Simons Howe

Set upon a sunlit boulder, this piece of silver appears as though risen from the earth itself — its’ textured face catching the sharp light of the moor. Behind it, the hazy outline of distant hills echoes the ancient barrow of Simon’s Howe, which aligns with the solstice sun, marking time through sacred geometry.

At its’ centre, two dark gemstones sit embedded within the silver — twin anchors of shadow and reflection. Their placement, side by side and split by the diagonal ridge, evokes the meeting of earth and sky, or the balance of night and day at the turning of the year.

The ridge itself rises like a miniature moorland spine, drawing the eye upward and outward. This elemental geometry — shaped by hand and softened by time — reflects the way ancient forms persist through erosion and memory.

Captured in the wild, among lichen and limestone, the piece seems not placed but returned. A modern relic shaped by solstice light, sacred intention, and the quiet certainty of stone.