albion
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Help sought with research
May 15, 2002, 04:07
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Hi all! I have a request for soem research help and I thought those who frquent this site might be able to help.
I am presenting a paper at a travel writing conference at Univ. of Aberdeen at summer solstice. My topic is the unintentional destruction of sacred sites (standing stones and longbarrows in particular) by well-intentioned pagans/pilgrims who leave candles, flowers (which decay inside longbarrows and cause erosion), coins, crystals and other ritual offerings.
I am particularly interested in accounts which could be considered "travel writing" or accounts of day trips or lobger visits/pilgrimages, especially the impressions of neo-pagans, etc.
I first became aware of the extent of this problem after attending the Ancient Sacred Landscapes Network conference in Banbury in summer 2000.
Any and all impressions and thoughts welcome! Feel free to email me privately if you have questions or would like to help. All contributors' confidentiality respected.
thanks!
Peg
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albion
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Re: Help sought with research
May 15, 2002, 04:08
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erm, having my email address would help, yes? :)
[email protected]
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Wotan
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Re: Help sought with research
May 15, 2002, 09:38
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Peg - look at the Bloody Vandals thread, lots of drudes have come across this kind of stunt.
W
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Holy McGrail
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Re: Help sought with research
May 15, 2002, 10:45
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Albion,
There are lots of reports of such things in people's contributions to The Modern Antiquarian site.
The simple search for 'damage' revealed quite a lot:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/search.php?action=search&search_string=damage&posts=Y
H.
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IronMan
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Re: Help sought with research
May 15, 2002, 11:03
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Albion,
Jut like to add to Holy's post - the link to the
Site Damage Database site that showed
up in Holy's search is very useful:
http://www.ravenfamily.org/sam/pag/sitevisits.html
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albion
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Re: Help sought with research
May 15, 2002, 15:43
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Thank you so much! These links were very helpful, especially the Raven Family one; I met Sam at the Rollrights two summers ago, and was very impressed with her work and attitude.
if anyone has their own personal written accounts they'd like to share, do email me. Thanks again for the prompt response.
Peg
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