If you enjoyed this, check out my follow-up on prehistoric Yorkshire: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e6uVp69_yKvPkqc.html
@macmccreadie85416 ай бұрын
Prehistoric Yorkshire
@Shankar.Raja.MCR.1084 ай бұрын
amazing thankyou so much
@sleepycalico3 ай бұрын
The algorithm gave me that newer video, which led me back to this one.
@checktheskies504023 күн бұрын
Do you have any information about Doggerland? Does anyone? Cumbrian ❤
@loisrossi8414 ай бұрын
I am Leah’s in awe of the accomplishments of the people of that time period. Thank you.
@CorinneDunbar-ls3ej Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed this so much. I had never really appreciated the differences between the Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments, or the probable reasons why. This account was really insightful. One thinks of Cumbria as an inhospitable area, yet there are so many prehistoric monuments there, and so much evidence that people who lived there traded widely even so long ago. Wonderful video, thank you.
@alisn.7998 Жыл бұрын
Well worth watching, clear, and interesting. Cumbria’s a fascinating place to be, with so much as yet uncovered.
@TheWitchInTheWoods3 жыл бұрын
Lovely production. Nice to see something specifically on the Cumbrian sites. Such a magical place.
@andrewdavies87946 ай бұрын
Very impressed by the quality of this documentary. Well done indeed.
@ShaqKoyokArt2 жыл бұрын
Love the video. Amazing stones circle. Love to visit this place.
@DjMaddoxX3 жыл бұрын
your voice is made for this! amazing quality! please keep making docus!
@thedirty5303 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video! I really love seeing evidence for the early migrations of our ancestors! ❤
@macmccreadie85416 ай бұрын
I am 83..my school cross-country route was close to the Birkrigg Circle.
@mongolmcphee779117 күн бұрын
Right Adam, get yourself down the shops and get yourself another Ivory back scratcher. I nipped in to Waterstones in Kendal yesterday and got a copy of your book. The lad behind the counter recommended it as well so your doing alright!!!!
@AdamMorganIbbotson17 күн бұрын
@@mongolmcphee7791 Thanks!
@WillKrepelin3 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. I'd love to see more like it. You have a real knack for educational content.
@davidritchey55558 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video. Interesting and well done.
@Alex-xh1zi3 жыл бұрын
Woah production value is off the hook my guy! Great work
@KingDaniel9112 жыл бұрын
Wow, amazing. Thanks for the informative video.
@alunchurcher70602 жыл бұрын
well worth a visit as unlike Stonehenge you can walk amongst them in beautiful countryside.
@rosemaryhanderson6122Ай бұрын
Fascinating
@AdamMorganIbbotsonАй бұрын
@@rosemaryhanderson6122 thanks!
@susanhepburn60403 жыл бұрын
Really well done and very interesting and informative - thank you very much!
@AdamMorganIbbotson3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Susan! May I suggest my new book: www.amazon.co.uk/Cumbrias-Prehistoric-Monuments-Morgan-Ibbotson/dp/0750996684/ref=zg_bs_276437_29?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=MHFB0NRFE7DRX0V5XQN9
@MarksWorldOfAdventure2 жыл бұрын
Me and my friends visited Long Meg and Castlerigg in July last year. I loved both sites. it was a really cool experience
@wildlifevideos79363 жыл бұрын
Incredible work, well done!
@PhakedSound2 жыл бұрын
great doc!
@malcolmmcneill54034 ай бұрын
Thankyou that was so interesting I live in the west coast of Scotland we have a lot of different things dotted around but Cumbria thar was brilliant
@sama.5623 жыл бұрын
Really interesting and professional. Thanks!
@ashleysmith31062 ай бұрын
I am intrigued by the palaeolithic stone arrangements, carvings and cairns left by the indigenous peoples here in Australia. I wish there was more information available on the subject but the country is so huge (a map overlaid on Europe covers from Scotland to Turkey) so to find them is like looking for the proverbial needle in the haystack! I spent my first 30 years prospecting in remote areas of the Australian Outback, but unfortunately did not document the ones that I came across; they were just part of the landscape. Interestingly the Palaeolithic Era here lasted until less than a Century ago, so I did not know whether they were 100 or 10000 years old ! Now I wish I knew Archaeologists I could discuss them with !
@joshuastanley94512 жыл бұрын
Cool place
@IHateThisHandleSystem3 жыл бұрын
Great video
@KID73425 күн бұрын
Adam…That’s why I emphasised, “authentic”….
@xtramail4909Ай бұрын
Stone circles = sun cross = wheel in the sky that makes the seasons turn. When we were farmers who had to pay attention to the seasons or we die.
@LMKMission-rp4nk Жыл бұрын
Monuments is there in khasi hills, Meghalaya state north East of india bordering with Bangladesh, I like to preserve this ancient monuments in my place.
@checktheskies504023 күн бұрын
Cumbria is really the middle of the isles we called Britain and Ireland ❤ if you measure Scotland, England and Wales I bet the centre is in cumbia somewhere ❤
@AdamMorganIbbotson23 күн бұрын
@@checktheskies5040 Absolutely! I actually mention that in a few of my most recent videos!
@jenniferharrison431918 күн бұрын
Close, the Ordnance Survey centre of Britain including all islands is at the Wittendale Hanging Stones Nr. Dunsop Bridge in Lancashire although other calculations do give other locations. I go with the OS
@kc37183 жыл бұрын
would of been nice to see the Tullie House stones....I've visited all the sites shown, but never been able to get into the museum. Excellent film though.
@AdamMorganIbbotson3 жыл бұрын
I recommend a visit. It’s a wonderful museum!
@rondunn433611 ай бұрын
Remarkable how those immensely heavy stones were lifted - No one has a clue how?
@AdamMorganIbbotson11 ай бұрын
They must have been strong
@goatsub81153 жыл бұрын
Does anyone else think some of the stones look like teeth?
@michaelbailey7925 Жыл бұрын
Smile like a Moonlit Graveyard.!!
@KID73425 күн бұрын
Adam, a wee word please about the Castlerigg stone circle, from a very astute guy. On arrival at dawn yesterday, I learned from the tourist blog, that it was first recorded, in the 18th century, as being, originally, in an adjacent field. Now, after my authentic once-over, (I work in the discipline of Psychology), yet am an ex-professional Firefighter, I propose below, my ‘gut instinct’. A. It is unusual to find that certain monolithic stones, are leaning up against each other. B. Tis also unusual to find a strategically placed stone, placed under a closeby, stone, which was leaning, as if it was installed by a ‘bored Contractor’. In essence…this circle doesn’t fit within it’s perceptual niche, nor my BS detector. PS..did you notice the vandalism of a stone and the surrounding walls, whilst you surveyed? 🙏🤔
@AdamMorganIbbotson25 күн бұрын
@@KID734 Hi mate, thanks for the comment. Appreciate the support. Not sure about your theory there, I’ve read most of the studies, and have never found any evidence of this! Sorry!
@grenoblica3 жыл бұрын
Can we get more? Please?
@DoctorCymraeg11 ай бұрын
2:35 Amazing they knew what ‘England’ was back then and also to avoid Wales, Scotland, and Cornwall. Bonkers!
@AdamMorganIbbotson11 ай бұрын
Well, ‘England’ as we understand it. They waited a short while before venturing into Scotland.
@sincerewyd228511 ай бұрын
Clearly, that second hand-axe is made by a man of giant proportions. Basically, giants of ol were there. Making all kinds of earthworks
@AdamMorganIbbotson11 ай бұрын
Nah
@vehkvehk36243 жыл бұрын
Great video and excellent editing. I'm curious, what was the song that starts at 6:14?
@branscombeR11 ай бұрын
Lack of music and picture credits!
@larsjensen26133 жыл бұрын
It's funny how "Langdale" translate directly from Danish: "lang dal" mening: "long walley" Gotta be named by vikings or saxons.
@AdamMorganIbbotson3 жыл бұрын
There’s a Norse ‘ting mound’ in Langdale, so no doubts there.
@liberatumplox625 Жыл бұрын
You're right, you could throw a dart at a map of Cumbria and find something with a viking name. The great sacking of the North, wiped out much of the viking history but its still there to be found if you know where to look. Interestingly, many here still use the word "marra" (friend or mate) when greeting one another. The thing that remains a mystery to me are the various rhyme schemes that were used by shepherd's to count (Yan, Tan, Tethra...) Each region in Cumbria has its own version but it's very hard to say whether the origin of such rhymes are Viking, Celtic or something else entirely.
@branscombeR11 ай бұрын
@@liberatumplox625: Wikipedia - 'The words are numbers taken from Brythonic Celtic languages such as Cumbric which had died out in most of Northern England by the sixth century, but they were commonly used for sheep counting and counting stitches in knitting until the Industrial Revolution, especially in the fells of the Lake District.'
@checktheskies504023 күн бұрын
Cumbria still has forgotten history ancient mysteries that may never be taught in any schools. We should learn our non Germanic history and pre Roman history but we would need access to the Vatican archives and the British Museums vault also. Why is this not so obtainable then the prescribed history taught in education? ❤
@AdamMorganIbbotson17 күн бұрын
Not sure they have any Cumbrian archaeology in the Vatican archives… or what use they’d have hiding it.
@cacogenicist Жыл бұрын
What strikes me is how late-developing this part of the world was, compared to the Fertile Crescent. People were drinking beer pubs and munching on dates in Eridu nearly 2,000 years before the earliest of these monuments were built.
@AdamMorganIbbotson Жыл бұрын
The area was heavily forested until a heatwave struck the middle east. People fleeing that deforested most of Europe, obviously landing in Britain / Scandinavia last
@abisu52733 ай бұрын
All the same you would've thought there would've been clearances. We know there were paleolithic and mesolithic communities, not least at Stonehenge. Maybe there's a different way to think about it. Maybe there was a resistance to so called development. Especially when you think of the teams that would've been involved in shifting stones and especially if "temples" were being sold as a "religious" thing. As for farming, .Again, you would think there would've been clearances but maybe they simply didn't feel the need if the forests provided a comfortable living.. Like Forest living communities today.
@xtramail4909Ай бұрын
@@AdamMorganIbbotsoncan you explain this more? I’m interested.
@AdamMorganIbbotsonАй бұрын
@@xtramail4909 well, it’s just one theory, and quite a “deterministic” one at that (i.e, it relies on one determining factor). The idea is that droughts in the fertile crescent, specifically modern Turkey, inspired people to slowly migrate up through Europe, before landing in France / Spain / Britain. It’s got a few holes in it though - so I would suggest reading a number of explanations and deciding yourself!
@nickbarnes82793 жыл бұрын
Is that castlerigg at 0:43? Just been there this week if so!
@AdamMorganIbbotson3 жыл бұрын
It certainly is!
@carlwilliams930611 ай бұрын
They maybe corals to gather animals in ?
@AdamMorganIbbotson11 ай бұрын
Possibly. Though they aren’t any use as enclosures as they have gaps. And why built such a simple thing out of massive boulders?
@eloisahowell2671 Жыл бұрын
mesolithic = the age of Leo, in the platonic great year.
@heribebe14013 жыл бұрын
patung2 megalitik ada 17 biji.
@shineurlight Жыл бұрын
Where are these seventeen please! places, names, positions.. Would be very grateful for your insight.. Thank you.. Blessings from my heart to yours ❤️🙏🙏🙏 Ellie of Britainia
@vincentmcdonnell7986 Жыл бұрын
Ok
@heribebe14013 жыл бұрын
saya msh menyimpan patung2 megalitik.primitif java. peninggalan dari seorang belanda di java..adakah yg berminat .
@minititan17302 жыл бұрын
90% just died????
@shineurlight Жыл бұрын
Buried under all of that mud,that dropped from the skies.
@ericastier1646 Жыл бұрын
subsaharan africans still lived in the mesolithic stone age in 1930 and would still do without contact with the northern hemisphere colons. They should be considered stone age people even today across the world.
@Tinneus3 жыл бұрын
"Prehistoric communities ... BEGUN..." ???? Or am I just misunderstanding?
@AdamMorganIbbotson3 жыл бұрын
Can you elaborate?
@hawklord1002 жыл бұрын
Typical... looking at objects purely on their value, looking for what resonates with themselves (status and money) instead of walking in the shoes of the ancients and understanding what was valuable to them. All things was Spiritual, gods abounded and live in the rocks and the land, the plants contained living invisible creatures, securing rock from a Sacred mountain where the gods lived would have been much more important than the status of having a shiny rock, a axe that contained the living consciousness of a God and would embue strength and good luck in use was far more important.
@AdamMorganIbbotson2 жыл бұрын
People were, as we are today, only human. To romanticise their monument’s existence as purely "spiritual" is to miss their purpose entirely.
@shineurlight Жыл бұрын
WoWza... This is profound.. Thank you so much for sharing.. Thank you for the" Reminder ". Much gratitude, wasn't it once written.. ".We must live in this world to achieve our eternal destination".. Blessings from my heart to yours ♥️🙏🙏🙏 Ellie of Britainia
@KID73423 күн бұрын
Adam, I love your Professionalism and earnest endeavour. However, if we lose our mind-set, of nostalgia, for these dumb, very heavy boulders, re-set our perspective, we can enter a completely new universe of perception. A wee hint…the Discipline of Archeology is pathetically and intellectually moribund, and only confirms an ancient Patriarchal narrative, based on a simple, ‘monkey mind’..aka..Alpha Male.. I am working on our “Real” genetic history..interested?
@AdamMorganIbbotson17 күн бұрын
Oh yeah - I’m interested. Give me the low down
@KID73417 күн бұрын
@@AdamMorganIbbotson It will have to be private correspondence, thanks.
@AdamMorganIbbotson17 күн бұрын
@@KID734 How come? Give me a summary
@Scotlandview16 күн бұрын
@@AdamMorganIbbotson Ibegan over two years ago, researching my propsed book, on how the Picts managed to hold off the Romans, for over 400 years. And now, it has taken me to another level, which can only fit in, our 'Standing Stones', as a restricted period, wheteas my teleology of the origins of our island, begins, around 3 million years ago, with genetics. And no, I can't yet, discuss in public, sorry.
@briandempsey5749 Жыл бұрын
It's "began" not "begun" and "lie" not "lay".
@AdamMorganIbbotson Жыл бұрын
I do say "began". I just have a beautiful, sultry north-western English accent.
@bazmac5078 Жыл бұрын
The heavy axe head is probably too big for you, but a 6.5ft, 30 stone neolithic warrior man, it's nothing. It was probably used to cut down heavy tree trunks or dig deep trenches for building foundations or many other reasons. If you are going to analyse ancient tools used by men, you need to think like a man.
@AdamMorganIbbotson Жыл бұрын
Ooh, you’re hard. 😂
@Foxglove9632 жыл бұрын
Your assumptions about religion and "god" stem from the Abrahamic religion of the middle east. Our Neolithic ancestors know shamanism as their spiritual guide, which is not a religion.
@AdamMorganIbbotson2 жыл бұрын
Eh? There’s little evidence either way. I simply state it’s unknown. It’s likely that the sun was worshiped to some extent, as sites from the Late Neolithic often align to the solstices. Plus, later Bronze Age and Iron Age religions, way before the arrival of Christianity, had a pantheon of gods. More Indo-European than Abahamic.
@woodspirit983 ай бұрын
Abrahamic religion came thousands of years after these people found spiritual significance in everything around them.
@xtramail4909Ай бұрын
They worshipped the sun. The stone circles are the wheel in the sky that makes the seasons turn… they are the first cross symbolism.