tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post6705430816825113455..comments2024-03-27T06:42:26.250-07:00Comments on Seven Miles of Steel Thistles: Written in StoneKatherine Langrishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-25364291027327867052015-01-28T08:52:33.407-08:002015-01-28T08:52:33.407-08:00Laura, the best way to visit Stonehenge is to walk...Laura, the best way to visit Stonehenge is to walk over the fieldpaths from Woodhenge past the King Barrows. Fabulous country views of the stones. And try Avebury, it's so big it swallows up the visitors! Lily, I agree - 'like grasping after dreams'. Lovely phrase! Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-10908481857642509992015-01-28T01:30:20.311-08:002015-01-28T01:30:20.311-08:00I would love to visit some of the other stone circ...I would love to visit some of the other stone circles one day, Stonehenge is do closed off and gilled with tourists, it just doesn't feel the same!Laura Morriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402692693911867276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-72053780144136383582015-01-27T14:09:28.262-08:002015-01-27T14:09:28.262-08:00really interesting post, Kath. It is odd that we h...really interesting post, Kath. It is odd that we have Greek myths and history in a recogniseable form (from a narrative and psychology point of view) and relating to recognisable geographical and archaological features, but have lost the equivalent ancient stories from these isles. The versions we have, like the Cattle raid of Cooley or the Mabinogion stories, feel so much less comprehensible and complete (I feel like I am grasping after dreams, after a way of thinking I've forgotten how to remember when I read them). And yes, how is it that something like Stonehenge doesn't feature at all in any such truly old stories? lilyhttp://www.lilyhyde.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-16758407574889175932015-01-27T09:21:01.005-08:002015-01-27T09:21:01.005-08:00Thanks Lucy, and Nick, they clearly were very clev...Thanks Lucy, and Nick, they clearly were very clever indeed!Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-59892941250104946992015-01-27T06:36:29.312-08:002015-01-27T06:36:29.312-08:00That's 'Trilithon' of course. :-)That's 'Trilithon' of course. :-)Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08191176209084540085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-51254308604646785662015-01-27T06:35:53.896-08:002015-01-27T06:35:53.896-08:00For me the most telling aspect of somewhere like S...For me the most telling aspect of somewhere like Stonehenge, is the ingenuity that must have gone into building it. I saw a documentary long ago where they tried to recreate the great Trilothon from Stonehenge, and had to admit defeat unless they used modern engineering methods to raise the larger stones upright.<br /><br />This shows, if nothing else, that there were some brilliant minds around in prehistoric Britain. They may have had less knowledge than us about the world, but there must have been at least a few brains to rival our greatest engineers and scientists for all that. Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08191176209084540085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-36286199229599632962015-01-27T04:09:06.609-08:002015-01-27T04:09:06.609-08:00Lovely post, and fascinating, Kath. My favourite c...Lovely post, and fascinating, Kath. My favourite circles are Callanish (on Lewis). our local Whispering Knights and (not really a circle, but wonderfully mysterious), the stones in Wistman's Wood on Dartmoor. Lucy Coatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774389681477698245noreply@blogger.com