Part job creation scheme, part neopagan LARP, the Druid's Temple at Ilton in North Yorkshire is a little over 200 years old, but it is nevertheless a sincere attempt to invoke Britain's pagan religious past, so it can be regarded as a semi-authentic pagan site.
The "temple" was the inspiration of the English writer and local landlord William Danby (1752 – 1833). Round about 1800, during an agricultural depression, Danby paid unemployed farm labourers to build a version of the famous Stonehenge stone circle. His attempt to hire a full-time druid to occupy the temple was less successful. To be honest, it would be hard to imagine how he would employ his time.
The "temple" was the inspiration of the English writer and local landlord William Danby (1752 – 1833). Round about 1800, during an agricultural depression, Danby paid unemployed farm labourers to build a version of the famous Stonehenge stone circle. His attempt to hire a full-time druid to occupy the temple was less successful. To be honest, it would be hard to imagine how he would employ his time.
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