The rites at Stonehenge for the Gorsedd of Cor Gawr are led by Christine Cleere (Vixx), together with a small group of supporting priests. For any information
on the Gorsedd, or contributions for the Cor Gawr pages, please visit the Gorsedd web page or subscribe to our Facebook Group. You can contact Christine here.
Wednesday 24 June 2009
Alban Hefin (Midsummer) Gathering
The midsummer gathering will be from 4:30am-6:30am. It is suggested that those with tickets gather from 4am in Stonehenge car park. You must bring your tickets with you as you will need to affix the car park pass to the bottom right hand corner of the windscreen in order to enter the car park. The car park must be cleared by 7am. Arrangements subject to final confirmation by English Heritage.
Tickets will be on sale to TDN members only from All Fools' Day (1 April) and to all comers from Beltaine (1 May). Please order early to avoid disappointment!
Tickets available only in advance, price £2 each.
Please send £2 per ticket (max 6 per request), and a stamped self addressed envelope (or IRCs) to:
Sue Bouvier,
186 Swievelands Road,
Biggin Hill,
Kent TN16 3QS.
Please make cheques out to 'The Druid Network'.
Please note that tickets will be sent to successful applicants in early June.
For further information on the ticket availability, contact: Cor Gawr Tickets
Mist at Sunrise - Photo: Lesley Hilton
Additional Dates already agreed provisionally with
English Heritage are as follows. Please remember that events organized
for Stonehenge are always at risk of last minute cancellation (owing to
any recent damage or risk of disturbance). If you are in any doubt as
to whether the event is still happening, get in touch with Christine
Cleere, Cor Gawr Organiser
- Midsummer : Wednesday 24 June 2009 (dawn)
Dates awaiting confirmation from English Heritage are:
- Midwinter : Sunday 20th December 2009 (dusk)
- Midsummer : Thursday 24 June 2010 (dawn)
- Midwinter : Sunday 19th December 2010 (dusk)
As the Gorsedd works on a Special Access pass, the
Cor Gawr rituals are ticketed events, with a number limit of 100
people. The tickets are often sold out up to a month before the date,
so do book early. There is a maximum of 6 tickets per application. We
ask for £2 per person, please, to cover our admin costs. Please send
stamped addressed envelope or IRCs (see below for address). If you have
booked multiple tickets, please include the names of everyone you have
booked tickets for in your request. Please note that tickets must be
paid for in advance, and cannot be picked up at the site. They must be
brought with you to the Gorsedd as they contain a pass for the car park
without which you will not be admitted. Please make cheques payable to
'The Druid Network'.
Any excess funds from the rites go to TDN tree planting projects.
Everyone is asked to bring offerings to the spirits
of place bread and mead for the shared feasting (mead must be in
plastic bottles as glass ones will not be permitted within the Stones),
and contributions to the eisteddfod should they wish. Please dress
warmly!
If your have any photos of one of the Gorseddau, or poetry, or anything that would contribute to a review page, please send to Christine Cleere.
Deaf Access
Review of the Gorsedd, Alban Hefin (Midsummer) 2008
Review of the Gorsedd, Alban Hefin (Midsummer) 2006
Review of the Gorsedd, Alban Arthan (Midwinter) 2005
Review of the Gorsedd, Alban Hefin (Midsummer) 2004
Review of the Gorsedd, Alban Hefin (Midsummer) 2003
What's in a name? - A short note by Kestrel on the name 'Gorsedd of Cor Gawr'
FFI about the Gorsedd, see our Directory page.
FFI about accomodation around Stonehenge see our Accomodation
page.
