#dolmens

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[carloskaplan]

Dolmen de Burren (Irlanda)

[postcard-from-the-past]

Dolmens by Locmariaquer, Brittany region of France

French vintage postcard

[viajarconrosana]

GORAFE, DESIERTO MEGALÍTICO, GEOPARQUE MUNDIAL DE LA UNESCO; Por Rosana Saburo

Los valles del norte de Granada guardan tesoros geológicos unidos al paso de los primeros grupos de pobladores humanos del Neolítico, parajes sorprendentes, paisajes lunares, hoy desiertos, antes oasis y frondosos valles que aseguraban la vida de nuestros antepasados. Bajo la influencia de Sierra Nevada, la integración  del paisaje con la vida de los pueblos que han habitado estas zonas se hace…

[nino-ruins]

Lagomere Dolmen — Deshaan

[theemeraldforesthideout]

Carreg Samson, North Pembrokeshire

April 2024

[thesilicontribesman]

Bachwen Neolithic Burial Chamber, Clynnog Fawr, Wales

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When droughts happen, the water level goes down and we can see again the magnificent Dolmen of Guadalperal (Extremadura, Spain). Built in the Neolithic by the inhabitants of the surrounding land to bury their ancestors, it has a secret.

The stone right in the center has a winding line drawn that resembles a lot the course of the River Tajo, that passes very close by. It is believed that it is the oldest map drawn in the Iberian Peninsula, dating from the 4th milenium BC.

[letmeinimafairy]

More stone circles, dolmens, spirals and portals. I'd love a portal to somewhere to be honest.

All pendants are available

[whencyclopedia]

Prehistoric Isles of Scilly

The Isles of Scilly are a small island group west of Cornwall. Despite their small size, they abound in prehistoric sites dating from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age, including cairns, burial chambers and passage graves. While prehistoric sites are found on all islands, this image gallery focuses on the two larger islands St. Mary's and St. Agnes.

While the islands are remote today, they were once directly connected by a land bridge with Cornwall, a land called "Lyonesse" in traditional legends and folklore. About 18,000 years ago, at the height of the last glacial period, the sea level was about 100 metres (328 feet) below its current level, which meant that not only were all of the Scillonian islands connected, but they represented a hilly patch towards the western end of Lyonesse.

It is in these directly connected lands that people lived and built the prehistoric monuments that we can visit today. There are likely many more found below sea level. As the ice melted, sea levels rose slowly but noticeably in a human lifetime. About 10,000 years ago, sea levels were still 30 metres (98 feet) below current levels, and around 6,000 years ago they were about 5 metres (16 feet) lower than today.

Local legends say that on what is now the Seven Stones Reef (about 1/3 of the way to Cornwall) stood a great city, the City of Lions, with a turreted castle and no less than 140 churches. As the sea swallowed the city, only one man and his horse survived, and the Vyvyan family of Cornwall claims to be descended from this man.

The Isles of Scilly are a fantastic destination for lovers of prehistory, with stunning nature and friendly people to welcome travellers.

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"THE TERMINATOR" by Dolmen Graphic Studios

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Carnac França 

[carloskaplan]

Dolmen of Menez-Lié (entre Menez-Hom e a praia de Saint-Nic (Finistère)

[inkske]

When SoTO's first round of story released, our first guildmate to play through it used his "Margonite pretending to be a Sylvari Mesmer as a self-imposed witness protection program" character. That reframed several lines of dialogue in fantastic ways, and I've had these exact mental images ever since.

(A.K.A. "Tolis Anur Rund / Toll On High Water's Silent Hill Devil May Cry Hell Pit Hot Girl Disaster Summer")

[uwmspeccoll]

Staff Pick of the Week

This morning we received a request from Ireland for information about our copy of The Voyage of Saint Brendan printed by the Dolmen Press in Ireland for the Humanities Press Inc. in the U. S. in a limited edition of 150 copies in 1976. The book contains a translation by the Irish classical scholar John J. O'Meara of the earliest Latin version of Brendan's legendary voyage, Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis from the 9th century CE. The images used here are reproductions of woodcuts from Sankt Brandans Seefahrt, the first printed version of the legend produced in 1476 by Anton Sorg in Augsburg.

Brendan's journeys are among the most enduring of European legends, about the Atlantic wanderings of the 6th-century Irish monastic saint Brendan of Clonfert and his 16 companions in search of the Promised Land of the Saints. I am an admirer of the Dolmen letterpress-printed editions, and this printing bears all the hallmarks of my interest: handset in Pilgrim type with Victor Hammer's initials printed on Van Gelder mouldmade "Unicorn" paper and designed by Dolmen co-founder Liam Miller. Our copy, signed by the translator, is number 127, but the first 50 numbered copies are specially bound with hand-colored woodcuts. As lovely as the our copy is, I admit to coveting a copy from the first 50.

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-- MAX, Head of Special Collections

[hanzajesthanza]

love that regis was resentful of cahir for being nilfgaardian at first. he didn’t even know anything about what he did to ciri or that geralt even hated him, he was just old enough and wise enough to disrespect the empire and military. “i can excuse drinking human blood but i draw the line at acts of imperialist aggression.”

i like this because a lot of interpretations of regis’ character (… blood and wine dlc 🥴) set him apart from society as an external judge of human folly and foolishness. like hmmmm… you mourtæls…. 🧐🍷 so dividèd by youer prejudicês…

and don’t get me wrong, regis is indeed the “let’s all kumbaya” type, but something as simple and subtle as his little snide remark about cahir’s surname and almost undetectable accent when he meets him betrays his absolute integration with northern society and strong ties to life in dillingen, and his inner prejudices resulting from that, which are absolutely. say it with me. human