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Amy Tryphena

@realkernow.bsky.social

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Cornish Writer • Teller of Cornish tales , nature writer and bipolar mental health blogger • Dendrophile, Ancient Stone Botherer & Haunter of the Woods 〓〓 https://linktr.ee/AmyTryphena https://bipolarroughguide.com

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The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones @megalithic.bsky.social · 4h

Castilly Henge: The recent excavation at Castilly Henge has now finished, with finds including fragments of Neolithic flint tools and post-medieval pottery.

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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 1d

Stones in the mist – Tregeseal circle entirely cut off from Kenidjack common and the carn on the skyline invisible. At times like these, the danger of beguilement by unnatural lights and shifting paths grows, and stumbling pixie-led into the otherworld feels entirely possible … #StandingStoneSunday

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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 4d

✨🪞IT’S HERE!🪞✨
Thank you to everyone who pre-ordered The Mirror Issue. Shipping begins now!
✨ Get your copy from helleborezine.com ✨

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Amy Tryphena @realkernow.bsky.social · 1d

A spectacular example of a quoit came looming out of the mist - Chun Quoit #Kernow #StandingStoneSunday @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social

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Amy Tryphena @realkernow.bsky.social · 1d

Autumnal days

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Amy Tryphena @realkernow.bsky.social · 4d

The hooting carn - rich with folklore -including demonic Cornish wrestlers. Can you guess where it is? #folklore #Cornwall #Kernow

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Amy Tryphena @realkernow.bsky.social · 4d

Beauties! Porcelain mushrooms.

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Amy Tryphena @realkernow.bsky.social · 6d

What time of day do you prefer to write? I'm much more creative in the evening but better at editing in the morning 📖✏️📚 #writersky

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Amy Tryphena @realkernow.bsky.social · 6d

Very old Celtic crosses in a churchyard near Truro

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chrisull.bsky.social @chrisull.bsky.social · 8d

The magnificent Buttern Hill cist, part of a Bronze Age cemetery across the hillside, with magnificent views to Bronn Wennili (Cornwall’s highest point). #Cornwall #BodminMoor #StandingStoneSunday

Three narrow granite slabs, lying lengthways, form a rectangle, while a large standing stone rests halfway across it like a coffin lid poised on the lip of the tomb. Small chunks of granite surround the cist forming a much denuded mound. Across in the distance on a dry, brown and treeless horizon is a looming grey ridge, Bronn Wennili (I won’t say it’s English name) - the Hill of swallows it translates too, although perhaps its other Cornish name Bronn Ewhella (highest hill) seems more accurate as I never glimpse swallows there. The sky is filled with Constable like clouds and sun falls on land between the ridge but not on the cist or hill.

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Oscar Lozada @oz-of-the-ancients.bsky.social · 8d

#StandingStoneSunday The causeway across the Ness of Brodgar in Orkney, guarded by the 'Watchstone'

This probably-Neolithic stone may have once been part of a pair, guarding the processional route from the Stones of Stenness

📸 Mine

#archaeology #ancientbluesky #scotland #photooftheday 🏺

A road across a narrow waterway, with a large standing stone standing on the left

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Amy Tryphena @realkernow.bsky.social · 8d

The uniquely Cornish Boleigh Fogou with the creep entrance there on the right #StandingStoneSunday @stoneclub.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social #kernow

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Amy Tryphena @realkernow.bsky.social · 8d

I know! Hopefully the film wont put people off the book!

Amy Tryphena @realkernow.bsky.social · 9d

Two not so scary Cornish #folklore #flashfiction pieces I wrote a couple of years ago

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Amy Tryphena is a Cornish writer living in West Cornwall. She is currently studying for a B.A. in Creative Writing at Falmouth University. When she is not reading or writing, she can be found outdo…

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Amy Tryphena @realkernow.bsky.social · 9d

Genuinely scary #folkhorror novel that will shit you right up and give you nightmares. One of my favourites #booksky

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Crafted Words CIC @craftedwordscic.bsky.social · 20d

✨100 Days Left in 2025✨
That’s 100 chances to create, connect, and celebrate the magic of being alive.

Whether it’s picking up a pen, sharing a story, making art, or simply reaching out to someone you care about - there’s still time to make this year feel meaningful.
#100days #create4health

A poster featuring a paintbrush, pencil, and scissors with the words "100 Days Left - Make Them Creative & Connected.

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Amy Tryphena @realkernow.bsky.social · 12d

Excited to have a little piece in this issue about the Merry Maidens stone circle in Cornwall. Excited to read the other contributions - a zine right up my street

Stone Club @stoneclub.bsky.social · 19d

Its here!

The first ever Ancient Times, our new zine covering everything stone related and beyond.

This issue contains French Megaliths, Daniel Gumb, Flint, Stonehenge, Druids and more!

40 pages of stone-mania.

Copies will be shipped in October.

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Amy Tryphena @realkernow.bsky.social · 12d

In my top ten to visit list

Stone Club @stoneclub.bsky.social · 15d

Stanton Drew
#StandingStoneSunday

Standing stones at Stanton Drew stone circle

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Amy Tryphena @realkernow.bsky.social · 12d

Making the most of these sunny days for autumn #foraging. Conkers, rosehips, apples, self-heal, red clover, yarrow and honeysuckle. For syrups, treats, oils, soaps -washing liquid, balms and salves.