DOCUMENTARY | Dumfries & Galloway Ancient Sites | History of Neolithic Scotland | Before Caledonia
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- Опубліковано 20 гру 2020
- The first documentary by 'Before Caledonia' is a journey around the best prehistoric sites in Dumfries & Galloway, SW Scotland. The film starts in the east of the county at The Loupin Stanes and Girdle Stanes Stone Circle's and works it's way west visiting Rock Art, Standing Stones and a Neolithic Mound before finishing up just before the Ayrshire border at Cairnderry Chambered Cairn.
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This is a link to my lecture on the D&G sites at 'Mysterious Earth Conference 2023'
ua-cam.com/video/DlElV4BffWk/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
Thank you for a wonderful video! I loved visiting the Highlands of Scotland and exploring such out of the way treasures.
I am glad you enjoyed the Documentary, I hope you get to visit the sites. Thanks for leaving a comment.
Excellent upload. 'Oor ain gen that's geed tae ken'
Thanking you kindly, check out the link at the top of the comments section which is a talk I done recently on the Dumfries & Galloway sites of Prehistory.
Be good to see drone footage of the sites as an overview, really interesting journey
Thanks Malcolm, this was the first Documentary I made, Dumfries & Galloway has some awesome sites. I gave a presentation on this area at the Mysterious Earth Conference, it's online I will put a link below. ps...I left something for you at the TS. ua-cam.com/video/DlElV4BffWk/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
Watched your video out of interest as we are about to move to Dalry in the new year, (2024) so I plan to visit the sites in the area you covered. It will be quite an adventure, Thanks for your insights.
That is great you are going to visit the Dumfries & Galloway sites, there is also a lecture I gave on these sites which is pinned to the top of the comment section.
Another great site: Slewcairn, just to the West of Criffel. There are 2 cairns, one still quite prominent, as well as an unchambered long cairn, apparently one of the best examples in existence. There is also a very clearly visible hut circle, you can even see where the doorway was. It's just sitting out there in the woods. Quite incredible.
Thanks for the info, I didn't know about the sites you mentioned. I hope you enjoyed the Documentary.
@@BeforeCaledonia It's not as well known as many of the others. There's some good info on Canmore about it. It's about a 5 mile walk down a forestry road so I don't think it gets as much traffic. The documentary was great - really good to hear your thoughts on our local sites.
@@TheQuantumPotato Thanks, you can find the link to a presentation I gave at 'Mysterious Earth Conference' on the Dumfries & Galloway sites at the top of the comments section.
Once again, thank you for the memories! I have done this trip but it was over 20 years ago! I had a wonderful time in Dumfries and Galloway and visited all of these sites. I need to plan another trip! (I just spent a fantastic 3 days in Aberdeenshire, so maybe next year!)
Hi Andrew, I am glad you enjoyed the D&G documentary. That is great you visited Aberdeenshire, I hope you got to see a few of the recumbent stone circles. There is a documentary on Aberdeenshire stone circles on my channel, Martin.
Great work, very interesting 🧐
Thank You, I am glad you enjoyed the documentary, Martin.
Droughduil is about 5 minutes walk from my house. I live (or used to) just over the new A75, on the old A75, reputed to be a Roman Road (no proof however). Standing on the mound you would be able to see my house but for the pine trees in the village, by the little train station. I had to move away last year for work, so thanks for a little reminder of home. I still own my house there, my mother now rents it from me. So I'll be back up at Christmas time. Great to see Torhouseekie stone circle on the video. It's a fabulous stone circle. Robert John Langdon in his book "The Stonehenge enigma" has it that Silbury Hill was once located in an inland waterway (as was Stonehenge) and thus performed the function of a fire beacon in front of a landing area. If you go back 4 thousand years or so, the valley in front of Challoch Hill next to Dunragit was also a wetland area, presumably with the henge monument located at it's shore (it's actually under the new A75 in front of Myrtle Cottage). The Piltanton Burn being the shrunken remains of the watercourse. Therefore Droughduil was also probably a fire beacon, like Silbury Hill.
Really good vid!
Hi Alex, I am glad you enjoyed my Dumfries & Galloway film. The Droughduil Mound is situated at one of the most important Neolithic sites in Scotland. I love Torhouse stone circle, it's not often you come across a ring with no stone missing. You can find a link to a presentation I done recently on the Dumfries & Galloway sites at the top of the comments section. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment, Martin.
Thankyou for this wonderful guide. We have explored cup and ring marks in our home county of Northumberland, and visited some fascinating ancient sites in Wales. We are planning a trip through this part of Scotland and are excited to find some sites that you mention are close to our route.
I am glad you enjoyed the documentary and will be visiting some of the sites in the film. I have also been to Wales and visited some of the sites there. Best Wishes from Scotland, Martin.
Thank you for a tour through this beautiful ancient landscape:)
Hello Halley, I am glad you enjoyed the film. Thanks for leaving a comment and best wishes from Scotland, Martin.
Very well done and very informative. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Gernnn, I am glad you enjoyed my first documentary. Dumfries & Galloway has many fascinating ancient sites. Best wishes from Scotland.
A Brilliant Channel, Thanks For Your Work.
Thanking you kindly, I hope you get something out of the channel, Martin.
Very well done. I really enjoyed that. Thank you.
Thanks for watching and leaving a comment Alastair, I am glad you enjoyed it. I hope to do more documentaries like this in the coming years.
Sub'd😁👍
Well done. Your videos make me feel as if I am there.
Thanks Julie, I hope you enjoy them.
Hi Martin, just stopped by for a re watch. 👍🍀
Cheers CC, I hope you got something out the film.
@@BeforeCaledonia Aye, you did a great job putting it all together Martin. I can almost feel the atmosphere of the sites.
The nice sunny weather helps too.
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Can you give commentary on the ancient past of Scotland. I would love it so much.
Hi Brenda, there is commentary of Scotland's ancient past in this video.
Very nice
Thank You! I hope you got something out of the documentary.
Please leave a comment below on your favourite ancient site in Dumfries & Galloway.
no problem 👍👍
Cairnholy is also my favourite, I have never been to Dungarry Fort.
Thanks for the info Paul, if I am down that way I will check it out.
Try the 'Canmore' website which may have information on the site.
i like it 🧡🧡
Thank You.
Nice to see this, as these are sites I am not likely to be able to visit. I explained to my friend that yes, he is indeed speaking English! I always love to listen to the Scots accent even if I don't always understand. I do wish someone would correct the closed captions as they are full of errors. Very nice documentary!
Colleen, Thank you for the kinds words regarding the documentary. You can find audio transcripts for these sites in the individual videos I made in the Dumfries & Galloway section. Click on the 'show more' button and scroll down to see the transcript, I do this for overseas and hard of hearing viewers, I hope this helps. Best wishes from Scotland.
@@BeforeCaledonia Okay, thank you!
My kids are going to hate me next time we go to Dumfries and Galloway😂. Very interesting sites it does feel like there are a lot of sites in a relatively small area.
Hi Dan, Dumfries & Galloway is plentiful regarding prehistoric sites. I hope this documentary brings these sites to your attention and I hope you get to visit many of them.Thanks for watching and leaving a comment.
@Dan Probin Maybe at least one of your children will be like me and love it… and have ancient sites transform their thinking and their life's path? I was 8 or younger when I got the "archaeology bug" for life. A lasting source of pleasure and interest.
actually I didn;t visit all of these... not by any means.... but it's wonderful to know about some of these...!
I hope this video gives you a few ideas of sites to visit on your next trip, cheers Andrew.
Living in Dumfries as a teenager in the 1960's I visited the 12 apostles, as a kid I found it pretty unimpressive.
Hi Bob! The Twelve Apostles is probably not one of my favourite stone circles either. It is the largest ring in Scotland and with quite a few stones missing the circle seems quite sparse. I hope you enjoyed the documentary.