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As we approach the fifth anniversary of Heritage Action's first registration we have just had a stunning reminder of exactly why we care so passionately about our prehistoric sites and try so hard to highlight threats to them and their settings. This image of the incomparable Castlerigg Stone Circle by Paul Atlas-Saunders is a wonderful example of the extraordinary visual impact of many of these places, while Alex Langstone's poem which accompanies it illustrates just some of the reasons why they are appreciated by such large numbers of people.

Castlerigg stone circle. Image credit Paul Atlas-Saunders

Written Within View of Castlerigg Stone Circle
by Alex Langstone

I cannot believe
That in this fateful hour
The infinite beauty
That shall caress mine eyes
Behold!
I cannot believe, that the
Glorious fanfare of strange
Stark contrasts that my gaze
Is upon, so lifts me that
I become overwhelmed by passions
That I have never known.
I cannot believe that
The form of beauty
That the scene foretells
Can (alone) create such an impression
Upon my mind
That primeval memories stir
From depths uncharted territory.
So I am fired up by the glory of
The Holy Spirit
In Her pantheistic ways
Upon these eternal hills of mine.
I cannot believe that
Such variety of colour
And texture can engulf the
Ageless pattern strewn formations
Of fell side and mystic ring
And I cannot believe that Deity
Has not a hand in all of this and more
For surely all life's creation
Emanates from She who is
Sacred Earth's
Goddess Divine.

You can visit Alex's admirable blog here and also find hundreds of megalithic poems and images on our own Littlestone's blog here

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