tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post7300049908691116799..comments2024-03-28T16:19:56.009+00:00Comments on North Stoke: Leskernick - Stone Worldsthelmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-4874191543990856472013-08-13T08:44:43.149+01:002013-08-13T08:44:43.149+01:00Hi Jennie, yes it conveys that impression beautifu...Hi Jennie, yes it conveys that impression beautifully. There is a dig next month to uncover the quartz path way that runs between the Hurler stone circles - we are very tempted, though not on the digging side ;)thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-38559918332957577172013-08-13T08:43:00.811+01:002013-08-13T08:43:00.811+01:00Hi Em, yes I envy you your tors, such strange form...Hi Em, yes I envy you your tors, such strange formations. In fact Leskernick Hill does not have a tor, but during the Neolithic time they put up what looks like a cromlech, the book calls it the 'Propped Stone' in lieu of the missing natural glacial stones...thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-5149913743416212492013-08-12T19:09:53.694+01:002013-08-12T19:09:53.694+01:00What a beautiful poem and I love the way that the ...What a beautiful poem and I love the way that the poet (digger for sure!) wants to try and capture the sense of PLACE, rather than just recording the facts that stratigraphy and small finds give. Joining up the dots to make a whole . . .Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-19220932252760308012013-08-12T09:06:36.003+01:002013-08-12T09:06:36.003+01:00It's beautiful Thelma. The end is how I feel s...It's beautiful Thelma. The end is how I feel standing on the tors. Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-78060433848038515452013-08-12T08:34:40.857+01:002013-08-12T08:34:40.857+01:00Well I am pleased that it has made an impression o...Well I am pleased that it has made an impression on you, I suspect the poet must have been one of the diggers, contemplating the lost world that his trowel was unwittingly destroying....thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-66364664963260289792013-08-11T15:14:50.746+01:002013-08-11T15:14:50.746+01:00That is beautiful Thelma - I intend to read it out...That is beautiful Thelma - I intend to read it out at our next Poetry meeting. To anyone who lives in the area I am sure it is even more beautiful. Thank you for that.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.com