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#introduction Hi, I'm unevendays, still v new to Mastodon! I live in Scotland, love Roger Zelazny & Ursula LeGuin and other interests are #archaeology #folklore #twinpeaks #doctorwho #folkmusic #marillion

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#introduction Hi, I'm unevendays, still v new to Mastodon! I live in Scotland, love Roger Zelazny & Ursula LeGuin and other interests are #archaeology #folklore #twinpeaks #doctorwho #folkmusic #marillion

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A sunny Easter Aquhorthies from a couple of years ago for #StandingStoneSunday

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A sunny Easter Aquhorthies from a couple of years ago for #StandingStoneSunday

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Benachie framed between two of the stones of the circle, with two other stones visible, on a sunny day. Blue skies and fluffy white clouds. 

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One of the more unusually shaped stones: almost a parallelogram with sides slanting to the right. Behind the stone are green fields and some ploughed fields on the hill. Blue skies, fluffy white clouds

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Another more unusually shaped stone - this one is almost kite shaped, with the sides slanting outwards from the bottom and then inwards to a point at the top. It's covered in green, white and orange lichen. Behind the stone are green fields and after that hills with trees on the top

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A sideways view of the recumbent stones looking out towards Benachie on the horizon. You can see the two upright flanking stones and the horizontal recumbent in the middle, with two lower recumbent stones at 90 degree angles to the main recumbent. Further stones of the circle are visible to the right further back. Blue skies, fluffy clouds. 

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Had a walk to Slains Castle today - one of the influences for Castle Dracula. The ravens are ever present. #Aberdeenshire #Aberdeen #SlainsCastle

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Had a walk to Slains Castle today - one of the influences for Castle Dracula. The ravens are ever present. #Aberdeenshire #Aberdeen #SlainsCastle

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A view of Slains Castle with a pale path leading up towards. A large square tower is on the right, and two smaller rounder towers surrounding a big window shape

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A spiral staircase with the plaster eroding. Light shines in from above

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The wall of the castle frames the picture with the sea and cliffs to the right

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A view of the cliffs and the sea. There are a few rocky outcrops in the water with waves crashing white against them

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Had a go at cooking Staffordshire oatcakes. Unlike a Scottish oatcake, a Staffordshire oatcake is more like an oaty pancake/ crepe. You would usually eat them filled with things like bacon and cheese as a portable meal.

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Had a go at cooking Staffordshire oatcakes. Unlike a Scottish oatcake, a Staffordshire oatcake is more like an oaty pancake/ crepe. You would usually eat them filled with things like bacon and cheese as a portable meal.

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A bowl of oatcake batter after overnight fermentation 

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Oatcake batter in the pan just starting to bubble

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Cooked oatcakes - a golden brown oaty pancake with bubbles

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They've found Deer Monastery (home of the Book of Deer, a 10th century gospel book with the oldest surviving Scottish Gaelic in it)! Documentary on BBC Alba on Monday!

This is the book, from one of my several visits to see it when it was on display at Aberdeen Art Gallery
https://www. pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/lifes tyle/6255104/archaeologist-ali-missing-deer-monastery-aberdeenshire/

#Aberdeenshire #Aberdeen #TheBookOfDeer #DeerMonastery #archaeology

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They've found Deer Monastery (home of the Book of Deer, a 10th century gospel book with the oldest surviving Scottish Gaelic in it)! Documentary on BBC Alba on Monday!

This is the book, from one of my several visits to see it when it was on display at Aberdeen Art Gallery
https://www. pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/lifes tyle/6255104/archaeologist-ali-missing-deer-monastery-aberdeenshire/

#Aberdeenshire #Aberdeen #TheBookOfDeer #DeerMonastery #archaeology

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A small medieval book, open to a page with an illustration of a person on the left side with text around the outside, and on the right more text within a knotwork border