Why did I dream about Dodderhill?
Most certainly I've never heard of it, have never read about it, have never seen it mentioned on the internet, never engaged in conversation about it and had no idea it existed.
What is striking to me is that the features of Dodderhill and the surrounding area have many profound aspects, all of which are of significant interest to me. Mineral Springs, Holy Wells, Salt Mining, Ley Lines, ancient history!!
At first I wondered if some important news was occurring in the region, but I haven't found anything noteworthy of posting here.
The Circle of Perpetual Choirs
Here is a link to a blog about the Circle of Perpetual Choirs:
http://moelbryn-eastnor.blogspot.com/2005/11/circle-of-perpetual-choirs.html
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Friday, July 19, 2013
I Drempt of Dodderhill...
On April 7th, 2012, I awoke from a strange dream.
I drempt I was at a place called Dodderhill.
Never having heard of Dodderhill, I did some internet research and learned the following:
In 1855 Dodderhill was described as a parish east of the town of Droitwich in the United Kingdom.
There is a Dodderhill Parish Survey Project ongoing and here is a link to it's website:
Dodderhill History
The Project states that Dodderhill is an ancient parish, and that there have been found flint artifacts from the Mesolithic/early Neolithic period, and states that "at least temporary occupation will have also occurred locally in the Neolithic to Bronze Age periods".
The Project also mentions that peat beds with preserved cereal grains were found there, which indicates that farming was taking place in the area at least 6,000 years ago, and that there is topographical evidence of Roman and pre-Roman roads there.
Other information from the site:
Small isolated farmsteads developed in Dodderhill during the Iron Age period.
On the southern boundary of Dodderhill, was the main brine springs. . . seasonal salt making may have occurred, with the salt makers traveling in each day from nearby settlements.
Various tribes lived there.
Salt was so important that the brine springs became the hub of the development of a regional road system. The Romans occupied the area, and they had a fort there.
There is archaeological evidence that the salt industry continued after the Romans left Britain and into the Saxon period.
The first church in the area was built on Dodderhill, probably soon after Christianity was accepted in about 680.
up to the 11th century this area almost certainly included the brine spring of Upwich, which was a natural resource that generated great wealth. This spring, together with the others nearby, had been exploited during the preceding Iron Age and Roman periods, and archaeological evidence shows that salt production continued during these undocumented sub-Roman and early Anglo-Saxon times. It is likely that the industry continued after the official ending of the Roman occupation as demand for salt would not have stopped (but may have reduced), and certain that control of the salt industry and its hinterland (providing fuel for the industry and food for its workers) was a major prize for the incoming Anglo-Saxon peoples.
During the Mediaeval Period, two monastic foundations were established in Dodderhill.
I drempt I was at a place called Dodderhill.
Never having heard of Dodderhill, I did some internet research and learned the following:
In 1855 Dodderhill was described as a parish east of the town of Droitwich in the United Kingdom.
There is a Dodderhill Parish Survey Project ongoing and here is a link to it's website:
Dodderhill History
The Project states that Dodderhill is an ancient parish, and that there have been found flint artifacts from the Mesolithic/early Neolithic period, and states that "at least temporary occupation will have also occurred locally in the Neolithic to Bronze Age periods".
The Project also mentions that peat beds with preserved cereal grains were found there, which indicates that farming was taking place in the area at least 6,000 years ago, and that there is topographical evidence of Roman and pre-Roman roads there.
Other information from the site:
Small isolated farmsteads developed in Dodderhill during the Iron Age period.
On the southern boundary of Dodderhill, was the main brine springs. . . seasonal salt making may have occurred, with the salt makers traveling in each day from nearby settlements.
Various tribes lived there.
Salt was so important that the brine springs became the hub of the development of a regional road system. The Romans occupied the area, and they had a fort there.
There is archaeological evidence that the salt industry continued after the Romans left Britain and into the Saxon period.
The first church in the area was built on Dodderhill, probably soon after Christianity was accepted in about 680.
up to the 11th century this area almost certainly included the brine spring of Upwich, which was a natural resource that generated great wealth. This spring, together with the others nearby, had been exploited during the preceding Iron Age and Roman periods, and archaeological evidence shows that salt production continued during these undocumented sub-Roman and early Anglo-Saxon times. It is likely that the industry continued after the official ending of the Roman occupation as demand for salt would not have stopped (but may have reduced), and certain that control of the salt industry and its hinterland (providing fuel for the industry and food for its workers) was a major prize for the incoming Anglo-Saxon peoples.
During the Mediaeval Period, two monastic foundations were established in Dodderhill.
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