[Stones] Herefordshire stone serpent

[jtg]

Or, possibly, the effect of gorse and bracken fires raging over them for  
centuries?

John Germain

Jersey
British Channel Islands

-----Original Message-----
From: stones-bounces at henge.org.uk [mailto:stones-bounces at henge.org.uk] On
Behalf Of Ric
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 10:23 PM
To: The Stones Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Stones] Herefordshire stone serpent

ye gods - could they not incorporate a 'raised
section' in this miserable road?

wonder if the fire-cracked stones (symbolism) may
derive from an early method of cooking foodstuffs,
whereby stones were exposed to intense heat before
being deposited into broth or soup-like consistencies,
within relatively fragile ceramics of even stout,
leather containers?

there was doubtless some mythology surrounding these
'cooking stones' ... something which would have been
right at the heart of every stoneage community?

additionally, there is the snake symbolism ...

Ric


--- NIGELSWIFT at aol.com wrote:

> More info here
>
_http://anthropology.net/2007/0[...]nze-age-site-unique-in-europe/_
> 
>
(http://anthropology.net/2007/07/04/rotherwas-ribbon-a-bronze-age-site-uniqu
e-in-europe/
> ) 
> 
> and  a video here
>
_http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/n[...]270000/6270012.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm_
> 
>
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_6270000/newsid_6270000/6270012.stm?
bw=bb&mp=rm)
>  
> 
> Viewing  by appointment this Saturday, before its
> encased and then built over.
> "If  discovered earlier" the road could have been
> diverted, but now....
> (Shades of  Tara).
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