The Dartmoor series continues with a distant view of Brentor and I’ve posted a larger image then usual so that you can zoom in to the horizon and see the church.
Brentor
St Michael’s tower atop volcanic cone
presiding over broad sweep of moor
with expanse of green pasture and hedge
and with barren peat soil to the fore
built on solid granite eight centuries past
you perch on sacred pagan land
with unconcerned remains of thirty nine
lying north to south beneath Christian floor
traces remain of what once was so fine
crafted Before Christ by sturdy hands
no longer standing the ancient hill fort
but in perpetuam it’s ghosts will hold fast
Lucid Gypsy 
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I zoomed … wonderful _/\_ xx
Thankyou 🙂
Just stunning Gilly! 😀
Bless you!
like it a lot and the flow,, 😉
Thanks Gerry!
Wonderful how I can zoom in. That uprooted tree must have a story too.
Your poetry is haunting. Beautiful.
Oh thanks so much, you’re so sweet 🙂
No, I know what I LIKE.
Lovely, Gilly — both the poem and the photo. Such a peaceful place. And I love thinking about buildings that are many centuries old. Here in the States, nothing man-made extends back beyond about 300 years — with the possible exception of some rare Native American sculpture or stonework that has lasted.
I know, whenever I step into a thousand year old building I am thankful that I can and wonder about the people who have walked before me!
What an historic landscape, it oozes a past stretching to The Beginning.
Doesn’t it? You can imagine early man walking there and strange beasties before him!
this is good 🙂
Thanks Celestine 🙂
Impressive stuff Lucid Gypo! Nice pic too!
Hobbit.
I’m flattered that you read it!
Dead trees … always good for photography.
Yes, I don’t know what happened to that one!
Very well done, Gilly. I enjoyed this one too.
I find the thought of so much ancient history fascinating! Great job Gilly.
I love this post, weaving the echoes of the past through into the present, and a beautiful photo 🙂
Fabulous poem, Gilly, and I appreciate it all the more for having been across Dartmoor recently. 🙂