Category Archives: ancient mound

Of kings and stone…

County Meath, Sunday, 31st July 2022… *** *** All roads lead to Tara as they say. * Or at least all the roads in Ireland. *** *** But like so much else that we have considered on this trip what … Continue reading

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Dowth…

County Meath, Sunday, 31st July 2022… *** *** The dowdiest of the three Boyne Monuments but, in some ways, the friendliest. * No time restrictions, no imminent threat of film-show dread, no waiting bus, full of chattering strangers… * Just … Continue reading

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Knowth…

County Meath, Saturday, 30th July 2022… *** *** Knowth gives us a relatively accurate picture of what Loughcrew might once have looked like… *** *** …With its large mound dedicated to the equinoxes and a whole host of satellites briefly … Continue reading

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Rath-Ra…

County Roscommon, Tuesday 26th July 2022… *** *** Weirdly, our next site came with a, ‘beware of the bull’ sign! * And while there was no animal visible, there were signs of its presence liberally spread about the field. * … Continue reading

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A family of dogs

First posted on Sue Vincent’s Daily Echo, 2018 There have not always been dogs in my life, but there have always been dogs in my heart. All of them, except the setters, who were family and Echo, who was a … Continue reading

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Temple of Living Lore…

Maiden Castle * “Of course, once you have written one book, the next one is easy…” * It was true that we still had things we wanted to say, and some things which we had thought might make it into … Continue reading

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The City and the Stars (6) : the twice-chosen ~ Steve Tanham

To build something so sophisticated, so designed, as the Maeshowe Chambered ‘tomb’, would have required enormous dedication from the people of Orkney. Seen alongside the emerging splendour of the Ness of Brodgar ‘spiritual city’, you get a flavour of the … Continue reading

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Solstice of the Moon: A Last Adventure II

We knew the story. Both James and Paul himself have told how it was found, when Paul and his brother, exploring the moors as children, had come upon the strange passageway…and how the smaller of the brothers had been ‘encouraged’ … Continue reading

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Solstice of the Moon: Older than Time…

Imagine standing in the presence of a living being at whose feet Pontius Pilate played as a child. Local legend says that Pilate was born at Fortingall when his father visited the Roman Legions in the north. Imagine standing in … Continue reading

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Solstice of the Moon: Tales of the Unexpected

Sadly, it was to be our last night in Scotland. We had found a place to stay just outside Pitlochry. The next morning we would begin the long drive to our next rendezvous… a meeting with a friend in Yorkshire. … Continue reading

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