Mysterious Cornwall - Land of Stone Circles & Druid Stones.
I live in a county full of pre-historic monuments. The Stone Circles are the most spectacular.
Most of them date from the Bronze Age, 4000BC. Many of these ancient circles are found in West Cornwall and further up the county on Bodmin Moor. They are often difficult of access and can only be reached by walking. Archaelogical interpretation of these sites is in a continual state of flux, because no one knows for certainty what actually happened in these places. We can say that they were ceremonial centres connected with the winter and summer soltices, the seasons as well as with birth and death.
The Standing Stones, also known as Druid Stones may well be associated with the dead. It is possible that our prehistoric ancestors erected a large granite pillar to stop any occult influences that a dead person might have over the community.
We can almost say with certainty that these ancient peoples, in common with their counterparts all over the Near and middle East, believed in life after death. Jewelry, cooking utensils and other artefacts were found in the barrow graves near the stone circles.
Seen at sunset or sunrise these sites are places of great beauty, mystery and imagination. It is almost as if one tunes in to the vibes of peoples and tribes now long dead. I sometimes think that the very ground on which they stand is impregnated with past events. There is a large Druid Stone just behind my bungalow. On occasions I place both hands on it. It generates a strange feeling within me. Maybe its all in the mind, but its a link with past peoples which I value.
I live in a county full of pre-historic monuments. The Stone Circles are the most spectacular.
Most of them date from the Bronze Age, 4000BC. Many of these ancient circles are found in West Cornwall and further up the county on Bodmin Moor. They are often difficult of access and can only be reached by walking. Archaelogical interpretation of these sites is in a continual state of flux, because no one knows for certainty what actually happened in these places. We can say that they were ceremonial centres connected with the winter and summer soltices, the seasons as well as with birth and death.
The Standing Stones, also known as Druid Stones may well be associated with the dead. It is possible that our prehistoric ancestors erected a large granite pillar to stop any occult influences that a dead person might have over the community.
We can almost say with certainty that these ancient peoples, in common with their counterparts all over the Near and middle East, believed in life after death. Jewelry, cooking utensils and other artefacts were found in the barrow graves near the stone circles.
Seen at sunset or sunrise these sites are places of great beauty, mystery and imagination. It is almost as if one tunes in to the vibes of peoples and tribes now long dead. I sometimes think that the very ground on which they stand is impregnated with past events. There is a large Druid Stone just behind my bungalow. On occasions I place both hands on it. It generates a strange feeling within me. Maybe its all in the mind, but its a link with past peoples which I value.
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