Rudston Monolith.
Besides the church the ancient Monolith stands over 25 foot in height, and was once possibly taller. It will have predated the church, possibly late Neolithic or Bronze age and would have been for some religious or ritual purpose.. The monolith stands in the church grounds at an East Yorkshire village called Rudston.
I timed my visit wrongly, I had to shoot towards the light and rely on hdr to bring out the details.
This photo belongs to MY OLD STANDING STONES SET
RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS
Rudston Monolith. belongs to the following groups:
Heritage in Stone, Religious Art & Photography and This is England Available for sale asGreeting Cards and Matted Prints
NCOFFEY2008
stunning haunting . beautiful . this reaks of history and times gone by. excellent. please comment on my works if yo ufind the time. thanks neil
GerryMac
excellent composition! love the lighting was this capture!
LavenderMoon
No, you timed it exactly right, even though it required extra work. This is a spectacular shot of a gorgeous old church.
Rasendyll
Gorgeous colour contrast
felixx
Lovely shot, the HDR has certainly recaptured the detail. What an unusual sight to see in a church yard!! Thanks for the info too :-)
TallGuy replied
A bit more info for you, there is supposed to be fossilised dinosaur footprints on one side, this is thought partly the reason for the ancients thinking it was special. You can imagine it was once part of a river bed where dinosaurs trod, when it dried out the footprints became fossilised. At the time of taking the photo I didn’t know this, otherwise I would have tried to photograph them :-)
felixx
Now that’s what i call a churchyard with a history!!! .....I think you’ll have to go back for those prints right now please :-)
Cheers!
TallGuy replied
LOL… it’s too dark and frightening :-)
Tahnja
oh I love images like this though certainly looks like a great setting for a haunting lol. Beautiful lighting!
AmandaWitt
Brilliant! If only those walls could talk….I love Britain’s history.
Laurie McClave
Wow great shot and love the history!
Deborah Fuller
I love the glow of the grass in this photo.