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Ex-teacher! Author! Paperback of my book, St Brigid & Other Amazing Irish Women can be ordered through Columba Books or bookshops! I write about early medieval Irish saints & their monasteries/convents! Next book progressing well!
👤 Joined on 19 November 2024
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@lorraineelizab6.bsky.socialDid Viking settlers in England cook differently to their Danish counterparts? #InternationalChefsDay Lack of evidence for fish in ceramic cooking vessels from England suggests that Scandinavian settlers conformed to Anglo-Saxon culinary traditions. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology
Show PostThe loney - Water, ferns, furze (whin/gorse), rock, hills Dromara Hills near Legananny Dolmen. #CountyDown #ContaeAnDúin #SpéirGhorm
Show PostLegananny Dolmen - This tripod dolmen has a capstone over 3m long and 1.8m from the ground. It dates back to the #Neolithic period, making the monument approximately 5,000 years old. It is located three miles north of Castlewellan, in County Downon the slopes of Slieve Croob. #SpéirGhorm
Show PostThe name 'dolmen', applied by early antiquarians, is from the Breton word 'tolmen' meaning 'stone table'. The monument has given Legananny townland its name. Liagán Áine means 'pillar stone of Anya'. She was the McCool, mythological mother goddess loved by the warrior Finn. #SpéirGhorm County Down
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