Curiously, on The Ridgeway in Wiltshire there are two places quite close together - Dragon Hill and Wayland's Smithy. The former is quite an impressive site, close to the Uffington White Horse. Curiously, that is probably the oldest of the Wessex White Horses, and also probably not a horse. The latter is rather small and drab in comparison. But as a place for study by transformational artificers, it fits the bill.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayland's_SmithyAnother coincidence (we're told) is that
Rudyard Kipling, in his interlinked collection of stories Puck of Pook's Hill, set many of the stories near the Smithy, and told of the arrival of the smith god in the first.
Puck of Pook's Hill may deserve our attention -
Donald Mackenzie, who wrote the introduction for the Oxford World's Classics edition of Puck of Pook's Hill in 1987, has described this book as an example of archaeological imagination that, in fragments, delivers a look at the history of England, climaxing with the signing of Magna Carta. .. Puck calmly concludes the series of stories: "Weland gave the Sword, The Sword gave the Treasure, and the Treasure gave the Law. It's as natural as an oak growing."
Was Rudyard Kipling a Druid? Or a revisionist British historian? The titles of his POPH stories hint seem to hint so:
1.1 Puck's Song
1.2 'Weland's Sword'
1.3 A Tree Song
1.4 'Young Men at the Manor'
1.5 Sir Richard's Song
1.6 Harp Song of the Dane Women
1.7 'The Knights of the Joyous Venture'
1.8 Thorkild's Song
1.9 'Old Men at Pevensey'
1.10 The Runes on Weland's Sword
1.11 A Centurion of the Thirtieth
1.12 'A Centurion of the Thirtieth'
1.13 A British-Roman Song (A.D. 406)
1.14 'On the Great Wall'
1.15 A Song to Mithras
1.16 'The Winged Hats'
1.17 A Pict Song
1.18 Hal o' the Draft
1.19 'Hal o' the Draft'
1.20 A Smuggler's Song
1.21 The Bee Boy's Song
1.22 'Dymchurch Flit'
1.23 A Three Part Song
1.24 The Fifth River
1.25 'The Treasure and the Law'
1.26 The Children's Song