If Stones Could Tell Us Stories

As I walked between the huge, crudely shaped standing stones which frame the entrance to this ancient tomb, it was a little disconcerting to see a red light flickering somewhere deep inside the dark passage which lay ahead.

There, on the dirt floor, was the source of the light, a large red candle, its flame fluttering in the slight breeze from the entrance.

I was in West Kennet Long Barrow, one of the largest and most easily accessible neolithic chambered tombs in Britain, but it had been disused for more than 4000 years, so what was the candle doing there?

The answer, apparently, is that this particular tomb is a popular place for modern pagans to carry out their bizarre rites. Full Story

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