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Kammer K
Kammer Jan 17, 2005 15:27:34
Replying to suave harv

I can (rather belatedly) confirm that this is a modern circle within the defences of Aberystwyth Castle. I walk past this pretty regularly, and never miss the opportunity to swear under my breath at the ignorant Victorians who put it there, spoiling what would otherwise be quite a pleasant inner-bailey.

No disrespect meant to those who say modern circles are a good thing, but I totally and utterly disagree with you (and you're all nuts!). They're nasty crass things, usually clumsily executed with little or no regard for how prehistoric the circles are put together. As far the implication that Welsh identity is somehow entwined with megalithic culture and the Druids... I'd better not go into that.

Those of you who love this sort of modern guff will be interested to know that each stone in the Aberystwyth circle comes from a different Welsh county.

I feel dirty writing about this stuff. I'm off to wash my hands in a Lady Macbeth sort of style!

K x

G goffik
goffik Jan 17, 2005 15:33:25
Replying to Kammer

> I feel dirty writing about this stuff. I'm off to wash my hands in a Lady Macbeth sort of style!

LOL!

I can (rather belatedly) confirm that this is a modern circle within the defences of Aberystwyth Castle. I walk past this pretty regularly, and never miss the opportunity to swear under my breath at the ignorant Victorians who put it there, spoiling what would otherwise be quite a pleasant inner-bailey.

> No disrespect meant to those who say modern circles are a good thing, but I totally and utterly disagree with you (and you're all nuts!). They're nasty crass things, usually clumsily executed with little or no regard for how prehistoric the circles are put together.

Heh! Nuts? I'll hold me hands up to that one... ;o) You're right, though. I just thought the <i>idea</i> of people still creating them was nice. The one I mentioned (Steel summat or other) was in a book I saw, and it looked *genuine* enough, but I certainly would NEVER go out of my way to visit it. Not my bag. I just like the idea of the tradition continuing... Especially to the extent of, in the case of that particular one, the bkloke that built it took 10 yaers to align them to the solstices due to cloudy skies! Bless... That's dedication for ya. Except he used a JCB...

G x

K Kammer
Kammer Jan 17, 2005 20:52:54
Replying to Kammer

> [I]...never miss the opportunity to swear under my
> breath at the ignorant Victorians who put it there, spoiling
> what would otherwise be quite a pleasant inner-bailey.

The perpetrators of the Aberystwyth circle were not Victorian. The circle was created in 1916 to cellabrate the second National Eisteddfod that was held in Aberystwyth. I mistakenly thought it dated back to the first Aberystwyth Eisteddfod, which was in 1865.

So, there we go.

K x