thesweetcheatJul 9, 2023

Off to the Isles of Scilly for today's #StandingStoneSunday offering. This double holed standing stone is in the Abbey Gardens on Tresco. (Portrait, needs a click)

Its folklore is that it was a prehistoric handfasting or marriage stone.

Visited June 2010.

#IslesOfScilly #Tresco #StandingStone #BronzeAge #Folklore #Lichen

[Edited for apostrophe crime]

Show thread@shezza_t is moving to .ieJul 9, 2023

@thesweetcheat That’s amazing. I’ve not seen another standing stone holed like the one local to me: https://mastodon.social/@shezza_t/109536687043748986

Thanks for sharing.

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@shezza_t a few more Cornish ones:

https://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/4673/tregeseal_holed_stones.html

https://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/704/tolvan_holed_stone.html

Jul 9, 2023 at 9:48pmWeb
Show thread@shezza_t is moving to .ieJul 9, 2023
@thesweetcheat Thank-you for the links. I love The Modern Antiquarian (I’ve even got a tiny number of contributions there), but I have a bad habit of only looking at locations I’ve visited or will be visiting.
Show threadthesweetcheatJul 9, 2023
@shezza_t you're very welcome. It's my main social media home 🙂
Show threadChris BondJul 9, 2023
@thesweetcheat @shezza_t I joined it in 2006, but lost the email address I signed up with, so haven't posted anything there since 2007.
Show threadthesweetcheatJul 9, 2023
@Vibracobra23 @shezza_t I'm sure the Eds would be able to sort you out for that. It would be great to have some more people contributing on there.
Show threadChris BondJul 9, 2023
@thesweetcheat @shezza_t I've tried contacting them several times, but never any reply. I'd like to keep that account if I can rather than create a new one.
Show threadSpacewaysJul 9, 2023
@thesweetcheat @Vibracobra23 @shezza_t More folk on TMA would be great. Always nice to read and see people's stone adventures 🙂
Show threadthesweetcheatJul 9, 2023
@Spaceways @Vibracobra23 @shezza_t yes 👍