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Giant's Ring, Belfast XII

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The Giant's Ring in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is an ancient site centred around a neolithic henge.

Situated near Shaw's Bridge, south of the city, the standing stone monument is surrounded by a circular earth bank, 200 metres in diameter and 4 metres high. It is an Area of Significant Archaeological Interest.

This is a close-up of the henge, late on a December afternoon, shortly before sunset. I wanted to capture the interesting textures in the stone, and the low light helps to bring this out as well as casting a warm light over the surface.

Here is an similar shot of the Giant's Ring in landscape view.

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600x903px 669.83 KB
Make
NIKON CORPORATION
Model
NIKON D300S
Shutter Speed
1/15 second
Aperture
F/13.0
Focal Length
20 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
Dec 10, 2009, 3:04:15 PM
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XiShi's avatar
that's lovely, well done :) x