2/5 Martin L. 8 months ago on Google
Doctor
Johnson,
the
dictionary
writer,
said
of
the
Giant's
Causeway
that
it
was
'worth
seeing,
not
worth
going
to
see'.
This
stone
is
at
a
lower
level
of
interest-
hardly
worth
seeing
even
if
you
are
there.
The
'stone'
at
this
location
is
a
20th
century
concrete
replica
of
the
original
stone
(which
is
on
view
in
the
Margam
Stones
museum
and
worth
seeing),
and
a
sad
sight
it
is,
weathered
and
covered
with
moss,
looking
for
all
the
world
like
a
water
hydrant
marker
post.
The
original
was
erected
in
the
500s-600s
CE
and
the
inscription
reads
BODVOC-HIC
IACIT
/
FILIVS
CATOTIGIRNI
/PRONEPVS
ETERNALI
/VEDOMAV-('Of
Bodvocus
-
he
lies
here,
the
son
of
Catotigirnus
and
the
great
grandson
of
Eternalis
Vedomavus'),
(a
Latin
inscription
mentioning
Welsh
names)
but
perhaps
you
are
better
off
not
reading
since
in
1945
a
tradition
was
reported:
`The
ignorant
common
people'
in
the
neighbourhood
of
this
stone
promise
...
that
whoever
happens
to
read
the
inscription
shall
die
soon
after.
`Let
the
Reader
therefore
take
heed
what
he
does;
for
if
he
reads
it
he
shall
certainly
dye'.
The
curious
may
note
that
looking
east
across
the
field
you
can
make
out
the
Bronze
Age
round
barrow
Twmpath
Diwlith
at
the
far
edge.