Land of the Gods Archive

Land of the Gods  Published by Frontier Publishing & Adventures Unlimited Press. To order, visit the store   The Gododdin triangle by Philip Coppens   Eildon Hills The area around the Firth of Forth, on the South coast, the area of the Lothians, belonged to a tribe which the Romans called the Votadini. The Votadini seemed to have been singled out, occupying a unique if …

Land of the Gods  Published by Frontier Publishing & Adventures Unlimited Press. To order, visit the store   Arthur’s Homeland by Philip Coppens   After the Romans decided to leave Britain, the Gododdin were left to their own devices. Their alliance with the Romans meant that they had lost a powerful ally, but it also meant that after the Romans’ departure, they were, south of …

Land of the Gods  Published by Frontier Publishing & Adventures Unlimited Press. To order, visit the store   The ancient Lothian bypass by Philip Coppens   South of Edinburgh, between the villages of Dolphinston (Garvald) and West Linton, sits, near a Roman road, one of the more intriguing – and unknown – prehistoric fields of Scotland – if not Britain. A small path that runs …

Land of the Gods  Published by Frontier Publishing & Adventures Unlimited Press. To order, visit the store   The Lothians’ sacred landscape by Philip Coppens   Cairnpapple, Arthur’s Seat, Traprain Law: the three main Neolithic sites of the Lothian region, the area around Edinburgh. A new discovery reveals how the three sites are intricately woven together, in an astronomical light show. Traprain Law Stonehenge used …

Land of the Gods  Published by Frontier Publishing & Adventures Unlimited Press. To order, visit the store   SYNOPSIS The ancient settlements of Traprain Law, Eildon Hill North, Yeavering Bell and in later years Edinburgh’s Castle Rock are testimony to an Iron Age society that combined religious and social order with kingship – in Edinburgh’s case surviving into historic times. Despite the absence of written …