30th April, 2009: Nine Ladies and Nine Stones Close, Stanton Moor, Derbyshire. This was a difficult post to write. Here, for the first time, I got an insight into how a stone circle may have once been used. My issue then was, how much of this speculative information do I pass on? Given that Kal … Read More “The Key to Nine Stones Close: unlocking the power centres” »
Category: Ancient Sites
At Lammas (or Lughnasadh) I was with a group of friends who had collectively decided that we will walk the Sandstone Trail thorough Cheshire in September. In order to get some meaningful practise in we were doing the 17 mile stretch from Beeston Castle to Frodsham, where a pint of alcoholic ginger beer over ice awaited us. What … Read More “Lammas and Llamas” »
I have tried to visit The Golden Grove before, but couldn’t find it on that occasion. This time I had better map, not just a printout from MultiMap. This reference may help you locate the site if you wish to find it yourself, because it’s not signposted in any way – SJ085817. Also, here is a … Read More “St Elmo’s Summer House and The Golden Grove” »
Paimpont – Wednesday 13th May This is the very last of the Brittany visit posts. I promise. If you haven’t been persuaded yet that there are multitudinous opportunities for discovery in this beautiful part of the world then you may never be. Notwithstanding, this last post was perhaps the most serene and magical of them … Read More “Brittany 10: Merlin’s Tomb and Vivien’s Well” »
Tuesday 12th May – Lampouy, Brittany Another unexpected opportunity to do some dowsing, thanks to the wonderful “Megalithic Brittany” guidebook from Aubrey Burl. We were supposed to be heading our to Rennes to have a look around the town, but because of the variable weather, and a lack of enthusiasm, we actually changed our minds half … Read More “Brittany 9: The Lampouy alignments” »
Sunday 10th May – Créhen, Brittany What I thought was the last of my dowsing trips on this holiday was to a small structure situated in the middle of some agricultural land just outside the village of Créhen near the northern coast of Brittany. Luckily the site is signed by one of the small blue … Read More “Brittany 8: Créhen’s ‘allé couverte’” »
This is the final part of The Perthshire Trilogy, as I’m now calling it (don’t worry – it won’t stick). This post covers Lundin Farm, a site particularly mentioned by David Cowan as forming a component of an energy formation covering a large area around Loch Tay and Crieff. I then go on to reveal … Read More “A Day in Cowan’s Country: Part 3” »
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