Love Heart Stones

 I hadn't  forgotten that I,d promised to show you my small collection of Love Heart Stones this week . ...so here they are !

 I seem mostly to come across them whilst walking on our local beaches..and when I,m not actually looking for them .
 I always feel quite moved as I reach down to clasp such a sweet little gift from the sea  .

Where do they come from ? Are they hand carved love tokens ? Or part of some ancient , prehistoric sea funeral or ritual ?

Sancreed Holy Well and Sacred Tree

 

 

 

Then on to the Holy Well and Sacred Tree .
Little tea lights sparkle in the darkness down in the Holy Well ....the water is ice cold . We lit four big candles that we,d brought with us....pushing them into the crevises amongst the ferns and sparkling moss .
There is an innocent, childlike beauty and love here and around the Sacred Tree . A Rainbow of heartfelt wishes and humble prayers blowing in the wind .

Treasures from the past

 

 

I very often find little pieces of the past whilst digging in my garden . Last week after a heavy downpour of rain I spotted a little flint thumb scraper washed up in one of my vegetable beds . I am thrilled ! Nearby I had also found the other stone tool , although I think this one has been broken....you can see that the edge and sides have been polished . A trip to Truro museum is now on my calender . I will take all the bits that I have found this time and see if we can find out about our ancestors that lived here back in prehistory times . The Portable Antiquities Scheme is there to help with identifying your "finds" . I have just discovered their brilliant website ...with a great data base and gallery .

Kynance Gate Bronze Age Settlement

Then on to Bodmin Museum !

 

We had been really looking forward to this visit and we,d driven a very long way to get here . Recent history is well covered we thought,but with all the ancient archaeology that is around in the surrounding landscape and hills of Bodmin, we felt abit let down with such a meagre display . We thought the model Bronze age village was superb !...and deserves to be displayed and illuminated better than it is at present, maybe with the artefacts that are associated with it . Still it was FREE to go in .

Some more of my garden finds .

So while we,re on the subject of arcaeology, here,s a few more treasures that I have unearthed from my garden . Not the greatest of finds I know , but each little piece of broken pot and such like ....well they tell a story about folk who lived here long ,long ago . I really must begin labelling my finds and making a note about where exactly I,ve found them .

One of my Garden Finds .

Here is the "moccasin or shoe " like stone that I found recently whilst digging in my vegetable garden . What I mean is the shape of it is very like the toe end of a clog or shoe . It has also been worked ,ground or shaped . It has a slash or cut mark across it . Maybe it was used for leatherwork or shoe making ...or it also looks like a broken loomweight . There are alot of Bronze age sites here on the Lizard and around Cornwall .