PGRic's Most Recent Activity On Synths

Zorats Karer, Armenia

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:53:25 Z

"One site, seemingly dozens of names from Carahunj karahunj carahunge karahoundj karahundj to Zorats Karer and many more variants. The site is situated north of Sisian and is one of Armenia’s most important prehistoric sites going back millennia into the bronze age and possibly earlier. Being touted as Armenia’s ‘Stonehenge’ (on the site notice boards) is doing this wonderful monument(s) an injustice, because for me it was infinitely more interesting. Why the megaliths are here isn’t known, but many of the 200+ stones have holes through which have led to many theories. Whatever the reason for its existence, the standing stones, setting, size and the many tombs make this a fascinating and wonderful place to visit."

TonyErnst Over 1 year ago

Very very cool, thanks for the great description and highlights

Victoria Cave, Nr Settle

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 05:00:05 Z

"This is the view from Victoria Cave near Settle, North Yorkshire, England. The cave was ‘found’ to the modern era in 1837, with its discovery quickly leading to a series of excavations by Victorian ‘antiquarians’. These excavations pointed to a different and warmer climate some 130000 years ago with bones belonging to rhinos, elephants, hippos and hyenas being found, presumably with the latter animal dragging the other bones in. An ice age set in and glaciers are believed to have covered the area from 120,000 years ago to around 10,000BC. Victoria Cave also has the distinction of being the earliest site for human habitation in the Yorkshire Dales with an 11,000 year old antler harpoon point found among a pile of reindeer bones. Roman / Romano British folks also made it here too, with various finds including brooches and coins."

AlanOConnor Over 1 year ago

beautiful panarama

Castlerigg Stone Circle

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:09:45 Z

"Castlerigg is sited about 1½ miles outside Keswick, in the county of Cumbria, England. Probably the most dramitically placed stone circle in England, surrounded by the stunning hills of Skiddaw, Blencathra, Lonscale Fell and Helvellyn amongst others. It has about 38 stones, a possible outlier and is reported to be among the earliest of British stones circles, constructed in about 3000 BC during the late Neolithic period."

douglas Over 1 year ago

The scenery is stunning. It's also amazing to think those stones have been there for 5000 years without people coming along and destroying them.

Braes of Balloch_panorama

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:18:53 Z

"A panorama looking west to east from the Braes of Balloch carved rock"

PGRic Over 1 year ago

It's been in the records for a while I think. Some naughty person in our group peeled the turf back to show the whole stone.

Skyreholme Rock Art

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:26:10 Z

"This stone, carved in the 'cup and ring' tradition can be found on High Green, to the NE of Skyreholme and Appletreewick, North Yorkshire, England. Most archaeologists believe that such carvings were created approx 6000-3500 years ago, in the period spanning the late Neolithic to early Bronze Age. Exactly why they were carved is not known, but their regional variation in complexity, topographic setting, context and also type of stone (boulder / outcrop) may suggest multiple meanings existed. This particular carved rock has been incorporated into walling, part of which has been dismantled here by Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority for recording and the building of a stile."

Shail Over 1 year ago

very nice point cloud..

Long Meg & Her Daughters

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:28:37 Z

"Long Meg and Her Daughters, is a probable Bronze Age stone circle near Penrith in Cumbria, England. The number of stones used in the circle seems pretty liquid judging from the number of stones quoted by different sources. I didn’t check on the ground, but aerial photography suggests 68, although more may have originally been present. The Long Meg part of the name derives from the 3.5m high monolith, approx 17m southwest of the main circle. Long Meg is different geology to the rest of the stones, being comprised of red sandstone. In addition to the geology, Long Meg also has a number of motifs belonging to the ‘cup and ring’ tradition on the east vertical face. Some have suggested that the different geology and carvings may indicate that Long Meg had already been in situ prior to the stone circles construction. Others have argued that the same evidence indicates that the stone may have been brought from several miles away, with the already existing carvings being hewn from an outcrop and transported in. All good healthy debate, but probably something we’ll never know for sure. Another topic of debate about Long Meg is the apparent notch on top: fractured naturally or carved."

Peter Over 1 year ago

This is a neat synth, good use of highlights.

Rudston Monolith

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:06:31 Z

"The Rudston Monolith, which is said to be the tallest existing standing stone in Britain can be found in the grounds of All Saint’s Church in Rudston, nr Bridlington, North Yorkshire. The monolith is thought to date to the late Neolithic – early Bronze Age period (approx 4000yrs) and is one of many prehistoric features in the area. Several curcus’, along with barrows settlements suggest the area was of great importance in prehistoric times. It stands approx 6m tall and measures circa 5m around the base. An excavation carried out by Sir William Strickland in the late 18thC is said to have found the stone was as deep as it was tall (debatable) hence a rough weight of 40 tonnes has been mooted. This type of conglomerate sandstone is found about 15km to the north, whether human or glacial endeavour brought it to its current position is not known. All Saint’s Church dates back to the Norman 12th C, although there may have been previous constructions here. Rudston itself is one of several dozen villages that claim to be the oldest inhabited in Britain."

madeeds Over 1 year ago

Great synth, and thank you for the great bit of history. Burrying it as deep as it is tall would require the least amount of lifting, but a lot of digging.

Adel St John the Baptist

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:06:48 Z

"Adel St John the Baptist church is said be one of the best examples of Norman architecture in Britain. Although, alterations have been made throughout the ages. The church is thought to have been built around 1150 and probably replaced an earlier wooden Saxon structure. There are 37 grotesque beakheads on the Chancel Arch (inside), some of which are pretty gruesome. If you like to see carvings of babies being eaten, cannibalism, devils eating horses then this is the place to come. The Adel Sanctuary Ring (door knocker) which was cast in York around 1200 could be found on the door until recently. Sadly, after 800yrs someone decided to thieve it in 2002 and the one you see today is a copy. The inside is spectacular apparently, but I couldnt get in."

PGRic Over 1 year ago

I’m not entirely sure, could be a mythical creature.

Braes of Balloch_photogrammtery

Wed, 20 May 2009 02:33:25 Z

"This carving sits on hills to the south of Kenmore, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, overlooking Loch Tay to the west. It's carved in the cup and ring tradition, although some design elements are similar to passage grave art found in Eire. The markings are fairly shallow and barely visible in some light, with lichen hiding most motifs towards the top of the stone. Turf coverage has protected the stones bottom half from the ravages of the weather, and some tooling marks can be seen in this area (turf now replaced). The size and shape of the stone, along with the lightly pecked motif could possibly hint at a cist cover (speculative). Its likely to date from the late Neolithic to early Bronze Age (6000-4000yrs ago). To view this stone, close ups and the partial panorama use the navigation arrows or highlights. A still from a photogrammetric model has also been incorporated - this shows the areas of carving in greater detail."

PGRic Over 1 year ago

Hi xRez, I generally use Topcon's PI3000 'survey station' - but for this model, Topcon ImageMaster was used. Thanks for the info about PTM. Strangely enough I was involved in a trial of it just over a week ago. I was curious to see how Photosynth would handle PTM imagery and created this model: http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=d20c3944-211b-4cde-8323-42b774636ebd - pseudo time-lapse is the best way of describing the results.

Ketley Crags

Tue, 19 May 2009 06:43:54 Z

"Ketley Crags is the most elaborately carved prehistoric rock / outcrop in England – if not the UK. The motifs come from a tradition known as ‘cup and ring’ which generally gets attributed to the late Neolithic – early Bronze Age period (6000-4000yrs ago). A complex design represented by cups, multiple rings and interlinking grooves."

dariusmonsef Over 1 year ago

Awesome. Could you geotag this so I can see where it is on the map?