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Cerrig Duon and the Tawe valley Triangle

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Posted by cerrig
24th October 2021ce

cerrig's TMA Blog



Comments (7)

Interested if you've had any academic 'debate' regarding all the fieldwork you did upon Fforest Fawr and Y Mynydd Du. Proper debate, I mean, backed with demonstrable evidence? GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
7th October 2023ce
Not really. I think the geometry is a bit off putting for most people in archaeology. Unfortunately it's a big part of it so I can't just ignore it. I've had some discussion with the RCAHMW, but it doesn't go far, same with CADW, both of whom have had site visits with me.
It's very difficult to get people to give it the amount of study it needs.
Posted by cerrig
7th October 2023ce
Frustrating, but a recurring theme, I guess.... focus on 'Stonehenge' because of its 'alignments' and you can write best-selling books. Here you have demonstrable alignments in association with wondrous mountain landscape - far more interesting that Salisbury Plain, IMO, but much colder and wetter most of the time. All you can do is put it out there.

Speaking of which, I've had feed back for my 'Citizen Cairn' thing basically saying, 'why bother for such a tiny potential audience?'. Thing is that audience might - just might - contain the next, say, Neil Oliver and you set something going in his/her mind. Just like Cope did when I picked up that garishly coloured tome in the Bargain Bucket in 1999 thinking 'Bloody hell, what has the loon done here?'
GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
8th October 2023ce
If we only did it for the likes it really would seem a bit futile, but who else is doing this? There does seem to be a downturn in interest but, as you say, maybe someone will chance upon the Modern Antiquarian or Meg Portal and elevate it beyond just "ritual and funerary". That's my hope.
I have toyed with videoing in the hills, but bloody hell it's difficult to get anywhere near what is actually there. The camera flattens things so much everything just blends into 2D. The slightest breeze turns into "Moriah" and the sun just takes the piss. Kudos for your productions.
I might have another go now that my PC has been upgraded, it might not crash when I turn on the video editor now. Maybe I should get onto Neil Oliver for some help, if he can leave the politics alone for a while?

Don't stop. I've been able to see places I won't be able to get to now, thanks to you.
Posted by cerrig
8th October 2023ce
Yeah.... although you can get some sense of 'movement' in grass/water within photography, it is nonetheless a very static medium.... unless you're a genius (with lots of time and patience) like Colin Prior. I find video gives you that extra sensual dimension to add alongside.





GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
8th October 2023ce
"Don't stop. I've been able to see places I won't be able to get to now, thanks to you."

This, 100%. We'll all be gone and even the monuments will be dust and atoms one day, but let's record what we can while we can. Fucking hell, what depressing feedback though? If you were doing this for "likes" you could video your dinner/cat/latest dance moves, but I think the market is already pretty saturated! I hear that Pen y Fan (poor love) is now a must-visit destination for the Insta hordes; we're doomed aren't we?
thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
8th October 2023ce
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone............?
GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
8th October 2023ce
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