Dawns Meyn sacred stones
From the air, the pathways humans use clearly visible and creating a semblance of a celtic cross
Microscopic image of quartz filled soil from a rabbit scrape at the site.
Crystal quartz chips and thousands of years of organic matter
Mitochondrial DNA survives in the soil. Whose ancestors left an invisible mark that they were here?
Modern covens use the Merry Maidens as a location for ritual.
A local coven set up inside the the stones for a rite of Jupiter
The coven working
After the rite the clear up begins so no trace is left behind
Inspired by Ithell Colquhouns drawings of the women in the stones we have reimagined it with photography
boundaries between body and stone blurred
A creature with a human body bending over with long, wavy hair and a stone-like head, positioned outdoors on grass with rolling hills in the background.
Merry Maidens stone close-up of textured rocks and lichen on the surface of a rock, in black and white.
Individual studies of each stone, black and white chosen for timelessness.
The curved one, shaped by human hand or the environment...
Lichen patches reminiscent of countries on a map.
A large ancient stone part of the Merry Maidens stone circle standing upright in a grassy field with other stones visible in the background, under a clear sky.
Leaning in
sun cast shadows
Clouds darkening the stone
Shaped with the deep grooves of a tooth
A large, weathered stone part of the Merry Maidens stone circle standing upright in a grassy field with distant hills and rocks in the background.
A large, lichen-covered standing stone part of the Merry Maidens stone circle in a grassy field with rolling hills and scattered rocks in the background.
The smallest and most oddly shaped stone
A large standing stone part of the Merry Maidens stone circle in a grassy field with smaller stones in the background under a clear sky.
A large, weathered stone part of the Merry Maidens stone circle standing upright on a grassy field, with smaller stones visible in the background.
A large upright weathered stone part of the Merry Maidens stone circle standing in a grassy field with trees or bushes in the background
A large weathered stone part of the Merry Maidens stone circle standing in a grassy field with smaller stones in the background under a cloudy sky.
A large upright standing stone part of the Merry Maidens stone circle in a grassy field with smaller stones and trees in the background.
A large, weathered stone part of the Merry Maidens stone circle standing upright on a grassy field with more stones in the background under a clear sky.
A large, weathered stone part of the Merry Maidens stone circle standing upright outdoors on a grassy field, with additional stones in the background and sparse trees under a clear sky.
With ICM technique the stones move and I imagine them dancing