Beltane at Thornborough Henge 2009

Sunday May 3rd - Starts at 12 Noon

Admission FREE - Everyone Welcome!

At Thornborough Henge, near Ripon in North Yorkshire, Brigantia, England, UK.

Latest News:

Beltane at Thornborough Henge 2010 will take place on
Sunday May 2nd (camping arrangements for Saturday and Sunday nights have yet to be confirmed).

The Sacred Brigantia Players present a Mystery Play:

To be performed at Beltane at Thornborough Henge.

Children coming to the event are invited to bring
water pistols so that they can participate in the play!

Use the controls at the top left or click and drag to explore the triple Henge monument at Thornborough. The remains of three other gaint Henges can also be seen from aeriel photographs several miles to the south and east of the three Thornborough Henges (but it takes a keen eye to find them!).

Thornborough Henge older than Pyramids!

Article from: bbc.co.uk/north_yorkshire/

An ancient North Yorkshire monument has been recognised as being almost 1,000 years older than the pyramids of Giza.

Researchers at Newcastle University have found the Thornborough Henges are one of the earliest major monuments aligned to the constellation Orion.

The 5,500-year-old earthworks, north of Ripon, and the Egyptian pyramids are thought to have been built to mirror Orion's belt for its religious focus.

Senior lecturer at the university Dr Jan Harding said they used a three dimensional model to confirm the stellar alignments of the henges, which date back to the Neolithic period.

"Thornborough was a sacred landscape, a place of religious worship, and we should try to interpret these astronomical orientations within that context."

"This astronomical association was emphasised by the banks of the henges being coated in brilliant white gypsum."

"Neolithic people surely felt they were at the centre of the very cosmos as they worshipped the heavens above."

Visit Dr Jan Harding's website about Thornborough Henge