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Monument Podcast

Monument Podcast

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Exploring places, spaces, people and purpose.

Old and new, modern and forgotten.

"Monument Podcast is enticingly creative"

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  • Episode 8 - up on Chanctonbury Ring

    Episode 8 - up on Chanctonbury Ring
    Dec 25 2019
    Chanctonbury Ring - a mysterious landmark which has caught the imagination of people going back thousands of years.  A lurking spot for the Devil, Julius Caesar, Saxon ghosts, World War 2 bombs, Morris Dancers, the Great Beast Aleister Crowley, Victorian picnics and almost anything else you could imagine..

    Justin Hopper's book Old Weird Albion covers Chanctonbury and other magic-infused sites along the South Downs Way:
    http://www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk/index.php/2017/09/the-old-weird-albion/

    Justin and Sharron Kraus released the album Chanctonbury Rings in 2018:
    https://ghostbox.greedbag.com/buy/chanctonbury-rings-0/

    Jacqueline Simpson has written several books, but a good place to start is her book Folklore of Sussex:
    https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/folklore-of-sussex/9780752499994/

    The rest of the music in this episode comes from Adrien Rhodes, who I have to say a huge thank you too for providing the textures and ambience for Monument.
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    27 mins
  • Episode 7 - If you want to get out of your head get out of your house

    Episode 7 - If you want to get out of your head get out of your house
    Dec 20 2019
    An interview with Dave Bangs, author and campaigner for the protection and enjoyment of nature and the countryside.  Dave has written three books on the subject, his latest book 'Land of the Brighton Line' can be found here:
    http://landofthebrightonline.co.uk

    Dave talked about his former work as a mural artist, there is a record of some of his work and audio interviews with Dave here:
    https://www.forwallswithtongues.org.uk/artists/david-bangs/
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    41 mins
  • Episode 6 - The Bottomless Pool

    Episode 6 - The Bottomless Pool
    Jul 8 2019
    In this short episode I speak to Chris Hare and Jacqueline Simpson about the mysterious Knucker Hole, home to a water monster.
    You can find more about this legend and others like it in Chris Hare's book The Secret Shore :
    https://friendsofthesouthdowns.org.uk/shop/merchandise/the-secret-shore-book/
    Jacqueline has written about the Knucker in her books Folklore of Sussex and British Dragons :
    https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1093354.British_Dragons
    There's also another Knucker, or Necker, to be found lurking in Deptford Creek, you can read about that, and more strangeness at the Portals of London blog:
    https://portalsoflondon.com/2019/01/13/drowned-lair-the-deptford-creek-necker/
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    8 mins
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