Restricted distant view at Rhos y Beddau stone row in Mid Wales Compared to some types of visual landscape link, examples of rows where restricted views of landscape beyond the immediate confines of the row are relatively rare.  This may in part be a result of this phenomenon being identified relatively recently and the reliance on decent […]

Hartland Point is clearly visible from North Regis Common stone row At least 87 stone rows have views of promontories from them. Most protrude into the sea, but some are to found adjacent to inland waters. Promontories are distinctive landscape features and the possibility therefore exists that they were deliberately incorporated into the viewshed of stone rows. […]

At Bryn Seward the sea view is hidden behind a large cairn. A significant proportion of stone rows with a sea view are also situated across the limit of visibility to the sea.  This means that the sea appears/disappears on at least one occasion along the length of the row. The chances of so many being positioned […]

Glengorm, Isle of Mull Nearly 60% of the stone rows are within sight of the sea.  Often the view feels contrived. Take a few steps in one direction or lower your head by a foot and it disappears. Rarely, the sea dominates the vista but even on those occasions an estuary or other feature may […]

Cadair Idris is visible only from the the southern end of Lluest Uchaf  The observation that many rows are built to provide a “peekaboo”, now you see it now you don’t relationship with their landscape may be of particular significance.  This also happens with sea views and other contemporary archaeological sites and does imply that […]