Untamed Earth

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Curator of https://untamed.earth - a global map of magic, mayhem, witches, folklore, history, mystery and more!

Photo of an ancient tree at the UNESCO site on Madeira. It's almost always foggy there, giving the photo a washed out look with simple greens yellows and browns.
A circle of pock marks in one of the stones near the church door. A stick ("gnomon") in a central hole casts a shadow onto the outer circle.
The grand Medieval-Gothic staircase at the very end of the garden.
A plain map showing Pluckley and surrounding area. There are 12 pins, each representing a distinct 'haunting' story.
A side aspect of the grave of Thomas Stoneham and Ann Balls. A semi-circular metal grill runs from headstone to footstone. The footstone echos the initials and burial dates “T - S 1840 A - B 1838”
A basalt costal cliff in Iceland. The columns start at the beach and rise in rough steps to form a hillside.
Stone steps lead down to the level of an old lava tunnel. The roof is partially collapsed but part of the tunnel remains at one end.
The 12 knee high stones that make up the circle; under a blue sky streaked with clouds.
A simplified stone head with a sombre expression
A simply decorated grave slab with a rounded cross before the inscription and a skull and crossbones after it.
A black-and-white map of the main body of England, covered with the locations of hundreds of haunted hotels, inns and guesthouses.
Closeup of a map with some scattered trees and a big mass of tree locations in the center.
Map of the UK showing locations of the first few locations where menento-mori can be found. The icon is a skull on a gravestone.
Exploring a tomb with slab covered graves in Petra, Jordan.
Looking up at the arches and three levels of Pula amphitheatre
Map with an info bubble for one of the pins open. Clicking on the 'more info' takes you to the book where the story is told.
A grassy mound, surrounded by fir trees under a blue sky ✌️
A glacial erratic boulder, as big as the base of an armchair - sat at the edge of a village sideroad.
An abstract 'witch on a broomstick' drawn from 77 grayscale triangles!
A map of mainland UK, covered with pins marking the location of over 1500 buildings that have a visible mass-dial on one of their walls.
A map showing Torphichen (18 miles West of Edinborough) - Along with a stone that sits in the grounds of the Preceptory, the location of 4 stones are marked - which stand on ancient routes towards the site.
Close up of a stone with a roughly carved and weathered circle with a number of segments at the bottom. There's a hole in the middle of a circle where a stick would be placed to cast a shadow.
Map of mainland Japan with a covering of points of folklorist interest (giants, sea-monsters, dragons and more)
Map of the east of the UK with an icon marking the location of the Sizewell C Hoard and an open info box with details of the hoard.
World map showing battle-fields up to 1900
Map of South-East England. A descernable (or perhaps imaginary) line of ancient grave sites runs from Stonehenge to the site of 'Seahenge' in Norfolk. But a slightly broader tract of burials runs south-east from Stonehenge ... to where?
Barrows on the south coast of England - mainly contained in a tight band of land that is more rural than the surrounding ground.
Map of Europe with large areas of the map covered in the 'ruined-church' logo
Text explaining that alewives uses broomsticks, kept cats to catch mice that wanted the grain.. And of course had cauldrons!
A church, partially submerged and forming a tiny artificial island on Rutland Water.
Ye Olde book - open at a page with a description and picture of mermaids.
World map showing 30+ sites of "Marian Apparitions"