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Mar 27

Were Thornborough Henges built by giants?

By George in Giants, Henge, Landscape feature, Myth and Legend, Reports, Standing Stones

I’ve started to realise there are an awful lot of myths involving giants in Yorkshire, and in the rest of Britain, regarding monument having been built by giants

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Feb 07

Guide: The Ard – Early Ploughing in English Brigantia

By George in Agriculture, Archaeology, Field Systems, Guide, Iron Age, Landscape Archaeology, Medieval, Research, Roman

The ard, also known as a scratch plough, represents one of the earliest forms of agricultural technology used by the people of ancient Brigantia.

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Oct 29

The Golden Rings of our Bronze Age “Elite”

By George in Articles, Barrow, Brigantia, Bronze Age, Burial Mound, Hair Braid - Ring, Henge, Stone Circle

These small, delicate gold objects are highly significant, they offer insight into the social status, trade connections, and cultural practices of early Bronze Age societies in Britain.

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Chapter 8 – The Early Bronze Age and Beyond

By George in Brigantia, Bronze Age, Henge Capital of Britain, Iron Age, Roman

Chapter 8: The Early Bronze Age and Beyond The Early Bronze Age spans from about 2,200 BC to 1600 BC and was another period of change. It was during this time that there was the first widespread use of metals. Whilst there is certainly evidence of continued ritual use of the henges into and beyond …

Chapter 5 – The Later Neolithic Explosion

By George in Brigantia, Earthworks, Henge, Henge Capital of Britain, Neolithic

The one thousand years between 3,000 and 2,000 BC saw the Vale of Mowbray’s most significant period of development. It is at this time that the area between Boroughbridge and Catterick became the Sacred Vale, a premier ritual landscape, with Thornborough as its heart.

Chapter 4 – The early development of The Sacred Vale

By George in Henge Capital of Britain

The story of the Sacred Vale begins to the best of our knowledge at Thornborough and starts in the early Neolithic period, from 4,000 BC to 3,000 BC.

Oct 01

Yorkshire’s “Sacred Vale” – The Dawn of Brigantia

By George in Articles, Brigantia, Bronze Age, Neolithic, Regional Surveys, Reports

The “Sacred” Vale of Mowbray – Brigantia’s Neolithic Capital? More than 2,000 years before the discovery and widespread use of Iron an unprecedented bout of monument building in the centre of Brigantia created the Britain’s largest religious monument complex, a place that has been suggested as being Britain’s religious capital during the Neolithic Period. Whatever …

Sep 25

Guide – Bronze Age Mining

By George in Archaeology, Articles, Bronze Age, Guide, Mining

Mining in the Bronze Age In the last twenty years or so, some thirty copper mining sites of Bronze Age date have been identified. This has allowed us to create a reasonably accurate picture of the tools and techniques used during the extraction of copper ores in this distant prehistoric period. It is only recently …

Tag: Bronze Age

Were Thornborough Henges built by giants?

Guide: The Ard – Early Ploughing in English Brigantia

The Golden Rings of our Bronze Age “Elite”

Chapter 8 – The Early Bronze Age and Beyond

Chapter 5 – The Later Neolithic Explosion

Chapter 4 – The early development of The Sacred Vale

Yorkshire’s “Sacred Vale” – The Dawn of Brigantia

Guide – Bronze Age Mining

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