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| Author | : Gordon Strong |
| Publisher | : Skylight Press |
| Total Pages | : 102 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1908011580 |
The village of Stanton Drew in north Somerset is host to a remarkable group of ancient monuments which together comprise the third largest collection of standing stones in England. Its Great Circle, the largest of three stone circles, exceeds the dimensions of Stonehenge. Recent archaeology has revealed that a substantial woodhenge once occupied the site, underlining its importance as a major ritual centre of the Neolithic age. Gordon Strong, a regular lecturer on the subject, has spent many years exploring this fascinating site on multiple levels. In this well illustrated book he presents archaeological detail, local folklore and the views of various commentators from 18th century antiquarians to dowsers, discussing mythology, mediumship and earth energies. His insights are gleaned from his long love-affair with the site, and offer the visitor some clues for making their own inner connection to this unique monument which still retains its ancient magic.
| Author | : Gordon Strong |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 24 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Archaeology |
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| Author | : Elly Griffiths |
| Publisher | : Mariner Books |
| Total Pages | : 373 |
| Release | : 2019 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1328974642 |
In a chilling entry to the award-winning Ruth Galloway series, she and DCI Nelson are haunted by a ghost from their past, just as their future lands on shaky ground. DCI Nelson has been receiving threatening letters. They are anonymous, yet reminiscent of ones he has received in the past, from the person who drew him into a case that's haunted him for years. At the same time, Ruth receives a letter purporting to be from that very same person--her former mentor, and the reason she first started working with Nelson. But the author of those letters is dead. Or is he? The past is reaching out for Ruth and Nelson, and its grip is deadly.
| Author | : Sir Norman Lockyer |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 368 |
| Release | : 1906 |
| Genre | : Druids and Druidism |
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| Author | : Guy Ogilvy |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 68 |
| Release | : 2006-10-17 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0802715400 |
Packed with everything from ancient recipes for glues, varnishes, and paints to spiritual preparations of herbal tinctures and oils, including magical formulae and practices of alchemy, The Alchemist's Kitchen will appeal to anyone fascinated by the past and by the occult world. Guy Ogilvy takes you inside medieval laboratories and kitchens, revealing the hows and whys of mythical recipes and concoctions.
| Author | : Gordon Strong |
| Publisher | : Wooden |
| Total Pages | : 64 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Stanton Drew (England) |
| ISBN | : 9781904263739 |
In the sleepy Avon village of Stanton Drew stand the forgotten remains of the third major neolithic temple complex of Southern Britain after Stonehenge and Avebury. In this guidebook to the site, packed with rare images, Stanton Drew boffin Gordon Strong explores some of the deeper questions raised by sites such as this.
| Author | : Martin Palmer |
| Publisher | : Piatkus |
| Total Pages | : 202 |
| Release | : 2012-03-01 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 0748130497 |
SACRED LAND will enable you to discover the hidden secrets and meaning of the landscape around you, town or country, modern or old, wherever you live in Britain. There has been a dramatic growth in interest in our own history, buildings, landscape, sacred places, beliefs and culture over the last few years and this book will equip you with the tools to unlock the meaning, stories and history that are literally embedded in our landscape. It takes us from street names to churches; from hill forts to burial mounds; from the way a road bends to the shapes of fields in order to understand better the land that lies beneath our feet. In the literal shape of our countryside can be detected the eddies of time, politics, belief, warfare, passion and the durability of the human existence. SACRED LAND is a fascinating, accessible read and the perfect reference guide to have in your home or in your car. It will be of interest to everyone who loves history, sacred places and sacred history, and those who like to explore their ancestry and roots.
| Author | : Lynne Kelly |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 303 |
| Release | : 2015-05-19 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1107059372 |
In this book, Lynne Kelly explores the role of formal knowledge systems in small-scale oral cultures in both historic and archaeological contexts. In the first part, she examines knowledge systems within historically recorded oral cultures, showing how the link between power and the control of knowledge is established. Analyzing the material mnemonic devices used by documented oral cultures, she demonstrates how early societies maintained a vast corpus of pragmatic information concerning animal behavior, plant properties, navigation, astronomy, genealogies, laws and trade agreements, among other matters. In the second part Kelly turns to the archaeological record of three sites, Chaco Canyon, Poverty Point and Stonehenge, offering new insights into the purpose of the monuments and associated decorated objects. This book demonstrates how an understanding of rational intellect, pragmatic knowledge and mnemonic technologies in prehistoric societies offers a new tool for analysis of monumental structures built by non-literate cultures.
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| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 686 |
| Release | : 1906 |
| Genre | : Cornwall (England : County) |
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| Author | : Geoffrey Grigson |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 366 |
| Release | : 2009-07-02 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0141959681 |
In the 1960s Geoffrey Grigson travelled around England writing the story of the secret landscape that is all around us, if only we take the time to look and see. The result is a book that will take you on an imaginative journey, revealing hidden stories, unexpected places and strange phenomena. From green men, ice-scratches, cross-legged knights and weathercocks to rainbows, clouds and stars; from place-names and poets to mazes, dene-holes and sham ruins, via avenues, dewponds and village greens, The Shell Country Alphabet will help you discover the world that remains, just off the motorway. 'Geoffrey Grigson resurrected the minor, the provincial and the parochial ... [he was] an erudite and unrivalled topographer ... ardent in promoting informed awareness of the distinctiveness of place' Toby Barnard 'An anthologist of genius' P.J. Kavanagh
