Small treasures: I had a sort out over the weekend, and unearthed the following two prints by Em Parkinson, not on blogger anymore I think. The first is of my beautiful Moss, long gone but always remembered for his sensible character. The second one is of course the two magpies, a favourite bird of mine, I love their playful nature.
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The following two large photos I have decided to frame before they deteriorate. The first is of course of the great Cove stones at Avebury. There were originally three stones, these pair are seen as male and female and if you want to read more about them and see some of Stukeley drawings of them then I suggest you go to this very informative page.
The second one is an enormous stone I think situated near the path up to the great run of sarsens at the top.
You may note that editing has become somewhat difficult with my photos, ran out of cloud space this morning and had to buy more space, and when I try to bring my photos out of the cloud, my editing is very meagre.
I love the Cove stones, the largest is reckoned to be a hundred tons and may have been standing before they were seen as sacred stones. There is probably a third of the stone buried. At the Stanton Drew circles (again a very large circle with smaller circles inside) there was another grouping of stones near the church which was also called a Cove but now it is thought that these three stones are the remains of a long barrow.
Explanation of Cove Stones: ' A cove is a tightly concentrated group of large standing stones found in Neolithic and Bronze Age England. Coves are square or rectangular in plan and seem to have served as small enclosures within other henge, stone circle or avenue features. They consist of three or four orthostats placed together.'
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