We have many here in the north of Spain. What I’ve noticed is that they are in cold weather climates. I believe that they are man-made caves for overwintering. The stones would’ve been covered in earth like many are here in northern Spain. The summers are wonderful around here, but the winters are brutal. A regular wooden house would not survive the rainy and wind gusty seasons around here. I believe these were built and used generationally during the winters until Iron Age. During the iron age, they were able to cut stone to a more manageable size, and we have loads of stone homes here in the north of Spain.
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I did not believe these were cupmarks owing to both the unusual positioning and lack of weathering. Similarly placed marks appear at a number of sites I've seen around the UK for which the best explanation in my opinion is that they are relatively modern and were used to place gunpowder for local celebrations back in the day...
Yes, it's entirely possible that they are modern and gunpowder celebrations sounds like a fun explanation. Do you know of anywhere with documented gunpowder 'cup marks'? We've put it on the research list either way
Yes, and this one sits on a historic boundary line between parishes... and with no historical reference, the markings could be relatively modern and still appear old and weathered...
These are dynamite bores. Probably from 18th or 19th century landowners wanting rid of it. It's very common and many of our neolithic sites have them particularly in mining counties like Derbyshire and Cornwall. Even Avebury has the dreaded drillholes. Luckily for us superstition stopped many from being blown
Hi 🙂 thanks for watching! They are still dolmens but for some reason a lot of them are named quoits as in the game Quoits..Usually they have old legends linked to them that refer to giants, or legendary figures such as King Arthur throwing a small stone that grew larger, or a disc that turned to stone as it flew through the air. We have an earlier video on our channel, where we explain it a bit if you want to check it out. It's the video on Carreg Coetan Arthur, in Newport Pembrokeshire. We'll be making another video exploring the topic soon, too.
dolmens could have been early pyramid-style tombs for royal lineages of that era, though a lack of graves is strange. Perhaps the lack of embalming resulted in the corpses disintegrating leaving only the dolmen-tombstones as the sole evidence
If you're going to read out quotes while displaying the text, I suggest you check to ensure that the reading is word-perfect, without adding or subtracting or misreading words as in this case. Attention to such details is very important, IMHO.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to provide feedback... it's a fair point, and I like to think we do a better job of this in our newer videos. Once we've improved our production quality a bit more, we do intend to come back and redo these early videos to a higher standard.
But despite all the, "Exciting Ne Perspectives," no one really has a clue about what was actually going an and we probably never will have. Personally I think they, (the builders,) were just bored and had far too much time on their hands..
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We have many here in the north of Spain. What I’ve noticed is that they are in cold weather climates. I believe that they are man-made caves for overwintering. The stones would’ve been covered in earth like many are here in northern Spain. The summers are wonderful around here, but the winters are brutal. A regular wooden house would not survive the rainy and wind gusty seasons around here. I believe these were built and used generationally during the winters until Iron Age. During the iron age, they were able to cut stone to a more manageable size, and we have loads of stone homes here in the north of Spain.
It's a beautiful spot ❤
What a stunning and interesting place, great video 👍🏻
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What purpose do you think dolmens were originally built for?
I did not believe these were cupmarks owing to both the unusual positioning and lack of weathering. Similarly placed marks appear at a number of sites I've seen around the UK for which the best explanation in my opinion is that they are relatively modern and were used to place gunpowder for local celebrations back in the day...
Yes, it's entirely possible that they are modern and gunpowder celebrations sounds like a fun explanation. Do you know of anywhere with documented gunpowder 'cup marks'? We've put it on the research list either way
Interesting stuff.
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Sometimes, they were used as surveyors boundries. Some markings are more modern.
Yes, and this one sits on a historic boundary line between parishes... and with no historical reference, the markings could be relatively modern and still appear old and
weathered...
@coraljackz we had one at home , as a little one, we were determined It was a dinosaur foot ...wheee
These are dynamite bores. Probably from 18th or 19th century landowners wanting rid of it. It's very common and many of our neolithic sites have them particularly in mining counties like Derbyshire and Cornwall. Even Avebury has the dreaded drillholes. Luckily for us superstition stopped many from being blown
we call them quoits in cornwall 🌀❤️✴️
Hi 🙂 thanks for watching! They are still dolmens but for some reason a lot of them are named quoits as in the game Quoits..Usually they have old legends linked to them that refer to giants, or legendary figures such as King Arthur throwing a small stone that grew larger, or a disc that turned to stone as it flew through the air. We have an earlier video on our channel, where we explain it a bit if you want to check it out. It's the video on Carreg Coetan Arthur, in Newport Pembrokeshire. We'll be making another video exploring the topic soon, too.
Three kings on Orion belt, I bet those hollows line up to that on the 21st of December.
Seems to be a popular theory! Thanks for commenting :)
dolmens could have been early pyramid-style tombs for royal lineages of that era, though a lack of graves is strange. Perhaps the lack of embalming resulted in the corpses disintegrating leaving only the dolmen-tombstones as the sole evidence
In the neolithic most bodies were left to the elements in mortuary houses and then skulls and long bones were placed in the chambers
If you're going to read out quotes while displaying the text, I suggest you check to ensure that the reading is word-perfect, without adding or subtracting or misreading words as in this case. Attention to such details is very important, IMHO.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to provide feedback... it's a fair point, and I like to think we do a better job of this in our newer videos. Once we've improved our production quality a bit more, we do intend to come back and redo these early videos to a higher standard.
But despite all the, "Exciting Ne Perspectives," no one really has a clue about what was actually going an and we probably never will have.
Personally I think they, (the builders,) were just bored and had far too much time on their hands..
Interesting the... Concept.... That.... Markings in the stone, may be astrological........ signatures *
This does seem to be a popular theory. Thanks for watching and commenting :)