Category Archives: Ancient sites

Circles Beyond Time ~ The Thrice-Risen Sun

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We were out long before dawn, driving the few miles to our rendezvous at Fox House, where we would meet our companions. With Sheffield behind us, we saw the sun rise above the distant horizon and watched its soft gold … Continue reading →

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Finding the path…

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Sue Vincent

“We should write a book…” Over the wineglasses, it seemed like a good idea. Not that anyone would believe the half of what we would have to recount. Far from exaggerating our adventures and jumping on the bandwagon of sensationalism, … Continue reading →

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Circles Beyond Time ~ Dreaming Stones

Posted on October 21, 2020 by Sue Vincent

“They say the stones sleep. That they are old and forgotten… voiceless. Is it so, little sister? Are they silent…or do they dream, the long, slow dreaming of aeons. They were old when they were brought here. Older than memory. … Continue reading →

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Interlude ~ Saving the ‘best’?

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

So, while we should have been on a workshop and holiday, I was stuck in that limbo between the medics telling me it ‘looks like cancer’ and them doing something about it. I was determined that, before the doors closed … Continue reading →

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Circles Beyond Time – Cairnfields

Posted on October 18, 2020 by Sue Vincent

There are some places that seem to have a timeless quality. As if, when you step within their atmosphere, you step beyond the constraints of place and time; you could be anywhere…and anywhen. This little stretch of moor is such … Continue reading →

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Field of Sheaves: Wood-Stone…

Posted on October 18, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …He leads her away almost carrying her. They disappear into the blackness beyond the ring of flames. They choke on the oily smoke, blind with tears. * Within the flames A voice sings, farewell, to the stars… * The … Continue reading →

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Circles Beyond Time ~ A Rock and a Hard Place

Posted on October 17, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We left the standing stone and walked back through the gate onto the Edge. Normally we would walk back a different way, but the path is a morass at the best of times and it had rained a lot in … Continue reading →

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Field of Sheaves: Flame…

Posted on October 17, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …The Clan of the Raven has withdrawn to the hills, to a high place in the sacred lands, nearer the centre. Their fires are dead, their hearths are cold, the hilltop silent under the moon. Others come. Others not … Continue reading →

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Circles Beyond Time~Ancient Lines

Posted on October 16, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Wading through the wet bracken, we knew, would be worth it, for on the other side of the green fronds there is a stone…and it is something a bit different, in more ways than one. Several examples of Neolithic rock … Continue reading →

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Field of Sheaves: Found!…

Posted on October 16, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …But anyway, back to the wood-stone. The authorities are agreed on its antiquity. It is either Bronze age or Iron age if that can be termed an agreement which in ‘sense-speak’ translates as very old or really old, and, … Continue reading →