{"id":256,"date":"2016-06-23T22:20:26","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T22:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/natureclan.net\/?p=256"},"modified":"2016-06-26T23:15:56","modified_gmt":"2016-06-26T23:15:56","slug":"claire-meets-persephone-in-scotland-the-maiden-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/natureclan.net\/?p=256","title":{"rendered":"Claire meets Persephone in Scotland ~ & The Maiden Stone ~"},"content":{"rendered":"

A\u00a0glimpse of the Stones I met June 23, 2016.<\/p>\n

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In the name of sharing.
\n\"IMG_1711\" The Maiden Stone is easily seen at roadside, with parking just in front.<\/p>\n

Persephone is over a stone wall, and 2 fences, hidden in thick woods. Carved by Sandy Smith (Persephone Photos: below Maiden Stone photos):<\/p>\n

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The Maiden Stone, Pictish, standing high above my 5-feet & 10-inches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Maiden Stone, details.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Persephone, Queen of the Underworld<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"IMG_1725\" \"IMG_1728\" The Maiden Stone<\/b>, also known as the Drumdurno Stone<\/b> after the nearby farm, is a Pictish standing stone near Inverurie<\/a> in Aberdeenshire<\/a> in\u00a0Scotland<\/a>, probably dating to the 9th century AD.<\/p>\n

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I can feel my life lit up by this presence, this living sculpture; changed, for good.<\/p>\n

Stone Woman: Persephone ~ Sending great thanks to: Martin Watt, who offered: “Persephone statue, Crowmallie, Garioch, Scotland.
\nThe wonderfully monumental statue of Persephone, carved from 8.5 tons of millstone grit, stands in a glade 100m to the west of the Pictish Maiden Stone.<\/p>\n

It was carved 55 years ago by Sandy Smith an artist living in Crowmallie House.<\/p>\n

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The Statue carries a mirror as does the female on The Maiden Stone.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A\u00a0glimpse of the Stones I met June 23, 2016. In the name of sharing. The Maiden Stone is easily seen at roadside, with parking just in front. Persephone is over a stone wall, and 2 fences, hidden in thick woods. Carved by Sandy Smith (Persephone Photos: below Maiden Stone photos):       The Maiden … Continue reading “Claire meets Persephone in Scotland ~ & The Maiden Stone ~”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/natureclan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/natureclan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/natureclan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natureclan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natureclan.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=256"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/natureclan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278,"href":"https:\/\/natureclan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions\/278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/natureclan.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natureclan.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natureclan.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}