Category Archives: Celtic
Archaeologists and pagans alike glory in the Brodgar complex
Posted by TANN Ancient, Breakingnews, Destinations, Scotland, Travel, UK 7:30 PM Archaeologists are notoriously nervous of attributing ritual significance to anything (the old joke used to be that if you found an artefact and couldn’t identify it, it had … Continue reading
Origin of Stonehenge rocks discovered | The Sideshow – Yahoo! News
By Eric Pfeiffer | The Sideshow – Cross posted using WordPress “Press This” Application: Preserved for academic study. The origin of some of Stonehenge’s ancient stones have been discovered Researchers in the United Kingdom have finally solved a major piece … Continue reading
Bronze age man’s lunch: a spoonful of nettle stew | Science | The Observer
Archaeological dig reveals hundreds of objects, from six oak-tree boats to a bowl of food Dalya Alberge, The Observer, Sunday 4 December 2011 Crossposted on this site by WordPress “Press This” application Article history The smallest of six oak boats … Continue reading
BBC News – Archaeologists make new Stonehenge ‘sun worship’ find
The pits are positioned on celestial alignment at the site and may have contained stones Two previously undiscovered pits have been found at Stonehenge which point to it once being used as a place of sun worship before the stones … Continue reading
Cornwall Witchcraft Excavations 2011
Cornwall Witchcraft Excavations 2011, a set on Flickr. Via Flickr: Assisting with the Saveok Water Archaeology Fieldschool for the summer of 2011. Photos from my time there – June 1st through August 16th, 2011. www.archaeologyonline.org
Ochre
Australian National Museum, Canberra, ACT, Australia Ochre A common denominator amongst indigenous cultures around the globe is the use of ochre in ritual magic, painting, and funerary customs. You can find this intriguing use amongst the Australian Aborigines, the Native … Continue reading
Rock Close: Druid’s Cave and Circle
Druids Cave: * The Rock Close * Blarney Castle, Blarney, Ireland * http://www.blarneycastle.ie * Right next to the Witch’s Stone and Kitchen is the Druid’s Circle and Sacrificial Altar that is believed to be a traditional Celtic stone … Continue reading
Poulnabrone Portal Tomb
Poulnabrone Portal Tomb * Poulnabrone dolmen * the Burren, County Clare, Ireland * In the heart of the Burren, sits the infamous Irish “hole of sorrows”. It is a portal tomb that dates back to the Neolithic, approximately … Continue reading
Dunseverick Castle
Dunseverick Castle * Along the Giant’s Causeway / Coastal Causeway Route, Northern Ireland * Near the Giant’s Causeway, on an isolated rock surrounded by the sea in a small bay, is the crumbling remains of “Dunseverick Castle”. A … Continue reading
Knowth
Knowth/Newgrange Knowth, Ireland: http://www.knowth.com/knowth.htm One of Irelands most famous Neolithic passage graves, Knowth is in the valley of the Boyne River, at the ancient monument of Brú na Bóinne nearby famous Newgrange. This monument was built after Newgrange, … Continue reading