“Early Christians carved some steps, a cross and a circle to demonstrate that the way to Heaven was through the Christian Church”
From John Burke’s English Curiosities
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A little further info from Witches, Fairies and Things That Go Bump
It’s origins lie in pagan times when the recently deceased would be carried around it three times.
Early Christians carved some steps, a cross and a circle to demonstrate that the way to Heaven was through the Christian Church.
a better angle, showing the inscription clearer
Image credit: Jim Dyson 2004
Silhouette of this magnificent structure in fading light on a cold late november afternoon.
Image credit: Jim Dyson
A very friendly bunch of sheep, nice of them to pose so attentively.
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The Lion Pub sign opposite the church in Trellech shows the 3 stones, not quite in situ but glorious all the same.
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This is a small stone situated in the graveyard of St. Lukes Church in Formby, near Liverpool. This curiously inscribed and mysterious stone is roughly 18 inches in height and was moved from the old village green to its present location in 1879. Any information as to the stone’s folklore and antiquity is unknown. On a personal note it’s gratifying to find something this odd and historic in my home town.
