The Friends of the
Rollright Stones

The Friends of the Rollright Stones have 3 aims;

1) to promote and aid the care, conservation and integrity of the Rollright Stones and their environment.

2) to promote and aid the care, conservation and integrity of other Ancient Sites and their environment.

3) to support the objectives of the Rollright Trust.

These aims will be achieved by, amongst other methods;

1) Raising money for new projects at the Stones

Examples of this could include;

helping with the cost of the much needed erosion work
helping with the purchase of the Whipering Knights field
printing pamphlets
paying for new gates
refurbishing the warden's lodge
anything else that needs doing to promote the long-term care and conservation of the Stones.

2) Organising fund-raising events at the Stones and elsewhere

While there is no wish to turn the Rollrights into a regular entertainments venue, we do recognise that it offers an inspiring and unusual space which can be used in conjunction with sympathetic events to offer a unique and powerful experience to the visitor, whilst maintaining the integrity of the site.

3) Publishing a regular magazine and newsletters

The Right Times is the broad-based quarterly magazine of the Friends of the Rollright Stones. It covers all things vaguely megalithic - archaeology, earth mysteries, spiritual, spooky/wyrd/personal

stuff, folk-lore, environmental and conservation issues. Basically, anything and everything that people have views on as long as they are not libellous or too judgemental.

4) Publicising other projects

All over the country there are ancient monuments and sites of special beauty under threat from commercial development or neglect. We would hope to be able to publicise and help these sites and, if required, pass on the dubious benefit of what we've learnt to other local initiatives.

Becoming a Friend

Current subscription rates in the UK are £10 per year, £12 in Euroland and £15 (US$25) for everywhere else.

(Joint membership for people at the same address is as above).

Please make cheques payable to the Friends of the Rollright Stones. (We can accept cheques made out in any currency).

Contact details;

The Friends of the Rollright Stones,

P.O. Box 333,

Banbury,

Oxfordshire OX16 8XA.

Visit their website at http://www.rollright.demon.co.uk/fiend.html