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Stone Me

Stone Me

Written by: Matthew Magee
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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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Episodes
  • Cairn Holy

    Cairn Holy
    Oct 20 2024
    We examine two stunningly beautiful tombs in Dumfries and Galloway and hear an incredible new theory claiming that these huge structures were used for a surprisingly short period of time.

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    32 mins
  • Maeshowe

    Maeshowe
    Oct 13 2024

    We spend some time inside till recently the most exquisite piece of neolithic architecture in Scotland, Maeshowe in Orkney, and compare its construction to a nearby more recently-found building, and hear from Mark Edmonds about what might have happened in this magnificent structure.

    More information in the programme notes on the Stone Me website.

    And you can find more information about the sound experiments at Maeshowe here.


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    33 mins
  • Doon Hill

    Doon Hill
    Oct 6 2024

    Matthew untangles a decades-long controversy with an archeaologist who has the most incredibly life-long association with the site of these two neolithic timber halls. It's just as well Ian Ralston's story is so good because there's almost nothing to see at the site itself!


    3'34 Introduction

    5'00 What are we seeing at Doon Hill?

    9'25 It's huge! One of the biggest buildings until medieval cathedrals were built

    17'13 The discovery of Doon Hill

    19'28 Interpretation and reinterpretation

    22'43 Unpicking the errors and potential misleading work of Brian Hope Taylor

    28'06 Ian's childhood association with the site

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    35 mins
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