Julian Cope presents Head Heritage

Sorry folks. Just seemed a logical question to ask. Happy hunting, and make sure to forward reports!
Never had a 'weird out' meself at any of the places I was at, although some feel more comfortable than others. Perhaps that's more to do with the state of mind at the time rather than any extraneous influence.

No need to apologise as it was the logical thing to ask. Although I've never experienced anything like that again myself I was with a friend the other month at Duloe stone circle who wouldn't walk inside of it for love or money. She saw the large 'entrance' stone as a female 'guardian' and very threatening where I find the circle charming. No accounting for these things sometimes is there.

Hahaha! There are a couple of clothes shops in Marlborough aren't there (most of them well out of my price range). What sort of black object? A bat maybe, if it was dusk?
A few years back I walked up there one morning - a wren flew out, sat on one of the entrance stones and seemed to watch me for a while before flying off - which was sort of magical. I know quite a few people who have had some sort of 'unexplained uneasy feeling' inside WKLB - I'm not one of them as I rarely go inside. It really does feel a bit spooky, I put that down to suffering from claustrophobia.

Just trying to remember as this was over 40 years ago :-(
The track looked like it was once a road on an estate because it had an impressive entrance I recall with brick/stone piers which may at one time had gates on them. At the end of the track through the wood were two standing stones about 8ft tall, one either side of the track. There was nothing affixed to them they were totally free standing. All I saw beyond them was the burial mound which I'm estimating as being about 10ft tall and maybe 25ft diameter. I didn't stay around long enough to notice anything else and kept looking back over my shoulder as I hurried back. Seems quite ridiculous now as I've never experienced anything like that since. I guess I'd have to drive down that road again to find it but things could easily have changed since then although a recognised burial mound should still be in place. It may be that we were further away from Porthmadog than I'm estimating but we would have been on that road. It's gonna bug me now!

I'll keep looking!
Given the size, do you think it might have been Roman?
I would have thought it might be well known on here if it was Neo/BA, especially of that size.

The black object was the swallow June!
And yes, Marlborough is a bit on the pricey side. Nice place though.
I sometimes stay at the Merlin when I come down to Avebury, not expensive but comfortable and right on the high st. Not too far to stagger home from the pub. :)

Dunnydeer, Nov 2008.

The first site of a days RSC spotting in Aberdeenshire. I'd driven down in the morning from where I was staying on the Black Isle, very excited at the prospect of seeing sites like Cothiemuir and Sunhoney which I'd read so much about and gazed longingly at pictures of for years.
I can't remember why I chose Dunnydeer as the first site to see, but it was with excited anticipation that I parked the car up in the layby and set off up the hill toward the stone circle.

I stayed close to the field boundary when walking up, got to the top of the field and then continued to follow the fence around, so actually ended up approaching the circle from 'the back' (but which is actually the 'front', if that makes any sense at all).
I saw one of the flankers peeping over the long grass and made my way toward the circle.

I got to about 10 feet from the circle, which was now in full view, when I suddenly experienced a bolt of fear go through me. It was completely unexpected and as I stood there I began to feel a rising panic.
I felt, and it sounds daft now of course, that if I were to go near the circle that something would 'happen'. I don't know what exactly(!), but the feeling was telling me it was not a good idea to go any nearer.

I didn't know what to do. I'd planned and organized this holiday, made loads of effort to get here, couldn't wait to see these sites and now I stood 10 feet from the first one, paralyzed with fear to go anywhere near it!
Again, sounds daft, but I felt as though something or someone was aware of my presence there and was looking upon me as an intruder.

So strong was this feeling that I did something I had never done before (and done only once since) and assured this supposed 'entity' (or whatever it could possibly be) of my absolute best intentions and total respect.
"I come in peace" for want of a better expression!

After about a minute I plucked up enough courage to move slowly toward the circle, very careful with every step, trying to sense the atmosphere.
I got there, reached out a hand and, still pretty fearful, very gently touched the recumbent. After another minute or so i started to feel calmer, the fear went and the rest of my time spent there was fine.

My own subconscious fears coming to the surface or something else entirely?
Who knows.