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What is a passage tomb?
These Neolithic monuments are usually a large mound of earth with a stone passage extending into the middle of the mound to a central chamber where there might be side-chambers. The central chamber was often found to have contained the … Continue reading
The King Arthur thing
A while ago I reread the Mary Stewart books for the first time in many years, thanks to covid. They are The Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills, and The Last Enchantment. (There is a fourth book she tagged onto the … Continue reading
Blather
Here please find background, anecdotes, explanations, and denials. Apologies for the bad photography I want to apologize for the many fuzzy, dark, and overexposed photos here. I had a really great camera (a Pentax) as well as some nice point-and-shoot … Continue reading
What is a dolmen?
Dolmens are all over the place in western Europe, particularly in Ireland and England. You can see how they’re designed to look like a big table or a sheltered doorway or portal. Neolithic dolmens were usually (they think) tombs, with … Continue reading