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midgie.bsky.social
i could fit an irn bru can in there
photo of an ugly stag statue from the gates of an estate house near the woods i was waking in today. the gates have double stags, one on each side above the gateposts. they’re huge and tacky and their faces look dumb. it’s meant to be bellowing but it just looks like its mouth is hanging open in confusion. one day i will climb up the gatepost and wedge items in its stupid mouth
October 3, 2026 at 9:06 PM
towns.satyrs.eu
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿️ Nenthead, Cumberland 🏔️

📌️ 54° 47′ 14″ N, 2° 20′ 26″ W
High-angle satellite view of Nenthead, Cumberland, showing a small village nestled in a valley surrounded by green fields, moorland, and industrial scars from former mining. The landscape is characterized by rolling hills, scattered patches of evergreen forest, and narrow winding roads. Two red-painted, rusticated gateposts with pointed finials stand at a garden entrance between whitewashed stone walls. Curved stone steps lead from a cobbled street up to a small iron gate, with a black metal boot scraper at the base of the wall. (Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Wesley's_steps_at_Nenthead_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1204988.jpg) A narrow paved road curves past a leaf-strewn driveway flanked by moss-covered stone walls and autumn trees. Large black industrial gear wheels stand as decorative gateposts at the entrance to a wooded property. (Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ornamental_railings_at_Nenthead_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6646568.jpg) A view of stone buildings in the village of Nenthead under a clear blue sky, featuring a large former chapel with arched windows and the Nenthead Community Shop on the right. Street signs at the intersection point towards Alston and Stanhope. (Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nenthead_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3528215.jpg)
October 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM
emmalb.bsky.social
Today’s highlights
Magical light in the trees Rural idyll landscape From behind the ferns, a landscape in hazy black and white Spooky gateposts in the trees
October 3, 2026 at 5:32 PM
janehill.bsky.social
Today’s walk(s): a mile from hospital car park to phlebotomy and back, then a couple of miles on Dartmoor. Took the t-shirt and put it on halfway up a tor for the socials. #OvarianCancerAction #100milesinOctober
Me smiling on Dartmoor Dartmoor ponies On a tor in my Ovarian Cancer Action t-shirt A stone wall and gateposts on Dartmoor with dramatic skies.
October 2, 2026 at 10:08 AM
lindaoctopus.bsky.social
Assuming the gate is this size ( as indicated by Kerri Davies) how did Brad damage the gate but not the gateposts? #TheArchers
September 27, 2026 at 8:53 PM
towns.satyrs.eu
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿️ Curzon Park, Cheshire 🐱

📌️ 53° 10′ 58″ N, 2° 54′ 20″ W
High-angle satellite view of Curzon Park and Chester, featuring the winding River Dee, green residential neighborhoods, a prominent golf course, and a large circular racecourse. The urban layout is interspersed with dense patches of trees and agricultural fields on the outskirts. A view looking down a residential street in Curzon Park with double yellow lines along the left curb. Large brick houses and white gateposts line the right side of the road, which features white lane markings and a red-surfaced cycle lane. (Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hough_Green,_Chester,_A5104_-_geograph.org.uk_-_12014.jpg) A view from a bridge overlooking the River Dee in Curzon Park, Cheshire, flanked by dense leafless trees under an overcast sky. The calm, brown water reflects the surrounding greenery and the grey clouds above. (Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:River_Dee_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4482931.jpg) A quiet residential street in Curzon Park, Cheshire, featuring a paved road lined with manicured lawns and various evergreen trees and shrubs. Modern brick houses and a black lamppost are visible under an overcast sky. (Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Looking_from_Curzon_Park_North_into_The_Serpentine_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7803087.jpg)
September 27, 2026 at 12:00 AM
a5roseb.bsky.social
#Conceptember2026 - Pixar × Dark Fantasy
The Little Gatekeeper
The gates are open. The torchbearer seems pleased about that.
#DarkFantasy #GothicArt #FantasyCreature #HauntedCastle
#AIart #AIchallenge #aiartcommunity #aiartist #GenAI #GenerativeArt #SynthArt #BuilderofNightmares
A small, doll-like creature stands at the center of a cracked stone path between two open iron gates. Its oversized round head has a seam stitched from forehead to chin, enormous amber eyes, and a tiny stitched smile. It wears a ragged dark cloak and holds a torch taller than itself. Bright orange flames surround the torch’s cage, where a little spiny creature perches. Tangled vines wrap the gateposts, while pale, weathered towers rise through blue-gray mist behind them. Rounded stone shapes with closed, face-like features sit on either side of the path. The torch casts warm light across the creature’s face and the stones at its feet. Keywords: stitched creature, open gates, flaming torch, iron fence, castle towers, ragged cloak, blue mist, cobblestone path, amber eyes, gothic fantasy AI-generated; use is permitted for non-commercial creative projects. MidJourney, FLUX.1-schnell model via Perchance, Artspace.ai, REVE, Echoform™.
September 25, 2026 at 9:07 PM
oxfordclarion.bsky.social
The connection with the Baskervilles is preserved in statues of hellhounds with spears through their mouths which sit on the stone gateposts at the entrance to the park and atop the front of Crowsley Park House.
Here is a walk you can take, if you wish to follow their trail
Hound of the Baskervilles walk: full route
This undulating stile free walk explores the Chilterns countryside around the south Oxfordshire village of Binfield Heath.
www.chilterns.org.uk
September 18, 2026 at 6:22 AM
susanshaped.bsky.social
Mystical-style stile, on the path up to Glastonbury Tor, for @lakesstiles.bsky.social
A metal squeeze stile between chunky gateposts. "To the Tor" is carved and painted in yellow on one gate post.
September 17, 2026 at 7:19 PM
apo11o.bsky.social
This November will mark 2 years since I first glanced up the stairs and noticed these door handles, and decided to go back for pics - to match those I have of their brothers on the gateposts

Still a plan 🙄

May not bother after seeing shiny polished version!

Have never passed them in shiny mode 🤯
September 14, 2026 at 8:13 AM
henrylong9.bsky.social
A pair of standing stones as gateposts, in Samzun on Belle-Île. #StandingStoneSunday
September 13, 2026 at 7:19 AM
levondymond.bsky.social
Chun Castle, Iron Age ring fort. Cornwall. August 2026

#cornwall #hillfort #history #Scape #landscape #monochrome #ClassicMono #sonyalpha #photography
a stone wall with stone gateposts amongst the bracken. mostly blue sky with some small white clouds. black and white photo.
September 11, 2026 at 6:21 PM
tibortiger.bsky.social
Was not expecting to read about Bay Bulls this morning. Was hoping the story mentioned the cannons used at the church gate.
Canned as gateposts at the Catholic Church in Bay Bulls, NL
September 11, 2026 at 1:01 PM
towns.satyrs.eu
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿️ Lightwood Green, Flintshire 🐦‍⬛️

(Lightwood Green, Sir y Fflint)

📌️ 52° 57′ 42″ N, 2° 54′ 45″ W
High-angle satellite view of Lightwood Green, showing a patchwork of green agricultural fields and clusters of houses connected by narrow rural roads. A small industrial area is visible at the center, surrounded by dense woodlands and a solar farm to the south. A serene landscape in Lightwood Green, Flintshire, shows a calm pond reflecting the bare branches of tall, leafless trees under a clear blue sky. Reeds and wild grasses line the water's edge in the foreground, while a manicured green lawn and a distant wooden fence complete the peaceful rural setting. (Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roadside_pond_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6708182.jpg) A gravel driveway leads from a pair of brick gateposts topped with griffin statues toward a brick house in the distance. The driveway is flanked by green fields and wooden fences, with a large, sunlit oak tree standing prominently in the center of the path. (Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dragons_guarding_the_gateway,_Shady_Oaks_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6367538.jpg) An arched brick structure, possibly a disused railway bridge or tunnel, stands partially overgrown with ivy in a grassy field in Lightwood Green. The archway is darkened and appears to be filled with debris and vegetation, set into a low embankment lined with hedges. (Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Redundant_railway_bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_249060.jpg)
September 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
umbradog-tim.bsky.social
Looking west this evening.
Dark rural scene with a post-sunset glow over the horizon and warm glow of lights on the gateposts.
September 8, 2026 at 1:03 AM
robonabike.eurosky.social
Brick porn.
A house in northern France whose garden wall terminates in gateless gateposts, in which each square course of bricks is angled relative to the one below, so that each post takes the form of a quadruple helix. There are other bricky little details here and there, too.
September 3, 2026 at 8:13 PM
roger1952.bsky.social
Buckwheat flowers and cluster amaryllis at Jorakuji Temple, Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
Framed by weathered stone gateposts (monbashira), this early autumn vista at Jōraku-ji Temple in Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture, presents a breathtaking realization of sacred landscape architecture and seasonal transformation. A straight stone pathway (sandō) bisects the composition, flanked on either side by dense, luminous ribbons of scarlet cluster amaryllis (higanbana / Lycoris radiata). The eye is drawn along the paved stone steps toward the temple’s main hall, nestled against a steep backdrop of dark, towering Japanese cedar (sugi) forest. The vivid vermilion of the blossoms creates a startling visual contrast against the muted greys of the aged masonry and the deep, shadowy greens of the surrounding woodland, while the overhanging leafy canopy softens the transition between the manicured temple grounds and the wild mountain environment. Affectionately known as the "Higanbana Temple" and famous for its proximity to blossoming buckwheat (soba) fields, Jōraku-ji becomes a site of intense pilgrimage during late September. In Japanese Buddhist traditions, the blooming of higanbana coincides precisely with Aki no Higan—the seven-day period surrounding the Autumn Equinox when the boundary between the physical world (shaku-do) and the ancestral spirit realm or Western Pure Land (anoyoshi) is believed to be at its thinnest. Because the plant’s bright red flowers bloom on bare stems long after its leaves have withered—and its leaves emerge only after the petals fade—the flower serves as a poignant motif for separation, reincarnation, and eternal memory.
September 1, 2026 at 9:00 PM
betterbert.bsky.social
His enemy was a grudge-bearing rustic who'd enjoyed decorating the gateposts with severed heads of the deer he'd shot.
September 1, 2026 at 1:33 PM
towns.satyrs.eu
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿️ Harburn, Midlothian 🦄️

📌️ 55° 50′ 12″ N, 3° 32′ 7″ W
High-angle satellite view of Harburn, Midlothian, showing a patchwork of green agricultural fields, scattered woodlands, and a golf course. Small clusters of buildings and rural roads intersect the landscape, with a residential area visible in the top left corner. An aerial view of Harburn, Midlothian, featuring a small row of houses nestled between a railway line and a golf course, surrounded by sprawling green fields and patches of woodland. (Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harburn_from_the_air_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6369232.jpg) Stone gateposts with green plaques reading "HARBURN HOUSE" flank an open gate leading to a wet gravel driveway lined by tall trees. A small sign on the left reads, "PRIVATE ESTATE VISITS ONLY BY APPOINTMENT TEL 01506 461800." (Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_to_Harburn_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4255990.jpg) A low-angle view across two sets of train tracks towards a grassy embankment and a dense woodland of bare trees in Harburn, Midlothian. A small green gate is partially visible in a gap between the mounds of earth. (Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Probable_Site_of_Old_Footbridge,_Harburn_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7352040.jpg)
August 30, 2026 at 9:00 PM
cerandor.com
Evening walk.
August 28, 2026 at 7:22 PM
manxinwales.bsky.social
So the Britons did use quartz rocks/boulders to show routes across moorlands (and possibly make cool glowing effects in pools) because they do kind of glow. We still use them a lot on gateposts at home, and it does work, but not on a pavement...
August 28, 2026 at 12:03 AM
garrowed.bsky.social
51.38749, -2.36012

#BathUK #GeorgianArchitecture #Architecture #UrbanGaze #Photography
A large, detached Georgian house and its gateposts on a summer's day. This three-storey, five-bay fronted Palladian villa is topped by a large pediment. Its six-panel door has a fanlight and the first floor has balustraded panels below the windows. The front garden has lush trees and shrubs in various shades of green. In the foreground, outside the property, an abundance of weeds grows between paving slabs. A modern sign on the gatepost reads "The Admiral's House" and you can rent the seven-bedroom property via a popular holiday accommodation website. 20 Vineyards (c. 1765), The Paragon, Bath, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.
August 27, 2026 at 5:58 AM
angecass.bsky.social
Post a picture that should be an album cover.
In the background, strong sunlight shines through woodland trees, turning the leaves acid green. There's a crumbling stone wall covered in moss, bisected by two gateposts and an empty gap in the middle. A person with faded, pink hair, black t-shirt and jeans stands between the posts pointing away from the camera into the woodland. Album cover for some kind of acid folk, I reckon
August 22, 2026 at 5:23 PM
ianbof.bsky.social
Yes, here in Dorchester too. Also seen in metal farm gateposts that have a slot for a latch to locate in and in the hollow top of a public footpath signpost at Chesil beach. Just like hedgehogs; you build them a nice comfy nest box and they choose to nest under an abandoned wheelbarrow!
August 18, 2026 at 12:09 PM
fhithich.uk
Bronze Age Guesswork on Wayworth Moor

The Moors are littered with standing stones, and behind each is its own little mystery. Some mark old routes. Some are gateposts that have outlived their gates. A few might be medieval crosses, worn down by weather and time until nobody can be certain. Others…
Bronze Age Guesswork on Wayworth Moor
The Moors are littered with standing stones, and behind each is its own little mystery. Some mark old routes. Some are gateposts that have outlived their gates. A few might be medieval crosses, worn down by weather and time until nobody can be certain. Others seem to have drawn an arbitrary line in the earth long ago: this land is mine, keep out.
www.fhithich.uk
August 15, 2026 at 5:23 PM