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The Whispering Knights project - Neolithic Echoes, is an ephemeral, ever-changing environmental and aesthetic project near the Whispering Knights Dolmen & Rollright Stone Circle in Oxfordshire.

We are now in the stage where structures are decaying and returning to the earth but life in the woods is burgeoning. During the winter of 2023 and into 2024 work is being done to maintain the labyrinth.

The chamber associated with the Whispering Knights dolmen is indicated by the un-planted area between the Knights and the labyrinth.

When the site was established, it sat at the edge of the main nomadic route through southern Britain, which greatly pre-dates it. Judging by the stone circles, tombs and megaliths that attend it from the far East of Britain all the way to Stonehenge, this thoroughfare eventually evolved into a continuous via sacra, part of the constellation of erected stones across Britain and covering millennia. 

These standing stone structures sit at the nexus of ancient routes which are still in use today. Every year, thousands of visitors tread  in the steps of the ancient ones on Neolithic paths and routes which are uniquely preserved in Britain and have almost entirely vanished on the Continent.

Brighthill Wood consists of more than ten acres of woodland to enhance and encourage wildlife and plant diversity.
Permissive access is currently granted to respectful visitors.

The brash piles of the structures provide insect, wildlife and plant habitats and decay over time and are eventually taken back into the earth, as mycelium and other factors work their magic and turn the brash into compost. 

The more elaborate brash structures recorded in the videos that hinted at the stories and ideas that might surround such an ancient site are breaking down now, but the woodland remains a reminder of our link with nature and the earth, as well as those who have gone before us, and those who will come after us.

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