Forwarded from PRIMAL NOISE (D.W. McDonnell)
Sueno's Stone is a Picto-Scottish Class III standing stone on the north-easterly edge of Forres in Moray and is the largest surviving Pictish style cross-slab stone of its type in Scotland, standing 6.5 metres (21 feet) in height. It is situated on a raised bank on a now isolated section of the former road to Findhorn. The stone is named after Sweyn Forkbeard, but this association has been challenged and it has also been associated with the killing of King Dubh mac Ailpin in Forres in 966. The stone was erected c. 850–950 but by whom and for what, is unknown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTmDAEJHFps&list=PLX-bh0d4htPGtnt9QgLFb0hOFmJok_hyM&index=11
Amser blin orchfygiad mor greulon
Pwy a freddrwydiodd y diwedd hyn
Cyrff ym mhobman yn dangos ei dewder
Yn rhoi ei bywydau rhyddid ei plant
Adladd y frwdyr
Gwaed yn ei dagrau
Drewdod marwolaeth yn yr air
Beth wnawn yn awr Arglwyddes
Dangos y fford i'n dyfodol
Rhaid cadw'r ffydd er mwyn y plant
Pham wnaethost ein gadael
Pan oedd dy angen
Y dydd yn dwyll, i ni gyd
Translation :
A time of grief, defeat so cruel
Who sould have dreamt such an ending ?
Everywhere, the dead showing courage
Giving their lives for the freedom of children
After the battle
Blood in their tears
The smell of death in the air
What do we do now, oh Goddess ?
Show us the way to the future
We must keep faith for the children
Why did you leave us
In our hour of need ?
Dark is the day for us all
Amser blin orchfygiad mor greulon
Pwy a freddrwydiodd y diwedd hyn
Cyrff ym mhobman yn dangos ei dewder
Yn rhoi ei bywydau rhyddid ei plant
Adladd y frwdyr
Gwaed yn ei dagrau
Drewdod marwolaeth yn yr air
Beth wnawn yn awr Arglwyddes
Dangos y fford i'n dyfodol
Rhaid cadw'r ffydd er mwyn y plant
Pham wnaethost ein gadael
Pan oedd dy angen
Y dydd yn dwyll, i ni gyd
Translation :
A time of grief, defeat so cruel
Who sould have dreamt such an ending ?
Everywhere, the dead showing courage
Giving their lives for the freedom of children
After the battle
Blood in their tears
The smell of death in the air
What do we do now, oh Goddess ?
Show us the way to the future
We must keep faith for the children
Why did you leave us
In our hour of need ?
Dark is the day for us all
YouTube
Er Mwyn y Plant (For the Children): Welsh Song by Ceredwen
Beautiful piece of Welsh duo Ceredwen. Describes the defeat of Boudicca's army, and their lamentation
Amser blin orchfygiad mor greulon
Pwy a freddrwydiodd y diwedd hyn
Cyrff ym mhobman yn dangos ei dewder
Yn rhoi ei bywydau rhyddid ei plant
…
Amser blin orchfygiad mor greulon
Pwy a freddrwydiodd y diwedd hyn
Cyrff ym mhobman yn dangos ei dewder
Yn rhoi ei bywydau rhyddid ei plant
…
Forwarded from Thuletide
Results of a re-wilding project in Scotland.
I've visited Scotland and can say that while it has beautiful forested areas, most of the country is quite desolate due to thousands of years of deforestation.
As this image shows, it only takes 20 years to bring the countryside back to life.
I've visited Scotland and can say that while it has beautiful forested areas, most of the country is quite desolate due to thousands of years of deforestation.
As this image shows, it only takes 20 years to bring the countryside back to life.
Forwarded from Western Heritage
Take a virtual walk through the streets of Perth in 1440, through a new history interpretation project from
@Open Virtual Worlds https://scot.sh/3mAltS3 @HistoryScotland
@Open Virtual Worlds https://scot.sh/3mAltS3 @HistoryScotland
Forwarded from PRIMAL NOISE
Shire-to-Shire Series: County Waterford (Contae Phort Láirge) & The Ogham Stones of Ardmore
Tucked away in the Oratory of St. Declan's Monastery in Munster Province is a stone bearing an inscription in Ogham, a monument to St. Declan's great grandfather Lugud. St Declan was one of the early Irish Saints and had been sent to convert the Deisi to Christianity. The Ogham Stone is actually thought to be Pre-Christian but it's inclusion in the Church is emblematic of the syncretism used by the missionaries to create a religion not totally cut off from the Old Ways. St. Declan was from a royal lineage and to our ancestors ones pedigree was extremely important thus the incorporation of this stone, bearing the name and deeds of the Saint's ancestor is a legitimising monument.St. Declan built the monastery in Waterford on the orders of St. Patrick and supported by the King of Tara.
Waterford is named after the Norse Veðrafjǫrðr, which contrary to the Anglicised rendering actually refers to a Wether's (ram) Fjord.
Tucked away in the Oratory of St. Declan's Monastery in Munster Province is a stone bearing an inscription in Ogham, a monument to St. Declan's great grandfather Lugud. St Declan was one of the early Irish Saints and had been sent to convert the Deisi to Christianity. The Ogham Stone is actually thought to be Pre-Christian but it's inclusion in the Church is emblematic of the syncretism used by the missionaries to create a religion not totally cut off from the Old Ways. St. Declan was from a royal lineage and to our ancestors ones pedigree was extremely important thus the incorporation of this stone, bearing the name and deeds of the Saint's ancestor is a legitimising monument.St. Declan built the monastery in Waterford on the orders of St. Patrick and supported by the King of Tara.
Waterford is named after the Norse Veðrafjǫrðr, which contrary to the Anglicised rendering actually refers to a Wether's (ram) Fjord.
Forwarded from Wild Folk
British Primitive goats sighted by a friend on Glyder Fach.
Also known as the Old British or British Landrace goat, this ancient breed dates back to the Neolithic period, around 3,000 BCE.
Only around 1,200 British Primitive remain in the isles, with their primary remaining herds across the Snowdonia and Black Mountain regions of Wales, Northumberland and Somerset in England, and deep in the Highland ranges of Scotland.
Also known as the Old British or British Landrace goat, this ancient breed dates back to the Neolithic period, around 3,000 BCE.
Only around 1,200 British Primitive remain in the isles, with their primary remaining herds across the Snowdonia and Black Mountain regions of Wales, Northumberland and Somerset in England, and deep in the Highland ranges of Scotland.
Forwarded from Laura Musica (Laura)