I think this is a beautiful site to see and I sure it had a great history. I am not quite sure I buy into the prophetic aspects of the stone and that it holds healing powers, but I love to learn about wonderful pieces of art and their stories behind them. I wish there were drawing of the original four stones and their positions. Although, there is no evidence to show that the fourth stone fell, maybe it was supposed to be positioned in that way, who knows. This is also located in the text page 188 in the Rituals section. The photo showed here is from http://www.visitcornwall.com/ and taken by Paul Watts.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Men-an-tol
This is a photo of the Men-an-tol which means holed stone. This fabulous piece of art is located in Cornwall, England and is from the Bronze Age, 16th century. There were initially four stones standing, but now one of the four stones has fallen. The three stones that still standing were thought to once be arranged in a triangle. It was believed that if naked children passed through the holed stone they could be healed from different illnesses like rickets and scrofula. Also smaller adults passed through nine times in an attempt to ward off fevers. The holed stone is fairly large measuring 4 1/2’ high and 4’ across. It was also believed that questions could be answered by brass pins if they were left on the stone. Others believe that this was once the entrance to a Neolithic tomb.
I think this is a beautiful site to see and I sure it had a great history. I am not quite sure I buy into the prophetic aspects of the stone and that it holds healing powers, but I love to learn about wonderful pieces of art and their stories behind them. I wish there were drawing of the original four stones and their positions. Although, there is no evidence to show that the fourth stone fell, maybe it was supposed to be positioned in that way, who knows. This is also located in the text page 188 in the Rituals section. The photo showed here is from http://www.visitcornwall.com/ and taken by Paul Watts.
I think this is a beautiful site to see and I sure it had a great history. I am not quite sure I buy into the prophetic aspects of the stone and that it holds healing powers, but I love to learn about wonderful pieces of art and their stories behind them. I wish there were drawing of the original four stones and their positions. Although, there is no evidence to show that the fourth stone fell, maybe it was supposed to be positioned in that way, who knows. This is also located in the text page 188 in the Rituals section. The photo showed here is from http://www.visitcornwall.com/ and taken by Paul Watts.
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So this kind of silly, but to me it looks like a game that kids would have created hundreds of years ago. The purpose would have been to stand at the two large pillars and try to throw objects through the hole I know this isn't the actual meaning, but it's what I see.
More seriously, I think it would be interesting to know how faithful the people were to these stones. Did they really go to them with the idea of being healed? Any time you see artwork that is so old it's always interesting to really know how the people that created it viewed the work.
That is pretty insightful Greg...I hadn't thought of that. Ally this is cool AND informative. Thanks for the history low down. I hadn't heard of Men-an-tol before...
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