Stock Photo: Whispering Knights, 4000-3500 BC

Whispering

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Photo ID
5512
Title
Whispering Knights, 4000-3500 BC
Caption
The Whispering Knights, a tight cluster of four stones; a fifth, probably the capstone, has fallen. The stones are part of a portal dolmen-type burial chamber dating from about 4000-3500 BC, and originally projected out of a low, flat-topped platform that surrounded them. Dismembered bodies were placed in the chamber for burial. Human remains were place in the chamber for over a thousand years, well into the Bronze Age. The Whispering Knights are named for the conspiratorial way in which they lean in towards each other. Local legend has it that they were plotting against their king when they were turned into stone by a witch, along with the other monuments at Rollright. Another legend says that on New Year's Eve, at the tolling of the bells of Long Compton church, the stones go down to the valley to drink. Rollright Stones, Oxfordshire, England.
Credit
Holly Hayes
Status
  All Rights Reserved
Date Created
October 7, 2006
Date Added
May 11, 2010
Last Updated
March 6, 2024
Coordinates
51.9755350° N, 1.5707930° W
Camera
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Focal Length
17 mm
ISO
100
File Size
6.09 MB
Full Resolution
4000 x 2643 pixels

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