1. Aurore de Vilsden; 2. Cromlech; 3. Pan's Den; 4. Dawn at the Devil's Den
CROMLECH
oil on board | 8" x 14" | 2005 | £99
#P15 A4
AURORE DE VILSDEN
oil on canvas | 30" x 30" | 2003 | £NFS
I wanted to represent this in silhouette as a companion to the starkness of the fields' freshly ploughed but frozen slopes, and obviously the composition's title is a very poor faux français pun! And I also can't understand why the trackway to Devil's Den seems to have more standing water the steeper it gets.
DAWN AT THE DEVIL'S DEN
photo | 11" x 8" | 2002
#LE11 print run 25 A4 | #GC76
PAN'S DEN
oil & acrylic on canvas | 12" x 9½" | 2004
| £99
DEVIL’S
DEN, WILTSHIRE Back to: The Gallery | Home
Also occasionally referred to locally as Pan's Den,
Devil's Den is the remains of a neolithic chambered long
barrow. Located on the northern Downs between Avebury & Marlborough, it has a long since ploughed away mound and the
remaining stones possibly those of a false entrance. This
site was first recorded by Stukeley in the C18th and
remains unexcavated despite being re-erected in 1921. The
area used to be a source for sarsens, and the last order
for building work came in 1938 with repairs for Windsor
Castle. Legend tells of a rabbit with coals for eyes
which sits on the capstone at midnight to watch the devil
with 8 white oxen attempt to pull it down.
OS: SU.152.696 North for half a mile along a track on
Fyfield Down, off the A4 at Clatford Bottom heading west
from Marlborough.