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The Edge
Bronze Age mounds often served not only as graves but as territory markers to show who owned land. "It is ours for here are our ancestors' graves." But the small earthen mounds tend to erode away in the wind and the rain.
I suggest that Bronze ...
frankbeswick, on 05/18/2016
The Edge
A Bronze Age settlement was there that's for certain.
The National Trust have done a wonderful job in preserving it. It is free to visit too.
Veronica, on 05/18/2016
The Edge
The Edge was bare until the late eighteenth century when it was planted with pine, though I suspect that the lower slopes were always tree-clad and contained remnants of the greenwood that used to cover Cheshire. Pine is not the vegetation ...
frankbeswick, on 05/18/2016
Altamira Cave
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mihgasper, on 05/18/2016
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Georgina Smith, on 05/17/2016
Peregrine Falcons
No, but we have eagles and owls and ospreys living in our neighbourhood. It's important to protect the places where these birds nest.
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LindaSmith1, on 05/17/2016
The Edge
That's a very interesting point and I think you are right about the myth/ legend undergoing oral traditional revision over time.
The legend as it stands is a medieval tale but you are right that based on ancient traditions it probably is.
Veronica, on 05/17/2016
The Edge
This discussion has stirred up a thought. Consider that Alderley Edge is a high point with a legend of a wizard and that not far away is Lindow [derived from Llyn Dhu, Welsh for Black/Dark Lake, where human sacrifice was known to have been ...
frankbeswick, on 05/17/2016
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JP
Yes it is my kind of place too. The Tea Room is always a perfect addition to anything for me! I too like quirky pathways, well maintained. They make me feel I won't get lost too!
Veronica, on 05/17/2016
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Medieval life though. Knights as we know them didn't exist before medieval times. Kings were a fairly late feature too coming in only a few hundred years before the Normans. Take a look at the legend, KINGS, ...KNIGHTS who could be called on in ...
Veronica, on 05/17/2016
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This looks like my kind of place! I love the paths through the woods, and there's even a tea room - I'd be happy to sit there and learn all about the legend of the wizard. It is indeed interesting that the wizard wanted a white mare not a ...
jptanabe, on 05/17/2016
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Ragtimelil, on 05/17/2016
The Edge
If you go to my Wizzley article, Alderley Edge:woods wizards and mines, you will see that I date the wizard to the Bronze Age. The site is very ancient, as it was an easy place to mine copper, making it a prime early Bronze Age site.Legends at ...
frankbeswick, on 05/17/2016
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I Disagree. No I think it is probably dating from the times when English Kings had the right to call on Lords and Knights to be his army in times of need such as The Crusades or possible invasion.
Look at the legend, a team of sleeping knights ...
Veronica, on 05/17/2016