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1. Mysterious Remains Of The Pagan Lady Found In A Manx Castle

   ... of a 10th century woman was uncovered in a stone lined grave at Peel Castle (Manx: Cashtal Purt ny h-Inshey) on the Isle of Man ... equidistant between the countries of England to the east and Ireland to the west. Wales is situated some distance southeast of the Island ...

   Alastair Kneale - Mar 20 2021 - 4:10pm

2. Strange ancient 'six headed chief' burial site in Scotland starts to reveal its secrets

   ... that of one  nicknamed the "six-headed chief". The grave contains a man with a fatal sword wound to his skull. He was buried with four skulls before his grave was later reopened to bury a second man, while a third man was buried in ...

   Douglas MacQueen - Oct 18 2020 - 1:55pm

3. Response to Attacks on Breton Language by the French State

   ... is the text of the letter he wrote the French Ambassador to Ireland at the time:    "Cher Monsieur l’ambassadeur, ... meet in person. I am writing, however, to express grave concern on behalf of Sinn Féin at the recent decision of the French ...

   Dominique Corolleur - Jun 6 2021 - 7:50pm

4. Ballynahatty - The Giants Ring Henge

   The Giant's Ring in Ireland (Irish: Éire) is a henge monument at Ballynahatty (Irish Baile na ... at places. East of the centre of the enclosure is a small passage tomb with a vestigial passage facing west. There is an exceptionally ... Hartwell in Lisburn.com . Celtic nation: Ireland Itinerary: Ireland Ulster northeast Place type: ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - May 8 2021 - 12:30pm

5. Orkney's Maeshowe Neolithic Cairn To Remain Open For Public Access

   ... into the walls, Maeshowe is accessed by a low, long entrance passage. The mound encasing the tomb is some 115 feet (35 m) in diameter ... and raised bank. Like the chambered tomb of Newgrange in Ireland, it is constructed in such a way that it is aligned to capture the last ...

   Douglas MacQueen - Sep 27 2016 - 7:30pm - 0 comments

6. Sanday

   ... back to 3000BC the main chamber is reached by an entrance passage and has six smaller chambers leading off it. The remains of about fifteen people were found in the chambers and passage when first excavated. Link and Image : Historic Environment ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Aug 6 2021 - 3:52pm

7. Bryn Celi Dhu

   ... Ddu (‘Mound in the Dark Grove’), is a Late Neolithic passage tomb dating to around 5,000 years ago and locted on the island of ... that on the summer solstice a beam of light is cast down the passage, lighting up the chamber. The monument appears to have begun as a ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Jun 30 2017 - 11:14am

8. Exceptional spell of dry weather in Ireland reveals ancient henge site

   ... Eibhlin O'Neill's blog The recent heatwave in Ireland has played a vital role in the discovery of a possible ancient henge, ... Brú na Bóinne is famous for the three well-known large passage tombs, Knowth, Newgrange and Dowth, built some 5,000 years ago in the ...

   Eibhlin O'Neill - Jul 14 2018 - 7:37am

9. Waking the Dead - Richard Butt has a Howard Carter moment!

   Bernard Moffatt's blog ‘Bloody grave robbers’ my friend, a well known Peel character since sadly gone to his own grave’ averred. We were many years ago studying - with the aid of a few pints ...

   Bernard Moffatt - Jul 23 2018 - 7:31pm

10. Carnac - Karnag

    ... between otherwise unrelated sites such as between the passage-mounds of Gavrinis and La Table des Marchands for example, both of ... phase at Carnac is at around 4,500 BC. The Kercado passage mound, south-east of the Kermario alignment has been radio-carbon dated ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Apr 27 2017 - 11:53am

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