8 episodes
Stone Me Matthew Magee
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5.0 • 13 Ratings
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Matthew Magee cycles to Scotland's most beautiful and fascinating neolithic sites to interview experts about what the sites were used for and what life was like 5,000 years ago.
These stunning, huge, enduring monuments were built at the exact moment we stopped being hunter gatherers and stayed in one place to farm for the first time. Explore the explosion of art, culture and spirituality that happened as Matthew investigates Scotland's oldest places. Find out more, or support programming with a small donation at www.ko-fi.com/stoneme.
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Sighthill Stone Circle
Come to north inner city Glasgow where we visit a stone circle with its creator. Duncan Lunan designed Sighthill Stone Circle in the 1970s along still-controversial astro-archaeological lines, making it the first new astrologically-aligned stone circle in Scotland in 3,500 year. Can we learn about the motivations for neolithic sites by talking to site caretor Duncan? Glasgow University's Kenny Brophy lends a hand with interpretation of this unique place.
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Cairnpapple Hill
Come to the crest of a hill at the very heart of Scotland where you can see islands off the west and east coasts of the country, to a place that was sacred for over 4,000 years. Try to decode the mysteries of how neolithic material was re-used by later people at this very complicated site and pick a side in the long-running debate: was the circle here timber or stone?
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Machrie Moor
We travel to the source of the beautiful, highly-prized stone found across neolithic sites in Britain and Ireland, Arran. At the stunning complex of seemingly endless stone circles at Machrie Moor we uncover its use as a site of pilgrimages, and investigate the timber monuments that were here before the stones.
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The Ring of Brodgar
We learn about the unusual construction methods that might have been used at Scotland's biggest stone circle, the Ring of Brodgar on Orkney, and witness a little bit of showbiz sleight of hand in how the imposing monument was designed.
With Jane Downes, Director of the Archaeology Institute at the University of the Highlands and Islands.
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Kilmartin Glen
Explore the neolithic wonderland that is Kilmartin Glen in Argyll, where there are standing stones, chambered cairns and the most amazing neolithic rock art in Britain. And find out if Matthew and Alison manage to spot the ground-breaking deer carvings only recently discovered, even when they're 30cm in front of their faces.
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The Stones of Calanais
The most glamorous site of them all, the iconic Stones of Calanais, still hold mysteries today. Hear how Ian discovered how one rock acts as a sundial while waiting for a colleague who was running late, and marvel at the celestial lightshow that appears every 18.6 years.
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Customer Reviews
Great podcast
Really interesting podcast and all the better that you visit these sites using sustainable transport 😊. Already looking forward to Series 2…
Lovely Stuff
Brilliant podcast. Just what I was looking for as I’m just getting into stone circles and our Neolithic/Bronze age heritage in Britain & Ireland. Keep up the good work and keep the pods coming 👍
A superb ride through Scotland’s Neolithic and Bronze Age Landscape
I’ve massively enjoyed this podcast. Superbly presented with a great insight into Scotland’s Neolithic and Bronze Age. It’s been good to see how the sites link together as concepts, ideas and belief systems developed. I hope that Matthew can extend later series to look at sites across the British Isles (and in Ireland as well) - your bike would find some superb bits of the Neolithic / Bronze Age down here in Cornwall to explore.