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BrigantesNation

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Re: Yorkshire wolds

Jan 21, 2003, 21:18

I always check the churches, it's location would suggest lost antiquity that may be reflected in older carvings re-used as part of a later re-build. ften we get "Celtic Heads", these are either Roman or IA carvings reused in later churches or later carvings that inherit local pagan customs and imagry. I have found both kinds, although they are often difficult to tell apart.

That's not all to look for in churches, the object is to establish that the environs of the churchyard was a "holy" place in our prehistoric past. Clues will come from Roman remains, head and other pagan carvings, ancient crosses (in some cases these may have been carved out of standing stones), proximity to wells etc.

In some cases, the church houses real antiquities (barrow finds) that have not been reported elsewhere.

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Topic Outline:

Yorkshire wolds – moggymiaow, Dec 25, 2002, 01:28
- Re: Yorkshire wolds – Chris Collyer, Jan 04, 2003, 22:55
  - Re: Yorkshire wolds – fitzcoraldo, Jan 05, 2003, 20:50
    - Re: Yorkshire wolds – BrigantesNation, Jan 05, 2003, 20:58
      - Re: Yorkshire wolds – moggymiaow, Jan 05, 2003, 23:03
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – Chris Collyer, Jan 05, 2003, 23:26
        Not So Old? – FourWinds, Jan 06, 2003, 13:18
        Re: Not So Old? – Chris Collyer, Jan 06, 2003, 14:27
        More questions than answers – fitzcoraldo, Jan 06, 2003, 20:34
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – moggymiaow, Jan 06, 2003, 20:31
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – BrigantesNation, Jan 06, 2003, 21:44
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – Chris Collyer, Jan 06, 2003, 22:59
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – BrigantesNation, Jan 07, 2003, 10:29
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – Chris Collyer, Jan 07, 2003, 11:30
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – BrigantesNation, Jan 07, 2003, 23:10
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – Chris Collyer, Jan 09, 2003, 19:26
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – BrigantesNation, Jan 09, 2003, 20:19
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – Chris Collyer, Jan 10, 2003, 19:05
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – cookie, Jan 10, 2003, 15:30
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – Chris Collyer, Jan 10, 2003, 19:10
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – moggymiaow, Jan 10, 2003, 21:35
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – Chris Collyer, Jan 09, 2003, 19:38
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – BrigantesNation, Jan 09, 2003, 20:15
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – moggymiaow, Jan 10, 2003, 21:16
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – Chris Collyer, Jan 19, 2003, 22:33
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – moggymiaow, Jan 19, 2003, 23:41
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – BrigantesNation, Jan 20, 2003, 09:36
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – moggymiaow, Jan 21, 2003, 20:46
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – BrigantesNation, Jan 21, 2003, 21:18
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – BrigantesNation, Jan 21, 2003, 21:26
- Re: Yorkshire wolds – BrigantesNation, May 18, 2003, 22:27


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