CELTIC LANDSCAPES: A SENSE OF PLACE
At the heart of If Women Rose Rooted are our iconic, archetypal Celtic landscapes: moor and bog, sea and stone, mountains and rocky heights, enchanted forests and more. These are the lands our myths spring from; these are the lands we spring from.
On this page, you’ll find images of some of the places I’ve lived and written about in the book, as well as the places which feature in the stories and interviews in it.
Chapter 2: Wells & Waters
Baptistry, Madron Well
Clootie Tree, Madron Well
‘Altar’, Madron Baptistry
Chapter 3: Islands of the Heart
The Breanish headland, Isle of Lewis
Morning storm, Uig, Isle of Lewis
Mangustadh Beach
The headland, Breanish, Isle of Lewis
Chapter 4: Deep Caves and Bottomless Lakes
Oweynagat: going down…
Ogham Script, Oweynagat
Entrance to Oweynagat Cave, Roscommon, Ireland
Oweynagat: the entrance to the Otherworld
Climbing back out, Oweynagat
Chapter 5: Finding the Path
Wood Witch, Gwydyr Forest, North Wales
Moya’s labyrinth, Cósan Ciúin, Leitrim, Ireland
Shaggy monsters, Gwydyr Forest, North Wales
Setting foot on Sarn Helen
Chapter 6: Moor & Bog
Sunrise in Meenderry bog, Donegal, Ireland
An Earagail at dawn
Morning light, bog, Isle of Lewis
End of the road
Snowy boreens, Meenderry bog, Donegal, Ireland
Chapter 7: The Enchanted Forest
Huelgoat, Brittany
The lochside, Loch Broom, Scotland
Old moss woman, Huelgoat, Brittany
Rock Archway, Huelgoat, Brittany
Chapter 8: The Fertile Fields
Nikki Darrell, Viriditas Hibernica, Co Cork, Ireland
Lly-y-Fan Fach, Brecon Beacons, Wales
‘Sleeping Beauty’, Breanish, Isle of Lewis
Chapter 9: Mountains & Rocky heights
An Chailleach, Bhéarra: the official story
Cockle, Wobble, Princess
Nell, the polytunnel, and bees
Rocky place, Uig shoreline, Isle of Lewis
Meenderry moon, Donegal, Ireland
An Chailleach, Bhéarra, Co Cork, Ireland
Brighid, Freya and calf Corra
Cailleach silhouette, Breanish, Isle of Lewis
Arthur, Dartmoor
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