Sue Vincent's Blog: Echoes of Life, page 15

‘A New Place’…

County Down, Thursday, 16th June, 2022… *** *** For the first time since our first site a couple of days ago there are people! *** *** And some kind of fairy-thorn within the circle! *** *** This is unusual. Resonant … Continue reading →

New Light on an Old Monument…

Yorkshire, Ilkley Moor, September 14th 2022… *** *** A mixture of administrative mishap and impromptu decision making found us once again in the beer garden of the Cow & Calf Hotel on the lip of Ilkley Moor to mark what … Continue reading →

The Stones of Ballynoe…

County Down, Thursday, 16th June, 2022… *** *** We came across a number of green wyrm-holes in Cornwall and they often spat us out in wondrous locations… *** *** The same magic appears to hold sway here too! *** *** … Continue reading →

Mound of Down…

County Down, Thursday, June 16th, 2022… *** *** Such is the size and nature of these structures that the photographers art can seldom do them justice. * The front end of the enclosure is massive and since the re-encroachment of … Continue reading →

Drumskinney…

County Fermanagh, Wednesday 15th June, 2022… *** *** With these ‘fellas’ as a prelude we could be forgiven for thinking the day was to end with a bang. *** *** But what we got was a sort of summation. *** … Continue reading →

The Head-Stones of Boa Isle…

County Fermanagh, Wednesday, June 15th, 2022… *** *** Despite the plaited hair this side of the ‘Janet and John’ stone is now regarded as a masculine figure. *** *** Whilst this is the feminine. * The hair of the two … Continue reading →

Creggandevesky…

County Tyrone, Wednesday, June 18, 2022… *** *** Another court-cairn… Continue reading at France&Vincent

‘Editions of You’…

‘Light & Dark’ *** Outback of ‘ORC’ *** ‘Wild-Woman’ *** ‘Bird-Lady’ *** ‘Womb-Woman’ *** ‘Birthday-Girl’ ***

Field of Towers…

County Tyrone, Wednesday, June 18, 2022… *** *** Barbrook One* on Big Moor in Derbyshire, England, follows a similar pattern. *** *** But there, the cairn is associated with only one circle. *** *** And the cairn has a different … Continue reading →

Little-Big Field…

County Tyrone, Wednesday, 15th June, 2022… *** *** Maybe, the magical battle is still going on? ***   *** The Fomorians are described as one-eyed, one-legged, and one-armed? * Which could just mean that they were regarded as being deformed … Continue reading →