Dr Anne Ross was a respected and venerated doctor of ancient British mythology and culture, who had been studying the ancient earthworks in and around Hadrian’s wall. It was here in 1971 she was asked to examine two carven heads found on the site, and to give her professional opinion on them. A few days… Continue reading The Hexham Heads
Category: Places
The Warrior of the Gog Magog Hills
The windswept summits of the Gog Magog hills have always been of incredible strategic importance. From its iron age fort on Wandlebury to queen Boadicea, whoever controlled the hills controlled Cambridgeshire. The hills are shrouded in mystery and legend, with its very name being given to it from two giants, Gog and Magog, who are… Continue reading The Warrior of the Gog Magog Hills
The Legend of Moonrakers Pond
The county of Wiltshire was once famous for its smugglers, with thousands of pounds worth of illegal brandy, tobacco and black market goods being brought in every week. They would use the many canals of the county to manoeuvre stolen goods towards the north, in which they would sell for high prices. This angered the… Continue reading The Legend of Moonrakers Pond
Our Lady of Walsingham
The beautiful and sleepy North Norfolk countryside on England’s East coast conceals one of Europe’s most glorious, but hidden mysteries. This happening drew people from around the world in huge numbers to the North Norfolk coast for hundreds of years, even Kings and Queens repeatedly came to this place such was its importance. It was… Continue reading Our Lady of Walsingham
The Dragon of Strathmartine (Dundee)
Long ago, in the moors of Scotland, their lived a farmer and his family. He and his wife had managed to have nine daughters, each beautiful and fair. He was a very happy man, and could not ask for more in his life. One day, he asked the eldest daughter to fetch some water from… Continue reading The Dragon of Strathmartine (Dundee)
Devils Dyke
At the turn of the 7th century, the last pagan kingdom in Britain, Sussex, was beginning to convert to Christianity due to the efforts of St Cuthman of Steyning. The Devil, however, was infuriated by this, and sought to drown the people of Sussex for abandoning him. He decided to dig a huge river from… Continue reading Devils Dyke