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Timeline of Volcanoes
This list of volcanic eruptions comes from contemporary reports made by medieval people who experienced them.
920
Eruption of the large Icelandic volcano.
934
Eruption of the large Icelandic volcano.
960
Eruption of the large Icelandic volcano.
1138
Mount Vesuvius the large volcano in southern Italy erupted.
1150
Eruption of the large Icelandic volcano.
1177
Eruption of the large Icelandic volcano.
1210
Eruption of the large Icelandic volcano.
1245
Eruption of the large Icelandic volcano.
1257
A huge volcanic eruption, thought to have occurred on the Indonesian island of Lombok, took place in this year. The large amounts of rock and gas thrown up into the atmosphere could have been the reason for global weather changes that caused crop failures and famines across Europe for several years. The volcano suspected to be the location is called Samalas.
1262
Eruption of the large Icelandic volcano.
1280
This volcano in Ecuador is thought to have erupted around this time. The date may be wrong as weather conditions in Europe in 1275 could have been the effect of this eruption if it had occurred several years earlier.
1311
Eruption of the large Icelandic volcano.
1357
Eruption of the large Icelandic volcano. Plus or minus three years.
1416
Eruption of the large Icelandic volcano.
1440
Eruption of the large Icelandic volcano.
1580
The large Icelandic volcano Katla erupted.
1597
Starting in January a very large volcanic eruption of the Hekla volcano in Iceland began. The eruption generated large amounts of ash and lasted until June or July.
1600
The large Peruvian volcano Huaynaputina erupted in this year. Not only did it badly affect the local population in Peru it potentially caused a volcanic winter, reducing global temperatures. The northern hemisphere was also affected where a famine began in Russia a year later.
1601
A great famine started in Russia and lasted for two years. It is thought to have killed 30% of the population and the crop failure may have been caused by the eruption of a large Peruvian volcano that created a volcanic winter a year earlier.
A Medieval Mystery
There appear to be some strange connections between the fourteenth century Old Wardour Castle and ancient stone circle Stonehenge.
1: Location
Old Wardour Castle appears to be aligned to ancient sites in the Stonehenge landscape.
2: Alignment
Stonehenge is aligned to the Summer Solstice. Old Wardour has a very similar alignment.
3: Size
Could the builders of Old Wardour used mesaurements from Stonehenge to layout the geometrical keep?
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