"The Devil bought the stones from a woman in Ireland, wrapped them up, and brought them to Salisbury plain. One of the stones fell into the Avon, the rest were carried to the plain. The Devil then cried out, “No-one will ever find out how these stones came here!” A friar replied, “That’s what you think!,” whereupon the Devil threw one of the stones at him and struck him on the heel. The stone stuck in the ground and is still there."
From the folk tale "Friar’s Heel" or in old Norse "Freyja Sul"
Now to answer your question a "holy place" achieves that status if someone choose to asign it that value, I chose too. That isnt a universal application per se, one can argue very eloquently that there is no validity to divinity to a congregation of stones.
However I am confident I am not the only one who thinks it a holy place. Holy dosent have to mean devine, it can be of spirtual importance through other connatations. For me it lies in its direct link to my celtic ancestory and for that reason alone it makes it holy.
Further, your absolutely correct we dont know why it was built so we cant dismiss it as a holy site any more then we can proclaim it, universially. Singularly I can make that claim, because to me it is a holy place.
From the folk tale "Friar’s Heel" or in old Norse "Freyja Sul"
Now to answer your question a "holy place" achieves that status if someone choose to asign it that value, I chose too. That isnt a universal application per se, one can argue very eloquently that there is no validity to divinity to a congregation of stones.
However I am confident I am not the only one who thinks it a holy place. Holy dosent have to mean devine, it can be of spirtual importance through other connatations. For me it lies in its direct link to my celtic ancestory and for that reason alone it makes it holy.
Further, your absolutely correct we dont know why it was built so we cant dismiss it as a holy site any more then we can proclaim it, universially. Singularly I can make that claim, because to me it is a holy place.
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