‘To the old Gods’

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Images by John Mowat

The standing stones of Stenness, In the foreground is a close up of this massive Neolithic stone with its slanting top, in the background are two more of the stones. The ground is covered in snow
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TO THE OLD GODS

Old gods and goddesses who have lived so long

Through time and never found eternity,

Fettered by wasting wood and hollowing hill,

You should have fled our ever-dying song

The mound, the well, and the green trysting tree,

They have forgotten, yet you linger still

EDWIN MUIR

  • Close up is a moss and lichen covered standing stone at the Neolithic Ring of Brodgar, from it there are 8 more stones forming part of the ring
    Image credit John Mowat
  • The standing stones of the Neolithic Ring of Brodgar in the snow. In the foreground is a close up of one stone, then there is a space and the image shows 4 more standing stones in the distance
    Image credit John Mowat

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