~Autumn Tide~ by P. D Brown Now they come from barrow, mound and henge enclosure,From Low Connie’s winter solstice clock,And further afield; the mighty three at Thornborough.A Bronze Age woman rises from Kirkcarrion, A sun-disc round her neck. She steps into her ox-drawn waggon,As skeins of geese fly by, And all around the earth at…
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Chariots, Treasure & Power: Secrets of the Melsonby Hoard
Posted on Author Mandua BrigaPosted in Brigantes, Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications, The Melsonby Hoard, The Stanwick Hoard, Tools of PowerLeave a Reply
We are so excited to find out the Melsonby Hoard will be on display from 15th May this year and we have booked our tickets already. Full report and pictures coming soon!
The Mystery of the Stang Amulet
Our story starts in the spring of 1981. A man called Ted Seaton from Barnard Castle, who was a keen local metal detectorist, had taken a drive out to Arkengarthdale to search for artefacts. Ted ran an antique shop called The Mudlark in Galgate in Barnard Castle. Just over four years later, Ted was to…
Fireside Chat with Eimear and Jenny
Posted on Author Mandua BrigaPosted in Brigantes, Brighid, Death Rituals, Religious Education, Rock Well, Stanwick Iron Age FortificationsLeave a Reply
Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids (OBOD) Chosen Chief Eimear Burke chatted to Jenny on Thursday 8th September about subjects including Stanwick, Scotch Corner and Queen Cartimandua, is druidry a religion?, religious education, death rituals, needle-felted Brighid / Brigantia and a song! They talked for over two hours and it was streamed live on Facebook…
The Guardian discovers Stanwick Fortifications!
It was great to see the Guardian article from yesterday about our local ancient site at Stanwick. It was a bit disappointing that the journalist, Kevin Rushby, didn’t do much research apart from mis-reading the Wikipedia article that I wrote a few years ago. The famous archaeologist Sir Mortimer Wheeler (almost certainly incorrectly) concluded the…