Any body that has picked up a spade, done some digging and moved some earth will appreciate the effort that was required during its construction. The monumental effort required using primitive tools, is just mind blowing. I imagine that they were built to last for eternity and what legacy they left behind for us, full of mystery and intrigue

Another circle nearby in Oxfordshire, I'd never heard of this one! Fascinating! How they ever managed to move those hefty stones is mind boggling!

That was awesome. I'd never even heard of the Devils Quoits. This channel is by far the most professional analysis of megalithic Britain I have encountered on KZread. Any chance of you interviewing David Cowan? His research into Leys is extremely compelling.

@ThePrehistoryGuys

4 жыл бұрын

Mons. Romero Durante so glad you liked it! Thanks for letting us know.

Hmm thanks. I was thinking - how on earth did I manage to miss this site? - "Ruined or unrecognisable" (Burl). It's because it simple wasn't there when I was looking. Glad it's back:)

What a great channel - thanks for all your fascinating and beautifully made videos!

@ThePrehistoryGuys

4 жыл бұрын

Ben Edwards thanks for saying so Ben. We’ll do our best to keep the standards up! Keep watching ...

Wow awesome! Thanks for the great look at this incredible stone circle.

Thanks Prehistory Guys! ❤

Those trenches or "motes" clearly suggest to me this was once a "mound" clearly re-purposed several times. A stone circle may have once been built upon it, prior to it being blown up and "re-constructed" however it's original function was clearly not ceremonial. The 4 post holes may have held posts which were in the same or similar location to where I believe an obelisk or more would have once stood. I want to know what that mound is made of and weather it has any tunnels & sub-terranean chambers.. and weather those stones forming that circle were originally a single structure with a different purpose...

Only now just catching up with your channel, thanks to a random comment (and link) in the megalithic-co-uk forums. I had mixed views when I found out about, and visited this site: slightly pongy, a chorus of beeps from various large vehicles, and wind-strewn with plastic and paper refuse... but I'm inclined to see the place wiyth new eyes, thanks to your work in revealing (to me) the efforts involved in making it happen. Shame so much else has been lost in that immediate area... so many of the momnumental earthworks in the Tthames Valley gravel plains have been obliterated ): One impactful take-away for me, from my visit, was the extent to which the work by rabbits had already, in less than 20 years, caused significant erosion to the ditches, banks, and around the stones themselves. Easy to see how things could 'disappear' long before ploughing, gravel works, airfields and stone (re)appropriation appeared on the scene! Thank you for your work. Exceedingly well done, and most enjoyable (and educational, too).

Was there last Spring with Hugh & Maria Fantastic day🥰

@lennycook206

3 жыл бұрын

Day?

Breathtaking thanks for sharing I will have to visit ☺

@ThePrehistoryGuys

3 жыл бұрын

Very kind of you to say so! 😊Best wishes from Michael

You guys are such an inspiration. ..sorry to seem like a stalker but I watch your stuff and it really lifts my spirits and makes me determined to make the best film possible when I do my history of canals. ..I have never made any content yet but have my Michael to my Rupert and am writing now for filming next April. .keep it real and thank you

@bozo5632

4 жыл бұрын

I never thought about it before (thank you already) but I bet the history of canals might be interesting. I'll be looking for the documentary.

Good job! Thanks for sharing the wonders! You might be interested to learn there are Celtic style Neolithic structures in the Hudson River Valley of New York USA as well. There used to be hundreds, now leas than 60 remain.

@annechester770

4 жыл бұрын

Druids

@PhoenixLyon

4 жыл бұрын

Could you give a better idea of where that is? I live in Cortland, NY, about 30 miles NE of Ithaca, and about 40 miles SE of Syracuse. Once lockdowns are over, Im going exploring!✌😸

@PhoenixLyon

4 жыл бұрын

@@annechester770 LOL

@k8eekatt

4 жыл бұрын

@@PhoenixLyon grahamhancock.com/kreisbergg8/

@PhoenixLyon

4 жыл бұрын

@@k8eekatt thanks!

As a Timelord the pre history epoch is my fave era:the quoits? O those were put up for our moggies to jump on top and sing their night operas.now you know.you are welcome.and yes my moggie travels thru time with me.cheerio we are off to see Napoleon!

@ThePrehistoryGuys

4 жыл бұрын

Have fun! 🤣

How does something as informative and well produced as this only have 4,300 views, when some guy reading his facts off Wikipedia has several million. KZread is baffling. Anyway, I'm impressed and just subscribed.

@ThePrehistoryGuys

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Appreciated!

this was enjoyable and held my attention for 8:57 seconds, and looking for more, but there it is and start to finish well-done all around... thanks from the back row

I live in Eynsham about 2 miles away and only heard of this place recently. I hope it remains as peaceful as it looks so I can enjoy in solitude. Amazing video and visuals.

@ThePrehistoryGuys

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Just found this channel. Love it. Thanks from Oklahoma.

Amazing place and lovely film to do it justice. What is all the yellow-orange material in the ditch? It looks like wood shavings or similar debris but surely not? Is it a plant?

@christineivory1991

3 жыл бұрын

It’s sandy gravel, with loads of rabbit holes! I walk my dogs here.

@nightlyshift

3 жыл бұрын

@@christineivory1991 Thank you for that, I'd really been wondering about the striking colour. What keeps it free of plant growth, then? Just curious, since you know the place well!

Also fantastic habitat for invertebrates!

From 4500 BC to 1750 BC was the precessional Great Month of Taurus, so of course bulls would have been venerated. Just as the Egyptians venerated the Apis-bull, and buried these sacred bulls in the Hypogeum. R

I walk my dog there most days. Yes it's in the middle of a council refuse centre but that means you can drive right up and park very easily. Walk 2 minutes down a gravel path and out in to the clearing where the stones are. I'm not 100% sure of the story but those stones are a badly mixed gravel and cement and are clearly man made. I'd suspect the site was destroyed by the gravel companies and then they were asked to recreate the original site. Its a nice place to be for 15 minutes but definitely not worth making a special trip. You will be disappointed. The dogs love chasing after the many rabbits that live in the trench. Unfortunately the site is surrounded by old landfill mounds venting gas and a toxic lake. The yocals seem to swim in the lake in the summer and ignore the many yellow toxic signs.... If you ever speak to any yocals, you can see for yourself they must have been affected by the waste water. Rare kinds

I’m here now, and it’s absolutely amazing. It was lovely to watch your video to get your perspective on this fabulous place. Just a shame I had to put up with heavy lorries coming in and out to the landfill 😩

@ThePrehistoryGuys

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. So glad you enjoyed the place despite the gravel pits. It is slightly ironic of course, that the site wouldn't be there to enjoy were it not for the gravel company partnering in the project to restore it. Hey ho. Thank you 😊from Michael

What if all that hard work was merely to delineate a market center? For trade of axes, tools, foodstuffs and so on? The bank and ditches could be peace markers, you know, 'leave your weapons at the door'?, type deal? You mentioned most of these are near a pathway, and there is evidence of occupation nearby...maybe for brief periods of time? I don't know, but I love to speculate!✌😸

@ThePrehistoryGuys

4 жыл бұрын

That's why we constantly question the notion that these are ceremonial sites. Not because they couldn't have been, but because it shuts down open speculation like this. 😊

@PhoenixLyon

4 жыл бұрын

@@ThePrehistoryGuys I should not have used the word, 'merely'. At one time, trade was a very serious enterprise, and not begun until the gods had been addressed, and so on. Speaking of trade, are there any Beaker sites you know? You gentlemen are awesome. Michael is superb as the entire production company, and I love Rupert's writing and delivery. You fit my little niche of prehistory, Neolithic to late Bronze age, perfectly. If you ever come to America, I would be more than happy to lug equipment, bounce light, or just act as a general, 58 year old groupie for y'all! After lockdown is over, I have a line on some sites in the Hudson valley of New York, not far from me. I intend to get video and stills, and someday, Snake Mound in Ohio! Sorry about the length of this, but this is my passion.✌😸

@bozo5632

4 жыл бұрын

It's possible but imho there's no need to move very large stones like that to delineate a (mere, lol) trade center. I lean toward thinking social/political power was at work. That wouldn't rule out trade, but it would make the circle something else in addition. So many circles made in so many centuries in so many styles... makes me question whether they were all built by the same culture for the same purpose. Maybe some were built in imitation by people as mystified as ourselves. Maybe they were repurposed many times. (Look at how we interpret and repurpose them.)

@PhoenixLyon

4 жыл бұрын

@@bozo5632 Good points....just for a laugh, look at our modern malls. Ice skating rinks, roller coasters, 100 different foods available.... Why so elaborate and eye-catching for what amounts to trade? It is also a way to show off your town, city, village's economic muscle. See what we can build? The astronomical alignments don't make much sense in that scenario, I must admit. Unless the solstices and such announce the opening of trade? The world may never know.✌😺

@bozo5632

4 жыл бұрын

@@PhoenixLyon Yeah, fair point about malls. Let alone advertising and marketing - probably a trillion dollar industry idk. Maybe when the axe traders wanted a fancy new store they hired astrologers to fix up the layout. Maybe for good luck, or to propitiate an angry elk god. It still seems like a lot of trouble for a storefront though. We would use cardboard standing stones today. We mostly don't know whether the stones were ever rearranged, or by whom, when or why. The answer really might be all of the above.

Why so many cattle bones? Maybe feasts for celebrating festivals or religious events or special moments of whatever form. Every family or clan bought a cow to sacrifice for the feast of celebration. Maybe at first it was to feed the workers as they gave their time to build the place. Plenty of reasons for the cattle bones.

I would definately have heard of this place were it indicated on my OS map, but it's not.

Sun worship and Molech sactifice !

👍🏻@14 Cattle bones..........seems slaughter.........sacrifice

@annechester770

4 жыл бұрын

Food

so im the only one who came here searching for the ac valhalla puzzle? yeah? great

is it possible to visit this place now?

@ThePrehistoryGuys

3 жыл бұрын

Michael here - yes it is Santiago, though it's not that easy to find as there aren't any signposts or directions. If you can find Stanton Harcourt on a map, you should be able to figure it out.

Don't touch any of these old sites. Mark all of our words. They're there for a reason.

looks like some city parks or chelsea flower show installation....a jcb and some research isn't enough. Surrounded by devastation this is an ill judged project. Nothing looks right about it.