Evergreen Dazed wrote:
One of the 'Adam and Eve' stones is part of a cove. Perhaps thats what the author was referring to?
Thanks ED, that's interesting, I didn't know that about the Adam and Eve stones. The author obviously has an in depth knowledge of Avebury and Avebury Trusloe - had probably spent some time talking to the older locals, possibly even the man you mention above. The stones he is talking about in his novel are definitely the Cove stones you can see clearly from the Red Lion.One time I was walking along Bray St I got talking to an old boy, a local, and he told me that locals always used to refer to Adam and Eve as the King and Queen. I'd never heard that before.
Nigel :) wave!
Roy, thanks. Yes I did know the Adam and Eve stones are the only two 'exposed' standing stones on the Beckhampton Avenue. I used to spend quite a lot of time over there with people from the now defunct Avebury Forum.
