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DOES IT ACTUALLY EXIST? I discover the Old Straight Track of Howwood.
In 1926 a book called 'The Old Straight Track' was published by Alfred Watkins. He spent his life exploring ancient straight tracks which criss-crossed Great Britain. He found that beacon hills, mounds, earthworks, moars and old churches built on pagan sites fell into straight lines. Other landmarks include wells, marker stones and cairns. After searching on and off for a number of years in the Paisley area, I found one straight across Howwood.
Filmed August 2024 | Howwood, Scotland.
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SAUCEL HILL VIEW: Mystery hill on the horizon, visible from Paisley in direction of Barrhead.
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I was recently standing by the trig point on Paisley's Saucel Hill, scanning the horizon through a pair of binoculars. I was able to identify many hills and landmarks, but one hill in the direction of Barrhead had me wondering. What hill is that, and is it possible to walk to it? One way to find out. #paisley MUSIC Your Love by Atch soundcloud.com/atch-music/you... Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Un...
PAISLEY: A case for town planning. St Mirren and familiar faces on this video from 2008.
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This video was produced by the Evening Times newspaper in 2008. It highlighted the plans in place for the town centre. It also includes a few interviews of locals, some of which you might recognise.
MYSTERY STREET SYMBOLS - Curious carvings in UK and Paisley kerb stones
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Paisley is not unique in the UK in having these curious carvings. These mystery street symbols can be found where you find old 12" granite kerb stones. MUSIC: ATM (Alien Time Machine) by Dlay, courtesy of Free Music Archive under the Creative Commons license. freemusicarchive.org
LAST 24 HOURS OF ROBERT TANNAHILL: Suicide or something else? I investigate Paisley's famous poet.
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It's been written many times Robert Tannahill committed suicide in a culvert under Candren Burn in Paisley. This happened 210 years ago so decided to research old reports of the tragedy to see if the death could have been misadventure or something more sinister.
PAISLEY ABBEY: dating from 1163, see the interior, St Mirin's Chapel and the roof
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Paisley Abbey was founded when Walter Fitzalan, the High Steward of Scotland, signed a charter at Fotheringay for the founding of a Cluniac monastery on land he owned at Paisley. Thirteen monks came from Much Wenlock in Shropshire to set up the priory on the site of an old Celtic church founded by St. Mirin in the 6th century. In 1245, the priory was raised to the status of an Abbey, answerable...
RED WEATHER WARNING FOR PAISLEY: The Beast from the East arrives and blankets the town in heavy snow
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February 2018 - Scotland's first every RED weather warning was announced, with heavy snowfalls and freezing winds sweeping over from Russia. Called 'The Beast from the East' it disrupted road and rail transport, and closed airports across the country.
FERGUSLIE PARK (Paisley) FLOODS DECEMBER 1994 - Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Paisley's Ferguslie Park was flooded in December 1994. This historic footage was recorded from TV news reports. Check out Jackie Bird!
THE RIVER CART IN FLOOD - The White Cart, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, close to breaking banks.
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After heavy rain overnight, the River Cart in Paisley is in full flood. The date is 30th December 2015 and the White Cart River is close to breaking it's banks in the town centre. The Hamills, by the Watermill Hotel, are almost unrecognisable.

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  • @jamesmcphate3553
    @jamesmcphate3553 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Very interesting . I have ran off road on these areas i know the area very well as i live in Howwood .

  • @janetmackinnon3411
    @janetmackinnon3411 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Your theory is very plausible.

  • @pauljohnstone9653
    @pauljohnstone9653 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hi Scott, I subscribe to your other channel (the travel one) and recently had this one come up in my feed. Loving the content as always mate. I always thought the arrows were Benchmarks to indicate the height above sea level for old OS maps, however @ArthurHall9930 comments below would indicate something different again. An interesting subject.

  • @paulbennie5690
    @paulbennie5690 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great video. Thank you. 🙏🏽

  • @paulbennie5690
    @paulbennie5690 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great video. Thanks.

  • @colinmitchell1848
    @colinmitchell1848 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Scott it would be really interesting for to do a vlog on public bus companies working the paisley area in the 60's and 70's . Does anyone know the history of; Patons buses(blue and cream) Grahams buses (orange) , cunninghams buses (green), Western (red and cream), Mcgills (light red) and glasgow Corp (yellow and green). I used to get the patons double decker in early 70's from paisley to sheildhall , pure ice on windows and metal cladding INSIDE !!!!!

  • @roboftherock
    @roboftherock 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ah, you poor, hard-done by fellow. So you had a windy day, well consider the lot of the Ordance engineers who had to manhandle that trig point manually from the nearest access point - and in one piece. This was when it was decided to replace the previous cairns, etc which had been used before with one standard monolith These were pre-built and in some cases had to be installed as far as 10 m (30+ ft) into the ground. What we see today is just the tip of the iceberg for want of a better analogy. Contemplate how many other engineers have seen the view from The Craigie to Saucel Hill, over the decades since.

  • @alastair6356
    @alastair6356 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    There is a foot print of ancient prehistoric people if you look hard enough in our modern landscape , the Serpents mound in skelmorlie, meigle is an old druid mound that is not protected by historic Scotland which is ridiculous considering its importance. There is only two such sights in Scotland ( Recognised) However I believe there is more and have located likely sights.

  • @Ian-Steele
    @Ian-Steele 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The cattle would have been more scared of you than you were of them. 😅

  • @Tsurnari
    @Tsurnari 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Not much of a mystery hill if it has a trig point on it.

  • @51HLI
    @51HLI 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Masons marks are they not?

  • @prd1073
    @prd1073 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The pedestrianisation of the town and the development of Braehead/Silverburn etc destroyed Paisley, which used to be a packed place where people came from all over to shop. I was a student at Paisley Tech from 86-89 and stayed until the early 90s, by which time its cards were marked. Such a shame.

  • @davidseaman824
    @davidseaman824 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    aye qway ye go! Afore ye know it you'll be in glengarnock telling us about a steelworks that made rail lines!! enjoy your walks:)

  • @glagaz6146
    @glagaz6146 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Being a Howwood resident, it's clear you did a load of walking to make this video! There's another tree circle not far from the one on your book cover, at Locherwood on the Lochwinnoch to Kilmacolm road.

  • @DH.2016
    @DH.2016 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    aka ley lines. Another good book is "Renfrewshire; A Scottish County's Hidden Past" by Derek Alexander and Gordon McCrae. Full of archaeological gems.

  • @Oceanandstone
    @Oceanandstone 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Brilliant informative video. Great guy absolutely love this channel

  • @karengillies2062
    @karengillies2062 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Cows are big gentle beauties, they wont touch you, they might come over for a nosey but they wont intentionaly hurt you.

  • @aurelienammeloot1230
    @aurelienammeloot1230 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    First reaction “Oh has Scott changed the name of his channel now?” 😂

  • @lyndsaycowgill3166
    @lyndsaycowgill3166 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I work near barnaigh and I know of another well.

  • @hamshackleton
    @hamshackleton 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hello Scott - I didn't know of this channel! - - - The Clochodrick stone - it is unlikely to have been dropped just there by a glacier. The ice wouldn't have been carrying just one boulder - they usually had loads of them of various sizes, and when the glaciers retreated the stones dropped formed moraines. There is - as far as I can see - no moraine there. - - -

  • @Clemens-Willemsen
    @Clemens-Willemsen 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    another channel? great bu why? i lake trains planes everything at about the same level as Steve marsh!

  • @jenniferpayne250
    @jenniferpayne250 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Brilliant! I bought book second hand years ago. It teaches you to observe clues. I walk all over the Borders where ancestors left their mark.

  • @bramblemat
    @bramblemat 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    it seems the inconsequential landmarks are the most important. I don't think alignments of landmarks in order to stay on track is a false solution. thanks for the book recommendation

  • @paulc1983
    @paulc1983 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Imagine my surprise when this video popped up on my feed and you didnt say, hello my names scott . I found this very interesting, im from down Helensburgh way and a long time viewer of the other channel where nothing could possibly go wrong. 😂

  • @iainmacmillan2548
    @iainmacmillan2548 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    As someone else said "The definition of a ley line is a straight line across the landscape connecting points of equal gullibility."

  • @kimtozer5517
    @kimtozer5517 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Just found you after following your other channel. Brilliant

  • @PhilipHeselton-v3o
    @PhilipHeselton-v3o 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I first read The Old Straight Track in 1961! This year, in October, is the centenary of the publication of The Old Straight Track. I used to do a lot of drawing lines on maps and then following them up in the Surrey landscape in the early 1960s. It's all very interesting. We formed a club to plot them! Philip Heselton

  • @strathman7501
    @strathman7501 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I first read The Old Straight Track as a young man in the early 1970s and it struck a deep chord, felt familiar, completely convincing like something i already knew at some level of intuition. I kept that feeling for decades and spent countless hours with maps and old books , wandering the hills and villages of Sussex. Today, I'm no longer so sure, it;s the echo of a conviction from a past life, but I remember the effect it had on me, and it's nice to be reminded by your video. It made me look up a forgotten poem too - "The Old man's Road" by W. H. Auden, which seems to be in touch that same intuition. Check it out.

  • @ewen2652
    @ewen2652 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I told my kids it's shrecks hoose 😂

  • @wloszczyznazkrakowa
    @wloszczyznazkrakowa หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fascinating!!!

  • @ml66b
    @ml66b หลายเดือนก่อน

    Having looked at that follie many times when driving trains this video has been very enlightening. Keep it up Scott and Happy New Year!

  • @walterfillingham
    @walterfillingham หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fascinating Scott, really enjoyed both the history and geography of this part of Scotland I have no knowledge of whatsoever coming from the Highlands. Really didn’t expect to see this kind of scenery in this part of Scotland, can we see more of this area either on this channel or your other well known channel please? I’m always looking at OS Maps, this video has made me want to go to Inverness library to find out about old roads and tracks. Thank you

  • @jock-of-ages73
    @jock-of-ages73 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello from Nethercraigs Court. 👋🏻

  • @Martycycleman
    @Martycycleman หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is this anything to do with lay lines? I didn't know you had another channel? Where's my socks?

  • @fieldlikespace
    @fieldlikespace หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your cracking the code - Thankyou - if you consider the summer solstice sunrise and winter solstice sun set things will open up

  • @ianneville5696
    @ianneville5696 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Superb. Get a drone x

  • @cheapother
    @cheapother หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great stuff, I'd heard the Clochoderick Stone was messed about with and lost its rocking capability, probably those pesky Victorians...

  • @maryreichle7623
    @maryreichle7623 หลายเดือนก่อน

    More Paisley videos please Scott. I visited Paisley a few months ago. More please.

  • @chrissslike-n1h
    @chrissslike-n1h หลายเดือนก่อน

    I LOVE this stuff!!❤

  • @triodehexode
    @triodehexode หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fascinating strang to think this is history now it only seems a few years back. This was recorded near Glasgow airport you can see the interference from the big radar as it rotated VCRs picked that up. Strathclyde Region why did they have to reform into that monstrosity back in the 70s, things were better before then. Jackie's maw must have used her wee brothers star wars helmet to cut her hair.😊

  • @triodehexode
    @triodehexode หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great Video why so few views?😊I had noticed them but never thought about them till this video.

  • @triodehexode
    @triodehexode หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video cycled up, well walked that bit,Stoney Brae in October thankyou for the info. Shame they were allowed to build on the old Paisley uni recreation grounds. As to the monument perhaps the council spent all the Art funds on the Rain sculpture that graced county square for a couple of years. I cannot find much info on that master peice I wonder why?😊

  • @triodehexode
    @triodehexode หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fascinating, research fifty years ago has proven these ley lines could be flight paths used by visiting aliens they are found all over the world. I suspect there are active paths in the Bonnybridge area.

  • @QuickSplashVideo-rm2kh
    @QuickSplashVideo-rm2kh หลายเดือนก่อน

    An interesting video but I'm not sure about the straight line theory. Would they have walked up and down hills and over other obstacles instead of just going around these features? I'll keep an open mind. Thanks for the video.

  • @davidgidman7561
    @davidgidman7561 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We’ve got a folly not dissimilar to that in Staffordshire called Mow Cop. Built in the 1750’s. So I think you’re not a million miles away.

  • @debshipard1664
    @debshipard1664 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Interesting 2nd channel Scott have subscribed 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

  • @WilliamJMuir
    @WilliamJMuir หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent video! Just a wee aside on the Clochodrick Stone, its said to mark the burial place of the renowned Briton King Rhydderick Hael of Strathclyde. Id be surprised if he was buried there but the stone is within his Kingdom and still bares his name.

    • @lyndsaycowgill3166
      @lyndsaycowgill3166 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I have a strong suspicion I know where his burial mound is

    • @lyndsaycowgill3166
      @lyndsaycowgill3166 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The temple was a folly built by the laird for his wife apparently and it was used as a watchtower for the snobs to dine and watch the deer hunt. It wasn't covered in trees a hundred years ago. Have a look at the old maps.

    • @lyndsaycowgill3166
      @lyndsaycowgill3166 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      There's a great map on castle semple visitor centre that shows the estate.

  • @garethoneill5676
    @garethoneill5676 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Clochodrick Stone is what you call 'moraine': debris carried by a glacier. It's the same composition as hills a few miles away.

  • @k0smos798
    @k0smos798 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A processional path to a sacred womb of a Goddess.

  • @cyrildhy8993
    @cyrildhy8993 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Scott have seen Paul Whitewick video on Ley Lines. He made a Ley Line connecting Greggs.