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@@AncientArchitects th-cam.com/users/RealBritishHistory A good place to start. Don't forget that Brutus and Albi were accepted and taught untill fairly recently. Troy was designated a legend/ myth for a while untill it was eventually found. Our history has been largely subjugated. Don pay to much attention to the 'experts', they are mostly victims of consensus.
Can you also do a video on Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa dolmen sites on the Korean peninsula? They have hundreds if not thousands of dolmen stones stacked in an identical pattern to these with the sort of table top style structure of megalithic stones. They are designated world heritage sites by UNESCO and it's fascinating that they are so similar to ancient megalithic architecture in Great Britain. They also found burial artifacts so they've been dated as well.
@@AncientArchitects ive got a nice monument near me that would make a nice video. In fact there is a few. Our area is neglected in this right. I have even uncovered the correct name for a king and his exact location. I find it sad our area does not get the funding for Lidar etc
They got a bunch of these in Japan too. I'm assuming they're built by the same people as the ones in Korea and go back way further than the official dates (~1500 years ago).
I always love learning more about Neolithic Britain, Dolmens are absolutely fascinating 🙂 There are so many ceremonial complexes in the United Kingdom and i love that we keep discovering more information 🤗
I have to admit, when I visited this site, (years ago), it looked deceptively simple. It did seem old, very old, but I didn't imagine 5000 years. I was able to touch another monolithic structure later in that trip. The stone felt cold, of course, and then my imagination took off. I won't bore you with those details. I am glad they are finding out more about these structures/buildings.
love seeing you dive into such "review" style videos, it's refreshing and feel light/entertaining both for us (and you probably) while taking some time off the big mysteries, theories and multi-political complex giant sites we tend to focus a lot on haha. And it's an invitation to the whole community to discover nearby sites, to investigate ourself into this.
To be honest, yes, this is me having a “break” from the bigger subjects. I think it’s best for me and the audience. As much as we can research specific subjects, we all still need a broad awareness of other sites around the world 👍
How unexpected, I got to see the site Saturday evening, literally the day after you posted this! It has a magnificent view of the landscape, and is oriented to the winter solstice sunset (width-wise, not length-wise).
The way these barrows were constructed makes so much more sense in this context and it makes me wonder, was Stonehenge and all other henges for that matter constructed in this manner? Stonehenge would certainly make much more sense as a barrow with an open air hole in the middle.
That might have been an excellent building technique! Stand the Stone pillars, drag the capstones into place then dig it out & really confuse later generations!
@@user-mp3eq6ir5b well there's always been some question of exactly how they "raised" the topstones. Many have said they used A frames or box frames, but neither are required.
I used to live in this part of England. I have seen this structure up close. I do not think it was a burial chamber. Burial mounds were not typically supported by timbers. Put them in, cover them up, walk away is typical. The king Arthur thing has to be taken with a pinch of salt. Great stuff Matt, peace to ya.
Arthur has had his name attached to places and objects all over Britain that are thousands of years as well as hundreds of miles apart. They did the same with Charlemagne in Europe: and he was a real person. Both of them had their name attached to the Big Dipper constellation: Arthur's Wain (wagon) or Charles's Wain.
@@faithlesshound5621 Hi there, King Arthur is a mythical kind of person...but there is always an element of truth in myth so yes, he was probably real. My main point was this stone monument. It is to large for a typical burial chamber and would have just filled up with soil if you tried to bury it. I used to live near Stonehenge so i am well versed in burial mounds and what should be in them.
I was taught that ‘Arthur’ was a title. It was a high chieftain status for a warrior king. Since the name translates to ‘the Bear’ and stories of Arthur’s deeds were historically speaking recorded by word of mouth, for an impossible amount of time and he was attributed for an amount historical successes that push it into the realm of impossible, the idea it was more than one man is more plausible.
Awesome Video. Made me go look up a bunch of stuff... My search indicates: Mounds and Henges told travelers where to go. Like a road sign. Calendar alignments as well, but -- There are many alignments across the planet, but sticking to the video, consider these alignments on your maps. Newgrange - Skerrid - Stonehenge... Newgrange - Garway -- Silbury... And add Thorborough playing a large role in other alignments with these sites. Ancient North/South lines with the N-Pole in extreme southern Alaska. Many ancient monument alignments are to this pole, not the current one. So, many alignment are perfect for the ancient pole, and many align to the current one, but they seem much younger. The really old stuff could possibly align to Alaska -- like the Acropolis of Athens aligns to the Ancient N/S perfectly... Something knocked the earth off its axis. When? How many civilizations have lived and died on this planet? I believe that's why we are here. :)
And Thunderbolts Project (YT) is showing something went thru the solar system and caused a lot of change/damage. And the year consisted of 360 days, with 12 months of 30 days, around 4K years ago. Uranus has its axis close to 90° off the ecliptic, and Pluto's orbit overlaps that of Uranus. Valles Marineris was formed by electrical discharge between it and a close body.
Re:Alignments such as Carnac as per Howard Crowhurst. If you plot on google earth points at Arthur’s Stone and the front face of both Skirrid Hill and Garway Hill and close the shape you form a Pythagorean triangle or very close. With A = 21km, B = 13.565km and C = 25km. Also, Garway Hill is an approximate alignment from Arthur’s Stone to Stone Henge 129.5km away. Maybe I’m missing something obvious. Good work Matt as ever.
Might be a good idea to do some research on Arthur as the pattern of legends and other information suggests there was some focal point in history named King Arthur, or similar, whose story was then retold and modified until it became the more recent King Arthur
In 1996, before or perhaps why I began to follow channels such as this, on a visit from NZ I managed to drive to Maiden Castle, the Cerne Giant, Stonehenge, the Uffington Horse, the Rollright Stones, Glastonbury, Avebury, Silbury Hill, West Kennet Long Barrow, the Hill o' Many Stanes in Scotland, plus before that, Carnac and a few other sites in France. and before that some really ancient cave art in Spain. (The tour was supposed to be based around my ex's desire to see famous paintings;-) That was when I realised the format of a flat stone on top of smaller upright stones was originally the support for a buried chamber, and the sites where the stones are exposed have been eroded or excavated since built. I think West Kennet gave me the most ancient vibes.
Thanks Matt, excellent as usual. Am somewhat doubtful upon dating evidence used for this site & surrounding sites. Could be much, much older than 5,400 years old. Regards & best wishes for you & Family.
I wonder if these dolmen type structures were put up due to intense lightning events. Solar forcing intensifies periodically over millennia. My hunch is people put these up all over the the world as protection from heightened electrical storms.
Those long barrows of the cotswold severn are all near the tops of hills which doesn't seem a likely design choice if protection from lightning is their purpose? Not mention I wouldn't want to be anywhere near those rocks if they got struck; rocks can explode with thermal shock
JD Hmmm, Actually that makes a good bit of sense. As long as the rocks are ‘dry’ and not really conductive (they are not good conductors). It makes sense. Or could we go Frankenstein and maybe propose these are elevated electrical reanimation platforms? They had some real off tha wall thinking back then.
Arthurs stone , not something that's ever come upon my radar before , it's an interesting structure tho , if the original was simply dug out and the support stones added as they went along , how did they do the realignment ,that's a pretty big chunk of rock to move . Did the original contain a burial , was this burial site moved and the cap stone turned to point towards the location of the new burial site , all fascinating stuff again ,thanks Matt , more great infomation for me to look into , Britain has such great historical sites and i'm embarrasingly ignorant of a lot of them ,
Couple of things. Since Arthur's Stone seems to be a focal point or central location for the 2 known alignments has anyone checked to see if there are other ancient structures in the area that line up with it? Also, prior to the structure being built could this spot or local area be the place where the tribes or Clans of some hunter gatherers coalesced into a single larger group that transitioned into the first farmers of the region? Farming needed lots of people especially when it came to transforming the land such as felling trees to make fields and pastures. Ancient farming itself was very labor intensive. So then perhaps later generations remembered this spot as the place where they became a people and that's why it was held in such high regard and like Matt said a Ruler of these folks was probably buried there. Then there are the two alignments first to one spot some distance away then to the other some distance away. Could this be showing the extent of the territory controlled by these people?
I wonder if the dolmen we find for example at carnac a similar star alignment centre are related or could they be aarker from an earlier megalithic builders work carnac examples have nubs just a question all the best Phil aav
@@TheMoneypresident agree with you star alignment marker none the less regardless of which marker .. ALL ancient temples are star aligned that's fact its the relative position plus other hallmarks than can determine things such as date via the nubs and also maybe mark important periods of time or cataclysm ect maybe
@@TheMoneypresident thats dependant on how you apy the hallmarks and shadow play via the hallmarks.. all cultures harnessed the sun and it was for clocking systems.. farming.. but one question I always ask is do you think that's all they did with solstice markers .. of course it isn't.. we can only surmise all functions of what there alignments were for
@@TheMoneypresident did you know gravettian at blombus cave had writing at 33k years ago maybe the pre cursor to the writing that followed but there has been hallamrks so comms for as long as multiple ach were mingling
If you wanted to calculate the length of the equator you would do it at Carnac, north west france. Then, if you wanted to investigate the average degree length you would go to the latitude of stonehenge and avebury, between 51 and 52° North.(I noticed "the halls of the dead" was almost perfectly on the 52° line). Aveburys siting is geomantic, at (360/7)° north. Stonehenge is 17.28 miles south of this line of 51°25' at 51°10'. This is one quarter of the distance between 51° and 52°. Also, mysteriously, 1728 as a number equals 12x12x12... If you wanted to map the stars you would use a henge like the ones at thornborough. If you wanted to measure the difference between the stars of orion you would definitely go to that location! If you wanted to study the strange pattern of the moon, you would do so in Scotland where it grazes the horizon. The Egyptian Royal cubit is 1.728 feet. A number that reveals itself again... but only when measured in English feet? Is the Imperial Unit far far far far older than we are taught? (Yes. It is!) How would they keep the foot standard for so long....? I have the answer, and you have all seen it, time and time again. Many of you will know and love the repositories of the ancient measures for they are numerous and always splendid!
It's amazing that those prehistoric people settled on 17.28 miles, thousands of years before decimal fractions were invented and even before the imperial mile. Mediaeval England had different standards for measurements in every county, as had the rest of Europe before the metric system erased all of that.
@@faithlesshound5621 It is. The system of metrology in the ancient world is the most fascinating thing I have ever learnt. It it perfect in its execution and logical in it's progession. The unveiling of the ancient system was first by John Michell who saw the relationships between the measures for what they are. His idea was correct but incomplete. John Neal takes the credit for sorting out the mess! His analysis of metrology cannot really be discounted. The reason for this is that the system is, for want of a better word, "self-proving" (terrible, sorry!) I would direct anyone interested to his books. All done with mirrors- correct, but still a work in progress so some parts are in need if refinement (see below!) Ancient metrology vol 1: a numerical code Ancient Metrology vol 2 : The geographic correlation. The refinement needed in the first book are dealt with in the two volumes of ancient metrology. Further works relevent to this system are: The lost science of measuring the earth- Michell/Robin Heath Carnac The Alignments- Howard Crowhurst Sacred number and the lords of time (I know! But this is maybe the best of them all!)- Richard Heath Megalithic measures and rhythms- Anne Macauley Time stands still- Keith Critchlow Taking measure- scott Onstott The measures revealed in these books become increasingly hard to argue with!
That comment took time and is appreciated:) Measurement systems are the most astonishing thing about ancient architecture. The symbolism, myth, geology etc is all endlessly interesting, but the numbers are where the wow moments are! Our ancestors obsessed with geometry, geomancy, and mapping movements. Experts in natural law. I also feel it's a real indication that this civilisation/culture was stable for millennia. How many generations of people does it take to come up with that degree of mathematical elegance.
@@peterlarkin762 I agree! I think the most difficult thing for people to grasp is that the "science" was regarded as sacred. Revealed through geometry and number, they reached conclusions about the universe that modern science does not. For transparency, I am in agreement with the ancients. I used to be extremely dogmatic regarding archaeology and religion. I was very much in the ritual and ceremony group regarding stone circles and very much a staunch atheist. Without being too dramatic, the study of ancient measures and the number pattern that it is built on changed my life! I had to reassess my beliefs. The numbers are there though, like you say, in time, in measure and entwined in the myths. It is so perplexing at first, it seems like a trick! But it's not. The monuments are where they are. They are the size that they are. They are the distances from each other that they are. Anyone can check these distances. Anyone can measure the diameter of stonehenge or the steps of the Parthenon. Anyone can measure the angles of the rows at carnac and measure the mounds. Anyone can see the sunlight in a chamber within a mound on an astronomically significant day. Anyone can go to the kilmartin valley and see it all for themselves! These things can be and are verified. Once you accept that, you begin to see the ancients in a very different way. I feel really sorry for those that refuse to look. I used to laugh at John Michell and refused to read Alexander Thom because Aubrey Burl implied it was a waste of time. It was my great fortune that I did read Professor Thoms work, despite its fallacies, for he was the pioneer and although he was wrong metrologically speaking, his surveys and geometrical analysis were nearly perfect! I thank the Heath brothers for sorting all his problems out! (Alexander Thom, Cracking the Stone Age Code- Robin Heath). Finally, I think you are quite correct in your belief that it was this that kept a stable form of society for such long periods. Further reading for those following this thread and who don't think I'm crazy...! The story of creation according to Sacred Geometry- John Michell The Stones of Time- Brennan Sacred number and the Origins of Civilization- Heath A Study of Numbers- Schwaller de Lubicz The theology of arithmetic- Waterfeld Patterns of Eternity- Malcolm Stewart Symbols of Eternity- Malcolm Stewart Enjoy having your minds blown! ☺
There's a lot of things that I currently really detest about this island that I live on however, this isn't one. This is the heritage that makes me feel proud to live in such a magical landscape!
This discovery can't be too "new" as this ancient site was used as reference for the 'Sacrifice Table' of Aslan in the '70's animated TV special _The Lion, Witch, & the Wardrobe..._
Maybe I missed something in the video but what was the evidence for the stones being realigned after 200 years or is this just supposition that it must have once pointed to that burned wooden hall?
Is there evidence of the stone being shaped or worked? Is the stone local to the area? It looks like softer stone than Stonehenge based on the weathering, although being older also must taken into account. There is definitely a purposeful looking placement to the stones, despite the wear and shifting over thousands of years. As all the stones look to be similar, is there any sort of layering visible that can be used to determine possible natural vs unnatural orientation? One question that really stands out in my mind is whether the stones might originate from a glacial erratic? I grew up close the the Okotoks Erratic in Canada (and climbed on and through it) when I was young and this reminds me of it a little. I believe it held spiritual significance to the First Nations people of the area as well.
Thanks Matt. Has it ever occurred to you that Arthur's "Sword from a Stone" is simply the tale of how bronze was cost in stone molds using Cornish tin? Arthur was born at Tin-tagel Castle there which does not seem to be mere coincidence. Have a look at this fascinating 5:10 min video on pouring tin into hot copper to make a bronze sword, which is pulled - Ex Calibur -- from the stone mold. This of course means that the conventional chronology is rubbish -- oh well -- and that he or his know-how really belongs around 2000 BC. I got a text from Merlin who says this is correct. But don't take my word for it. (Cue the 3:40 mark): th-cam.com/video/ZE8wIHBqoso/w-d-xo.html "Wow" at 5 min mark is right.
Great content. For megalithic alignments on the horizon check out the dolmens of Antequera Spain. Not aligned primarily astronomically, but aligned facing a large rock hill, that appears as a human face. Better than Mars. The largest dolmen is la menga maybe the largest in Europe.
The Zapata footprint from New Mexico is 290 million years old. Supposedly. But it looks suspiciously like the creature that left the footprint pushed it's foot into the damp earth, then pulled it strait out, without flexing, and left a perfect print. Much the same as what would happen if a mold of a foot was pressed into the earth...
@@lazer2365 not the ones that look like "boots with laces"....I'm talking the footprints recently found in England. I think I made a mistake at 2mill, more like 200 thousand....but STILL THO??
@@ryandavis4448 There's no need to shout. We're discussing, not arguing. There were footprints found off the coast of Norfolk which were dated at 850,000 years old. But they can't be studied as the tide has since destroyed them... After 850,000 years...
Could you look into Harolds stones in trellech sometime? Three standing stones in the village…supposedly thrown by a giant on the Brecon Beacons and landed there, a good 40 miles away.
I love seeing how our Irish heritage is echoed in stone across the world. Check out Carrokeel too, allegedly older than Newgrange and built by the same people. It seems they migrated from West to East,
@@peterlarkin762 .. yes indeed Peter . I'll have to visit Carrokeel and the Bricklieve Mountains some day . I've been to Newgrange and also Sliabh na Cailleach ( LoughCrew ) which I believe is older than Newgrange .. it has astronomical alligments on spring and autumn equinoxes. The Cailleach definitely knew her stuff - when it came to reading the heavens
HI Matt this is Very similar to Cashtal yn Ard just up the road from where I live. I'm gong to have look see it the hills around the area fit with yours...
If you ever get the chance you should give Journey to Avalon by Chris Barber & David Pykitt a read. Mind blowing, not a large book, easy to digest and understand and the revelations in it are extremely exciting.
These videos just get better and better, how fantastic it is, that we have so many ancient sites in our backyard. We can go to these places and enjoy feel and wonder... and more :) By the way, in its own way, Stonehenge may actually be the very top of the Earth depending on how you look at it, keep your eyes directly up above should you find yourself in the area sometime, you might notice the sky appears to have a circular dimension shape that is central the the rest of the surrounding sky, well its hard to explain..... BUT, NEVER THE LESS, Stonehenge must never be moved from the site, the reason being that our planet could lose balance and spin off towards deep space :) JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT Thanks again !!
People see dolmen on hilltops and think they were originally built to look that way, not realizing they were underground and only exposed due to millennia of erosion
I always wondered if they built these kind of standing stones with anothercon top by digging deep holes and tipping the upright portions in then slide the caps on top and after dug away the top of the mound. Stone henge or this site could have been done like that. It's a lot of effort to dig it away but although there are ways of moving stones up high they may not have known how to do it or considered that as just as much effort.
You may have already seen this vid, but just in case you haven't, this guy does some pretty impressive heavy rock raising without modern machinery. th-cam.com/video/E5pZ7uR6v8c/w-d-xo.html
@@nixxxon18 I know two very good explaination for using two systems in the same time. Ratio of km / mile is equal to golden proportion, and also both systems come from Egyptian unit of measurement where 1 elbow (2 feet) and 1 meter are connected by radians somehow.
6: 26, maybe signal fires on Gadway Hill and Skirrid Hill, and seen at Arthur's Stone, played a part. 7: 37, OK, its obvious now. It's no doubt an ancient McDonald's.
Don't enjoy looking at multiple copies of the same image, e.g. Don't need to see the same picture of King Arthur every time his name is mentioned. Why are you not mentioning that Neolithic people couldn't lift the CAP stones?
Seems to me it's the same civilization building all of these mounds and such. I say civilization because if you traditionally define a civilization then hunter gathering couldn't have created this complex a building. I also believe the same about Gobekle Tepe
Wolves, wild boar, lynx and bears cuttin about, but buildings were "ceremonial" All of them, all the dolmens. The folk would go into a wee hole in the ground that they built at great effort and do a ceremony. Picture it, burning incense and stuff. Get real.
Structures/boats/objects PETRIFIED in Time after big catastrophies 🙏 But Hei.. If you go after big carved jaw Brien Foester or History Mystery (hisHistory Channel) ...well then Yes ... They are carved or quarries ..
I’m not sure how a catastrophe petrifies something? That’s my issue. Nobody has been able to explain this scientifically. I’m always willing to listen to new ideas though.
@@AncientArchitects Catastrophies didn't hapened Yesterday but long ago .. And anyone can see the thickness of the roof ❗That is MOST probably PETRIFIED ash.. If you happened to pay a visit to Italy you will find those ancient dwelling still engulfed in that that looks like a "carved" cave❗ But a cave It is not. ... Meditate🙏 On Wise up Channel you see more of that stuff and also on my old vids ( but at that time I was more on to the cutting pattern on the surface.. ) ... The very Ancient Civilizations that were here didn't Need to leave signe of their superiority towards us. The last traces are from the two last Civilizations.. Very much with our technological level... That is why they didn't make it Galactic or Inside the Earth...but Is is my speculation🙏 take care.
Love your efforts man! You're not only going for the easy fantasy-crap, but try to stay objective to the data presented. You'll win in the long run on that approach. Having said that, most of your followers would not reject a fantastic theory or hypothesis.
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Arthur just a legend? Alan Wilson disagrees.
I didn’t say my opinion - just what “most scholars say”. Would be a good study to do though one day 👍
@@AncientArchitects You will have to look into all his sites. I know of at least six places which claim he was buried there.
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Don't forget that Brutus and Albi were accepted and taught untill fairly recently.
Troy was designated a legend/ myth for a while untill it was eventually found.
Our history has been largely subjugated. Don pay to much attention to the 'experts', they are mostly victims of consensus.
@@AncientArchitects can you do some research of the footprints recently discovered in England that date back beyond the birth of humanity?
Can you also do a video on Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa dolmen sites on the Korean peninsula? They have hundreds if not thousands of dolmen stones stacked in an identical pattern to these with the sort of table top style structure of megalithic stones. They are designated world heritage sites by UNESCO and it's fascinating that they are so similar to ancient megalithic architecture in Great Britain. They also found burial artifacts so they've been dated as well.
I’ve screenshotted this and will add it to my list! Thanks mate
@@AncientArchitects ive got a nice monument near me that would make a nice video. In fact there is a few. Our area is neglected in this right. I have even uncovered the correct name for a king and his exact location. I find it sad our area does not get the funding for Lidar etc
@@theRhinsRanger exactly what or where is your area?
@@darknessanddistance4469 Galloway
They got a bunch of these in Japan too. I'm assuming they're built by the same people as the ones in Korea and go back way further than the official dates (~1500 years ago).
I always love learning more about Neolithic Britain, Dolmens are absolutely fascinating 🙂
There are so many ceremonial complexes in the United Kingdom and i love that we keep discovering more information 🤗
And congratulations on 18,000 subs! You’re smashing it!
@@AncientArchitects thank you Matt!! 🥰
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And are you an 0. Kayleigh?
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@@darknessanddistance4469 i don't know what that's supposed to mean 🤷🏼♀️😉
It's amazing how they concluded on how this structure used to look. Thank you for sharing.
I'd never heard of this site before. I'm impressed that you continue to put out so much content but keep the quality high.
I have to admit, when I visited this site, (years ago), it looked deceptively simple. It did seem old, very old, but I didn't imagine 5000 years. I was able to touch another monolithic structure later in that trip. The stone felt cold, of course, and then my imagination took off. I won't bore you with those details. I am glad they are finding out more about these structures/buildings.
I envy you British... you have a lot of ancient sites. I want to visit England as soon as possible! 🎥 of course it is difficult for the moment 😢
Yeah… we have a lot of history, whether it’s ancient, Roman, Norman, Viking etc etc! Hope you get the change to come to Britain!
@@AncientArchitects Celts, Saxons.... yeah I have to
Well, it is the OOOOooooolllllld countrrry!
@@ancientsitesgirl I’d go straight to Orkney. It Has it all in such a small area. Hopefully you will make it.✌️
@@magsbulldog I envy you
love seeing you dive into such "review" style videos, it's refreshing and feel light/entertaining both for us (and you probably) while taking some time off the big mysteries, theories and multi-political complex giant sites we tend to focus a lot on haha.
And it's an invitation to the whole community to discover nearby sites, to investigate ourself into this.
To be honest, yes, this is me having a “break” from the bigger subjects. I think it’s best for me and the audience. As much as we can research specific subjects, we all still need a broad awareness of other sites around the world 👍
How unexpected, I got to see the site Saturday evening, literally the day after you posted this!
It has a magnificent view of the landscape, and is oriented to the winter solstice sunset (width-wise, not length-wise).
The way these barrows were constructed makes so much more sense in this context and it makes me wonder, was Stonehenge and all other henges for that matter constructed in this manner? Stonehenge would certainly make much more sense as a barrow with an open air hole in the middle.
That might have been an excellent building technique! Stand the Stone pillars, drag the capstones into place then dig it out & really confuse later generations!
@@user-mp3eq6ir5b well there's always been some question of exactly how they "raised" the topstones. Many have said they used A frames or box frames, but neither are required.
Amazing! This goes back quite a ways in time. Was that "table slab" one piece originally?
Just guessing, but the part about "collapsed under its own weight" might provide a hint...
I used to live in this part of England. I have seen this structure up close. I do not think it was a burial chamber. Burial mounds were not typically supported by timbers. Put them in, cover them up, walk away is typical. The king Arthur thing has to be taken with a pinch of salt. Great stuff Matt, peace to ya.
Arthur has had his name attached to places and objects all over Britain that are thousands of years as well as hundreds of miles apart. They did the same with Charlemagne in Europe: and he was a real person. Both of them had their name attached to the Big Dipper constellation: Arthur's Wain (wagon) or Charles's Wain.
@@faithlesshound5621 Hi there, King Arthur is a mythical kind of person...but there is always an element of truth in myth so yes, he was probably real. My main point was this stone monument. It is to large for a typical burial chamber and would have just filled up with soil if you tried to bury it. I used to live near Stonehenge so i am well versed in burial mounds and what should be in them.
I was taught that ‘Arthur’ was a title. It was a high chieftain status for a warrior king.
Since the name translates to ‘the Bear’ and stories of Arthur’s deeds were historically speaking recorded by word of mouth, for an impossible amount of time and he was attributed for an amount historical successes that push it into the realm of impossible, the idea it was more than one man is more plausible.
I used to play on this as a child. Thanks for the insight and knowledge here 👍🏻
That actually looks like the hunebeds in the Netherlands. Very cool.
it does indeed, al vind ik de hunebedden mooier
I was about to say that, Kayleigh.
@@HistoryWithKayleigh Ja dat zeker😊
Natural formations?
@@howiegruwitz3173 O no They are not😂 you should look them up😀🤗
Hope you are feeling better brother. I'm a nerd for anything Arthurian. Thank you for this!
Awesome Video. Made me go look up a bunch of stuff... My search indicates: Mounds and Henges told travelers where to go. Like a road sign. Calendar alignments as well, but -- There are many alignments across the planet, but sticking to the video, consider these alignments on your maps. Newgrange - Skerrid - Stonehenge... Newgrange - Garway -- Silbury... And add Thorborough playing a large role in other alignments with these sites. Ancient North/South lines with the N-Pole in extreme southern Alaska. Many ancient monument alignments are to this pole, not the current one. So, many alignment are perfect for the ancient pole, and many align to the current one, but they seem much younger. The really old stuff could possibly align to Alaska -- like the Acropolis of Athens aligns to the Ancient N/S perfectly... Something knocked the earth off its axis. When? How many civilizations have lived and died on this planet? I believe that's why we are here. :)
And Thunderbolts Project (YT) is showing something went thru the solar system and caused a lot of change/damage. And the year consisted of 360 days, with 12 months of 30 days, around 4K years ago. Uranus has its axis close to 90° off the ecliptic, and Pluto's orbit overlaps that of Uranus. Valles Marineris was formed by electrical discharge between it and a close body.
I had never heard of Author’S Stone. Thank you.
Re:Alignments such as Carnac as per Howard Crowhurst.
If you plot on google earth points at Arthur’s Stone and the front face of both Skirrid Hill and Garway Hill and close the shape you form a Pythagorean triangle or very close.
With A = 21km, B = 13.565km and C = 25km.
Also, Garway Hill is an approximate alignment from Arthur’s Stone to Stone Henge 129.5km away.
Maybe I’m missing something obvious.
Good work Matt as ever.
Might be a good idea to do some research on Arthur as the pattern of legends and other information suggests there was some focal point in history named King Arthur, or similar, whose story was then retold and modified until it became the more recent King Arthur
In 1996, before or perhaps why I began to follow channels such as this, on a visit from NZ I managed to drive to Maiden Castle, the Cerne Giant, Stonehenge, the Uffington Horse, the Rollright Stones, Glastonbury, Avebury, Silbury Hill, West Kennet Long Barrow, the Hill o' Many Stanes in Scotland, plus before that, Carnac and a few other sites in France. and before that some really ancient cave art in Spain. (The tour was supposed to be based around my ex's desire to see famous paintings;-)
That was when I realised the format of a flat stone on top of smaller upright stones was originally the support for a buried chamber, and the sites where the stones are exposed have been eroded or excavated since built.
I think West Kennet gave me the most ancient vibes.
You need Closed Captions, Matthew! -- Still a great video!
I saw a few Dolmen in France. What amazing abilities of these people of the past!!
Thanks Matt, excellent as usual.
Am somewhat doubtful upon dating evidence used for this site & surrounding sites. Could be much, much older than 5,400 years old.
Regards & best wishes for you & Family.
Thanks mate 👍
Great video man, thanks.
I wonder if these dolmen type structures were put up due to intense lightning events. Solar forcing intensifies periodically over millennia. My hunch is people put these up all over the the world as protection from heightened electrical storms.
Why aren't they in the middle of settlements then?
Those long barrows of the cotswold severn are all near the tops of hills which doesn't seem a likely design choice if protection from lightning is their purpose? Not mention I wouldn't want to be anywhere near those rocks if they got struck; rocks can explode with thermal shock
@@lorddamocles2222 I don’t know…
@@RocketNothing good point.
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It makes ya wonder what would impel people to drag rocks for miles only to have them crumble unremembered a decade or so later.
I commented above, I have a hunch it’s got to do with protection from intense electrical storms.
JD
Hmmm,
Actually that makes a good bit of sense. As long as the rocks are ‘dry’ and not really conductive (they are not good conductors). It makes sense.
Or could we go Frankenstein and maybe propose these are elevated electrical reanimation platforms?
They had some real off tha wall thinking back then.
The standing stone to hold the slab up. Interesting!!
VERY, interesting, Thank You. Greg Chaney in coastal N.C
Arthurs stone , not something that's ever come upon my radar before , it's an interesting structure tho , if the original was simply dug out and the support stones added as they went along , how did they do the realignment ,that's a pretty big chunk of rock to move . Did the original contain a burial , was this burial site moved and the cap stone turned to point towards the location of the new burial site , all fascinating stuff again ,thanks Matt , more great infomation for me to look into , Britain has such great historical sites and i'm embarrasingly ignorant of a lot of them ,
Don’t be embarrassed! We’re all learning all the time. That’s the fun of it 👍
Couple of things. Since Arthur's Stone seems to be a focal point or central location for the 2 known alignments has anyone checked to see if there are other ancient structures in the area that line up with it? Also, prior to the structure being built could this spot or local area be the place where the tribes or Clans of some hunter gatherers coalesced into a single larger group that transitioned into the first farmers of the region? Farming needed lots of people especially when it came to transforming the land such as felling trees to make fields and pastures. Ancient farming itself was very labor intensive. So then perhaps later generations remembered this spot as the place where they became a people and that's why it was held in such high regard and like Matt said a Ruler of these folks was probably buried there. Then there are the two alignments first to one spot some distance away then to the other some distance away. Could this be showing the extent of the territory controlled by these people?
Another great video.
Would like to hear more about sites in GB, thanks.
Thanks - I love British Neolithic history but usually there’s not much of an appetite for it on TH-cam sadly.
I wonder if the dolmen we find for example at carnac a similar star alignment centre are related or could they be aarker from an earlier megalithic builders work carnac examples have nubs just a question all the best Phil aav
And you always ask good questions. There’s just so much to learn!
@@TheMoneypresident agree with you star alignment marker none the less regardless of which marker .. ALL ancient temples are star aligned that's fact its the relative position plus other hallmarks than can determine things such as date via the nubs and also maybe mark important periods of time or cataclysm ect maybe
@@AncientArchitects cheers mate 👍
@@TheMoneypresident thats dependant on how you apy the hallmarks and shadow play via the hallmarks.. all cultures harnessed the sun and it was for clocking systems.. farming.. but one question I always ask is do you think that's all they did with solstice markers .. of course it isn't.. we can only surmise all functions of what there alignments were for
@@TheMoneypresident did you know gravettian at blombus cave had writing at 33k years ago maybe the pre cursor to the writing that followed but there has been hallamrks so comms for as long as multiple ach were mingling
If you wanted to calculate the length of the equator you would do it at Carnac, north west france.
Then, if you wanted to investigate the average degree length you would go to the latitude of stonehenge and avebury, between 51 and 52° North.(I noticed "the halls of the dead" was almost perfectly on the 52° line).
Aveburys siting is geomantic, at (360/7)° north.
Stonehenge is 17.28 miles south of this line of 51°25' at 51°10'. This is one quarter of the distance between 51° and 52°. Also, mysteriously, 1728 as a number equals 12x12x12...
If you wanted to map the stars you would use a henge like the ones at thornborough. If you wanted to measure the difference between the stars of orion you would definitely go to that location!
If you wanted to study the strange pattern of the moon, you would do so in Scotland where it grazes the horizon.
The Egyptian Royal cubit is 1.728 feet. A number that reveals itself again... but only when measured in English feet? Is the Imperial Unit far far far far older than we are taught?
(Yes. It is!)
How would they keep the foot standard for so long....? I have the answer, and you have all seen it, time and time again. Many of you will know and love the repositories of the ancient measures for they are numerous and always splendid!
It's amazing that those prehistoric people settled on 17.28 miles, thousands of years before decimal fractions were invented and even before the imperial mile. Mediaeval England had different standards for measurements in every county, as had the rest of Europe before the metric system erased all of that.
@@faithlesshound5621
It is.
The system of metrology in the ancient world is the most fascinating thing I have ever learnt. It it perfect in its execution and logical in it's progession.
The unveiling of the ancient system was first by John Michell who saw the relationships between the measures for what they are. His idea was correct but incomplete.
John Neal takes the credit for sorting out the mess! His analysis of metrology cannot really be discounted. The reason for this is that the system is, for want of a better word, "self-proving" (terrible, sorry!)
I would direct anyone interested to his books.
All done with mirrors- correct, but still a work in progress so some parts are in need if refinement (see below!)
Ancient metrology vol 1: a numerical code
Ancient Metrology vol 2 : The geographic correlation.
The refinement needed in the first book are dealt with in the two volumes of ancient metrology.
Further works relevent to this system are:
The lost science of measuring the earth- Michell/Robin Heath
Carnac The Alignments- Howard Crowhurst
Sacred number and the lords of time (I know! But this is maybe the best of them all!)- Richard Heath
Megalithic measures and rhythms- Anne Macauley
Time stands still- Keith Critchlow
Taking measure- scott Onstott
The measures revealed in these books become increasingly hard to argue with!
That comment took time and is appreciated:)
Measurement systems are the most astonishing thing about ancient architecture. The symbolism, myth, geology etc is all endlessly interesting, but the numbers are where the wow moments are!
Our ancestors obsessed with geometry, geomancy, and mapping movements. Experts in natural law.
I also feel it's a real indication that this civilisation/culture was stable for millennia. How many generations of people does it take to come up with that degree of mathematical elegance.
@@peterlarkin762
I agree!
I think the most difficult thing for people to grasp is that the "science" was regarded as sacred. Revealed through geometry and number, they reached conclusions about the universe that modern science does not. For transparency, I am in agreement with the ancients.
I used to be extremely dogmatic regarding archaeology and religion. I was very much in the ritual and ceremony group regarding stone circles and very much a staunch atheist.
Without being too dramatic, the study of ancient measures and the number pattern that it is built on changed my life! I had to reassess my beliefs.
The numbers are there though, like you say, in time, in measure and entwined in the myths. It is so perplexing at first, it seems like a trick! But it's not. The monuments are where they are. They are the size that they are. They are the distances from each other that they are. Anyone can check these distances. Anyone can measure the diameter of stonehenge or the steps of the Parthenon.
Anyone can measure the angles of the rows at carnac and measure the mounds.
Anyone can see the sunlight in a chamber within a mound on an astronomically significant day.
Anyone can go to the kilmartin valley and see it all for themselves!
These things can be and are verified. Once you accept that, you begin to see the ancients in a very different way.
I feel really sorry for those that refuse to look. I used to laugh at John Michell and refused to read Alexander Thom because Aubrey Burl implied it was a waste of time. It was my great fortune that I did read Professor Thoms work, despite its fallacies, for he was the pioneer and although he was wrong metrologically speaking, his surveys and geometrical analysis were nearly perfect!
I thank the Heath brothers for sorting all his problems out! (Alexander Thom, Cracking the Stone Age Code- Robin Heath).
Finally, I think you are quite correct in your belief that it was this that kept a stable form of society for such long periods.
Further reading for those following this thread and who don't think I'm crazy...!
The story of creation according to Sacred Geometry- John Michell
The Stones of Time- Brennan
Sacred number and the Origins of Civilization- Heath
A Study of Numbers- Schwaller de Lubicz
The theology of arithmetic- Waterfeld
Patterns of Eternity- Malcolm Stewart
Symbols of Eternity- Malcolm Stewart
Enjoy having your minds blown! ☺
@@samharrison8723 If it's all about the arithmetic methods, then what's with the penchant for base 12? Or even base 60?
Skara Brae and the Ring of Brodgar on Mainland Orkney are also older than Stonehenge.
Yep… it’s just that many thought Stonehenge was older than Arthur’s Stone before the new dating
I was writing that this looks like Aslan's table just before you said it was the inspiration for the tale. Is this common knowledge?
There's a lot of things that I currently really detest about this island that I live on however, this isn't one. This is the heritage that makes me feel proud to live in such a magical landscape!
Thanks mate
Cheers
Why in the world would they make it so substantial? Wild
This discovery can't be too "new" as this ancient site was used as reference for the 'Sacrifice Table' of Aslan
in the '70's animated TV special _The Lion, Witch, & the Wardrobe..._
Maybe I missed something in the video but what was the evidence for the stones being realigned after 200 years or is this just supposition that it must have once pointed to that burned wooden hall?
100% of all of it is guesswork and speculation
Thank You! ! !
Is there evidence of the stone being shaped or worked? Is the stone local to the area? It looks like softer stone than Stonehenge based on the weathering, although being older also must taken into account.
There is definitely a purposeful looking placement to the stones, despite the wear and shifting over thousands of years. As all the stones look to be similar, is there any sort of layering visible that can be used to determine possible natural vs unnatural orientation?
One question that really stands out in my mind is whether the stones might originate from a glacial erratic? I grew up close the the Okotoks Erratic in Canada (and climbed on and through it) when I was young and this reminds me of it a little. I believe it held spiritual significance to the First Nations people of the area as well.
Thanks Matt. Has it ever occurred to you that Arthur's "Sword from a Stone" is simply the tale of how bronze was cost in stone molds using Cornish tin? Arthur was born at Tin-tagel Castle there which does not seem to be mere coincidence. Have a look at this fascinating 5:10 min video on pouring tin into hot copper to make a bronze sword, which is pulled - Ex Calibur -- from the stone mold. This of course means that the conventional chronology is rubbish -- oh well -- and that he or his know-how really belongs around 2000 BC. I got a text from Merlin who says this is correct. But don't take my word for it. (Cue the 3:40 mark):
th-cam.com/video/ZE8wIHBqoso/w-d-xo.html
"Wow" at 5 min mark is right.
Ah just up the road from me! Near Hay-on-Wye
Awesome
Great content. For megalithic alignments on the horizon check out the dolmens of Antequera Spain. Not aligned primarily astronomically, but aligned facing a large rock hill, that appears as a human face. Better than Mars. The largest dolmen is la menga maybe the largest in Europe.
Thank you 👍
Everything is facing something
The Mars face only looks like that in one photo.
Check out other photos of that anomaly.
Thank you.
I was at Arthur's stone only a week ago :)
Awesome!
This video rocks!
I see what you did there 👍
How about the 2million year old footprints recently discovered? That is one of the MOST fascinating discoveries I've ever seen.
The Zapata footprint from New Mexico is 290 million years old.
Supposedly.
But it looks suspiciously like the creature that left the footprint pushed it's foot into the damp earth, then pulled it strait out, without flexing, and left a perfect print.
Much the same as what would happen if a mold of a foot was pressed into the earth...
@@lazer2365 theres alot of unexplained archeological discoveries out there. Some that make you question our understanding of our ancestry
@@ryandavis4448
I agree.
But these footprints don't look convincing at all.
@@lazer2365 not the ones that look like "boots with laces"....I'm talking the footprints recently found in England. I think I made a mistake at 2mill, more like 200 thousand....but STILL THO??
@@ryandavis4448
There's no need to shout.
We're discussing, not arguing.
There were footprints found off the coast of Norfolk which were dated at 850,000 years old.
But they can't be studied as the tide has since destroyed them...
After 850,000 years...
Thank you
Could you look into Harolds stones in trellech sometime? Three standing stones in the village…supposedly thrown by a giant on the Brecon Beacons and landed there, a good 40 miles away.
Not sure why but I had to think of Narnia and the sacrifice of Aslan on seeing this. Wonder if C.S. Lewis based that on this site.
Check out Newgrange in Ireland ..
It's over 500 years older than Stonehenge
Yes, I know all about Newgrange. Absolutely incredible site!
@@AncientArchitects .. I hope some day you might do a video on it Matt .. would be great to hear your thoughts
I love seeing how our Irish heritage is echoed in stone across the world. Check out Carrokeel too, allegedly older than Newgrange and built by the same people. It seems they migrated from West to East,
@@peterlarkin762 .. yes indeed Peter .
I'll have to visit Carrokeel and the Bricklieve Mountains some day .
I've been to Newgrange and also Sliabh na Cailleach ( LoughCrew ) which I believe is older than Newgrange .. it has astronomical alligments on spring and autumn equinoxes.
The Cailleach definitely knew her stuff - when it came to reading the heavens
Is it also an ancient theater/auditorium?
HI Matt this is Very similar to Cashtal yn Ard just up the road from where I live. I'm gong to have look see it the hills around the area fit with yours...
2:56 This is literally tupe of house that we today call an "earth ship". There are TH-cam channels dedicated to it.
Thanks 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Btw your description says Hertfordshire! It is found in Herefordshire!
there were 3 wooden posts in Stonehenge 10000 years ago
Technically the oldest phase of stonehenge are timber posts circa 8,000 BC
If you ever get the chance you should give Journey to Avalon by Chris Barber & David Pykitt a read. Mind blowing, not a large book, easy to digest and understand and the revelations in it are extremely exciting.
These videos just get better and better, how fantastic it is, that we have so many ancient sites in our backyard. We can go to these places and enjoy feel and wonder... and more :)
By the way, in its own way, Stonehenge may actually be the very top of the Earth depending on how you look at it, keep your eyes directly up above should you find yourself in the area sometime, you might notice the sky appears to have a circular dimension shape that is central the the rest of the surrounding sky, well its hard to explain..... BUT, NEVER THE LESS, Stonehenge must never be moved from the site, the reason being that our planet could lose balance and spin off towards deep space :)
JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Thanks again !!
Thanks for the comment - food for thought!
People see dolmen on hilltops and think they were originally built to look that way, not realizing they were underground and only exposed due to millennia of erosion
So, someone realigned it to point a different direction. Where was it pointing before?
Its a shield and so is Stone Hendge. They built it so they could observe the effects of solar radiation on different experiments they came up with.
What kind of experiments?
Imagined..... hell that’s like so much science these days! Who imagined it? Sounds like evolution to me
It was probably moved to point towards an undiscovered site.
We haven similar structures in holland. Called hunebedden. Probably the same age
Looking like the hunnebed in the Netherlands
I always wondered if they built these kind of standing stones with anothercon top by digging deep holes and tipping the upright portions in then slide the caps on top and after dug away the top of the mound. Stone henge or this site could have been done like that. It's a lot of effort to dig it away but although there are ways of moving stones up high they may not have known how to do it or considered that as just as much effort.
You may have already seen this vid, but just in case you haven't, this guy does some pretty impressive heavy rock raising without modern machinery.
th-cam.com/video/E5pZ7uR6v8c/w-d-xo.html
Signal fire / lookout platforms.
Check pit the hunnebeds in the netherlands, they all look like that. Folklore says giants build them
More like the indentations on Arthur's Stone were the footprints of the Gingerbread Boy... the things Tour Guides tell Tourists!
3:33 "a thousand yards"... Europan would said: "a kiloyard"
We europeans don't even know what a yard is
@@nixxxon18 English name of a meter
@@krakendragonslayer1909 looks like a yard doesn't exactly equal to 1 meter...
Just switch to the metric system like 99% of the world plz
@@nixxxon18 I know two very good explaination for using two systems in the same time. Ratio of km / mile is equal to golden proportion, and also both systems come from Egyptian unit of measurement where 1 elbow (2 feet) and 1 meter are connected by radians somehow.
@@krakendragonslayer1909 meh, still real no need to use the two
6: 26, maybe signal fires on Gadway Hill and Skirrid Hill, and seen at Arthur's Stone, played a part.
7: 37, OK, its obvious now. It's no doubt an ancient McDonald's.
Don't enjoy looking at multiple copies of the same image, e.g. Don't need to see the same picture of King Arthur every time his name is mentioned. Why are you not mentioning that Neolithic people couldn't lift the CAP stones?
Seems to me it's the same civilization building all of these mounds and such. I say civilization because if you traditionally define a civilization then hunter gathering couldn't have created this complex a building. I also believe the same about Gobekle Tepe
... only because Stonehenge was reconstructed by machinery...
When was this site rebuilt ? Ala Stonehenge
Yeah they were just ancient trolling us 😄👍🏻
🐲Pendragon ✊
Wolves, wild boar, lynx and bears cuttin about, but buildings were "ceremonial"
All of them, all the dolmens. The folk would go into a wee hole in the ground that they built at great effort and do a ceremony. Picture it, burning incense and stuff.
Get real.
Older than Stonehenge, the stones or the surrounding ditch? Arthur's stone should have a ditch, maybe?
Neolithic Jungle Gym with secret underground clubhouse for the kids.
😂😂
Structures/boats/objects PETRIFIED in Time after big catastrophies 🙏
But Hei.. If you go after big carved jaw Brien Foester or History Mystery (hisHistory Channel)
...well then Yes ... They are carved or quarries ..
what?? are u high?
I’m not sure how a catastrophe petrifies something? That’s my issue. Nobody has been able to explain this scientifically. I’m always willing to listen to new ideas though.
@@AncientArchitects Catastrophies didn't hapened Yesterday but long ago .. And anyone can see the thickness of the roof ❗That is MOST probably PETRIFIED ash.. If you happened to pay a visit to Italy you will find those ancient dwelling still engulfed in that that looks like a "carved" cave❗ But a cave It is not. ...
Meditate🙏 On Wise up Channel you see more of that stuff and also on my old vids ( but at that time I was more on to the cutting pattern on the surface.. ) ... The very Ancient Civilizations that were here didn't Need to leave signe of their superiority towards us. The last traces are from the two last Civilizations.. Very much with our technological level... That is why they didn't make it Galactic or Inside the Earth...but Is is my speculation🙏 take care.
Seen this before
Love your efforts man! You're not only going for the easy fantasy-crap, but try to stay objective to the data presented. You'll win in the long run on that approach. Having said that, most of your followers would not reject a fantastic theory or hypothesis.
Arthur’s stone is older than Stonehenge because Stonehenge was built in 1954. Check it out. 😳
The evidence to refute this most flimsy of theories just goes on and on and on.
Its all conjecture. we have no idea how old it is or what its for. The rest is about as real as Narnia.
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Anyone could have put those stones there at anytime...
Dig dig dig 👌
They were stronger back then.🤓
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the drama clubs like he's a cool guy
What do you think of Korean dolmen?
Too much salt for my liking….
The stones should never have been moved just like stone henge
Re-imagined!!…..ya mean MOVED!
I'm kinda known for my large stones, also.
I carry mine in a wheelbarrow.