In a sane world this would be made into a public television program.

The quality of your content and the aesthetics of your presentation - is far beyond what we're used to on KZfaq. You exceed expectations time and time again and bring professionalism to KZfaq in that personal way, which only the best can manage. Thanks a lot. Your channel is much appreciated.

I am an Exmoorian, i recommend visiting Culbone Church, one of the oldest and smallest churches in England with a Pagan heritage. Exmoor has managed to avoid the horrors of global economics and industrialisation, a true slice of old England and i cherish it dearly.

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A perfect combination of Harris Tweed and Exmoor. I am in Exeter. I want to visit these burials mounds. A fascinating video into Britains ancient culture. Thumbs up.

Absolutely fascinating video. Kudos to you sir.

Your stuff is getting really professional now, keep it up!

Intriguing. A good friend of mine from high school (well, 1992, to be precise), Sean Hoaglund, had in his parents' home a glass box over the stone mantel of their fireplace. Within the glass box were rough-hewn stones. I asked about the meaning of the contents -- what they were, where they were from, why they were up there in a central place of honor -- and he cautioned me as I gestured to the box not to touch the contents. My friend Cody and I were all the more curious by his serious expression. "What? Why not?" He said they were stones from a specific Irish burial site, and that bad luck comes to anyone who touches them. I irreverently touched them, assuming he was being silly with us, as did Cody -- just a tap, followed by laughter. That afternoon, we were walking to a friend's house near our school. We passed an apartment complex, and a bunch of Mexican gangsters were partying inside one of the apartments. They popped the screen off when they saw the three of us walking by. One of their friends, this guy Bobby (this White wannabe Mexican), who was a fellow student -- not a friend, but a vague acquaintance through mutual friends -- motioned to us to come over and talk to him as he leaned on a hydrant with another Mexican guy on the corner. I started walking over to see what he wanted, thinking it would be perceived as disrespectful if we ignored him and potentially cause more trouble. I had not noticed that by then, guys -- we later estimated maybe 15 of them or so -- were already hopping out of that apartment window, some of whom had knives, and started approaching us -- first walking fast, then running. Sean yelled at me, "Bill, RUN!", as I was the only one who started crossing the street toward Bobby. I had only just turned to see a horde rushing toward the three of us. We bolted north as fast as we could -- the flash of knives was enough to kick us into Jesse Owens mode. We ran a couple blocks toward a Greek restaurant across from our school, and a friend's sister saw us getting chased and pulled into the parking lot to get us out of there, fast. Since then, haha, needless to say, I do not fuck about with burial items. Coincidence or otherwise, I will never know -- but although we lived in a rough area, we did not typically experience situations like that in broad daylight, completely unprovoked. We must respect the dead and their relics, lest we join them sooner than later.

My property is on a US Civil War battlefield in Tennessee. I keep waiting to see ghosts someday! 👻🙀

I’m extremely excited for your book coming out and hopefully you will write more! You have helped me understand my people so much!

What a beautiful land. It looks like home.

You, sir, are a class act. Love your videos. Thank goodness that Britain values its native culture; many places seem to overlook it.

I live on Exmoor. Wet and haunted is a pretty good description. We have lots of stories about people drowning in bogs, or drowning other people in bogs, or finding people half sunk in a bog and being half skeleton and half pickled. Also we scared off the dumb vikings with a giant dancing horse made out of sticks and painted sacks.

Didnt know that McGregor had an interest in European history...

That's a fine tweed suit.

In Irish mythology these burial mounds are portals to the fairy world.

Hope everyone had a good Samhaine and left out offerings for the ancestors.

Burial mounds should come back in style

I'll be traveling back to the UK soon and I'll be traveling here, there and everywhere. If I ever do get the opportunity to head west in the three months I'll be there, I'll have to visit this location, although I think most of my time will be spent in the south, along the coast. Thanks for sharing though, man! I always look forward to your videos.

Great content, explained intelligently. Also, I like the tone and pace of these videos, a refreshing change from other KZfaq offerings of a similar nature. Keep up the good work.

Brilliant video. You give an excellent glimpse of early Europe's history. It's wonderful to see these things on the screen, rather than just read descriptions on a page. Well done!

Here in Serbia we have a lot of Burial Mounds (Курган in Serbian), there are also maps where they are located. Most of them are in the province of Vojvodina, there are hundreds of them, but they are not protected and not all of them have been researched. Unfortunately some were damaged and the couple was robbed. Thanks to good people, most have been preserved.

I really love your channel. I always immediately watch them. Any plans in the future for more documentaries on Slavic connections to Indo Europeans? I truly appreciate it!

Another fascinating video hitting all my areas of interest. Well done!

There's no one doing a better job of bringing our ancestors back to life. So many clues as to why we think, look, act , and believe the way we do now. Thanks, STJ.

Looking very sharp sir, very sharp indeed.

Another great video! Well done StJ! Keep me coming!

Survive the jive always get a 10/10 in the fashion department

Cool video - i think it was Tolkiens inspiration for barrow and barrow wights - at least this makes me think of lotr lore - funny he mentioned that there are 9 barrows - wonder where the witch king of Angmar dwells :) cool video

Sound, footage, and above all, the message, are of superb quality. Congratulations Tom

Where is Tom Bombadil when you need him?

Amazing, what a cool video! Gods I love it when a new Survive the Jive video comes out!

I've been to that Witchcraft museum in Cornwall. Very interesting video. Moving over to the Southwest next year

Excellent material @Survive the Jive ~ I really enjoyed this

Looking good Jive, loving the formal look!

Gorgeous visual!

So glad i found your channel its fascinating.

Nice outfit, Thomas! Proper English gentleman.

Fantastic work as always.

I love the shot at the end with the candles! That "dutched" camera angle makes for a great composition at the table.

I find your voice very soothing. I like that you were outside on the barrows, and you look incredible in your suit and hat...I really enjoyed your video, It was the first thing I watched this morning while having my coffee. 😌

not what i was expecting... nice work man.

Went to the Boxing Day hunt on exmoor.. splendid it was too...

Thanks for uploading this on my birthday!!

The way those people are buried reminds me of the fetal position. Maybe because they are waiting to be reborn? :)

Great video, Very informative, Thank you

Literally last night, I read the section of The Fellowship of the Ring where the hobbits are captured by the barrow wights. What amazing timing with your wonderful video, thank you! Perhaps these were the grave monuments of the children of chieftains. Keep an eye out for Tom Bombadil...

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Magic mushrooms grow well when nourished with horse manure. We used to pick them in the same field every year. Sad to say the field has now been built on.

Very interesting story! Please do more of that kind of videos! :)

So very interesting, thank you.

Got to love the moors. Such lovely terrain.

love the outfit, perfectly fitting the expertly described subject

Bona Fide english style! That suit, cap and tie. Great! Missed the pipe though.

Great video!

I love this channel, what a fascinating video. The people of the Bell Beaker culture really knew how to honour their ancestors!

Good kit. Presentable.

Excellent content, the Kurgan culture is fascinating to learn about.

Brilliant work.

Nice work 👍

The eternal Jive

Excellent video. The environment of the barrows is indeed foreboding, yet compelling and hauntingly familiar. Can’t really explain it.

spooky stuff lad

Very nice video👍🏻

I remember visiting this area some yrs ago on a dark overcast windy day & the whole seemed to project an aura of mystery & menace.

Love the music

I really really like your content. Could you please share more thoughts on Evola? Greetings from Germany.

Looking smooth tommy

good vid & like the peaky blinders outfit!

I wish I had such a nice English outfit like his. Can’t even find a proper tweed jacket or Hunter boots. Damn the Expulsion of the Loyalists! Sad 😞 Seppo noises!

The way you present evidence of Indo-European culture and give information regarding Indo-European people by visiting European landscapes truly gives a spiritual essence to your entire documentaries on KZfaq which is quite mesmerising keep up the great work may the pagan gods be proud of your great work.

Good video, the moors do have an eerieness about them (not that that's a a bad thing).

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I love the ancient horses!

At 2.05 mins in, a mist form suddenly appears to be sat to your left and slightly infront of you... I think it's just a spec of rain but kind of appropriate given the title of this video 😏

Very interesting.

Thank you very much! What about a piece from Sir Thomas Browne's 'Hydriotaphia, or Urne Buriall'?

Fascinating

Interesting thought that those ancient houses on top of the moor were only occupied during the summer . When we visited Lewis we were told that the crofters used to take their cattle up to summer pastures away from the Croft and some members of the family would stay with them in a little house up there while others stayed at the Croft , growing crops and making hay

Refreshing casual presentation and information, not the usual dynamic jumping about pre-schooled rhetoric. more please.

If not burnt, I'd rather be laid down as I was when in my mother, I've often considered the burying of people flat on their back and straight as freakish.

Great work as always. Thank you. Have you ever visited the Rollright stones or Weland's smithy?

Thank you.

VERY INDO-EUROPEAN

Nice to see the poppy, Tom. Even though I think most all of us might be on a different side than the soldiers ideologically it's important to respect the dedication and courage of our countrymen who served nonetheless.

Another great video. I think those chopped up toads were common frogs which looked like they were eaten by buzzards - seen this a lot in my brigantian hone range of the Pennines. A sacraficial offering from nature to the ancestors. Keep these videos coming!

Reminds me of a site up here in the mendips (not far from exmoor) called priddy nine barrows.

Happy to hear about the mushrooms. I wonder if they were used by the ancients.

out of curiosity, and meaning no offense,do you have any qualifications in history or anthropology? i love your videos, the information, the tone,the message.

Lol, at 13:28 when you say "having pierced into the bowels of the hillock", to my american ears it first sounded like "pissed". So I thought no wonder the guy got cursed. The nerve to go and piss into someones burial mound!

Thanks.

I live in Stockport northern England but the hills surrounding the town are mainly in Derbyshire. There are many barrows or Cairns littering the hills. They are not marked on the ground but with an os map you can find them.

My biggest issue with living in the US is not being able to visit sites like this without travelling an ocean. No connection to the land.

He had me at moldering urns

This video and the barrel burning video did not show up in my subscriptions, I am subscribed and belled.

Be interesting to see if there is a close relation between the small ponies of Exmoor and the ones found in the Asian Steppes, which look similar to an untrained eye. The huddled burial position of the Beaker people, meanwhile, also reminds me somewhat of predynastic Egyptian burials, such as 'Ginger' now in the British Museum. Same custom of including numerous pottery vessels in the grave, too, and sometimes lining the grave pit with stone slabs.

Watching this at night in the middle of October definitely added to the creepy vibes of you discussing the burial mounds. Excellent stuff man

I like how this guy is basically intelligently talking. Not the typical (I don't even know what type of terrible communication) that common reporters and youtubers use.

Thankyou

I’ve been needing a dharok’s greataxe still, time to book my flight