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Anthony at Willow House Prints<p>Following it's debut at Sudley House in Liverpool yesterday, my Long-Meg folklore-inspired linocut is now available in limited numbers at <a href="https://willowhouseprints.uk/shop/long-meg-daughters-folklore-cumbria-linocut-print/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">willowhouseprints.uk/shop/long</span><span class="invisible">-meg-daughters-folklore-cumbria-linocut-print/</span></a></p><p>Edition of 12</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/standingstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>standingstone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/megaliths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>megaliths</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stonecircles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stonecircles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cumbrianstonecircles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cumbrianstonecircles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/folkhorror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folkhorror</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reliefprintmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reliefprintmaking</span></a></p>
Chris Bond<p>Printed monochrome postcard showing the "Stones of Stennis", or the Ring of Brodgar on Mainland, Orkney. Published by Valentine &amp; Sons Ltd of Dundee &amp; London in the Valentine's Series. Not numbered. Postally unused, but is c.1905.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RingOfBrodgar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RingOfBrodgar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brodgar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brodgar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Orkney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StoneCircles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StoneCircles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Postcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Postcards</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a></p>
Chris Bond<p>Part of Stannon Stone Circle on Bodmin Moor. Photo taken on 30 May 2005.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StannonStoneCircle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StannonStoneCircle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StoneCircles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StoneCircles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BodminMoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BodminMoor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cornwall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cornwall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a></p>
Anthony at Willow House Prints<p>For Standing Stone Sunday, a tiny, quick and dirty wood engraving of Long Meg, and a few of her daughters. Block in-progress and final print shown <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reliefPrintmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reliefPrintmaking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StoneCircles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StoneCircles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cumbria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cumbria</span></a></p>
Chris Bond<p>Printed monochrome postcard showing a view of Stonehenge near Salisbury in Wiltshire. Published by Gale &amp; Polden Ltd of Aldershot, Gale and Polden's Wellington Series. Not numbered. Postally used in 1904.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Stonehenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stonehenge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StoneCircles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StoneCircles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Megaliths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Megaliths</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Postcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Postcards</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a></p>
thesweetcheat<p>Summer Moors:</p><p>A wander to some new-to-me sites on Dartmoor, made possible by the Devon council-supported bus services running from Yelverton and Tavistock to Princetown and beyond. </p><p>Hart Tor cairn circle; Down Ridge stone circle near Hexworthy; Sherberton stone circle; one of the cairns with cists on Royal Hill.</p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Dartmoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dartmoor</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/StoneCircles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StoneCircles</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/BronzeAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BronzeAge</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/PublicTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransport</span></a></p>
Anthony at Willow House Prints<p>This mini-megalith print is now on my own website, where it's a few quid cheaper than on Etsy. UK despatch only right now, but happy to discuss delivery further afield.</p><p><a href="https://willowhouseprints.uk/shop/stone-for-the-solstice-edition-of-10-framed-wood-engraving-black/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">willowhouseprints.uk/shop/ston</span><span class="invisible">e-for-the-solstice-edition-of-10-framed-wood-engraving-black/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stonecircles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stonecircles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/standingstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>standingstone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/megalith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>megalith</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/megalithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>megalithic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/woodengraving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>woodengraving</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a></p>
Anthony at Willow House Prints<p>Also made my 'Listen to Meg' print available to pre-order. I'm still working on the edition of 12 but worth sharing these early for despatch in about a week's time</p><p><a href="https://willowhouseprints.etsy.com/uk/listing/4328713706/pre-order-folk-long-meg-and-her" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">willowhouseprints.etsy.com/uk/</span><span class="invisible">listing/4328713706/pre-order-folk-long-meg-and-her</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/standingstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>standingstone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/megalith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>megalith</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/megalithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>megalithic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stonecircles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stonecircles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cumbria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cumbria</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reliefprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reliefprint</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/khadipaper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>khadipaper</span></a></p>
Anthony at Willow House Prints<p>First pull for the edition of ‘Listen to Meg’ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stonecircles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stonecircles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/megalith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>megalith</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reliefprintmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reliefprintmaking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/standingstones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>standingstones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/summersolstice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>summersolstice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alttext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alttext</span></a></p>
Anthony at Willow House Prints<p>Big Meg, little Meg … for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/summersolstice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>summersolstice</span></a> I made this 34mm square print of a Meg-like stone. About 14 of them drying now. Today I am editioning the big one. See alt text for more <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alttext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alttext</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stonecircles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stonecircles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cumbria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cumbria</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/megalith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>megalith</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheModernAntiquarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheModernAntiquarian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandingStone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/woodengraving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>woodengraving</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linocutprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linocutprint</span></a></p>
Dave Barr<p>Summer Solstice at Stanton Drew stone circles yesterday evening.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bristol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bristol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StoneCircles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StoneCircles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SummerSolstice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SummerSolstice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SilentSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSunday</span></a></p>
Anthony at Willow House Prints<p>Taking ‘Listen to Meg’ linocut to edition tomorrow, but had some fun with a wood block and out came some mini-Megs <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/woodengraving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>woodengraving</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stonecircles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stonecircles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/megalith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>megalith</span></a></p>
Anthony at Willow House Prints<p>Finally proofing ‘Listen to Meg’ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/megalith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>megalith</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stonecircles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stonecircles</span></a></p>
Stone Pages<p>Avebury, Tuesday 24/06 6pm-8.30pm : Stone Lands - a Midsummer Evening Talk &amp; Walk with Fiona Robertson <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Avebury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Avebury</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/megalithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>megalithic</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neolithic</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/StoneCircles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StoneCircles</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/LongBarrows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongBarrows</span></a> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stone-lands-a-midsummer-evening-talk-walk-with-fiona-robertson-tickets-1373300582009" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eventbrite.co.uk/e/stone-lands</span><span class="invisible">-a-midsummer-evening-talk-walk-with-fiona-robertson-tickets-1373300582009</span></a></p>
Anthony at Willow House Prints<p>I’ve been working on this design featuring Long Meg for a few weeks now, following a visit the circle for some sketches. Lino cutting begins tomorrow <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LongMeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongMeg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stonecircles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stonecircles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a></p>
Chris Bond<p>The menhir and stone circle, part of the complex at Merrivale on Dartmoor, Devon. Photographed from the south-west on 28 June 1993.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Merrivale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Merrivale</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dartmoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dartmoor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Menhirs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Menhirs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StoneCircles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StoneCircles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a></p>
Chris Bond<p>Printed hand-tinted postcard showing Long Meg and her Daughters, a stone circle near Penrith in Cumberland. Published by Valentine &amp; Sons Ltd, Dundee &amp; London, Valentine's Series. Not numbered. Postally unused, but is c.1905-10.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Penrith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Penrith</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LongMeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongMeg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StoneCircles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StoneCircles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Postcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Postcards</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a></p>
Chris Bond<p>The northern arc of Brisworthy Stone Circle near Yelverton on Dartmoor in Devon. Photographed from the north-north-east on 24 July 1994.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brisworthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brisworthy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dartmoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dartmoor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Devon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Devon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StoneCircles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StoneCircles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a></p>
Chris Bond<p>#918 Aubrey Burl and Max Milligan - Circles of Stone: The Prehistoric Rings of Britain and Ireland. The Harvill Press, London, 1999, 1st edition. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AubreyBurl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AubreyBurl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MaxMilligan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaxMilligan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheHarvillPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheHarvillPress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StoneCircles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StoneCircles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookOfTheDay</span></a></p>
Chris Bond<p>Tregeseal East Stone Circle near St Just in West Penwith, Cornwall. Photo taken from the south-west on 5 May 2003. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tregeseal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tregeseal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cornwall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cornwall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StoneCircles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StoneCircles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a></p>
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