Tara - Africa

 ....... talking about the tradition that the stones of Stonehenge were from Ireland - Mount Kilaraus  ( Uisneach ( ?) ) and before that from Africa   ... see down page ~

Yes, An Fear Gorm, referring to African people in the Goidelic/ Gaelic language.
Interestingly enough, some sources refer to the ancient Picts (who not only inhabited ancient Scotland before the arrival of the Gaels of Fergus McErc but were very possible in the North East of Ireland as well, Down and Antrim) as having blue painted faces. This could lead to two conclusions:

• 1) That the Picts themselves had come to these islands from Mediterranean/
  North Africa or

• 2) they had picked up this influence from a people, as they moved around - either Berber (proper name, I think Tuareg?) or Guanches.
  And then throw in the Amazigh, in Morocco again, who just like the poor unfortunate Guanches, are described as having blond hair and blue eyes -
  pretty much the prototypical 'Aryan' - but I digress....

Yes, this theory can be exponentially linked to Tara. A very interesting book called 'Kingdom of the Ark' by Welsh Author, Lorraine Evans, is a case in  point; incorporating the Milesians/ Gaels, Scota, Slieve Mish/Scota's Glen  and Tara/Egyptian boat. When one considers that the Egyptian civilization for quite a substantial period includes the are of Phoenicia, it's quite easy to posit an Egyptian/Phoenician hypothesis - really the essence of the  'Atlantean theory'. Although the book was debunked by much of 'Academia' and the archaeological fraternity of these islands, and blacklisted by them, her two requests have been ignored accordingly:

• 1) That Scota's Grave - according to our legends and myths - in Scota's Glen be excavated and
• 
  2) That an Egyptian boat lies buried beneath the hill ready  to be discovered by ..... She challenged the aforementioned to prove her wrong and yet they have not accepted the challenge.......
  
  

One other book indirectly related to the 'Atlantean theory' and Tara is: 'Atlantis: mapping the Fairy Land; from a Geographer's Perspective, by Ulf Erlingson. Again debunked but nonetheless intriguing and his whole premise is built around logic.

Roibeard

  Roibeard MacElroy 30/06/08

Stonehenge

Arthurian legend

Stonehenge is also mentioned within Arthurian legend. Geoffrey of Monmouth said that Merlin the wizard directed its removal from Ireland, where it had been constructed on Mount Killaraus by Giants, who brought the stones from Africa. After it had been rebuilt near Amesbury, Geoffrey further narrates how first Ambrosius Aurelianus, then Uther Pendragon, and finally Constantine III, were buried inside the ring of stones. In many places in his Historia Regum Britanniae Geoffrey mixes British legend and his own imagination; it is intriguing that he connects Ambrosius Aurelianus with this prehistoric monument, seeing how there is place-name evidence to connect Ambrosius with nearby Amesbury.

According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, the rocks of Stonehenge were healing rocks which Giants brought from Africa to Ireland for their healing properties. These rocks were called The Giant's Dance. Aurelius Ambrosias (5th century), wishing to erect a memorial to the nobles (3000) who had died in battle with the Saxons and were buried at Salisbury, chose (at Merlin's advice) Stonehenge to be their monument. So the King sent Merlin, Uther Pendragon (Arthur's father), and 15,000 knights to Ireland to retrieve the rocks. They slew 7,000 Irish. As the knights tried to move the rocks with ropes and force, they failed. Then Merlin, using "gear" and skill, easily dismantled the stones and sent them over to Britain, where Stonehenge was dedicated. Shortly after, Aurelius died and was buried within the Stonehenge monument, or "The Giants' Ring of Stonehenge".

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