See another fantastic historic site in Shetland kzread.info/dash/bejne/mYqrqLqde9LKgco.html

@djmarti7773

Жыл бұрын

On better thoughts a wid prefer a guided tour by yersel as your better then aw ma history teachers when at school in the 70s.. I live near Kinross and love my history around here, it's mind-boggling how much is based around my home..

@JesseP.Watson

Жыл бұрын

Grand presentation as per usual but thought to let you know, it took me quite a while to work out why that red squiggliness with a North arrow was staying on the screen... hmm... it might work better if the dot representing you stayed put and the map slid around under it, like on a FPS game, which is easily understandable to youths of today. Hmm... in fact, I might do that myself.... Aye.

@maurachapman4179

Жыл бұрын

@@djmarti7773!

@djmarti7773

Жыл бұрын

@@maurachapman4179 ??

@fredsmith-kingofthelunatic7810

Жыл бұрын

G'day Bruce, Just came across this. Did you score yourself a part? Nicely done old mate. Big time movie star. You lovely mug appears at 0:28 kzread.info/dash/bejne/dJuqmK2BlaSslbw.html

Many years ago, I visited Skara Brae on Orkney, which was similar to the older parts of this site. I was fascinated by the houses of the Neolithic village. But on the same trip I visited the Maes Howe chambered cairn, and this was even more interesting. The fact that it was broken into by Viking Crusaders returning from the Holy Land, who carved runic graffiti on the walls of its interior, made me really think about the passage of time. The cairn was already very ancient by the time the Vikings looted it.

The New Grange site in Ireland has to be the most impactful site for me. Being inside a Neolithic structure and seeing how much they knew about astronomy even without having a written language was humbling. It changed the way I understand human advancement and made me marvel at the intellect of the original makers.

BUT DID THEY EAT SHELLFISH? 🤣 This may be my favorite episode so far, because yes, this is definitely the most incredible historic site. Well done you, as always. The Shetland series has been astonishing! ❤

Being of Indian descent, I've been to mohanjo daro and harrapana, to se what may have been the world's oldest civilization and may well have been a democracy with as close to modern plumbing as had so far been found, makes me proud of my ancestry. Yeah, it looks like they actually may have eaten beef. Some surprising finds. We has humans need to get over we're somehow more intelligent than our ancestors. We're just luckier. Love this.

@thedoveston6781

Жыл бұрын

It's not that anyone is more or less intelligent. It's that every generation has the collective recorded knowledge and experience of every generation before it. An amateur astonomer today will know more about the universe than the likes of William Herschel could ever imagine, simply by accessing Wikipedia or googling any telescope array. We're just lucky we were born when we were. Or unlucky, depending how you look at it.

@chrisapperley2616

Жыл бұрын

How is it your ancestry?

@minervamclitchie3667

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisapperley2616 my father was an Indian immigrant to the US. My husband is a Scottish immigrant to the US, born and raised in Edinburgh.

@bsdnfraje

7 ай бұрын

​@@thedoveston6781 But what if it's wrong? Take Tycho Brahe for example. We inherit their knowledge, along with their errors. In fact, I would suggest we might currently have more error than knowledge collected in this century.

@NurseryEnterprises

4 ай бұрын

We were born on third base and we stand on the shoulders of our ancestors.

Excellent video Bruce. Telling the history of Jarlshof is one thing, putting the eras of that site in context with what was happening elsewhere in the world is fantastic!

I loved it! You've raised your own very high bar Bruce! Brilliant!

the stone fishtraps at Brewarrinna in western New South Wales are around 40,000 years old, and may be the oldest man-made structures on earth !

@ZiGGi03

Жыл бұрын

gobekli tepe is probably the oldest. It was buried under a hill of dirt pot belly hill is the translation that was hidden around 40000 years ago buried then so was built before agriculture. Due to the mutations in grains in the region to help grain seeds stay on the stalk so you can harvest them .

@thatsme9875

Жыл бұрын

@@ZiGGi03 they are all very interesting ;)

@resourcedragon

Жыл бұрын

@@ZiGGi03: You sure? My understanding is Gobekli Tepe is about 12,000 years old, which is already remarkable as it is a massive structure that would have needed a lot of labour to build and it was built before the invention of agriculture, so we don't know how they fed the workers. That said, the fish trap engineering in Brewarrina is around 40,000 years old and a remarkable example of extremely early engineering designed to make collecting food easier and to ensure continuity of food supply.

@FYCH45

Жыл бұрын

@@resourcedragon You are more or less right and Zigi is mistaken about the dates. Wikipedia - not always a reliable source, but OK on this - gives dates of "between c. 9500 and 8000 BCE" i.e. between c. 11,500 and 10,000 years ago for Gobekli Tepe. There are many references given to the article. And, for any prehistoric structure or object, any claim that is the "oldest" must be heavily qualified with "may be" "possibly" etc. They are just the oldest which has survived to the present, and has been discovered by archaeologists. The very earliest examples of anything are usually among the least likely to have survived. And the amount of detailed archaeological studies which have been done, varies widely according to areas of the world.

@yippee8570

Жыл бұрын

@@resourcedragon there's no actual evidence, from what I've read, that the Brewarrina fish traps are 40,000 years old. The truth is that no one knows how old they are, but that certainly doesn't diminish their importance. As far as we know, Gobleki Tepe is the oldest construction that can be, more or less, accurately dated

Outstanding video, Bruce! The wee site map on the bottom left of the screen, showing us where you were walking, was a great added feature. I continue to share your videos and ask Public Television in the States to get you on the air. Thank you❤️

@arlenesobhani8739

11 ай бұрын

That would be awesome to see these on PBS!

We loved our Scottish trip in 2019. While staying in Inverness, we took a bus/ferry/bus tour of the Orkneys and visited the amazing site of Skara Brae, which very much resembles this site.

I like that you mentioned various events in history that were going on while these places were occupied, it really puts things in context.

I've not been to Shetland, but my wife and I visited Orkney back in 2009. Skara Brae, Maeshowe, Ring of Brodgar and the Broch of Gurness were amazing, never seen anything like them before.

@tonysutton6559

Жыл бұрын

We loved those sites on Orkney but Jarlshof takes it to another level. If it wasn't for child minding our grandson I would love to head north to Scotland in April and spend 6 months revisiting the Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands and Hebrides plus exploring the islands we have not been to so far.

Honor and Respect 🪶 Greetings from Saint Augustine Florida

Most of Orkney. Stunning insight to our ancestors and the trade routes

I love this channel. Thank you VERY much for all the work you put into these videos.

Interestingly enough the word Hof is German for yard or court. And the silhouettes of the stone age or Big Stone era dwellings resemble the equally old stone age temples in Malta. History is fascinating !! Love from a German history teacher. :)

My mother's family (Hunter) came to America from Weisdale and I love these videos about Shetland.

All these videos you do are absolutely fantastic Bruce thanks 👍

Very interesting. Reminds me of Skara Brae in Orkney. Orkney was one of the sites that amazed me as well as all the neolithic sites in Ireland.

Scotland looks so beautiful

Great video! Thanks for including what was happening with other civilizations at the time.

Looks amazing and brought to life as always by your goodself sir. I visited scara brae in Orkney and was blown away by that, this looks similar.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Very cool!

Another wonderful video. As a Builder when I see structures like this I wonder about the "Who", the actual persons that built these walls. The skills. In Edinburgh "Who" put those first stones at deaths doorstep to create what would become Edinburgh Castle? Real people with skills, families, and the occasional trip to the Fish Market in New Haven for Shellfish.

Another really interesting documentary Bruce - really enjoy watching you bring the history of Scotland to life - would love to see some longer programs from you - all the best 👍

One of my favourite places is Scara Brae the Neolithic settlement on Orkney an other is the standing stones at Callanish also just along the road Dun Carloway Broch. Just a few.

You’re a trip, Bruce! And an awesome tour guide full of knowledge about the people and places you take us, as well as concurrent events and other nuggets for further intrigue.

You have a compelling way of telling these stories, and give them the fascination and respect they deserve! This is definitely on my bucketlist!

I love the addition of the map showing where you are as you go.

Bruce, I’ve been to Jarlshof too! I was so impressed by the long history of humans in one place, and loved the way the site was prepared, by excavating down to specific levels in different areas. It is a capsule of thousands of years of humanity. Plus yes, shellfish. I agree with you there. ❤

I might never get to Scotland, but I still dream of going. My husband and I list it as a 'got to do' someday.

I agree that square sausage is indeed an important technological leap forward.

GREAT HISTORY!!! 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼

Definitely need to add this to my trip next year. And I love shellfish!

Bruce, you are an excellent presenter, thank you for teaching me something new.

A'reyt Bruce. A short video, full of energy and not to be ignored, like those Shetland ponies. Now where is that jar of mussels?

As per usual, just another outstanding Scottish history lesson! :) Such consistently excellent content is why we're Patreon supporters. Thank you, Bruce!

As part Shetlander, grandfather Harry , it's really a privilege to see you featuring this place. Big UP!!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome

Astounding and humbling. Great video :)

Another amazing adventure Bruce!!

Square Sausage sold me. Visited Skara Brae very impressive, this looks very similar, one day I'll get to Shetland.

What a wonerful explanation and tour.

Quite the depth of history at this site. The stonework is amazing. Perhaps a few shellfish remain☺️. Thanks so very much for this informative tour Bruce!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️

This place is amazing! Bruce, thank you for sharing this place!

Another great video, Bruce. Many thanks.

i just love to listen to you... your voice is so calming.. and what you say, so interesting, thank you. 👌

Flat out amazing. Being retired and not financially well off, your videos showing these historic sites, are as close as I'll ever get to visiting. I can't thank you enough for that Bruce. 'Tis a blessed day I clicked on your video when it popped up in my wee feed.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

4 ай бұрын

Brilliant

Marvelous presentation. The amount of labor ,and skill in construction of these structures is just mind boggling to build without mortar just astonishing Very enjoyable presentation. All on shellfish

I like how you had the bird’s eye view map to show where you were

It still boggles the mind that stone walls laid thousands of years ago without mortar still stands today. I live in Virginia in the US, where you can follow the history of this country. In one day, you can go from Jamestown (the first permanent settlement), to Yorktown (the defeat of the British army in our Revolutionary war, yay), to Appomattox (the defeat of the Army of Virginia in our Civil War. I live in Midlothian, the site of the first coal mines and the first railroad. The state is not as storied as Shetland or Scotland, but I still love the history here.

@theywantusdead373

Жыл бұрын

At least you're town name goes back before the founding of the US midlothian is a good old scottish name

@danliberty734

Жыл бұрын

@@theywantusdead373 I believe it got the name due to the abundance of coal here.

Another brilliant video! I live near Strathclyde Park, and I remember as a kid running around the Roman Bathhouse there. Yeah, it's not the most impressive Roman site, but my little brain couldn't quite believe how long it had been there! That's what started my fascination with history.

Another great one Bruce. Loving the northern videos.

Another great, and interesting video Bruce!!

Brilliant as always. 😊

Amazing, as always!!!

Your presentations always put a smile on my face you make history fun thanks

I visited was Provand’s Lordship in Glasgow, the history is awesome. The Orkney Isles are on my bucket list. I love Scotland.

An amazing site. Definitely one I'd love to see

@ScotlandHistoryTours

8 ай бұрын

Definitely!

You are fortunate enough to be sò close to be so close to thousands of years of history it's on my bucket list, but I have to imagine that I would be awestruck to stand where hundreds of generations of our ancestors lived

Excellent video, and the running joke about eating shellfish had me laughing out loud!

Well done!

Thanks for that Bruce, very interesting place and video. I always was impressed by Culzean ( pronunciation Kulayn for non Scots) Castle in Ayrshire though from a much different time with its history of smugglers when Rabbie Burns was a tax collector through to its use Eisenhower's HQ in WW2. The views and surrounds are impressive.

Another excellently informative and entertaining video Bruce.

Great presenter.

This is awesome and I love shellfish 🦐🦞 lol. Thank you ☮️🌹🦋❤️

I love your jumper.

Great episode! Thank you!

Absolutely fascinating Bruce, thank you...

Another great video Bruce. Brought back good memories,Sumburgh lighthouse was my late father's last posting and both my parents are buried just up the road at Toab Kirk. Keep up the excellent work

Iona is one place that you can feel the history., it was pretty awesome hearing two old ladies having a yarn in Gaelic over a cup of tea in a cafe . The trip from Oban in a ferry was a great trip too. Staffa was a pretty cool place to visit, a long way , but strangely familiar from home in NZ :)

There's a Sean Connery joke in there somewhere. 🙂 Love your work. 👍👍

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

😜

Came here from Max’s videos and this may be one of my new fav channels.

Excellent video! My most memorable archaeological trip was to Orkney, as a young boy visiting his great grandmother. Trips to the standing stones and Skara Brae started a love of history that is as strong today and one that my children will hopefully continue. Would love to see a video on the 'cult' of stone circles and its spread from the Scottish Islands.

I'm not sure about the most incredible historic site, but it's definitely up there! I'd love to see it in person someday.

At about the age of 5, my Grandfather took me Pevensey Castle, giving me the potted history of the place. Saxon shore fort, added to by Normans etc... the 'folk history', helped give me a love history and the stories of ordinary people.

Love your videos! Keep them coming!

One of my fav places on Shetlland

I remember coming to Jarlshof with my father for an archaeological conference back in the late 1960’s. Flying in to Sumburgh Airport over the site. My father led the group around many places including Jarlshof as well as Mousa, St.Ninans Isle and Clickhimin. He led the excavations at Jarlshof in the 1950’s and wrote a report on it so comprehensively that it was designated ‘Report No. 1’ by the HMSO. It became the benchmark for all future government archaeology reports in the UK. Many who worked on the site were locals: there were 2 crafters on the other promontory who were brothers and their niece ran the Sumburgh Hotel in the 1960’s. A lasting memory for me was exploring the souterainnes on site, as well as climbing the Broch at Mousa! Great fun as a kid! Much later, after my father died, I found his old plate glass slides from the 1950’s which I was able to give back to the museum in Lerwick. Thanks for the memories!

Hello, Bruce! Did I just see you in a film - "The Lost King"? Fascinating story. I hated history in school, but you have a knack of making it come alive, - "let me tell you a story" - so thank you for all your hard work in making it interesting.

Fantastic as ever.

Hi Bruce, Just been to see The Lost King, great seeing you in it.

I will enjoy listening to anything you find interesting and want to talk about,( but especially anything Scottish, lol)

Very informative as always, good morning Bruce.

Besides all the castles, battlefields and whisky distilleries, 2 historical sites have made a remaining impression on me, the Bonawe ironworks, and the area around Ardvreck castle

Interesting!

I live in Michigan, and to pick a historic site the almost impacted me would be hard, there are so many here. I spent a lot of time at Henry Ford Museum and Village as a kid, due to its close proximity to where I grew up. But I've always been fascinated with history. Of course Stonehenge caught my attention early in life, then I found out there are so many other neolithic sites. As I learned more about each, I was hooked. When I got older and was doing a lot of family history research, I became interested in so many other times in history and the places that were involved. if I ever came to the isles, I would definitely be visiting places such as your highlighting, and a few other ancestral sites, such as Ravenswath castle and so many more. (my family are ancestrally British Isles and Germany with a little French and Viking thrown in for interest, but since my husband passed, I doubt I will ever have a chance to set foot there. I am grateful for your videos which take me where I'll likely ever go. Thank you ; )

The mini map is awesome 👍

Ohhh. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 This makes me smile. Thanks to you, I will visit the Shetland Isles on my next (8th) trip to Scotland. You give us DELICIOUS history! Gratitude from a grateful subscriber!. Thank you!

This could quite possibly be your "Stairway to Heaven" - your "Freebird" - your "love love me do" history video! WOW!

Awesome infographic! keep doing thar!

History with humor. Thanks for an excellent video once more. Really makes me want to go there to see it myself.

Fab thank you for sharing

When you visit places like this one you really do feel like you are standing on the shoulders of giants. Pioneers of humanity. People never to be forgotten.

How absolutely brilliant 😊I'm definitely decided to visit!

Superb!

Thank you.

Congratulations on the release of The Lost King, which I believe was yesterday. I hope it's released in the US and comes to my area.

Brucie have you ever heard of Alison Hammond? her great great great granddaddy was a member of the anti slavery committee who along with lord Wilberforce banned slavery world wide and is more Scottish than I am! good broadcast by the way.

Broon sauce🤣 As always Bruce great video👍💯

Fascinating. Would love to visit there. I have always wanted to visit Skara Brae

Another excellent video , cheers. Kilmarten Glen was very impressive, inspired my Scottish tattoo I designed !