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spencer 3071 posts |
Nov 26, 2015, 14:44
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Well put. I regard my recent site visiting in Galloway as something of an epiphany.. The past is all around us. It seems few go to seek it. Oves thirty sites, all visited and experienced in solitude.
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Sanctuary 4670 posts |
Nov 26, 2015, 14:58
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CARL wrote: I have always been interested in history and pre-history in particular. Generally speaking - the older the better! I have always felt like this, as long as I can remember. In fact my parents told of of times (before I can remember) where I would get excited by seeing an old bit of Roaman road / wall etc. Visiting sites (both historic and pre-historic) helps connect us with the past. People are people - we aare now as they were - no better no worse. The great thing (for me) about visiting 'old stones' is you get to see some wonderful parts of the country you wouldn't otherwise visit. Beautiful countryside, some even remote and wild. Just think, a large chunk of the population rarely set foot outside of their urban enviroment. They never see or experience what we do, the sights, sounds, smells of nature. We get excited by seeing a bird of prey hovering overhead or watching the sun set over the hills from a stone circle. They get excited by a 20% sale at their local retail outlet! We are fortunate people my friends....... Spot on Carl
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Sanctuary 4670 posts |
Nov 26, 2015, 15:02
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spencer wrote: Well put. I regard my recent site visiting in Galloway as something of an epiphany.. The past is all around us. It seems few go to seek it. Oves thirty sites, all visited and experienced in solitude. Lucky fecker :-) Looking back on it now spencer and following your other thread, would you do it differently now...maybe reducing the number of site visited and spending more time on some of the others? Cheers
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spencer 3071 posts |
Nov 26, 2015, 15:38
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Absolutely. My circs dictate that i have a 'when am i going to get another chance' approach, unfortunately. I found some hugely intriguing and 'therapeutic' places where I should have and wanted to drop anchor for hours.
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carol27 747 posts |
Nov 26, 2015, 17:02
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CARL wrote: I have always been interested in history and pre-history in particular. Generally speaking - the older the better! I have always felt like this, as long as I can remember. In fact my parents told of of times (before I can remember) where I would get excited by seeing an old bit of Roaman road / wall etc. Visiting sites (both historic and pre-historic) helps connect us with the past. People are people - we aare now as they were - no better no worse. The great thing (for me) about visiting 'old stones' is you get to see some wonderful parts of the country you wouldn't otherwise visit. Beautiful countryside, some even remote and wild. Just think, a large chunk of the population rarely set foot outside of their urban enviroment. They never see or experience what we do, the sights, sounds, smells of nature. We get excited by seeing a bird of prey hovering overhead or watching the sun set over the hills from a stone circle. They get excited by a 20% sale at their local retail outlet! We are fortunate people my friends....... I've never been interested in pre history; not neolithic anyway, not having been taught it in school. It's not necessarily their fault, they're " given" a syllabus to teach. It's like Hardy, it should be mandatory ( tongue in cheek ). I feel a bit pissed off at times that I learnt stuff about kings & queens & the industrial revolution, but not our true history. Of course, it's not a given fact that it would have grabbed me then anyway. Maybe that's what makes it all the more special now, cos it's exciting & new to me; & better still it's actually physically out there to explore. It is also about getting outside in nature. It's healthy & life affirming I think. I've always known this but can be quite insular & lazy. It's been a few weeks now, time to move.
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moss 2897 posts |
Nov 27, 2015, 06:46
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It is because we are in the realm of imagination, that we feel the ancientness of the stones. Yesterday we went down to my favourite spot, Wheeldale Beck, over the rather desolate moors, (prehistoric farming may have ruined the landscape). At the beck there is the combination of magical rowan and gnarled, lichened hawthorns, great rocks have rolled down into the valley, the water splashes and talks its way over the rocks. 'Magic' mushrooms to be found in their time, if fairies did exist they would be there;). Three favourite spots; Stanton Drew stone circles, caught up behind little bungalows and the church of course but magnificent even though the stones are fallen in many places. Wayland's Smithy, slightly too structured by its restoration, but its shapely stones remind you of old gods, beautiful on an Autumn day amongst the leaves. Stoney Littleton long barrow, just for meditation on a sunny day, and the long walk down the lane crossing the little Wellow river. And then of course there is West Wales, the Pembrokeshire coast and Carn Meini, home supposedly to the bluestones of Stonehenge but prehistory rules here in its own right! Still have not mentioned Cornwall, The Hurler stone circles situated under their own tor. Relationships of circles and barrows to the landscape around is so important and Trevethy Quoit. sitting quietly behind a row of cottages, forgotten but still saying 'wow', as the great holed capstone hangs perilously over the uprights....
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Sanctuary 4670 posts |
Nov 27, 2015, 11:44
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moss wrote: It is because we are in the realm of imagination, that we feel the ancientness of the stones. Yesterday we went down to my favourite spot, Wheeldale Beck, over the rather desolate moors, (prehistoric farming may have ruined the landscape). At the beck there is the combination of magical rowan and gnarled, lichened hawthorns, great rocks have rolled down into the valley, the water splashes and talks its way over the rocks. 'Magic' mushrooms to be found in their time, if fairies did exist they would be there;). Three favourite spots; Stanton Drew stone circles, caught up behind little bungalows and the church of course but magnificent even though the stones are fallen in many places. Wayland's Smithy, slightly too structured by its restoration, but its shapely stones remind you of old gods, beautiful on an Autumn day amongst the leaves. Stoney Littleton long barrow, just for meditation on a sunny day, and the long walk down the lane crossing the little Wellow river. And then of course there is West Wales, the Pembrokeshire coast and Carn Meini, home supposedly to the bluestones of Stonehenge but prehistory rules here in its own right! Still have not mentioned Cornwall, The Hurler stone circles situated under their own tor. Relationships of circles and barrows to the landscape around is so important and Trevethy Quoit. sitting quietly behind a row of cottages, forgotten but still saying 'wow', as the great holed capstone hangs perilously over the uprights.... Hi Moss Regarding the Hurlers, next year we will be doing this down in Cornywall... http://www.cornwallheritagetrust.org/reading-the-hurlers-project-receives-33700-from-heritage-lottery-fund/
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spencer 3071 posts |
Nov 27, 2015, 11:54
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Roy, I chanced upon your post about your recent work when looking at the Heritage Trust website last night. Well done : )
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Sanctuary 4670 posts |
Nov 27, 2015, 12:03
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spencer wrote: Roy, I chanced upon your post about your recent work when looking at the Heritage Trust website last night. Well done : ) Thanks Spencer. With the joint help of other local Pump/TMA members it went very well and very rewarding and a privilege to be given the opportunity.
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moss 2897 posts |
Nov 27, 2015, 12:42
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Sanctuary wrote: ] Hi Moss Regarding the Hurlers, next year we will be doing this down in Cornywall... http://www.cornwallheritagetrust.org/reading-the-hurlers-project-receives-33700-from-heritage-lottery-fund/ Love the Hurlers, from that first moment when we arrived at the car park in Minions, leapt out in the pouring rain and came upon those grey ghosts of stones, they have 'attitude'. Then of course the 'crystal path' added to the mystery, so no wonder they want to explore more thoroughly. Enjoy. http://www.cornishguardian.co.uk/PICTURES-Digging-clues-Hurlers-crystal-path/story-19831716-detail/story.html
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