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These Stones Bear Witness

These Stones Bear Witness

by Richard White
Publication Date: 27/08/2010

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Columbus discovered America. So they say. But what of Leif Ericsson? What of St. Brendan? Who inscribed that anguished message on the Kensington Rune Stone? And who was The Westford Knight? We are sure that Columbus made it to San Salvador - and back. And the Icelandic Saga shores up faith in Leif Ericsson's voyage to North America, although scholarly opinion of the Vinland map seems to change every 10 years or so. St. Brendan's adventure has been pretty generally dismissed as mere myth- as if myth could not be rooted in truth. And the case of the Kensington Rune Stone continues to generate controversy, despite an impressive accumulation of evidence, both environmental and linguistic. And then there is the Westford Knight. In 1954, the late Frank Glynn uncovered the figure of a knight in full armor incised on a slab of glacial rock along a roadside in Westford, Massachusetts. The Knight's helmet, sword and shield all date to a specific decade in the evolution of armor and arms. And the emblem on the shield represents the armorial bearings of Clan Gunn, a noble family based in Scotland's County Caithness. The figure is, in fact, a classic military effigy, a type of monument commonly found in ancient gravesites in Scotland and in the north of England. So what was the Knight doing here? Facts cited in this little book suggest that The Westford Knight sailed westward with his high-born kinsman, Henry Sinclair, baron of Rosslyn and Earl of Orkney, in the service of The Lady King. The author presents the evidence: THESE STONES BEAR WITNESS. The verdict is for the reader to decide.
ISBN:
9781452017181
9781452017181
Category:
History
Publication Date:
27-08-2010
Publisher:
Authorhouse
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
232
Dimensions (mm):
152x229x13mm
Weight:
0.35kg
Richard White

Richard White is the author of Young Soul Rebels, the well-received Omnibus biography of Dexys Midnight Runners in 2005.

Having worked as a reviewer and manuscript editor, he wrote about The Stone Roses for Clash and Record Collector in 2011, and a Roses' biography, Your Star Will Shine in 2012.

White worked on Soul Survivor, a book exploring Stevie Wonder's seminal mid-Seventies albums, and wrote a 40th Anniversary feature on Wonder's Innervisions in 2013.

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