Winter Solstice 2012
Castro Neixon, Noi a We delayed our solstice by a week to allow for the arrival of the rest of our solstice-watching team; Raye and Dave. We took them to a Castro sticking out into the sea on a little peninsula, which the three of us (Vic, Loreto & Malusa) had visited earlier that year. The castro itself only contains a couple of very large round buildings (although more remain unexcavated), but as a location for a Celtic village we could see it was positioned more for resources than defence. With pine forests a short walk inland, and mudflats to either side of the mini-peninsula (or is that mininsula?!) for shellfish. As always, we pondered over the archeological and spiritual implications of these places, but soon noticed that we weren't the only ones to make a spiritual connection around solstice-time. In the centre of one of the circular buildings was the remains of a recent bonfire, with flower heads scattered across the ashes. The flowers were various types and colou...