THE ROLLRIGHT STONES ... WILLIAM BLAKE ... JERUSALEM, DRUIDS, WITCHES in UK

THE KING'S MEN

The Rollright Stones ( THE KING'S MEN ) is a ancient site located on the Oxfordshire/Warwickshire border in England.

The complex consists of three main elements, The Kings Men stone circle, the King Stone, and the Whispering Knights.

There is no doubting that the Rollright Stone Circle, in common with many other ancient sites, is a place of mysterious beauty and subtle energies.

It seems highly likely that Neolithic men and women not only shared these experiences, but had an understanding of how to find such places.

Of the lie of the land associated perhaps with some special union of earth and sky.
The more of their sites one visits, the stronger this impression grows.

At present there are 77 stones of heavily weathered local oolitic limestone, which were poetically described by William Stukeley as being “corroded like worm eaten wood, by the harsh Jaws of Time”, which made “a very noble, rustic, sight, and strike an odd terror upon the spectators, and admiration at the design of ‘em”.

THE KING'S STONE

Its purpose and age are unclear, although it is believed to be of middle Bronze Age origin. Some sources suggest that it might be an outlier to the Stone Circle.
The strange shape (likened to a seal balancing a ball on its nose) of this standing stone has less to do with the weathering effects of nature than with the destructive habit of 19th century drovers who chipped off small pieces to act as lucky charms and keep the Devil at bay. Thankfully this superstitious vandalism no longer goes on.

THE WHISPERING KNIGHTS DOLMEN

The 5000 year old burial chamber, believed to be part of a Neolithic long barrow .
The Knights are a small group of five upright stones 400 yards away from the actual Stone Circle, who got their name because of the conspiratorial way in which they lean inwards towards each other ... as if they are plotting against their king.