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Some of these are lovely. One of my favourites is in Betjeman Millennium Park in Wantage - which is a sarsen stone circle and sarsen standing stones, some of which have lines from Betjeman's poems carved on them. Trying to find some photos online I came across this ...
http://www.betjemanpark.org.uk/The-Park/Writing-in-the-Park/Ode-to-the-Park

It reminded me of a time when I was less cynical about the world in general (a better place to be).

Ah, that's quite lovely! It reminds me of this one - https://heritageaction.wordpress.com/2013/09/27/north-wales-modern-megaliths-pt-2/

There's quite a lot of megalith-a-likes dotted around the country these days. So much so that it's easy to miss them! Be it a massive rock at the entrance to a holiday park, or industrial park, or whatever, with the company name etched into it, or just something decorative in a park.

Whatever and wherever they are, I like them. It may be a continuation of an ancient practise, or it may just be art. Either way they please me.

I've seen a couple of boulders in Winchester recently that look like the sort of things that could have been moved prior to construction of whatever it is, but instead are left in situ. I think of Peter Knight's "Ancient Stones of Dorset", which - although straying into the world of leylines a little more than some might find comfortable - it's interesting to have these brought to one's attention. I hadn't really thought about them until that book!

There's an amazing modern folly by the Courts in Winchester known as "The Jubilee Sculpture" - http://www.redbubble.com/people/philiphmitchell/works/3845445-the-hampshire-jubilee-sculpture-by-rachel-fenner-winchester-southern-england - which puts me in mind of the Lewis chess pieces. There's a lot of influences, and it's quite beautiful close up.

G x