Where is this ?

Mosel ?  'er be in Kernow 

Onion domes are a feature of Bavarian and Austrian churches... otherwise European Russia.

Is it Bavaria?

Hungary.

Indeed! Well done.

Specifically the charming village of Tokaj, home of one of the world's truly great wines.

The legend is that in the Dark Ages, the men went off to war in August, leaving behind a healthy crop of fruit on their vines. By the time they returned, six weeks later in October, mould had set in and the grapes were rotten. 

Faced with little choice, they pressed them anyway and discovered that the rot - subsequently christened "Noble Rot" - had in fact simply concentrated the sugars, flavours and acidity by allowing water evaporation. The resulting wine was rich, deep and exquisite.

And so it continues to this day. Noble Rot, or botrytis cinerea, is the author of the world's greatest sweet wines, requiring a rare combination of morning mist (to create humidity) and sunny afternoons (to prevent mildew developing) that exists only in a handful of precisely appropriate river valley systems. 

Despite wars, communism, EU directives, and an impenetrable language (to us!), Tokaji (the suffix '-i' is possessive in Hungarian) remains to this day a monumentally great sweet wine.

It's also a very beautiful and hospitable place indeed should you have the opportunity to visit (2hrs north east of Budapest).

First of three related pictures of crop circles, but where.....?

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Don

Easy one   (fingers crossed)  

I think I saw it from a nearby hill a few weeks ago when the oil seed rape crop was just loosing its yellow  .... 

Is it near a horse on a hill that lies about 1 mile north of the village that bears its name ???

It is certainly near a horse on a hill. And the horse is about a mile north of a small "village".

A friend of mine lives in the "village", but based on the name of his "village" and the name of the hill on which the horse is depicted, the two names are not the same. neverthe less, you might have the right place in mind !

I'll post the next picture in a few moments.

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Don

Here is another crop circle that was created very close to the one above.

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Don

Don,  2 parts of the village are named Priors & Barnes

The horse is named after Barnes 

But village is not the right word it seems  ....

hamlet maybe, I guess it started as a community around a farm or landed gentry house  

Mike,

You learn something new every day !...........and you are spot-on !

My friends live in Honeystreet and we've always known the hill (and the horse) as "Milk Hill"

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Don

Mike, You obviously didn't need this picture, but I'll post it for completion anyway.....

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Don

Oh, and for those who are still not sure, Honeystreet and Priors & Barnes are located on the Kennet & Avon Canal, about mid-way between Devises and Pewsey.

The fields below "Milk Hill" often feature crop circles this time of year.

Avebury is a few miles to the north.

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Don

I need to come clean on this Don. Myself & some other geriatric reprobates are reliving our 1960's yoofs.  In between other stuff we studied the ancient brits & the whys & wherefores of such places like Rollright, Stonehenge & Ley Lines.  

Ley Lines were especially interesting & are now the main focus of our tired addled old brains. The Wiltshire area is very rich with such places, so it came to pass we needed to study Avebury & its famous stone circle which is on a Ley Line.   And as there are a nice selection of fine pubs in the area we thought it would be a great idea to spend a weekend revising - did mention they have nice pubs ??  Well it was a nice pub & as it was a nice sunny afternoon the 5 of us spent (slept) the afternoon on what I now know - thanks to you - as "Milk Hill"

Well Mike, I thought that some of these places might just re-kindle the distant memories of one or two people on this forum. Whether it be research for the "Good Pub" Guide or Ley Lines !

I think I posted a picture of Avebury a few months back in the "Nice Photos" thread. My understanding is that Avebury isn't just an arbitrary spot on any old Ley Line, it's the centre of the longest Ley Line in England - Running from Norfolk to St Michael's Mount. ISTR the line includes Glastonbury and Brent Tor.

But i'm happy to be re-directed in these matters......

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Don

Hi Don, Ley Lines can get a bit close to mythology with folklore stuff like earth energy currents. I prefer to believe they are simple navigation routes marked in various ways - remembering Britain at that time was heavily forested, therefore hill tops with natural or manmade features & landmarks more easily seen from afar from that forested terrain marked the routes people travelled.   The routes seemed to be used for pilgrimage to places revered for some form of religious purpose, places like Stonehenge, Glastonbury, Rollright & other less known some of which became & remain as early christian churches built on these pre-history sites.  Many Ley Lines cross or intersect at these places & in the cases where many Leys cross they seem to be of more significant importance.

The theory of pilgrimage is supported by archaeological finds at some of these places. e.g. what must have been something like the centre of this movement was Stonehenge – Stonehenge being a place of death  & the nearby Durrington Walls & Woodhenge appeared to be associated places of festivity.  Animal bones/teeth have been found there with chemical traces that indicate they were born & raised in many parts of Britain including as far away as the islands of northern Scotland. Therefore they were driven to Woodhenge we assume for feasting.  The journey from Scotland would be over a few months & I believe along the Ley Line routes.

So to your point;  the Ley Line from St.Michaels to Norfolk is a long one, I walked/drove it some years ago. It is one of the straightest given its length, varying off line by only a few hundred metres at most.  The longest line however is from The Solent to Loch Eriboll on the north coast of Scotland.  It crosses St.Michael Ley at Avebury.  

Enough !!!  I think my Ley Line neardish has gone full circle - did I ever tell you about crop circles  .   

Which crop circles would they be Mike ?

The fake ones done by aliens, or the real ones done by the local lads from the pubs you all visited ?

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Don

This could be close to the southern end of the longest Ley Line in the UK ?

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Don

I always think 'Ley Lines' sounds like queuing for prostitutes...

Don't know whether this is on a Ley Line or not, but there is a Bothy (not a brothel Jamie, a Bothy)) on the side of the hill.

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Don

The Bothy.....

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Don

Handy OS map  ......... Cross Fell  ????

I was going to post this picture of a nearby town next, but the map, of course, was a pretty good clue !

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Don

And the (unispiring !!) Summit might also have helped.

The views from the road summit were obscured by haze, so although you could see the Lake District mountains (behind you !), taking photos seemed a waste of time. And i'm not convinced at all by the AA assessment that the road down from the Summit is one of the 10 best road journies in the WORLD !!

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Don

Not one that I took......................

No guesses for where or even when ! 

Most of the bomb sites have been filled in now. But you might be able to spot a few landmarks

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Don

Of course, you really need to look at it in Flickr

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Don