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* …”Where Hu-Wa-Wa comes and goes becomes a track and all those ways are well trodden. As Hu-Wa-Wa passes through the forest the birds begin to sing… Wood-Pigeon moans. Turtle-Dove coos in answer. As Hu-Wa-Wa passes through the forest the animals call… Monkey-Mother shouts. Monkey-Child shrieks. Like a band of musicians and drummers the birds […]
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Standing Stones: OS Grid Reference – NM 8405 0403
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Two of the Salachary stones
Roughly halfway between the staggering standing stone at Kintraw and the farmhouse of Salachary a coupla miles east along the A816 road to Kilmartin, a small overgrown car park nearly hides on the south-side of the road, just below the forestry. 50 yards west of this, a small track winds uphill. 650 yards (0.6km) up here, once it levels out, a hairpin in the track veers NW; ignore it, instead walking into the marshy grass in front of you (south) for 50-60 yards up and round the small rocky crag. Once you get round the edge of this, immediately east, you’ll see one of the tall monoliths 50 yards ahead of you.
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Rediscovered in recent times by Marion Campbell (1962), this damaged row of three…
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Legendary Stones: OS Grid Reference – NO 36312 09667 Getting Here Travelling South along the A916 just past Craigrothie, turn right down to Chance Inn, and turn left at the T junction. and follow the road on to just past the left hand bend when Waltonhill Farm will be seen on the right. The Stones […]
via Samson’s Stones, Waltonhill Farm, Craigrothie, Fife — The Northern Antiquarian
Greek and Roman antiquities – Metropolitan Museum of Art – New York City All photos by Heather Bean.
Discover Caludon Castle Ruins in Coventry, England: This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” was first performed. — Read on http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/caludon-castle-ruins
via Caludon Castle Ruins – Coventry, England – Atlas Obscura — John Barleycorn
In the past writers have described the Goonhilly Downs on the Lizard peninsula as a bleak, remote and wild. It was once said to be the haunt of notorious highway men and travellers often complained of disorientating drifts of fog. But the day I visited the downs were beautiful. The only drifts were of pink…
via The Dry Tree Menhir – the Goonhilly Downs standing stone — The Cornish Bird
You might say that this post is a little bit overdue. When I visited the stone circles in The Gambia, West Africa however, back in 2007, I didn’t have this outlet to describe and share what I had seen. Wassu Stone Circles: Credit Richard Williams The stones circles of the Gambia and Senegal are a…
via The Stone circles of The Gambia, West Africa — The Cornish Bird
The narrow lane to Boleigh fogou takes you by surprise. Tucked away on a bend, just after the turning to Lamorna Cove, the entrance is narrow and one side lined with large granite boulders. Up until yesterday I had never been here before. The fact that you must pre-arrange a time to come and see…
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