United Kingdom Valley of Stones, Dorset

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John Grindle

John Grindle

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John Grindle

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John Grindle

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John Grindle

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John Grindle

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John Grindle

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Not far from my home, just three miles as the crow goes There’s a valley of sarsen stones, we all know it, that we thought Unknown to all, some 5,000 years ago a Neolithic honed their tools They used just one stone, a polissoir Since then, overgrown and forgotten in the mists of time Volunteers arrived to clear the way, two knew archaeology and spotted the smooth Polissoirs are rare, as rare as hens teeth, earthfast even rarer It was big news, no one told, they recorded and studied to look for clues Then they announced all to the world, pats on backs and TV crews I ventured up one misty morn, it was calm and very warm Found the stone and took my shots There was no sense of others who have passed before Not like the circles of stone, where spirits do roam Lets hope the polissoir is forgotten once more Remembered by scholars But not by those types that left a boot print on the smooth! For more information on the find https://www.pastparticipate.co.uk/post/a-polissoir

Not far from my home, just three miles as the crow goes There’s a valley of sarsen stones, we all know it, that we thought Unknown to all, some 5,000 years ago a Neolithic honed their tools They used just one stone, a polissoir Since then, overgrown and forgotten in the mists of time Volunteers arrived to clear the way, two knew archaeology and spotted the smooth Polissoirs are rare, as rare as hens teeth, earthfast even rarer It was big news, no one told, they recorded and studied to look for clues Then they announced all to the world, pats on backs and TV crews I ventured up one misty morn, it was calm and very warm Found the stone and took my shots There was no sense of others who have passed before Not like the circles of stone, where spirits do roam Lets hope the polissoir is forgotten once more Remembered by scholars But not by those types that left a boot print on the smooth! For more information on the find https://www.pastparticipate.co.uk/post/a-polissoir

John Grindle

12mm1sf/4ISO 200

John Grindle

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Valley of Stones - This National Nature Reserve has an unusual train of sarsen stones – boulders strewn across the valley, tumbled down from the ridge during the last Ice Age.

Valley of Stones - This National Nature Reserve has an unusual train of sarsen stones – boulders strewn across the valley, tumbled down from the ridge during the last Ice Age.

John Grindle

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This National Nature Reserve has an unusual train of sarsen stones – boulders strewn across the valley, tumbled down from the ridge during the last Ice Age.

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