THE BLOWING STONE
It, is possible to bridge more than , e! i centuries in one breath at tho. lovely Wage of Kingston Lisle, which nestles amid the racing stables on the Berkshire Downs. By the roadside is a big stone, in which there nre sevorni small holes. Tho Blowing Stone it is called. "Blow down that small hole in the top, as i£ you were blowing a trumpet, and see what happens," you will be told. After a moment a penetrating, booming sound issues from one of the other holes find echoes distantly round tho countryside. Tho Blowing Stono was so used in the days of King Alfred to call the soldiers together when enemies were spied..
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 91, 15 October 1934, Page 16
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117THE BLOWING STONE Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 91, 15 October 1934, Page 16
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