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Stonehenge has been a mystery for centuries, but scientists may have just cracked the code! New research suggests that this ancient stone circle wasn't just a random monument—it was actually used as a giant solar calendar. The arrangement of the stones aligns perfectly with the solstices, helping early people track the passage of time. This means Stonehenge may have been an advanced tool for marking seasons, guiding agriculture, and even planning festivals. It's incredible to think that people over 4,000 years ago built something so precise without modern technology! So, was Stonehenge just a clock, or did it have an even deeper meaning? Credit: Original inhabitants of the British Islands: by Meyrick, Sir Samuel Rush; Smith, C.H, British Library archive, https://imagesonline.bl.uk/asset/14281/ CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Ring of Brodgar: by Mike McBey, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Avebury: by Gordon Robertson, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., https://flic.kr/p/9yFmoS Barbury Castle Horse Trials: by Jonathan Hutchins, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Stonehenge closeup: by Chris Gunns, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Sarsen stones: by Andrew Smith, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... sarsen stones: by JimChampion, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD... Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook:   / brightside   Instagram:   / brightside.official   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.of... Telegram: https://t.me/bright_side_official Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This video is made for entertainment purposes. We do not make any warranties about the completeness, safety and reliability. Any action you take upon the information in this video is strictly at your own risk, and we will not be liable for any damages or losses. It is the viewer's responsibility to use judgement, care and precaution if you plan to replicate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Explore the magic and myth of the Ring of Brodgar – an astonishing neolithic stone circle on Orkney in the company of local ranger Sandra Miller and the Plodcast's own Annabel Ross. Enjoy a blend of history, mystery and folklore… Contact the Plodcast team and send your sound recordings of the countryside to: editor@countryfile.com. If your letter, email or message is read out on the show, you could WIN a Plodcast Postbag prize of a wildlife- or countryside-themed book chosen by the team. Visit the Countryfile Magazine website: countryfile.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's a listener-sponsored episode! (That's right, that's still a thing that we do). Anna whisks Amber along on a tour of Neolithic sites in the Orkney Isles, an archipelago off the coast of Scotland. Around 5,000 years ago, this place was a hub for new ideas. Come with us as we visit the houses at Skara Brae, the "hidden" Neolithic village that re-emerged in 1850 (CE). We also swing by the massive Ness of Brodgar site, and finish up at a newly discovered chambered tomb, all while learning what people were up to 5,000 years ago in the far north.To learn more: Ancient Genomes Indicate Population Replacement in Early Neolithic Britain - PMCSkara Brae | Leading Public Body for Scotland's Historic EnvironmentScotland and the indoor toilet - BBC News.Skara Brae - WikipediaSkara Brae - The Discovery and Excavation of Orkney's finest Neolithic SettlementArchaeology OrkneyArchaeology & Other Sites | Orkney.comThe Ness of Brodgar ExcavationHeart of Neolithic Orkney - UNESCO World Heritage CentreOutstanding Lesser-known Archaeological Sites in Orkney - Dig It!Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA)‘A Neolithic feat of engineering': Orkney dig reveals ruins of huge tomb | Scotland | The GuardianCW: Images of human remainsSkeletons discovered in rare 5,000-year-old tomb in OrkneyNeolithic discovery: why Orkney is the centre of ancient Britain | Archaeology | The GuardianA massacre of early Neolithic farmers in the high Pyrenees at Els Trocs, Spain - PMCEXTREMELY thorough reports, reconstructions, and photos:https://canmore.org.uk/site/1663/skara-brae

Throughout the programme we hear from Dr Kevin Frediani, curator of Dundee Botanic Garden. Kevin is very much in favour of letting nature do its own thing and Mark hears how he has managed to put that into practice in the garden. He also tells Mark about his drive to find a net zero path for the upkeep of the gardens and grounds while looking after a huge array of plants from all around the world. Rachel visits the Ness of Brodgar in Orkney, one of the most significant neolithic settlements in the world. The site has been excavated for nearly 20 years but as Rachel finds out, next year will be the last dig for the foreseeable future. Archaeologists Anne Mitchell and Nick Card explain why. Renita Boyle is a storyteller who is fascinated by nature. As part of last week's Wigtown Book Festival, she was holding poetry, story and art sessions which usually happen outside. However, as the weather put paid to that, Rachel found her indoors with a great view of the countryside. And with potatoes in our minds as schools head off on their tattie holidays, we hear about the importance of this crop to Scottish farming and culture. As the days get shorter, we'll all be spending a bit more time in the dark. But how switched on are you to your local landscape at night? Ranger Elizabeth Tindall and writer Dan Richards were holding night walks at the Wigtown Book Festival to encourage people to explore more in the dark. They told Rachel about what sights and sounds you can encounter.

Rachel Stewart presents Scotland Outdoors

On a windy hike from the Stones of Stenness to the Ring of Brodgar, Clare discovers Orkney's standing stones are as impressive and mysterious as Stonehenge. Her guide is Sandra Miller from Historic Environment Scotland. Their route takes them past the Watchstone and across the Brodgar Peninsula which has a fresh water loch on one side, and a salty one on the other. Sandra, born and brought up on Orkney, shares her love of the landscape and its history on a dramatic wintery day of high winds and hail storms. This is the second of three consecutive Orkney walks within this series of Ramblings, next week Clare is off to the Broch of Gurness. Presenter: Clare Balding Producer, for BBC Audio in Bristol: Karen Gregor

Clare explores the wild and stormy west coast of mainland Orkney in the company of beachcomber, conservationist and former Polar-guide, Martin Gray. Their plan to walk along the cliffs between Yesnaby and Marwick Bay were stymied by consistently high winds of around 60mph. Instead they watched the churning ocean at Yesnaby, drove to the Bay of Skaill for a walk along the rocky beach, then headed up to Birsay for a very slightly more sheltered walk to the Earl's Palace. This is the first of three consecutive Orkney walks. Next week Clare is with Sandra Miller of Historic Environment Scotland walking from the Stones of Stenness to the Ring of Brodgar. Presenter: Clare Balding Producer, for BBC Audio in Bristol: Karen Gregor

We take you to The Scottish Isles, Bohemia and South Carolina! More fingerprints on pottery have been found at the Ness of Brodgar and it turns out that they all belong to young adult men and that the most recent print to be found belonged to a thirteen year old boy! A team of archaeologists from the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen have discovered a long barrow, built around 3,800BC on the legendary Říp Mountain in the Czech Republic. Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence applied to LIDAR technology has led to the discovery of ancient Shell Rings on Daws Island, South Carolina. 00:00 - Intro & Titles 00:23 - Ness of Brodgar Fingerprints 04:23 - A Long Barrow in the Czech Republic 09:27 - Patreon/Buy Me a Coffee appeal 10:56 - Shell Rings, machine learning and A.I. 15:30 - Finishing up

Dove sono i più interessanti megaliti del mondo? Questa mattina li o voluti cercare per raccontarveli in Quello di Arte. Ecco i dieci che mi hanno incuriosito di più:1)Stonehenge, Salisbury, Wiltshire;2) L'anello di Brodgar, Isole Orcadi, Scozia;3) Pietre Calanais, isola di Lewis, Scozia;4) Drombeg Stone Circle, Co Cork, Irlanda;5) Allineamento di Carnac, Bretagna, Francia; 6) Avebury henge e cerchi di pietre, Wiltshire;7) Rujum el-Hiri, Israele;8) Cerchio di pietre di Castlerigg, distretto dei laghi, Gran Bretagna;9) Sito del dolmen di Gochang, Corea del Sud;10) Sassi di cervo, Mongolia e Siberia.

In this latest episode, the Unexpected duo, Professor James Daybell and Dr Sam Willis hide behind the hedge of the past and jump out with the UNEXPECTED history of SURPRISES! Which is all about the history of Jack-in-the-Boxes, the remarkable finds uncovered by the archaeological excavations of Britain's stone age culture at Orkney's Ness of Brodgar, the Schifferstadt gold hat, and ambushes and surprise attacks (including the Trojan Horse). It is also all about unexpected political victories and surprise election votes, ghosts and booing out! Who knew! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mark and Euan with the Scotland Outdoors podcast.

Magiska stencirklar och kraftplatser med gäst Andrea Larsdotter öppnar säsong 4 av Magipodden. Hör om magiska ljud vid "Ring of Brodgar", starka energier vid "Standing Stones of Callanish" där människor och djur offrats, hur du kan göra din egen magiska stencirkel och vad du kan använda den till. Eva och skådespelerska och författare Andrea bjuder även in till spännande stencirkel-kurser till våren och mycket mer. En magisk ny säsong är här, hjärtligt välkommen älskade lyssnare!Veckans tarot med Tanja kommer måndag kväll som bonus-spår, så håll utkik. Prenumerera på #magipodden så får du avsnitt och bonus när det dyker upp!Om Andrea LarsdotterAndrea jobbar som skådespelerska, dramatiker och producent inom film, tv och teater. Hon är utbildat dramatiker ;Biskops Arnö och Dramatiska Institutet. Hon har även en examen från kulturvetarprogrammet, Stockholms Universitet med film, kultur och religion som huvudämnen. Hon driver sedan 2006 även sin egen firma Wäxa MediMoves som skapar film, konst och workshops utifrån olika kreativa tekniker som hon själv utvecklat och satt samman. Hon har även utbildat ett tjugotal instruktörer i de egenutvecklade dansmeditationstekniker hon skapat under Wäxa MediMoves paraply.Just nu skriver Andrea på sin första roman där stencirklar har en central och återkommande plats.Wäxa MediMoves kommer även tillsammans med Vattumannen hålla i en workshopserie på temat stencirklar under 2022.www.andrealarsdotter.sewww.waxamedimoves.sehttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm1109842/#magipodden #stencirklar #vardagsmagi #andrealarsdotter #ringofbrodgar #alestenar #standingstonesofcallanish #astrologi #shaman #medium #magiförsjälen #healing #vattumannenOm Tanja och Eva.Tanja Dyredand är författare och aktuell med böckerna "Magi för själen", "Vardagsmagi", "Skratta & Pausa" samt "Min Magiska Kalender 2022", initierad shaman, healer, meditations- och mindfulness coach, cert. medium och yogalärare.Eva Danneker äger Vattumannen bokförlag och bokbutik, samt håller en rad olika kurser.Music creds: Intro music: "Magic You Are" Sweet Dish remix (solfeggio 432 Hz, Forest treasure, beat by Dan Hening Arpy )Rabatt på Tanjas bok & kalender till podd-lyssnare:Du som vill få rabatt och förbeställa Tanjas nya bok Magi för Själen och kalendern kan göra det här:https://stressaav.nu/bok-vardagsmagi/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Las Orcadas (Orkney) son un archipiélago de setenta islas ubicado al norte de Gran Bretaña. Su origen nórdico, sus yacimientos arqueológicos y sus vínculos históricos con la nobleza medieval escocesa hacen de estas islas uno de los puntos de interés turístico más destacados de Reino Unido. Los arqueólogos siguen a día de hoy excavando y estudiando cientos de yacimientos. Turistas de todos los rincones del mundo quedan fascinados ante monumentos como El Anillo de Brodgar, las piedras de Stennes o el poblado neolítico de Skara Brae. Pero las Orcadas ofrecen mucho más: sus gentes, sus tradiciones, su importancia en la historia reciente de Reino Unido y su riqueza patrimonial se suman al apartado arqueológico para ofrecernos un destino ideal en el que vivir una experiencia única. En la sección "Escocia te atrapa" hoy contamos con Eduardo, un arqueólogo profesional con el que charlamos para comprender la importancia de la arqueología en el marco de la cultura escocesa. Puedes encontrar a Eduardo con su proyecto personal en https://arqueoastur.com/ Si te ha gustado el episodio y quieres más información para visitar las islas Orcadas, te recomiendo que visites mundoescocia.com

Covenanter Falkland Hotel https://www.covenanterfalkland.com/ (https://www.covenanterfalkland.com/) Falkland Palace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Palace (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Palace) Forgon's in St. Andrews https://www.forgans.co.uk/ (https://www.forgans.co.uk/) St. Andrews Golf Club https://thestandrewsgolfclub.co.uk/ (https://thestandrewsgolfclub.co.uk/) Edradour Distillery https://www.edradour.com/visit/ (https://www.edradour.com/visit/) Victoria's (Lunch in Pitlochry) https://www.victorias-pitlochry.co.uk (https://www.victorias-pitlochry.co.uk) Inverness (The Mustard Seed- GREAT restaurant) https://www.mustardseedrestaurant.co.uk/ (https://www.mustardseedrestaurant.co.uk/) The Waterfront (pub with live music) http://thewaterfrontinverness.co.uk/inverness/ (http://thewaterfrontinverness.co.uk/inverness/) Culloden battlefield https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/culloden (https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/culloden) Cawdor Castle http://www.cawdowcastle.com (www.cawdowcastle.com) Clava Cairn - Ruins near Cawdor Castle https://www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/clava-cairns-p245611 (https://www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/clava-cairns-p245611) Dunrobin Castle on the way north overlooking the North Sea http://www.dunrobincastle.co.uk/ (http://www.dunrobincastle.co.uk/) Ferry Service to Orkney https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/ (https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/) Ferry Inn Stromness https://www.ferryinn.com/ (https://www.ferryinn.com/) Cliffs of Yesnaby https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesnaby (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesnaby) Skara Brae http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/skarabrae/ (http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/skarabrae/) Maeshowe (burial pyramid vandalized by Vikings) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maeshowe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maeshowe) Ring of Brodgar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Brodgar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Brodgar) Standing Stones of Stiness (Better than Stonehenge) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stones_of_Stenness (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stones_of_Stenness) Italian Chapel (Orkney) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Chapel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Chapel) Churchill Barriers (used to block U-Boats from entering Scapa Flow) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchill_Barriers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchill_Barriers) Highland Park (Orkney Distiller) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Park_distillery (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Park_distillery) St. Magnus Cathedral https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Magnus_Cathedral (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Magnus_Cathedral) Earl's Palace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl%27s_Palace,_Kirkwall (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl%27s_Palace,_Kirkwall)

It was an important and historic day for Wiltshire when we recorded the podcast as we waited for the decision of the courts on the judicial review of the Government's decision to build the A303 tunnel past Stonehenge and the Winterbourne Stoke bypass. Will the courts allow the legal change against the process for arriving at the decision to build, or will they decide the process was not legal? Will it be the end of decades of wrangling? Whatever your view, the decision will be known by the time the podcast goes live. But either way today will be remembered for generations to come as the day that Glyn and Paul recorded Episode 16 of the Hidden Wiltshire podcast! But first a roundup of the last two weeks in Wiltshire. In fact it's four weeks since we recorded as Episode 15 was put together before Paul left for his trip to Shetland and Orkney. Whilst he was unable to share his thousands of holiday snaps (mercifully this is an audio production) Paul did share his thoughts about the connections between the truly remarkable prehistoric sites on Orkney (such as Skara Brae, the Ring of Brodgar, the Ness of Brodgar, the Stones of Stenness and countless more) and the many monuments we have in Wiltshire. The craftsmanship and technology exhibited in the dwellings built by Neolithic man at Skara Brae in particular are astonishing considering they date from around 3300 BC. They include a drainage system more advanced than that used in Medieval Britain some 4,800 years later. Whilst Paul galivanted around Scotland, Glyn held the fort in Wiltshire. The latest Hidden Wiltshire guided walk with Wiltshire Museum was to one of our favourite spots at Bratton and Luccombe Springs where Glyn met the owner of Luccombe Mill. His disagreements with various parties over rights of way across his land has given him a degree of notoriety but it seems he has improved access to the Springs and has ambitious plans for a couple of old pumping stations there. Glyn posted a new walk on the Hidden Wiltshire website (link below) taking in the Gallops at Beckhampton and discovering a new (to us) clump at Witches Plantation. Despite its proximity to the A4 it's possible to find yourself alone in this stunning and, of course historic, landscape. Glyn has also been flying his drone again recently and has posted some stunning aerial footage and stills on the Facebook Page and in the Facebook Group for contributors. Then on to the main subject of this episode. This sort of follows a walk Paul did in March 2019 on the Pewsey Downs to the east of the Pewsey Downs car park between Walkers Hill and Knap Hill. Despite Glyn's insistence we will not be calling this episode of the podcast “Golden Balls”! The blog Paul wrote (linked below) about the walk was entitled “Knap Hill,  Medieval Shaw, Huish and Oare in the Pewsey Downs”. A snappy little title but maybe in need of abbreviation? Just not to “Golden Balls”, despite Golden Ball Hill being on the route. You'll need to listen to the podcast or read the blog to understand the reference to Medieval Shaw. But on a day of biblical weather Paul failed to find the site of the abandoned village of Shaw, although he was convinced at the time he had found it. He's discovered it since which necessitated a re-drafting of the blog in December 2020 for fear of sending people on a wild goose chase. But fear not, the amended walk is a fine one, taking in the sites of some of Wiltshire's most ancient settlements on an escarpment that includes Neolithic Knap Hill, Mesolithic Golden Ball Hill as well as Draycott Hill, Gopher Wood and Huish Hill. Golden Ball Hill is one of the first locations where our hunter/gatherer ancestors first settled and began their long transition to farming. Finds there included three extremely rare dwellings with flint floors, post holes and hearths. Descending to Oare and Huish we find the true essence of Hidden Wiltshire encountering incredibly lifelike sculptures of deer (they had Paul fooled), a mini Avebury stone circle and a seven foot rooster. And something we forgot to mention, the grave of David Niven's ex-wife in the churchyard of St Mary's, Huish. Returning to the hills you can capture views of the remarkable Oare Pavilion, a summerhouse looking like a giant wigwam in the parkland surrounding Oare House. A place of enormous wealth and privilege. And so to the wrap up. Steve Dixon's piece in the middle leading into the discussion about the walk is entitled “Gatherings”, redolent perhaps of the ancient gathering places in these hills. After Glyn's recent appearance on BBC Radio Wiltshire, who did a short feature on our podcast, Steve is also going to appear in a feature about his music. Terrific news and well deserved. The next Hidden Wiltshire/Wiltshire Museum guided walk will be on 14 August 2021 and will be to the hills above Edington. You can get tickets using the link below. Don't forget to subscribe to the Hidden Wiltshire Newsletter. It's going to move from a weekly publication to a more targeted newsletter in future, so watch out for that. Thanks again to Tim Kington at TKC Sales, the UK distributors of Lowa walking boots and shoes, for the 20% discount on their products to Hidden Wiltshire podcast listeners. Listen to the show for the discount code. It can't last forever! You'll find a link to Lowa Boots' website below. And finally, help us keep the lights on by heading to the Hidden Wiltshire Online shop. Link below. Links: You can find Glyn's blog, Beckhampton Gallops and Witches Plantation, here Beckhampton Gallops and Witches Plantation You can follow the walk we discuss in this episode here Knap Hill, Medieval Shaw etc Glyn's photographs can be seen on his Instagram feed @coy_cloud Paul's website can be found on his website at Paul Timlett Photography and on Instagram at @tragicyclist Steve Dixon's sound art can be found on Soundcloud where his username is River and Rail Steve Dixon River and Rail. His photographs can be found on Instagram at @stevedixon_creative and his graphic design business website is at Steve Dixon Creative Hidden Wiltshire Walks in Conjunction with Wiltshire Museum Wiltshire Museum Walks The Hidden Wiltshire shop Hidden Wiltshire Shop And finally you can find Lowa Boots UK at Lowa Boots UK

In this episode, RVing season is upon us so we'll get some RV tips from the folks at GoRVing Canada. Plus travel writer Ilona Kauremszky will join us to shed some light on the Orkney Islands in Scotland and in particular The Ring of Brodgar. And we'll talk to the author of a new book titled Driven: The Secret Lives of Taxi Drivers. Support the show: https://www.theinformedtraveler.org/

In this episode, RVing season is upon us so we'll get some RV tips from the folks at GoRVing Canada. Plus travel writer Ilona Kauremszky will join us to shed some light on the Orkney Islands in Scotland and in particular The Ring of Brodgar. And we'll talk to the author of a new book titled Driven: The Secret Lives of Taxi Drivers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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S3 E18: Traveling to Orkney with Lorna Brown “A trip to Orkney gives you the opportunity to look back in time: through both world wars, crofting, Norse and Neolithic eras. Locals say if you scratch the surface of Orkney, it bleeds archaeology. Venturing further back, the rugged landscape affords glimpses into the geological heritage that physically shaped our islands many millennia ago.” Lorna Brown, See Orkney Tours Welcome to Tea Toast & Trivia. Thank you for listening in. Join me as I travel across the ocean to Orkney, where the fresh sea air and rugged landscape captures the spirit of daring souls. I am delighted that I am meeting up once again with my friend, Lorna Brown of See Orkney Tours, who was our family’s intrepid guide through the mists of ancient Orkney. We touched the Standing Stones of Stenness and traced the prehistoric path of the Ring of Brodgar. The last time we met up with Lorna was on the white sandy beach that leads up to Skara Brae, a 5000-year-old Neolithic village. Skara Brae is the best-preserved Neolithic village in northern Europe, which offers a unique window into the lives of the farmers who lived there between 3,100 and 2,450 BC. In March 2021, I travelled virtually with Lorna back to the 19th and 20th century to see how farming continues to be a vital part of Orkney’s history and present-day activities. It was a sunny, winter day when we met up, perfect for our adventure. So, come back with us, fill up a thermos with hot tea and bundle up with a warm coat and walking shoes. Thank you for joining Lorna and me on Tea Toast & Trivia. A special thank you to you, Lorna for sharing the stories of Orkney and for promising to come back. Until then, dear listeners, you can meet up with her at See Orkney Tours. As the world continues to experience travel restrictions, it is good to know that we can still travel the world virtually, from our dining room tables. Until next time we meet, keep safe and be well.

Guest artist LIZ ELTON joins me to chat about her work via Max Porter's 2019 novel 'Lanny'. The story revolves around a young boy named Lanny and his disappearance in the setting of an English village bordered by a forest. Little lad Lanny is as captivating as his author's ability to envelope us deep within the seams of the village's social and ecological networks, where Dead Papa Toothwort oversees all, over all time.    Bouncing off nature and infinite ephemerality, Liz and I go on to discuss her work selected for the John Moores Painting Prize as well as her upcoming residency with the Mark Rothko Memorial Trust. We talk of the constant state of becoming, nourishment, self care, delicate touch, bruising, translucency, landscape, lightness, mortality, composting, ritual, recycling, equality, silk thread, internal shadows, wastage, potential, breakdown, food labour and that fragile layer of soil on which all life depends connecting with our own skin.   (This episode is co-produced by Jillian Knipe and Elizabeth Fullerton with music by Griffin Knipe and image by Joanna Quinn of Beryl Productions)   LIZ ELTON  lizelton.com instagram liz_elton 'John Moores Painting Prize' exhibition at Walker Art Gallery 'Flowers of Romance' group exhibition at White Conduit Projects   ARTISTS Alice McCabe Allyson Keehan, curator Angela de la Cruz Dillwyn Smith Din Q Lê 'The Colony' 2016 Eliza Bennett Elizabeth Murton Eric Ravilious Francisco Goya Jem Finer 'Longplayer' at Trinity Buoy Wharf, longplayer.org Johannes Vermeer 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' 1665 Julie F Hill Katharina Grosse Mark Rothko Michael Landy 'Breakdown' 2001 Michelangelo 'Pieta' ('The Pity') 1498-1499 Paul Bramley, curator Sam Gilliam Sarah Pager William Dyce 'Pegwell Bay, Kent - a Recollection of October 5th 1858' 1858 Yves Klein   AUTHORS & BOOKS Anna Souter 'Vegetate Project' Anna Tsing 'The Mushroom at the end of the World' 2015 Charlotte Higgins on Michael Landy, 'The Guardian' 27 Jan 2021 Clive King 'Stig of the Dump' 1963 Donna Haraway Frances Hodgson Burnett 'The Secret Garden' 1911 Jane Bennett 'Vibrant Matter : A Political Ecology of Things' 2009 Merlin Sheldrake 'Entangled Life : How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures' 2020  Norman Bryson 'Looking at the Overlooked' 1990 Robin Wall Kimmerer Steven Connor 'The Book of Skin' 2004 Sue Stuart-Smith 'The Well Gardened Mind' 2020 T S Eliot 'Burnt Norton' 1935 Thomas Hardy Thomas Piketty 'Capital in the Twenty-First Century' 2013 Tim Dee 'Landfill' 2018 Timothy Morton 'Being Ecological' 2018 Tracy Chevalier 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' 1999   GALLERIES 163 Gallery, London, juliebentley.co.uk South London Gallery Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool White Conduit Projects, London   FILM & TELEVISION & RADIO 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' 2003, director Peter Webber 'Princess Mononoke' 2001, director Hayao Miyazaki 'The Archers' 1950-ongoing BBC Radio 4   PLACES Belarus Chew Valley Lake, Somerset UK Harris, Outer Hebrides Scotland UK Latvia Lithuania Maeshowe, Orkney Scotland UK Pegwell Bay, UK Ring of Brodgar, Orkney Scotland UK St Kilda, archipelago off Scotland UK   OTHER A P Fitzpatrick Fine Art Materials Artangel  Mark Rothko Memorial Fund Maye E Bruce, inventor of 'Quick Return' compost system 1935 Slade School of Fine Art Wimbledon School of Art

From Cornwall to Orkney, stone circles are scattered throughout the length and breadth of the British Isles. Their history stretches more than 2 millennia, varying from the earlier huge stone circles such as Castlerigg, Avebury and the Ring of Brodgar to the smaller and more regional circles that emerged after c.2,000 BC. Their remains continue to attract great amounts of visitors right up to the present day.To learn more about these extraordinary prehistoric structures, I'm chatting with Timothy Darvill OBE, a professor from the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at Bournemouth University and the author of Prehistoric Britain. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode Neil turns the British Isles upside down! Travelling to Orkney, off the north-east tip of Scotland, he uncovers ancient burial tombs, ceremonial halls and gives us a glimpse of an influential powerhouse long hidden by time.As he tells the story of the profound changes this once formidable centre of influence has undergone, Neil unravels the lessons history tells us and the pointers it gives to what may lay ahead in the future. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Un anneau de monolithes a été découvert à 3 kilomètres du célèbre site de Stonehenge (GB). Lʹenceinte délimiterait un lieu sacré vieux de 4500 ans. Cette découverte est lʹoccasion de sʹinterroger sur les pratiques cultuelles et religieuses de lʹépoque néolithique. Marie Besse, professeure dʹarchéologie préhistorique à lʹUniversité de Genève, répond aux questions de Davide Pesenti. Photo: Anneau à monolithes, Brodgar, Iles Orcades, Ecosse

Season 2 Episode 35: Traveling the Mists of Ancient Orkney with Lorna Brown Welcome to Tea Toast & Trivia. Thank you for listening in. Join me as I travel across the ocean to Orkney, where the fresh sea air and rugged landscape captures the spirit of daring souls. I am delighted that I am meeting up with my friend, Lorna Brown of See Orkney Tours, who was our family’s intrepid guide through the mists of ancient Orkney. We touched the Standing Stones of Stenness and traced the prehistoric path of the Ring of Brodgar. Travel plans may have been placed on hold, but for today imagine that you have joined Lorna and me on the white sandy beach that leads up to Skara Brae, a 5000-year-old Neolithic village. Do you feel the chilly breeze off the ocean? It is sunny, a perfect day to begin our adventure. So, put the kettle on and add to this exciting conversation.I am your host Rebecca Budd and I am looking forward to sharing this moment with you. A special thank you to Lorna for sharing the stories of Orkney. She has promised to come back for another conversation. Until then, you can meet up with her at See Orkney Tours Until next time, keep safe and be well.

En el capítulo de hoy os hago una selección de muchos lugares que se pueden visitar pero que además tienen un gran trasfondo histórico detrás. Sitios que definen a la actual Escocia y que conjugan a la perfección turismo e historia. Lugares prehistóricos: Maes howe, anillo de Brodgar, piedras de Callanish, Clava Cairns. Periodo celta (pictos): Piedra de Sueno, muro de Adriano, muro de Antonino. Catedrales medievales: catedral de Glasgow, catedral de St Andrews. Guerras de independencia: Castillos del centro-sur de Escocia, Stirling, Bannockburn, abadía de Arbroath. Reforma protestante: Palacio de Linlithgow, Castillo de Edimburgo (capítulo 12), Castillo de Stirling, Palacio de Holyrood, Casa de John Knox, St. Giles, St Andrews (capítulo 33). Guerras jacobitas: Glencoe, Killiecrankie, Glenshiel, Eilean Donan (capítulo 39), isla de Skye (capítulos 20, 21 y 22), Culloden. Siglo XX: RRS Disvovery, Scapa Flow, memorial de guerra de Islay. Preguntas para el podcast: www.escociasinlimites.com ¿Quieres venir a Escocia?: www.mundoescocia.com Gracias por seguir Escocia sin límites en Instagram y Facebook y por tus valoraciones en Ivoox y Apple Podcast

Hi Folks, and welcome to the second Standing With Stones megalithic podcast. This month we are announcing that from May 2018 we will be doing a regular mid-month Facebook Live broadcast, where you can log on and listen, send in questions and messages, or even call in and join the discussion. These will take place on the second Wednesday of each month, Starting at 8.00pm UK time. We are also introducing a new regular item called Pushing Back The Boundaries: In last month’s podcast we mentioned the discovery of the human jawbone in northern Israel, which pushed our out-of-Africa timeline back by around 50,000 years. Well, with increasing regularity, archaeologists around the world are making discoveries which push human history further and further back in time. So we decided to introduce this new section, to bring you our favourite boundary-breaker for the month. For the complete show notes, click below to go to the Standing with Stones website 

The Ring of Brodgar is a stone circle that was built in the far reaches of northern Scotland more than 4 millennia ago. Our featured guest is Jock Brocas, who is an evidential spirit medium and works tirelessly to prove the existence of life after death. Immerse yourself in a spiritual reflection about Mother Earth and lying on the cool grass as a child. Learn about upcoming mindful events and spiritual observances, including the autumnal equinox. Show Segments Intro: 00:00 Spiritual Reflection: Mother Earth and Lying on the Cool Grass: 01:10 Spiritual Events and Observances: Autumnal Equinox: 03:02 Spiritual Places: Ring of Brodgar: 05:42 Featured Guest: Evidential Spirit Medium, Jock Brocas: 08:28 Outro: 32:50 Our Featured Guest Jock Brocas is a spiritual author, editor of The Otherside Press and evidential spirit medium. He is also the founder and president of the ASSMPI (Non Profit Spiritualist Research Organization) and founder of afterlife connect. Jock teaches spiritual retreats and mediumship development throughout the United States and works tirelessly to prove the existence of life after death. You can find out more about Jock at his website.       Show Resources and Links The Ring of Brodgar in the Orkney Isles. The Orkney Isles in far northern Scotland. The Avebury and Stonehenge monuments. The Autumnal Equinox and its importance. Activities of the Holy Father Pope Francis The schedule for the Dalai Lama. Eckhart Tolle and Kim Eng events. The Sacramento Healing Arts Festival.     Join our Spiritual Community Today Get exclusive access to podcasts, videos, our private Facebook group and more. Available only to Spiritual Fizz subscribers.   Find out more about the Spiritual Fizz Podcast Please support us by subscribing to this podcast on iTunes and tell your friends about us. We look forward to being with you next time when we talk more about the connections between the spiritual and physical worlds.

Music, facts, and a story for Lughnasadh 2008 It's always great to hear from you! Email garyandruth@celticmythpodshow.com, or call us using Speakpipe Show Summary: We've got some great stuff for this Holiday Special. For the first time, we've got three pieces of fantastic music, a section from an unpublished book about the Celtic traditions for Lughnasadh and a great section of an Arthurian Fantasy by Kelley Heckart: White Rose of Avalon. More resources over at our main Website at http://celticmythpodshow.com Running Order: Intro 0:41 News & Views 1:39 Kesh Jig by The Connemara Stone Company 4:46 Lughnasadh: The Land Gives Birth by Shae Clancy and Francine Nicholson 6:26 Lughnasadh by Damh the Bard 21:30 White Rose of Avalon by Kelley Heckart 26:45 Warrior Queen by Kellianna 40:10 Promo - Billibub Baddings 44:54 Promo - Digital Magic 46:20 Outtakes 49:52 We hope you enjoy it! Gary & Ruthie x x x     News & Views We discuss news that listener Jason tells us about - new stone circle in Australia and a similar one being constructed near us, at Knockhatch. The Australian Standing Stones began as an ambitious project by a small, dedicated group of citizens who wanted to mark Glen Innes's Celtic heritage. It was in Australia's 1988 Bicentenary Year that the Celtic Council of Australia developed the idea of erecting a national monument to honour all Celtic peoples who helped pioneer Australia. Glen Innes responded with a 46-page submission for Australian Standing Stones, inspired by the Ring of Brodgar in Scotland's Orkneys. Australian Standing Stones Alignment Details Sussex Peace Circle Peace Stones the Out of the Ordinary Festival   Kesh Jig by The Connemara Stone Company The Connemara Stone Company have been together since 1995, and all played previously in various Folk-Rock Groups, which is soon obvious when you see them live on stage. Right from the start they decided to rearrange Traditional Celtic music into modern Folk-Rock songs and tunes. Apart from that, it was very important to them to bring Folk music to the younger generation. To their surprise not only did the younger generation like their music. This was more as apparent as they played a concert with “Wishbone Ash”, the audience being (putting it mildly) a little bit older. They have kindly given us permission to play a wonderful piece of foot-tapping music, called the Kesh Jig from their album, Birds & Beasts. See the Myspace page and hear more music or visit their homepage, Connemara Stone.   Lughnasadh: The Land Gives Birth by Shae Clancy and Francine Nicholson Shae Clancy and Francine Nicholson have collected essays from Celtic scholars to form a fascinating book that helps to explain the difference between Celtic fact (what we actually know) from Celtic fiction (what we speculate). Sadly, the book has never been published and Francine passed away in 2003. Shae has enabled the book to be published on the web. Francine Nicholson, M.A., was a librarian in New England and scholar of all things Celtic. The loss of her passing, perhaps appropriately on 1 February 2003 (Imbolc), is poignantly crystallised by fellow Celtic scholar, David Stifter: 'It is very sad news to hear that Francine Nicholson has left us. She had a vast and astounding erudition and knowledge of Celtic mythology and folklore, and her contributions . . . were a great source of enrichment and information. I feel it as a heavy loss that she will no longer contribute to our discussions.'   Lughnasadh by Damh the Bard Damh is a modern-day Bard whose spirituality, and love of folk tradition, is expressed through his music, storytelling and poetry. Drawing on the Bardic traditions his performances are both entertaining and educational, weaving a tapestry of myth, peace, and anthems that speak directly to the heart, but never without a good splash of humour. Damh is a musical storyteller who works within the world of myth that cannot be proved; where the Faerie really do dance on Midsummer's Eve, where the trees talk, and the Hollow Hills take you into the realms of Annwn. Where the Goddess rides her horse, guiding you to magic, and the Horned God of old calls us from the shadows of the Greenwood. You can find his music on iTunes, Woven Wheat Whispers or from his website, Pagan Music. He is also the voice behind Druidcast, the official podcast of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids (OBOD, for short) - modern day Druids. You can find Druidcast here and find out more about OBOD here. We'd like to thank him for giving us permission to play this track for you. You can find out more details about Damh on his Contributor page on this website.   White Rose of Avalon by Kelley Heckart Kelley Heckart lives in Arizona with her husband, Michael, and their two dogs, Hercules and Xena. Kelley was born with a vivid imagination and a fascination with ancient history and the supernatural. Though she resides on the earthly realm, she always has one foot firmly planted in the otherworldly realm of mystical creatures and magic. She has written numerous short stories and song lyrics. This is her first novel. In addition to writing books, she also enjoys playing and writing music, and designing crosses out of driftwood. Currently, she is working on a sequel to Of Water and Dragons. Of Water and Dragons can be found on her website, www.kelleyheckart.com, www.amazon.com, www.booksurge.com and many other online stores. If your local bookstore doesn't have it in stock, it can easily be ordered. With the land falling into Saxon hands, the Christian monks make a pact with Morgaine, Queen of the Faeries. She promises to give them a High King who will unite the Britons against the Saxons if he takes a queen from the faery realm. She hopes this will restore the Goddess faith, bringing Avalon back to its rightful place and not hidden within the mists. Lancelot is sent to guard the future High King, but when a love potion falls into the wrong hands, all seems lost. Gwenhwyfar is the only hope for the future, but betrayal, revenge and forbidden love surround her, threatening to destroy the lives of four people, and send Britain and Avalon into ruins. Thank you to Kelley for contributing her story to the show - we can't wait to read this lusty tale. For more information about Kelley and her books, see our Contributor Page.   Warrior Queen by Kellianna Kellianna is an accomplished musician and performer worldwide. Her CD's , Lady Moon and I Walk with the Goddess are being recognized around the globe as a must have for any lover of Goddess inspired folk music. Her live shows are a combination of acoustic guitar songs and chants to the God and Goddess. Kellianna can be found on Myspace, but her own website provides lots of useful information, including the lyrics to her songs, another chance to listen to more music as well as being able to buy her two CDs. Her music can also be purchased through iTunes. You can find out more details about Kellianna on her Contributor Page on our website. The track she has given us permission to play is called Warrior Queen, and you can find the lyrics on her site.   Promo - Billibub Baddings: The Case of the Pitcher's Pendant Tee Morris, the author, has a podcast for the first novel starring Billibub: The Case of the Singing Sword. We can hope that Tee podcasts the current novel. He has provided a PDF of the novel for download (no longer available) and the book can be purchased at Amazon.   Promo - Digital Magic Philippa Ballantine, the author of the much-loved Chasing the Bard, has written a sequel to that book, called Digital Magic. Digital Magic is a follow-on to Chasing the Bard, a favourite podcast or ours about the involvement of the Fey in the world of Shakespeare. Digital Magic takes the story into the future. She has provided a PDF of the book for download (no longer available) and the book can be purchased at Amazon.   Get EXTRA content in the Celtic Myth Podshow App for iOS, Android & Windows Contact Us: You can leave us a message by using the Speakpipe Email us at: garyandruth@celticmythpodshow.com. Facebook fan-page http://www.facebook.com/CelticMythPodshow, Twitter (@CelticMythShow) or Snapchat (@garyandruth), Pinterest (celticmythshow) or Instagram (celticmythshow)   Help Spread the Word: Please also consider leaving us a rating, a review and subscribing in iTunes or 'Liking' our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/CelticMythPodshow as it helps let people discover our show - thank you :) If you've enjoyed the show, would you mind sharing it on Twitter please? Click here to post a tweet! Ways to subscribe to the Celtic Myth Podshow: Click here to subscribe via iTunes Click here to subscribe via RSS Click here to subscribe via Stitcher   Special Thanks The Connemara Stone Company, The Kesh Jig . See the Contributor page for details. Damh the Bard, Lughnasadh . See the Contributor page for details. Kellianna, Warrior Queen . See the Contributor page for details. For incidental music: Diane Arkenstone The Secret Garden. See the Contributor page for details. For our Theme Music: The Skylark and Haghole, the brilliant Culann's Hounds. See their Contributor page for details.   Additional Sources OBOD And, of course, the Awen - inspiration and imagination!   Extra Special Thanks for Unrestricted Access to Wonderful Music (in Alphabetic order) Anne Roos Extra Special thanks go for permission to use any of her masterful music to Anne Roos. You can find out more about Anne on her website or on her Contributor page. Caera Extra Special thanks go for permission to any of her evocative harping and Gaelic singing to Caera. You can find out more about Caera on her website or on her Contributor Page. Celia Extra Special Thanks go for permission to use any of her wonderful music to Celia Farran. You can find out more about Celia on her website or on her Contributor Page. Damh the Bard Extra Special thanks go to Damh the Bard for his permission to use any of his music on the Show. You can find out more about Damh (Dave) on his website or on his Contributor page. The Dolmen Extra Special thanks also go to The Dolmen, for their permission to use any of their fantastic Celtic Folk/Rock music on the Show. You can find out more about The Dolmen on their website or on our Contributor page. Keltoria Extra Special thanks go for permission to use any of their inspired music to Keltoria. You can find out more about Keltoria on their website or on their Contributor page. Kevin Skinner Extra Special thanks go for permission to use any of his superb music to Kevin Skinner. You can find out more about Kevin on his website or on his Contributor page. Phil Thornton Extra Special Thanks go for permisssion to use any of his astounding ambient music to the Sonic Sorcerer himself, Phil Thornton. You can find out more about Phil on his website or on his Contributor Page. S.J. Tucker Extra Special thanks go to Sooj for her permission to use any of her superb music. You can find out more about Sooj on her website or on her Contributor page. Spiral Dance Extra Special thanks go for permission to use Adrienne and the band to use any of their music in the show. You can find out more about Spiral Dance on their website or on their Contributor page. We'd like to wish you 'Hwyl fawr!', which is Welsh for Goodbye and have fun, or more literally Wishing a Good Mood on you!     Save