Northern Earth Issue 108 Out Now

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**Long Meg** submitted by TerryStaniforth : Long Meg stone circle. Long Meg after sunset. Torchlit by my assistant Nicola. Fallen tree in backround. (Vote or comment on this photo)

In this issue: Mike Haigh's Archaeological Round-up - Mike looks at new findings affecting some celebrated megalithic sites in Britain, including Long Meg and Her Daughters and Bryn Celli Ddu; artefacts including the 'Red Man of Kilbeg' figurine and ancient stone wrist-guards from Langdale; and a Neolithic trackway in S Yorkshire. ...also...

A Christmas Ley Hunt?

Norman Darwen considers 'Good King Wenceslas' as a neo-antiquarian's day out.
Some Curiosities of the Worth Valley: 1) Silver Hill
Some Curiosities of the Worth Valley: 2) The Old Man's Grave
In these short pieces, Richard Thornhill collates information and interpretation on two lesser-known locations in West Yorkshire; an enigmatic hill that some say is a large tumulus, and a local worthy's grave in a very unusual location.

In Our Cups -Britain's prehistoric rock carvings

In another of our updates on key earth mysteries issues, Graeme Chappell looks at what we know and what we still don't know about British rock art. Are cup-and-ring markings entoptic designs, or are we reading too much into the trance interpretation as far as the British Isles are concerned?

Discovered: the Heiloo temple-observatory

John Palmer brings news of site continuity in the Netherlands - a church built upon what appears to have been a pre-Christian archaeo-astronomical temple.

Pluto's Demotion: What's an Astrologer to do?

Pluto lost its planetary status in a recent sort-out of celestial
bodies. Brian Taylor considers how that may affect astrologers, considering Pluto's relevance to earth mysteries studies.

Having Your Say: Readers' letters
Coin trees, sacred measures & the lunar standstill remarked upon.

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