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The term derives from Alfred Watkins own reference to the legends of improbable tunnels and a recognition that the popular myth may have some deep seated origin in the belief systems of the cultures of pre and post medieval Britain. Rosser ( talk) 00:43, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
Much of this article is about tunnels in popular culture. The suggestion about changing the focus of the article to Tunnels in popular culture, is a good one as it removes the issues of tunnels in the article that don't have much connection to the current topic. Changing the topic involves the least amount of content removal, and has the largest scope for future improvement. IRWolfie- ( talk) 09:21, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
It is possible that sources deal with secret passages and tunnels together. We would need to check though to make sure we aren't confusing two separate things IRWolfie- ( talk) 12:50, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
For Sweden (citation needed), there are old legends of tunnels between Dalby church and Lund cathedral, between Trystorp castle and Riseberga monastery, and between Askeby monastery and Vreta Kloster monastery. Since the monasteries were closed down during the Lutheran reformation, these myths would have to be older than 16th century. -- LA2 ( talk) 14:40, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
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The term derives from Alfred Watkins own reference to the legends of improbable tunnels and a recognition that the popular myth may have some deep seated origin in the belief systems of the cultures of pre and post medieval Britain. Rosser ( talk) 00:43, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
Much of this article is about tunnels in popular culture. The suggestion about changing the focus of the article to Tunnels in popular culture, is a good one as it removes the issues of tunnels in the article that don't have much connection to the current topic. Changing the topic involves the least amount of content removal, and has the largest scope for future improvement. IRWolfie- ( talk) 09:21, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
It is possible that sources deal with secret passages and tunnels together. We would need to check though to make sure we aren't confusing two separate things IRWolfie- ( talk) 12:50, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
For Sweden (citation needed), there are old legends of tunnels between Dalby church and Lund cathedral, between Trystorp castle and Riseberga monastery, and between Askeby monastery and Vreta Kloster monastery. Since the monasteries were closed down during the Lutheran reformation, these myths would have to be older than 16th century. -- LA2 ( talk) 14:40, 30 September 2012 (UTC)