Drombeg Stone Circle

Numerous up to 7000 years old circular monuments  with or without  outer ditch and bank, build by hewn stones or wooden posts are located in England and Ireland as well as some on the European mainland.

Stonehenge

While there are various interpretations of their function and use, they all have an almost identical orientation of distinctive structures made of protruding stones or gates, which trace the characteristic positions of the annual path of the sun. The solstices in spring and autumn determine the agricultural calendar and provide an important indication of the transition from a hunter-gatherer culture to a sedentary society.

Stanton Drew

The photographs trace the structures that have lasted for thousands of years and their aesthetic appearance in the landscape - from the environment to the material, from the arrangement to the design elements. They awaken a long-gone hustle and bustle, from the river Elbe to Stonehenge to Ireland.