The Winter Solstice: The World’s Oldest Festival
The World’s Oldest Festival occurs at the Winter Solstice. The ancient ones were hunters and spent...
Read MoreDec 21, 2023 | Bride, Cailleach, Chambered cairn, Christmas and Yule, Druids, Fire Festivals, Hogmanay, Maeshowe, Neolithic, Orkney, Shetland, Wheel of the Year, Winter Solstice
The World’s Oldest Festival occurs at the Winter Solstice. The ancient ones were hunters and spent...
Read MoreSep 18, 2023 | Beltane, Calanais, Chambered cairn, Druids, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Fire Festivals, Imbolc, Lughnasadh, Lunastral, Lammas, Maeshowe, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Orkney, Prehistory, Samhain and Halloween, Stenness, Stone Circle, Summer Solstice, Wheel of the Year, Winter Solstice
The turning of the wheel of the year is something which is always with us. At the summer solstice,...
Read MoreJun 21, 2023 | Cailleach, Calanais, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Lewis, Maeshowe, Myths and Legends, Neolithic, Prehistory, Stone Circle, Summer Solstice, Witches
Many people visit the Calanais Stones, on the Isle of Lewis at sunrise on the Summer solstice....
Read MoreDec 20, 2019 | Calanais, Chambered cairn, Maeshowe, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Orkney, Prehistory, Wheel of the Year, Winter Solstice
Anyone who has lived in Scotland can tell you that the Winter Solstice can be a tough time of the...
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