Moving among the monuments
Thought provoking observations here
Passage directed, guided
Constrained
And ordered
Entrance guarded
As with knowledge.
In past as in present
Feet directed
To the important places
Gaze averted
From the spaces in-between.
Intertwined
Touching the past
But separated still
‘Stand back’ ‘Don’t go there’
‘Ancient monument that way’.
On pilgrimage paths well trod
To stand
To gaze
To move among the monuments
And then to depart.
All images were taken during two visits to the Orkney Islands last summer. For more information about Orkney itself and its amazing archaeology see http://www.orkneyjar.com/index.html or http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/heritage/worldheritage/world-heritage-sites-in-scotland/neolithic-orkney.htm
The archaeology on Orkney is truly amazing, but as I walked around the monuments last summer my thoughts turned to the control and directionality exercised by the way in which the monuments are set out and fenced in. My experience was very much directed and often the fences…
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