UK Sacred Sites Tour & Retreat 2012
I have had so many clients ask me to do this that now I am actully thinking about adding it to my schedule next year!
There will be more info added to this page in the next few weeks but if you are interested just contact Rosemary and we will give you all the info we have at the moment. This can be a two week tour end of May to the first 2 weeks in June!
Possible places we will visit
Rosslyn Chapel, Bronze Age landscape of Machrie Moor, Kilmartin Glen Stone circles, Oban the “Gateway to the Isles,
Island of Mull and visit Duart Castle, Iona Abbey, founded by St. Columba, Staffa Island, Glenfinnan by beautiful Loch Shiel, Portree Isle of Skye Dunvegan Castle, Famous Old Man of Storr rock formations, Blair Castle Pitlochry,
Fort William & the Cairn Gorms, Edinburgh Castle & Arthurs seat.
Ancient Site:
The Stones of Stenness were originally a ring of twelve but now only four remain standing. It is believed that the ring was erected sometime during the 3rd millennium BC.
Another Ancient site:
A local legend relates how the stone ring of Callanish was found many hundreds of years ago by a farmer looking for large rocks to build a wall. Wandering across the desolate wind-swept moors of the Isle of Lewis, the farmer came upon a single large stone jutting from the ground. With the intention of removing the stone, the farmer began to dig for its base. As he dug deeper into the earth, other stones began to appear until finally he had brought to light the ancient ring of Callanish. Whether or not this popular legend is true, we do know that the stones of Callanish were indeed slowly covered by peat moss during the many thousands of years since the site was abandoned.
Archaeological excavation at the site has determined a construction period as early as 3400 BC and paleoclimatology studies have shown that ring’s use as an astronomical observation device may have ended sometime around 1500 BC. About this time the weather in much of northern Europe cooled, the previously clear skies clouded over, and consistent astronomical observations thereby became impossible. The site of Callanish was abandoned and the slow-growing peat moss relentlessly inched up and over the standing stones.
We still have to work oput the details and we may not be able to hit all of the sites but we sure will try!
