Place of Stones explained

Place of Stones is a 1961 memoir by Ruth Janette Ruck (1928–2006) about living on a farm in Snowdonia, Wales. Place of Stones was followed by sequels Hill Farm Story and Along Came a Llama. Place of Stones remained in print until at least 1992.^{[1] [2]}

Place of Stones is set not far from the location of Thomas Firbank's I Bought a Mountain^[3] and has been compared to Elizabeth West's Hovel in the Hills.^[4]

Ruck lived on Carneddi (place of stones or cairns), a farm that includes the 1529 hall-house Tŷ-Mawr.^[5] Carneddi is located above Traeth Gwylit (Menai Strait) on .^[6] Ruck was 17 years old when she first came to the farm.^[7] Some of the improvements she made were funded by the Act of 1946 supporting hill farmers. Ruck also wrote about her participation in the on-location filming of Inn of the Sixth Happiness, which was partially shot in Wales.

The Guardian described Place of Stones as "delightful."

Notes and References

1. Web site: Caernarvon and Denbigh Herald 18 Sep 1987, page 21 . 2023-04-05 . Newspapers.com . en.
2. 28 November 1992 . Idyll among the stones: Obituary of Paul Orkney Work . The Guardian (London, England) . English . 28.
3. Web site: The Guardian 16 Jun 1961, page 5 . 2023-04-05 . Newspapers.com . en.
4. Book: Jones, Noragh . Living in Rural Wales . 1993 . Gomer . 978-0-86383-971-9 . 246 . en.
5. Book: Dunn . Margaret . Darganfod Tai Hanesyddol Eryri: Discovering the Historic Houses of Snowdonia . Suggett . Richard . 3 February 2015 . RCAHMW . 978-1-871184-54-9 . 125 . en.
6. "Idyll among the stones: Obituary of Paul Orkney Work." Guardian [London, England], 28 November 1992, p. 28. Gale OneFile: News, http://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A170969016 . Accessed 4 Apr. 2023.
7. Web site: The North Wales Weekly News 29 Jun 1961, page 8 . 2023-04-05 . Newspapers.com . en.