Aug 02
At its core the “hero” is the figure who steps out of ordinary society, confronts chaos or a monster, and returns (or dies) having secured order for the group. In Jungian and comparative-myth terms it sits in the “warrior-champion” slot of the collective story-board; evolutionists would say it crystallises the survival value of decisive coalition leadership in small bands.
Jun 27
A gazetteer of probable prehistoric mounds, cairns and boundary earthworks in Coverdale. It is not complete and is still being researched.
Jun 11
These are raised platforms created first and foremost for cult, procession, assembly or conversion—not for fortification or routine boundary-making. They tend to be much more significant and monumental than other mounds and raised platforms. Some are the largest structures known of their type. In Britain, possibly the best known example is Silbury Hill in Wiltshire.
The Mote of Mark is a defended hilltop overlooking the Urr estuary. It was the court or citadel of a powerful Dark Age chieftain, possibly one of the princes of Rheged. The site was occupied during the 6th century and appears to have been destroyed by fire in the 7th century.
Dunagoil crowns a 30 m-high columnar-basalt promontory on the south-west coast of Bute, overlooking the Sound of Bute and the Cumbraes. Cliffs on the north and west form natural ramparts; only the gentle ESE saddle gives easy access.
May 30
This page holds our Glossary of Terms for Vitrified Forts.
East Yorkshire’s Middle-Iron-Age story stands out in Britain because the communities who farmed the chalk of the Yorkshire Wolds developed what archaeologists call the Arras culture: a distinctive blend of continental La Tène fashions and local invention that is visible above all in their cemeteries. Three elements make it special.
This is our master collection page for all of our heritage articles and sites. It is the root of our tree of sites covered within Brigantes Nation. Both within and without Brigantia. It is everything that has been of interest, so far.
NLS Map Explorer
Google Earth
Google Maps
Lidar Finder
TMA
Megalithic Portal
Yorkshire Arch. Air Mapping
ADS
Brigantian Adventure FB Group
Stone Bothering FB Group
Stone Faces FB Group
Heritage Gateway
ARCHI® MAPS: UK
Atlas of Hillforts
Portable Antiquities
British History Online
Brigantes Nation FB Group
