Friday, November 14, 2008

Saturday Photohunt - Ruin(ed)

Prehistoric round houses are formed either of upright granite slabs or of ‘drystone’ walling, with a gap for the entrance. They can be up to 1m in height and 3-10m in diameter. Originally they had a conical roof of wood and turf or thatch.

Round houses can be isolated but usually occur in groups, and this particular round house was part of a village on a hillside on Dartmoor, surrounded by an enclosure wall.
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xx

28 comments:

Carver said...

That a beautiful shot Liz and interesting post about the round houses.

Photo Cache said...

I agree this is a beautiful shot. Happy hunting.

CherryPie said...

Interesting post :-) I am still not sure which pics I will use...

Leslie: said...

Lovely shot, Liz. Seems like there are a lot of things like this in the UK.

Anonymous said...

Wonderful photo! I love prehistoric ruins. Didn't know about the round houses. Great post!

Anonymous said...

Nice one good take...happy hunting1

Leslie said...

Now that's fascinating! Thanks for posting that. ;)

I hope you are having a good weekend. ;)

http://lesliesmyers.blogspot.com/2008/11/photohunt-ruins-fiesole-italy.html

ancient one said...

Good Photo.. thanks for explaining it. The Ruins of a round house.

jmb said...

You can hardly recognize it as a ruin, could almost be just a grouping of stones.
Great photo Liz. Have a great weekend.

Anonymous said...

Chump that I am - I could have used Pentre Ifan.
I grew up in sight of Dartmoor after we were bombed out in Swansea. Love the place.

Anonymous said...

One of the most beautiful ruin photos!

Yen's PH. Happy Weekend!!

Colin Campbell said...

Great ruins. The way the UK housing market is going, these will be put back into use. How are you stranger?

Anonymous said...

Ooh - I really love old archaeological sites like this. Great choice for this week's theme. My PhotoHunt has a local flavour this week.

Hootin Anni said...

Excellent!!

My Native American Sonoran Desert Ruin is posted...come join me, won't you?

Happy Hunting!

Anonymous said...

imagine at how they build their houses starting of with a pile of boulders. great entry for ruin theme. happy photo hunting!

mine is up as well.

Anonymous said...

Hauntingly beautiful!

Damon Lord said...

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RJ Flamingo said...

Ah, but there are so many wonderful choices in your part of the world! Such a great shot, Liz -- so evocative!

Thanks for stopping by!

Anonymous said...

jolie photo

earthlingorgeous said...

This is nice! Definitely a ruins. I never knew about round houses aside from Igloos! Hahaha!

Earth

Rebecca Mecomber said...

SO amazing!! Great photo. I'd just love to see these ruins.

I did Photo Hunt today, too. I hope you get a chance to visit and leave your link!
http://newyorktraveler.net/photo-hunters-ruined/

Have a great weekend!

James Higham said...

Never been to Dartmoor. Been to Ilkley Moor.

Anonymous said...

Great, interesting ruins Liz! :)
Happy weekend!

Napaboaniya.Elaine Ling said...

One of the beautiful ruins for the theme :)

Anonymous said...

Interesting photo. I bet there are plenty of like that in the UK. Have a happy weekend!

Anonymous said...

Great photo and narrative. I played, too. Happy weekend!

Dragonstar said...

Excellent choice! I love prehistoric ruins most of all.

Heart of Rachel said...

Those are interesting remains of a round house. Thanks for sharing.