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The stark white ringbarked forests,
All tragic to the moon,
The saphire-misted mountains,
The hot gold hush of noon.
Green tangle of the brushes,
Where lithe lianas coil,
And orchids deck the tree-tops
And ferns the warm dark soil.
The original stone may have been a megalithic marker. The oldest depictions show a larger stone and site it at a different place to that of the cage protected current lithic marker. The outdoor rural court at the larger Birlay Stone under the shade of the Birley Tree first found Marion Lillie who was locally called either the Rigwoodie, or the Ringwoody Witch not guilty. The Rigwoody Witch was later accused again, the Rigwoody attached to her name and label of witch is from the Scots Rigwoody meaning thin, or bony. Her second recorded trial has her sent to further courts with a guilty verdict to present to them. Some suppose that she would have been found guilty there and put to death as a witch. Before the imperfect legal process was concluded Marion died and was buried in Spott Church grounds showing she was not convicted at the time of her demise.
Whether the either the process of accusation and defence were contributing factors in Marion’s death, or not the records are not present to say, yet there is a record, “Many witches burnt on Spott Loan,” this follows Marion’s death and some believe that these many were 13, maybe a number not recorded, as 13 are considered by some an ideal number for a coven and 13 has several wicked and even evil connotations for some. The records and several authors comments are visible through the links below. Some record Marion and link her to a Marion Lillie and some record her as the last witch burned in Scotland. We will never have that perspective that ran throughout the times when Europeans thought Witches were to be discovered, tortured and put to death. That perspective that allowed many to dispose of often elderly women who some saw as hanging on to what they waited too long for. Through the death of the falsely accused person others could be rid of the living obstacle by convicting them and killing them as a witch.
Before society could allow for people differing from ‘the norm’ there were many targets to haul before what passed for justice. Those times for some are not that far away and we can at times act like such victimisation is still completely acceptable. Every culture has people at risk as we seem to realise that high ideals are for art, culture and dreams and that low acceptance is still fuelling violence and inherited intolerance is still simmering ready to burn any that happen to be seen as Witch, whatever it meant back then and for whatever it means today. Witch is a word we say, for some it is used as an insult and a slander. Witches past and present are the ones victimised and victorious in reclaiming our rights to be different and to accepted, to be in need as we all are of the harmony and the balance that comes through tolerance. Witch is just one word that people have used to label and dehumanise another person to such extreme that a Witch being murdered was seen a blessing.
The links below give the history better than I have above.
This was part of a journey to other sites. Some are listed below.
© PHH Sykes 2022
phhsykes@gmail.com
The Witches Stone. Spott Community Association
www.spottvillage.org.uk/witches-stone-2/
Witches' Stone, Spott
canmore.org.uk/site/57667/witches-stone-spott
Witches' Stone, Spott
www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/6453/witches_stone.html
Witches' Stone, Spott
www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=8239
Witches' Stone, Spott
www.johngraycentre.org/collections/getrecord/ELHER_MEL1560/
Spott Church
Easter Broomhouse Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
canmore.org.uk/site/57622/easter-broomhouse
Also The Modern Antiquarian and The Megalithic Portal
Easter Broomhouse Standing Stone
www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/1492/
Easter Broomhouse Standing Stone
www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?x=368000&y=676600
Pencraig Hill Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/1494/pencraig_hill_stan...
Pencraig Hill Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Soil profile: A representative soil profile of the Knuckle soil series. (Soil Survey of Pinnacles National Monument, California; by Ken Oster, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
Landscape: A typical area of a Knuckle soil on south aspects. Chalone soil is on north aspects.
The Knuckle series consists of shallow to bedrock, somewhat excessively drained soils that formed in rhyolite. The Knuckle soils are on hills. Slopes range from 35 to 70 percent. The mean annual precipitation is about 17 inches (432 millimeters) and the mean annual air temperature is about 61 degrees F (16 degrees C).
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy-skeletal, mixed, thermic Lithic Xerorthents
Depth to bedrock: 6 to 20 inches (16 to 50 centimeters).
Mean annual soil temperature: 60 to 63 degrees F (16 to 17 degrees C).
Soil moisture control section: dry in all parts from about May 15 to November 15 (180 days), and moist in all parts from about January 15 to April 15 (90 days).
Particle size control section: 2 to 15 percent clay, 35 to 60 percent rock fragments from rhyolite.
USE AND VEGETATION: This soil is used for watershed, wildlife habitat and recreation. Vegetation is sparse chamise chaparral.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: San Benito County, California in MLRA 15 -- Central California Coast Range. These soils are of small extent. San Benito County, California. Source of name from Knuckle Ridge. This series was established based on limited acreage observed within the National Park Service Pinnacles National Monument boundary.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/california/CA7...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/K/KNUCKLE.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
Photo by John A. Kelley, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service If this photo is used in a publication, on a web site, or as part of any other project, please use the provided photo credit. This photo may not be used to infer or imply USDA-NRCS endorsement of any product, company, or position. Please do not distort or alter the images the photos portray.
Leptic Haplogypsids, sandy, gypsic, hyperthermic, lithic phase (Soil AD111) are moderately deep to deep sandy soils with gypsum occurring at or near the soil surface and high concentrations of gypsum in the subsoil. Root depth is limited by the occurrence of a lithic contact below 50cm.
These soils occur on older sediments in deflation plains and at the higher margins of inland and coastal sabkhas throughout Abu Dhabi. They are well drained or somewhat excessively drained and permeability is rapid or moderately rapid above the lithic contact. Subsoil drainage could be affected by the presence of underlying bedrock. These soils are formed in old sand and gravel deposits.
Commonly these soils remain as a barren land but are sometimes used for low intensity grazing by camel, sheep or goats. They typically have less than 5% vegetation cover of Cyperus conglomeratus, Haloxylon salicornicum and Zygophyllum spp.
Scattered occurrences of this minor soil type have been observed in north-eastern and western areas of the Emirate. The soil is recorded as a component of one map unit type near Sila in the west of the Emirate.
Plate 9: Typical soil profile and associated landscape for Leptic Haplogypsids, sandy, gypsic, hyperthermic, lithic phase (Soil AD111).
While I was taking photos at Fishermen's Terminal in Seattle, I had a bit of a "Scooby Doo" moment. My complete concentration was initially focused on the boats to the right (in the photo titled "Apparition Alley"). You would think it was very, very late at night, but it was only around 7pm Pacific Daylight Time. The entire area was very, very quiet.
When I take photos, I also enjoy listening to the songs on my iPod. I forget which song I was listening to, but that is not the point. ;o) As I turn on the 10-second timer and look away from my viewfinder to take a final glimpse of my composition, I am completely perturbed for two seconds. Why, you ask? Good question!
Perturbed because, all of a sudden, I see the boat in this photo sailing (ever so lithely, I tell you) towards me at a very quick pace. It is not making any noise whatsoever, but then I realize I couldn't actually hear it due to my headphones. Nevertheless, it seemed to appear out of thin air without any sound or warning. It also must have been sailing towards me for a couple of seconds before I registered its existence.
After my moment of stupor, I quickly turned my camera towards the boat, and captured this image. Apparently, I was standing right next to the area where the boat was docking, adjacent the terminal.
As Shaggy would say, "Like, ZOINKS!"
Date Taken: February 4, 2024
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Bolen Point: "Archaic People: About 9,500 years ago, the sea level began to rise as the northern ice sheets melted. The last of the great Ice Ages was coming to an end. By 7,000 years ago, the glaciers had retreated to their present position and the rapid rise in the sea leve became more gradual. The climate became warmer and wetter, and the sea level became much higher. Because the water table also rose, more marshes, lakes, and rivers covered the peninsula. As peple adapted to the changes in the environment, their culture also began to change. Archaeologists use the term Archaic to relate to the people of this time. Although mammoths, mastodons, giant sloths, and and other large game animals could not survive the climatic changes. The human inhabitants successfully adapted to changes in their surroundings. The development of Florida's wetlands brought many new opportunities for hunting and collecting food. Freshwater and saltwater shellfish such as oysters, clams, shells, and mussels became an important part of the Archaic people's diet. The white tailed deer provided a good source of meat, and other animals such as raccoon and rabbit were also hunted or trapped. The more abundant food resources allowed the people of the Archaic period to become more numerous than during the Paleo period. Archaic sites contain evidence of these expanding populations and even more importantly a transition toward permanent village life." ~ Diorama/display in the Florida Museum of Natural History, Tallahassee, Florida. (Photo 091712-020.jpg) Archaic People: www.technogypsie.com/science/?p=1133 (Expected publication January 2013). Paleoindians section of the Division of Historical Resources - Florida Museum of History - Where I used to work - September 17, 2012: A Walk Down Memory Lane - revisiting College Town - Tallahassee, Florida. (c) 2012 - photography by Leaf McGowan, Thomas Baurley, Eadaoin Bineid - technogypsie.com. To purchase this photo or to obtain permission to use, go to www.technogypsie.com/photography/
"PALEOINDIANS: The earliest people who inhabited North America are called Paleoindians. They came to Florida during the end of the last Ice Age, at least 12,000 years ago. Their way of life lasted for about 2,500 years. Archaeologists have found few Paleoindian sites. If, as it seems likely, these early people lived along the coast of Florida, their settlements have been covered by the rising sea level. Compared to later Florida Indian cultures, Paleoindians lived in small, widely dispersed groups. Their artifacts are often found around outcrops of a flint-like rock called chert. Pieces of chert were chipped, or knapped, to make stone tools. Paleoindian artifacts are also found in springs, sinkholes and rivers that were probably ancient waterholes. These were important sources of fresh water in an otherwise dry landscape.
PALEO TIMELINE: 12,000 B.P. to 9,500 B.P. (Before present) - EARLY PALEO PERIOD: 12,000-10,000 BP - Simpson point on mammoth ivory foreshaft (circa 11,500 BP) - First evidence of people on the Florida peninsula, Paleoindians live a semi-nomadic life, hunt big game like mastadon, climate was drier than today, and sea level is more than 100 feet lower than today. - Bison antiguns skull with embedded spearpoint, Wacissa River (circa 11,000 BP).
LATE PALEO PERIOD: 10,000 to 9500 BP - stone bola weight (circa 10,000 BP) had most big game animals extinct, wetter climate prevails, sea level rises gradually, several new styles of stone points appear, like the side notched bolan point. " ~ Display in the Florida Museum of Natural History.
For more information visit:
Paleoindians: www.technogypsie.com/science/?p=939 (expected publication December 2012)
Tallahassee: www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=5093 (Expected publication November 2012)
Florida: www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=5079 (Expected Publication December 2012)
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The Merlion is a beautiful hybrid of a lion and a fish. Strong and lithe, its lion head alludes to the fabled beast that once roamed the ancient island state, while its fish body symbolizes Singapore's origin as a prosperous seaport.
First built as an eight metre tall sculpture in 1972, the Merlion was located at the mouth of the Singapore River. In 1996, this prominent icon of Singapore was reproduced, on a much larger scale, on Sentosa island.
Once inside the Merlion, visitors are enthralled by the interior. Themed as a sunken pirate ship submerged in subterranean rocks, the tower is laden with treasures and jewels left behind by Bugis pirates who once dominated the waters of Southeast Asia. The enigmatic atmosphere is complemented by sounds of crashing waves, howling winds, fog horns, and the cries of seagulls. To complete the underwater effects, visitors can peer through the breaks in the rockwork to view colourful tropical fishes and corals.
Excavated from site E2875 Ballymount, N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme, Contract 5.
Photographed by: Sara Nylund, 2009
Client: Kildare County Council
Funding body: National Roads Authority (NRA) with funds from the NDP and Transport 21
Typical profile of a Kahboo gravelly fine sandy loam. (Soil Survey of San Juan County, Washington; by Michael Regan, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The Kahboo series consists of shallow, well drained soils formed in colluvium from glacial drift, metasedimentary bedrock, and volcanic ash. Kahboo soils are on slopes and summits of hills and mountains. Slope ranges from 5 to 100 percent. Average annual precipitation is about 1,015 millimeters and the average annual air temperature is about 8 degrees C.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, isotic, mesic Lithic Dystroxerepts
Average annual soil temperature - 8 to 9 degrees C.
Soil moisture control section - dry 45 to 60 days following summer solstice
Depth to lithic contact - 25 to 50 cm
Reaction - strongly acid to moderately acid
Particle-size control section:
Clay content - 5 to 15 percent
Rock fragments - 0 to 35 percent
USE AND VEGETATION: Used for recreation, wildlife habitat, homesites, and watershed. Potential natural vegetation consists of western hemlock, Douglas-fir, western redcedar, Cascade Oregongrape, prickly currant, false Solomons-seal, swordfern, and bracken fern.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northwest Washington; MLRA A2, Northern Part. Series is of small extent.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/washington/WA0...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/K/KAHBOO.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
The beautiful, lithe Rachel was the second dancer of the second half, and the sixth dancer of the evening.
Photo by Bill Tricomi
Lucy Hatha Leggings are stitched with modern side seams to create a lithe, feminine silhouette. Smooth fabric contours to your body, while flatlock seams prevent uncomfortable bunching.
A representative soil profile of a Mollisol from the Cerrado physiographic region--a vast tropical savanna ecoregion of Brazil, particularly in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Minas Gerais and the Federal District of Brazil.
In the Cerrado region, shallow soils dominate the steeper upper sideslopes and narrow ridges.
Mollisols are a soil order in USDA soil taxonomy. Mollisols form in semi-arid to semi-humid areas, typically under a grassland cover. They are most commonly found in the mid-latitudes, namely in North America, mostly east of the Rocky Mountains, in South America in Argentina (Pampas) and Brazil, and in Asia in Mongolia and the Russian Steppes. Their parent material is typically base-rich and calcareous and include limestone, loess, or wind-blown sand. The main processes that lead to the formation of grassland Mollisols are melanisation, decomposition, humification and pedoturbation.
Mollisols have deep, high organic matter, nutrient-enriched surface layersl (A horizon), typically more than 25 cm thick. This fertile surface horizon, known as a mollic epipedon, is the defining diagnostic feature of Mollisols. Mollic epipedons result from the long-term addition of organic materials derived from plant roots, and typically have soft, granular soil structure.
In the Brazil soil classification system, Chernossolos are soils with high clay activity that are very dark, well structured, rich in organic matter, high content of exchangeable cations. They are commonly not deep (<100cm) and are mostly found in the south and east parts of Brazil.
For additional information about these soils, visit:
sites.google.com/site/soil350brazilsoilsla/soil-formation...
and...
For additional information about U.S. soil classification, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/soils/survey/class...
A lucky find, I'd popped to the loo when I spotted a whole family fishing in one of the overflowing rivers surrounding Angkor Wat. I braved the waters and was quietly relieved when there were no leeches stuck to my leg when I said goodbye.
Anasazi? Paiute? Clovis?
Dunno... but "lithic flakes" like this, and the occasional scraper tool, are scattered all over the hillsides in many places in southern Utah. All of these examples are from within a few yards of my back porch. I have yet to find a well-formed "arrowhead" or projective point.
I have not tried to use much text on these images , the flesh in most cases of the back even if you are lithe strong thin or very fat is very thick and it took more than several hands to push the hook in , and the second hook to be properly aligned .
As there was no overhead light on the promenade at Worli Seaface where the rituals were being performed it ws tough the only light was from a small tiny torch.
The alignment of the hooks was important , as with the ropes attached to the hooks the guys pull auto rickshahs , cars , chariots and the guys pulling a 42 seater bus .. one of the guys had clusters of heavy bells attached to the hooks.
But the unique part of all these hook insertions was the use of heavy duty cranes from which attached to a pulleys the guys hung in mid air.. I shot the hook insertions a few guys being pulled by the cranes but left midway as I was very tired
dehydrated and was shooting all this on an empty stomach..
I shot from the 42 seater bus a video on my Motorola G mobile ,of the guys pulling the bus and it was a unique moment .
There was guy with a rod in his mouth another rod inserted through his chest and a rod inserted thorough his back I shot his pain and his endurance.
A few young kids had hooks inserted in their backs , ladies with their tongues pierced ,.and before this huge procession moves from Worli Seaface to the Marriammen Temple at Madraswadi Annie Besant road a fowl is sacrificed ..
And over all it is a great show of their spirituality faith prowess and their allegiance to the great Mother Goddess Marriammen.
The Tamils of Mumbai leave no stone unturned to showcase this great feast that sees no one from media , last year Bipin Kokate my friend from Midday was shooting it too.
And mind you this community living in the slums of Madraswadi has the support off all communities , even the Maharashtrian locals were there sharing in the solidarity of this event at Worli that I was honored to shoot .. I shoot it back to back every year
Most of the Tamils know me and take me as their own , I become a Tamil , and I am proud to say so.. ye my photography has a purpose to live amicably promote culture and respect peace of my country ..
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I found this clear chalcedony point near the end of our 2007 excavations at Aniakchak. We recovered several dozen of micro points from the site, but I liked this one because of the material it was made from.
shot for Vortex: Fri www.vrtxmag.com/media/photo/wand-chastity-belt-the-ghost-... and Sat www.vrtxmag.com/media/photo/twin-peaks-tacocat-public-eye...
shot for Vortex: Fri www.vrtxmag.com/media/photo/wand-chastity-belt-the-ghost-... and Sat www.vrtxmag.com/media/photo/twin-peaks-tacocat-public-eye...
The Merlion is a beautiful hybrid of a lion and a fish. Strong and lithe, its lion head alludes to the fabled beast that once roamed the ancient island state, while its fish body symbolizes Singapore's origin as a prosperous seaport.
First built as an eight metre tall sculpture in 1972, the Merlion was located at the mouth of the Singapore River. In 1996, this prominent icon of Singapore was reproduced, on a much larger scale, on Sentosa island.
Once inside the Merlion, visitors are enthralled by the interior. Themed as a sunken pirate ship submerged in subterranean rocks, the tower is laden with treasures and jewels left behind by Bugis pirates who once dominated the waters of Southeast Asia. The enigmatic atmosphere is complemented by sounds of crashing waves, howling winds, fog horns, and the cries of seagulls. To complete the underwater effects, visitors can peer through the breaks in the rockwork to view colourful tropical fishes and corals.
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken visits Lithion in Montréal, Québec, on October 28, 2022. [State Department photo by Freddie Everett/ Public Domain]
Ferruginous quartz-pebble conglomerate from the the Pennsylvanian of Ohio, USA.
This rock is from an outcrop in southern Ohio that exposes the lowermost Pottsville Group, a Pennsylvanian-aged, cyclothemic succession in eastern Ohio that contains nonmarine shales, marine shales, siltstones, sandstones, coals, marine limestones, and chert ("flint"). The lower Pottsville dates to the late Early Pennsylvanian. The upper part dates to the early Middle Pennsylvanian. The Lower-Middle Pennsylvanian boundary is apparently somewhere near the Boggs Member (?).
At this site, the basal Pottsville is a spectacular quartz-pebble conglomerate, with a quartzose sandstone unit above it, plus coal and shale above that. The latter two units are visible, but not easily accessible for examination.
In eastern and northeastern Ohio, the conglomeratic base of the Pottsville Group is called the Sharon Conglomerate (a.k.a. Sharon Sandstone; Sharon Formation; Sharon Member). The literature points out that the Sharon elsewhere in Ohio is not directly correlatable with the conglomerate exposed at this site near Jackson, Ohio. Thus, it has been suggested that the unit at this locality be referred to as the "Sharon" Conglomerate.
Here, the rocks are generally massive (= non-bedded) quartz-pebble conglomerates. Other clast lithologies and sizes are also present, including angular shale clasts, angular sandstone clasts (both derived from erosion of the underlying Logan Formation of Early Mississippian age), rounded to irregularly-shaped ironstone clasts, rounded quartz sandstone pebbles, rounded quartzite pebbles, and rounded silicified limestone pebbles.
A very unusual clast type present at this outcrop is ferruginous quartz-pebble conglomerate (= conglomerate in conglomerate ! ) - the photo seen here depicts this material. The ferruginous conglomerate itself is older than the surrounding "Sharon" conglomerate matrix. On fresh crack surfaces, the ferruginous quartz-pebble conglomerate has pyrite cement between clasts. Hematite cement is also present on both weathered and fresh surfaces. Some limestone clasts are present - usually silicified. Also present are some angular clasts of sandstone.
Stratigraphy: "Sharon" Conglomerate, lowermost Pottsville Group, Lower Pennsylvanian
Locality: Jackson North Outcrop - roadcut along the southwestern side of Rt. 35, immediately southeast of the Rt. 35-Lloyds Bridge Road intersection (the northwestern intersection - there are two of them), north of the town of Jackson, northwest-central Jackson County, southern Ohio, USA (39° 06’ 32.94” North latitude, 82° 40’ 39.99” West longitude)
The original stone may have been a megalithic marker. The oldest depictions show a larger stone and site it at a different place to that of the cage protected current lithic marker. The outdoor rural court at the larger Birlay Stone under the shade of the Birley Tree first found Marion Lillie who was locally called either the Rigwoodie, or the Ringwoody Witch not guilty. The Rigwoody Witch was later accused again, the Rigwoody attached to her name and label of witch is from the Scots Rigwoody meaning thin, or bony. Her second recorded trial has her sent to further courts with a guilty verdict to present to them. Some suppose that she would have been found guilty there and put to death as a witch. Before the imperfect legal process was concluded Marion died and was buried in Spott Church grounds showing she was not convicted at the time of her demise.
Whether the either the process of accusation and defence were contributing factors in Marion’s death, or not the records are not present to say, yet there is a record, “Many witches burnt on Spott Loan,” this follows Marion’s death and some believe that these many were 13, maybe a number not recorded, as 13 are considered by some an ideal number for a coven and 13 has several wicked and even evil connotations for some. The records and several authors comments are visible through the links below. Some record Marion and link her to a Marion Lillie and some record her as the last witch burned in Scotland. We will never have that perspective that ran throughout the times when Europeans thought Witches were to be discovered, tortured and put to death. That perspective that allowed many to dispose of often elderly women who some saw as hanging on to what they waited too long for. Through the death of the falsely accused person others could be rid of the living obstacle by convicting them and killing them as a witch.
Before society could allow for people differing from ‘the norm’ there were many targets to haul before what passed for justice. Those times for some are not that far away and we can at times act like such victimisation is still completely acceptable. Every culture has people at risk as we seem to realise that high ideals are for art, culture and dreams and that low acceptance is still fuelling violence and inherited intolerance is still simmering ready to burn any that happen to be seen as Witch, whatever it meant back then and for whatever it means today. Witch is a word we say, for some it is used as an insult and a slander. Witches past and present are the ones victimised and victorious in reclaiming our rights to be different and to accepted, to be in need as we all are of the harmony and the balance that comes through tolerance. Witch is just one word that people have used to label and dehumanise another person to such extreme that a Witch being murdered was seen a blessing.
The links below give the history better than I have above.
This was part of a journey to other sites. Some are listed below.
© PHH Sykes 2022
phhsykes@gmail.com
The Witches Stone. Spott Community Association
www.spottvillage.org.uk/witches-stone-2/
Witches' Stone, Spott
canmore.org.uk/site/57667/witches-stone-spott
Witches' Stone, Spott
www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/6453/witches_stone.html
Witches' Stone, Spott
www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=8239
Witches' Stone, Spott
www.johngraycentre.org/collections/getrecord/ELHER_MEL1560/
Spott Church
Easter Broomhouse Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
canmore.org.uk/site/57622/easter-broomhouse
Also The Modern Antiquarian and The Megalithic Portal
Easter Broomhouse Standing Stone
www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/1492/
Easter Broomhouse Standing Stone
www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?x=368000&y=676600
Pencraig Hill Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/1494/pencraig_hill_stan...
Pencraig Hill Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken visits Lithion in Montréal, Québec, on October 28, 2022. [State Department photo by Freddie Everett/ Public Domain]
1989 Canon 'New F1' 28ml moderately scanned Fujichrome transparency taken in 1989 (Flickr refers to upload date).
Tree-climbing lions? Not recognised as a separate species but rarely encountered. It is common knowledge that the lither, leaner leopard is adept at utilizing the sprinkling of acacia trees found on the great savanna grasslands that prevail in East Africa. The constant pruning by giraffes notwithstanding. But Tanzania’s Lake Manyara National Park is blessed with quite dense forest thanks to ground water provided by underwater springs. Only here and at two other parks in Uganda and South Africa respectively do African lions take advantage of the cooling breezes and escape from biting insects that elevation provides.
It is the density of foliage which accounts for the difficulty in spotting these notoriously elusive creatures. Internet reports talk of there sometimes being no sightings for weeks on end. But like most visitors my schedule only permitted one day in the park. So I was fortunate indeed that my excellent guide was able to spot this specimen from our jeep. An untrained eye would never have noticed it. The wonderful doco 'Wildest Africa' spends 20 minutes on Lake Manyara N,P, but no footage of this spectacle is included. My 28ml lens avoids a static composition by not putting the lion in its center. Its also about the tree and its coordinated bends frame him nicely. The fresh buds due to it being the end of the long rains.
Having parked beneath this beast for an hour he evidently decided that it had to move as we were obviously not in a hurry to do so. An unforgettable encounter.
The original stone may have been a megalithic marker. The oldest depictions show a larger stone and site it at a different place to that of the cage protected current lithic marker. The outdoor rural court at the larger Birlay Stone under the shade of the Birley Tree first found Marion Lillie who was locally called either the Rigwoodie, or the Ringwoody Witch not guilty. The Rigwoody Witch was later accused again, the Rigwoody attached to her name and label of witch is from the Scots Rigwoody meaning thin, or bony. Her second recorded trial has her sent to further courts with a guilty verdict to present to them. Some suppose that she would have been found guilty there and put to death as a witch. Before the imperfect legal process was concluded Marion died and was buried in Spott Church grounds showing she was not convicted at the time of her demise.
Whether the either the process of accusation and defence were contributing factors in Marion’s death, or not the records are not present to say, yet there is a record, “Many witches burnt on Spott Loan,” this follows Marion’s death and some believe that these many were 13, maybe a number not recorded, as 13 are considered by some an ideal number for a coven and 13 has several wicked and even evil connotations for some. The records and several authors comments are visible through the links below. Some record Marion and link her to a Marion Lillie and some record her as the last witch burned in Scotland. We will never have that perspective that ran throughout the times when Europeans thought Witches were to be discovered, tortured and put to death. That perspective that allowed many to dispose of often elderly women who some saw as hanging on to what they waited too long for. Through the death of the falsely accused person others could be rid of the living obstacle by convicting them and killing them as a witch.
Before society could allow for people differing from ‘the norm’ there were many targets to haul before what passed for justice. Those times for some are not that far away and we can at times act like such victimisation is still completely acceptable. Every culture has people at risk as we seem to realise that high ideals are for art, culture and dreams and that low acceptance is still fuelling violence and inherited intolerance is still simmering ready to burn any that happen to be seen as Witch, whatever it meant back then and for whatever it means today. Witch is a word we say, for some it is used as an insult and a slander. Witches past and present are the ones victimised and victorious in reclaiming our rights to be different and to accepted, to be in need as we all are of the harmony and the balance that comes through tolerance. Witch is just one word that people have used to label and dehumanise another person to such extreme that a Witch being murdered was seen a blessing.
The links below give the history better than I have above.
This was part of a journey to other sites. Some are listed below.
© PHH Sykes 2022
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The Witches Stone. Spott Community Association
www.spottvillage.org.uk/witches-stone-2/
Witches' Stone, Spott
canmore.org.uk/site/57667/witches-stone-spott
Witches' Stone, Spott
www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/6453/witches_stone.html
Witches' Stone, Spott
www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=8239
Witches' Stone, Spott
www.johngraycentre.org/collections/getrecord/ELHER_MEL1560/
Spott Church
Easter Broomhouse Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
canmore.org.uk/site/57622/easter-broomhouse
Also The Modern Antiquarian and The Megalithic Portal
Easter Broomhouse Standing Stone
www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/1492/
Easter Broomhouse Standing Stone
www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?x=368000&y=676600
Pencraig Hill Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/1494/pencraig_hill_stan...
Pencraig Hill Standing Stone (Prehistoric)