Simon; You did not mention Lake Llyn Cerrig Bach in Northern Anglesey ( the island where the Druids priest caste made their last and unsuccessful stand against the Roman Army ) in which a trove of over 150 magnificent Celtic relics were accidentally discovered in the early 1940s, including SEVEN priceless swords, speas and other weapons thought to have been thrown into the waters from 300 BCE to 100 AD (the dates are estimates of course based on manufacturing designs and could be much older).
Most of these relics were manufactured in Wales but some were made on the South Coast of England and carried hence (maybe won in battle?). Some of these relics were broken before being thrown into the waters of this sacred lake. Clearly they were treasured items owned by celebrated warriors who had died and were 'put beyond human use' as part of their passage to the Summerlands. These Pagan ceremonies were a less grandiose copy of the funeral rites of the Vikings where deceased noblemen were put on a funerary boat along with all their worldly goods, and in particular their swords and armour. Then the sails were set and as the evening katabatic winds took the boat out into the fiord the Viking warriors would shoot fire-arrows at the boat ( a scene superbly recreated in Kirk Douglases wonderful move 'The Vikings' ) which then, a blazing inferno, would eventually sink and 'bury' the lot on the deceased's way to Valhallah.
Clearly mouth-to-ear stories like this contributed to Geoffrey of Monmouth's History and his partial telling of the tale of King Arthur, which up until quite recently was ridiculed by historians and academics as being untrustworthy, until Caleb Howells wrote his 'Trojan Kings of Britain' which makes a good case for rejigging the timeline of early British History and should be read by any true Arthurian scholar.
I thought the current trendy explanation was that Stonehenge was built by pagan magicians, or aliens, or both? Surely human beings were too stupid and weak to transport large stones all by themselves! Oh I forgot the latest trends. It was built by.... shall we say it?
Simon; You did not mention Lake Llyn Cerrig Bach in Northern Anglesey ( the island where the Druids priest caste made their last and unsuccessful stand against the Roman Army ) in which a trove of over 150 magnificent Celtic relics were accidentally discovered in the early 1940s, including SEVEN priceless swords, speas and other weapons thought to have been thrown into the waters from 300 BCE to 100 AD (the dates are estimates of course based on manufacturing designs and could be much older).
Most of these relics were manufactured in Wales but some were made on the South Coast of England and carried hence (maybe won in battle?). Some of these relics were broken before being thrown into the waters of this sacred lake. Clearly they were treasured items owned by celebrated warriors who had died and were 'put beyond human use' as part of their passage to the Summerlands. These Pagan ceremonies were a less grandiose copy of the funeral rites of the Vikings where deceased noblemen were put on a funerary boat along with all their worldly goods, and in particular their swords and armour. Then the sails were set and as the evening katabatic winds took the boat out into the fiord the Viking warriors would shoot fire-arrows at the boat ( a scene superbly recreated in Kirk Douglases wonderful move 'The Vikings' ) which then, a blazing inferno, would eventually sink and 'bury' the lot on the deceased's way to Valhallah.
Clearly mouth-to-ear stories like this contributed to Geoffrey of Monmouth's History and his partial telling of the tale of King Arthur, which up until quite recently was ridiculed by historians and academics as being untrustworthy, until Caleb Howells wrote his 'Trojan Kings of Britain' which makes a good case for rejigging the timeline of early British History and should be read by any true Arthurian scholar.
I thought the current trendy explanation was that Stonehenge was built by pagan magicians, or aliens, or both? Surely human beings were too stupid and weak to transport large stones all by themselves! Oh I forgot the latest trends. It was built by.... shall we say it?
Yes, I have seen artist' impressions of the black folk building Stonehenge...
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