The Biggest Bronze Age Mines In The World - The Great Orme

Here I give a virtual tour of the largest Bronze Age Mines in the world, used for mining copper ore.
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[@terencewise7349]

From Terence Wise.....An astonishing video.

[@AlexTheHistoryGuy]

Thank you :)

[@naztubes]

Really cool. I found a Flat Axe Head in Mid Wales quite similar to the middle one you show in the museum. Much like the example it was broken in two, which apparently was a ritualistic practice as an offering during the Bronze Age. It's mind-blowing to imagine how old it is, and who had held the relic 4000 years before I discovered it.

[@AlexTheHistoryGuy]

Ayy nice, I always hear about axe heads being dug up all over the place but despite living next to a neolithic flint working station I've never managed to find one myself!

[@naztubes]

@@AlexTheHistoryGuy I found Mine while metal detecting. It was in the middle of nowhere up on the side of a hill. So random!

[@paulnash933]

Awesome video. Definitely looks worth a visit. Many thanks.

[@AlexTheHistoryGuy]

Ayy much appreciated

[@abrahamdozer6273]

I have Welsh family from Prestatyn. People didn't move around much until Victorian times and I can imagine family members working in that nearby mine way in the past.

[@AlexTheHistoryGuy]

Hopefully not because of they were working in the Great Orme Mine then they may have been slaves! Haha

[@abrahamdozer6273]

@@AlexTheHistoryGuy I'm sure that they did use slaves ... hundreds of them at a time for a thousand years.

[@lesleysmith51]

Another great presentation. I would have been claustrophobic being in the mines,some looked so narrow!

[@AlexTheHistoryGuy]

Some of them were very narrow, and very deep underground too - but then in some places it opens up to big cavities which are amazing to see, I highly recommend it as it's one of my favourite historical sites

[@gerardriordan1458]

Visual and informative...
Thank you...

[@AlexTheHistoryGuy]

Thanks! I appreciate that 🥰

[@swainscheps]

1:59 hard to get a feel for how long or short that sword really is…
Great content. We’ll produced. Just buy yourself a decent mic and you’ll be rolling in subs.

[@AlexTheHistoryGuy]

Thanks, and yeah it's difficult to gauge a sense of perspective because if I film too far away from the museum examples I get glare on the glass of the exhibit. Just video making issues haha. I do try making it as enjoyable and educational as possible for my viewers though ☺️

[@everythingmeansnothing4019]

Alderley edge is another mining site with alot of history. ! It's worth a look .

[@AlexTheHistoryGuy]

Thank you! I'll be sure to check it out :)

[@everythingmeansnothing4019]

Check out the the stuff they have found over the years old gold bars, ruby and Roman rings, Roman hoard of coins and I think bronze age tools ! It's where mirlin the wizard and his knights are, awaiting the day they are called apon.

[@Wardyyyyy]

Do you know who ownes them?

[@AlexTheHistoryGuy]

Today? Not sure. Most likely CADW, the Welsh version of English Heritage but I'm not 100% on that. They have a website though