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| Stone Formation Archive 1971 |
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First published on June 24, 1971 Those who built Avebury's stone circles 4,000 years ago built better mysteries for posterity than they knew. The remains as they stand are a challenge to the imaginative amateur and the professional archaeologist alike. We have had so many archaeological theories since Stukeley's coiled snake with its head at the Sanctuary on Overton Hill, all tied up they are with St Patrick and Irish wizardry, Ethiopian witchcraft, King Zil buried in gold beneath his nearby hill, out of reach of BBC-sponsored digs. It is a pity that the latest does not come before us as a distinct archaeological theory but merely as an impression. It comes from Miss Edith Wallis, who was invited to Avebury by the Swindon branch of the Churches' Fellowship for Psychical and Spiritual Studies. Now, Miss Wallis has been blind from birth. She is also a 'sensitive'. It is no surprise, therefore, that when she is led round the circles, gently touching the stones with her left hand, she is impressed by vibrations to which the professionals have so far been insensitive. She came away with the distinct impression that it may have been roofed. "I am becoming more and more convinced that there is a story in these stones," she said. Indeed, there is probably more than one, but whether they will land up in the library under fiction or history is the crucial point. Back to 1971 index |
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