Tag: Neolithic
Pentre Ifan o’r diwedd
Cyhoeddodd y diweddar John Davies yn 2010 lyfr o’r enw Cymru: y 100 lle i’w gweld cyn marw, gyda lluniau gwych gan Marian Delyth. Wrth i’r blynyddoedd wibio heibio, dwi’n dechrau becso am y bylchau personol sy’n bod o hyd yn y rhestr hon, a rhestrau tebyg o leoedd ‘hanfodol eu gweld’ yng Nghymru. Dros […]
Avebury and the unknowable
This week we spent a few hours in Avebury in Wiltshire. The modern village sits beside (and partly upon) the largest Neolithic stone circle in Britain. It was my first visit since my parents took me to see it in the late 1950s or early 1960s. The stones left a lasting impression on my child’s […]
In praise of Kathleen Jamie
The half of me that’s Scots lies buried, and usually dormant. It comes to life when visiting Scotland. But since my parents died, there’s less obvious reason to go, and we’ve not been there for a few years. Sometimes I daydream about moving to live in a newly independent Scotland, released from bonehead, vicious British […]