Bryn Celi
Ddu was a large circular cairn of stones covering a passage 27 feet (over 8
metres) long, leading to a central, polygonal chamber. This had a small spiral
carved into one upright, visible only by artificial light, while a megalith
with an elaborate serpentine design was put face- down over a pit in the centre
of the site before the monument was constructed over it. The passage points at
the midsummer sunrise, which lights up a quartz- rich monolith at the back of
the chamber.
The
developed passage grave of Bryn Celli Ddu was apparently built over a henge
monument containing a stone circle, which was destroyed to make way for it, the
stones being removed, broken or toppled.
from Pagan Britain; Ronald Hutton
Music: The Host of
Seraphim, which is the opening track from the 1988 album The Serpent's Egg
by Dead Can Dance. Of the album, AllMusic wrote, "Perry and
Gerrard continued to experiment and improve with The Serpent's Egg, [in
particular]… The Host of Seraphim [is] "so jaw-droppingly good
that almost the only reaction is sheer awe."
North Utsire
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