[Stones] Alan Garner's 'Thursbitch' megalithic landscape?

[Ric]

Champion, Tim!

this is cool: Garner also mentions Baldstone, and
thinks it has something to do with a 'bright god' or
something?

will be interested to hear what you make of Garner's
novel, in relation to this landscape? he interprets
Thursbitch as thrys-beck, demon's valley or Valley of
the Demon

i'm slightly critical of his heavy reliance on (the
accuracy of) Old English placenames because - as we
all know - standing stones have been around much
longer, and the original placing of monoliths would be
rather unlikely to mark a cultural negative ~ more
likely to assert something positive, like the position
of the sun or moon, at certain times of the year?

great link - thanks!

;)

R


--- Tim P <thehermitoftillywhim at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

> Eyup Ric
> 
> This is as close to being on my doorstep as things
> megalithic get. I 
> haven't yet read the Alan Garner books (shame on
> me), but have recently 
> collared two of them at a charity book sale
> recently, so next year...
> 
> There is one extant standing stone on that ridge
> between Shining and 
> Cat's Tors, and it's Foxlowe Edge; I visited last
> Summer and have pics here:
> http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=5594
> (I'm ShropshireTraveller)
> 
> There are a good number of standing stones slightly
> wider afield, E and 
> SE from Macc, some cross remains, and some
> spectacularly numenous 
> landscapes. The E Cheshire / W Derbyshire / N
> Staffordshire area is 
> brilliant, and worth spending time in. I could
> informedly effuse some 
> more, but have not the time at present! It's a
> landscape which gets 'in' 
> to you, and you can't get enough, and pine to get
> back to when you've 
> not been for a while.
> 
> Other stones - look up Minn End Lane, Bull Stones,
> Cleulow Cross, Murder 
> Stone, Bow Stones, Dipping Stone, Hawkhurst Head...
> Bridestones, Bosley 
> Cloud, Highwayman Stone, and more, just check the
> 'nearby' sites list at 
> the bottom of the Portal pages.
> 
> Landscapes - Lud's Church, Roaches, Doxey Pool,
> Ramshaw Rocks, 
> Bawdstone,  Baldstone (both allegedly from Ba'al's
> stone), Blackmere 
> Pool, Hangingstone Rock (hope to have a picnic there
> next year ;o)  ),
> 
> hope this helps a bit; I might be leading a walk in
> some of this 
> landscape next year; I'll shout on list if it comes
> up for cert. 
> Tentatively in April at the moment.
> 
> All the best
> 
> Tim


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