this morning at #LochGarten in the #Cairngorms

Pete Crane@petecrane· Jun 24

Chambered or not? 6,000 yrs old or 4,500 .... or somewhere between? Carrachan Dubh Cairn near Inchnadamph in the Highlands is another example of just how much we still have to learn about our ancient past. More pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

A large stone cairn 20 metres in diameter and some 2.3 metres high.

Pete Crane@petecrane· Jun 21

"Of national importance" ... Ardlair in Aberdeenshire, the remains of a recumbent stone circle on a prominent hilltop #StandingStoneSunday More pics @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

Center right is the recumbent stone and two flankers, and to the left is a single standing stone.

Pete Crane@petecrane· Jun 16

#Belladrum is known for the Tartan Heart Festival but 4,000 yrs ago it was the place to build #ClavaCairns ….. #TombTuesday, #ClavaCairn More pics of two cairns on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

A half circle of large, moss-covered boulders, located in a mature woodland.

Pete Crane@petecrane· Jun 15

Simple pleasures ... today's ride with a view .... of the #Cairngorms

Pete Crane@petecrane· Jun 14

Stonehead for #StandingStoneSunday ..... all that remains of this Aberdeenshire circle is the impressive recumbent and two tall flankers. Many more pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

Two tall standing stones over 2m tall either side of a huge recumbent stone.

Pete Crane@petecrane· Jun 12

So much we can learn about cycle friendly routes from France .... on our way from St Malo to Spain in 2024

Pete Crane@petecrane· Jun 12

I wonder if the summer fire restrictions in the #Cairngorms should extend to land managers?

Pete Crane@petecrane· Jun 10

Great to have an #orchid flowering in our small #wildflowers garden in the #Cairngorms

Pete Crane@petecrane· May 31

At over 5 metres Kirkton of Bourtie in Aberdeenshire is thought to be the longest of recumbent stones #StandingStoneSunday More pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

The long recumbent stone in a crop field with a tall flanker on the right. To the left are two smaller standing stones that formed part of the original circle.

Pete Crane@petecrane· May 30

Still a bit of snow high up on the hills .... on the way up #CreagMeagaidh today

Pete Crane@petecrane· May 29

Great to see the #BogCotton blooming on the Dava Moor 11 months after Britain's first megafire ..... nature recovering? #Cottongrass

Boggy low ground covered with white flowering cotton grass. Burnt trees and blackened hill ground beyond still clear evidence of the huge fire of June 2025.

Pete Crane@petecrane· May 26

Ballinluig #ClavaCairn the remains of one of seven #ClavaCairns in Strathspey in the western #Cairngorms ..... #TombTuesday More on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

The outer kerb of bigger stones is partially intact sitting in heather with mature conifer trees behind

Pete Crane@petecrane· May 24

Colmeallie - a recumbent that once was #StandingStoneSunday More info and pic on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

Three tall standing stones in grassland with other fallen stones in the background.

Pete Crane@petecrane· May 13

Rolling back the years .... first time on my #recumbent for an age

Pete Crane@petecrane· May 12

Some 5km NE of the main #ClavaCairns site sits Dalcoss Mains #ClavaCairn. The outer kerb 'survives' as does the view to the Moray Firth #TombTuesday More pics, inc the view, on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...