1. Lichen-Healed; 2. Place of Enchantments
LICHEN-HEALED
oil on board | 8" x 14" | 2003 | £NFS
A small work and one of my favourites. Probably because I was not bitten to pieces by horseflies when visiting for this composition, which had always happened to me here in the past!
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PLACE OF ENCHANTMENTS
oil on board | 10" x 14" | 2003 | £NFS
COLDRUM,
KENT
On the North Downs in Kent and a prominent monument in
the Medway Barrows group, this neolithic chambered tomb
also lies close to Pilgrims’ Way. 24 stones lie on a
natural terrace where the barrow’s mound stood
measuring 50’ by 85’, with 17 mainly now
recumbent at the foot of the steep slope. The burial
chamber is 13’ by 5’ with a stone pavement, and
following excavations in by Kemble in 1856, Bennett
discovered the remains of 22 bodies in 1910. Some local
tales report the existence of a tunnel linking the site
with the local church. In 1754, William Borlas wrote in Antiquities
of Cornwall that the word Coldrum probably derived
from the Cornish word Galdrum, meaning ‘Place of
Enchantments’.
OS: TQ.654.607 A ½ mile walk along a track north east
from Trottiscliffe (near Trosley country park), north of
the M20 and east of the A227.