How much do we know about Stonehenge? Less than we think. And what has Stonehenge got to do with the Ice Age? More than we might think. This blog is mostly devoted to the problems of where the Stonehenge bluestones came from, and how they got from their source areas to the monument. Now and then I will muse on related Stonehenge topics which have an Ice Age dimension...
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Tuesday, 9 October 2012
The Omphalos stone at Glastonbury
I came across this reference to a "glacial erratic" at Glastonbury........ does anybody know more about this stone?
"One rather neglected and ignored omphalos is located at Glastonbury Abby—site of the revered Chalice Well. Behind the Abbot’s Kitchen an egg-shaped sandstone, approximately 3 feet long, 2 feet wide and 2 feet high rests. This particular omphalos contains an “eyestone”, a cavity located in the center of the stone. One theory of the “eyestone” is that it was a carved basin used to hold offerings."
Wonder if your source is one of Paul Devereaux's books? He does write of Omphalos stones.
ReplyDeleteThis omphalos stone is described as a glacial erratic at:-
ReplyDeletewww.megalithic.co.uk
- and there are rather esoteric descriptions of it at Kathy Jones' website:-
www.kathyjones.co.uk/glastonbury goddess