And the dull rainy weather that accompanied us everywhere!Duloe Stone Circle: A small circle, it could even have been a burial place, there was a urn found under one of the stones. It is highlighted by the fact of the whiteness of the stone which was quartz. Stone circles come in many shapes and sizes but this one is small but chosen for the jewels of its stone, almost a crown.
I love the fact that just by colouring it black and white you can introduce a feeling of drama into the circle, has that stone be roughly shaped to look human like, did he glower at night by the light of a fire. The hedge slightly spoils the ambience of the circle which by the way is in the village of Duloe in Cornwall.
It is totally different to the three Hurler Stone Circles found on Bodmin Moor by Minions village. They are large, and why three? did the first two not meet requirements? or was it a grand show of having three to parade through. They unearthed a path way up to the first circle, at one stage it was described as a quartz path. I love to think of these prehistoric people choosing the stone and shape to put up within their circles. Just like us they were choosy over the aesthetic appearance of their circles.
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| The Cheesewring Tor and quarry |
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| Top of the tor with prehistoric settlement |
I guess we will never know what went on in the minds of ancient peoples, though it seems certain that they cared deeply and went to a great deal of trouble when they constructed the monuments that have survived for us to see. I once spent a week walking the N Cornish coast in perpetual rain, drizzle or fog - it ceased to be fun after five or six days of it.
ReplyDeleteBad weather and Cornwall don't really go together John. Rather dangerous walking a coastal path in fog I would have thought.
DeleteI often wonder what the founder of my city would think if he came back today. Joe Naper, his grave here in the local cemetery, would be surprised that his settlement of Naperville has grown to around 150,000. I do not know about the prehistoric people that might have lived where I do now. I will have to Google that!
ReplyDeleteThanks for getting me interested in this, Thelma!
Glad you enjoyed it Ellen, we sometimes forget that prehistoric man was probably just as clever as us.
DeleteThe ancients who lived in the vicinity left mounds with varying purpose. I was fascinated and learned much about them. I was even startled to "discover" a small mound near the old house, but I wasn't the first to find it.
ReplyDeleteMost barrows in Britain have been 'robbed' Joanne, though on most occasions I think the findings were slim.
DeleteThe crystals set in caves and barrows must have flickered wonderfully in the light of a flame.
ReplyDeleteYes Tom, just below the Cheesewring Tor is a very large barrow with the gold Rillaton cup, which must have been a tribute to a chief of some description. The area inside the barrow is small but it does have a small chamber covered by a capstone and there is an iridescent green mineral effect to the walls.
DeleteThat long view of the stones...I could sit staring at that in a daydreaming way, pondering what might have been, losing all track of time. Sad that the site itself stands, a mute testament to things that we cannot know.
ReplyDeleteDebby do we have to know everything? sometimes speculating brings up interesting stories.
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