Husb and I had another long walk in the late summer sunshine this afternoon, stopping for a rest at the Gorsedd Stones in Singleton Park. It’s a tradition in Wales that the annual National Eisteddfod (the arts festival) erects a stone circle on each Eisteddfod site. The Eisteddfod moves around every year so there are many Gorsedd Circles now all over Wales. This one was erected in Swansea in 1925, the very first was in Aberdare in 1861. There’s a flat ‘Logan’ stone in the centre and that’s where I sat to do this quick sketch into my tiny A6 spotty sketchbook with Faber Castell Pitt pens, size S and M.
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Your digital sketches are interesting, BUT I PREFER THE SKETCHES OF YOUR PAPER NOTEBOOK! thanks for sharing! I didn’t know about this Wales tradition. (no wonder I’m a Dutcman…)
Thank you 🙂 It’s a very old tradition, rooted in Celtic Druidism, pre Roman, about 2,500 years old.
What a nice idea! So are there about 150 stone circles dotted around because of the arts festival? Wales must be getting quite full by now, perhaps they would consider popping over the channel and doing one for us? 😉
hahaha I believe there’s one in London and possibly one in Birkenhead because there have been a couple of Eisteddfodau outside Wales. Perhaps you could invite them to stage an Eisteddfod in the West Country? Then you’d get one 🙂
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Sounds very grounding.
It’s a nice place to chill out on a sunny day 🙂