The Balancing Rock - Druid's Idol - located within the stunning Brimham Rocks near Harrogate, Yorkshire. Formed naturally over millions of years, the many formations at the site are just incredible, not least this one, which seems to defy all logic and science. However, having visited and sat under it, I can assure that this is a genuine photo of a genuine rock formation, taken during my visit last December. Folklore about the site is rife of course...
'In the 18th and 19th centuries, antiquarians such as Hayman Rooke wondered whether they could have been at least partly carved by druids, an idea that ran concurrently with the popularity of James Macpherson's Fragments of Ancient Poetry of 1760, and a developing interest in New-Druidism. For up to two hundred years, some stones have carried fanciful names, such as Druid's Idol'...
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