stone circle – Graeme Skinner https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress Artist, designer and photographer Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:39:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-site-icon-150x150.png stone circle – Graeme Skinner https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress 32 32 For future reference https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2026/06/for-future-reference/ https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2026/06/for-future-reference/#respond Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:39:50 +0000 https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/?p=5521 There can never be too many reference photographs can there 😉 These are for when my hand decides it’s ready to use a paint brush again, when we went for a wander at Long Meg the grass looked like it would work in an illustration or two.

]]> https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2026/06/for-future-reference/feed/ 0 From Little to Long Meg https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2026/03/from-little-to-long-meg/ https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2026/03/from-little-to-long-meg/#respond Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:18:39 +0000 https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/?p=5299 We’ve searched for Little Meg Stone Circle a couple of times and walked past it without seeing it 😉 so the other day we decided it was the time to find it at last. Luckily it was nice weather for a wander and we found it easily (it helps to look up the location before you head out). It’s quite a small group of stones, and the prehistoric rock art was difficult to see, but it was still worth visiting.

 

We then left Little Meg behind and walked round to St Michael & All Angels Church which I’d not visited before.

We found a hobbit listed there 😉

 

We then headed off down the footpath and ended up at Long Meg…

]]> https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2026/03/from-little-to-long-meg/feed/ 0 Meg https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/06/meg/ https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/06/meg/#respond Sun, 08 Jun 2025 10:58:08 +0000 https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/?p=5129 Decided to try a watercolour landscape as it felt like too long since I’d painted something 😉 So I used one of my recent photos from my wander around Long Meg Stone Circle.

Long Meg, A3, Watercolour
]]> https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/06/meg/feed/ 0 Quick wander https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/06/quick-wander/ https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/06/quick-wander/#respond Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:12:12 +0000 https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/?p=5125 Went for a quick wander down Long Meg Stone Circle the other day…

]]> https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/06/quick-wander/feed/ 0 L’al doodle https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/05/lal-doodle/ https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/05/lal-doodle/#respond Sat, 24 May 2025 09:46:26 +0000 https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/?p=5116 Small doodle (as I’m limiting my drawing board time as my hand is on the dodgy side at the moment), this time it’s one of the Cockpit Stone Circle stones, from our visit last year, doodled in charcoal.

]]> https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/05/lal-doodle/feed/ 0 Cockpit https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/02/cockpit/ https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/02/cockpit/#respond Wed, 19 Feb 2025 12:28:49 +0000 https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/?p=5019 A quick(ish) watercolour of a few stones from The Cockpit Stone Circle, Cumbria. I used a reference photo from our visit last year (link).

Cockpit Stone Circle, Watercolour 15.5″ x 11.5″
]]> https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/02/cockpit/feed/ 0 Down to the stones https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/02/down-to-the-stones-2/ https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/02/down-to-the-stones-2/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:21:19 +0000 https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/?p=5000 When we visited Long Meg last year and took a few photos (here), I intended to use a few of them as references for paintings, it took a while longer than anticipated to start but that’s the way things go 😉 anyway, this one may be finished. Or at least, it’s finished for now…

Long Meg, 20″x16″
]]> https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/02/down-to-the-stones-2/feed/ 0 First visit https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2024/09/first-visit/ https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2024/09/first-visit/#comments Tue, 03 Sep 2024 14:26:33 +0000 http://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/?p=4837 We had a wander this morning to look for a stone circle we’ve never visited before, we tried to find it years ago and completely missed it (but then we didn’t have a map or a phone with us ;-)). Luckily we found the Cockpit Stone Circle quite easily this time, was a bit strange visiting it on a busy day for walkers/cyclists/horse riders and for no one else to pause and look at the stone circle.

Walking towards the Cockpit Stone Circle.
Looking down towards Ullswater.
The Cockpit Stone Circle.
The Cockpit Stone Circle.
The Cockpit Stone Circle.

 

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]]> https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2024/08/still-standing/feed/ 1 Back to the stones https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2023/11/back-to-the-stones/ https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2023/11/back-to-the-stones/#respond Tue, 28 Nov 2023 15:27:26 +0000 http://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/?p=4718 Popped round to Long Meg this morning for a visit since it was a nice misty morning in the Eden Valley.

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