New Views over Megalithia

[Boreades]

Were they all men's shoes?

Err, might have been all sorts, according to the article, it was a child's-size shoe.

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/44194

Edit: Unless the Romans had small feet, or these shoes have shrunk a bit after 2,000 years in the mud.

[TisILeclerc]

The Archies have found another Norman forgery 'hidden in plain sight' they said.

It's a big mound dating back to the iron age and compares with similar sites in Germany. But there can't be a connection can there? After all there were no Germans in Yorkshire before the Romans.

And did those lederhosen in ancient times ....?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-37539792

The mound at Skipsea Castle in East Yorkshire is 278ft (85m) in diameter and 42ft (13m) high.

It was thought to be part of a Norman motte and bailey dating from 1086 but archaeological analysis of soil from its core showed it is 2,500 years old.

Dr Jim Leary, from the University of Reading, said: "We have a pristine, untouched, Iron Age monument".

Dr Leary, who led the excavation of the site near Bridlington, added: "It's the largest Iron Age mound in Britain and there it was hiding from us in plain sight."

Further research is now being planned to establish the purpose and use of the mound.

"The key question now is what was this mound used for?" Dr Leary said.

"Was it a burial mound? Is it comparable to some of the really big burial mounds in Germany and Switzerland and eastern France of that period? If so, that's really significant."

Yep. It was hiding from them. That's what they do. Sneaky wee buggers. I'd have missed it myself to be quite honest. After all it is green and grassy. Easy to miss definitely.

At least Freebrough Hill is natural. Even though local legends say it isn't. And nearby Whorl Hill is natural as well. Archies would have spotted it if it wasn't.

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The extraordinary part is their claim that

Skipsea is a unique example from Iron Age Britain. The closest mound of a similar size and age is in Germany.

Doesn't it occur to these dozy historians that they should be scurrying around reassessing some of the other hitherto 'Norman' mottes? Does nothing unseat their belief in "conventional wisdom"? For shame.

[Boreades]

The Australian version of Doggerland has just surfaced.

Indigenous stories of dramatic sea level rises across Australia date back more than 7,000 years in a continuous oral tradition without parallel anywhere in the world, according to new research.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-n ... r-millenia

[Mick Harper]

In Chinese Whispers the story gets unrecognisable after about five minutes but when there's a paradigm to be supported seven thousand years is no time at all.

[TisILeclerc]

How about Iraqi whispers brought to us courtesy of the Independent. Not the Daily Mail so it must be true.

An Iraqi minister has claimed that the ancient Sumerians travelled to Pluto in spaceships thousands of years ago.

Kazem Finjan, Iraq’s Transport Minister, told reporters in Dhi Qar, south Iraq, that the world’s first airport was built there in around 5,000 BC.

He said the ancient civilisation of Sumer, one of the oldest known societies, used the airport for space exploration and even discovered Pluto, according to news website The New Arab.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 40966.html

Now we know why the Americans invaded. They were after ancient spaceships.

So if you are at Bridlington for a donkey ride and an ice cream beware of tall men in suits with very dark shades and bulges in their pockets. They are the advance force coming to steal our iron age technology. And flying dragons.

[TisILeclerc]

And another thing.

The Flemish 'gentleman' who built the castle was called Drogo. Is this one of the famous Drake dragon people?

He wasn't even a Viking just a not very famous Belgian.

Skipsea Castle is a Norman motte and bailey castle near the village of Skipsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Built around 1086 by Drogo de la Beuvrière, it was designed to secure the newly conquered region, defend against any potential Danish invasion and control the trade route across the region leading to the North Sea. The motte and the bailey were separated by Skipsea Mere, an artificial lake that was linked to the sea during the medieval period via a navigable channel. The village of Skipsea grew up beside the castle church, and the fortified town of Skipsea Brough was built alongside the castle around 1160 to capitalise on the potential trade....

http://www.sarsen.org/



He didn't stay too long mind you. He killed his wife who was a sister or niece of King Billy the Conker so had to fly back to the wetlands. Is this a case where the dragon finally did get the maiden?

I don't know. Where was Saint George when he was needed?

Oh, and another thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI8jsVE0qEQ

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Close-up of stones at Metsamor in Armenia



They are part of a stone row leading to the museum



From the Megalithic Portal site

The Metsamor bronze-age (roughly 4,000 to 3,000 BCE) archaeological complex comprises several rows of menhirs (Vischaps), a bronze-age settlement and cup & ring stones. It is interpreted as an observatory.

Further evidence of power

The site is close to Armenia´s only nuclear power plant.

According to this site http://www.armeniapast.com/prehistory/metsamor/ the stones in the row were brought from all over, their original positions and/or purpose isn't known though the modern interpretation is pretty clear.

The single menhir is dubbed a dragon stone (vishap)

Vishap stones, or dragon stones, are among the most important monuments of Armenian prehistory, for they are fish shaped stones sometimes with a fish’s eye and flippers carved on them, though sometimes sacrificed bulls are engraved on them. They are associated with water and were often erected in at the sources of natural and artificial lakes and springs.

[Mick Harper]

They are indeed observatories. The best way of lining up stars is to choose a warm and starry night, lie on the ground, close one eye, hold your erect penis in one hand, and line up the desired object. After that the turning of the earth will etc etc. It's an example of practical archaeo-astronomy that we can all try for ourselves. Not Hatty perhaps.

[Boreades]

The best way of lining up stars is to choose a warm and starry night, lie on the ground, close one eye, hold your erect penis in one hand, and line up the desired object. ... It's an example of practical archaeo-astronomy that we can all try for ourselves.

Although this sounds like an unusual way to encourage young females to join the TME adventures, I have to admire your boldness. This technique might well be relevant on Wednesday 19th October 2016. It's the date for the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Annual Forum 2016.

They say :

This year’s Forum offers a ‘Starry’ feel to it.
Dark Skies of the North Wessex Downs
To book your place, please return the attached booking form to:-
Forum bookings, North Wessex Downs AONB, Units 3 and 4, Denford Manor, Lower Denford, Hungerford, Berkshire RG17 0UN.
Email: [email protected]

You too could get a starry feel. Or get voted the person with the most Outstanding Natural Beauty of 2016.

Book early, and do take a ground sheet with you. The ground is getting a bit damp these autumn nights.