One of the Enderby Stones
Perception is a strange thing. To one person something is beautiful to another it is the worst thing he has seen. Ok this is a bit over the top but it does make the point. So why the X Files? Well I have been away from my photography for the past few weeks whilst I undertake some historical research. This is starting to reach a natural conclusion and I am starting to get the photography bug again. Anyway back to the story. One of the areas I have been interested in is a local common called Ratby Meadows.
The reason why this is called Ratby Meadow when it is about 10 km from Ratby is, in itself interesting (see schedule 1 of the ownership of the land document for details), and so when I did a search for the history of Ratby Meadows two different views of the stones in the field. They certainly are not natural so how did they get there and why? This is where the conflicting views come in. The official view as to what the stones are is rather bureaucratically set out in a 1977 document dealing with a dispute over the ownership of the land. Here the stones are nothing more than field boundaries tired up with the reason this is called Ratby Meadows.
The second view is a bit more into the world of the X files - they have a deeper meaning connected with lay lines and hay strewing: Which is correct? Well for me it is the first but the whole area is a remnant of a much older landscape so maybe they do have a much older meaning. They are surrounded by quite a lot of pre historic activity including a very old track way which does, indeed, point towards a very old church. So I guess you pays your money and you make your choice. It did inspire me to make this photograph so perhaps there is more to these than field boundaries. The mystery of the Enderby Stones? Now that is a bit X files.
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