Dowth Megalithic Tomb, Bru na Boinne, Ireland

Flythrough of laser scan survey of the Neolithic passage tomb at Dowth, County Meath, Ireland. Survey work by David Strange-Walker of Trent & Peak Archaeology and Marcus Abbott of ArcHeritage. Thanks to Dr Steve Davis of University College Dublin, and the Office of Public Works, Ireland, for funding this project.

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  • @AnthonyMurphy
    @AnthonyMurphy11 жыл бұрын

    A great way to allow people to see inside Dowth, especially because the chambers are off bounds to most visitors. Excellent video.

  • @marydonohoe8200
    @marydonohoe82003 жыл бұрын

    I love the sense of where we are in relation to the surrounding land, as we pass through the various levels. Great idea, and lovely work. The building of these tombs was an awesome feat.

  • @theshamanarchist5441
    @theshamanarchist54414 жыл бұрын

    Aaah! My old gaff from back in the day. That place was 'party central' about 56 centuries back. The psycadelic ambrosia flowed and the bass was kicking, and if anyone got too 'rowdy' we had our bouncer Fred Flintstone kick them back out into the cold, boggy marsh. Aiye

  • @Phorquieu
    @Phorquieu Жыл бұрын

    Wow! A truly amazing "X-ray" view of a magnificent (and ENORMOUS) ancient monument - built before the pyramids of ancient Egypt - an amazing cultural inheritance - proof that prehistoric people were not ignorant savages but could be sophisticated and organized in their particular way! Something to be proud of!

  • @rotbowie
    @rotbowie9 жыл бұрын

    superb, thank you for posting.

  • @jasonford9447
    @jasonford94474 жыл бұрын

    Please provide the information about the Scanner and software used for the fly through.

  • @shenjingdo
    @shenjingdo10 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, thank you, thank you! This is amazing!!

  • @angelalittlemusic
    @angelalittlemusic9 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating, thank you!

  • @WayWalker3
    @WayWalker37 ай бұрын

    Absolutely brilliant.

  • @johntrehy9246
    @johntrehy924610 жыл бұрын

    always wondered if the internal layout was similar to Knowth or Newgrange but it looks more intricate and complex. some graffitti can be seen at 3:01 on a large orthostat - perhaps there were Viking visitors like at Maes Howe, Orkney? This needs to be shown to visitors at Newgrange, well done

  • @feefeeder

    @feefeeder

    Жыл бұрын

    Looks more Like an Egyptian style depiction?🤔

  • @Druidenhaus
    @Druidenhaus10 жыл бұрын

    What a pity that this sacred place connot be visited. I was there during heavy rain, walked around the CAIRN (it is not a TOMB) and recognized the magic of this amazing site. The laser walk is intellectually interesting, but cannot create any emotions.

  • @Portia272012

    @Portia272012

    10 жыл бұрын

    Exactly, it is not a tomb. Bru Na Boinne is a womb of creation.

  • @Druidenhaus

    @Druidenhaus

    9 жыл бұрын

    I do not know what it is. Perhaps it is multifunctional.

  • @lardooley8397

    @lardooley8397

    8 жыл бұрын

    One of the passages, I think the west passage, is opened yearly for the winter solstice sunset. Visiting is free, but you do have to queue. On the other hand, it is a wonderful, when the visitors, most of whom would have seen the sunrise at Newgrange hours earlier, climb on top of the earthen mound and say goodbye to the sun at sunset, Highly recommended, if you can make it.

  • @TheVeek192

    @TheVeek192

    4 жыл бұрын

    THINGs can never "create" emotions. Emotions come from PEOPLE. Stop finding fault. Jesus!

  • @TheVeek192

    @TheVeek192

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Portia272012 Riiiiight. You're the official namer of things, eh?

  • @floydriebe4755
    @floydriebe47553 жыл бұрын

    So, is this a realistic portrayal of the passages and rooms of Dowth? If so, can I find a video with actual pictures of them? I understand why access is restricted; people can be such idiots. However, surely some responsible person has some photos or footage. This is the most interesting passage tomb I have ever heard of. Fascinating!

  • @jsmcguireIII
    @jsmcguireIII6 жыл бұрын

    @2:14 I can see the Neolithic junction box and Romex wiring

  • @TheVeek192

    @TheVeek192

    4 жыл бұрын

    So?

  • @abitofthisnthat7355

    @abitofthisnthat7355

    4 жыл бұрын

    Vee Kay so...the first 2 minutes were not megalithic, like everywhere else in the world, a culture stumbled onto something that was already there...who built the original much older structures??

  • @Daisy-ct3nh

    @Daisy-ct3nh

    2 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely, and who is covering it all up.....

  • @garymurphy1937
    @garymurphy19377 жыл бұрын

    Could someone please do this around Carrowmore and surrounding hill side in Sligo. I believe something incredible may be buried there

  • @TheVeek192

    @TheVeek192

    4 жыл бұрын

    Go ahead. It's your idea; you do it.

  • @patring4641
    @patring4641 Жыл бұрын

    sat ontop of this mound, powerful place

  • @ainemoroney9965
    @ainemoroney996510 жыл бұрын

    Excellent representation of the site, as access is restricted for most. What a shame the artwork isn't more prominent. Shared :-)

  • @catherinefrederico2880
    @catherinefrederico28806 жыл бұрын

    Cool video

  • @PanglossDr
    @PanglossDr6 жыл бұрын

    There are some seriously big stones there

  • @RoyMurray
    @RoyMurray11 жыл бұрын

    Wow! That is pretty cool.

  • @CollieJenn
    @CollieJenn3 жыл бұрын

    Amazing.

  • @Finolafinlay
    @Finolafinlay10 жыл бұрын

    I believe what we are flying through at first are the later souterrains, and the passage graves start with the orthostat walls - is that correct?

  • @nlievense2

    @nlievense2

    10 жыл бұрын

    yes that is correct - the original passages are lined by orthostats

  • @maryannknox7158
    @maryannknox71585 жыл бұрын

    Omg So Amazing

  • @itsmyireland
    @itsmyireland3 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant

  • @StoneSavant
    @StoneSavant11 жыл бұрын

    Fabulous

  • @anthonycolbourne4206
    @anthonycolbourne42069 жыл бұрын

    That is quite amazing! Is there a 3D version as well?

  • @abhroghosh3368
    @abhroghosh33682 жыл бұрын

    So cute ghaphical image but why not audio bcs without it the post seems incomplete 😞

  • @pascaline161
    @pascaline1613 жыл бұрын

    I do not have any sound. Is that normal ?

  • @rccaulfield
    @rccaulfield10 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant! Are the chambers ever open to the public?

  • @TheVeek192

    @TheVeek192

    4 жыл бұрын

    How about you do some freeking research instead of asking questions on a KZread video. You won't get answers here.

  • @dukadarodear2176

    @dukadarodear2176

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TheVeek192 Well you answered - for the little it's worth.

  • @paulgalligan1916
    @paulgalligan19164 жыл бұрын

    was just there the other day...

  • @videogamelegend2672
    @videogamelegend26723 жыл бұрын

    sooo bats basically see like this?

  • @polocarthaigh893
    @polocarthaigh8934 жыл бұрын

    i expected it to end at the gift shop.

  • @marcusuadonnghaile1855
    @marcusuadonnghaile18555 жыл бұрын

    They reckon it’s around 5,000 years old but how can they tell as rock cannot be carbon dated?

  • @bozo5632

    @bozo5632

    4 жыл бұрын

    IDK how this was dated. Maybe by organic material. Maybe by pottery or something. Maybe by ouija board, IDK. But worked stone CAN sometimes be dated by various methods.

  • @berosmith9041

    @berosmith9041

    4 жыл бұрын

    But the artefacts inside it can be.

  • @berosmith9041

    @berosmith9041

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@bozo5632 It can be dated by comparing it with similar sites in Europe. And by comparing similar artefacts in Europe.

  • @marcusuadonnghaile1855

    @marcusuadonnghaile1855

    4 жыл бұрын

    The structure could be much older than the contents?

  • @berosmith9041

    @berosmith9041

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm no expert but it compares to many structures around Europe from the neolithic era. I really don't understand what you are all trying to say here. Just as there is no secret about ancient cultures in Europe, neither is there in Ireland. It has now been discovered that habitation of the island goes back to palaeolithic times. It's not like we're something special that 'THEY' would want to hide from us.

  • @marius1004
    @marius10043 жыл бұрын

    Please. How old? DNA haplogroup analysis of any occupants?

  • @Daisy-ct3nh

    @Daisy-ct3nh

    2 жыл бұрын

    That general site is said to be 5,000 years old.

  • @johnk4437
    @johnk44374 жыл бұрын

    My recollection reading about Newgrange, Knoweth and Bru na Boinne megalithic mounds is that are definitely NOT meant to be used as tombs. Rather they were astronomically a line to Mark either cross-quarter days or equinoxes and solstices sunrise and sunset as designed bye ancient priest shaman leaders. It's also been speculated of a very important ritual involving the 40-year cycle of Venus.

  • @bozo5632

    @bozo5632

    4 жыл бұрын

    Let's all just make shit up.

  • @dukadarodear2176

    @dukadarodear2176

    2 жыл бұрын

    Newgrange went through a number of alterations during its history. For example the complex roof box structure which allows the entry of the mid-winter sunrays was a later addition. Professor O'Kelly's was perhaps the last of Many changes to the structure, like it or not.

  • @feefeeder

    @feefeeder

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@bozo5632Troll ⚠️

  • @gaiaiulia

    @gaiaiulia

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@bozo5632 Google it. I've read the same somewhere a good few years ago. And Newgrange has a light box which aligns to the solar solstices, and also to Venus. Both slightly out of alightment due to the precession of the equinoxes.

  • @austindowling6792
    @austindowling67922 жыл бұрын

    Classic example of an orgon energy chamber. These sites were carefully built . On the Earth's layline systems especially on site were these laylines intersect giving off amazing energy the ancients knew about this natural energy/power. And built there chambers on such locations to heal the sick and influence the quantum wave function of the Earth's energy grid to influence reality.most ancient sites around the world are built on these layline systems that covers the globe and are perfectly aligned. With one another. In more recent times religious groups would build there churches on the old sites were the energy was at it's most potent .when parishioners would enter the churches they would feel the energy and confuse it with divinity. Clever Christianity .

  • @swervsplatt9672

    @swervsplatt9672

    2 жыл бұрын

    News flash. When the buildings you speak of were built, they weren't churches, nor were these people 'Christian'. Religion is a parasite that was recently introduced.

  • @feefeeder

    @feefeeder

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly that, well researched,keep speaking up, we are in good times for uncovering truths and dispelling untruths.😊

  • @uEquusVideo
    @uEquusVideo8 жыл бұрын

    A historic record for all to share. It is certainly not a tomb. Not even sure it is a dolmen as the structures are too varied. Obviously different parts done at different times with the large well constructed megalithic stonework first. The dry stone wall style last. As for 3D camera work, tomorrows technology will always be better than yesterdays. Just enjoy!

  • @bozo5632

    @bozo5632

    4 жыл бұрын

    What fact leads you to think it's not a tomb?

  • @dukadarodear2176
    @dukadarodear21765 жыл бұрын

    An early Notre Dame.

  • @berosmith9041

    @berosmith9041

    4 жыл бұрын

    And a later Egyptian pyramid?

  • @user-ol3wk2ds9m

    @user-ol3wk2ds9m

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@berosmith9041 I believe the passage tombs in the boyne valley are older than the pyramids.

  • @berosmith9041

    @berosmith9041

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@user-ol3wk2ds9m Really? I don't think so. Unless the whole thing is the reverse from what is considered to be true.

  • @user-ol3wk2ds9m

    @user-ol3wk2ds9m

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@berosmith9041 I know for certain new grange is older than the pyramids of giza

  • @berosmith9041

    @berosmith9041

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@user-ol3wk2ds9m How?

  • @isupportyou9929
    @isupportyou99295 жыл бұрын

    It should be real site instead of animation.

  • @TheVeek192

    @TheVeek192

    4 жыл бұрын

    Go to the real site if you want the real site. This IS what THIS is. Don't watch if you're looking for something else. Idiot.

  • @randysmith6493
    @randysmith64935 жыл бұрын

    Some people went through a heck of a lot of work to live under ground.

  • @bozo5632

    @bozo5632

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not there they didn't.

  • @Jimbofx911
    @Jimbofx9116 жыл бұрын

    I can see that traversal blocks are made from shaped petrified snakes. Does anyone else see that??? Really! Seems if you look closely, it seems all the blocks are made from linked serpents that were petrified after installation. Construction with snakes and petrification? It looks that way!!!

  • @bozo5632

    @bozo5632

    4 жыл бұрын

    Congrats for thinking up the weirdest ancient technology theory on the internet.

  • @martini3524

    @martini3524

    Жыл бұрын

    There are no snakes in Ireland. St. Patrick banished them. He tried to banish "poitín" (moonshine) too but he failed in that. We celebrate that failure on St. Patrick's day.