[Stones] Lost worlds in grains of sand

[Thelma Wilcox]

Stone heads...I never really give up on pursuing interesting ideas Littlestone, heaven forbid ;) so last week took photos of several heads at the Roman Baths to continue my theory - two of course are the finest in the land.  Roman and celtic gods are part of my Nettleton Shrub blog, and there are really and truly stone celtic heads (probably carved by what I think of as the mercenary/ gaulish roman soldiers) in this area. At Caerleon, there is another gorgon type head, at Camerton a "neolithic" type head found near the foundations of a 3rd C villa.  Its true I can't wind them back another 2000 years but as far as symbolism goes there is'nt that much to choose from in the way of representational art...... and strangely all the Nettleon Shrub heads on the statures are missing as well - either the christians or paganism reasserting itself in a different form.
 p.s  We have'nt had our BA magazine yet, so can't comment on grains of sand..
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: littlestone 
  To: Stones at henge.org.uk 
  Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 7:52 PM
  Subject: [Stones] Lost worlds in grains of sand


  Cerri wrote -

  "This reminded me of an experiment: gently knock two quartz crystals together in the dark and watch the spark fly :-)"

  Wonder if sparks fly if you knock two stone heads together ;-)


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