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Oooh, you've got me on tenterhooks. I was going to suggest going back during a dry spell so that the water table had dropped. But maybe you don't have to if you have more info. Don't keep us waiting too long please.
Get down to a library that has a collection of old maps in it. These maps are amazing to look at anyway, and often reveal things about places you never knew existed before.
I dont think I'd have been able to camp anywhere near those holes - I'd be imagining all sorts of horrible things crawling out of them during the night. Scary and holes reminds me of my partner and I visiting Dunluce Castle on our holiday to Ireland in 2016 (we call the castle Dunlucky). I'd read about the cave underneath and wanted to photograph it. We went in and i thought it was wonderful - so vast - and began setting up my tripod. I then turned around to find my partner wasn't there - he'd left silently without saying a word. It was a little eerie, but i was still just excited to photograph the place. I decided the photo needed me in it down near the water to give some scale, so I set up my remote and went down to take some shots. I turned back to look up at the cave and the sound of the waves and the pigeons echoed strangly, and for no reason i know i went from enjoying myself to about as terrified as I've ever been in my life, and needing to get out of there immediately. I rushed back up the slope to my camera, packed up in about 10 seconds and scrambled up to the entrance as quick as i could. Half way back i stopped suddenly as i was confronted by this almost unrecognisable little dead body. It was some kind of bird i think, but looked all turned inside out, and there were no feathers to be seen. I rushed out of the cave into the sun and my partner was nowhere to be seen. My heart was pounding, but after a few minutes he reappeared from exploring, and by the time he got back i decided not to say anything. After this we went down by the shore so i could take some photos of the castle and bay at sunset. Eventually in the twilight, it was time to leave. As we made our way back up the slope towards the castle, the last light of the sun could be seen through one of the windows, and i said off-handedly to my partner it looked like a light was on. He said, "Yes, stop talking about it, this place gives me the creeps." He then told me that he'd left the cave so soon after entering because "I don't believe in ghosts but that cave had an ill feeling". I then told him about my experience in the cave. We rushed up the slope and stairs back to our car, but i wasnt very fit so lagged behind...i say i was left for ghost bait, my partner said he was running to get help 🤣 It was only after this experience that we looked up the history of Dunluce castle and saw there's a story about the ghost of girl who drowned trying to escape by boat via the cave. I don't know if i believe in ghosts or not, but that cave had an ill feeling!
It wasn’t something I saw, but my brother and I hiked down into a canyon to camp next to a stream. The clouds rolled in and we somehow hadn’t thought about the fact that it was flash flood season in Arizona and camping next to the stream was probably about the dumbest thing we could do. So we had to hike back up in the rain, got about halfway up the side of the canyon, it was dark and raining. We had to pitch the tent on a large stone and lash it to a tree to keep it from sliding off back down the canyon. Needless to say neither of us got much sleep that night. Anyway, thanks for another great video.
Strange indeed - these are definitely not mines. 3 weeks ago I found small tunnel made of bricks leading towards the river, but it was maybe 4, 5 feet deep. I love camping in area and really enjoyed this film🙂.
100% agree with you re: summit queues. I hate crowds on mountains, but if I'm there, I'm just the same as everyone else who's there, including the train people! Plenty of other mountains for everyone to enjoy too!
Yeah if everyone spread out it’ would be grand. I’ve spent all day at the weekend in the mountains and only met a handful of people because I avoided the popular areas
Another fab video Stephen. Re the holes and because I love maps, I personally would try and find some old maps of the area and have a gander at those to see if they shine any light on what went on in the area in the past. Re the rain - nothing better for a good nights sleep than the sound of rain on canvas - putting all the kit away when wet is another matter all together 😂
Cracking bit of bricklaying Stephen. Things like that always make me wonder about the people who built them, and the effort involved. And I'm in agreement about camping in the rain, especially when parked on a slope with a partner who continually rolls downhill forcing you against the canvas😂
Given the history of the area I suspect it’s at least 100years old. Haha that camping experience doesn’t sound fun. Lying their all night hating the rain and your partner 😂
you realise there could be other shafts in the area covered by (by now) rotted planks that you could walk right over without knowing til they collapsed. id have walked a long way away very very carefully. Just thought i'd add to the nightmares.
And that is why I get panicky when I hear that 'hollow' sound, even around tree roots which quite often have open spaces underneath....but especially around mines and old installations...
Before Silent Valley was built water for Belfast was pumped from that river at the inlet well, the big grey building on the track in. I’m suspecting it connected to that somehow.
I'm telling you that if it wasn't for that tent setup trick, you would have gained my immediate subscription with the debacle of the strawberry rhubarb down your leg instead of in the pouch where it belonged. Your reaction to that was classic, I say, priceless. I have so enjoyed this video, the first one I've seen of yours, and I'm not even halfway through it...
As someone with a very limited ability to walk I love the train going up snowdon and I'd really love to have a go again if I ever have budget to travel again.
I once found a bag of old animals bones with string around them almost like a necklace, and a small jar f what looked like blood in the same bag and some old broken slate, all shallow buried together around what looked like some scorched earth and then covered with leaves in a particular forest in the mournes when i was around 14 or 15 on a school trip to the mournes. Draw your own conclusions. 🤷♂️ Great video Stephen. Those holes are fascinating, again the movie "the descent" springs to mind 😮🤣
Also scariest thing I encountered while camping was hearing weird noises in the night ( like murmuring and snuffling and mumbling ) then I woke up and remember a guy called Stephen Reid was in his tent 3 feet from me 😂😂
Scariest thing was hiking in the Western Isles, I was hiking down a track down to a Loch in the wilder part of North? Uist, thinking of camping there...but it was way too midge infested...I heard and saw no-one. Headed back and there were six black crows on a barbed wire fence that weren't there when I passed less than an hour earlier. That freaked me out, especially as they seem to have been shot, and I'd not heard any shots. Very much a Deliverance moment. Also while sketching in an spooky dead yet green wood near me where birds do not sing or make any noise, at dusk....a black bird flew into me even though I was sitting on a small stool, so low down. I fell off my stool and then the bird was nowhere to be seen. That freaked me out too.
There was quarrying work for local stone and apparently some lead and copper mines in the general area. Although these didn’t look anything like the copper mines I’ve been into in wales.
The holes are fascinating. How far apart were they and were they on a similar level like on the same contour on the map? The fact that there is brickwork makes me think "water installation" especially since there are reservoirs nearby. The fencing looks like there was once an attempt to at least keep animals from roaming into them. But I agree that there needs to be something done to renew the fencing.
About maybe 100m apart and yeah roughly on the same level. Second one maybe 3 meters lower. I suspect the fencing is maybe from when the forest plantation was put in. The trees there look about 30-40years old.
@@StephenJReid I love finding old stuff like that. I end up poring over old OS maps to see if anything is on them. Hours of geeky fun. Little amuses the innocent eh? Here's a link to a source of old maps that go back to the last century. apps.spatialni.gov.uk/PRONIApplication/
Absolutely tell someone. Imagine kids running through there. Cisterns? I'm wondering if there was a landslide there? In California, they have closed off all of our forest roads. We used to be able to at least drive the forestry roads. They blame it on wildfires, but now is when i want to see back there because the trees and leaves are gone and I we can see the ground right now. From the highways i can see things I've never seen before and want to check it out. I love camping in the rain or sleeping under a tin roof in the rain. Im sorry it's torture to you, but there's nothing you can do about it, so might as well accept it.
I'm sure you will find more in that area if you looked around long enough. Definitely looks like it is connected to the mining industry probably ventilation shaft or something but they should definitely be more secure than their current state. I thought forestry commission or someone would have them more secured . Even some hazard tape around the opening or something 🤷🏽♂️
Mines in other areas are very clearly marked. I’m not sure this is related to mining. There was some tunnelling in the area 100 years ago for reservoirs
I'm even more curious now about those pits! Are you planning to look into them a bit more? I have a historian-dusty-archive-loving streak and would definitely be digging into this (no pun intended!) Having returned from a short hike around Stirling today that was very, very busy, hard relate to the crowded location question. It is hard to find balance of easy-ish access great spots with no people, but we're all definitely part of the problem when still going to the popular areas. Makes me think of the erosion on Ben Lomond path - apparently before repair and restoration the eroded path was visible from Glasgow! Its good people go out but we all have responsibility to take care of the landscape we want to enjoy for years to come.
To answer your question do i like camping in the rain ( I don’t mind as long as it stops when trying to pack up next morning 😂. It also masks the sound of anyone , thing snuffling round your tent . If I was in a forest with no sound I would be petrified 😂😂. I like the sound of water running and trees creaking .
Careful with rocks from a creek or river in a fire if there's water trapped inside they'll blow up or explode when they get hot. Awesome video stay safe out there
Brother man that little trick of videography you did with the instantaneous tent setup that was so cool you gained my immediate subscription. I watched it like four times. Really cool & innovative. We are starting off good... Lol
I agree with may of the comments already that suggest these look like air shafts or expansion shafts. I would put my money on them being for a pipe or tunnel, perhaps for water if there is a reservoir nearby. Shafts like this are sometime put in to provide a pressure relief to reduce the shock of pressure changes to the tunnel/pipe when valves are opened or closed. As you've found two - draw a line between them and see if you can spot any more or if the line leads to near the reservoir, water works or river/stream. Very scary but interesting. Thanks for covering it and great video!
There was an underground water conduit built over 100years ago. But I looked up the old maps and it doesn’t come within a couple of miles of this location. The reservoirs are in an adjacent valley too
Being full of water It may be a Victorian vent pipe as stated (for a reservoir) when overfilling and also in turn a point of water entry from the forest to the reservoir when there’s high water in the forest Close by a potential road or pathway it could have also been used as a water well. Great find.
I'm only 5 mins in, and I'm sure this video is gonna give me nightmares. How is this not closed. If this was in the netherlands, it would... It would not even exist anymore. It would be turned into a bicycle lane with a windmill on the side and a cafe selling pancakes. NL regulations would not allow this to exist.
Personally I think you should report those holes in the ground, but to who, I have no idea, as they are obviously way dangerous. I enjoyed watching your videos
Doing a wild camp with people who have the will to build & maintain a non intoxicated stealth camp i completely get where you are coming from if you get about in the UK im in north wales i do this but strict rules as i dont really want to draw attention to where i have put time and effort into outdoor builds. I go out but no tent just a blanket, but my builds all have mini fireplaces well insulated and tarp & moss roof! 😊 Fresh water source is right there 2m away 😂 and beautiful view in the most disguised location. No 1 is finding you!! Ive just seen your video of snowdon 😂 ❤ my back garden.
I've come across a few builds like that and I don't have a problem with most of them as long as they are well off the beaten track and haven't been made from live trees., Some are amazing work. Although I've found quite a few that are a mess with old kit and tools etc lying everywhere. If you liked my Snowdon video, you'll love my Dinorwic video! 🙂
@@StephenJReid I'll have a look tonight! Good call! 😃 Couldn't agree more nothing worse than hammer and nails and loads of bags bottles rubbish excess string and even worse when that person gets bored and leaves it all there 😤
re wild-camping which basically involves the act of trespass if its on private land without permission, CPS website states: "Trespass to land in most instances is a civil matter, and as such the police do not have the power to assist. Initially, the landowner should ask the trespasser to leave the land and if he/she does then all is well. If he/she refuses to leave the land then you will need to consider taking civil action." i dont think the police would get involved unless criminal damage was being done.
It might be the air shafts of an old mine. These holes are not the mine it’s self but when a mine is very deep they will have to make air shafts to pump air into the mine.
I was chilling at camp just getting ready for sleep and I hear a critter come running towards me and climb up the tree my hammock was hung on. A few moments later a pair of coyotes came up in my camp, just a few feet from me. They stopped we locked eyes, and for some reason I instinctively just barked at them, they looked at each other than back at me like I was crazy and walked back into the dark. Few hours later I heard the critter come back down from the tree and wander off safely home I assume
Assuming this is the mournes, i have a suspicion that what you have there are ventilations shafts for part of the mourne conduit that helped supply water to belfast before the silent valley reservoir was built. Presumably theyd have been used to supply fresh air to the workers building the tunnel though ive no idea why they werent sealed when it was complete unless they were also intended as some form of pressure release for the conduit or they were sealed and the cover collapsed? id check who owns the land theyre on. i suspect its probably northern ireland water since they own a lot of the land in the mournes. if so, maybe let the know so they can seal them up?
Hi, I'm new to your channel. Although I appreciate why you want the location to remain unknown, what happens if someone is mounting biking and falls in, or a child has a camping trip near there? There are loads of scenarios I can think of where someone accidentally falls in so please can you reconsider your decision to not name the location? I love your channel though, thanks 😊
I think the chances of someone falling in are much much higher if I say where it is as people will likely try and find it as it's interesting. This has happened in other places. Currently it's in an area that very very few people are ever near. I've put a neon rope around the one that's more easy to accidentally come across and I've informed the landowner
It looks like someone set that up, someone just set up the barbwire and tee to cover it up.. Doesn't seem like something that's just going to be there with barbwire, trees and such over it. Someone put that there. However the forest will definitely make you wonder. There's not going to be warning signs in every forest you walk through. SMH I've never seen anything like that in the mountains but I've seen traps and that's both. Don't go in it. Thanks for sharing.
Based on your accent you are not in the US, so I assume you are in the UK or somewhere in Europe. That “hole” is most likely a WWII bunker of some kind…
There is actually a spot not too far from here where WWII artillery shells have been found as it was a training area. But I don’t think this is war related
@@StephenJReid You never know. Outposts or the training site "moved" a bit. If I found something like that here, something military-related would come ionto my mind first. But of course it completely depends on where you are.
Dude it's remnience of an old aqua duct like the Roman n Greeks had and or it could be like a tiny great Wall of China type deal seeing the road way like thing without tree's growing on it that connects the 2 holes and I guarantee you there's a lot more of them fr fr that's most likely of things it could possibly be...especially considering the really detailed and perfect masonry and given the size of them but at the least it's a really badass well system to water live stock or whatever and it could be a government under ground facility tbh I mean until you get your snorkling gear and go down in there....
Did you say that Snowdon was the tallest mountain in the UK or did I mis-hear? Every chance I did though as I have a head cold and according to my GF I never listen properly.
Seems legit 😀 on a serious note, my GF and I love your content, witty, exceptional production values and very enjoyable. I had the pleasure of living in County Down when I was younger for a few years and your videos make me want to go back there on holiday. Keep up the awesome work dude!
Kow There is a warning, Bob wire, And It should Be stood Back up, So large Animals cant fall in, If You have a Axe you Really should Repair that with some old Tree,s, Bang them in the Ground and Stand the fence back up, At lease I would If I live Were you are That Is Very dangerous even for Humans. Don,t Be scared, Thats Really not that uncommon, Someone Must have cared, If that wire use to stand up as fence.
Scariest thing was COVID Police. Are you exercising and what's in your sandwich, is that coffee or water in that flask, is that a family member your with? Very peculiar behaviour.
Looks like airshafts for an old mine. Mine is probably closed up down the hill, and these shafts where blocked, now full of water. Or maybe Irish Trolls.
I found out what the holes are for! Watch the update video: th-cam.com/video/9OU3QjuZCYQ/w-d-xo.html
If you know where this is, please don’t say in the comments or I’ll delete the comment. I don’t want to encourage people to go looking for it.
Voted for you. You deserve to win mate 👍
@@GrizzlyGaz thanks Gaz!
Oooh, you've got me on tenterhooks. I was going to suggest going back during a dry spell so that the water table had dropped. But maybe you don't have to if you have more info. Don't keep us waiting too long please.
Is the new video out yet? When would that date be if I may ask?
@@shannonbaldus5458 Likely next weekend. I have a lot of footage to go through.
The scariest thing I've encountered woodland camping is a TH-camr making videos.
A truly traumatic experience 😂
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Did you get him ? 😂
I was thinking something similar. SMH
Scariest thing? Going down the 'Glen path' on Slieve Donard and passing a totally unprepared Stephen Nolan.
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Yes. Tell someone so the holes can have signage or fences for caution.
“If you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you”
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Get down to a library that has a collection of old maps in it. These maps are amazing to look at anyway, and often reveal things about places you never knew existed before.
I’ve been sent a link to an online viewer of some old maps. Has given some insight.
@@StephenJReid that needs a sequel video then. The scariest thing part 2 - this time it's personal!
@@StephenJReid it will be amazing what comes of seeing those. I really want to know how deep it is.
I dont think I'd have been able to camp anywhere near those holes - I'd be imagining all sorts of horrible things crawling out of them during the night.
Scary and holes reminds me of my partner and I visiting Dunluce Castle on our holiday to Ireland in 2016 (we call the castle Dunlucky). I'd read about the cave underneath and wanted to photograph it. We went in and i thought it was wonderful - so vast - and began setting up my tripod. I then turned around to find my partner wasn't there - he'd left silently without saying a word. It was a little eerie, but i was still just excited to photograph the place.
I decided the photo needed me in it down near the water to give some scale, so I set up my remote and went down to take some shots. I turned back to look up at the cave and the sound of the waves and the pigeons echoed strangly, and for no reason i know i went from enjoying myself to about as terrified as I've ever been in my life, and needing to get out of there immediately.
I rushed back up the slope to my camera, packed up in about 10 seconds and scrambled up to the entrance as quick as i could. Half way back i stopped suddenly as i was confronted by this almost unrecognisable little dead body. It was some kind of bird i think, but looked all turned inside out, and there were no feathers to be seen.
I rushed out of the cave into the sun and my partner was nowhere to be seen. My heart was pounding, but after a few minutes he reappeared from exploring, and by the time he got back i decided not to say anything.
After this we went down by the shore so i could take some photos of the castle and bay at sunset. Eventually in the twilight, it was time to leave. As we made our way back up the slope towards the castle, the last light of the sun could be seen through one of the windows, and i said off-handedly to my partner it looked like a light was on. He said, "Yes, stop talking about it, this place gives me the creeps." He then told me that he'd left the cave so soon after entering because "I don't believe in ghosts but that cave had an ill feeling". I then told him about my experience in the cave.
We rushed up the slope and stairs back to our car, but i wasnt very fit so lagged behind...i say i was left for ghost bait, my partner said he was running to get help 🤣
It was only after this experience that we looked up the history of Dunluce castle and saw there's a story about the ghost of girl who drowned trying to escape by boat via the cave.
I don't know if i believe in ghosts or not, but that cave had an ill feeling!
It wasn’t something I saw, but my brother and I hiked down into a canyon to camp next to a stream. The clouds rolled in and we somehow hadn’t thought about the fact that it was flash flood season in Arizona and camping next to the stream was probably about the dumbest thing we could do. So we had to hike back up in the rain, got about halfway up the side of the canyon, it was dark and raining. We had to pitch the tent on a large stone and lash it to a tree to keep it from sliding off back down the canyon. Needless to say neither of us got much sleep that night. Anyway, thanks for another great video.
That sounds like a grim night!
@@StephenJReid that's a good word for it.
Strange indeed - these are definitely not mines. 3 weeks ago I found small tunnel made of bricks leading towards the river, but it was maybe 4, 5 feet deep. I love camping in area and really enjoyed this film🙂.
Yeah I think most likely something to do with water. The brickwork looks similar to that at a nearby reservoir that was built about 100years ago.
100% agree with you re: summit queues. I hate crowds on mountains, but if I'm there, I'm just the same as everyone else who's there, including the train people! Plenty of other mountains for everyone to enjoy too!
Yeah if everyone spread out it’ would be grand. I’ve spent all day at the weekend in the mountains and only met a handful of people because I avoided the popular areas
@@StephenJReid Exactly!
Another fab video Stephen. Re the holes and because I love maps, I personally would try and find some old maps of the area and have a gander at those to see if they shine any light on what went on in the area in the past. Re the rain - nothing better for a good nights sleep than the sound of rain on canvas - putting all the kit away when wet is another matter all together 😂
Doing just that. Found 100yr old map online which reveals a bit but not all. I might need to make a follow up video!
Cracking bit of bricklaying Stephen. Things like that always make me wonder about the people who built them, and the effort involved. And I'm in agreement about camping in the rain, especially when parked on a slope with a partner who continually rolls downhill forcing you against the canvas😂
Given the history of the area I suspect it’s at least 100years old.
Haha that camping experience doesn’t sound fun. Lying their all night hating the rain and your partner 😂
you realise there could be other shafts in the area covered by (by now) rotted planks that you could walk right over without knowing til they collapsed. id have walked a long way away very very carefully. Just thought i'd add to the nightmares.
Yikes! Although I now have reason to believe these are the only ones in the area
And that is why I get panicky when I hear that 'hollow' sound, even around tree roots which quite often have open spaces underneath....but especially around mines and old installations...
Before Silent Valley was built water for Belfast was pumped from that river at the inlet well, the big grey building on the track in. I’m suspecting it connected to that somehow.
Maybe although these are nowhere near the river
I'm telling you that if it wasn't for that tent setup trick, you would have gained my immediate subscription with the debacle of the strawberry rhubarb down your leg instead of in the pouch where it belonged. Your reaction to that was classic, I say, priceless.
I have so enjoyed this video, the first one I've seen of yours, and I'm not even halfway through it...
The scariest thing I've ever found was a nest of baby rattle snakes. We left that pretty quickly.
Yikes!
That's a BIG tunnel spider entrance....🕷🕷🕷🕷
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Any ancient wells in the area, an old map would help. There are quite often more wells around than we realise ….
Might be able to find old land maps and have a look
As someone with a very limited ability to walk I love the train going up snowdon and I'd really love to have a go again if I ever have budget to travel again.
after watching this and reading the comments i cant wait for part 2 :)
You got that right!!!! I just shot part two. It’s crazy what I discovered
I once found a bag of old animals bones with string around them almost like a necklace, and a small jar f what looked like blood in the same bag and some old broken slate, all shallow buried together around what looked like some scorched earth and then covered with leaves in a particular forest in the mournes when i was around 14 or 15 on a school trip to the mournes. Draw your own conclusions. 🤷♂️
Great video Stephen. Those holes are fascinating, again the movie "the descent" springs to mind 😮🤣
Yikes! I better not find monsters in there when I go back to investigate further
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1:24 I love the effect. 😻
Also scariest thing I encountered while camping was hearing weird noises in the night ( like murmuring and snuffling and mumbling ) then I woke up and remember a guy called Stephen Reid was in his tent 3 feet from me 😂😂
😂 sounds about right. I’m a very fidgety sleeper
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Scariest thing was hiking in the Western Isles, I was hiking down a track down to a Loch in the wilder part of North? Uist, thinking of camping there...but it was way too midge infested...I heard and saw no-one. Headed back and there were six black crows on a barbed wire fence that weren't there when I passed less than an hour earlier. That freaked me out, especially as they seem to have been shot, and I'd not heard any shots. Very much a Deliverance moment.
Also while sketching in an spooky dead yet green wood near me where birds do not sing or make any noise, at dusk....a black bird flew into me even though I was sitting on a small stool, so low down. I fell off my stool and then the bird was nowhere to be seen. That freaked me out too.
Yikes! That’s freaky
They kind of seem to be ventilation shafts for a mine--or maybe that and escape shafts. Was there ever any kind of mining done in the area?
There was quarrying work for local stone and apparently some lead and copper mines in the general area. Although these didn’t look anything like the copper mines I’ve been into in wales.
The holes are fascinating. How far apart were they and were they on a similar level like on the same contour on the map? The fact that there is brickwork makes me think "water installation" especially since there are reservoirs nearby. The fencing looks like there was once an attempt to at least keep animals from roaming into them. But I agree that there needs to be something done to renew the fencing.
About maybe 100m apart and yeah roughly on the same level. Second one maybe 3 meters lower. I suspect the fencing is maybe from when the forest plantation was put in. The trees there look about 30-40years old.
@@StephenJReid I love finding old stuff like that. I end up poring over old OS maps to see if anything is on them. Hours of geeky fun. Little amuses the innocent eh? Here's a link to a source of old maps that go back to the last century. apps.spatialni.gov.uk/PRONIApplication/
@@TheOpenboaterinteresting 👍 are they any for UK?
@@skyblue-df2od to be honest I haven't looked for anywhere else. Sorry.
Old buildings or mining operation buried by mudslides? Or volcanic ash? I'd have to know exactly where he is to know.
We have an old well on our property that looks similar to this. Needs to be properly covered.
Is it lined with anything? These look lined with wood and concrete
Cool video I like the color grading you are using - goes very well for winter and the dramatic places you have filmed at recently.
Thanks! It’s a fairly simple grade. I try to match to the season
Looks like a portal to me!!😮 it is better to let everyone know it's exact location, so that no one trips and fall!
Well done on the swallow answer 😅 Great stuff as always 👍 I think the land owner needs to be aware of the shafts being open impo.
😁 yeah I’m investigating a bit here
I think they were called a siciteen well.
Don't go down there, didnt you ever see 'Cabin in the Woods'??
Looks like a mine shaft lots of em where i live except there must be snowfencing around it or cement cap by law
Yeah elsewhere places like this are doubled fenced.
Old wells maybe? As you said yourself, it's close to a water reservoir.
I have a long unravellling mystery and a follow up video on the way!
@@StephenJReidExcellent. I'm so glad you're doing a follow up.
Definitely worth my sub 👍
Look like old mines. I used to live in Cornwall snd its full of them
Looks that way but couldn’t find any on local maps of old mines
Absolutely tell someone. Imagine kids running through there. Cisterns? I'm wondering if there was a landslide there? In California, they have closed off all of our forest roads. We used to be able to at least drive the forestry roads. They blame it on wildfires, but now is when i want to see back there because the trees and leaves are gone and I we can see the ground right now. From the highways i can see things I've never seen before and want to check it out. I love camping in the rain or sleeping under a tin roof in the rain. Im sorry it's torture to you, but there's nothing you can do about it, so might as well accept it.
I think that very small twigs on the hat is a great look. I might adopt it myself, very classy.
Thanks! 😂
I'm sure you will find more in that area if you looked around long enough. Definitely looks like it is connected to the mining industry probably ventilation shaft or something but they should definitely be more secure than their current state. I thought forestry commission or someone would have them more secured . Even some hazard tape around the opening or something 🤷🏽♂️
Mines in other areas are very clearly marked. I’m not sure this is related to mining. There was some tunnelling in the area 100 years ago for reservoirs
@@StephenJReid ahh I see 👀
Beautiful shots sir ..where there is beauty there is danger
Yup!
I'm even more curious now about those pits! Are you planning to look into them a bit more? I have a historian-dusty-archive-loving streak and would definitely be digging into this (no pun intended!)
Having returned from a short hike around Stirling today that was very, very busy, hard relate to the crowded location question. It is hard to find balance of easy-ish access great spots with no people, but we're all definitely part of the problem when still going to the popular areas. Makes me think of the erosion on Ben Lomond path - apparently before repair and restoration the eroded path was visible from Glasgow! Its good people go out but we all have responsibility to take care of the landscape we want to enjoy for years to come.
Yeah I’ve been sent a few links and tips. Including some old maps. I might have to make a follow up video!!
@@StephenJReidPlease do, so very curious now. 🤓
To answer your question do i like camping in the rain ( I don’t mind as long as it stops when trying to pack up next morning 😂. It also masks the sound of anyone , thing snuffling round your tent . If I was in a forest with no sound I would be petrified 😂😂. I like the sound of water running and trees creaking .
I like the silence. I can sleep in the silence 😂
Careful with rocks from a creek or river in a fire if there's water trapped inside they'll blow up or explode when they get hot. Awesome video stay safe out there
Mate thats crazy. Just goes to show always be aware of your surroundings .
Absolutely!
Possibly an old access chamber to a culvert that runs to underneath where you are.
The forest authorities need to know about this and should fill it in image the amount of poor animals that get caught in there
I’ve found out who the land owner is and going to inform them.
@@StephenJReid 👍👏👏
Brother man that little trick of videography you did with the instantaneous tent setup that was so cool you gained my immediate subscription. I watched it like four times. Really cool & innovative. We are starting off good... Lol
I agree with may of the comments already that suggest these look like air shafts or expansion shafts. I would put my money on them being for a pipe or tunnel, perhaps for water if there is a reservoir nearby. Shafts like this are sometime put in to provide a pressure relief to reduce the shock of pressure changes to the tunnel/pipe when valves are opened or closed. As you've found two - draw a line between them and see if you can spot any more or if the line leads to near the reservoir, water works or river/stream. Very scary but interesting. Thanks for covering it and great video!
There was an underground water conduit built over 100years ago. But I looked up the old maps and it doesn’t come within a couple of miles of this location. The reservoirs are in an adjacent valley too
@@StephenJReid good detective work! I’m very interested to find out what this is/was if known. If unknown I’ll have to learn to let go 🤣
10:57 😂 💎
Being full of water It may be a Victorian vent pipe as stated (for a reservoir) when overfilling and also in turn a point of water entry from the forest to the reservoir when there’s high water in the forest
Close by a potential road or pathway it could have also been used as a water well.
Great find.
I’m very close to discovering what it is thanks to the help of an amateur historian. Update video will follow soon I hope
I'm only 5 mins in, and I'm sure this video is gonna give me nightmares. How is this not closed. If this was in the netherlands, it would... It would not even exist anymore. It would be turned into a bicycle lane with a windmill on the side and a cafe selling pancakes. NL regulations would not allow this to exist.
😂 I think it was fenced off 60years ago but the fence has rotten away
You should put neon string or something around those holes so it is noticeable and no one dies
Good idea
Personally I think you should report those holes in the ground, but to who, I have no idea, as they are obviously way dangerous. I enjoyed watching your videos
Thanks! I’m investigating who to tell
Doing a wild camp with people who have the will to build & maintain a non intoxicated stealth camp i completely get where you are coming from if you get about in the UK im in north wales i do this but strict rules as i dont really want to draw attention to where i have put time and effort into outdoor builds. I go out but no tent just a blanket, but my builds all have mini fireplaces well insulated and tarp & moss roof! 😊 Fresh water source is right there 2m away 😂 and beautiful view in the most disguised location. No 1 is finding you!! Ive just seen your video of snowdon 😂 ❤ my back garden.
I've come across a few builds like that and I don't have a problem with most of them as long as they are well off the beaten track and haven't been made from live trees., Some are amazing work. Although I've found quite a few that are a mess with old kit and tools etc lying everywhere.
If you liked my Snowdon video, you'll love my Dinorwic video! 🙂
@@StephenJReid I'll have a look tonight! Good call! 😃 Couldn't agree more nothing worse than hammer and nails and loads of bags bottles rubbish excess string and even worse when that person gets bored and leaves it all there 😤
re wild-camping which basically involves the act of trespass if its on private land without permission, CPS website states: "Trespass to land in most instances is a civil matter, and as such the police do not have the power to assist. Initially, the landowner should ask the trespasser to leave the land and if he/she does then all is well. If he/she refuses to leave the land then you will need to consider taking civil action." i dont think the police would get involved unless criminal damage was being done.
Yeah it’s that weird grey area where it’s not properly illegal unless you make a nuisance of yourself
Bigfoot is the scariest thing I've found camping
It might be the air shafts of an old mine. These holes are not the mine it’s self but when a mine is very deep they will have to make air shafts to pump air into the mine.
Scariest thing I’ve found is a bunch of dead animals freaked me out how there was a pile of them
Great videos man . Love that new fire pit . Was about to get a bush box but now 😩😩😩😂
Yeah I was about to get a bush box XL but then I was offered this for free
Steven do you have a discount code for the x fire , think I’ll go for the 19 . What size do you get sent 🍷cheers
Love the firepit. As for the knife with 1066 steel, is it from the battle of Hastings lol. Great video as usual
Haha yeah some guy has signed “William” on the back
@@StephenJReid lol
Horrifying!
Those are definitely where they used to drown witches in the olden times. I heard they used to do human sacrifices there too 😜
The 1st one has hidden treasure.The 2nd one goes straight down to hell.
I was chilling at camp just getting ready for sleep and I hear a critter come running towards me and climb up the tree my hammock was hung on. A few moments later a pair of coyotes came up in my camp, just a few feet from me. They stopped we locked eyes, and for some reason I instinctively just barked at them, they looked at each other than back at me like I was crazy and walked back into the dark. Few hours later I heard the critter come back down from the tree and wander off safely home I assume
That is frightening
Yup!
Maybe it's a portal to another world 😂
Hmmm maybe if I jump in I’ll pop up somewhere else 😂
@@StephenJReid probably Paul Messners tent 😂
Could be toxix waste dumps. I would bring a giger counter
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Assuming this is the mournes, i have a suspicion that what you have there are ventilations shafts for part of the mourne conduit that helped supply water to belfast before the silent valley reservoir was built. Presumably theyd have been used to supply fresh air to the workers building the tunnel though ive no idea why they werent sealed when it was complete unless they were also intended as some form of pressure release for the conduit or they were sealed and the cover collapsed? id check who owns the land theyre on. i suspect its probably northern ireland water since they own a lot of the land in the mournes. if so, maybe let the know so they can seal them up?
Checked a map from 1905, the conduit doesn’t go anywhere near this location.
Yes you should let someone know so they can fence them off.
Hi, I'm new to your channel. Although I appreciate why you want the location to remain unknown, what happens if someone is mounting biking and falls in, or a child has a camping trip near there? There are loads of scenarios I can think of where someone accidentally falls in so please can you reconsider your decision to not name the location? I love your channel though, thanks 😊
I think the chances of someone falling in are much much higher if I say where it is as people will likely try and find it as it's interesting. This has happened in other places. Currently it's in an area that very very few people are ever near.
I've put a neon rope around the one that's more easy to accidentally come across and I've informed the landowner
Looks like some type of an old well. Recommend you stay back , if you slipped and fell in there. You would be screwed too.
I've since put a camera down both of them!...
Half of the hiking in the Mournes Facebook members will be drowned in these by Christmas. It will be like the old lemmings game.
This is why I’m not publicly saying where this is.
Stephen emailed me with instructions on how to read maps backwards but it turned out to be spam anyway !
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wonder if there old lime pits
Interesting idea
Buried buildings mate! ✌🏻
Old well maybe
It looks like someone set that up, someone just set up the barbwire and tee to cover it up.. Doesn't seem like something that's just going to be there with barbwire, trees and such over it. Someone put that there. However the forest will definitely make you wonder. There's not going to be warning signs in every forest you walk through. SMH I've never seen anything like that in the mountains but I've seen traps and that's both. Don't go in it. Thanks for sharing.
I also heard that Joe Rogan like to do his dunks there
I’m guessing there aren’t cenotes where you live.
Nope. Or not that I know of
Old gravity-fed cisterns?
Not sure. I do think they are water related though. As there were major works in the area about 100years ago
What's this about?
Holes
I hope u marked it so others don’t fall in
Yup and I've informed the landowner. Update video on the way!
if THAT'S a river then I'm the 🐒 that invented space travel
Those were some smart monkeys
You need to make it oniwn the the council.
Council don’t own the land, but I’ve found out who does
@@StephenJReid lol. It must of been late when i wrote that. How did you know ahaa. .
Things like this become our responsibility when noticed. 💪🏻❤️
1 minute in, it’s clearly the den of a werewolf
😂 shouldn’t have camped on a full moon
Based on your accent you are not in the US, so I assume you are in the UK or somewhere in Europe. That “hole” is most likely a WWII bunker of some kind…
Northern Ireland. And very close to having an answer! Hope to have an update video out in about a week
Mel’s Hole … uk edition
Had to go google that
In Germany I would be very careful. Lots of war stuff around including life ammunition.
Viele Grüße aus Berlin.
There is actually a spot not too far from here where WWII artillery shells have been found as it was a training area. But I don’t think this is war related
@@StephenJReid You never know. Outposts or the training site "moved" a bit.
If I found something like that here, something military-related would come ionto my mind first. But of course it completely depends on where you are.
Dude it's remnience of an old aqua duct like the Roman n Greeks had and or it could be like a tiny great Wall of China type deal seeing the road way like thing without tree's growing on it that connects the 2 holes and I guarantee you there's a lot more of them fr fr that's most likely of things it could possibly be...especially considering the really detailed and perfect masonry and given the size of them but at the least it's a really badass well system to water live stock or whatever and it could be a government under ground facility tbh I mean until you get your snorkling gear and go down in there....
You take Stephen. Best wishes from the Ulster hospital awaiting my 3rd stent insert op at the Royal. Tom
Thanks Tom! All the best with the next op! I’ve a friend who is a heart surgeon at the royal
I hope I get him Stephen! Lol
Did you say that Snowdon was the tallest mountain in the UK or did I mis-hear? Every chance I did though as I have a head cold and according to my GF I never listen properly.
He did, but it was prob a brain fart moment. He has a vid up Ben Nevis with 'highest mountain in the UK' in the title so he knows. Lol.
Naw I definitely said Ben Nevis….cough
Seems legit 😀 on a serious note, my GF and I love your content, witty, exceptional production values and very enjoyable. I had the pleasure of living in County Down when I was younger for a few years and your videos make me want to go back there on holiday. Keep up the awesome work dude!
Thank you! 🙂
Are they mine shafts?
No records of mine shafts in this area (there’s a map you can look up)
@StephenJReid very strange ,although that area looks to be forestry and they may be Wells from a previous landowner ?
Dowsing?
Report your concern to the forestry
Lol you've never seen a hole before? Or a well? Cavers go all through the forest looking for wholes to crawl into every day.
Not this forest
Kow There is a warning, Bob wire, And It should Be stood Back up, So large Animals cant fall in, If You have a Axe you Really should Repair that with some old Tree,s, Bang them in the Ground and Stand the fence back up, At lease I would If I live Were you are That Is Very dangerous even for Humans. Don,t Be scared, Thats Really not that uncommon, Someone Must have cared, If that wire use to stand up as fence.
Scariest thing was COVID Police. Are you exercising and what's in your sandwich, is that coffee or water in that flask, is that a family member your with? Very peculiar behaviour.
Dude thumbs down!!! Can we just do what you said. Not talk about you!!!
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could had been a bunker
Looks like airshafts for an old mine. Mine is probably closed up down the hill, and these shafts where blocked, now full of water. Or maybe Irish Trolls.
Possibly. Doing some investigating with old maps now.
Maybe an old mining town buried by mudslides? Or buried in volcanic ash?