ritual landscapes — deja-vu ?

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drewbhoy Nov 16, 2009 03:05:35
Replying to wideford

Up here in Aberdeenshire Chris reckons that Broomend of Crichie is the centre of a wheel with various sites making up the lines to the middle. This pattern is similar to Pitglassie, which has at least 17 sites surrounding it. When visiting Cairndale, near Maud, it was difficult not to think about the proximity of Aikey Brae, Louden Wood, Auchmachar etc. So I reckon your definitely onto something.

M moss
moss Nov 16, 2009 07:57:02
Replying to drewbhoy

I wish someone would actually define ritual landscape as an actuality, without always vague references to a hill or a mountain in the distance... You can say Stonehenge has plenty of ritualised areas - cursus/avenue/stone circle/barrows, it could also be a great necropolis though and Avebury also has a similar amount of monuments but you could equally see such places as settlements where the build up of the above comes over time, similar to a town or city....
The Mendips for instance has'nt been given any 'ritual landscape' interpretation, though it has plenty of monuments to be deciphered yet, its longbarrows look more like territoral or boundary markers, as does of course some of the cromlechs in West Wales, which can also be found sometimes next to 'gorsedd' or rocky outcrops....all different, all puzzling, and all different time frames...

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wideford Nov 16, 2009 18:58:57
Replying to drewbhoy

drewbhoy wrote:
Up here in Aberdeenshire Chris reckons that Broomend of Crichie is the centre of a wheel with various sites making up the lines to the middle. This pattern is similar to Pitglassie, which has at least 17 sites surrounding it. When visiting Cairndale, near Maud, it was difficult not to think about the proximity of Aikey Brae, Louden Wood, Auchmachar etc. So I reckon your definitely onto something.
which reminds me of the ceque lines radiating from New World settlements, which don't have set lengths