tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3173887948269031901.post2833619920526896312..comments2024-03-26T01:21:57.869+00:00Comments on Supernatural Tales: Strange Monuments of An Ancient Landvaldemarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03829872956512652469noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3173887948269031901.post-85715361158735733912015-12-17T12:25:26.533+00:002015-12-17T12:25:26.533+00:00They are indeed fascinating. A good friend of mine...They are indeed fascinating. A good friend of mine is into archaeology in a big way, and we recently visited various sites in the South West. Silbury Hill is particularly impressive, and certainly would survive any realistic 'end of the world as we know it' scenario, short of the sun exploding. valdemarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03829872956512652469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3173887948269031901.post-25140831416086985132015-12-17T11:22:07.935+00:002015-12-17T11:22:07.935+00:00There is something perpetually fascinating about t...There is something perpetually fascinating about the prehistoric standing stone circles and megaliths that decorate the vast and lonely wilds of the British Isles. It is little wonder that Machen, Sarban, Blackwood, John Buchan, and Nigel Kneale found them to be excellent sources of tales of wonder, terror, and mystery. I am Scottish, and am planning to visit the wonderful Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis, and perhaps Skara Brae on Orkney; and I take refuge in the thought that, when mankind and all traces of his existence are gone, the immemorial Neolithic stones will stand still.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com