{"id":388,"date":"2022-06-06T20:43:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T20:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triskelepublishing.com\/weirdstonewalk\/?page_id=388"},"modified":"2023-02-12T17:30:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T17:30:12","slug":"saddlebole","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/triskelepublishing.com\/weirdstonewalk\/saddlebole\/","title":{"rendered":"Saddlebole"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Approximate Location<\/strong><br>Grid Reference: SJ 86043 78030<br>Latitude \/ Longitude: 53\u00b017\u203257\u2033N , 002\u00b012\u203239\u2033W<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saddlebole is a waymarker on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/triskelepublishing.com\/weirdstonewalk\/thieves-hole-to-stormy-point\/\">journey<\/a>\u00a0of the farmer and the wizard from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/triskelepublishing.com\/weirdstonewalk\/thieves-hole\/\">Thieves Hole<\/a>\u00a0to the cave of the sleepers in<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20070928202001\/http:\/\/www.alderleyedge.manchester.museum\/texts\/jsa_manchester_mail2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0<em>The Legend of Alderley<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>By Seven Firs and Goldenstone they went, to Stormy Point and Saddlebole.<\/em>\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:8px\">G<em>arner, A., 1960 (1989 edition),&nbsp;The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. William Collins \/ Lions. London. p10.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colin and Susan were attacked in a disused quarry on Saddlebole (see header image) by the svart-alfar. The scene is set in <em>Weirdstone, Chapter 3 &#8211; The Maggot-breed of Ymir<\/em>: <em>&#8220;Once over the ridge, they found themselves in a dell, bracken and boulder filled, and edged with rocks, in which were cracks, and fissures, and small caves; and before them a high-vaulted beech wood marched steeply down into the dusk.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cadellin later informed the children that <em>&#8220;Saddlebole was ever a svart-warren&#8221;<\/em> (<em>Weirdstone, Chapter 4: The Fundindelve<\/em>). Ironically, the <a href=\"https:\/\/triskelepublishing.com\/weirdstonewalk\/fundindelve\/\">Iron Gates<\/a> lay very close by, on the slopes leading down towards Saddlebole and the two locations are intervisible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/triskelepublishing.com\/weirdstonewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_8072.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/triskelepublishing.com\/weirdstonewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_8072-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/triskelepublishing.com\/weirdstonewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_8072-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/triskelepublishing.com\/weirdstonewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_8072-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/triskelepublishing.com\/weirdstonewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_8072-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/triskelepublishing.com\/weirdstonewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_8072-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/triskelepublishing.com\/weirdstonewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_8072-scaled.jpg?resize=850%2C567&amp;ssl=1 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Iron Gates, looking south-west from the disused quarry on Saddlebole (Credit: James Wright)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the essay <em>By Sevenfirs and Goldenstone: An Account of the Legend of Alderley<\/em>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alan_Garner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alan Garner<\/a> states that Saddlebole probably incorprates the Old English place-name element &#8220;<em>-bolla<\/em>&#8221; a round&nbsp;hollow, a bowl&nbsp;or a&nbsp;crucible. He has also speculated that it may have been a location for metallurgy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-weirdstone-walk wp-block-embed-the-weirdstone-walk\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"hZYTyett17\"><a href=\"https:\/\/triskelepublishing.com\/weirdstonewalk\/locations\/\">Locations<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Locations&#8221; &#8212; The Weirdstone Walk\" src=\"https:\/\/triskelepublishing.com\/weirdstonewalk\/locations\/embed\/#?secret=YlA31DaiAU#?secret=hZYTyett17\" data-secret=\"hZYTyett17\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Approximate LocationGrid Reference: SJ 86043 78030Latitude \/ Longitude: 53\u00b017\u203257\u2033N , 002\u00b012\u203239\u2033W Saddlebole is a waymarker on the\u00a0journey\u00a0of the farmer and the wizard from\u00a0Thieves Hole\u00a0to the cave of the sleepers in\u00a0The Legend of Alderley: \u201cBy Seven Firs and Goldenstone they went, to Stormy Point and Saddlebole.\u201c Garner, A., 1960 (1989 edition),&nbsp;The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. 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