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"New" stone at DuloeVisited on Saturday with a group only to find an additional stone had been placed to the left of the large southern stone. Someone has pinned a notice to the interpretation board saying that they found the stone after being led to it by a yellow butterfly. The stone is only about a foot high and has been placed rather than set in..... continues... |
Posted by Mr Hamhead16th October 2006ce Edited 28th September 2008ce |
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It was good to visit Duloe again this July, 2011. Last time we found Duloe by accident, just driving along and then saw a sign for the circle. That hardly ever happens so it was a very nice surprise. This time we were staying in Lanreath, just a short drive away. Duloe, although small is a very special place. it almost feels like it is in someones back garden, as the track to it is in between domestic properties, but with farmland all around as well. On this occasion there were a lot of sheep present which came bleating and running towards us, they were clearly the current guardians of the circle. My two year old daughter ran towards them with great excitement, "funny sheep" apparently. It's interesting to see the level of excitement that stone circles, and other ancient sites bring out in children. I often feel very different within circles, and especially in Fogous but with children I think there is a very natural and immediate response. I sense that they intrinsically know what we may have forgotten about these places. |
Posted by texlahoma4th August 2011ce |
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28/12/06 12:25-13:30 Missing the sign along the road I headed up a track between Stonetown Farm and the local pub, where I was greeted with an excellent view of the stones. Backtracking I found the signpost and headed up the path. Rather than the icy cold I had expected, the stones seemed warm and inviting. There were nine, including the recent addition, which at first glance seemed appropriate, but upon closer inspection it appeared less gritty and more polished than the surrounding stones, and almost devoid of their numerous species of lichens. Still, I thought the circle would look less complete without it. Sheep were grazing in the field and a ginger cat was rubbing its head against the most western stone. The midday sun could be seen over the tall stone to the south. A previous visitor had left markers with the compass directions on, which corresponded with my map. Several small shells lay in the centre of the stone circle, surrounded by a circle of small stones. In "A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany" Burl claims that the name Duloe means 'two Looes' due to being close to both the east and west Looe rivers. However in Appendix 1 of his recently published "Stonehenge" he claims the word "Du" to be Cornish for "Black". A possible link to villages past? And how stange, as this is the whitest stone circle I have come across! |
Posted by mykie 28th December 2006ce Edited 28th December 2006ce |
| I visited the circle on Sunday 29th October 2006, a lovely warm sunny day, to have a look at the extra stone that had been added. As Mr Hamhead said in his news item it has only been placed in the circle not set into the ground. It is in a position where another stone could possibly have been. I could see no reference to why the stone had been placed, this had either been removed or blown away in the gales we have had down here. There was however a small plastic bag containing a triangular stone, of some sort maybe a crystal,and a completely incomprehensible note placed in the centre of the circle. Also a feather had been stuck into the ground beside it. |
Posted by Lubin29th October 2006ce |
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07.01.04 11.30am These are great polar monsters. As you approach they seem to change in size dependent upon the angle of approach, but nothing prepares you for the scale of these beasts. The tallest must be near 9 foot of quartz granite, and the beautiful lustre of the stone contrasts sharply with the bleak relief of the surrounding trees and fields. The circle gathers the visitor in and when stood in the middle you feel a claustrophobic breathlessness like the tight embrace of a mother. Stepping back and walking around the outside you feel drawn to touch and stroke the stone, which welcomes you with warmth and friendly reciprocation. I felt there was an affinity between the circle and the nearby church, but time was not on our side and we had to press on, so d*wsing rods had to remain packed, but this is certainly worth a visit and more research, if only from the folklore that must surround this charming place. |
Posted by Dominic_Brayne12th January 2004ce Edited 12th January 2004ce |
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Thanks to Pure Joy's post (below) we didn't miss the little wooden sign at the side of the road and easily found this little piece of prehistoric loveliness. 'We're big and cute and white, white, white!' the stones scream at you as the massive pillars of sugar dance intimately at the edge of a field. Just above their angular footprints I noticed that a wide strip through the bottom quarter of each stone (at the same height on each stone) seemed pinker than the rest - modern environmental conditions or deliberate ancient artistry?... I couldn't tell. But it was very pretty nevertheless as the stones glittered with Hollywood glamour in the bright spring sunshine. Glencullen eight times over... I only had 10 minutes here which was a real pity The sun was out, the sky was blue And the grass was not cow-shitty I would have liked to think of stars with which they were aligning In the sparkling sun I saw the stars In their surfaces a-shining I would have liked to sit and stare Till the stones gave me snowblindness But I had to leave so I just bowed And thanked them for their kindness |
Posted by Jane10th April 2003ce |
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Duloe Stone Circle - 24.12.2002 Duloe seems to be pretty much open access. Although it is on private land it seems that as long as visitors act properly we should be able to enjoy this lovely lowland circle. The circle is actually close to the church at the South end of the village and is now signposted from the road by a small wooden signpost. A small lane, next to a barn being converted, leads up to a gate and into the field. As the field in which the circle stands often contains livestock it's very wise to keep dogs on a lead and beware of the lambing season etc. Next to the hedge, behind the circle, there is a lovely little info board which has been photographed by Phil and posted on this great website. Enjoy! |
Posted by pure joy9th January 2003ce |
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25/10/02 - Before i went on a weeks holiday to Cornwall, i polled the Ma for site worth seeing in slightly more remote bits of the area, and Duloe came up a number of times. I looked in at the submissions and the photos didnt really look very inspiring, and i made a note to visit if i found time. Had a week of terrible weather, which precluded visiting anywhere really remote, so I had realistically put aside any notions of seeing any worthwhile sites. After a last minute visit to Looe, we where jsut leaving for the base camp when I noticed that Duloe was within 3 miles and literally on the way home. PeteG had warned that the sign was small, and the farmer tended to obscure it, so it was eyes peeled! Just as well as I drove past and had to run back. It had been lashing down all day, and I was pretty cheesed off generally, but the skies had just started to brighten. I walked up the path past the farmhouse, expecting an irate cornishman to hurl abuse at me, but it was calm and still. at the top of the rise, a gate marked the entrance to the field, and as I approached, I saw her, beckoning! It was peacfully quiet apart from a strong wind, and the clouds hurried about their business as I walked on. This was one of the few circles I had seen complete, and the hairs stood up on my neck and arms. At a distance, it looked like pale grey stone, but close up it is quite spectacular. The sun beat down and the stones shone, brilliantly as i touched each in succession, widdershins, marvelling at its wooly head of green lichen. I stepped into the centre of the circle, and the large fang shaped stone that faces the gates, was thrown into sharp relief by the setting sun,which appeared to sit on the point of the stone and cast a shadow that reached me at it s centre. a moving and exhilarating experience, both for its supernatural beauty and its tiny size, a definite genius loci about the site, even though one of the stones has tumbled some time in the past, it still gives a feeling of completeness - standing at the centre and watching the sun set, the farm, the wires and the fences disappeared, and for a brief moment the monument was new.... |
Posted by Wotan27th October 2002ce Edited 11th September 2003ce |
| A wonderfull little circle, after a couple of misty days hunting for other sites finally on 22/03/02 we were blessed with a warm clear day. This place is pretty easy to locate and when we did we were rewarded. After walking past the run down house we came to the gate and there she was, even at a distance you could almost hear it welcoming you. This circle radiated a warm welcoming that no beast could refuse, so on we went. In the middle I got my usual feeling of peace and serenity that I always do in these great monuments, where as my girlfriend descibed it as "A cuddley circle",and who am I to argue?, shes closer to these things than MAN can be. This place is not as daunting as its larger relatives, and its size should not put anybody off from visiting it, good things come in small packages. |
Posted by finbar 24th March 2002ce |
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From "Beauties of England and Wales" - Britton and Bayley (1801): "Within a furlong of the north-east of the church, is a small Druidical Circle, that has not hitherto been noticed. It consists of seven or eight stones, one of which is about nine feet in height: four are upright, the others are either broken, or concealed by a hedge, which divides the circle; part being in an orchard, and part in an adjoining field. We are unable to state its dimensions accurately, but its diameter does not appear to exceed twenty or twenty-five feet" This may be the earliest published reference to the circle? |
Posted by thesweetcheat15th January 2009ce |
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"My head was not so full with fancies as the head of Mr. McLauchlan, who went across to Duloe, called the fallen stones of the circle the results of the overthrow of Baal's altar, reflected on the prevalence near-by of oak and vervein, and convinced himself that Duloe was Dru-los or the Hill of the Druids". from "Freedom of the Parish" by G Grigson 1954 Now available again through Westcountry Books |
Posted by Mr Hamhead 23rd September 2006ce |
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I have just read Pure Joys entry for Callestick and his comment on the Cyder (I hate that spelling)farm beside it. For those of you visiting Duloe i recommend a visit to "Cornish Orchards" just down the hill. http://www.cornishorchards.co.uk/ The apple juice is "pure joy" if you can excuse the pun. It has no additives except vit C and you get to taste it before buying so you can choose which variety to buy. They are busy pressing at the moment (Oct) but there is still a good supply, though not so varied as it will be once this years crop is bottled. Everything is pressed fresh, nothing is frozen for use later and it is all local. As well as non-alcoholic apple juice they also do some realy good cider including a sparkling one that won a Waitrose best local produce award. (and its not the sort you used to buy off a lorry at Glastonbury that cleaned better that Daz!) |
Posted by Mr Hamhead 7th October 2003ce Edited 9th June 2006ce |
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