I’m standing in the main viewing hall at Llandefni museum hardly able to believe my eyes!

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After regaling a bewildered looking member of staff with a précised account of The Marian Conspiracy and the lost whereabouts of the Paulinus stone that is supposedly located near our hotel, he goes off to consult with the top man, returning many minutes later trundling a small trolley loaded with something small and heavy and covered by a soft, white cloth.
My jaw hits the floor when he whips the fabric off with a theatrical flourish and reveals, not the Paulinus marker, but the Virgo stone from the Well of Nothing Much! We are both speechless! We had long decided that the Anglesey connection with the Virgin Mary, as cited in the Marian Conspiracy, was a fabrication, but presented with this physical evidence I feel hugely elated! I’m not sure why as many of the theories presented in the book, although credible are rather tenuous, but the existence of the stone does at least give some tangible support to the author’s suppositions and make us feel less like the victims of a con trick.

Our man from the museum explains that the stone was removed from the well site for safety, which on reflection is obvious as it is small enough to fit into the boot of a car and would no-doubt make an excellent garden feature.

The Virgo Stone found near spring at Llanachymedd, Anglesey and said by Graham Phillips, author of the Marian Conspiracy,to mark the grave of the Virgin Mary.

I bend down and run my hand over its roughly hewn, red surface. The Virgo glyph fills part of one side and is easily discernible, although somewhat worn with age. I ask if it has been authenticated, but he knows very little about it, except to say the symbol is one of the many signs that represent the VM and for more information we need to speak to the archaeologist. This, he says, isn’t possible at the moment as he’s embroiled in the extensive building works the museum is currently undergoing and has important decisions to make concerning drains etc.

This is slightly disappointing, but it doesn’t really matter. It’s enough that we’ve actually found and seen the stone, for the rest of the day I’m walking on air!