Hob
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Edited Oct 06, 2008, 00:17
Stones on PD James book cover
Oct 06, 2008, 00:15
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Every time I've been in Waterstones recently, the bit of my brain which is apparently always on the lookout for old rocks, spots this cover.
Anybody recognise them? I can't think I've ever seen such an arrangement. They're just made up stones aren't they?
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gjrk
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Edited Oct 06, 2008, 00:40
Re: Stones on PD James book cover
Oct 06, 2008, 00:38
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Hi Hob
They do look a bit Irish Four-Posterish and they remind me a bit of:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/7469/cappaboy_beg_se.html
,but skinnier.
Can't remember that creepy house though.
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Stoneshifter
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Re: Stones on PD James book cover
Oct 06, 2008, 07:46
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You wouldn't put a house there. And if the trees were there they'd be differently shaped, because of the wind. The four stones bear as much resemblance to a four-poster as Noddie's car does to yours. Have a look at the work of James Cauty. It is quite similar in style, but not content, to the artist that assembled the cover.
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Hob
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Re: Stones on PD James book cover
Oct 06, 2008, 22:58
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Stoneshifter wrote: The four stones bear as much resemblance to a four-poster as Noddie's car does to yours.
As I have no car, that's quite a comparison. But you got to remember they do things differently in some places.
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Hob
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Re: Stones on PD James book cover
Oct 06, 2008, 23:02
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Aha, Ireland. Cheers g, I never thought of that.
I can definitely see the resemblance. Is that '1 tall stone' thing a common feature of the Irish 4 poster then? The only ones I've ever seen over here are quite stumpy.
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Stoneshifter
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Re: Stones on PD James book cover
Oct 06, 2008, 23:24
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I have no car either - but I once had one that was very much like Noddie's. Never got it on the road. Yellow, no roof, which is where the idea will have come from. But 4-posters are made of paired stones, surely (& pls see Whitehouse as an eg). I've a little one on a windowsill that I rearrange - seems to be about squaring the circle - Whitehouse has two pairs of little outliers that would yield further clues. (But try this on your students - http://www.davidaspinall.co.uk/disperse/line!!cast_outtakes06.mp3 - it does have significant megalithic content).
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FourWinds
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Re: Stones on PD James book cover
Oct 07, 2008, 08:25
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Stoneshifter wrote: But 4-posters are made of paired stones, surely (& pls see Whitehouse as an eg).
'fraid not. Many four-posters have one stone that is taller than the other three. Granted, it is not usually as exaggerated as the one in that picture, but I believe a couple of the Scottish ones are. Most of the Irish ones are much smaller and closer in size. The taller stone is usually at the SW corner.
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Stoneshifter
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Re: Stones on PD James book cover
Oct 07, 2008, 09:53
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Well, I've only ever seen two, both of which are now on the SMR and both of which I found, but here's what E.H. say about them - http://www.eng-h.gov.uk/mpp/mcd/fpost.htm
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goffik
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Re: Stones on PD James book cover
Oct 07, 2008, 12:10
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Yeah - I noticed this the other day an' all! I thought "someone on TMA is bound to know!" :D
I read the inner pages and it says the story is based in Dorset in a fictitious place. Obviously the stones aren't in Dorset, and it doesn't tell you where they actually are, frustratingly!
Another helpful posting! ;)
Anyone got PD James' phone number?
G x
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Stoneshifter
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Re: Stones on PD James book cover
Oct 07, 2008, 12:38
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It's not Phyllis's number you need but the artist that put the book cover together!
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