Standing stone

Reflection Garden at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art University of Oregon The evolution of decorative and garden sculpture in ancient Greece. The most radical transformation of sculptural art for mainstream decoration occurred in ancient Greece. The earliest incarnation of Greek sculpture was in the form of wooden cult statues, where they were used as objects of veneration. The first piece of Greek statuary to be reassembled was the Lefkandi Centaur, a terra cotta sculpture found on the…

This neolithic stone grave has been altered and restored so often its now more neo than lithic.

Standing stones of the Ring o' Brodgar a neolithic stone circle dating from approximately 2500 BC, Orkney Islands Scotland

With its rows of thousands of standing stones, Carnac, on the south coast of Brittany, has long fascinated man. Find out more about this magical place...

Sculpture gardens are sublime, serene places — like cemeteries without the sorrow. They are hidden oases of calm, places to marvel over beautiful manmade forms in rugged natural surrounds. Cornwall has the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden at St Ives, where tactile geometric shapes rise o

Clickable map of the UK showing the distribution of prehistoric stones with links to maps, pictures and details

The Ring of Brodgar ( circa 2,500 to circa 2,000 BC) is a Neolithic henge and stone circle or henge, the largest and finest stone circles in the British Isles, Mainland Orkney, Scotland

Uragh Stone Circle is a neolithic stone circle near Gleninchaquin Park. Situated near Lough Inchiquin, it consists of five megaliths. The largest stone is ten feet high and the circle is eight feet in...