The Wilmington GiantLulu.com, 2012 - 260 páginas This is the first book to have been written about the Long Man of Wilmington. Many different theories about the Long Man's origins are discussed and evaluated. The book is a guide to the history and archaeology of the Giant's Downland setting, and will appeal to everyone who loves the landscape, heritage, history and lore of the South Downs. An expanded version of the 1983 edition, which has been described in a review as 'a modern antiquarian classic'. 258 pages, 96 black and white illustrations. |
Contenido
Beginnings | 1 |
The Giant described | 11 |
The Quest | 46 |
Saxon Kings and Saxon Gods | 62 |
Veni Vici | 76 |
The Fires of Sacrifice | 85 |
The Kingdom of the Sun | 97 |
Death Rites and Eternity | 110 |
Gateways for the God | 135 |
The Harvest Hill | 170 |
Timepiece of the Green King | 192 |
The Guardian God | 200 |
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Aelle Alfriston ancient archaeological Avebury Baldur Britain Bronze Age built burial Caburn Castle causewayed enclosure Celtic centre century Cerne Giant chalk Church circle Combe Hill Commodus Cuckmere culture Cursus ditches downland drawing Durrington Walls earth East Sussex escarpment evidence excavation feet fertility flint mines goddess Grave Grestain guardian-god harvest hill Heel Stone hill figure hillside horse inches interpretation Iron Age King known landscape later legs Lewes long barrows Long Man’s marked medieval midsummer sunrise miles monks monuments Mount mystery myth neolithic numbers Offham original Ouse Petrie Pevensey portal stones possible radiocarbon ritual rock Roman sacred Samson Saxon Seaford seems seen shows sight-line significant Silbury Hill slope solstice South Downs spiral St Croix staves Stonehenge summer summit sun-god survived symbol temple trackway trench turf Uffington White Horse valley Varuna Weald Whitehawk Wilmington Giant Wilmington Priory Windover Hill Windover Long Mound