Sunday, 11 March 2018. Madoc and the Discovery of America. Horn Gwennan, brought to the Gele,. To be given a square mast,. The driveway at Odstone is said to be formed from an old pier wall where legend has it that Prince Madoc set sail in 1170 and landed in Mobile, Alabama. Madoc plaque at Odstone House.

Saturday, 24 September 2016. Iona Abbey and Tor An Aba. 1200 year old cross standing where it always has outside Iona Abbey. The cloud looked like a vortex in the sky over the mound. There are many other mystical stories associated with the mound concerning fairies and pagan rituals too. Sithean Beg, the large fairy mound,. Pool near the top of Dun Bhuirg.

Pilgrim roads, rituals and destinations. Some of you may already know, apart from my interest in pilgrimage, medieval and modern, I am also very interested in post medieval folk art. In 2016, I set up the Irish Folk Art Project. To documents and records non funerary folk art around Ireland. Tipperary Stories from the Landscape.

The history of the township of Brymbo. Hearth tax records, c. July 7, 2015 in 16th century. July 1, 2015 in 18th century. It last appears on the land tax assessments shortly prior to 1800, at which time the tenant of Penrhos occupied it. I have, very tentatively, identified it with a field just across from the Smelt Wood at Pentresaeson.

Since reading Ann Radcliffes Mysteries of Udolpho many years ago I have been addicted to the Gothic and other fiction of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. I am not, and never have been a student of English literature, I dont even have an A level, but of course Im sure that shows though immediately. So Livejournal, its been lovely knowing you, but all things change and move on, and so have I.

The Dee Valley is an area rich in archaeology, history folklore and mythology . This is what our Blog is all about. The review is very positive and Boydell and Brewer are publishing this book later this year. This entry was posted in Uncategorised.

Asymp; Leave a comment. Well, there are enchanted pies and there are non enchanted pies. Asymp; Leave a comment.

8230; a pursuit of the Faerie Queene. One of my projects for 2015 is to once and finally either solve the Enchant Puzzle or to show that there is no solution. The puzzle was given away with the first release of her album Enchant in 2003, subsequent issues have not included the puzzle. I have tried a few times since 2007 but never progressed more than a few steps.

Instead this site is devoted to a few of my arcane interests, as listed below. It can mean either a wayside cross which has lost one of its arms, or one where funeral processions halted. Despite the confusion with the town in Staffordshire. I hope you find something to interest you here.