At the edge of Europe the British Isles is home to one of the world’s richest collections of sacred sites. With stunning photography Sacred Wonders of Britain tells the stories of the landmarks that have attracted visitors not just today, but for thousands of years – from the Orkneys to Canterbury, from Stonehenge to Glastonbury. Exploring major new discoveries about what our ancestors believed, this illuminating series reveals how these ancient people’s view of the sacred meets our own today. A BBC Production.
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Neil Oliver goes in search of the very first stirrings of religion in Britain. In the south of England and on the Scottish borders, great tombs provide evidence of ancestor worship among the first farmers of the Neolithic era, and an extraordinary discovery in Herefordshire reveals what really lies beneath their burial mounds. In the flin...
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Neil Oliver goes in search of Bronze and Iron Age sites that were sacred to ancient Britons, with water seen not just as a source of life, but also of reverence. At Flag Fen near Peterborough he discovers a vast ancient causeway. At Maiden Castle's hill fort in Dorset he unearths evidence of human sacrifices to ward off evil spirits. Neil...
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Neil Oliver examines how the creation of saints by the early church led to a new generation of Sacred Wonders across Britain. On Iona, he discovers how St Columba sanctified the island with a tough brand of monasticism originating in the Egyptian desert. On Lindisfarne, Neil sees how the epic journey of St Cuthbert led to the writing of t...
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