Category Archives: ancient mound

Found Mounds…

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* ‘…We didn’t go to High Bradfield to look for a mound we went to High Bradfield for the church there but we found a mound anyway. It was hidden behind the church and was purporting to be a disused … Continue reading →

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Elusive realities: The touch of the past..? II

Posted on April 6, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Continuing from yesterday’s post: We had visited one of the more obscure sites in Derbyshire. It was one we did not know well, so  spending time with the stones, hidden away within a copse of trees, was something we felt … Continue reading →

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Elusive realities: The touch of the past..?

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Sue Vincent

We visit a lot of ancient sites and, over the years, have developed both a set of ideas and a bit of a ‘feel’ for these places. Some of those ideas have later been borne out by research into the … Continue reading →

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Notes from a small dog: IndieAni Bones and the dragon’s lair III

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Parking the car up a bumpy lane, we got out and walked along the Ridgeway for a while. She said she was saving the best till last… and I would have been happy with the little wood she let me … Continue reading →

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Time travelling: Ancient sanctity

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Sue Vincent

We entered through the porch door, surprised to find ourselves in a kind of antechamber. From the outside, there is no suggestion that you will be anywhere other than in the main body of the church and I had forgotten … Continue reading →

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Seeking the sacred

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Sue Vincent

All my life I have visited sacred sites when I could, and I have been lucky enough to visit many. Whether ancient church, temple, stone circle or legendary landscape, there is something about these sites that touches a place deep … Continue reading →

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Living Lore reblog: Processional Pathways of Ancient Ireland ~ Ali Isaac

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Ali Isaac Storyteller: In October 2015, I had a very strange experience at Tlachtga, the Hill of Ward. As I walked the site, I became increasingly dizzy and developed a powerful headache. Half an hour after driving away … Continue reading →

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On the road again…

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Sue Vincent

How much can you really manage to do on a warm, sunny weekend? It is surprising how obliging time can be when it is limited. We do not rush, we are never hurried, but we do seem to manage to … Continue reading →

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Enigma #midnighthaiku

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Human enigma Achieves the impossible Denies evidence The valley is flooded. Beneath it two villages are drowned. Modern Man works engineering miracles then sails on his creation, trusting his eyes and self-satisfaction. Above the valley are sculpted hills, crowned by … Continue reading →

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Chapel-en-le-River II… Stuart France

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* “It’s a Cop.” “Look again.” “It’s still a Cop.” “Or a very big Long Barrow.” “But it’s a hill.” “Look again.” “It’s still a hill.” “Or a very big Long Barrow.” “They didn’t build Long Barrows that big.” “Why … Continue reading →

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