Ancient Avebury
Centuries of rain and snow
Battered you,
Yet you survived them.
Thousands of years of turmoil
Passed, but you remained,
Firm and immoveable.
Built by long-vanished people
Who worshipped
Something unknown to us.
Then, in modern times
Puritans tried to destroy you,
Guided by fear.
They smashed your stones
And buried others,
Blaming the Devil.
Later, builders came
To plunder you for profit;
Look, parts of you are encased in cottage walls.
Two great avenues, three vast circles,
Over six hundred megaliths stood
Near Silbury Hill.
Now there are less than eighty:
Monument to Man's ignorance.
When I visit you
I feel humbled, lost in awe.
Giant blocks of mystic sandstone
Like wounded forgotten men
But still proud
Still watching the skies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avebury
Centuries of rain and snow
Battered you,
Yet you survived them.
Thousands of years of turmoil
Passed, but you remained,
Firm and immoveable.
Built by long-vanished people
Who worshipped
Something unknown to us.
Then, in modern times
Puritans tried to destroy you,
Guided by fear.
They smashed your stones
And buried others,
Blaming the Devil.
Later, builders came
To plunder you for profit;
Look, parts of you are encased in cottage walls.
Two great avenues, three vast circles,
Over six hundred megaliths stood
Near Silbury Hill.
Now there are less than eighty:
Monument to Man's ignorance.
When I visit you
I feel humbled, lost in awe.
Giant blocks of mystic sandstone
Like wounded forgotten men
But still proud
Still watching the skies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avebury






Castles definitely contain some strange vibes and your poem captured that 
