[Stones] Herefordshire stone serpent

[Ric]

well, it seems that the stones were shattered prior to
being laid out in the serpent shape?

Ric 

--- jtg <jtg.germainsjy at localdial.com> wrote:

> Or, possibly, the effect of gorse and bracken fires
> raging over them for  
> centuries?
> 
> John Germain
> 
> Jersey
> British Channel Islands
> 
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> [mailto:stones-bounces at henge.org.uk] On
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> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 10:23 PM
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> 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