Your microphone worked very well in the windy conditions. So glad you are highlighting this arguably the best Prehistoric monumental landscape in the UK. So many tourists visit Stonehenge but don't know that standing stones and other monuments existed across the country.
I was impressed with the microphone! Yes, I am on a campaign to get Americans to not visit Stonehenge as the ONE thing they do beyond London. I've mentioned this in several videos 🤣. Thanks for watching! Cheers! Dara
Hi Dara …. Here you go again …. Showing me places in my country that I’ve never even dreamed of visiting ! My wife and I rejoined the National Trust again last year with a view to visiting more of our country …. I’ve seen more of your country than ours 😂😂 …. Note to self …. Must do more to reverse this … thanks yet again for a great video … enjoy your weekend 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸❤️🦊
I'm glad I could show you someplace new! If you're a fan of prehistoric stuff I think this place is well worth a visit! So glad we went ❤️🏴. Thanks for watching! Cheers! Dara
A great portrayal of a place I’ve heard of, but never visited. I’m writing this in Dublin. I’d love to see your portrayal of the ancient site Newgrange, about 30 miles north of here! Nice incidental music and transitions. Your appreciation shines through!
Hahah... worth it for the cattle proof crossing! That church is such a shocking piece of history! How amazing! Thanks for this Dara! What a beautiful place!
This video provides a unique perspective, showcasing the stunning stones of Avebury from both the sky and the ground. But before we delve into the fascinating history, we'll take a stroll through the picturesque village itself. And as a bonus, we'll get to admire the magnificent Saxon church, which played a crucial role for pilgrims in the Middle Ages. Make sure to subscribe, so you won't miss out on all the British fun coming your way this year!
As usual Dara teaching us limeys about our own history. Although we like the National Trust ( of which Christine and I are members) we also love The land mark trust for great places to stay in. Great stuff guys Lee & Christine ❤
Did you take a walk to Silbury hill (the largest artificial mound in Europe) and the West Kennet long barrow? The latter is over 5,600 years old. Also, a few miles away is the huge linear earthwork of the Wansdyke, which overlooks the vale of Pewsey. Hardly anybody seems to know about it. Then, not so far away is one of the wonders of the canal system, the Caen Hill Flight in Devizes. Further west along the Kennet and Avon canal, is one of my favourite little towns, Bradford-on-Avon, with some wonderful buildings, steep streets and a huge tythe barn. It was once very important as a centre for making woollen cloth, powered by the waters of the river Avon. Follow the canal west, across a couple of lovely aqueducts, and you end up in Bath. I have cycled all that part of the canal and into Avebury itself on several occasions. I live Wiltshire, it is the most ancient of English counties.
Thanks for all the fabulous suggestions Steve! I'm happy to have them here for reference next time we are in that area. Funny you should mention Bradford on Avon... I was just telling Ian we need to go there for a visit! Cheers! Dara
Hello Dara & Ian. I agree with you. Avebury is an easier place to visit than Stonehenge. The drone shots were great and shows the extent of the circle well.
Enjoyed your visit to Avebury, Dara and Ian. Beautiful stone buildings and love the thatched roof's. If we're someplace for a stretch we also only film on the nice days. Makes a big difference in the video look! Never knew about a "kissing gate." Shame some of the builders couldn't go find their own stones! Loved seeing the historic stone circle. Beautiful church, inside and out! Lovely tour, Dara. Thanks for bringing us along.
I think Nick & Jill need to demonstrate the kissing gate properly in one of their "gate of the week" features ;-) Thanks for watching! I was happy to share this beautiful and historic place! All the best to you both.
@@TravelingTramps Sorry, it's difficult to explain what a kissing gate is. I checked Google, there's a good description of what one is. Do you have the equivalent in the US by a different name? Nothing to do with people kissing!
Dara, this is such a beautiful video highlighting what a treasure this area and the stones are- it'll be flooded with visitors before long! 🤣🤣! We have this in our possibilities list. Absolutely stunning. Enjoy your week Dara and Ian. Happy days. 😎💖🇳🇱🙋♀🇳🇿
Avebury, home to the sunshine! Love the thatched roof on the old bakery. Some stunning buildings, ah the crisps, prawn cocktail wins! Great kissing gate technique. Wow that stone circle is huge, great shot from the sky. Yikes, people pulling down stones 300 years ago, hard to imagine now. Your mic did well in the wind. No bell pulling on this occasion 😅 a lovely tour 👍
I told Dave from @TravelingTramps that I expect Nick & Jill in an upcoming "gate of the week" to also demonstrate the proper way to traverse a kissing gate! 💋
Wonderful. I have visited Avebury many times a long time ago. It is a pity that the main A4361, which is a busy road, goes right smack bang through the stone circle. A favourite walk is from Lambourn along the Ridge way, a prehistoric byway with spectacular views over the surrounding areas, to Avebury (20 miles) and a well deserved meal and beer break at the excellent Red Lion pub before catching the bus back to Reading. As you say much better experience than Stonehendge. I guess 300+ years ago people really didn't have any idea how the stones got there (giants carried them !) or how truly ancient they were.
Yes absolutely! It is a pity that busy road runs right through things. But as you say, it's still a lovely pub and place to visit. So nice that so many stones still remain after all these centuries!
The thatched walls are a feature of the Wiltshire; My village has them too I used to work in the chapel (No longer a chapel sadly, though it was when I worked there) across from the pub and that building has stone from the circle in it. I always take people to St James' Church too as it's a beautiful building. The Church is actually built outside the henge and the Saxon village was located where the National Trust carpark is today. The High Street and Green street that goes right through the centre of the Henge is Saxon too and goes up to The Ridgeway, and ancient road that was probably there when the circle was constructed.
So fun to hear from a "local"! That is fascinating that the building had a stone from the circle in it! We really loved visiting Avebury. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Cheers! Dara
Lovely village, a real picture postcard place with all the thatched roofs! The strong circle was interesting, I'd never heard of Avebury, Stonehenge gets all the stone circle PR!
Hi, Dara, Avebury seems to be one of an iconic historical tourist site in the countryside. Stone henges, indeed, each large stone has quite character. Stunning stained glass work, art 8:12, bell pole 8:14 and much more charm to the church Bell pole? reminds me of your practice bell ring I wonder why churches and mansions have those interesting characters' faces, for instance a devil on those buildings 10:07 Thank you so much for educating me as always. Well done and Bravo! Happy Friday. ciao
I think they enjoyed decorating buildings with all those faces. Sometimes they were important people (like lords or bishops) sometimes characters from books or sometimes just animals or monsters! Thanks for watching 💕
Thank you so much for a wonderful travel video. Really enjoyed it. You gave a Lotta great information and you really made it enjoyable to watch. Hugs and kisses from grandma, Sandy, and Debbie watch from the beginning to the end. Didn’t wanna miss anything you’re taking me around the world with you and it was wonderful.
The village is lovely! Appreciate you can visit the stones up close. Thanks for sharing all the history and architecture of the church’s fascinating! Ian loved the drone shots too! Great video Dara!! ~Cara😊
The brickwork on the house is called Flemish Bond. The Cove Stone, that's the BIG stone, in the circle is the one that weighs over 100 tonnes and goes underground for at least two metres. The odd pyramid shaped stones were put there by the marmalade chappie to show where the missing stones would be.
We’re fair weather filmers too wherever possible! What a charming place. Another one for our list to check out! We enjoyed seeing the standing stones. Your mic held up well!! Pretty church too. Cheers 🍻
Hi Dara really interesting video of Avebury even in not so sunny weather ! Love the old bakery with a thatched roof and the thatched barn, gorgeous village and that's interesting to know that its a UNESCO site, its gorgeous. That manor is beautiful and so cute that there was a nest in the dovecote. Nice demos at the kissing gate too 🤭 I've heard that there are circles within circles there, I've watched on TH-cam before, its fascinating. So good that St James Church has been worshipping since the 3rd century, it was really beautiful inside. Great footage, thanks for the lovely tour :) ~ Anna ❤👍
@@MagentaOtterTravels Yes, here in North Wales, we actually have a video of it titled " Meini Hirion " if you are intetested. Some people call it a Druid Circle but the name Druid’s Circle is misleading because the stones pre date the arrival of druids by many centuries. The Welsh name is Meini Hirion (“long stones ) Its a fascinating place :)
Nice to see you both with extended family, i see see more of my own country following your videos after nearly 70 years, I have been to many countries and I believe the only other to match our history and beauty is France , thank you again ❤
Great video Dara. I always recommend both these stones circles here in Wiltshire, and The Hurlers in Cornwall (on Bodmin Moor) over Stonehenge. You can get 'up close and personal' with those much more than the latter! Really enjoyed this. Take care, Paul 🙂👍
No time to see the church when I visited. Big thank you for the tour of the interior. Ian's aerial shots give you a much better idea of the size of Avebury than can be got from the ground. Well done to him and all involved.
I hope one day they will close the road off through the henge and restore the peace back to this magnificent site. The brick work was Flemish bond Dara, this style usually denotes age, once you get your eye in you can see the different extensions etc usually in stretcher or running bond, i.e. long brick face on long brick face.
So beautiful, Dara -- and again, great background music. Those stones are just fascinating, with so much history. You do a ton of research, I know, so please believe me that it is well worth it. I learn so much from your MOT channel!!
@@MagentaOtterTravelsI think Stonehenge is still worth visiting to appreciate why and how it was built, why they brought stones all the way from Pembrokeshire in Wales and why they aligned it the way they did to celebrate the solstices. I find that fascinating. .
I have a big fluffy mic cover on my camera and people always ask what is that? It's a dead cat, I say, which confuses them a bit. Makes sense that the little ones are called dead mice 😂 And they do work superbly well. Audio will often be unusable otherwise. Love these villages and stone circles. Amazing to think they were constructed at about the same time as the Great Pyramid. Another lovely job Dara!
@@MagentaOtterTravels I don't like to complain but I will 😂 Not fully recovered yet but on the mend. Thanks for asking! BTW, is it a Rode mic you have there? It sounds pretty good. I wouldn't mind a good wireless mic.
@@ShaneNixonFamily that's OK, I love complaining! You can always complain to me 😉 Yes, it is a RODE wireless Go. I'm ashamed to admit that the first year I owned it I was plugging the connector cord in backwards and couldn't get it to work! But once I assembled it properly it actually has been quite good !👍
Oh wow! I have never been to Avebury! It looks wonderful! I really want to visit there some time having watched this! Love the quaint cottages and that thatched wall was awesome. This was just a really beautiful video to watch!
@@MagentaOtterTravels It's more common on cob walls, which are basically built from lumps of clay or chalk. The thatch sheds water and prevents the wall disintegrating. Since that seems to be a drystone wall, presumably it is intended to stop rainwater percolating down into the wall and eventually dislodging the stones.
@@davidjones332 thanks for the explanation, that makes a lot of sense! I always found it fascinating that a country with a fair amount of rain built homes out of the cob!
Very good presentation of Avebury. The drone footage was a wonderful way to show the magnitude of the circle and the infused village. Much better place to experience neolithic Britain than it’s more famous cousin, which is why I took you there😊. Great cast!
Yes the cast was phenomenal! You are the one that introduced me to BOTH places I prefer to Stonehenge! Now I just need to take you to Belas Knap next time you visit us 😉
@MagentaOtterTravels It's likely that there was a church there since 705AD. It would have been built of wood and thatch. The small Anglo Saxon windows would have originally been part of the outer walls. Did you spot the 'hagioscope or squint' used so the priests could synchronise Mass? The Rood Loft would originally have had a huge crucifix hanging above it. In the South Aisle there are some medieval tiles dating from the 13th and 14th centuries. There's also an oak...... The short video on FB cuts off at this point so I have no idea what the oak thing is. 😂 Look out for a Sanctuary knocker on the next old church you visit.
I agreed, much much better than stone hedge. I've been here a few times but not for a few years but always love how you can get hands with the stones and find somewhere nice for a spot of quite time for contemplation. The way the village sits within the stones in amazing. Love the video - thank you. Was this filmed during last year's hot summer? xxx
Thanks John for chiming in. Always great to hear from you! I know I bash Stonehenge a lot... but tourists go there all the time instead of more interesting places.
Over 41,000 miles of public rights of way in England and Wales could be lost because they haven't been registered yet. The deadline is 2031. The deadline had been abolished in 2022 but has since been reinstated. (You learn some interesting stuff watching the House of Lords on the Parliament Channel).
Can do a good walk, Avebury, to Silbury hill, West Kennett long barrow, a section of rhe Ridgeway path and back. All more interesting than Stonehenge.....
@@MagentaOtterTravels Did that exact walk via Silbury and the Barrow over 30 years ago. A great day out! The village in spring was as beautiful and interesting then as now. Somewhere I have a video of a fieldmouse eating dropped flowers quite unconcerned by the toe of my hiking boot. There was also an old barn with a real estate sign advertising that it had planning permission for an upgrade to a residence. Always wondered what it may have turned out like. 😉
@@MagentaOtterTravels , hope you two are doing well , anyway new program on bbc 2 on Fridays at 9pm titled -- Hidden Treasures of the National Trust, if you miss the program it should be on TH-cam some time.
It is always stunning and utterly surprising how people 4500++ years ago managed without any electrical equipment and AI to put up things like this!! And today they are not even capable of repairing holes in the street 🤦♀🤷♀
Well look on the bright side. At least they were used locally. In Egypt they used for a time to export mummies in bulk to be used as fertilizer or steam engine fuel! As hilariously quipped by Mark Twain in his travels - "These plebs don't burn worth a damn! Pass me out a King!" 😱🙄
Your microphone worked very well in the windy conditions. So glad you are highlighting this arguably the best Prehistoric monumental landscape in the UK. So many tourists visit Stonehenge but don't know that standing stones and other monuments existed across the country.
I was impressed with the microphone! Yes, I am on a campaign to get Americans to not visit Stonehenge as the ONE thing they do beyond London. I've mentioned this in several videos 🤣. Thanks for watching! Cheers! Dara
Hi Dara …. Here you go again …. Showing me places in my country that I’ve never even dreamed of visiting ! My wife and I rejoined the National Trust again last year with a view to visiting more of our country …. I’ve seen more of your country than ours 😂😂 …. Note to self …. Must do more to reverse this … thanks yet again for a great video … enjoy your weekend 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸❤️🦊
I'm glad I could show you someplace new! If you're a fan of prehistoric stuff I think this place is well worth a visit! So glad we went ❤️🏴. Thanks for watching! Cheers! Dara
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A great portrayal of a place I’ve heard of, but never visited. I’m writing this in Dublin. I’d love to see your portrayal of the ancient site Newgrange, about 30 miles north of here! Nice incidental music and transitions. Your appreciation shines through!
Cheers Aidan! Enjoy Dublin! We really need to visit Ireland one day! 🍀
Place is absolutely beautiful. Love the view from the sky. LIKE 119. 👍
Thanks so much!
Hello! This videos was so beautiful and relaxing. Loved it! 💜
Thanks Monique! Appreciate you stopping by for a little prehistoric British fun ;-)
Hahah... worth it for the cattle proof crossing! That church is such a shocking piece of history! How amazing! Thanks for this Dara! What a beautiful place!
Thank you so much, Susan ! It really is a special place. I hope you get to visit one day! Definitely come here instead of Stonehenge lol 😂
Never complain of lack of time if you choose to sleep till late. Good morning🤩
This video provides a unique perspective, showcasing the stunning stones of Avebury from both the sky and the ground. But before we delve into the fascinating history, we'll take a stroll through the picturesque village itself. And as a bonus, we'll get to admire the magnificent Saxon church, which played a crucial role for pilgrims in the Middle Ages. Make sure to subscribe, so you won't miss out on all the British fun coming your way this year!
I feel like this comment was written by ChatGPT...
Looking forward lots to watching this tonight after work. Looks lovely!
As usual Dara teaching us limeys about our own history.
Although we like the National Trust ( of which Christine and I are members) we also love The land mark trust for great places to stay in.
Great stuff guys
Lee & Christine ❤
Thanks for the recommendation! Safe travels, and wear your suncream ;-) Cheers! Dara and Ian
Did you take a walk to Silbury hill (the largest artificial mound in Europe) and the West Kennet long barrow? The latter is over 5,600 years old.
Also, a few miles away is the huge linear earthwork of the Wansdyke, which overlooks the vale of Pewsey. Hardly anybody seems to know about it.
Then, not so far away is one of the wonders of the canal system, the Caen Hill Flight in Devizes. Further west along the Kennet and Avon canal, is one of my favourite little towns, Bradford-on-Avon, with some wonderful buildings, steep streets and a huge tythe barn. It was once very important as a centre for making woollen cloth, powered by the waters of the river Avon. Follow the canal west, across a couple of lovely aqueducts, and you end up in Bath. I have cycled all that part of the canal and into Avebury itself on several occasions.
I live Wiltshire, it is the most ancient of English counties.
Thanks for all the fabulous suggestions Steve! I'm happy to have them here for reference next time we are in that area.
Funny you should mention Bradford on Avon... I was just telling Ian we need to go there for a visit! Cheers! Dara
@@MagentaOtterTravels I have others in the area, but I suspect you have already been to Castle Combe and Lacock.
Fantastic county
Awesome
Lovely and beautiful village and an even more beautiful church...and thanks to @Ian for that amazing drone footage 💖💖💖
Thanks so much Patz!💕
"Really old rocks"! First time I've ever heard them described thus!
I can be pretty goofy. No disrespect intended 💕
Hello Dara & Ian. I agree with you. Avebury is an easier place to visit than Stonehenge. The drone shots were great and shows the extent of the circle well.
It really is a massive circle! And so nice that you can wander all around it... with the sheep of course ;-)
Enjoyed your visit to Avebury, Dara and Ian. Beautiful stone buildings and love the thatched roof's. If we're someplace for a stretch we also only film on the nice days. Makes a big difference in the video look! Never knew about a "kissing gate." Shame some of the builders couldn't go find their own stones! Loved seeing the historic stone circle. Beautiful church, inside and out! Lovely tour, Dara. Thanks for bringing us along.
I think Nick & Jill need to demonstrate the kissing gate properly in one of their "gate of the week" features ;-)
Thanks for watching! I was happy to share this beautiful and historic place! All the best to you both.
I thought most people in the UK know what a kissing gate is, they're all over the place.
@@jillhobson6128 I'm sure they do Jill. We're from the US and I hadn't heard the term.
@@TravelingTramps Sorry, it's difficult to explain what a kissing gate is. I checked Google, there's a good description of what one is. Do you have the equivalent in the US by a different name?
Nothing to do with people kissing!
Very beautiful place!
I'm your new friend!👍🔔
Have an amazing day! Like #109
Dara, this is such a beautiful video highlighting what a treasure this area and the stones are- it'll be flooded with visitors before long! 🤣🤣! We have this in our possibilities list. Absolutely stunning. Enjoy your week Dara and Ian. Happy days. 😎💖🇳🇱🙋♀🇳🇿
Thanks so much birthday girl 💗
What a beautiful and interesting places! I must have missed the chip review gonna check it out now👍🏼 thanks for bringing me along
Love this kind of place beautiful sceneries very quiet and lots of stone around the area nice drone footage good morning stay conn watching from UK.
Cheers from Cheltenham! I
Avebury, home to the sunshine! Love the thatched roof on the old bakery. Some stunning buildings, ah the crisps, prawn cocktail wins! Great kissing gate technique. Wow that stone circle is huge, great shot from the sky. Yikes, people pulling down stones 300 years ago, hard to imagine now. Your mic did well in the wind. No bell pulling on this occasion 😅 a lovely tour 👍
I told Dave from @TravelingTramps that I expect Nick & Jill in an upcoming "gate of the week" to also demonstrate the proper way to traverse a kissing gate! 💋
I love how you can get close to the stones
I do too! And the grazing sheep just made it magical 🐑. Thanks for watching!
Wonderful. I have visited Avebury many times a long time ago. It is a pity that the main A4361, which is a busy road, goes right smack bang through the stone circle. A favourite walk is from Lambourn along the Ridge way, a prehistoric byway with spectacular views over the surrounding areas, to Avebury (20 miles) and a well deserved meal and beer break at the excellent Red Lion pub before catching the bus back to Reading. As you say much better experience than Stonehendge. I guess 300+ years ago people really didn't have any idea how the stones got there (giants carried them !) or how truly ancient they were.
Yes absolutely! It is a pity that busy road runs right through things. But as you say, it's still a lovely pub and place to visit. So nice that so many stones still remain after all these centuries!
I loved the stones, the posing by the stones, and the beautiful village beside them ❤
Thanks so much 😊
The thatched walls are a feature of the Wiltshire; My village has them too I used to work in the chapel (No longer a chapel sadly, though it was when I worked there) across from the pub and that building has stone from the circle in it. I always take people to St James' Church too as it's a beautiful building. The Church is actually built outside the henge and the Saxon village was located where the National Trust carpark is today. The High Street and Green street that goes right through the centre of the Henge is Saxon too and goes up to The Ridgeway, and ancient road that was probably there when the circle was constructed.
So fun to hear from a "local"! That is fascinating that the building had a stone from the circle in it! We really loved visiting Avebury. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Cheers! Dara
Lovely village, a real picture postcard place with all the thatched roofs! The strong circle was interesting, I'd never heard of Avebury, Stonehenge gets all the stone circle PR!
Yes absolutely! Go to the henge with less hype and less crowding for more fun 🤩
Hi, Dara,
Avebury seems to be one of an iconic historical tourist site in the countryside.
Stone henges, indeed, each large stone has quite character.
Stunning stained glass work, art 8:12, bell pole 8:14 and much more charm to the church
Bell pole? reminds me of your practice bell ring
I wonder why churches and mansions have those interesting characters' faces, for instance a devil on those buildings 10:07
Thank you so much for educating me as always. Well done and Bravo! Happy Friday. ciao
I think they enjoyed decorating buildings with all those faces. Sometimes they were important people (like lords or bishops) sometimes characters from books or sometimes just animals or monsters! Thanks for watching 💕
I've never been to Avebury - but now I want to go!
I definitely think it's worth a visit 👍
What a brilliant video. Love the views. Really hope you are well and having a great Wednesday. Many thanks from Chris and Jane 🎉🎉
Cheers! It's world otter day, so a great day indeed!💗🦦
Thank you so much for a wonderful travel video. Really enjoyed it. You gave a Lotta great information and you really made it enjoyable to watch. Hugs and kisses from grandma, Sandy, and Debbie watch from the beginning to the end. Didn’t wanna miss anything you’re taking me around the world with you and it was wonderful.
That is so sweet of you. I appreciate it!
The village is lovely! Appreciate you can visit the stones up close. Thanks for sharing all the history and architecture of the church’s fascinating! Ian loved the drone shots too! Great video Dara!! ~Cara😊
Thanks so much Cara! 💕
That church is so beautiful and spans a many eras. Just amazing! ❤
Yes it was fascinating and a bit quirky!
The brickwork on the house is called Flemish Bond.
The Cove Stone, that's the BIG stone, in the circle is the one that weighs over 100 tonnes and goes underground for at least two metres. The odd pyramid shaped stones were put there by the marmalade chappie to show where the missing stones would be.
Fascinating facts, Boppy!
We’re fair weather filmers too wherever possible! What a charming place. Another one for our list to check out! We enjoyed seeing the standing stones. Your mic held up well!! Pretty church too. Cheers 🍻
Yes, the RODE microphone was pricey, but once I learned how to properly plug it in it has been pretty good!
Hi Dara really interesting video of Avebury even in not so sunny weather ! Love the old bakery with a thatched roof and the thatched barn, gorgeous village and that's interesting to know that its a UNESCO site, its gorgeous. That manor is beautiful and so cute that there was a nest in the dovecote. Nice demos at the kissing gate too 🤭
I've heard that there are circles within circles there, I've watched on TH-cam before, its fascinating. So good that St James Church has been worshipping since the 3rd century, it was really beautiful inside. Great footage, thanks for the lovely tour :) ~ Anna ❤👍
Cheers Anna! Have you been to any stone circles in Wales?
@@MagentaOtterTravels Yes, here in North Wales, we actually have a video of it titled " Meini Hirion " if you are intetested. Some people call it a Druid Circle but the name Druid’s Circle is misleading because the stones pre date the arrival of druids by many centuries. The Welsh name is Meini Hirion (“long stones ) Its a fascinating place :)
@@FXWalesAnnaAlf thanks for letting me know! I had heard that there are stone circles all over!
Lovely visit to stunning Avebury. Looking forward to visiting one day!!
You would love it!
@@MagentaOtterTravels awesome!! And your mic sounded great in the wind wow! I need to get one of those!
The drone footage was great, thanks lan.
Yes, I agree! It was worth traipsing through the fields to get that footage 😉
Fortunately you didn’t lose it or have it attacked by sheep!
@@lizbignell7813 LOL indeed!
Awesome -- very scenic
Cheers!
Nice to see you both with extended family, i see see more of my own country following your videos after nearly 70 years, I have been to many countries and I believe the only other to match our history and beauty is France , thank you again ❤
We love sharing favourite places in Britain with family and dear friends. It was my brother Brian who insisted we visit Avebury, and I'm glad we did!
Great video Dara. I always recommend both these stones circles here in Wiltshire, and The Hurlers in Cornwall (on Bodmin Moor) over Stonehenge. You can get 'up close and personal' with those much more than the latter! Really enjoyed this. Take care, Paul 🙂👍
Thanks for watching! I do love the more accessible sites... thanks for the other recommendations! Cheers! Dara
Watch from the beginning to the end I enjoyed every moment of your video. Bye-bye now take care.
Thanks Sandy!
Loved this video!!! Thanks for sharing
Thank you for watching! It was a fun place to explore!
No time to see the church when I visited. Big thank you for the tour of the interior. Ian's aerial shots give you a much better idea of the size of Avebury than can be got from the ground. Well done to him and all involved.
Cheers, Gerry! It was a fun day with my brother and his wife to finish off the summer... we left Cheltenham just a couple days later!
I hope one day they will close the road off through the henge and restore the peace back to this magnificent site. The brick work was Flemish bond Dara, this style usually denotes age, once you get your eye in you can see the different extensions etc usually in stretcher or running bond, i.e. long brick face on long brick face.
Yes that busy road is right in the middle of the henge! They need a ring road round it 😉
Thanks for the brick info! Cheers! Dara
Such a beautiful village! I think I would just hang out with the sheep all day! Great video and editing Dara!💖
I thought it was magical that the sheep were grazing right next to those prehistoric monuments! 🐑💗
So beautiful, Dara -- and again, great background music. Those stones are just fascinating, with so much history. You do a ton of research, I know, so please believe me that it is well worth it. I learn so much from your MOT channel!!
That's so sweet of you to say! Can you tell I'm on a nonstop campaign to get Americans to visit other places than Stonehenge? 🤣
@@MagentaOtterTravelsI think Stonehenge is still worth visiting to appreciate why and how it was built, why they brought stones all the way from Pembrokeshire in Wales and why they aligned it the way they did to celebrate the solstices. I find that fascinating.
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I have a big fluffy mic cover on my camera and people always ask what is that? It's a dead cat, I say, which confuses them a bit. Makes sense that the little ones are called dead mice 😂 And they do work superbly well. Audio will often be unusable otherwise. Love these villages and stone circles. Amazing to think they were constructed at about the same time as the Great Pyramid. Another lovely job Dara!
Cheers Shane! How are you feeling? Fully recovered yet?
I'm sure your dead cat could eat my dead mouse! 🐈⬛ 🐁 But yes they are brilliant 👍👍
@@MagentaOtterTravels I don't like to complain but I will 😂 Not fully recovered yet but on the mend. Thanks for asking!
BTW, is it a Rode mic you have there? It sounds pretty good. I wouldn't mind a good wireless mic.
@@ShaneNixonFamily that's OK, I love complaining! You can always complain to me 😉
Yes, it is a RODE wireless Go. I'm ashamed to admit that the first year I owned it I was plugging the connector cord in backwards and couldn't get it to work! But once I assembled it properly it actually has been quite good !👍
Beautufull building
Oh wow! I have never been to Avebury! It looks wonderful! I really want to visit there some time having watched this! Love the quaint cottages and that thatched wall was awesome. This was just a really beautiful video to watch!
Thanks very much, Louise! I do love travel vlogs like this... but I do NOT enjoy editing them! Always happy when the edit is over! haha
I've never seen a wall with a thatched top either - but I really like it!!
Kinda funny! Not sure the purpose, and it means a lot of maintenance I would think?
@@MagentaOtterTravels It's more common on cob walls, which are basically built from lumps of clay or chalk. The thatch sheds water and prevents the wall disintegrating. Since that seems to be a drystone wall, presumably it is intended to stop rainwater percolating down into the wall and eventually dislodging the stones.
@@davidjones332 thanks for the explanation, that makes a lot of sense! I always found it fascinating that a country with a fair amount of rain built homes out of the cob!
Very good presentation of Avebury. The drone footage was a wonderful way to show the magnitude of the circle and the infused village. Much better place to experience neolithic Britain than it’s more famous cousin, which is why I took you there😊. Great cast!
Yes the cast was phenomenal! You are the one that introduced me to BOTH places I prefer to Stonehenge! Now I just need to take you to Belas Knap next time you visit us 😉
Very cool! I like the video and really cool edits. Nice job!
Thanks JJ!
We were there about three weeks ago. Much cooler, wet, and greener.
It was dry last summer! Hopefully it will be greener this summer 😉
@MagentaOtterTravels It's likely that there was a church there since 705AD. It would have been built of wood and thatch. The small Anglo Saxon windows would have originally been part of the outer walls. Did you spot the 'hagioscope or squint' used so the priests could synchronise Mass? The Rood Loft would originally have had a huge crucifix hanging above it. In the South Aisle there are some medieval tiles dating from the 13th and 14th centuries.
There's also an oak...... The short video on FB cuts off at this point so I have no idea what the oak thing is. 😂
Look out for a Sanctuary knocker on the next old church you visit.
@@Poliss95 I only remember a sanctuary knocker from Durham Cathedral. Very cool!
My favourite is the Henge shop❤
So much to love in Avebury 💗
it is Henge, due to the earthworks around it. either a ditch or earth banks. a Stone Circle is built on flat ground, like the misnamed Stone Henge is.
Ah, good to know!
I agreed, much much better than stone hedge. I've been here a few times but not for a few years but always love how you can get hands with the stones and find somewhere nice for a spot of quite time for contemplation. The way the village sits within the stones in amazing. Love the video - thank you. Was this filmed during last year's hot summer? xxx
It was in August... not in the worst part of the heatwave (that's when I filmed my Wells and Liverpool videos! 🥵), but it was still warm.
Tuyệt vời quá bạn ơi, chúc bạn một ngày mới tràn đầy niềm vui và hạnh phúc. Luôn đồng hành và phát triển cùng bạn lk123
Nearby West Kennet Longbarrow is well worth a visit.
Well then I need to go there next time! I really enjoyed visiting the long barrow at Belas Knap!
There are some lovely examples of thatched walls in the village of Blewbury if you’re ever near Didcot.
I've not heard of Blewbury... what a lovely name! 🫐 I would love to see it! Thanks for the recommendation 👍. Cheers! Dara
@@MagentaOtterTravels Didcot is a famous railway centre with lots of steam locomotives. 😁
@@Poliss95 Didcot Parkway? Was on a train headed there yesterday
@@MagentaOtterTravels Didcot Railway Centre is adjacent to Didcot Parkway.
You should have promised an ice cream before sending him through the kissing gate!! 🍦😘🍦😘
Good idea! That might have made him more cheery!
There you go getting stones again 😁
LOL
3:22 that's indeed a big nest, there must be some huuuuuge doves living in Avebury! 😂
Or perhaps a vulture? 😆
great video all the best
Cheers! Thanks for watching!
@@MagentaOtterTravels you're very welcome
What is that magical wind excluding fluffy mike you used? The video I took today sounds like it was made in a hurricane. 😢
It's a wind guard or "dead mouse". The vlogging mics have them and they help a lot!! Every time I don't use my good mic I regret it 🙄
i was stationed at Lyneham in the early 80s & have to agree with you about it being nicer than Stonehenge
Thanks John for chiming in. Always great to hear from you! I know I bash Stonehenge a lot... but tourists go there all the time instead of more interesting places.
Over 41,000 miles of public rights of way in England and Wales could be lost because they haven't been registered yet. The deadline is 2031. The deadline had been abolished in 2022 but has since been reinstated. (You learn some interesting stuff watching the House of Lords on the Parliament Channel).
You are a treasure trove of obscure trivia as usual, Boppy!
Avebury stone circles is for the Brits, English Heritage built Stonehenge in the 50's for the tourists.
when I say" Brits " I mean those" in the know", it seems a lot of tourists are just ticking boxes, Bath, London, Stonehenge etc.
@@JH-ty3ic yes I hear you. That's why I've done several videos trying to dissuade American tourists from going to Stonehenge 😉
@@MagentaOtterTravels I'm like that with Amsterdam. Leave that alone for the residents and go discover. Stretch ones boundaries.
@@IamaDutch-Kiwi precisely. So many great little fishing villages up north to visit!
We have never seen a wall with a thatched roof either.
So curious!
The Victorians even had fireplaces in their walls to keep the plants warm. 😁
Can do a good walk, Avebury, to Silbury hill, West Kennett long barrow, a section of rhe Ridgeway path and back. All more interesting than Stonehenge.....
Yes that sounds terrific!👍
@@MagentaOtterTravels Did that exact walk via Silbury and the Barrow over 30 years ago. A great day out! The village in spring was as beautiful and interesting then as now. Somewhere I have a video of a fieldmouse eating dropped flowers quite unconcerned by the toe of my hiking boot. There was also an old barn with a real estate sign advertising that it had planning permission for an upgrade to a residence. Always wondered what it may have turned out like. 😉
After 4500yrs, you would have thought they would have finished building it by now. Typical British builders, probably away on another job.
Yes, and drinking builders tea no doubt...
@@MagentaOtterTravels Of course. Nothing else will do
@@MagentaOtterTravels , hope you two are doing well , anyway new program on bbc 2 on Fridays at 9pm titled -- Hidden Treasures of the National Trust, if you miss the program it should be on TH-cam some time.
It is always stunning and utterly surprising how people 4500++ years ago managed without any electrical equipment and AI to put up things like this!! And today they are not even capable of repairing holes in the street 🤦♀🤷♀
Truth!
Those are big stones! Shame they used some of them as building material.
IKR?!
Well look on the bright side. At least they were used locally. In Egypt they used for a time to export mummies in bulk to be used as fertilizer or steam engine fuel! As hilariously quipped by Mark Twain in his travels - "These plebs don't burn worth a damn! Pass me out a King!" 😱🙄
@@theoztreecrasher2647 oh my goodness!!!
Stonehenge doesn't have a pub 😀
Excellent point! And Avebury has a good one 👍
A haunted pub 👻