Gorsedd of Bards of Cor Gawr - Gorsedd Beirdd Côr y Cewri
The rites at Stonehenge for the Gorsedd of Cor Gawr are led by Chrissie 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 Chrissie here.
Sunday 19th December 2010
Alban Arthan (Midwinter) Gathering
The Cor Gawr Gorsedd midwinter gathering will be from 4:30pm-6:30pm on Sunday 19th December 2010. Those with tickets should gather from 4pm in Stonehenge car park. Please ensure you bring your tickets with you as you will need the pass to enter the car park. The car park must be cleared by 7pm.
Tickets are available only in advance, subject to confirmation by English Heritage, from the Autumn Equinox 22nd September. 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 asto whether the event is still happening, get in touch with Chrissie Cleere, Cor Gawr Organiser
- Midsummer : Friday 24 June 2011 (dawn)
- Midwinter : Sunday 18th December 2011 (dusk)
- Midsummer : Sunday 24th June 2012 (dawn)
- Midwinter : Sunday 16th December 2012 (dawn)
As the Gorsedd works on a Special Access pass, the Cor Gawr rituals are ticketed events, with a number limit of 100 people at Midsummer and 80 for Midwinter. The tickets are often sold out up to a month before the date, so do book early. If you require multiple tickets, please include the names of everyone you have booked tickets for in your request. Please note that tickets must be booked 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 parkwithout which you will not be admitted.
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 Chrissie Cleere.
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.