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  • Over centuries, Mên-an-Tol, locally known as the Crick Stone, has been associated with myths and folklore. Some of the more widespread legends are that if a woman passes naked through the holed stone seven times backwards during a full moon, she will become pregnant. It has also been used over generations to try & cure children of rickets, by passing them naked nine times through the hole in the stone. Whatever rituals have gone before, my ritual is to pay this wonderfully surreal ancient site a visit, usually in moody weather.
    The Hole
  • Over centuries, Mên-an-Tol has been associated with myths and folklore. Some of the more widespread legends are that if a woman passes naked through the holed stone seven times backwards during a full moon, she will become pregnant. It has also been used over generations to try & cure children of rickets, by passing them naked nine times through the hole in the stone. Locally however, Mên-an-Tol’s reputation for curing back problems earned it the name of “Crick Stone” Whatever rituals have gone before, my ritual is to pay this wonderfully surreal ancient site a visit, usually in moody weather.
    Sacrifice
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  • In the early 19th Century, the capstone was rotated, and the uprights altered to support it. In the process the quoit was lowered considerably. It was said that originally a horse and rider could pass comfortably beneath it. It may originally have been as long as 60 feet in length and is estimated to have been erected in 2500 BC.  In the background stands the famous Ding Ding Mine, where Cornish miners toiled hard to extract tin for world export. It's ironic that whilst we were pulling out precious metals we were simultaneously sinking ancient monuments !
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  • The first monument before you reach Meini Hirion, (meaning long stones) which are known in English as Druid's Circle.<br />
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This is a prehistoric monument on the hilltop above Penmaenmawr, North Wales. A 1958-9 excavation revealed two three sided cists, (stone slabs placed on end forming a cavity). Each contained a cremation burial, which in one case was sealed by a layer of quartz pebbles. Other finds within this “disturbed circle” were an oval hearth on which flat stones had been placed as if to extinguish the fire; a circular fire pit full of charcoal and a Graiglwyd stone axe. The site has been dated as being as being 1130-145 B.C.
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  • Druid's Circle in thick fog, Penmaenmawr
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