wychburyman
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Julian at Four Stones Clent
Jul 03, 2007, 14:39
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This months Druidon show Julian at Clent. The four stones are an 18th century folly. They may have been put there in reference to Wychbury Iron Age Hillfort, which Julian would have seen from the stones. The encampment is now covered in trees and has an 18th century Obilesk by the side of it.
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Moth
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Re: Julian at Four Stones Clent
Jul 03, 2007, 15:05
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Cheers dood! (I wondered why I'd never heard of 'em!)
:^)
love
Moth
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common era
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Re: Julian at Four Stones Clent
Jul 03, 2007, 17:53
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You forgot to mention that the obelisk is called the Wychbury Obelisk!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clent_Hills
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suave harv
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Edited Jul 04, 2007, 15:46
Re: Julian at Four Stones Clent
Jul 04, 2007, 15:44
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This is a weird place. Long ago they found the body of a woman (Bella?) buried in an elm tree, which is tradition for Witches I think, I dunno.
Also, I remember reading once, old names for the Devil were Hob, Nob, Dobbin, that sort of stuff. Well there's quite a few street names around the foot of Wychbury Hill with such names.
And the nearest town? HAGley. The Hag being the crone or witch I suppose. .
It's devlish there, to be sure!
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wychburyman
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Re: Julian at Four Stones Clent
Jul 05, 2007, 10:10
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etymology is always a difficult one to fathom, but the lane at the bottom of the hill is called Wassell Grove Lane - Wassail??
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suave harv
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Re: Julian at Four Stones Clent
Jul 05, 2007, 10:37
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wychburyman wrote: etymology
I had to look that word up!
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forrester 2
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Re: Julian at Four Stones Clent
Oct 11, 2007, 11:03
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I think the stones were put there by one of the Lyttleton's (Viscount Cobham) in memory of his wife, but sometimes these apparent "follies" have a deeper underlying meaning. Maybe he was concretizing something he had picked up psychically in the land that had pre-existed at another time...?
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bernie the bolt
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Re: Julian at Four Stones Clent
Oct 12, 2007, 10:00
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forrester 2 wrote: I think the stones were put there by one of the Lyttleton's (Viscount Cobham) in memory of his wife, but sometimes these apparent "follies" have a deeper underlying meaning. Maybe he was concretizing something he had picked up psychically in the land that had pre-existed at another time...?
That would be cool. I would hope that was true. The pamphlet here says that Lord Lyttleton put the stones there in the 1770s as part of his 'landscaping of Hagley Park'.
What's undeniable is the staggering views up there. Would have been even more beautiful in the 1700s. That toposcope is very helpful. So much to see. Maybe Lord Lyttleton had a similar 'moment' to Alfred Watkins, looking across the West?
Dumb-down moment: the carrot cake is very good at the Visitor Centre there.
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