Featured Work

  • La Madeleine by Rosina Lamberti

    Paris It was designed in its present form as a temple to the glory of Napoleon’s army. / The Madeleine is built in the Neo-Classical style and was inspired by the Maison Carrée at Nîmes, one of the best-preserved of all Roman temples. L’église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine Its 52 Corinthian columns, each 20 metres high, are carried around the entire exterior of the building. The pediment is adorned by a sculpture of the Last Judgement by Lemaire, and the church’s bronze doors bear reliefs representing the Ten Commandments. Portra 160VC colour negative film / canon

  • Dissolution by karenlynda

    Old ruined church at Hemington, abandoned in the reign of Henry Vlll. This ruin is about half a mile from where I live and I’m drawn to it time and again with my camera. It is situated about half a mile from Castle Donington where my 3 x gt. grandparents lived all their married lives in the first half of the 19th century and it fascinates me to know that they would have known it as a ruin and may also have found it interesting.

  • Sunset on the Stones by John Nelson

    A beautiful late spring sunset over the Ring of Brogar, Orkney Islands. A magnificent stone circle of neolithic era over 100 metres in diameter. Amazing. Inspiring. Haunting. World Heritage Site.

  • Bective Abbey by ragman

    A beautiful place to visit ~ Bective Abbey Ireland Cistercian foundation (1146) can be found near Kells, in County Meath, Ireland, and the ruins dating from 13th to 15th centuries Bective Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Bheigtí) is a Cistercian abbey on the River Boyne in County Meath, in Ireland. The abbey founded by Murchad O’Maeil-Sheachlainn in 1147 as a ‘daughter house’ of Mellifont Abbey. Although nothing remains except old ruins and walls, it is in a remarkable state of preservation. Bective Abbey is easy to find thanks to many sign posts along the way and it sets in the middle of a farmer’s pasture. You get access to the grounds by climbing through a small hole in a gate. A short stroll across the field take you to the wall of the Abbey, over which you must climb.

  • St Marys Church Kirkby Lonsdale by Jason Connolly

    Shot of St Marys Church interior in Kirkby Lonsdale in Cumbria…

  • Hadrian's Wall near Steel Rigg. by TallGuy

    More of Hadrian’s wall, in the dip you can see the remains of milecastle 39. The wall was built along a geological fault that runs across England, making the wall an even harder obstacle for foes to tackle…

  • The Lepers´ Aperture by HELUA

    Christening bowl and / small window through / which to serve / the Holy Communion / to lepers. / It´s to be seen in the 12th / century church dedicated / to the Norwegian Saint / Olav, in Falköping, / Sweden.

  • Magic Circle. by TallGuy

    You have to ask why I titled it magic circle, I don’t think I took one shot of the whole stone circle. Sunset or sunrise is what adds the magic.. if only I could manage to get up early enough to capture the sunrises. The Extract below was taken from Wikipedia… Wilkipedia “The stones are of a local metamorphic slate, set in a flattened circle, measuring 32.6m (107ft) at its widest and 29.5m (97ft) at its narrowest. The heaviest stone has been estimated to weigh around 16 tons and the tallest stone measures approximately 2.3m high. There is a 3.3m wide gap in its northern edge, which may have been an entrance. Within the circle, abutting its eastern quadrant, is a roughly rectangular setting of a further 10 stones. The circle was probably constructed around 3200 BC (Late Neolithic/Early Bronze-Age), making it one of the earliest stone circles in Britain and possibly Europe, too. It is important to archaeoastronomers who have noted that the sunrise during the Autumn equinox appears over the top of Threlkeld Knott, a hill 3.5km to the east. Some stones in the circle have been aligned with the midwinter sunrise and various lunar positions.” MY OLD STANDING STONES SET

  • Ruins remain by Csaba Jekkel

    Ancient ruins in Rome from a low perspective in black and white.

  • Wupakti Inside View by EvaMcDermott

    800 years old Indian ruins in Arizona

  • Jedburgh Abbey by John Nelson

    A beautiful abbey stands in the Scottish Border town of Jedburgh. /

  • Dry Stane Dyke by Ian Porter

    Deatil from a dry stane dyke – I just liked the colours and textures!

Recent Work

  • Inside Stonehenge by Allison Lane

    Stonehenge England

  • Mani stones by Joaquin Loyzaga

    these mani stones were placed beside the bomed out remains of stupa destroyed in the cultural revolution in tibet.

  • Looking at Things From a Different Angle by HELUA

    This sculpture of a woman / is one of four, one for each / corner of the Earth. They / are supporting a huge / column on which stands / the statue of King Pedro IV, / who was also the first / “Emperor of Brasil”. / Lisbon can show off / many impressive / buildings and monuments / paid for with the riches, / generated by its colonies. / / Praca de Rossio / Lisbon, Portugal

  • Tintern Abbey in the autumn by Bev Evans

    The Cistercian abbey of Tintern is one of the greatest monastic ruins of Wales. It was only the second Cistercian foundation in Britain, and the first in Wales, and was founded on 9 May 1131 by Walter de Clare, Lord of Chepstow. It soon prospered, thanks to endowments of land in Gwent and Gloucestershire, and buildings were added and updated in every century until its dissolution in 1536.

  • Menhir by HELUA

    Menhir overlooking the / valley of Fuzeiros in / Portugal. It´s cut out of / the red bedrock of these / mountains. Neolithic. / This area has been / settled for some 8000 years. / Would be interesting / to know what mythology / goes with those stones. / There is a long line of them.

  • The Symbols of Cerca Velha by HELUA

    Old part of Lisbon, / situated on one of / “Lisbon´s seven hills”. / Many peoples have made their / marks here: Celtic tribes, / Romans, Moors, Conquistadors, / Modern Folk…

  • The Great Escape by SoniaE

    Geese gaggling down Quality Row, Kinston, Norfolk Island. I wonder if they know, or care, that their island home is an isolated, windswept, wave battered volcanic mass; 600 miles from New Zealand, 1000 miles from Sydney, 900 miles from Brisbane and 500 miles from New Caledonia? Originally established as an outpost for the most challenging convicts from the penal settlement in Sydney, it quickly became known as Hell In The Pacific – there was no escape! Between 1832-1846, the convicts who survived here built the houses, official buildings and other structures along Quality Row. By 1856 the Island had been abandoned as a penal settlement, so Queen Victoria offered it to the Pitcairn Islanders; descendants of the Mutineers of the Bounty. Reuben Christian, Fletcher’s great-grandson, was born en route. Today, his decendants still live, and now thrive, on Norfolk Island. /

  • Ogham stone by AineMacAodha

    Olgam stone of Tyrone in Ireland

  • Creevykeel pre-historic tomb, Sligo, Ireland by AineMacAodha

    One of the finest court cairns in Ireland build in the 3rd millenium consisting of a wedge tomb, buriel chambers and 2 passage graves.

  • Causeway of Giants by ragman

    Giants Causeway County Antrim Northern Ireland

  • Top of the World by christiane

    Case Mountain / March 2008 / Manchester, Connecticut / 744’ to the summit Sometimes things aren’t always what they seem to be.

About This Group

Heritage in Stone is a group for images and writing about stone, or rock subjects, be they ‘arranged’ by Man or Nature. The key is that there must have been a human connection with the stone in question at some stage in the past.
This may be direct as in a ruined building or a stone-circle or it could be by association such as a rock formation revered by some society in antiquity. This does not include mountains.
So, standing stones or natural rock formations; dry-stone walls or stone barns (not barn conversions please!); sheep-folds or sculptures are the sort of thing but not stately homes or lived-in castles etc. If you can live in it, this is not the right place:-).

As hosts of the group, Bev and I don’t tend to comment on additions to HiS, so as not to show any bias but don’t feel that your uploads are not appreciated because you don’t get any feedback from us!
Occasionally we will come across work elsewhere and comment on it without realizing that it’s in the HiS group but this is just chance:-) and we do still add work to our own favourites.

Please include as many details as you can about your shots as we cannot be expected to know exactly what your Heritage image is – certainly tell us where it is (even what it is if it’s not obvious!). Any other background or technical information would be ideal. All files without a description will automatically be deleted.

Limits – 2 per day but unlimited in number.

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