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Re: Ritual Landscapes
Oct 09, 2005, 14:49
Well probably I did'nt put it to well, agree that barrows and circles within the landscape do relate to hills, mountains and water. River Axe under the Mendips, hidden water source with all the swallets there, Silbury again the Kennet, and Swallowhead spring and maybe a moat surrounding it.
But there are certain things that do not necessarily point to a continuation, when I took a photo of Silbury and WKLB in the same frame so to speak, and from the standpoint of East Kennet LB ( http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/40211) it did seem that different aspects of ritual stood out. the longbarrows facing the rising sun, Silbury saying something completely different, Avebury circle not seen but with its avenue winding down to the sanctuary - sun, moon, ceremonial road - and then way back Windmill hill and its associations. So what drew them to this place, dry chalk upland for settlement, or sacred place - which came first?
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