Spriggan - the Cornish piskies malevolent and grotesque cousins who guard the barrows, cairns and stone circles of West Penwith. Known to conjure storms, steal cattle and terrify travellers. Most frighteningly of all steal mortal children and swap them for changelings. #folkyfriday #Cornwall

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A wee tale of mischievous piskies #folklore #kernow #wyrdwednesday literallystories2014.com/2024/04/09/t...

The rather ruinous Sperris Quoit in its marvellous moorland setting, with the triangle of Zennor Quoit visible in the distance! #TombTuesday

Bronze age barrow and cist - Penwith, Cornwall. In view of Chun Quoit and Chun Castle. A landscape clearly revered by Neolithic, bronze and iron age peoples. #TombTuesday

After hearing stories of the ghost in Somerset's Quantock Hills who tells passing walkers to fuck off, I decided to write about some of the other ghosts I've come across who have turned out to be massive dickheads: www.tom-cox.com/some-ghosts-...

The only way out is through your cabbage

Tregeseal stone circle definitely one of my faves. #StandingStoneSunday #Cornwall #Kernow @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social

Nos Kalan Gwav the Cornish - Kernewek 'Halloween'. Meaning eve of the 'first day of winter' or Kalan Gwav. An ancient celebration of the changing seasons. Or Allentide - the English name for Cornish Halloween. Traditional celebrations involve the exchange of red apples, divination games and feasting

I made friends with a number of trees as a child. Some of which I still visit today.

Neolithic Stone bothering

The Knockers - ancient earth spirits of #Cornish #folklore that live underground. They warn miners of danger with knocking noises. Superstitious Cornish miners to this day appease the knockers by throwing the knob of their pasties to them.

The Ent Tree in Staffordshire: possibly a distant relative...

A bit of pony wrestling to start the day. Hairy little buggers got into next doors garden after bashing the fence down. Must have spotted the apple tree!

Entrance to Chun Castle - iron age hillfort/ castle in Cornwall #StandingStoneSunday @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social

The Holestone. "the tradition that the Holestone is a betrothal, if not a marriage token remains unbroken, and couples from all the district round still plight their troths by clasping fingers through the ring or hole in this stone". H C Lawlor The Irish Naturalists Journal 1930

Magical Halloween experience coming to life at Trelissick #Cornwall #Kernow 🔗: https://www.falmouthpacket.co...

#StandingStoneSunday Tregeseal stone circle Penwith - Cornwall

Autumn pony adventures 🍂

Foraged plenty of apples this year. Drying apple slices to make apple crisps 😋

All the Gen Z students in the university library looking on in confusion as I, the mature student, take notes in cursive by old fashioned pen and paper

Castilly Henge: The recent excavation at Castilly Henge has now finished, with finds including fragments of Neolithic flint tools and post-medieval pottery.

Stones in the mist – Tregeseal circle entirely cut off from Kenidjack common and the carn on the skyline invisible. At times like these, the danger of beguilement by unnatural lights and shifting paths grows, and stumbling pixie-led into the otherworld feels entirely possible … #StandingStoneSunday

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A spectacular example of a quoit came looming out of the mist - Chun Quoit #Kernow #StandingStoneSunday @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social

Autumnal days

The hooting carn - rich with folklore -including demonic Cornish wrestlers. Can you guess where it is? #folklore #Cornwall #Kernow

Beauties! Porcelain mushrooms.

What time of day do you prefer to write? I'm much more creative in the evening but better at editing in the morning 📖✏️📚 #writersky

Very old Celtic crosses in a churchyard near Truro

The magnificent Buttern Hill cist, part of a Bronze Age cemetery across the hillside, with magnificent views to Bronn Wennili (Cornwall’s highest point). #Cornwall #BodminMoor #StandingStoneSunday

#StandingStoneSunday The causeway across the Ness of Brodgar in Orkney, guarded by the 'Watchstone' This probably-Neolithic stone may have once been part of a pair, guarding the processional route from the Stones of Stenness 📸 Mine #archaeology #ancientbluesky #scotland #photooftheday 🏺

The uniquely Cornish Boleigh Fogou with the creep entrance there on the right #StandingStoneSunday @stoneclub.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social #kernow

Two not so scary Cornish #folklore #flashfiction pieces I wrote a couple of years ago literallystories2014.com/tryphena-amy/

Genuinely scary #folkhorror novel that will shit you right up and give you nightmares. One of my favourites #booksky

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Excited to have a little piece in this issue about the Merry Maidens stone circle in Cornwall. Excited to read the other contributions - a zine right up my street

In my top ten to visit list

Making the most of these sunny days for autumn #foraging. Conkers, rosehips, apples, self-heal, red clover, yarrow and honeysuckle. For syrups, treats, oils, soaps -washing liquid, balms and salves.

Why hundreds of activists are sailing to Gaza on the Global Sumud Flotilla. theecologist.org/2025/sep/28/...

What a day off - rode my little chunky hobbit pony, a lovely cycle ride and a swim. Glorious autumn days 🍂 🍁

#StandingStoneSunday Men Scryfa #Cornwall #Kernow @megalithic.bsky.social

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Ding Dong Mine #kernow #miningheritage

Something nice on your timeline to distract from all the 😩😩😩😩

asylummagazine.org/2025/09/asyl... The Autumn Issue 2025 of the Asylum magazine is out❤️ With 3 sample articles that can be downloaded free of charge on the Asylum website

Honoured to have a poem about PTSD included in this issue. Looking forward to hearing from all the other contributers on the 26/09 online launch.

Because humour saves us....😊

Cornwall's smallest but grandest stone circle #StandingStoneSunday #kernow @megalithic.bsky.social

I'm in the Autumn issue of Northern Earth - Reflections in Stone at Cornwall's smallest but grandest stone circle #kernow #stonecircle #megalith