My favourite bluebell woods on Calan Mai have definitely helped me to think more clearly this evening #Beltane2024

Noson Galan Mai Hapus! It may not feel like it, but this old festival celebrates the death of winter and the coming of summer. Sometimes linked to the constellation of Gemini, or Gwyn a Gwythyr in Cymraeg. A very old story indeed, one that tells of a battle in the skies for love

📰 Lidar survey in Ireland reveals hundreds of prehistoric monuments, the rarest of which may have 'marked the path to the afterlife'

#AntiquityResearch in the news via Newsweek by Aristos Georgiou

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#CalanMai was a busy time in mythic Wales. A scream afflicted Britain every May Eve when Lludd was king. Teyrnon lost his colts and found Pryderi on May Eve. Gwenhwyfar was abducted on #MayDay . Gwynn and Gwrthyr fight every May Day for Creiddylad.

Andrew Davies Jonathan Morris (archive) The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones Amanda Chadburn Adam Morgan Ibbotson Dr Robert Bohan 🌞 Clonehenge 🌙 Gail Higginbottom Liz Henty Dr Jennifer Wexler She does. She wrote THE book on the history of archaeoastronomy. I think what we all need to remember is that this field has always had its problems - still does… oxbowbooks.com/9781789257861/…

Jonathan Morris (archive) Fabio Silva Andrew Davies The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones Amanda Chadburn Adam Morgan Ibbotson Dr Robert Bohan 🌞 Clonehenge 🌙 Gail Higginbottom Dr Jennifer Wexler

The quite remarkable Llangorse crannog near Brecon in Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park - a C9th Irish-inspired Welsh royal court & the only crannog known in Cymru/Wales

Excavated in 1989-93 by Archaeology 100! - Cardiff Uni & St Fagans Archaeology

More here: museum.wales/articles/1350/…

📷 My own, yesterday

This CBA trip to Ynys Môn/Anglesey has an enviable itinerary - everything from Irish-style passage tomb rock art to the famed Hendy Iron Age head & more..! More details below 👇

From the inside looking out #LanyonQuoit #TombTuesday
#Kernow #Cornwall

Welsh folklore tells us that May Day Eve is one of three spirit nights (ysbrydnos) when the supernatural may be encountered.
Like Halloween, ghosts are abroad, and the best form of protection is to huddle around a bonfire.
Stay safe out there...
#MayDay #Wales #FairytaleTuesday

Great write up about the protected Dark Skies of Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🤩

Gurnos Hill cairn was reported by a member of the public in 2019! Drop us a line if you discover anything whilst out exploring.
#TombTuesday
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This bucolic landscape in the Machars of Galloway holds a secret. Among its drumlins and lochans are ancient burials.
#blackandwhitephotography #Scotland

Natural terrestrial corridors from across Britain to Stonehenge*

* not to be taken too seriously - mainly for fun, e.g. does not incorporate rivers, assumes that movement optimised for reducing energy expenditure