... is made up of nineteen granite stones. It is a Neolithic stone circle with the highest stone being 1.4 metres. The diameter is about twenty-four metres and circles of ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 11 2013 - 5:24pm
... Egypt and the National Museum of Scotland over a casting stone purportedly said to come from the Great Pyramid of Giza. However a ... between Scotland and Egypt is undignified. The casting stone should be returned to Egypt its a symbol of an Imperial period when the ...
Bernard Moffatt - Jan 11 2019 - 5:23pm
The Nine Maidens Stone Row is two miles north of St Columb Major along the A39. It is past the ... and to be astronomically aligned and related to other stone monuments in the area. Celtic nation: Cornwall ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 6 2013 - 6:22pm
This stone is thought to be Bronze Age and stands on it's own at a height of about ten feet. It is about a foot thick. The stone just to the southeast of Llanfaethlu in a field close to the A5025 in ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 7 2013 - 8:15pm
Boscawen Stone Circle is situated beneath the southern slopes of Creeg Tol. An enclosed ... upright stones. In the centre of the circle lies a tall stone with two axe carvings on it's north-east face. There are remains of later ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 6 2013 - 6:38pm
Fernacre stone circle is one of the largest stone rings in Cornwall approximately 44m by 46m in diameter. About 60 stones ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 6 2013 - 6:13pm
... this day. Samhain was the principal feast day of Celtic Ireland prior to the arrival of Christianity. Over time, the Christianisation ... the dead. The smooth transition from Celtic Samhain to the Christian holiday honouring dead Christian Saints is just another example of ...
Emmett McIntyre - Oct 15 2018 - 2:17pm
... this day. Samhain was the principal feast day of Celtic Ireland prior to the arrival of Christianity. Over time, the Christianisation ... the dead. The smooth transition from Celtic Samhain to the Christian holiday honouring dead Christian Saints is just another example of ...
Emmett McIntyre - Jan 7 2018 - 6:01pm - 0 comments
... is an elaborately decorated small shield with a finely sculptured head of Medusa at its centre. Also on display will be “The Battle ...
Douglas MacQueen - Nov 5 2016 - 12:53pm - 0 comments
... glens and rolling hills owe much to the force of ice that sculptured Scotland's landscapes during the last 'Ice Age'. Wearing it down, ...
Douglas MacQueen - Oct 27 2017 - 2:03pm