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  • Опубліковано 5 лис 2018
  • Exmoor is a spooky, desolate national park in England which was well populated in the Bronze age by Beaker folk who left burial mounds all over the landscape. In this video I visit Five Barrows, which actually has 9 barrrows, including a bell barrow. I also speak to Professor Alan Outram about the possibility that Exmoor ponies are related to Bronze Age horses of the Beaker folk and therefore descended from Yamnaya horses and I look at Brockenbarrow urn at The Museum of Barnstaple & North Devon, a burial urn which was retrieved from a Bronze Age barrow on Exmoor. Finally I reveal a spooky ghost story from 1630 about an Exmoor man who retrieved a different urn from Brokenbarrow and was haunted by the spirits of the barrow as a result.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 271

  • @joejohn6795
    @joejohn6795 5 років тому +82

    In a sane world this would be made into a public television program.

    • @HroduuulfSonOfHrodger
      @HroduuulfSonOfHrodger 2 роки тому +2

      Nope, it's not woke enough. No African Celtic or Germanic Cheiftains and Kangz. This could never be taken seriously unless there are black Vikings like Heimdallr. LOL! And Thor must be a woman or else!...

  • @gunnar_langemark
    @gunnar_langemark 5 років тому +193

    The quality of your content and the aesthetics of your presentation - is far beyond what we're used to on UA-cam. You exceed expectations time and time again and bring professionalism to UA-cam in that personal way, which only the best can manage.
    Thanks a lot. Your channel is much appreciated.

  • @Soliloquium2112
    @Soliloquium2112 5 років тому +25

    I am an Exmoorian, i recommend visiting Culbone Church, one of the oldest and smallest churches in England with a Pagan heritage.
    Exmoor has managed to avoid the horrors of global economics and industrialisation, a true slice of old England and i cherish it dearly.

  • @terrykemp8131
    @terrykemp8131 5 років тому +52

    A perfect combination of Harris Tweed and Exmoor. I am in Exeter. I want to visit these burials mounds. A fascinating video into Britains ancient culture. Thumbs up.

  • @captainl-ron4068
    @captainl-ron4068 5 років тому +105

    One recently disturbed Barrow-Wight disliked this video....

    • @normanbates3200
      @normanbates3200 5 років тому +9

      Ho, Tom Bombardil, Tom Bombardilo!...

    • @captainl-ron4068
      @captainl-ron4068 5 років тому +7

      By water, wood and hill, by the reed and willow.....

    • @dmjc7132
      @dmjc7132 5 років тому +6

      Pay no attention, it's just the night railing against the morning of which it is bereaved and the cold cursing the warmth for which it hungers.

  • @HistoryTime
    @HistoryTime 5 років тому +14

    Absolutely fascinating video. Kudos to you sir.

    • @levitatingoctahedron922
      @levitatingoctahedron922 3 роки тому

      you could learn a thing or two about avoiding contemporary political trends that will age like milk the way survive the jive avoids them. I stopped watching history time a long time ago because I couldn't stand the random trendy virtue signals and politically charged interpretations.

  • @sulphuric_glue4468
    @sulphuric_glue4468 5 років тому +45

    Your stuff is getting really professional now, keep it up!

    • @GodsOwnPrototype
      @GodsOwnPrototype 5 років тому +2

      Could do with a windshield for the mic

    • @Survivethejive
      @Survivethejive  5 років тому +6

      @@GodsOwnPrototype Yeah! even with my back to the wind and behind the barrow, the wind was still strong. Was a very very windy day

    • @GodsOwnPrototype
      @GodsOwnPrototype 5 років тому +2

      @@Survivethejive
      I'm not knocking you; still heard you clear as a bell.

    • @jackhawthorn4799
      @jackhawthorn4799 5 років тому +1

      The tea documentary you did in Sri Lanka was top notch

    • @spiritusinfinitus
      @spiritusinfinitus 5 років тому

      @@Survivethejive Search for Micromuff. They're excellent stick-on wind mufflers for cameras and recording equipment. Alternatively, just shove the microphone up into that epic beard which would probably have the same effect! ;)

  • @PerryBattles
    @PerryBattles 5 років тому +8

    You, sir, are a class act. Love your videos. Thank goodness that Britain values its native culture; many places seem to overlook it.

  • @13bravoredleg18
    @13bravoredleg18 5 років тому +11

    My property is on a US Civil War battlefield in Tennessee. I keep waiting to see ghosts someday! 👻🙀

  • @lukewaterbury9285
    @lukewaterbury9285 5 років тому +13

    What a beautiful land. It looks like home.

  • @Abyssaeon
    @Abyssaeon 5 років тому +15

    Intriguing. A good friend of mine from high school (well, 1992, to be precise), Sean Hoaglund, had in his parents' home a glass box over the stone mantel of their fireplace. Within the glass box were rough-hewn stones. I asked about the meaning of the contents -- what they were, where they were from, why they were up there in a central place of honor -- and he cautioned me as I gestured to the box not to touch the contents. My friend Cody and I were all the more curious by his serious expression. "What? Why not?" He said they were stones from a specific Irish burial site, and that bad luck comes to anyone who touches them. I irreverently touched them, assuming he was being silly with us, as did Cody -- just a tap, followed by laughter. That afternoon, we were walking to a friend's house near our school. We passed an apartment complex, and a bunch of Mexican gangsters were partying inside one of the apartments. They popped the screen off when they saw the three of us walking by. One of their friends, this guy Bobby (this White wannabe Mexican), who was a fellow student -- not a friend, but a vague acquaintance through mutual friends -- motioned to us to come over and talk to him as he leaned on a hydrant with another Mexican guy on the corner. I started walking over to see what he wanted, thinking it would be perceived as disrespectful if we ignored him and potentially cause more trouble. I had not noticed that by then, guys -- we later estimated maybe 15 of them or so -- were already hopping out of that apartment window, some of whom had knives, and started approaching us -- first walking fast, then running. Sean yelled at me, "Bill, RUN!", as I was the only one who started crossing the street toward Bobby. I had only just turned to see a horde rushing toward the three of us. We bolted north as fast as we could -- the flash of knives was enough to kick us into Jesse Owens mode. We ran a couple blocks toward a Greek restaurant across from our school, and a friend's sister saw us getting chased and pulled into the parking lot to get us out of there, fast. Since then, haha, needless to say, I do not fuck about with burial items. Coincidence or otherwise, I will never know -- but although we lived in a rough area, we did not typically experience situations like that in broad daylight, completely unprovoked. We must respect the dead and their relics, lest we join them sooner than later.

  • @JohnSmith-ks7oj
    @JohnSmith-ks7oj 5 років тому +28

    I’m extremely excited for your book coming out and hopefully you will write more! You have helped me understand my people so much!

  • @chromiumpicolinate2872
    @chromiumpicolinate2872 5 років тому +91

    I live on Exmoor. Wet and haunted is a pretty good description. We have lots of stories about people drowning in bogs, or drowning other people in bogs, or finding people half sunk in a bog and being half skeleton and half pickled. Also we scared off the dumb vikings with a giant dancing horse made out of sticks and painted sacks.

    • @uwusmolbean
      @uwusmolbean 5 років тому +4

      @@LivingHistorySchool maybe just put the mus in a sack, and beat it with the stick. ?

  • @tyburn1493
    @tyburn1493 5 років тому +35

    Hope everyone had a good Samhaine and left out offerings for the ancestors.

  • @j.c.v3176
    @j.c.v3176 5 років тому +100

    Didnt know that McGregor had an interest in European history...

    • @LOREHAMMERLIBRARY
      @LOREHAMMERLIBRARY 5 років тому +3

      STJ prob mad you compared him to an Irishman xD

    • @usedx115x
      @usedx115x 5 років тому +6

      McGregor actually did talk about clan McGregor and its history.

    • @kain88tm
      @kain88tm 5 років тому

      Lol

    • @indravrtrahaana763
      @indravrtrahaana763 3 роки тому

      Lol 100th like!🤣🤣🤣

  • @DeezNuts-cg9gl
    @DeezNuts-cg9gl 5 років тому +5

    That's a fine tweed suit.

  • @anthonyhudson3540
    @anthonyhudson3540 5 років тому +5

    Great content, explained intelligently. Also, I like the tone and pace of these videos, a refreshing change from other UA-cam offerings of a similar nature. Keep up the good work.

  • @elforeigner3260
    @elforeigner3260 5 років тому +13

    Burial mounds should come back in style

  • @veneficarius
    @veneficarius 5 років тому +2

    Cool video - i think it was Tolkiens inspiration for barrow and barrow wights - at least this makes me think of lotr lore - funny he mentioned that there are 9 barrows - wonder where the witch king of Angmar dwells :) cool video

  • @willhall1874
    @willhall1874 5 років тому +2

    Looking very sharp sir, very sharp indeed.

  • @TheM41a
    @TheM41a 5 років тому +42

    In Irish mythology these burial mounds are portals to the fairy world.

    • @MrOdinswulf
      @MrOdinswulf 5 років тому +5

      The Fae/Fairy/Alf/Elf- The ascended dead ancestors, who no longer reincarnate.

    • @TheLittledikkins
      @TheLittledikkins 3 роки тому +1

      The Fair Folk Under the Hill.

  • @BubbaWhite963
    @BubbaWhite963 5 років тому +1

    There's no one doing a better job of bringing our ancestors back to life. So many clues as to why we think, look, act , and believe the way we do now. Thanks, STJ.

  • @angu6117
    @angu6117 5 років тому +4

    Survive the jive always get a 10/10 in the fashion department

  • @suzycreamchez123
    @suzycreamchez123 5 років тому +3

    Another fascinating video hitting all my areas of interest. Well done!

  • @Kokirikid101
    @Kokirikid101 5 років тому +6

    I've been to that Witchcraft museum in Cornwall. Very interesting video. Moving over to the Southwest next year

  • @Phorquieu
    @Phorquieu Рік тому +1

    Brilliant video. You give an excellent glimpse of early Europe's history. It's wonderful to see these things on the screen, rather than just read descriptions on a page. Well done!

  • @NixxiomOnYouTube
    @NixxiomOnYouTube 5 років тому +7

    I'll be traveling back to the UK soon and I'll be traveling here, there and everywhere. If I ever do get the opportunity to head west in the three months I'll be there, I'll have to visit this location, although I think most of my time will be spent in the south, along the coast. Thanks for sharing though, man! I always look forward to your videos.

  • @dima.slavyanin.I2a1
    @dima.slavyanin.I2a1 3 роки тому +2

    Here in Serbia we have a lot of Burial Mounds (Курган in Serbian), there are also maps where they are located. Most of them are in the province of Vojvodina, there are hundreds of them, but they are not protected and not all of them have been researched. Unfortunately some were damaged and the couple was robbed. Thanks to good people, most have been preserved.

  • @josephjude1290
    @josephjude1290 5 років тому +7

    I really love your channel. I always immediately watch them. Any plans in the future for more documentaries on Slavic connections to Indo Europeans? I truly appreciate it!

    • @Survivethejive
      @Survivethejive  5 років тому +6

      One day I may do that if I have an opportunity to visit a Slavic country

    • @josephjude1290
      @josephjude1290 5 років тому +3

      @@Survivethejive thanks for the prompt reply

  • @livingstranger
    @livingstranger 5 років тому

    Another great video! Well done StJ! Keep me coming!

  • @no1uknow32
    @no1uknow32 5 років тому

    Amazing, what a cool video! Gods I love it when a new Survive the Jive video comes out!

  • @celticgirl2843
    @celticgirl2843 5 років тому +1

    Excellent material @Survive the Jive ~ I really enjoyed this

  • @operatorpsikh1268
    @operatorpsikh1268 5 років тому

    Sound, footage, and above all, the message, are of superb quality. Congratulations Tom

  • @andersengman3896
    @andersengman3896 5 років тому +2

    Nice outfit, Thomas! Proper English gentleman.

  • @beardedwolf628
    @beardedwolf628 5 років тому +1

    Looking good Jive, loving the formal look!

  • @oakashthorn5714
    @oakashthorn5714 5 років тому +3

    Went to the Boxing Day hunt on exmoor.. splendid it was too...

  • @E.lectricityNorth
    @E.lectricityNorth 5 років тому +1

    Literally last night, I read the section of The Fellowship of the Ring where the hobbits are captured by the barrow wights. What amazing timing with your wonderful video, thank you! Perhaps these were the grave monuments of the children of chieftains. Keep an eye out for Tom Bombadil...

  • @MonstaTrapz
    @MonstaTrapz 5 років тому +1

    Magic mushrooms grow well when nourished with horse manure. We used to pick them in the same field every year. Sad to say the field has now been built on.

    • @-RXB-
      @-RXB- 5 років тому

      There are always other places. They grow in many places like this (in all of northern europe).

  • @ardaraith
    @ardaraith 5 років тому +2

    Gorgeous visual!

  • @Ravynwulf
    @Ravynwulf 5 років тому

    I find your voice very soothing. I like that you were outside on the barrows, and you look incredible in your suit and hat...I really enjoyed your video, It was the first thing I watched this morning while having my coffee. 😌

  • @henrisummers6694
    @henrisummers6694 5 років тому +27

    Where is Tom Bombadil when you need him?

    • @suppiluiiuma5769
      @suppiluiiuma5769 5 років тому +8

      In his lovely home. You need only call him

    • @slappy8941
      @slappy8941 5 років тому +8

      He's off having a chat with Old Man Willow.

  • @ariyannewzad9940
    @ariyannewzad9940 5 років тому

    Thanks for uploading this on my birthday!!

  • @protocolsoftheeldersofchic1215
    @protocolsoftheeldersofchic1215 4 роки тому

    So glad i found your channel its fascinating.

  • @welurkintheforeststhefores8100
    @welurkintheforeststhefores8100 5 років тому +7

    The way those people are buried reminds me of the fetal position. Maybe because they are waiting to be reborn? :)

    • @sukhibassi2089
      @sukhibassi2089 3 роки тому +3

      I have also thought that is what is going on here. Like going back into the womb of mother earth waiting to be reborn once again. The borrows resemble the womb, and also the bump of a pregnant woman.

  • @Bubs_H
    @Bubs_H 5 років тому

    not what i was expecting... nice work man.

  • @VincentTamer
    @VincentTamer 5 років тому

    I love the shot at the end with the candles! That "dutched" camera angle makes for a great composition at the table.

  • @beva6854
    @beva6854 5 років тому

    Very interesting story! Please do more of that kind of videos! :)

  • @stephan5673
    @stephan5673 5 років тому

    Great video,
    Very informative,
    Thank you

  • @ReadySaltedCrisps
    @ReadySaltedCrisps 5 років тому

    Fantastic work as always.

  • @wadejustanamerican1201
    @wadejustanamerican1201 5 років тому

    Great video!

  • @northernenglander1916
    @northernenglander1916 5 років тому

    I love this channel, what a fascinating video. The people of the Bell Beaker culture really knew how to honour their ancestors!

  • @Lexthebarbarian
    @Lexthebarbarian 5 років тому +3

    Bona Fide english style! That suit, cap and tie. Great! Missed the pipe though.

  • @DeezNuts-cg9gl
    @DeezNuts-cg9gl 5 років тому +1

    Got to love the moors. Such lovely terrain.

  • @muleran6790
    @muleran6790 3 роки тому

    Nice work 👍

  • @theironpill9296
    @theironpill9296 5 років тому +2

    Excellent content, the Kurgan culture is fascinating to learn about.

  • @Lyon194
    @Lyon194 5 років тому

    love the outfit, perfectly fitting the expertly described subject

  • @caroliner2029
    @caroliner2029 21 день тому

    So very interesting, thank you.

  • @AroundElvesWatchUrselves96
    @AroundElvesWatchUrselves96 5 років тому +9

    The eternal Jive

  • @Orourkebanjo
    @Orourkebanjo 5 років тому

    Brilliant work.

  • @bronzantilium7699
    @bronzantilium7699 5 років тому

    Excellent video. The environment of the barrows is indeed foreboding, yet compelling and hauntingly familiar. Can’t really explain it.

  • @Celestial_Emissary
    @Celestial_Emissary 5 років тому +3

    spooky stuff lad

  • @Anna-ht6sz
    @Anna-ht6sz 5 років тому +2

    I really really like your content. Could you please share more thoughts on Evola? Greetings from Germany.

    • @Survivethejive
      @Survivethejive  5 років тому +2

      I have discussed him in many videos and also in podcasts

  • @giauscaesar8047
    @giauscaesar8047 5 років тому +1

    I remember visiting this area some yrs ago on a dark overcast windy day & the whole seemed to project an aura of mystery & menace.

  • @blaisecompton5636
    @blaisecompton5636 5 років тому +2

    Thank you very much! What about a piece from Sir Thomas Browne's 'Hydriotaphia, or Urne Buriall'?

  • @Uniqp23
    @Uniqp23 5 років тому +8

    The way you present evidence of Indo-European culture and give information regarding Indo-European people by visiting European landscapes truly gives a spiritual essence to your entire documentaries on UA-cam which is quite mesmerising keep up the great work may the pagan gods be proud of your great work.

  • @danielpatrick3761
    @danielpatrick3761 5 років тому

    Good kit. Presentable.

  • @bhzy
    @bhzy 5 років тому +3

    Good video, the moors do have an eerieness about them (not that that's a a bad thing).

  • @LelaMi79
    @LelaMi79 5 років тому

    Very nice video👍🏻

  • @ryksalmons6303
    @ryksalmons6303 5 років тому +3

    Love the music

  • @barkershill
    @barkershill 2 роки тому +1

    Interesting thought that those ancient houses on top of the moor were only occupied during the summer . When we visited Lewis we were told that the crofters used to take their cattle up to summer pastures away from the Croft and some members of the family would stay with them in a little house up there while others stayed at the Croft , growing crops and making hay

  • @carolinesmyth127
    @carolinesmyth127 4 роки тому +1

    At 2.05 mins in, a mist form suddenly appears to be sat to your left and slightly infront of you... I think it's just a spec of rain but kind of appropriate given the title of this video 😏

  • @niclasneziru1854
    @niclasneziru1854 5 років тому

    Looking smooth tommy

  • @junglie
    @junglie 5 років тому

    good vid & like the peaky blinders outfit!

  • @kentuckianaboy
    @kentuckianaboy 3 роки тому +1

    I wish I had such a nice English outfit like his. Can’t even find a proper tweed jacket or Hunter boots.
    Damn the Expulsion of the Loyalists!
    Sad 😞 Seppo noises!

  • @tracicomstock6525
    @tracicomstock6525 2 роки тому

    I love the ancient horses!

  • @0ToolingAround0
    @0ToolingAround0 5 років тому +1

    Very interesting.

  • @peteodonald5440
    @peteodonald5440 4 роки тому

    Refreshing casual presentation and information, not the usual dynamic jumping about pre-schooled rhetoric. more please.

  • @sb-ant6457
    @sb-ant6457 5 років тому +6

    If not burnt, I'd rather be laid down as I was when in my mother, I've often considered the burying of people flat on their back and straight as freakish.

    • @katooloughlin
      @katooloughlin 5 років тому +2

      It feels more like a rebirth into nature 🤗

  • @Bjornlovesjazz
    @Bjornlovesjazz 5 років тому

    Proud to be a patreon

  • @jamescritchley5961
    @jamescritchley5961 5 років тому

    Fascinating

  • @liquidoxygen819
    @liquidoxygen819 5 років тому

    Nice to see the poppy, Tom. Even though I think most all of us might be on a different side than the soldiers ideologically it's important to respect the dedication and courage of our countrymen who served nonetheless.

  • @normannormiemates4844
    @normannormiemates4844 5 років тому

    Thank you.

  • @somersetpgrim
    @somersetpgrim 5 років тому

    Reminds me of a site up here in the mendips (not far from exmoor) called priddy nine barrows.

  • @CJM-rg5rt
    @CJM-rg5rt 3 роки тому

    I like how this guy is basically intelligently talking. Not the typical (I don't even know what type of terrible communication) that common reporters and youtubers use.

  • @leeetchells609
    @leeetchells609 4 роки тому

    I live in Stockport northern England but the hills surrounding the town are mainly in Derbyshire.
    There are many barrows or Cairns littering the hills. They are not marked on the ground but with an os map you can find them.

  • @robertbrumfitt6548
    @robertbrumfitt6548 5 років тому

    Another great video. I think those chopped up toads were common frogs which looked like they were eaten by buzzards - seen this a lot in my brigantian hone range of the Pennines. A sacraficial offering from nature to the ancestors. Keep these videos coming!

    • @Survivethejive
      @Survivethejive  5 років тому

      Robert Brumfitt so buzzards eat your only the head and then leave the legs? Why? Also why would buzzards place them in a ring around the barrow?

    • @robertbrumfitt6548
      @robertbrumfitt6548 5 років тому

      @@Survivethejive I was just going off the two images off your video but if that was the case it does seem more obscure. If there was a defined trail around the barrow then it wouldn't be uncommon for a polecat to kill amphibians and leave them along the trail but they tend to leave them inside out to avoid the toxins in the skin. Sounds like witches. If you ever see them performing these ceremonies advise an invasive sacrifice. I was only trying to point towards a piece of natural intrigue

  • @jakemcnamee9417
    @jakemcnamee9417 5 років тому +1

    Happy to hear about the mushrooms. I wonder if they were used by the ancients.

    • @-RXB-
      @-RXB- 5 років тому

      Jake Mcnamee Almost certainly. I doubt indigenous people ever really missed anything in nature. The pointed hat of Ingui Frey looks exactly like the pointed tip/hat of these truely magical mushrooms.

  • @terrormachine6704
    @terrormachine6704 5 років тому +4

    My biggest issue with living in the US is not being able to visit sites like this without travelling an ocean. No connection to the land.

    • @GunSperg
      @GunSperg 5 років тому +1

      nu ll, same here fam

  • @mrwerauchimmer8814
    @mrwerauchimmer8814 5 років тому

    Thanks.

  • @dashinvaine
    @dashinvaine 5 років тому

    Be interesting to see if there is a close relation between the small ponies of Exmoor and the ones found in the Asian Steppes, which look similar to an untrained eye. The huddled burial position of the Beaker people, meanwhile, also reminds me somewhat of predynastic Egyptian burials, such as 'Ginger' now in the British Museum. Same custom of including numerous pottery vessels in the grave, too, and sometimes lining the grave pit with stone slabs.

  • @Storolf
    @Storolf 5 років тому +2

    Lol, at 13:28 when you say "having pierced into the bowels of the hillock", to my american ears it first sounded like "pissed". So I thought no wonder the guy got cursed. The nerve to go and piss into someones burial mound!

  • @DJW1981
    @DJW1981 5 років тому

    Great work as always. Thank you. Have you ever visited the Rollright stones or Weland's smithy?

    • @Survivethejive
      @Survivethejive  5 років тому +1

      Yes for my film From Runes to Ruins. Watch it!

  • @btdforever9389
    @btdforever9389 2 роки тому

    I’ve been needing a dharok’s greataxe still, time to book my flight

  • @moreston4366
    @moreston4366 5 років тому

    Still need to visit Exmoor sometime, been close but never close enough, would love to see the Horses, the primitive colours and the fluff they have make them one of my favourite breeds. I feel somewhat of a connection to the Horses, the idea they migrated with our Indo-European ancestors, idk it's cool to me.

    • @spiritusinfinitus
      @spiritusinfinitus 5 років тому

      Until fairly recently, some of those horses got rounded up and sold one a year at Bampton Fair (which is still a thing) ua-cam.com/video/9gl_VndKGzo/v-deo.html

  • @Lora_M_NY
    @Lora_M_NY 3 роки тому

    He had me at moldering urns

  • @PaintPlastic
    @PaintPlastic 5 років тому +4

    I desire a comparable outfit

  • @123Apapp
    @123Apapp 5 років тому +33

    VERY INDO-EUROPEAN

    • @longleggedmacdaddy5313
      @longleggedmacdaddy5313 5 років тому +3

      HolyOak666 Indo-European type beat.

    • @jackhawthorn4799
      @jackhawthorn4799 5 років тому +1

      Experience African "cultures" and this phrase will take on a lot more meaning.

  • @Jw0808
    @Jw0808 4 роки тому

    Definitely a inspiration for Barrow-Downs in Tolkiens Middle Earth

  • @matthew-dq8vk
    @matthew-dq8vk Рік тому

    Watching this at night in the middle of October definitely added to the creepy vibes of you discussing the burial mounds. Excellent stuff man

  • @orangeedo
    @orangeedo 5 років тому

    Thankyou