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The Dolmen are a Weymouth, Dorset, UK Celtic/folk-rock band that incorporate elements of Celtic, folk, pagan-themed, and historically based musical works into their largely original repertoire. [1]

33 relations: Alphen aan den Rijn, Alternative rock, Archeon, Netherlands, Battle of Weymouth, Blackbeard, Calico Jack, Castlefest, Celtic rock, Children of Artemis, De Broodfabriek, Edward Low, Elf Fantasy Fair, English Civil War, Eric Cobham and Maria Lindsey, Glastonbury Festival, Gothic rock, Haarzuilens, Hank, Werkendam, Harry Paye, Henry Strangways (pirate), Lisbon, Lisse, New7Wonders of the World, Pagan Federation, Pagan rock, Rijswijk, Ronald Hutton, Royalist, Stonehenge, United Kingdom, Weymouth, Dorset, Winter solstice, Yule.

Alphen aan den Rijn

Alphen aan den Rijn (English: Alphen upon Rhine or Alphen on the Rhine) is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, between Leiden and Utrecht.

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Alternative rock

Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s.

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Archeon, Netherlands

Archeon is an archeological living museum in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands.

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Battle of Weymouth

The Battles of Weymouth, and the associated Crabchurch Conspiracy occurred in 1645, during the English Civil War, when several royalist plotters within the twin towns of Weymouth and Melcombe on the Dorset coast conspired to deliver the ports back into the control of Charles I.

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Blackbeard

Edward Teach or Edward Thatch (– 22 November 1718), better known as Blackbeard, was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain's North American colonies.

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Calico Jack

John Rackham (26 December 1682 – 18 November 1720), commonly known as Calico Jack, was an English pirate captain operating in the Bahamas and in Cuba during the early 18th century.

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Castlefest

Castlefest is a medieval/fantasy festival in the Netherlands, held on the first weekend of August in the gardens of Castle Keukenhof in Lisse since 2005.

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Celtic rock

Celtic rock is a genre of folk rock, as well as a form of Celtic fusion which incorporates Celtic music, instrumentation and themes into a rock music context.

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Children of Artemis

The Children of Artemis is a UK-based Witchcraft membership organisation that organises Witchfests; regular Wiccan and Witchcraft themed festivals and conferences, periodically held in London, Glasgow and Cardiff.

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De Broodfabriek

De Broodfabriek (The Bread Factory) is an exhibition and convention center in the Dutch city of Rijswijk.

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Edward Low

Edward "Ned" Low (also spelled Lowe or Loe; 16901724) was a notorious English pirate during the latter days of the Golden Age of Piracy, in the early 18th century.

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Elf Fantasy Fair

Since 2013 the Elf Fantasy Fair changed her name into Elfia.

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English Civil War

The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") over, principally, the manner of England's governance.

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Eric Cobham and Maria Lindsey

Eric Cobham (c. 1700 – 1760 or after) a pirate in the early 18th century who with his wife, Maria Lindsey, practiced piracy in the Gulf of St. Lawrence from their base in Newfoundland.

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Glastonbury Festival

Glastonbury Festival is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England.

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Gothic rock

Gothic rock (alternately called goth-rock or goth) is a style of rock music that emerged from post-punk in the late 1970s.

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Haarzuilens

Haarzuilens is a former small village in the Dutch province of Utrecht.

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Hank, Werkendam

Hank is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant.

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Harry Paye

Henry Paye (died 1419), also known as Harry, Page or Arripaye (to the Spanish), was a privateer and smuggler from Poole, Dorset in the late 14th and early 15th century, who became a commander in the Cinque Ports fleet.

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Henry Strangways (pirate)

Henry Strangways (died 1562), also sometimes known as Strangwish,, Gerlach Flicke, National Portrait Gallery.

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Lisbon

Lisbon (Lisboa) is the capital and the largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 552,700, Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2.

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Lisse

Lisse is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland.

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New7Wonders of the World

New7Wonders of the World (2000–2007) was a campaign started in 2000 to choose Wonders of the World from a selection of 200 existing monuments.

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Pagan Federation

The Pagan Federation is a UK-based voluntary organisation, founded as the Pagan Front, with the objective of providing information and countering misconceptions about Neopaganism.

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Pagan rock

Pagan rock is music created by (and in some cases for) adherents of one of the many Neopagan and occult traditions that emerged in the middle to late 20th century.

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Rijswijk

Rijswijk (formerly known as Ryswick in English) is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland.

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Ronald Hutton

Ronald Hutton (born 1953) is an English historian who specialises in the study of Early Modern Britain, British folklore, pre-Christian religion and contemporary Paganism.

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Royalist

A royalist supports a particular monarch as head of state for a particular kingdom, or of a particular dynastic claim.

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Stonehenge

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, west of Amesbury.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Weymouth, Dorset

Weymouth is a seaside town in Dorset, England, situated on a sheltered bay at the mouth of the River Wey on the English Channel coast.

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Winter solstice

The winter solstice (or hibernal solstice), also known as midwinter, is an astronomical phenomenon marking the day with the shortest period of daylight and the longest night of the year.

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Yule

Yule or Yuletide ("Yule time") was and is a festival observed by the historical Germanic peoples.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dolmen

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