This website, "Languages of Linnunrata", www.languages-of-linnunrata.co.uk is a website for sharing information about specific languages, especially those of Northern Scandinavia, Finland and to an extent the Americas. The name of this website, "Languages of Linnunrata", includes the word linnunrata, which is Finnish for "The Milky Way", literally meaning "Path/Track of the Bird".

Content on this website will be slowly built and increase. Articles and blog posts are often updated slightly a few days after their original publication, but the publication dates remain the same.

 

On Nether Kellet's archaeological features & Nether Kellet's apotropaic cave carvings & other topics, published on the 09/04/2026

This article/blog post was written and published by Linden Alexander Pentecost, and was published on the 9th of April 2026. The 6 photos in this article were also taken by me the author, and like the text in the article have not been published before, two of them show a few of the external archaeological features discussed, the other four markings show apotropaic markings within Dunald Mill Cave - please read my detailed comments about this cave and why it is dangerous to visit it. This article/blog post is unrelated to and separate from any and all of my other publications. No AI was used in any part of this publication nor in any of my written works. This article was published in the UK and on this UK website, I, the author, am also from the UK and live in the UK. The photo descriptions in Italics contain information not in the main text. The photos themselves are also important alongside the main text and the text in italics. This article/blog post contains a total of 2816 words. At the end of this article I discuss some other topics related to archaeology and language but not specifically to Nether Kellet, all parts of this article are relevant and important.

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On the Öland 21 runic inscription in Hulterstads Kyrka, and comments on the connection between wyrms/ormar and runes, & on the transformative qualities of wyrms with humans, published on the 06/04/2026

Written and published by Linden Alexander Pentecost, and published on the 6th of April 2026. This article or blog post is unrelated to and separate from any and all of my other publications. Note that yesterday I published an unrelated article on a different website about more on Orkney twin runes and prehistory, and I have also published a great many other articles on runic and other inscriptions recently. Also in this article I discuss many other things not mentioned in the title, including discussions with an ex-girlfriend about wyrms and their connections to language, and many other topics. The photo in this article was also taken by myself the author back in 2017. No AI was used in this article nor in any of my written publications. This article was published in the UK and only on this UK website, the author is also from the UK and lives in the UK. The photo description above the photo and the photo itself also contain important information not in the main text. This article contains a total of 1513 words. 

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About a fourth Isle of Man Ogham inscription and two Norse inscriptions on the same stone, published on the 04/04/2026

Written and published by Linden Alexander Pentecost on the 4th of April 2026. This article/blog post is unrelated to and separate from any and all of my other publications, including in the many other publications recently where I have discussed examples of runes, Ogham and more generally ancient writing and symbolic writing, and other topics. The photo in this article was also taken by me, the author. No AI was used in this publication nor in any of my written works. This article was published only on this UK website and was published in the UK, the author is also from the UK and lives in the UK. The photo description in italics contains information not in the main text, and it, and the photo itself, and of course the main text, are all important. Note that my blog post before this one discussed entirely unrelated possible runes and other symbols, and that, that article, and the one in front of you, are only two of many many I have written discussing different aspects of and examples of these topics lately, I have also discussed many other unrelated examples and aspects to these topics across several unrelated recently published PDF books. This article in front of you contains a total of 1579 words. Note that I discussed different Ogham stones on the Isle of Man in another recent article on this website, titled: On three Ogham inscriptions of the Isle of Man, published on the 31/03/2026 (the aforementioned article is unrelated to the article on the page you are currently on, containing 1579 words).

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Symbolic & other markings at Urswick church, including possibly previously undiscovered rune-like symbols, also published on the 01/04/2026

This article/blog post was published by Linden Alexander Pentecost on this website on the 1st of April 2026. Neither this nor the unrelated, different blog post I also published today on this website, are April Fools jokes in any sense, they both represent serious subjects. This article/blog post is unrelated to and separate from any and all of my other publications. No AI was used in this publication nor in any of my written works. The 5 photos in this article were also taken by myself, the author. This article was only published on this UK website, and was published in the UK, the author is also from the UK and lives in the UK. The photo descriptions also contain important information not in the main text, and the photos, like both the photo description in italics and main text, have also not been published before. Note I also discuss the wynn and k runes, and other runes, in the other article published today also in the context of unrelated carvings that bare similarities to these runes, but in this article I am discussing Anglic runes, where the K of the Norse Younger Futhark looks akin to the S of Anglic runes. This article on this page contains a total of 1217 words. 

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More on carvings in Jubilee Cave & more on the carvings in nearby caves, published on the 01/04/2026

Written and published by Linden Alexander Pentecost on the 1st of April 2026. This article/blog is not any kind of April Fools joke or anything, it is about a serious subject matter. The unrelated blog post I wish to publish later today will also not be any kind of an April Fools joke. This article/blog post on this page in front of you, is unrelated to and separate from any and all of my other publications. No AI was used in this publication nor in any of my written works. This article was published only on this UK website, this article was published in the UK, I, the author am from the UK and I live in the UK. The photos in this article were also taken by myself the author and have not been published before, the photos are important, alongside the main text, and the photo descriptions in italics above each photo, also contain important information not in the photos nor in the main text. Note I will publish another, unrelated blog post on this website later today. This article/blog post contains a total of 2386 words and 9 unique photos. 

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More on ancient Öland and more on Blå Jungfrun, and the witch culture of labyrinths & related topics, published on the 29/03/2026

This article was written and published by Linden Alexander Pentecost, and published on the 29th of March 2026. This article is unrelated to and separate from any and all of my other publications. No AI was used in this publication. This publication was published in the UK and on this UK website, I the author am also from the UK and am a resident of the UK. The photos were also taken by the author and have not been published before, the photo descriptions in italics also contain information not in the main text. Note that the discussions involving witches and labyrinths and Blå Jungfrun in this article are also unrelated to other things I have written recently which involve witches, or which are connected to witches, labyrinths and Blå Jungfrun. This article contains 2 photos and a total of 2525 words. I hope to publish more in the next few days, on this and on other websites. Note I also published an unrelated article on this website yesterday which pertains to a labyrinth carving. Note I also published other information about Blå Jungfrun in an unrelated Silly Linguistics article as well as other information in a recent PDF book. Note that the day after publishing this publication on this page, this was published on the 29th of March 2026 - on the day after publishing this publication on this page, I will publish an unrelated article about a Cumbrian runic inscription, which will be published on a differet website. 

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More on ancient Heysham & on some possible symbol carvings there, published on the 28/03/2026

Written and published by Linden Alexander Pentecost on the 28th of March 2026, this article/blog post is unrelated to and separate from any and all of my other publications. No AI was used. This article/blog post was published in the UK on this UK website and I the author am also from the UK and am a resident of the UK. The two photos in this article were also taken by me and their descriptions above are also important. Note that yesterday I published an unrelated PDF-only book via a different website. This article/blog post on this page contains 1109 words.

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On Summerhouse Hill Stone Circle & possible nearby stone row, and on nearby monuments not previously discussed, also published on the 23/03/2026

This article/blog post was written and published by Linden Alexander Pentecost, and was published late in the day on the 23rd of March 2026. Note that earlier today I published another unrelated blog post on this website and that yesterday I published a large article on a different website, tomorrow I will publish another new PDF-only book via yet another website. This article in front of you is unrelated to and separate from any and all of my other publications. No AI was used in this article, nor in any of my written works. This article was published only on this UK website and was published in the UK, I the author am also from the UK and am a resident of the UK. The four photos in this article were also taken by me the author. The photos like the article in general have not been published before, the photo descriptions in italics also contain important information not in the main text. This article/blog post contains a total of 2268 words. Two of the photos show different parts of the stone row in question, whilst the last two photos show different parts of Summerhouse Stone Circle, many other possible ancient sites newly noticed, and other topics are also discussed. 

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On the possible VV, M and other symbolic markings at Lacey's Caves, and at a possible carving of a head in these caves, published on the 23/03/2026

This article/blog post was written and published by Linden Alexander Pentecost and published on the 23rd of March 2026. This publication is completely separate from and unrelated to any and all of my publications, including others published recently where I have mentioned Lacey's Caves, and to my other article earlier this year discussing other aspects of these caves. No AI was used in this nor in any of my publications, this article was published on this UK website, and was published in the UK, the author is also a UK resident and lives in the UK. Like the text, the photos in this article have also not been published before, even though I have published other photos of these caves in another article earlier this year, describing different aspects to them. Tomorrow I will also be publishing yet another PDF book on a different website to this after having published several others recently, in the PDF-only book I will be publishing tomorrow, I will publish yet other aspects to the carvings in these caves which are not discussed in this article, nor will this article or anything else previously written by me about these caves be included in the PDF book I will publish tomorrow. The photo descriptions in italics in this article also contain a lot of important information not in the main text. This article on this page contains a total of 1768 words. The photos in this article/on this page were also taken by myself, the author. Note also that yesterday I published another unrelated article on another of my websites, which ended up being pretty long, titled: C1: More on ancient Kirksanton & Lacra & ancient language, published on the 22/03/2026. After I have published the upcoming new PDF-only book tomorrow I will publish some further things later in the week, and will also publish another (separate from the one on this page) blog post/article on this website you are on later today. Like the unrelated article I published yesterday, this article on this page contains 5 photos, but they are of course completely different from those published in the unrelated article yesterday. I also edited the photos and added the coloured circular shapes to encircle/mark out the carvings. Note that I also recently published an unrelated article on another website concerning possible carvings in the St Constantine's Cells caves, also on the River Eden, and have generally discussed these sites in much detail across many publications.

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On Vantaankoski & its probable surveying triangular marking, also published on the 19/03/2026

This article/blog post was written and published by Linden Alexander Pentecost, and was published quite early in the morning on the 19th of March 2026, after an unrelated article/blog post was published on this blog even earlier this morning about symbols at the Borrowdale Yews and the Borrowdale Yews themselves & related topics. Tomorrow I will also publish an unrelated PDF-book via a different website, where I will discuss what a witch said about symbols, and much much more, I also published an unrelated different PDF book yesterday. This article on this page is unrelated to and separate from any and all of my other publications, no AI was used in this publication, this publication was published in the UK on this UK website, & the author is from the UK & a resident of the UK, this article also contains two photos, with descriptions above them, the photos were also taken by myself the author. This article contains a total of 1383 words. Note that the title of this article and some other details were edited a few hours after publishing. 

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More on the Borrowdale Yews & on mysterious symbolic markings there, & connected topics, published on the 19/03/2026

This article/blog post was written and published by Linden Alexander Pentecost on the 19th of March 2026, published very early in the day on the 19/03/2026. Note that yesterday I published an unrelated PDF book via one of my other websites, and published another blog post on this website you are on the day before that, and later today I will publish something else, before publishing a different, unrelated PDF book via another website tomorrow. (The PDF book being published tomorrow is also unrelated to the PDF-book I published yesterday, and all the aforementioned publications are unrelated to each other). This publication on this page is unrelated to and separate from any and all of my other publications, including those wherein the Borrowdale Yews, yews and symbols are discussed. No AI was used in this nor in any of my publications. This article/blog post was published only on this UK website, it was published in the UK and the author, I, live in the UK and am from the UK. Three of the four photos in this article (also never published before) were taken by me, the author, the third of the four photos (in the order that they appear) was taken on my camera, of me, at the Borrowdale Yews, and was included with their permission. Above the photos are photo descriptions containing information not in the main text, just as the photos contain information not in the main text. This article/blog post contains a total of 1922 words. This is also not the publication where I discuss what a witch said about Pictish and other symbols (which will be in my next PDF book).

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On the etymology of Strathpeffer and on the Strathpeffer Pictish Eagle Symbol Stone/Clach an Tiompain, published on the 17/03/2026

This article/blog post was written and published by Linden Alexander Pentecost, and the two photos showing different aspects of the Eagle Stone symbols were also taken by Linden Alexander Pentecost. This article/blog post was published on the 17th of March 2026, and close to midnight on this day (the 17/03/2026), note that I published two unrelated blog posts yesterday on this website and published an unrelated article on a different website the day before in part concerning the Pabbay Pictish stone (an unrelated Pictish stone to that discussed on this page/in this blog post on this page). This article/blog post in front of you is unrelated to and separate from any and all of my other publications, no AI was used, this article/blog post was published on this UK website, and  I the author am a resident of the UK and am from the UK. The photo descriptions contain information not in the main text, and no part of this article, including the photos and text, has been published before. This article/blog post contains 1288 words. Note thattomorrow (aka on the 18th of March 2026) I will publish an unrelated PDF book via yet another website (via one of my oldest websites, not via the website you are currently on). The content in the upcoming PDF-only book will be unrelated to and separate from any of my online or other content including in other books. Note also that this article on this page is not the article in which I discuss what a witch I met told me about Pictish symbol meanings, in relation to the Pabbay Stone (I also did not discuss what the witch said in my article already published about the Pabbay Stone, nor is this witch the same person I mentioned as being from Co. Durham. What the witch said about the Pabbay Stone I will publish in a publication in the next week or so (also it will not be published in the PDF book being published tomorrow (on the 18th of March), but  will be likely published in a different PDF-only book to be published around the 20th of March 2026). 

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This website is created by Linden Alexander Pentecost, and the content is written by Linden Alexander Pentecost. I have published far, far more, on my other websites, in PDF-only books, kindle-only books, in print-only books, in other articles on websites, and elsewhere - than I have on the website currently in front of you. Nevertheless this website contains its own unique, important content, and is just as important as my other outlets of publication. www.languages-of-linnunrata.co.uk is intended as a website for sharing specific information about specific languages; my other publications and websites by comparison are in a sense much more general, but also very detailed.