Liddington Castle Iron Age Hill Fort, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK

[notatnik150]

Try aspirin.

[bonnie43uk]

i hAve wonderful memories of Liddington Hill, in my teenage years i would ride up from Swindon, ..go to the highest point of the hill, take all my clothes off, think about Diana Dors very hard, and use my penis as a sundial, ..from the shadow cast, i could keep remarkably accurate time.

[Rearda]

You could have saved yourself all that trouble by using a twig.

[mikesey1]

Diana Dors! Blimey, that dates him a bit :)

[mikesey1]

Good notes :)

This video deserves to be looked at much more than it is..

Well done making it.

[Rearda]

Thanks Mike. This area is steeped in forgotten history. I live nearer to the almost invisible Broad Town hillfort. I also believe that when the occupants of Liddington looked towards Swindon, they saw Swyn Don - a holy place (Swyn) dedicated to the mother of all deities (Don). This is reinforcec by TV's Time Team, who discovered "a 10-acre complex of shrines, terraced gardens and pools built around springs emerging from a ridge."

[Rearda]

continued... "Pilgrims would have used the ceremonial baths and offered prayers for good health. Although only one per cent of the area has been excavated, it could be one of the greatest Roman religious sites in Britain, comparable with the best in Europe."

Given the Roman propensity for building temples on Celtic holy sites, I think my guess is more plausible than Swindon deriving from the Saxon word for pigs (Old Town terrain is all wrong for pigs).

[mikesey1]

Hi Rearda!

Thanks for all the further notes, and they are interesting too.

I think that if we really knew the true extent of Celtic (and Saxon) occupation of our land that we would be truly surprised, and find that we may be living close to something supremely important. I remember seeing the Time-Team dig which you mention.

I think that almost the whole of Wiltshire, and not just Salisbury Plain, was sacred to the Celtic peoples especially.

Agreed about the origin of the word "Swindon"

Mike.

[mikesey1]

Just one more note. What IS that gorgeous song and who is singing it?

[Rearda]

I can't remember the name of the song; I learned it at school in Windermere, many years ago, and as I couldn't find any versions of it anywhere, I sang it myself (it's well out of copyright).

[mikesey1]

You're a woman!!

I always have difficulty with unknown genders on YouTube!

Anyway, you've a superb voice, very sweet, perhaps with some professional training?

Love the song and maybe you would like to record that properly on a disc or whatever.

great stuff!!

Mike.

[mikesey1]

And I only just saw that you noted the singer on the video credits :(

*red face*

Mike.

[Rearda]

Yes, it's easier to credit oneself using a pseudonym. I might upload the track somewhere, but I don't think I'll be recording anything formal. My daughter records her own stuff - Christian indy (myspace 'theeveningservice') and I'm happy to bask in the reflected glory.

[mikesey1]

Well, you could always record it and send it to me to listen to!

Great to hear from you.

Mike.

[mikesey1]

Good stuff!

Don't forget that this is the legendary place: "Mons Badonicus" where King Arthur defeated the Saxons!

Mike