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Release the Hounds, U.K. Edition: Aubrey Burl passes, damage to ancient oaks, and Cerne Abbas Giant findings
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A round-up of some of the latest news from the United Kingdom of interest to Pagans.
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A round-up of some of the latest news from the United Kingdom of interest to Pagans.
The history of Mistletoe as a mysterious and prevalent holiday element.
Three women lose their appeal to overturn the ruling of the May 2018 charges for trespassing at Stonehenge.
Correction: TWH incorrectly identified Angel Grace as a Witch in an earlier version of this story. She is actually a Druid and music bard, and we have corrected the article to reflect this. TWH apologizes for any confusion this may have caused.
SALISBURY, England – Stonehenge has been back in the news recently with the arrest of three pagan women who are said to have breached access restrictions to the sacred site. Angela Grace, a Druid and bard, Maryam Halcrow, and Lisa Mead, who also identifies as a Druid, were found guilty of entering the site without reasonable excuse. All have received 6-month conditional discharges.
Pagan Perspectives
Today’s column is by your humble weekend editor, Eric O. Scott, who has written for The Wild Hunt since 2012. The Wild Hunt is always open to submissions for its weekend section. Please send queries or complete submissions to eric@wildhunt.org. Earlier this week, BBC News reported that a burial chamber designed as a replica of Neolithic-style long barrows had been designated as a Druidic place of worship. (The Wild Hunt covered the story in our regular Pagan Community Notes feature on Monday.) The barrow will eventually hold hundreds of urns, housed in dozens of small niches built into the walls of four burial chambers.