The Blind Fiddler
The Blind Fiddler (also called Tregonebris- or Trenuggo Longstone) is about 3.3 meters high quarzgebänderter menhir ( English Standing stone ) from granite , which at catchall close to the A30 in Cornwall in England behind a hedge. In the 19th century graves were discovered here, making it likely that the stone with the nearby stone circle of Boscawen-Un is connected.
The stone was allegedly a musician who neglected his Christian duties by playing music on the Sabbath, his punishment being petrification. It owes its name, along with numerous other Fiddler stones, to a parable that was supposed to keep people away from pagan rituals and ceremonies.
The Blind Fiddler is triangular in shape and over 1.8 meters wide at its base, while otherwise being remarkably slim and sleek.
literature
- Rodney Castleden: The Stonehenge People: An Exploration of Life in Neolithic Britain 4700-2000 BC 1992
- Homer Sykes: Mysterious Britain - Fact and Folklore George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd. 1993 p. 34
