Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Celtic

Originally it was the site of a Celtic Briton stronghold called Din Guarie. In 547 the castle was recorded as having been captured by the Anglo-Saxon ruler Ida of Bernicia, the first known king of the Anglian kingdom of Bernicia. Ida´s grandson Æðelfriþ left the castle to his wife Bebba, from whom the early name Bebbanburgh is derived. The Vikings destroyed the original stronghold in 993. The Normans built a new castle, which forms the core of the present castle. William II unsuccessfully besieged the castle in 1095 during a rebellion supported by Robert de Mowbray, Earl of Northumbria. After Robert de Mowbray's capture, his wife defended the castle until she was forced to surrender by the king's threat to blind her husband. Bamburgh then became the property of the reigning monarch of England. As an important English outpost, the castle was occasionally the target of attacks by the Scots. In 1464, during the Wars of the Roses, Bamburgh Castle became the first English castle to be defended by artillery after a nine-month siege. The Forster family, who had provided the castle's governors to the Crown for centuries, received the castle and owned it until 1700, when it was sold. The castle fell into disrepair and was restored by various owners in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was eventually bought by Victorian tycoon William Armstrong, who completed the restoration. The castle is still owned by the Armstrong family

Originally it was the site of a Celtic Briton stronghold called Din Guarie. In 547 the castle was recorded as having been captured by the Anglo-Saxon ruler Ida of Bernicia, the first known king of the Anglian kingdom of Bernicia. Ida´s grandson Æðelfriþ left the castle to his wife Bebba, from whom the early name Bebbanburgh is derived. The Vikings destroyed the original stronghold in 993. The Normans built a new castle, which forms the core of the present castle. William II unsuccessfully besieged the castle in 1095 during a rebellion supported by Robert de Mowbray, Earl of Northumbria. After Robert de Mowbray's capture, his wife defended the castle until she was forced to surrender by the king's threat to blind her husband. Bamburgh then became the property of the reigning monarch of England. As an important English outpost, the castle was occasionally the target of attacks by the Scots. In 1464, during the Wars of the Roses, Bamburgh Castle became the first English castle to be defended by artillery after a nine-month siege. The Forster family, who had provided the castle's governors to the Crown for centuries, received the castle and owned it until 1700, when it was sold. The castle fell into disrepair and was restored by various owners in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was eventually bought by Victorian tycoon William Armstrong, who completed the restoration. The castle is still owned by the Armstrong family

Edinburgh has been the capital of Scotland since the 15th century. With a population of around 525,000, it is the second largest city in Scotland after Glasgow. The city is a cultural centre, and is the home of institutions including the National Museum of Scotland, the National Library of Scotland and the Scottish National Gallery. Edinburgh's Old Town and New Town together are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The National Museum of Scotland was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Scottish Museum. Both parts of the museum are located right next to each other on Chambers Street. The Royal Museum is a museum of natural sciences, technology and art. It is housed in a building dating from 1888. The Museum of Scotland deals with Scottish history and culture. It is located in a new building completed in 1998 right next to the 1888 building. The Monifieth Stones are a series of five Pictish stones from the early Medieval period found in or around St Regulus' church in Monifieth. They were uncovered during the demolition of a pre-Reformation church and its kirkyard wall in the 19th and 20th centuries. Monifieth 4 Monifeith 4 is the largest stone. It is a fragment of a free-standing high cross. While it features Celtic Christian imagery, it has no idiomatic Pictish symbols. The cross is broken at bottom of intersection with the arms. The upper portion of the front face is a crucifixion scene, with the portion of the Christ figure above the waist missing. Flanking his legs are two human figures. Below the crucifixion scene are two robed figures. Below them are a further two figures holding drinking horns and the bottom of the cross has a seated harpist.

Before Beaune became the center of the wine-business in Burgundy and way before it got a town privilege in 1203, it was a Celtic sanctuary around a mystic spring. The Romans later erected a fort here and after they left a small Chistian community will have lived here, as this sarcophagus with Christian symbols is dated to the end of the 6th century. It was found with more than 300 tombs, when in 1987/88, near the old city walls, a underground parking lot was constructed an so an old necropole got unearthed.

Cahors is situated within a U-shaped bend in the River Lot. There was a celtic settlement here, that developed into a large Roman city. The city was under Visigothic later Merovingian/Frankish influence. The war between Chlothar I sons Chilperic I and Guntram (aka "Saint Guntram) badly affected the economy, but Cahors recovered - before it got burnt down and looted by Saracens, Vikings and Magyars in the 8th and 9th century. When more and more pilgrims flocked on the way to Santiago de Compostela Cahors won importance, as the Via Podiensis run right through the city. It actually still does! There are actually two different routes to Cahors for the pilgrims. They either can follow the valley of the Lot or they choose the "chemin" through the valley of the Cele (what I did some years ago). But there is only one chemin out of Cahors - via the Pont Valentré. The six-span fortified bridge has become a symbol of the city. It was built between 1308 and 1378.

Cahors is situated within a U-shaped bend in the River Lot. There was a celtic settlement here, that developed into a large Roman city. The city was under Visigothic later Merovingian/Frankish influence. The war between Chlothar I sons Chilperic I and Guntram (aka "Saint Guntram) badly affected the economy, but Cahors recovered before it got burnt down and looted by Saracens, Vikings and Magyars in the 8th and 9th century. When more and more pilgrims flocked on the way to Santiago de Compostela Cahors won importance, as the Via Podiensis run right through the city. It actually still does! Pope John XXII, who was born in Cahors, founded a university here in 1332, that later became a part of the University of Toulouse.