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Book Synopsis A Wirral Megalithic Mystery by : David Gregg
Download or read book A Wirral Megalithic Mystery written by David Gregg and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an ancient mystery story. The Wirral peninsula in the county of Cheshire, just north of ancient Chester, is well known for its Viking and Roman history but artifacts going back to the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods, such as ritual stone axes and flint arrow heads are also known.Yet no other signs of these early occupants have been recognised...until now.Professor Gregg following clues found by students of old maps, has discovered that at three sites these people designed and constructed great circles and arrays of standing stones using geometrical rules familiar from later European medieval cathedrals.At Saxon Overchurch the ancient chapel stands on a raised platform of earlier date.The platform in turn is surrounded by a great circle, 8 stones of which still survived in the 19th century. That circle is over 1100 ft across and hosted an inscribed hexagon.The professor shows that the probability of chance creating this geometry is minute.Here is the mystery: the position and dimensions of the Saxon and later Norman and medieval church are simply related to the design of the platform and to the great stone circle.There appears to be continuity of design from the Neolithic to the medieval period.The professor explains why this is not so unexpected. Even more remarkable a little to the south at Arrowe Park there once stood two larger concentric circles involving a dozen stones.The inner circle which also hosted a hexagon, was over 2000 ft across.As at Overchurch the proportions of the circles show familiar patterns involving prime roots, phi and pi.Again the professor shows that a chance explanation is out of the question. The geometry is so striking that he investigates the possibility of a 19th century hoax by a Druid obsessed antiquarian landowner.He shows that a hoax is very unlikely. These results are so surprising the skeptical reader may require further evidence.To provide it the professor analyses a third Wirral site. Near the ancient village of Bidston he describes a regular, organised array of 42 stones over 1250 ft long by 800 ft wide.The array has interesting and familiar geometry and as at Overchurch and Arrowe Park that geometry leads to alignments involving 3 or more stones which point to rising and setting points of the Sun and Moon on the local horizon. Major events such as midsummer sunrise are marked by several alignments.Also notable are markers for the pagan cross quarter day festivals of Imbolc, Beltain, Lughnasadh and Samhain which were adopted by the Christian church.It is this continuity of calendrical events from pagan through to Christian times which explains the strange design links at Overchurch spanning the millennia.Professor Gregg reminds us that Pope Gregory the Great himself instructed St. Augustine to adopt the temples of the heathens and rededicate them to Christ and the saints. Overchurch may be a classic example of the results of that policy in Britain. The three ancient sites described in this short book, if the analyses here are confirmed by further field work and research, may be as important as Stonehenge and Avebury. The Arrowe Park circles, for example, far exceed Avebury and all other known stone circles in diameter.The sites are currently unprotected and have already suffered from housing and road developments.It is time to take action to save what may remain.
Book Synopsis The Overchurch Mystery by : David P. Gregg
Download or read book The Overchurch Mystery written by David P. Gregg and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wirral peninsula in Cheshire, England is well known for its Roman and Viking past.Recently remains have been found from the Mesolithic period, nearly ten thousand years ago.In between there is little known except the stone carvings of Bidston Hill.Using new evidence Professor Gregg shows the probable presence of a huge stone circle surrounding the Saxon church site at Overchurch, Upton.It may be that Overchurch is a corruption of 'Ofer's Ring'.This circle is marked by several stones recorded on 19th century OS maps and more recent limited geophysical surveys.Even stranger there are obvious geometrical links between the circle and the Saxon-Norman church site which sits with its graveyard on a large raised platform.Early Christian churches were often sited on much earlier pagan sites and the professor demonstrates how the church position and scale are intimately defined by the platform geometry.Even more surprising the construction lines defining the platform design point to the rising and setting points of the Sun on the horizon at the solstices, equinoxes and pagan cross-quarter day festivals such as May Day and Halloween. The same markers survive in the positions of the great circle stones.The circle is 1176ft in diameter or 173 megalithic rods.This would make it 4X the size of Stonehenge and the largest stone circle in Britain.Over half the circle is now covered by roads and houses but half is still accessible.A full geophysical survey of the circle's path should be undertaken before all of this important listed site is lost.Gravestones from the abandoned Overchurch are still being taken for local garden rockeries. Remarkably Overchurch is not alone. A mile to the south Professor Gregg analyses a set of three giant circles at Arrowe Park: the largest is over 4000 ft across.As before the geometry is hexagon based and the 13 stones involved mark out several accurate lines to sun and moon events on the horizon.We also find the same cannon of proportions based on geometry familiar in English medieval cathedrals: the silver and golden sections and simple functions of pi and phi.The patterns are so clear that the author considered a Victorian hoax by an antiquarian land owner with knowledge of Euclid!However this would be a century before the first pioneers of calendrical landscape astronomy laid down the necessary mathematics. On balance these Wirral anomalies are probably ancient and indeed Neolithic in date.The geometry in these circles is familiar from Stonehenge and Avebury but the Arrowe big circle is 4X the diameter of the Avebury ring...if real it would be the largest geometrical figure on the planet...so f
Book Synopsis The Old Stones of Land's End by : John Michell
Download or read book The Old Stones of Land's End written by John Michell and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Megaliths and Their Mysteries by : Alastair Service
Download or read book Megaliths and Their Mysteries written by Alastair Service and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Megalithic Mysteries by : Michael Balfour
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Book Synopsis In Search of the Awesome Mystery by : Seán Ó Duinn
Download or read book In Search of the Awesome Mystery written by Seán Ó Duinn and published by Columba Press (IE). This book was released on 2011 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterly overview of the stories, places, images, traditions and continuing practices spanning religious living in Ireland from the earliest times. It contains explorations of the early megalithic sites like Bru na Boinne, the enchanted lake of Loch Gur, midsummer fires at St John's Eve, and fascinating insights into the mindset and attitudes of the people of Ireland from long before Celtic spirituality came on the scene until the present day where remnants and survivals of those earlier times can still be discerned among the people.
Book Synopsis Wirral Standing Stones by : David P Gregg
Download or read book Wirral Standing Stones written by David P Gregg and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-29 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wirral peninsula of Cheshire has been settled since Mesolithic times. The area was 'Celtic' during the Iron Age until the Roman legions built their fortress at Chester. When the Romans departed the Anglo-Saxons slowly moved in to farm the good land until the 10th when century when Norse-Irish were allowed to settle from Dublin. Just thirty years later a Norse-Irish-Scottish army invaded England and a great battle was fought to decide who ruled in Britain: the Vikings or the united English. That battle took place here on the Wirral in 937 AD. A century and a half later the Norman French arrived and replaced some of the English - Norse landowners. Of all this history little remains. Yet amazingly the author believes remains from the Neolithic and early Bronze Age are still here in plain sight and this book tells their story. The author has walked the Wirral landscape for several decades now, occasionally coming across battered standing stones easily dismissed as old gate posts. Yet checking the early OS maps he found over 160 standing stones mainly in clusters and often, as seen from above, in patterns. Checking tithe field and place names along with aerial photos and Lidar images adds further information. This books analyses 17 standing stone sites involving long multi-stone rows and circular arcs. Why were these rows built? In other places in Britain and Europe such rows often had a calendrical purpose, marking the solstices and equinoxes and perhaps festival dates by noting the sunrise positions. Such horizon calendars have been widely used by ancient (and recent) farmers. However on some famous sites the complex movements of the moon are also marked and this is the case on Wirral. Of course it is often said by the non-numerate that we have simple cases of coincidence. To counter this the author has carried out extensive statistical analyses of each site. On the Wirral sites the probability of the stone row orientations happening by chance are very low. There are only two explanations. Firstly that these sites were built in the Neolithic or Bronze Age as in other parts of Britain. Secondly that in the 19th century landowners conspired to build 'ancient' stone follies based on considerable 'masonic' knowledge of geometry and astronomy. The author toyed with the latter explanation more than once, faced with the remarkable results of his analyses. It is strange that in looking for memories of the standing stones in early Welsh and local literature some very weird links between the stone geometries and, for example, the poem ' Sir Gawain & the Green Knight', written locally and partly set in Wirral, were discovered. These findings are described in an appendix. The reader will find it interesting. The reader may also find the first 'technical' explanation for the stone sites difficult to accept given that the stones may have been raised over 4,000 years ago. For this reason the author supplies several other appendices which look at unexplained 'anomalies' and evidence of remarkable early mathematical achievements and technology.To put the Wirral situation in context we also examine in some detail the surrounding areas of Liverpool, North Wales and East Cheshire and look at their undoubted ancient stone sites. Wirral fits the same pattern. The remarkable artifacts of North Wales, the stones and tombs, and the early Welsh myths can all shed light on the Wirral situation.
Book Synopsis Vanishing England by : Peter Hampson Ditchfield
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Book Synopsis Landscapes of Neolithic Ireland by : Gabriel Cooney
Download or read book Landscapes of Neolithic Ireland written by Gabriel Cooney and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Landscapes of Neolithic Ireland is the first volume to be devoted solely to the Irish Neolithic, using an innovative landscape and anthropological perspective to provide significant new insights on the period. Gabriel Cooney argues that the archaeological evidence demonstrates a much more complex picture than the current orthodoxy on Neolithic Europe, with its assumption of mobile lifestyles, suggests. He integrates the study of landscape, settlement, agriculture, material culture and burial practice to offer a rounded, realistic picture of the complexities and the realities of Neolithic lives and societies in Ireland.
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of English Folklore by : Jacqueline Simpson
Download or read book A Dictionary of English Folklore written by Jacqueline Simpson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 997 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are there any legends about cats? Is Cinderella an English story? What is (or was) a Mumming Play? The subject of folklore covers an extremely wide field, with connections to virtually every aspect of life. It ranges from the bizarre to the seemingly mundane. Similarly, folklore is as much afeature of the modern technological age as the ancient world, of every part of the country, both urban and rural, and of every age group and occupation. Containing 2,000 entries, from dragons to Mother Goose, May Day to Michaelmas, this new reference work is an absorbing and entertaining guide to English folklore. Aimed at a broad general readership, the dictionary provides an authoritative reference source on such legendary characters as the Babesin the Wood, Jack the Giant Killer, and Robin Hood, and gives entertaining and informative explanations of a wide range of subjects in folklore, from nosebleeds and wishbones to cats and hot cross buns.
Book Synopsis Prehistoric Cheshire by : Victoria B. Morgan
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Book Synopsis The Celts [2 volumes] by : John T. Koch
Download or read book The Celts [2 volumes] written by John T. Koch and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-08-08 with total page 1358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This succinct, accessible two-volume set covers all aspects of Celtic historical life, from prehistory to the present day. The study of Celtic history has a wide international appeal, but unfortunately many of the available books on the subject are out-of-date, narrowly specialized, or contain incorrect information. Online information on the Celts is similarly unreliable. This two-volume set provides a well-written, up-to-date, and densely informative reference on Celtic history that is ideal for high school or college-aged students as well as general readers. The Celts: History, Life, and Culture uses a cross-disciplinary approach to explore all facets of this ancient society. The book introduces the archaeology, art history, folklore, history, linguistics, literature, music, and mythology of the Celts and examines the global influence of their legacy. Written entirely by acknowledged experts, the content is accessible without being simplistic. Unlike other texts in the field, The Celts: History, Life, and Culture celebrates all of the cultures associated with Celtic languages at all periods, providing for a richer and more comprehensive examination of the topic.
Book Synopsis Critical Han Studies by : Thomas Mullaney
Download or read book Critical Han Studies written by Thomas Mullaney and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constituting over ninety percent of China's population, Han is not only the largest ethnonational group in that country but also one of the largest categories of human identity in world history. In this pathbreaking volume, a multidisciplinary group of scholars examine this ambiguous identity, one that shares features with, but cannot be subsumed under, existing notions of ethnicity, culture, race, nationality, and civilization.
Book Synopsis The Secrets of Solomon's Temple by : Kevin L Gest
Download or read book The Secrets of Solomon's Temple written by Kevin L Gest and published by Fair Winds Press. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the hidden secret that lies at the heart of Freemasonry The Secrets of Solomon's Temple explores the background of Freemasonry and presents it in a new and fascinating context as it relates to our modern world. It also reveals the true identity of King Solomon and shows his Temple in a way it's never been explored before.
Book Synopsis Anagram Solver by : Bloomsbury Publishing
Download or read book Anagram Solver written by Bloomsbury Publishing and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 719 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anagram Solver is the essential guide to cracking all types of quiz and crossword featuring anagrams. Containing over 200,000 words and phrases, Anagram Solver includes plural noun forms, palindromes, idioms, first names and all parts of speech. Anagrams are grouped by the number of letters they contain with the letters set out in alphabetical order so that once the letters of an anagram are arranged alphabetically, finding the solution is as easy as locating the word in a dictionary.
Book Synopsis Celtic Warrington and Other Mysteries by : Mark Olly
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Book Synopsis The Old Straight Track by : Alfred Watkins
Download or read book The Old Straight Track written by Alfred Watkins and published by Little Brown. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1925 THE OLD STRAIGHT TRACK remains the most important source for the study of ancient tracks or leys that criss-cross the British Isles- a fascinating system which was old when the Romans came to Britain. First in the Herefordshire countryside, and later throughout Britain, Alfred Watkins noticed that beacon hills, mounds, earthworks, moats and old churches built on pagan sites seemed to fall in straight lines. His investigation convinced him that Britain was covered with a vast network of straight tracks, aligned with either the sun or the path of a star. Although traces of this network can be found all over the country, the principles behind the ley system remain a mystery. Are they the legacy of a prehistoric scientific knowledge which is now all but lost? And was their purpose secular or religious?
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