The U.K. isn’t just good for general history. If you like the pre-Christian religions there’s traces of it everywhere.

We’re lucky. If you came from Iceland, Ireland or Estonia or Germany or Italy - You only have one pagan past and one set of archaeology to explore with it.

The U.K. had Celt, Roman, Anglo Saxon and then Norse paganism and there are traces of it everywhere. It’s not grand sweeping temple complexes but it’s nice to hear the stories and think what happened where you live. 🙂

This isn’t for everyone. But walking on my grandparents farm know the hill is 3 barrows with ancient kings inside is fun. Lookout for the wights…👻

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ArishMell · 70-79, M

Indeed - a land very rich in history and pre-history indeed.

I recall when on holiday in Scotland with some friends, we visited what is now an ellipse of standing-stones but was originally a Neolithic, covered-over tomb. I forget where this was. One of the party was an archaeologist, and she examined the entrance pillars very closely.

She explained, "Sometimes you find faint spirals engraved on the doorways". The engravings would have been clear when new, but have been subject to weathering ever since.

Then added, "We can't possibly know what they meant, but they must have been significant. We'd love to know what these people believed, how they organised their societies, and the like; but we can't!"