Hidden Monuments

In Ireland, in the county of Clare, in the small town of Carron within the heart of the Burren rests, in the shade of some plants to short to be called trees and to tall to be called shrubs, rests a hidden place.  This shady area is behind the hostel, close to a cow pasture.  There are no paths in it but those made by the trees and animals who live there.  It is completely unremarkable in almost every way.  It is home to many small monuments, made by people, eager to leave their mark on this small piece of land.  Simple stacks of rock, miniature cairn's or recreations of Stonehenge. 

There is one in particular, made by a young man.  He made it to honor someone he knew, in the hopes that this small deed would bring a piece of them to the land, and communicate its beauty and serenity to them across the vast distances of the ocean.  They could not be with him in any way but thought and heart, so he created something for them there.  It is constructed of the rocky shale common to the area.  The base is a tripod of these rocks standing supporting one another, while another larger flat rock sits atop.  Two more rest on this, forming a point.  It, like the place, is unremarkable, and only this young man would be able to tell you why its there.

How many other places in the world have the hidden markings of people.  Not the statues or pillars that typify memories laid down in metal and stone.  The great hulking constructions made to enforce remembrance.  The small ones, with no plaque or historian to tell you its' meaning.  They were put there for one person, a symbol of something only they felt in that time and place.  Are there small markers like these in every forest, every place where humanity hasn't encroached fully?  Does every person have a place to go, where they have inscribed arcane runes of an indecipherable nature or created a masterpiece of their heart for no other reason than to have a secret in the land?  I think people do, and it isn't a footprint in the sand, saying MAN was here.  Its our desire to have a secret, a piece of solitude that only we know about, and can never be elucidated by another person.  A private section of the world, devoted to our individual peace and tranquility.