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	1 The Rhinns Portpatrick to Castle Kennedy Kist maker: Alice Mitchell Design taken from: Bronze Axe from Knock & Maize in Stranraer Museum. Date: about 2750 years ago From the days of the first farmers in Scotland, around 6,000 years ago, stone, and later metal, axes were essential tools for people who were trying to tame a wild, wooded landscape. They became symbols of power, and for many thousands of years, significant articles of trade. The axe which inspired this design, was found very near the route of the SUW between Portpatrick and Stranraer. It dates to the Bronze Age when the first metal tools were made. Axe hoards have been found in peat, which is capable of preserving objects made of organic materials as well as metal ones. Please look at the notes on the contacts page of this site for an explanation of what you should do if you should come across anything that you think might be an artefact from the past.
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Alice Mitchell, poet Mount Mill Oxton LAUDER TD2 6PT 01578 750287 alice.storymaking@virgin.net

Alice Mitchell is a poet whose experiences have been distilled and clarified through land-words. Land embodies and evokes transformation. As a sculptor of words, and in her storymaking workshops She encourages the links between land, legend, and season. Her simple and effective interpretation of a kist embodies a poem that will set you on your journey.

Alice would like to thank Pat Green & Sarah Kenchington for their assistance in the construction of her kist.