LARGE HENGE Monument Discovered Near Ruined Abbey In ENGLAND

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Local traditions near to a ruined medieval abbey in Lincolnshire, England, talk about a hermit who moved near there in the 7th century and inspired a later monastic community to grow up around the site where he had lived. However, interesting elements of his biography talk about a 'mound,' something that was also observed and drawn by antiquarians in the 18th century and picked up by modern geophysical surveys. Could it be that Saint Gulthlac built his hermitage on the site of a former Bronze Age barrow cemetery?
Several thorough excavations took place a few years ago with the aim to answer this question and now a new paper published in the Journal Field Archaeology has revealed that the site is much more complex than previously thought. The remains of a a large henge have been found, the size of which is unusual in that particular part of England and several other interesting artefacts and buildings belonging to different time periods have emerged.
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01:00 Local Traditions
05:10 Recent Excavations
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Wright, D.W. and Willmott, H., 2024. Sacred Landscapes and Deep Time: Mobility, Memory, and Monasticism on Crowland. Journal of Field Archaeology, pp.1-20.
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Drawings and images related to Crowland, credit: Wright, D.W. and Willmott, H., in the paper referenced above.
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Crowland Abbey, credit: Mym
Arch in Crowland Abbey, credit: Barbara Carr
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Beginning of Felix's Life of St Guthlac, 8C, Parker Library, Corpus Christi College

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@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

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@martinjackman2943 2 ай бұрын

Early Mediaeval? do you mean Anglo-saxon/ Early English ?

@thedogfather5445 3 ай бұрын

At least these archaeologists were only surprised, not shocked or stunned.

@user-it7lf7kk8m 3 ай бұрын

Or terrified😊

@nzlemming 2 ай бұрын

They're English and they're not in a band.

@barrywalser2384 3 ай бұрын

The henge is an amazing find, but I was also very intrigued by the medieval hall. There was much continuity at ancient sites. Thanks Laura!

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

I do love a bit of medieval history as well.

@floydriebe4755 3 ай бұрын

right, Barry! any ole ancient history....10,000 or 1,000 or 200 yrs ago....it's all interesting

@barrywalser2384 3 ай бұрын

@@floydriebe4755 Hey Floyd! That’s right! It’s all interesting.

@floydriebe4755 3 ай бұрын

@@barrywalser2384 i must say, i like the more ancient stuff the most.....however, there are amazing structures and people in every age.....the medieval cathedrals are a case in point..... how they were able to build such beautiful things that are still standing.....i'm agog!

@barrywalser2384 3 ай бұрын

@@floydriebe4755 I’m the same. The more ancient stuff appeals the most to me. I think just because it’s so much more removed from our current culture. However, I’m still interested in any history.

@garyworokevich2524 3 ай бұрын

Great to see you Laura.......thanks for the upload. It's amazing that people can still discover "new' things in the UK........so much history waiting for us underground.

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

It amazes me how much archaeologists can figure out just from crop marks on aerial surveys!

@garyworokevich2524 3 ай бұрын

@@MegalithHunter Agreed.

@stuartparker1068 3 ай бұрын

I lived in lincolnshire most of my life but I am amazed to find we had our own Henge with many other medieval stories. Well researched Laura, keep up the interesting factual work. 👏

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

Ever hear of Shearman's Wath Henge near West Ashby? Not there anymore but was found by crop marks years ago. There aren't many in Lincolnshire compared to the rest of Britain though.

@stuartparker1068 3 ай бұрын

No I didn't know, I traveled down the Sherman's Wath road many times it runs from Lincoln Road to West Ashby.

@californianorma876 3 ай бұрын

I really enjoy your videos. ❤ I love the sound of your voice, and I love the content which is always interesting in its highly detailed nature. And it certainly has nothing to do with the news of the day. Thank you so much. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🌹

@helenamcginty4920 3 ай бұрын

Agree. This lady has a lovely voice.

@jimihendrix991 3 ай бұрын

Flag Fen and Must Farm sites are also just down the road in Peterborough...

@matthewdudael1931 3 ай бұрын

Thank You Laura ! Fascinating as always

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@b.griffin317 3 ай бұрын

The algorithm deity has been appeased. 👍

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@floydriebe4755 3 ай бұрын

sssooo, looks like every one liked that specific site......had to be something special about it.....the "holy island" idea hits the spot, perhaps.....would be something to have to swim or float to the site at times.....idk, just flappin' muh jaws.....gets me thinkin', tho.....tryin' to fathom their mindset.....that the site was special thru all those years is fascinating.....the medieval ruins are extremely cool, too.....they sure built some wonderous structures.....and still standing proud.....amazing!!🤩 hokay, i be done....gotta get some chores done....nice, sunny, warm day....need to take advantage as we're in for some colder, perhaps wetter days, soon....lows back down in the minuses C.....mid twenties F🥶 dang! sure tired of this.....a week of warm, spring-like weather then, BAM! wintery again! BAH!!!😭........ sorry! need to quite whining....ok, i'm over it.....NOT!!! ok, for real...i be done....b'bye👋

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

Enjoy the weather Floyd! Get out and about on your bike. I'm thinking of doing a future video on sites that were in use during the prehistoric, as well as the medieval because there seem to be a lot of examples.

@floydriebe4755 3 ай бұрын

@@MegalithHunter yeah, soon....supposed to get a lil bit o' the white stuff Wed morn....27° F so might be a week or so before i ride.....it's coming, tho👍🤩 that future video should be beaucoup interesting.....trying to figure out the why of such continuity is much fun, mentally at least.....gotta use this ole brain or i'll lose it🤯😉 anyhoo, i'll watch and chat and comment on any ole thing you come up with.....always enjoy 'em.....see you...... whenever! bye!

@grantschiff7544 3 ай бұрын

Always the best on this channel

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@jeffbartlett8565 3 ай бұрын

I'll raise your like with a comment - your channel needs to reach more people

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

Awe thanks Jeff :)

@d.t.4523 3 ай бұрын

Thank you, keep working.

@laurence7181 3 ай бұрын

Great. There were other videos and news segments that mentioned this but yours was the only one that actually explained the site and its environs. The continuity is fascinating; who knows how much longer back it's been a sacred site? And I wonder if anyone comes to honor the saint now? Thanks!

@alandavies55 2 ай бұрын

In 20 18 I visited on a wondering pilgrimage with 7 others and prayers for the saint were said. We visited 7 other sites and the only one we were unable to visit was West Dereham priory where the ruins are on private farmland where the antisocial farmer forbids any access.

@johnstringer5359 3 ай бұрын

Just finished Francis Priors The Fens. A fascinating read. Had no idea how rich the fens are in Neolithic Monuments.

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

Oh I’ve been meaning to get that one. I had always assumed the Fens were too marshy to be attractive to the ancients. But it seems there were quite a few monuments.

@user-it7lf7kk8m 3 ай бұрын

Repton is an interesting place. It used to be the capital of mercia for a while and they Found a viking encampment there. The church has an interesting crypt and megan fox (transformers) spent time there for one of the episodes of her "historic stuff" TV series.

@floydriebe4755 3 ай бұрын

cool!! got time to stretch the ole gluteous-maximus.....thanks, Laura!😅

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@grahamboyce1719 3 ай бұрын

What a brilliant description. Thank you very much. Now subscribed. :)

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

Thanks and welcome ☺️

@FrancisFjordCupola 2 ай бұрын

Interesting. I like how not taking the hagiography with a grain of salt lead to actual discoveries.

@sixeses 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for this Laura. Allan Barton just did a video at Crowland a couple of weeks ago. I love watching videos on medieval abbeys. I don't watch Time Team because their videos are too long for me.

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

I must try to find that one!

@sixeses 3 ай бұрын

@@MegalithHunter The medieval Triangular Bridge at Crowland. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z75lh8xkqNOvpZs.html

@dnavid 3 ай бұрын

you seem to have got the jump on everone with this news

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

Hope so :)

@heatherdeavalon 3 ай бұрын

❤ to the God's!

@ichangedmyself4362 3 ай бұрын

Keep up the great work. lassy.

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

@user-dp4rj6xn7i 3 ай бұрын

They put old boy into a big,of course his body was uncorrupted.

@helenamcginty4920 3 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly.

@markalton2809 3 ай бұрын

Very interesting, thank you.

@jivanvasant 3 ай бұрын

According to some researchers, this "henge" monument and a barrows near Stonehenge are among many such structures are located at energy centers that are nodes on ancient ley lines that formed a network covering all of planet Earth. The ritual-purpose structures are rebuilt at the same locations for millennia for the simple reason that those are major nodes on the ley line grid.

@ireneford5722 3 ай бұрын

Great video!!

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! 😊

@tinkerstrade3553 3 ай бұрын

We call it the Late Paleolithic like it was a set time, year such and such. But change is like weather, it it has causes. Many places must have held out against the tide of farmers for a very long time. Remote areas, some still remote. (South Senagal Island?) And aside from some concerns about viable gene pools, there was great diverity among the Forest Folk. What I find really fascinating is that farming won out as a lifestyle, despite the fact that their lives were harsher and more regulated than hunter gatherers. And there was still feasts and famines in the villages, and contagious deseases from rodents and other pirates that spread regularly, so they were just as at risk as their forebears in the forest and maybe more so. The logic eludes me, for surely everyone then alive could see that city life wasn't an improvement.

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

I read a book by an anthropologist that basically said that farming made life harder. Strange isn't it.

@newman653 3 ай бұрын

I wonder why these sites were originally chosen & repurposed again & again ?

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

It really fascinates me. Think of Knowlton Circles, the Rudston Monolith etc... so many examples.

@newman653 3 ай бұрын

@@MegalithHunter I had never heard of these sites but have just googled them , fascinating indeed ! What are the etc ? Love your channel .

@raiseyourworld5324 3 ай бұрын

Maybe worth checking to see if they happen along ley lines, or where ley lines cross. Some places just have a 'feel' to them a particular type of energy once known about, that stirs the blood or makes one tingle

@PGHEngineer 3 ай бұрын

Repurposed because local farmers didn't want them as there were big rocks that needed removing before farming could take place, but often convenient for worshippers as there would've been a well worn path to the location. Just boring practicalities I susoect. The stones at Stonehenge and Avebury were simply too big to pull down and the motivation to do so didn't exist, so they continued to stand there, but smaller henges were more likely to be pulled down and used as the foundations for significant buildings.

@hawklord100 2 ай бұрын

I would say that we should expect to find that the Church built on top of past sacred sites as a matter of course (hearts and minds) so thats the clue for archeologists to go digging for the ancient near the christian buildings.

@johnwilson5637 3 ай бұрын

Shouldn't be surprising to find Christian monuments (Churches, Abbeys, Cathedrals, etc) on the site of ancient 'monuments'. It was common practice to show a pagan religion had been conquered by Christianity.

@susanwestern6434 3 ай бұрын

I believe that North Tawton in Devon was the site of a Nymet or sacred Grove. The church was possibly erected on the site. There are several sites of sacred groves in Devon.

@PGHEngineer 3 ай бұрын

Ah yes, like the famous Stonehenge Cathedral and Avebury Abbey.

@fion1flatout 2 ай бұрын

I think 'conquered' is too strong. I'd say 'adopted' or even 'expediently re-used'

@excession3076 2 ай бұрын

@@PGHEngineer People have too many axes to grind methinks. As you point out, the two most recognisable, unmistakeable "pagan" sites have been pretty much left alone. And both are in areas where access, money and manpower were readily available to really destroy them. Those pesky early Christians, always choosing the obscure, out of the way places to "assert" their authority. Unlike the Romans of course, who were totally respectful of the common people and their beliefs (does Anglesey and the destruction of the Druids ring any bells for this nonsense?)

@MarcusLebow 2 ай бұрын

Probably because they are good sites

@madderhat5852 3 ай бұрын

Monk , " We're eating weevil gruel again? We've all gone soft. I moving out so I can eat my lint and nails in peace"

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

Lol

@JohnDelong-qm9iv Ай бұрын

The ceremony of baptism is a reenactment of the the deluge of Noah ( according to scripture) . The decendants of Noah built replicas of the ark from the soft flood sediment remaining from the global flood, wich hardened over time ( petrified).The dolmens often have symbols associated with the deluge embossed in the formerly soft mud, now petrified.

@glynluff2595 3 ай бұрын

It was normal that many Roman and later Christian communities in Britain and the Continent would ensconce themselves on old areas of communal religious practise to show the enhancement of the new god. This has been admitted through my longish lifetime.

@squeezyjohn1 2 ай бұрын

Are you recording this in your bathroom?

@terryhunt2659 3 ай бұрын

I was interested by the detail that Guthlac's sister came to move his body after a year (and found it uncorrupted). If this is not an invented detail for a typical fictional 'miracle story', does it indicate: (a) an established insular British tradition; (b) a Continental custom imported in the 'Danish' or 'Anglo-Saxon' migrations; (c) a deliberate imitation of the 1st-century Judean practice (when the bones of the shrouded and decayed body were cleaned and placed in a limestone ossuary by relatives); or (d) something else?

@martinjackman2943 2 ай бұрын

Much of the Roman army and administration was by "germanic' descended people from the very area where the Saxons and Angles originated. they were essentially the same folk Indeed it's possible the word "Angle" may well derive from the word Angarion the name given to the postal and haulage systems of the Roman Empire including Britain.

@user-cd4mo7rw5b 2 ай бұрын

Along with pagan festivals....Easter, Christmas etcetc

@vespelian 18 күн бұрын

Caeum Amata.

@floydriebe4755 3 ай бұрын

just got done watching Kayleigh....nice to have some time before watching you, m'lady.....old buttocks get tired and achy😅

@vulpesvulpes5177 3 ай бұрын

Drag you tired sorry old buttocks down to Walmart and get fixed! They are the worlds largest re-tailer. Fox out

@MrStevenlynch 3 ай бұрын

how does a body not decay in12 months?

@DB-pm2vy 3 ай бұрын

Acid soil or mummified in wind. But sometimes made up to bring pilgrims in and make money 🙄

@johnallright6847 3 ай бұрын

The original Christians took over ancient pagan sites and built churches they allso (stole) the pagan sacred days and made them into saints days and easter and Christmas . Good video.

@fion1flatout 2 ай бұрын

Henges are 'happy hunting grounds'. We've been told this by modern stone age people, why does no-one listen? After farming, they were used for the mid-winter livestock cull. There is plenty of hard evidence for this, and it makes sense. Setting the date for the cull was important, the calendar function of these places focusses on the mid winter date I think academics shun this obvious conclusion because they prefer to think of their ancestors as artists rather than hunters. Snobbery!