Places of Interest - Stoneworks

 Hi guys,

As promised, this is part of the Places of interest series, and this week's Earth theme. I thought that I would choose stone circles for the Earth week, and we have plenty of those in Cornwall. Here I an concentrating on just two.

Pictured above is a painting by Jo Endean of Duloe Stone Circle.

Located in the village of Duloe, not far from Liskeard, this place is special to us, as it is where Joe and I got handfasted. 

Duloe stone circle is located in a field, and consists of eight upright white quartz, or quartzite, stones, and is the smallest stone circle in Cornwall.

In the 1800s a hedge was removed from the middle of the circle, apparently a Bronze Age urn was found, which contained remains of a cremated human skeleton, although this cannot be verified.

There are no aligning geographical features nor other sites of interest in view, so it is posited that this was erected as a Bronze Age memorial, or burial cairn. 

The circle appears on and Ordinance Survey map of 1880 as The Druid's Circle, although it is now believed that it is not connected to Druidic practices in any way.

Any healing properties are unknown, but I for one, feel at peace there.

The Hurlers - painting by Jo Endean

Another place just outside of Liskeard in the village of Minions (yes, really), there are actually three stone circles in this grouping.

Named for groups of men supposedly turned to stone for playing the game of hurling (a cross between football and hockey) on a Sunday. 

It is also apparently impossible to accurately count the number of standing stones at the site.

The first written mention of them was in 1584 by John Norden

In 2009, an aerial survey suggested that there was a fourth circle, and two rows of stones.

It was been suggested that there is an astral alignment of these stones, with Vega and Arturus being mentioned.

Healing properties unknown, but there are recorded meditations available that have energies channelled through the Hurlers, so may be worth a watch. Personally, I find this site to be very grounding, even if it is usually rather windy there.

Many more stone monuments exist throughout the world, and we will get to these in due course.

I hope you enjoyed this.

Kerenza x

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