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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.
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 .
Shrub's Wood Long Barrow is an unchambered long barrow located near to the village of Elmsted in the south-eastern English county of Kent. It was probably constructed in the fourth millennium BCE, during Britain's Early Neolithic period. Built out of earth, the long barrow consists of a sub-trapezoidal tumulus flanked by side ditches.
The artist, who was born in 1933, is celebrating her big day by releasing an online edition of her ‘Wish Tree’
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