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Why Yew Tree Magic? Well, before we moved to Cornwall we lived in a small village in Gloucestershire, in 'Yew Tree Cottage', named for the twenty-foot high clipped Yew tree arch over its front gate. By a strange coincidence (or perhaps a quirk of fate) my first album 'Secret Trees'was already close to completion, largely inspired by the wind-sculpted trees we'd seen on Cornish holidays, but when I delved into the mysteries of the Yew tree I found an even stranger saga of immortality and rebirth, of churchyard trees that are older than the churches themselves, whose wood was used for the famous English longbow, and of ancient groves planted by the Druids. Yew Tree Magic indeed, and a perfect name for us!

The Yew - by Glennie Kindred

The Ancient Yew

Ancient Yew Group

Green Man - From wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Search For The Green Man - by Mike Harding

Worship of Trees - Written and compiled by George Knowles

Cyberwitch - Sacred Wood

Cornwall

Although we've explored other rugged coastlines including those of Devon, Dorset, and Pembrokeshire, Cornwall provides a unique combination of wildness and magic that was the main inspiration for 'Ancient Seas'

Connexions - Cornish Myths and Legends

The Museum of Witchcraft - Boscastle

Tintagel Castle

Saint Nectan's Glen and waterfall

Cornwall Guide - North Cornwall

Smugglers of Cornwall

Cornish Superstition

Stone circles, standing stones, and labyrinths

Back in the early 1980's we lived in Avebury, Wiltshire, just a short walk away from the famous stones. These ignited our interest in ancient stone monuments of all types, which eventually resurfaced in the music of'Moonhill'. In Cornwall we are blessed with a host of ancient circles, solitary standing stones, and sacred wells. There are also famous labyrinth carvings at Rocky Valley, a few miles from where we live, which Belinda incorporated into the large standing stone on the Moonhill cover artwork.

Exploring Cornwall's Standing Stones

The Megalithic Portal - Sacred sites in Cornwall

Rocky Valley

Rocky Valley - Labyrinth Petroglyphs

Cornish Ancient Sites Protection Network

Meyn Mamvro - Magazine of ancient stones and sacred sites in Cornwall

Gwydir - History of Mazes and Labyrinths

The Labyrinth - Walking a spiritual path