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moss M
moss May 26, 2005 09:43:40

Thanks for the books you left at the library. "The Living Stream" is particularly good. Interesting nugget I found in one of the well books. Ina 19th c book by someone called Ashe she mentions that two "celtic" spoons were found by a stream in Weston, theres a picture in an old BM iron age book of them. Apparently they were found in Lockesbrook cemetery (presumably when burying someone). The Loxbrook, which was a pretty powerful stream (it served 2 mills in Weston) runs down the side of the cemetery towards the river, but if you go back to the "oldmap" map of this cemetery, there are also 3 stones marked there as well, one being next to the stream.... doubt if you would find the old stones, the cemetery grown apiece since then.

R Rhiannon
Rhiannon May 26, 2005 11:15:19
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Ooh yes! I have a photocopy of the spoons design somewhere - I'll dig it out and leave it for you. On one side they have swirly celtic patterns, and a kind of cross on the other. One of them has a curious circular nick at the side, and apparently this is the same as some other pairs of spoons that have been found elsewhere.

I think the idea of the Loxbrook is fascinating, I like the idea you can trace where it was - or I suppose where it IS, flowing underground now. It seems important to the whole landscape around Weston, coming off the 'bowl' beneath the round hill and the saddley bit and Lansdown itself. and now it's kind of 'hidden landscape'.

I am trying to finish off my 'art foundation' course at the moment and have based it on Kelston round hill. It may sound mad but I went round collecting water from all the different streams round about. Have you been up to st Alphage's well? and there is a spring called the Pucken Well on the other side.

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