"It’s an ancient kinship, this connection I feel to rocks and stones. They stand witness to repeated human passage, waypoints in the landscape, marked across millennia."

New post on my blog 😁

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https://2ruth.blog/2026/06/02/an-ancient-kinship/

#1298 Cheryl Straffon (ed) - Meyn Mamvro: Ancient Stones and Sacred Sites in Cornwall - No 46, Autumn 2001. Meyn Mamvro, St Just.

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The Maen Cadoar, thought to be a Christianised menhir, in the churchyard at Camborne in Cornwall. Photo taken on 21 August 2004.

#Camborne #StandingStoneSunday #Menhirs #AncientCrosses #Cornwall #StandingStones

#1289 Ian Edelman - Discovering Avebury. Shire Publications, Princes Risborough, 1995, Shire Discovery No 280, 1st edition, 6th impression.

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The Portela de Mogos cromlech is a gem of a stone circle. Hidden away in a cork oak forest, it's a peaceful and private experience with nature and antiquity.
Come visit here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fqHIk49uxAU

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#1282 Brian Byng - Dartmoor's Mysterious Megaliths. Baron Jay Ltd., Plymouth, 1979, 1st edition, reprint. Printed by P.D.S. Printers, Plymouth.

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