The Coldrum Long Barrow is a ruined British Early Neolithic chambered
long barrow near the village of Trottiscliffe, Kent. Probably
constructed in the fourth millennium BCE, it was built by pastoralist
communities soon after the introduction of agriculture to Britain. Built
out of earth and around fifty local sarsen-stone megaliths, the barrow
consisted of a tumulus enclosed by kerb-stones. At the eastern end of
the tumulus was a stone chamber containing the remains of at least
seventeen human bodies, at least one of which had been dismembered
before burial, potentially reflecting a tradition of excarnation and
secondary burial. The long barrow later became dilapidated, possibly
exacerbated through deliberate destruction by iconoclasts or treasure
hunters. Local folklore associates the site with the burial of a prince
and the countless stones motif. Excavations took place in the early 20th
century, and in 1926, ownership was transferred to the National Trust.
Entry is free, and the stones are the site of various modern Pagan
rituals.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldrum_Long_Barrow>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1486:
Elizabeth of York married King Henry VII, becoming queen
consort of England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_of_York>
1788:
The armed tender HMS Supply, the first ship of the First
Fleet, arrived at Botany Bay, Australia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Supply_%281759%29>
1956:
Navvab Safavi, an Iranian Shia cleric and the founder of the
Fada'iyan-e Islam fundamentalist group, was executed with three of his
followers for unsuccessfully attempting to assassinate Prime Minister
Hossein Ala'.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navvab_Safavi>
1977:
The lung infection Legionnaires' disease was found to be caused
by a previously unknown bacterium now known as Legionella (colonies
pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legionnaires%27_disease>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
banausic:
1. (formal) Of or pertaining to technical matters; mechanical.
2. (formal) Uncultured, unrefined, utilitarian.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/banausic>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the
decay of its principles.
--The Spirit of the Laws
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