The Bridestones display carvings in the portal stones and within the chamber which seem to have gone unnoticed. The repaired portal stone shows a human figure about 3 feet tall looking onto the forecourt. The head has a jolly, smiling face. The figure appears to have a cow's muzzle looking over his/her left shoulder which may be nibbling at something held by the figure. A small lamb or goat is at its feet.
As you look into the chamber the left wall displays a carving about halfway along which resembles the eye of a reptile. Take a closer look at the entire wall and you will find it is, indeed, a reptilian creature with jaws and teeth which faces the portal stones. I call it a dragon. Outside the chamber you will find the rear end of this beast has an undulating back to represent the backbone.
Once you have got your head around this extraordinary fact you will perhaps notice the other wall of the chamber is another creature facing in the opposite direction. This beast is not ferocious like the first and is cruder in execution.
My investigation of the Five Wells chambered tomb in Derbyshire shows it has sidewalls formed by similar reptilian beasts as does Trefignath, south of Holyhead, on Anglesey. In fact, the large graves at Plas Newydd and Din Lligwy are also in the form of reptilian dragons.
The entire area of the Roaches in Staffordshire displays dragons looking out east, west and north whilst the rocks themselves resemble a huge dragon lying on the landscape.
North of Five Wells is an area known as Wormhill. The worm of course is an ancient name for the dragon. In a farmyard in the village stands an ancient stone, deeply furrowed andof curious outline. On closer investigation it proves to depict an adult dragon with a baby dragon perched on its snout.I bet the property owners have no idea the Worm of Wormhill resides in their garden.
In case you are wondering what the dragon symbolises my thesis is that it is the primeval earth mother who was widely venerated under many names before the advent of Christianity.
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