Amy Tryphena
@uncannycornwall.bsky.social
Cornish Writer • Teller of Cornish tales , nature writer and megalith obsessive • Dendrophile, Ancient Stone Botherer & Haunter of the Woods 〓〓
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· Apr 13
Pawton Quoit: A Stone Age Enigma in Cornwall
Pawton Quoit is a magnificent portal dolmen built by Cornwall’s stone age inhabitants. The imposing megalith sits, mostly intact, atop a ridge overlooking a steep valley. The enormous capstone, which juts out incongruously against the landscape, must weigh at least 15 tonne, and perches on just three points of the supporting upright stones.
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Pawton Quoit: A Stone Age Enigma in Cornwall
#megalithicmonday #dolmen #prehistory #neolithic #cornwall
Pawton Quoit is a magnificent portal dolmen built by Cornwall’s stone age inhabitants. The imposing megalith sits, mostly intact, atop a ridge overlooking a steep valley.
#megalithicmonday #dolmen #prehistory #neolithic #cornwall
Pawton Quoit is a magnificent portal dolmen built by Cornwall’s stone age inhabitants. The imposing megalith sits, mostly intact, atop a ridge overlooking a steep valley.
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Classic Callanish for #StandingStoneSunday
October 4, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Classic Callanish for #StandingStoneSunday
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The Gnome Artist, Heinrich Schlitt.
October 2, 2026 at 5:35 PM
The Gnome Artist, Heinrich Schlitt.
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🖼️ Maggie Vandewalle
October 1, 2026 at 5:48 AM
🖼️ Maggie Vandewalle
Carn Kenidjack known as the Hooting Carn where the wind whistling between the craggy outcrop of stones makes an unearthly sound. Local folklore tells of the devil appearing in the guise of a hooded rider hunting lost souls across the Penwith Moors.
#folkyfriday #cornwall #folklore #folkhorror
#folkyfriday #cornwall #folklore #folkhorror
October 2, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Carn Kenidjack known as the Hooting Carn where the wind whistling between the craggy outcrop of stones makes an unearthly sound. Local folklore tells of the devil appearing in the guise of a hooded rider hunting lost souls across the Penwith Moors.
#folkyfriday #cornwall #folklore #folkhorror
#folkyfriday #cornwall #folklore #folkhorror
I finally got round to watching this raw and eerie Cornish folk horror film by Mark Jenkins. 10/10
October 1, 2026 at 6:13 PM
I finally got round to watching this raw and eerie Cornish folk horror film by Mark Jenkins. 10/10
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Map of 300 years worth of mining tunnels underneath Cornwall, UK. [Keith Russ / abandonedminemodels. com]
Original post
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September 27, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Map of 300 years worth of mining tunnels underneath Cornwall, UK. [Keith Russ / abandonedminemodels. com]
Original post
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Nine Maidens stone circle, Wendron. Sadly not intact with only four standing and two built into the field wall. Originally there were two circles here. #cornwall #standingstonesunday #bronzeage
September 27, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Nine Maidens stone circle, Wendron. Sadly not intact with only four standing and two built into the field wall. Originally there were two circles here. #cornwall #standingstonesunday #bronzeage
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Nature is not a place to visit. It is our home
September 26, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Nature is not a place to visit. It is our home
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She took the time to
#Nurture the small birds,
And told the bees
Of loss and joy...
She knew the seasons
By leaf and movement
Of moonlight and air -
Even as age
Bent her bones
She walked the
Hedgerows
Of memory,
Tending the broken things
Sheltering there.
#VSS365 #Writing #Poetry
#Nurture the small birds,
And told the bees
Of loss and joy...
She knew the seasons
By leaf and movement
Of moonlight and air -
Even as age
Bent her bones
She walked the
Hedgerows
Of memory,
Tending the broken things
Sheltering there.
#VSS365 #Writing #Poetry
September 26, 2026 at 1:43 PM
The River Fal not looking too inviting today but I still braved the swim.
🥶🩱🏊
🥶🩱🏊
September 26, 2026 at 2:37 PM
The River Fal not looking too inviting today but I still braved the swim.
🥶🩱🏊
🥶🩱🏊
Chun Castle, Penwith Cornwall #hillfortwednesday
July 15, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Chun Castle, Penwith Cornwall #hillfortwednesday
One of Cornwall's most important stone circles, still in use ceremonially today. Personally I always feel nauseous and a little dizzy inside it.
Been a while since I posted anything for #StandingStoneSunday, bit remiss of me.
To make amends here a slice of Boscawen-un
To make amends here a slice of Boscawen-un
July 5, 2026 at 1:16 PM
One of Cornwall's most important stone circles, still in use ceremonially today. Personally I always feel nauseous and a little dizzy inside it.
July 5, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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Something deeply troubling & shocking is happening at Exeter University*, where a mass cull of staff is planned, even though it's in surplus. No good justifications given. @jamesgdyke.info provides the details: www.technosphere.earth/the-bonfire-...
*Disclosure: I have a Visiting Fellowship here. +🧵
*Disclosure: I have a Visiting Fellowship here. +🧵
The bonfire of the humanities
150 academic posts at the University of Exeter are to be cut, most in the humanities but also in social sciences, engineering and environmental sciences
www.technosphere.earth
July 1, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Something deeply troubling & shocking is happening at Exeter University*, where a mass cull of staff is planned, even though it's in surplus. No good justifications given. @jamesgdyke.info provides the details: www.technosphere.earth/the-bonfire-...
*Disclosure: I have a Visiting Fellowship here. +🧵
*Disclosure: I have a Visiting Fellowship here. +🧵
Piskey Hall, fogou. Not technically a standing stone, the Cornish fogou stands in a category all of its own. #Cornwall #StandingStoneSunday #prehistoric #megalithic #ancientsitesunday #sundaystonework @megalithic.bsky.social
June 14, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Piskey Hall, fogou. Not technically a standing stone, the Cornish fogou stands in a category all of its own. #Cornwall #StandingStoneSunday #prehistoric #megalithic #ancientsitesunday #sundaystonework @megalithic.bsky.social
June 11, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Whatever you believe about crop circles, there's no doubt they bring people joy. (except the farmer 🫤) A sort of third space where you'll meet a diverse range of wonderful, interesting people.
June 8, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Whatever you believe about crop circles, there's no doubt they bring people joy. (except the farmer 🫤) A sort of third space where you'll meet a diverse range of wonderful, interesting people.
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For #StandingStoneSunday #Stunday... Another view of the larger cross pillar at Reask monastic site, Dingle, Kerry, Ireland
Image: 2018
#IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #EarlyChristian #Photography #Infrared #Monochrome #PhotographersOfBluesky #Art #BlueSky #BlueSkyArt #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono
Image: 2018
#IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #EarlyChristian #Photography #Infrared #Monochrome #PhotographersOfBluesky #Art #BlueSky #BlueSkyArt #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono
June 7, 2026 at 3:12 PM
For #StandingStoneSunday #Stunday... Another view of the larger cross pillar at Reask monastic site, Dingle, Kerry, Ireland
Image: 2018
#IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #EarlyChristian #Photography #Infrared #Monochrome #PhotographersOfBluesky #Art #BlueSky #BlueSkyArt #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono
Image: 2018
#IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #EarlyChristian #Photography #Infrared #Monochrome #PhotographersOfBluesky #Art #BlueSky #BlueSkyArt #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono
June 7, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Someone's enjoying the sun
May 25, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Someone's enjoying the sun
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A whopper for #StandingStoneSunday 😮 - of all the stone rows of Dartmoor, Drizzle Combe has some of the largest terminal stones
This stone is set at right angles to the row, with a prominent lug (head? Face?) at the top 🤔
An incredible Late Neo/Bronze Age complex 🤩
📷 My own, last week
This stone is set at right angles to the row, with a prominent lug (head? Face?) at the top 🤔
An incredible Late Neo/Bronze Age complex 🤩
📷 My own, last week
May 24, 2026 at 4:27 AM
A whopper for #StandingStoneSunday 😮 - of all the stone rows of Dartmoor, Drizzle Combe has some of the largest terminal stones
This stone is set at right angles to the row, with a prominent lug (head? Face?) at the top 🤔
An incredible Late Neo/Bronze Age complex 🤩
📷 My own, last week
This stone is set at right angles to the row, with a prominent lug (head? Face?) at the top 🤔
An incredible Late Neo/Bronze Age complex 🤩
📷 My own, last week
Reposted by Amy Tryphena
We cross the threshold of a stone circle and are engulfed by a sense of ongoing ritual. Engulfed by a sense of intimate lithic conversations, power dynamics unfolding across slow centuries. The Long Neolithic is palpable. The Long Neolithic is living. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
May 24, 2026 at 10:14 AM
We cross the threshold of a stone circle and are engulfed by a sense of ongoing ritual. Engulfed by a sense of intimate lithic conversations, power dynamics unfolding across slow centuries. The Long Neolithic is palpable. The Long Neolithic is living. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
