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From the sublime to the Druidical: changing perceptions of prehistoric monuments in southern Anglesey in the post-medieval period

Mees, K.

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K. Mees



Abstract

The prehistoric monuments of southern Anglesey have been interpreted in various ways over the past three centuries, as an examination of the work of antiquarians, artists, landscape designers and other contemporary commentators reveals. During the post-medieval period, the meanings of these monuments shifted, as perceptions of the pre-Roman era changed. As embodiments of the past, megalithic monuments were embraced by Welsh historians, antiquarians and artists in the movement to formulate a Welsh national identity. Moreover, their incorporation into landscape gardens was indicative of the extent to which they captured the contemporary imagination. Local communities, meanwhile, reacted in differing ways to the megaliths, influenced concurrently by superstition and agrarian pragmatism.

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Mees, K. (2013). From the sublime to the Druidical: changing perceptions of prehistoric monuments in southern Anglesey in the post-medieval period. Post-Medieval Archaeology, 47(1), 222-246. https://doi.org/10.1179/0079423613z.00000000032

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 1, 2012
Online Publication Date Dec 3, 2013
Publication Date Dec 3, 2013
Deposit Date Nov 15, 2016
Publicly Available Date Nov 8, 2017
Journal Post-Medieval Archaeology
Print ISSN 0079-4236
Electronic ISSN 1745-8137
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 47
Issue 1
Pages 222-246
DOI https://doi.org/10.1179/0079423613z.00000000032

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