The next – FREE – on-line seminar, entitled ‘A great show-off: Carving as an expression of self in the runic inscriptions of Maeshowe’ will be on Friday April the 29th, when Dr Karen Langsholt Holmqvist will present her research on medieval runic graffiti.
“When Jeanne started walking the Ring of Brodgar, with her wee dog Gracie, that prompted an outpouring of inspiration which was expressed in her paintings – both of the stones, and of what is seen out from the stones.”
The northerly breeze will be fresh at times. Maximum temperature 15 °C.
“Just for the joy of being there
And drinking in the summer air,”
Winds from the west or northwest, fresh at times. Maximum temperature 14 °C.
“And then I stood and leant my back against one of the stones…….”
Taken at the Ring of Brodgar, Orkney on the 15th of November 2020
“Wind blows through the Ring of Brodgar”
In the (not so bleak) Mid Winter
“Statements that will hold good for all time are difficult to obtain in archaeology. The most that can be done at any one time is to report on the current state of knowledge.” Jennifer K. McArthur
