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Wishes and offerings on the tree at Coldrum Long Barrow, England. A wish tree is a tree, usually distinguished by species, location or appearance, which is used as an object of wishes and offerings. Such trees are identified as possessing a special religious or spiritual value.
At Wayland's Smithy in Oxfordshire, visitors have lodged coins into cracks in the site's stones since at least the 1960s, [58] while at the Coldrum Long Barrow in Kent, a rag tree has been established overhanging the barrow. [59] Many modern Pagans view West Kennet Long Barrow as a "temple" and use it for their rituals. [60]
The West Kennet Long Barrow, also known as South Long Barrow, is a chambered long barrow near the village of Avebury in the south-western English county of Wiltshire. Probably constructed in the thirty-seventh century BC , during Britain's Early Neolithic period, today it survives in a partially reconstructed state.
Couckoo Ball Long Barrow, Devon [1] Butterdon Hill Long Barrow, Dartmoor, Devon [2] Corringdoon Ball Long Barrow, Devon [3] Giants' Hills, Lincolnshire; Hazleton long barrows, north and south, Gloucestershire; Julliberrie's Grave, Kent; Long Barrow, near the Seven Barrows, Berkshire; Nympsfield Long Barrow, Gloucestershire; Stoney Littleton ...
The Coldrum Long Barrow, also known as the Coldrum Stones and the Adscombe Stones, is a chambered long barrow located near the village of Trottiscliffe in the south-eastern English county of Kent. Probably constructed in the fourth millennium BCE , during Britain's Early Neolithic period , today it survives only in a state of ruin .
Beckhampton Firs Long Barrow: East Kennett Long Barrow: East Kennett, Wiltshire 1012323: Horton Down Long Barrow: Wiltshire 1013141: Kitchen Barrow: Wiltshire 1012519: Longstones Long Barrow: Wiltshire 1008126: Shepherd's Shore: Wiltshire 1014030: South Street Long Barrow: Wiltshire Wayland's Smithy: Oxfordshire 1008409: West Kennet Long Barrow ...
ST. PETERSBURG — In 10 years, the Wish Tree has heard 20,000 dreams. Its scraggly branches, spread over the Salvador Dali Museum’s Avant-garden, have absorbed hopes “to find true love ...
Wayland's Smithy is an Early Neolithic chambered long barrow located near the village of Ashbury in the south-central English county of Oxfordshire.The barrow is believed to have been constructed about 3600 BCE by pastoral communities shortly after the introduction of agriculture to the British Isles from continental Europe.