I've covered General Wade's road often on my channel and walked these sections many times from Crieff to Amulree - and beyond - often. It's a pity Perth and Kinross Council cannot get the simplest things right, and place Ossian's stone north of the Newton Brig on their tourist display panels near the bridge, despite the OS maps stating otherwise.
EXCELLENT story! I have read Capt. Burt's letters, but I had completely forgotten about this. And the irony-age angle hadn't sprung to my mind back then... Thank you!
What a cool bit of knowledge this is, Bruce! A truly honored soldier to be buried with accolades once by his troops and again by his enemies! What's sad is that this officer wasn't buried with honors by the ones who uncovered him. The same people are now starting to return relics and things of this nature to their homelands after realizing that they are not, in fact, cool 'keepsakes' simply because they found them! No, it was the 'barbarians' who did this ancient officer the honor! I am very proud to have ancestral links to these barbarians! I'm also thankful that I have a teacher who shares his newfound knowledge so well! Really great video, Bruce! Thanks! 😊
Oooooh lovely. A video to start my day. Such a good reason to stay lazy a few more minutes. 🖤 Happy belated wishes Mr Bruce!! Thank you for the latest drop. 🐉
1:52 Look out, Bruce, there's a couple of cars coming along behind you. 1:54 Bruce steps into the roadway. Nooo! 2:22 The barbed wire straddle! Possibly one of the funniest scenes I've enjoyed from Bruce. It's always funny when it's somebody else and not yourself.
I just heard that Alex Salmond has passed away. At only 69 as well. Even though I'm an American over here in Detroit, And not ideologically inclined to his his political views. I recognize that he was a great man and in my opinion the greatest leader and politician for and from Scotland in my lifetime. May he sleep with his fathers and rest in peace.🏴
LOL. I’m more concerned about the fact that he has to go back over to retrieve the camera then go back over to continue recoding the rest of the episode. Don’t break a hip.
There is a small mound next to Ossian's stone which is said to be the grave of a soldier who died during the building of the road. Neil Gow, the famous fiddle player from Inver, was taking a snooze near the stone when he was awoken by two drunk soldiers on leave. He called out to them and the soldiers thought it was the ghostly voice of their comrade in arms and ran off. So records a wee book called the Beauties of Upper Strathearn, a Crieff tourist guide first published in the 1860's. It's a great wee book, full of interesting stories from around Crieff. I'll show you it next time you are in the Local and Family History department in Perth. Another great video. Really enjoyed it. I was brought up not far from their and know the area well.
Interesting story. I have recently found out that i have some Scottish ancestors. I did a DNA kit to help me with my genealogy. I was happily validated in my ideas of some Scots/Irish ancestry. Makes me want to visit even more. ❤❤
Bruce, You know I love this vid from beginning to the Broch end. I can't believe I never knew about the Fabled Final's Cave or volcanos in Scotland, til you talked about it. I love Earth science than the human history in Scotland. Thank you again. Huggies Fummeys. I love you like Poi!
There was a huge Roman encampment at Fendoch at the eastern entrance to the Sma' Glen. On the hill known as The Scurran a huge memorial cairn was built in commemoration of Ossian and it is believed his remains lie buried here.
This is from the Megalthic website The Saddlin’ Mare another stone worth visiting The Saddlin’ Mare is a standing stone 1 mile SE of Clach Ossian in the Sma’ Glen. It is a squat stone c. 7 feet high standing around 100 yards NW of Giant’s Grave (Sma’ Glen) Cairn within 10 yards of the A822 Pitlochry. Its location relative to Giant’s Grave (Sma’ Glen) Cairn may give it some prehistoric significance however there is a more recent tradition concerning The Saddlin’ Mare. the actual tradition was for young men to go to town to court females they had to be able to place each stone 1 after the other the heaviest weighing 90 kilos I did this at 15
On Wednesday, 29th August 1787 the Sma’ Glen’s Ossian’s Stone was visited by Robert Burns who entered the route he followed in his journal "morning -leave Crieff - Glen Aumond; Aumond river; Ossian’s grave - Loch Fruoch - Glenquaich - “landlord and landlady remarkable characters;” Nigel Leask, Regius Chair in English Language and Literature at the University of Glasgow, observed that in “a profound sense [Burns] was journeying back in time through Scotland’s history both ancient and modern, taking in ‘druid’s temples’ and Ossianic monuments … Ossian’s Grave, a typically romanticised site, was not a disappointment.”
Bruce, I suggest you take up the Scottish tradition of wearing a stout leather sporan to protect your family jewels whilst vaulting those barbed wire fences!
I have to admit to really enjoying you leaping over the barbed wire fence like a young deer ;) Being of similar physique I related immediatly. Great video as always Bruce
Irony Age: any time period when a "sophisticated, cultured and enlightened" civilization happily desecrates the defenses of sacred sites of ancient cultures and wonders about whom the defenses were intended to keep out. Or something like that. Sometimes I wonder: "What would I do if I found a lost ancient grave/tomb?" I hope I would give it the respect it deserves. Thank you for making me think, Bruce. History can teach us a lot, but we should also respect it.
I did my Dna and ancient Dna, it shows 2000+ years ago Scotland, Cornwall and Italian. I'm looking on my dad's female line and the name Hastings is there. Have you come across this surname in your trips in Scotland?
A'reyt Bruce. So we are no nearer known how much a Roman did urn? Still between a rock and a hard place. Good view for a commute though, showing kids "Ye Cannae Change the Laws of Physics".
Hi, Bruce. Another great and informative video. Are you aware of what "Sma'" means in Sma' Glen? (I hate the apologetic apostrophe, by the way, but it seems to be used in this instance). You would think it just means "small" in modern English, but that is wrong. It actually means "narrow". The English word small has changed its meaning, it originally meant "narrow". And of course the Sma' Glen isn't small -- it's long and narrow. Oh, and be careful climbing over barbed wire fences; they can tear the arse out of your breeks.
You wanna be careful you don't lose your crown jewels, getting over fences like that at your age hahaha, as always thanks for another quality vlog Bruce.
If the remains really were those of a Roman soldier, he probably would have considered *all* Britons to be barbarians - even that British officer. They even had a word for the native inhabitants of these islands. It was found on the Vindolanda tablets, excavated (you may be shocked to learn) at the Roman fort of Vindolanda on Hadrian's wall. (I know, I know. Archaeologists have no sense of imagination when it comes to naming stuff like that. I think I'd have gone with Occultatum Archivum - Latin for "hidden archive", or perhaps "The Birchwood Letters".) Anyway, the word the Romans used was "Brittunculi" (meaning something like "filthy Brits"). Of course, the assumption that the remains were those of a Roman officer is more telling of the attitudes of the day. A rock was moved to cover the burial. They "knew" the locals couldn't possibly have moved such a big rock, so it must have been the Romans. Just as many then assumed it must have been Romans who built Stonehenge, because they just "knew" that the pre-Roman inhabitants of these islands could never have moved such huge stones.
Those who would join such a tour as this...reply to let Bruce know. I have a challenge for you Bruce. How about considering a horseback riding tour, for us less able bodied people who desperately want to visit all of those amazing places, but just don't have the legs for it anymore? My personal dream is to take a ride along Mary Queen of Scot's route of either the flight to the fight, or the flight to "freedom". But there are so many places you show of your tour of favorites that are easily rideable terrain. There are many others out there, who could do it on their own two feet, who share my love of traveling on four hooves instead. I guarantee it would sale out, and it would offer some financial benefit to the locals who would be "renting" out their horses for the tour. Give it a think.
First trip to Scotland just prior to last Christmas and drove this road to get to Kenmore and onto Killin. A wonderful road and we got caught by a delivery truck stuck on the switchbacks, was funny watching the poor guy getting throught it in 20mins. Good thing the bard wire wasn't Australian, poor old Bruce wouldn't be Bruce anynore😂😂😂😂
What a story. I'm rather surprised that burnt organic material would have survived so long as to be recognisable. Is that something that happens in Scotland?
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Bruce: what you describe is not an urn, it is a cist (pronounced as with a 'k'). In these isles cists have been found from the late Neolithic and, more commonly, the early bronze age. The Crantit cist burials at the Ness of Brodgar are good examples to look at. Elsewhere in Europe cist burials dating back nearly 6,000 years can be found.
Did you notice the dark brown fast moving animal run from the wooden fence behind you on the left of the screen and disappear behind the stone at about 5.34 ?
What the stone actually was or represented is now lost to memory. Would the soldiers really recognise a Roman urn, or was it just an assumption, perhaps due to their lack of regard for the local population? (The old, 'If they're not really human, its okay to stomp on them,' thing.)
Bruce, why would you risk your giblets like that just for an awkward camera shot? Edit: You're going to Skye?! Please make sure to get some footage of Dunvegan Castle!!!
I wonder if the ancestors of those highlanders viewed the Romans in the same critical way as their descendants viewed the English. It may have only been the passage of centuries that engendered their feelings of respect.
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Love the little bits of Gàidhlig here and there btw. Cùm ort 'ille! It burns my lugs to hear some of the attempts at Gaelic names by some Scottish tour guides! Beò an dòchas.
I'd say less like Stockholm syndrome and more like people just having a genuine interest in the history of their country. I'd wager that if the Roman empire played a part in your own country's history, then you'd have locals who would be interested, fascinated even, by that fact.
@waynekerrgoodstyle The Romans were uncouth temporary visitors to a bit of the country. Like Wade they built roads and forts where they liked ignoring the local population. Same way the current government is building windmills and pylons all over the place.
I cancelled my subscription to Current Archaeology because of its obsession with all things Roman, especially Hadrian's wall. Even its sister mag, Current World Archaeology, has more than it should. And have you noticed how little we hear of the Antonine Wall? I only realised recently that they built the Erskine Bridge to connect with its Western end.
just watched the true story about Queen Elizabeth the first put together by true historians reading documented accounts of her Reign I recommend it to you Bruce, Its on Channel 5.
Hi Bruce, I'm sorry not to have called attention to the part you've played in the apocalypso dance contest till now. The Messiah says you're the Bruce ForMe. He's chosen you to be one of the Bruces to trace the Robertian dynasty roots in the Blessed Isles. I can't imagine a better drinking companion as we vindicate our ancestral claims to human history together! You're a double winner, as you'll be on the expeditions to trace your less Scots ancestry and their true history, if you don't fancy retirement after your first Time Team expedition. Just watch what goes down in the next year, if you've any remaining doubts and fears about your choices in this incarnation.
It was always assumed that anything built in Scotland of antiquity was built by the Romans..the Burghead well was once known as the Roman well. Laughable. The mind of the Victorian antiquarian was definitely as arrogant as the British empire mentality.
He cleared the barbed wire fence in a mighty leap😂
Or perhaps not.
Really interesting story Bruce.
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The uppity assumptions of those who claim to be our betters. What a stone!! Thank you for the story and chuckles Bruce🎉
You and your betters, hey.
American?
@@moosey62 only by geography
I’ve driven the Sma’ Glen dozens of times and didn’t know this story at all. Always learning!
Every day's a school day
@@ScotlandHistoryToursYou took the words right out of my mouth 🙂🌞
I've covered General Wade's road often on my channel and walked these sections many times from Crieff to Amulree - and beyond - often. It's a pity Perth and Kinross Council cannot
get the simplest things right, and place Ossian's stone north of the Newton Brig on their tourist display panels near the bridge, despite the OS maps stating otherwise.
EXCELLENT story! I have read Capt. Burt's letters, but I had completely forgotten about this. And the irony-age angle hadn't sprung to my mind back then... Thank you!
Delighted
Always nice to hear the remains of the dead respected.
What a cool bit of knowledge this is, Bruce! A truly honored soldier to be buried with accolades once by his troops and again by his enemies! What's sad is that this officer wasn't buried with honors by the ones who uncovered him. The same people are now starting to return relics and things of this nature to their homelands after realizing that they are not, in fact, cool 'keepsakes' simply because they found them! No, it was the 'barbarians' who did this ancient officer the honor! I am very proud to have ancestral links to these barbarians! I'm also thankful that I have a teacher who shares his newfound knowledge so well! Really great video, Bruce! Thanks! 😊
Oooooh lovely. A video to start my day. Such a good reason to stay lazy a few more minutes. 🖤
Happy belated wishes Mr Bruce!! Thank you for the latest drop. 🐉
You rest up noo
Great story telling Bruce and keeping the fascinating Scottish history alive. Thank you.
2:25 Gracefully done, Bruce.
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Brilliant video as always, delivered after thoughtful deliberation. As always, keep keeping up the good work 🌞
1:52 Look out, Bruce, there's a couple of cars coming along behind you.
1:54 Bruce steps into the roadway. Nooo!
2:22 The barbed wire straddle! Possibly one of the funniest scenes I've enjoyed from Bruce. It's always funny when it's somebody else and not yourself.
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I just heard that Alex Salmond has passed away. At only 69 as well. Even though I'm an American over here in Detroit, And not ideologically inclined to his his political views. I recognize that he was a great man and in my opinion the greatest leader and politician for and from Scotland in my lifetime. May he sleep with his fathers and rest in peace.🏴
He was certainly a huge political figure
Thank you for that .
Rip Alex Salmond
R.I.P. Alex Salmond. 😢😢😢😢..a great man
2min 30: that barbed wire was frighteningly close to the delicates...
Ach I'm no really using them any more anyway😂
@@ScotlandHistoryToursTMI 😅
LOL. I’m more concerned about the fact that he has to go back over to retrieve the camera then go back over to continue recoding the rest of the episode.
Don’t break a hip.
@@deanward3445 😜😜Don't let the public know it wasn't real now
Yeah. No kidding. Especially if you having dangling ones! 😅
Oofty nearly a prickly pear(pair) there brucey fella great show and tell as always thank you ❤
😊"The irony age"👌
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Indeed!😃
What a fascinating bit of history... Oh, that'll be Scotland History Tours.
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Aye, Aye. Fancy new motor Bruce. Congrats, love your channel.
Excellent video Bruce, thank you. I'll have a look up there.
Always nice to keep learning new history.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂
There is a small mound next to Ossian's stone which is said to be the grave of a soldier who died during the building of the road. Neil Gow, the famous fiddle player from Inver, was taking a snooze near the stone when he was awoken by two drunk soldiers on leave. He called out to them and the soldiers thought it was the ghostly voice of their comrade in arms and ran off. So records a wee book called the Beauties of Upper Strathearn, a Crieff tourist guide first published in the 1860's. It's a great wee book, full of interesting stories from around Crieff. I'll show you it next time you are in the Local and Family History department in Perth.
Another great video. Really enjoyed it. I was brought up not far from their and know the area well.
Interesting story. I have recently found out that i have some Scottish ancestors. I did a DNA kit to help me with my genealogy. I was happily validated in my ideas of some Scots/Irish ancestry. Makes me want to visit even more. ❤❤
Bruce, You know I love this vid from beginning to the Broch end. I can't believe I never knew about the Fabled Final's Cave or volcanos in Scotland, til you talked about it. I love Earth science than the human history in Scotland. Thank you again. Huggies Fummeys. I love you like Poi!
Bari film as ever Bruce 👍. I love these wee tales.
When ye coming back tae Haddington?
Probably do a show there as part of the tour in2025
I'd love to see more videos about the irony age ;-)
I'd be brassed off...
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@ScotlandHistoryTours Taing Bruce, I hadn't seen that one!
Happy Belated Birthday King Bruce! 🎂🎁🥳
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There was a huge Roman encampment at Fendoch at the eastern entrance to the Sma' Glen. On the hill known as The Scurran a huge memorial cairn was built in commemoration of Ossian
and it is believed his remains lie buried here.
This is from the Megalthic website The Saddlin’ Mare another stone worth visiting
The Saddlin’ Mare is a standing stone 1 mile SE of Clach Ossian in the Sma’ Glen. It is a squat stone c. 7 feet high standing around 100 yards NW of Giant’s Grave (Sma’ Glen) Cairn within 10 yards of the A822 Pitlochry. Its location relative to Giant’s Grave (Sma’ Glen) Cairn may give it some prehistoric significance however there is a more recent tradition concerning The Saddlin’ Mare.
the actual tradition was for young men to go to town to court females they had to be able to place each stone 1 after the other the heaviest weighing 90 kilos I did this at 15
Hello Bruce thank you for the interesting video and showing us your climbing abilities 🙏🏼
Glad you enjoyed it
Good to see you made it over that fence with your haw maws intact, excellent stuff
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Thanks for sharing Bruce!
Bruce, I was worried for a moment as you straddled that barbed wire fence! Thank you again for an interesting video!
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What? You look great for 60, Brucey! Would not have guessed that to be your age!
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Thankyou for doing these videos Bruce . I would love to visit Scotland one day it is definitely on my bucket list.
You should!
a very entertaining video one of the best Bruce has done
Ah thanks
On Wednesday, 29th August 1787 the Sma’ Glen’s Ossian’s Stone was visited by Robert Burns who entered the route he followed in his journal "morning -leave Crieff - Glen Aumond; Aumond river; Ossian’s grave - Loch Fruoch - Glenquaich - “landlord and landlady remarkable characters;”
Nigel Leask, Regius Chair in English Language and Literature at the University of Glasgow, observed that in “a profound sense [Burns] was journeying back in time through Scotland’s history both ancient and modern, taking in ‘druid’s temples’ and Ossianic monuments … Ossian’s Grave, a typically romanticised site, was not a disappointment.”
Bruce, I suggest you take up the Scottish tradition of wearing a stout leather sporan to protect your family jewels whilst vaulting those barbed wire fences!
I have to admit to really enjoying you leaping over the barbed wire fence like a young deer ;) Being of similar physique I related immediatly. Great video as always Bruce
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Very interesting as always!
Irony Age: any time period when a "sophisticated, cultured and enlightened" civilization happily desecrates the defenses of sacred sites of ancient cultures and wonders about whom the defenses were intended to keep out.
Or something like that.
Sometimes I wonder: "What would I do if I found a lost ancient grave/tomb?" I hope I would give it the respect it deserves.
Thank you for making me think, Bruce. History can teach us a lot, but we should also respect it.
Thank You!
You're welcome!
Thanks for a great video ❤
You are welcome!
My favorite Afro-Celtic tour guide!😄
Thank you.
You're welcome
I did my Dna and ancient Dna, it shows 2000+ years ago Scotland, Cornwall and Italian.
I'm looking on my dad's female line and the name Hastings is there. Have you come across this surname in your trips in Scotland?
Brilliant
@5.34 , The loch Ness monster runs along the fence line behind your right shoulder Bruce..or is it The Grey man of Ben Mcdhui..
Or maybe a motor on the road😜
Fox I think
Do one on Scottish Bastles. With our weather disasters, I’ve been commenting ‘replace all homes with Scottish Bastles’ various peeps love the comment.
A'reyt Bruce. So we are no nearer known how much a Roman did urn? Still between a rock and a hard place. Good view for a commute though, showing kids "Ye Cannae Change the Laws of Physics".
Hi, Bruce. Another great and informative video.
Are you aware of what "Sma'" means in Sma' Glen? (I hate the apologetic apostrophe, by the way, but it seems to be used in this instance). You would think it just means "small" in modern English, but that is wrong. It actually means "narrow". The English word small has changed its meaning, it originally meant "narrow". And of course the Sma' Glen isn't small -- it's long and narrow.
Oh, and be careful climbing over barbed wire fences; they can tear the arse out of your breeks.
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In Dutch, related to English, "smal" means narrow. Interesting how languages shift and develop.
@@chris-terrell-liveactive Yes, and in German narrow is "schmal".
You wanna be careful you don't lose your crown jewels, getting over fences like that at your age hahaha, as always thanks for another quality vlog Bruce.
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If the remains really were those of a Roman soldier, he probably would have considered *all* Britons to be barbarians - even that British officer. They even had a word for the native inhabitants of these islands. It was found on the Vindolanda tablets, excavated (you may be shocked to learn) at the Roman fort of Vindolanda on Hadrian's wall. (I know, I know. Archaeologists have no sense of imagination when it comes to naming stuff like that. I think I'd have gone with Occultatum Archivum - Latin for "hidden archive", or perhaps "The Birchwood Letters".) Anyway, the word the Romans used was "Brittunculi" (meaning something like "filthy Brits").
Of course, the assumption that the remains were those of a Roman officer is more telling of the attitudes of the day. A rock was moved to cover the burial. They "knew" the locals couldn't possibly have moved such a big rock, so it must have been the Romans. Just as many then assumed it must have been Romans who built Stonehenge, because they just "knew" that the pre-Roman inhabitants of these islands could never have moved such huge stones.
Good morning from America.
Thank you.
Good morning to you
Those who would join such a tour as this...reply to let Bruce know.
I have a challenge for you Bruce. How about considering a horseback riding tour, for us less able bodied people who desperately want to visit all of those amazing places, but just don't have the legs for it anymore? My personal dream is to take a ride along Mary Queen of Scot's route of either the flight to the fight, or the flight to "freedom". But there are so many places you show of your tour of favorites that are easily rideable terrain. There are many others out there, who could do it on their own two feet, who share my love of traveling on four hooves instead. I guarantee it would sale out, and it would offer some financial benefit to the locals who would be "renting" out their horses for the tour. Give it a think.
My wife is the horseback riding person. You'd have to speak to her
Thank You !! shure glad that barbed didn't get ya !! 🤗💯👀🕺🥨⚡✨🎯🪅🎭💎🎩
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Any plans to restock your hoodies in 2XLT or 3XLT? I’ve been hoping to place an order for a while, and I’m a tall fella.
Thanks! :)
Me too Bruce last August 🎉
When he attempted to climb over the barbed wire fenced, I was very worried about Bruce's projects- even if he has turned 60!
Bruce, did you notice the animal darting to your right over your shoulder at 5.34 when you edited the footage? 😮
Aye, the wee shite moved to quick for us to net it
Happy Birthday!🥞
They might of put the rather stone on top keep the bugger in. Rather them to keep the buggers out.
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Well, buggery was not a thing in the Highlands... until the Romans arrived.
Allway do when you going to be onTV☘️
Thanks
You're welcome
First trip to Scotland just prior to last Christmas and drove this road to get to Kenmore and onto Killin. A wonderful road and we got caught by a delivery truck stuck on the switchbacks, was funny watching the poor guy getting throught it in 20mins.
Good thing the bard wire wasn't Australian, poor old Bruce wouldn't be Bruce anynore😂😂😂😂
What a story. I'm rather surprised that burnt organic material would have survived so long as to be recognisable. Is that something that happens in Scotland?
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Bruce: what you describe is not an urn, it is a cist (pronounced as with a 'k'). In these isles cists have been found from the late Neolithic and, more commonly, the early bronze age. The Crantit cist burials at the Ness of Brodgar are good examples to look at.
Elsewhere in Europe cist burials dating back nearly 6,000 years can be found.
@@gijgij4541 Yes, I know. I thought I'd made it clear that I questioned the assumptions of the officer reporting. I'll get it right next time
Did you notice the dark brown fast moving animal run from the wooden fence behind you on the left of the screen and disappear behind the stone at about 5.34 ?
What the stone actually was or represented is now lost to memory.
Would the soldiers really recognise a Roman urn, or was it just an assumption, perhaps due to their lack of regard for the local population?
(The old, 'If they're not really human, its okay to stomp on them,' thing.)
what moved in the background at 5.33?
It's cool the Romans old enemy i.e. the Highlander saved the ashes from the English's disrespectfullness .
Watch from 5.30 a black Leopard runs by over your left shoulder 😮
Bruce, why would you risk your giblets like that just for an awkward camera shot?
Edit: You're going to Skye?! Please make sure to get some footage of Dunvegan Castle!!!
I thought it would be a laugh. 😁We have footage of Dunvegan in some existing videos
@@ScotlandHistoryTours I know, I've seen it. But more, please!
But I feel confident there was a gate around there, somewhere.
How could it roll that far from the road though it’s almost flat terrain
What on earth was that running in the background at 5:33 ?
How many of us reeled the video back? I couldn’t see anything…….
Presumably in the 'irony' age! 😂
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I wonder if the ancestors of those highlanders viewed the Romans in the same critical way as their descendants viewed the English. It may have only been the passage of centuries that engendered their feelings of respect.
Good point
It's King Arthur's bones! Build a twelve room museum!
Ye been doon new lanark bud interesting stone in the field bk o the primary.. Lol
The day we were filming this I actually said to my videographer that we've never got round to New Lanark
Bro, when you watch channels like My Lunch Break, or Geomansee, do you question history as it is taught in school?
I don't know the channels, so can't answer
More present history; Alex Salmond was one of the very few politicians I could respect, and I do mean of the very few. Sad loss for Scotland.
Ye Olde Clach Òisinn. Shame the auld giant couldn't have upset Wade's plans.
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@@ScotlandHistoryTours Love the little bits of Gàidhlig here and there btw. Cùm ort 'ille! It burns my lugs to hear some of the attempts at Gaelic names by some Scottish tour guides! Beò an dòchas.
Great video, I've never understood the British and their fascination and admiration for the Roman empire, it's almost like Stockholm syndrome
I'd say less like Stockholm syndrome and more like people just having a genuine interest in the history of their country. I'd wager that if the Roman empire played a part in your own country's history, then you'd have locals who would be interested, fascinated even, by that fact.
@@mrurquhart9138 I live in Scotland, the English love their Romans 🤣🤣🤣
@waynekerrgoodstyle The Romans were uncouth temporary visitors to a bit of the country. Like Wade they built roads and forts where they liked ignoring the local population. Same way the current government is building windmills and pylons all over the place.
@@Wee_LangsideStrange choice of the word "visitors" I'd use intruders instead.
I cancelled my subscription to Current Archaeology because of its obsession with all things Roman, especially Hadrian's wall. Even its sister mag, Current World Archaeology, has more than it should.
And have you noticed how little we hear of the Antonine Wall? I only realised recently that they built the Erskine Bridge to connect with its Western end.
Did any one notice a fox or something running past at 3:35. In the background a black creature runs past
Sorry 5.35
Car.
Where you can be arrested for verbally hurting someone else’s feelings
Do you know that there's a town called Scotland in South Dakota
Doesn't surprise me
@@ScotlandHistoryTours And a hamlet above Hebden Bridge / Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire...
Do you think social media is a type of road?
More a cesspool😂
just watched the true story about Queen Elizabeth the first put together by true historians reading documented accounts of her Reign I recommend it to you Bruce, Its on Channel 5.
Sorry, I don't have telly
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Thats very sensible Bruce. Sorry ro hear about Alex Salmond dying in Macedonia, Birplace of Aleander The Great
Ivry day's a schuil day.
Haggis is the exact opposite of good food, Sir. I do like the Irony Age though.
Don't talk tripe😂
I beg to differ. Haggis is a wonderful dish well worthy of a grace as long as my arm. (With apologies to RB)
The grave found under the stone would have been up to a thousand years old when the Romans were there
So, who's remains were buried there?
Hi Bruce, I'm sorry not to have called attention to the part you've played in the apocalypso dance contest till now. The Messiah says you're the Bruce ForMe. He's chosen you to be one of the Bruces to trace the Robertian dynasty roots in the Blessed Isles. I can't imagine a better drinking companion as we vindicate our ancestral claims to human history together! You're a double winner, as you'll be on the expeditions to trace your less Scots ancestry and their true history, if you don't fancy retirement after your first Time Team expedition. Just watch what goes down in the next year, if you've any remaining doubts and fears about your choices in this incarnation.
Afro Celtic first time I've ever heard that term.whats happening new years eve.
Sorry, I don't get the connection
Ah, but the barbarians that the Romans would have been bothered by would have been Welsh :p
afro-celtic!😄
Isn’t that trespassing?
In Scotland? There's no such thing
Maybe if he had been in England. But he wasn't.
It was always assumed that anything built in Scotland of antiquity was built by the Romans..the Burghead well was once known as the Roman well. Laughable. The mind of the Victorian antiquarian was definitely as arrogant as the British empire mentality.
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The supposed urn sounds like a list.
cist?
Did anyone else notice the badger or whatever it might be run behind him really quick at minute 5:34
well spotted it's a polecat.
Gd spot its a wild haggis .
It’s the top of a black car travelling along the road that is hidden behind the bank.