Post by Tegernacus on Jun 27, 2007 21:01:16 GMT -1
Something I've just come across, hit me like a steamroller.
I used to live in this house in Cwmcarn, South Wales. Next to the river, at the bottom of a steep valley, with the Twmbarlum hillfort on top of the mountain.
Now, there was something about this house. Strong emotions were shown in practically everyone who came to stay (and they were very often negative). I spent quite a lot of time there on my own, and I swear it was oppressive, like just before a thunderstorm. It used to give me headaches, I just thought I was going mad or being poisoned by carbon-monoxide or something.
Anyhow, that was 15 years ago. Earlier today, I was surfing the interweb, like you do, when I came across a piece from the GAZETTEER OF MONMOUTHSHIRE Published 1869. It states:
"The Ebbw passes the village ; the hills are well wooded, and the scenery grand. In the vicinity are some Druidical remains. Chapel farm was once part of a chapel of the Druids and near the Market place, it is supposed, was the ancient chair where the Druids held their synod. Twmbarlwm (The Hill of the Judge) where the assize was held , and Duffryn-y-Gladda (The Valley of the Dead), where the condemned malefactors were buried, are both in the vicinity."
First, what is a "Druidic chapel"?? No idea.
Doing some digging in old maps, I found the "chapel remains" on a piece of land on Chapel Farm. Cut forward 150 years, guess where my house used to be? Chapel Farm Terrace, built over the old Chapel Farm. I was practically living on top of it. That would explain the energy I felt in the place, I guess. Not sure why it was so negative though. Because up on Twmbarlwm is a fantastic place to be, the energy there is really uplifiting (fantastic place to be at sunrise).
I used to live in this house in Cwmcarn, South Wales. Next to the river, at the bottom of a steep valley, with the Twmbarlum hillfort on top of the mountain.
Now, there was something about this house. Strong emotions were shown in practically everyone who came to stay (and they were very often negative). I spent quite a lot of time there on my own, and I swear it was oppressive, like just before a thunderstorm. It used to give me headaches, I just thought I was going mad or being poisoned by carbon-monoxide or something.
Anyhow, that was 15 years ago. Earlier today, I was surfing the interweb, like you do, when I came across a piece from the GAZETTEER OF MONMOUTHSHIRE Published 1869. It states:
"The Ebbw passes the village ; the hills are well wooded, and the scenery grand. In the vicinity are some Druidical remains. Chapel farm was once part of a chapel of the Druids and near the Market place, it is supposed, was the ancient chair where the Druids held their synod. Twmbarlwm (The Hill of the Judge) where the assize was held , and Duffryn-y-Gladda (The Valley of the Dead), where the condemned malefactors were buried, are both in the vicinity."
First, what is a "Druidic chapel"?? No idea.
Doing some digging in old maps, I found the "chapel remains" on a piece of land on Chapel Farm. Cut forward 150 years, guess where my house used to be? Chapel Farm Terrace, built over the old Chapel Farm. I was practically living on top of it. That would explain the energy I felt in the place, I guess. Not sure why it was so negative though. Because up on Twmbarlwm is a fantastic place to be, the energy there is really uplifiting (fantastic place to be at sunrise).
