A Thought…..Bryn Celli Ddu……‘Sympathy‘ Cards….
by Bernie Bell - 08:52 on 23 August 2024
A Thought…..
Thinking of The Ness of Brodgar…..thinking I’d like to have some kind of solid reminder of the dig and what was found there.
For me, THE find is the EOASSK. There are many other finds of great significance – objects – structures - evidence of a way of life – but for me – the find is the EOASSK because of what it holds and what it tells us of the folk who made it…..
https://theorkneynews.scot/2018/02/26/more-mathematical-neolithic-musings/
So, we’re going to get a copy of it from The Ness on-line shop….
https://www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/shop/
There’s a place by our house where I cleared away some dead saxifrage, which has left a curved shape in the live saxifrage.
In the centre of that curved shape, we’ll place the copy of the EOASSK – we’ll place a circle of stones around it, fill in the space produced by this circle - as we did with our other cairn…..
https://theorkneynews.scot/2019/04/26/theres-cairns-and-theres-cairns/
Then, build up around it with stones we find on walks.
The Ring of Brodgar was raised by folk bringing stones from their part of Orkney – our cairn will be made from stones from all over Orkney too.
The Ness was raised, to honour the Ring.
Our cairn will be raised to honour The Ness.
When complete, it will be our reminder of The Ness excavation - and that The Ness is still there.
I’ll post pics. as it develops.
Bryn Celli Ddu….
I sent this to someone who is going on holiday to Anglesey – which prompted me to post it here.
https://theorkneynews.scot/2022/04/20/the-irish-connection-among-others/
Bryn Celli Ddu is one of my very favourite places.
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‘Sympathy‘ Cards
We had a stock
Of ‘sympathy’ cards
For when people we know
Go.
One by one
They’ve gone.
We bought some more
And hope that they
Last longer than
What went before.
BB August ‘24
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