Date/Time
12/11/2016 - 22/11/2016
2:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Location
Clapham Junction cart ruts
Clapham Junction cart ruts
Dingli/Siggiewei
Malta
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Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar has teamed up with Gordon E. Weston, author and expert on Malta’s cart ruts and Ghar il-kbir (the Great Cave) at Clapham Junction on a journey thousands of years into the past. This event stretches across three separate days on the 12th, 19th and 22nd of November.
Learn unknown tales and mysteries of the cart ruts and Ghar il-Kbir. The Great Cave, for example, was inhabited by the Maltese up until the British period! Join us in accompanying Gordon E. Weston there, author of The Maltese Cart-Ruts: Unravelling an Enigma and Clapham Junction – 3000 Years of Maltese Heritage.
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12nd November 2016 Visit to Clapham Junction – An approximately two hour guided tour of Clapham Junction, the largest, most well known and most important of the existing cart-rut sites in Malta.
Gordon will be pointing out particular features, judged to be informative when it comes to attempting to answer the many questions surrounding the Maltese cart-rut phenomenon: questions such as, are the ‘ruts’ actually cart-ruts, how did they come to form in the bedrock, when did they first begin to form and what is their cultural significance.
We will also be looking out for examples of local flora that might be seen during the tour.
The tour shall be followed by light refreshments.
Price for this tour is €15 (or €30 for all three dates)
Time: 2.15pm
Place: Clapham Junction
19th November 2016 – Visit to Għar il-Kbir (The Great Cave)
We will be examining the physical aspects of this cave, arguably one of the most important archaeological and historical sites in Malta. Strong circumstantial evidence indicates that the cave was used for ritual activities in early historical pre-Christian times. We will also be looking at the nearby Punic shaft-and-chamber tombs.
The tour shall be followed by light refreshments.
Price for this tour is €15 (or €30 for all three dates)
Time: 2.15pm
Place: Clapham Junction
22nd November 2016 – Lecture Għar il-Kbir (The Great Cave): Its Place In Maltese History” at Hilltop Gardens
The series will end with a lecture on the Great Cave. This is a location that has been occupied for millennia, due in large part to the natural shelter and fresh water found nearby. The talk will cover both prehistoric society and the early modern community.
The talk shall be followed by light refreshments.
Price for this talk is €7 (or €30 for all three dates)
Time: 6.30pm
Place: Hilltop Gardens, Naxxar
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