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What is your favorite European megalithic? (other than Stonehenge)
On Monday, February 18, 2013 9:18:45 PM UTC, Jack Campin wrote:
What is your favorite megalithic in Europe? And why? Other than Stonehenge, that is -- that could be an easy choice already. Tarxien (and other sites), Malta. Absolutely incomparable - and, I believe, the oldest. A little way outside Europe, but Gobekli Tepe near Urfa makes Tarxien and Stonehenge look as modern as a Wal-Mart. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin Yep, was there some dozen years back. Fascinating & incredibly ancient, but I didn't find it physically imposing. |
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What is your favorite European megalithic? (other than Stonehenge)
David Horne wrote:
S Viemeister wrote: On 2/18/2013 11:06 AM, Erilar wrote: What is your favorite megalithic in Europe? And why? Other than Stonehenge, that is -- that could be an easy choice already. The Ring of Brodgar, in Orkney. It's approachable, and doesn't feel at all touristy. I replied to this part, then had other thoughts. Tarxien in Malta is also fascinating. So is the Taula Sanctuary on, I think, Minorca. Sicily has some great sites, but a bit later. Back in Orkney, there are so many sites, but trying to stick to megalithic keeps the list shorter. Skara Brae is stone. . . Yes, I _loved_ Skara Brae! First time I visited, we wandered around the site at midnight in June. That was the 80s, not sure if you can still do that? David They've tightened up access. I envy you the site at midnight in June! -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad |
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What is your favorite European megalithic? (other thanStonehenge)
On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:08:37 -0600, Dan Stephenson wrote:
http://stepheda.com/Scotland_2004_Me...way_Broch.html So: this is probably my favorite megalithic site, because of the mystery behind it and its uniqueness. Does anyone have an explanation for it? What is your favorite megalithic in Europe? And why? Other than Stonehenge, that is -- that could be an easy choice already. Carnac, Gavrinis. http://www.brittanytourism.com/disco...rittany/carnac http://noe-education.org/D125.php |
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What is your favorite European megalithic? (other thanStonehenge)
Erilar wrote;
I envy you the site at midnight in June! In the summer of '75 I was backpacking and hitch-hiking Europe (good ole days. I hitched out of london and made it to a pub IIRC ~1.5mi from Stonehenge in the evening. My plan was to spend the night inside the stones and get-up and out at 1st light. Earlier that day I got picked-up by a doctor with 2 kids even stopped at his house for a while. I told him my plan and he said that the site does attract some odd types so I should watch myself. Anyway the pub closed and the locals pointed me in the right direction down a *long dark deserted road*. Well I had 2nd thoughts on my plan either from the odd types or the horror movies of my youth and changed my mind. And with those old 10PM pub closings I guess I just didn't have enough liquid courage in me either. In hindsight I wish I had as it would have made a cool story whenever Stonehenge came-up in conversation. I went off into a field and unrolled my sleeping bag. In the morning I sat up and there in the short distance was Stonehenge, I remember that view vividly. Very close to this except without the roadway http://tinyurl.com/ac5tkwf Regards, Walter |
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What is your favorite European megalithic? (other than Stonehenge)
On 19 Feb 2013 20:21:19 GMT, Paul Aubrin wrote:
On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:08:37 -0600, Dan Stephenson wrote: http://stepheda.com/Scotland_2004_Me...way_Broch.html So: this is probably my favorite megalithic site, because of the mystery behind it and its uniqueness. Does anyone have an explanation for it? What is your favorite megalithic in Europe? And why? Other than Stonehenge, that is -- that could be an easy choice already. Carnac, Gavrinis. I agree, also a nice bunch in Northern Portugal. |
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What is your favorite European megalithic? (other than Stonehenge)
On 02/17/2013 03:08 PM, Dan Stephenson wrote:
I love connecting with history, that is why I travel. One of my most-sought connections is with ancient history, and there is nothing more ancient than megalithics. In 2006 in particular, I visited the south of England, and got lost in the West Country in the search for ancient ruins. Wonderful experience. One develops an eye for arrangement of stones that is not accidental, and you can be alone with something few if any people have seen. I came across a stone arrangement I never saw before, and I've seen hundreds of megalithics. It consisted of two concentric rings, ten feet apart, with an interior area about ten feet across. http://stepheda.com/England_2006/Day_5.html#13 The close arrangement of the stones is inconsistent with stone circles, and I've seen no concentric stone circles apart from Stonehenge. Yet there are two rings of stones, so these do not appear to be kerb stones of a burial mound whose mound stones have been removed. The most similar thing I've seen are some tombs near Culloden, Balnualan of Clava, with two concentric rings of kerb stones with a mass of fill stones between them: http://stepheda.com/Scotland_2004_Me...f_Clava.html#8 But, Culloden and Cornwall are so far apart, I know from experience seeing megalithics, that it is doubtful a cultural mixing occurred, and if it did, where are the fill stones? Offhand, it could also look like a fort on the Dun Carloway model. But the space between the rings, at ten feet, is too larger, and the interior space, ten feet across, is too small. http://stepheda.com/Scotland_2004_Me...way_Broch.html So: this is probably my favorite megalithic site, because of the mystery behind it and its uniqueness. Does anyone have an explanation for it? What is your favorite megalithic in Europe? And why? Other than Stonehenge, that is -- that could be an easy choice already. Silvio Berlusconi? |
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What is your favorite European megalithic? (other than Stonehenge)
On Tuesday, February 19, 2013 8:00:35 PM UTC, Erilar wrote:
David Horne wrote: S Viemeister wrote: On 2/18/2013 11:06 AM, Erilar wrote: What is your favorite megalithic in Europe? And why? Other than Stonehenge, that is -- that could be an easy choice already. The Ring of Brodgar, in Orkney. It's approachable, and doesn't feel at all touristy. I replied to this part, then had other thoughts. Tarxien in Malta is also fascinating. So is the Taula Sanctuary on, I think, Minorca. Sicily has some great sites, but a bit later. Back in Orkney, there are so many sites, but trying to stick to megalithic keeps the list shorter. Skara Brae is stone. . . Yes, I _loved_ Skara Brae! First time I visited, we wandered around the site at midnight in June. That was the 80s, not sure if you can still do that? David They've tightened up access. I envy you the site at midnight in June! -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad Not megaliths, but we did similar in Petra in the 1990s. Having 'suffered' the package tour in the first half of the valley amid hundreds of others, we spent the night in a nearby small hotel and were the first to walk into Petra just after dawn. We had the entire valley to ourselves for an hour or so. Total magic. |
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What is your favorite European megalithic? (other than Stonehenge)
Erilar wrote:
David Horne wrote: S Viemeister wrote: On 2/18/2013 11:06 AM, Erilar wrote: What is your favorite megalithic in Europe? And why? Other than Stonehenge, that is -- that could be an easy choice already. The Ring of Brodgar, in Orkney. It's approachable, and doesn't feel at all touristy. I replied to this part, then had other thoughts. Tarxien in Malta is also fascinating. So is the Taula Sanctuary on, I think, Minorca. Sicily has some great sites, but a bit later. Back in Orkney, there are so many sites, but trying to stick to megalithic keeps the list shorter. Skara Brae is stone. . . Yes, I _loved_ Skara Brae! First time I visited, we wandered around the site at midnight in June. That was the 80s, not sure if you can still do that? David They've tightened up access. I envy you the site at midnight in June! I was 16 the first time- made quite an impression! David -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009) |
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What is your favorite European megalithic? (other than Stonehenge)
Surreyman wrote:
[] Not megaliths, but we did similar in Petra in the 1990s. Having 'suffered' the package tour in the first half of the valley amid hundreds of others, we spent the night in a nearby small hotel and were the first to walk into Petra just after dawn. We had the entire valley to ourselves for an hour or so. Total magic. Ah, good tip. A little OT but we're visiting Israel/Jordan in April and I'd wondered about spending a night in Petra just for that... David -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009) |
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What is your favorite European megalithic? (other than Stonehenge)
On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 12:20:24 PM UTC, David Horne wrote:
Surreyman wrote: [] Not megaliths, but we did similar in Petra in the 1990s. Having 'suffered' the package tour in the first half of the valley amid hundreds of others, we spent the night in a nearby small hotel and were the first to walk into Petra just after dawn. We had the entire valley to ourselves for an hour or so. Total magic. Ah, good tip. A little OT but we're visiting Israel/Jordan in April and I'd wondered about spending a night in Petra just for that... David -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009) Do it - an experience we've never forgotten. It gives you time, too, to get up onto the heights (Monastery etc.) where the guided tours never go - in fact they rarely get beyond the amphitheatre a third of the way along the valley! More than happy to discuss further if you wish. |
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