I live in West Springfield, MA and recently we found out that our entire neighborhood was built over ancient caverns that run right under our homes. Unfortunately for those of us living here, we discovered these because so many of us have been finding huge cracks throughout our homes and streets. Great video. I'm happy that I found your channel.
What neighborhood were these found?. Near bear hole?....... I lived off chestnut st when I was a kid....my grandparents lived off Gooseberry....and I still have family lives off brush hill ave
Having lived in New England over 60 years I have explored many. Truly fascinating. I personally believe they are ancient but have been used by other people over the years. Good video.😊
I had always considered something "ancient" as approximately 1500 years old or more. Is that your understanding as well? What were some things you found interesting in your explorations of these structures?
We also have "sweat houses" here in Ireland which are kind of similar too. They would burn turf inside to heat up the rocks, then they would clear out the ash and line the floor with fresh plant matter. People who were sick would be sealed inside for a period of time and it was supposed to help cure different ailments, pretty much like an ancient sauna.
Great video. I was shown one of these chambers many years ago, by a friend who had built a cabin out that way, west of the Quabbin; I think it was in Wendell. The chamber looked like, and may well have been that same one that you showed in your first example. It was built into a hillside, had a small opening, and was tall enough for me to just stand up inside. The packed dirt floor was circular and maybe 10 feet in diameter. The thing I found very strange was that none of the locals had the slightest idea about who built it or what it was for, but they all knew it was there. The popular notion was that it was a colonial root cellar, but I very much doubt that. It was bigger than a common root cellar would've been, and more elaborately built.
i live in this area, and have been in several of these chambers, and much larger ones in VT We had one just off the property line of the house I grew up in in Lunenburg MA which i would play in as a teenager. I went to school for Anthropology at UMASS Amherst. I was told by one of our Archaeology professors, who specialized in local Cultural Resource Management work, that there had been a survey of many of these stone chambers and other New England Archaeomysteriae done by UMASS fieldwork teams back in the 1980s i believe, which determined that at least many/most of them were almost certainly early Colonial rootcellars/ice houses. The operative , and important word is "most" Some, like the stone circle on Burnt Hill in Heath is at least as old as the town, as it is mentioned in the earliest records. I would love to see another research team revisit some of the sites which were the most likely to not be Colonial , and try to get a proper radiocarbon date etc, or at least a proper survey done to try and narrow in on what is going on with them.
They do look amazingly like the structures in Ireland, especially newgrange,though considerably smaller. The "beehive" construction style reminds me very strongly of those sorts of places. That being said, there aren't that many ways to construct a self-supporting structure out of stone and dirt, so it may just be coincidence.
Very good video. To research the property look in the land records and the probate records. When doing a title search on my land 38 years ago, I found interesting details in the probate records of the 1700s and 1800s. Good Luck, Rick
I ran into one in the mountains of NH a couple of years ago. I couldn't really understand why it was contracted the way it was. A relatively square underground structure with multiple rooms, only tall enough to crouch in and with one wall fully exposed. It was a magical find though and I spent a little time checking it out.
Hobbits? Or the ancient north American pygmy? It does make one wonder why the ceiling was so low. Underground cities were built long ago in many places. We still build large underground structures today for a variety of reasons. Protection from extreme weather, fallout or excessive solar radiation? We'll probably never know what purpose those rock shelters are for.
@thekidcambo781 so they say! I run there alone often. The place is so vast so I can see why people get lost out there. I usually don't see people deep in the trails unless they're dirt biking or off roading. I think the folklore keeps people out which is a total bonus for me, I get the trails all to myself! I always ask the forest for safe passage tho. Never stop exploring 🖖
I did a tour of these more than 20yrs ago with a bunch of scholars - still visit a few of them - often I take visiting friends! -- truly a magical WMA thing!! Great vid as usual❤
Excellent job!!! Love the history & how you clearly (but smoothly) share facts as well as lore & various theories.. our corporate media could take a lesson! The sharing of where the name ‘monk holes’ comes from & a bit of its history was a nice add on.
I’ve been in something similar on Dartmoor in England, it dates from the Iron Age but they’ve no idea what it was used for. I think it’s fascinating that these appear to be aligned with the Pleiades, hope they manage to get an accurate date of construction via some archeological investigations. 👍
Hey, just wanted to let you know something I just read on the chambers. I am not positive whether or not this is reliable, at the moment, but I live in northeast OH. Apparently, when some of the early residents moved in, a farmer at what is now Youngstown finally got perturbed by a weird hill with a bunch of stone sticking out & decided to dig in & remove it, only to find that it was a collapsed stone chamber with the remains of a fire at the bottom (Youngstown was the site of a Lenape village from approx. 1690-1750). After asking around to see if anyone could make sense of it, a trader who had a lot of experience with the Natives apparently told him that such structures were where they would shelter during the winter months. There were likely more than one in this area, all concentrated roughly near Mill Creek. As this one was on the property of the Lantermans, another chamber was known to locals that wasn't collapsed for years, which the experts claimed wasn't native in origin & it eventually got sealed off to stop people from exploring it & a third may have gotten destroyed when building an apartment complex in Austintown, nearby, though the urban legend claims they destroyed a Native burial ground. But, no bodies were found, just a confusing & seemingly deliberately placed buried structure of flat stones.
Very interesting. You present very well! I think they are not root cellars. They are not constructed like root cellars although they may have been used as cellars by the colonials if one was on their property. I think they are much older.
The one on top of Ragged Hill in W Brookfield was deeeep... they called it the "bottomless pit" but then they filled it in. They said it had stones making up the interior walls. It was on the homestead, but the family history was that it predated the home. I wish I knew the exact spot, to sponsor a dig. IDK who owns the property now.
@@daveyjoseph6058don't be a jersey if they have that kind of money and want to help out sponsoring a dig that's their business and unless you plan to send money to help them shut up
So cool! Ill definitely have to check this place out! Sending ❤ from Central MA! Keep up the great work! I enjoy how you discuss history in Mass...and how it doesn't always revolve around Boston. There is more than Boston when it comes to the rich history of Massachusetts. If you have any merch (t-shirt or hoodies) I'll buy some in support of your channel.
super cool video. I love your earnest delivery and choice of topic, especially new england history. always fascinating. you also have cool fits. keep it up!
I've been talking about these for AGES! Thank you, theres another one on the border of Pascoag and Thompson which was built aboveground and still has the beehive shape. Another theory is that they were built for or by railroad and canal builders. As in northern RI, Italians built stick and clay huts when building the railroads and many of the Canals across New Englands blackstone river were built by Irish Immigrants in the 1820s. I like to believe they're linked to Haki and Hekja, they Scottish Gaels brought to Vinland in the norse greenland and vinland sagas, told the other Gaels back home and soon Celts and Natives were secretly in their own trade route. The Irish also built caves in Iceland long before the Vikings.
As a lifelong R.I. resident I find this fascinanting. As teens we'd bunk school and go to Purgatory Chasms in nearby Sutton Mass. Lots of cool places in N.E.
@@kevmac1230Purgatory Chasm is such a special place. It’s so dangerous yet beautiful at the same time. I’d recommend anyone staying in the area to go. The hike can be very challenging especially over wet rocks, be careful. Many lovely photo opportunities.
Hey Josh, I live in Westchester County NY just 30 miles north of NYC. Although NY is not considered a "New England State" The county to the north of me called putnam county and another county nearby called dutchess must also have hundreds of these chambers. Ive been to at least 75 of them myself and my sister probably has been to double that. They are everywhere in these counties
The size of the rocks, some being massive and too heavy for even a group of men to pick up and carry, begs the question of how a few monks could have done all that work throughout western and southern Massachusetts.
The monk story is just that, a story or legend, so probably not them. More like guys with levers, a block and tackle, maybe horses to help with the lifting. The same way farmers, carpenters and masons have done this kind of work for the last two millennia. Definitely not Atlanteans, Aliens, or the Lost Black Tribe of Ancient Hebrew Israelites...
You don't have to pick it up or carry it. Ramps, levers, logs, wet sand/dirt, etc. People back then didn't have the luxury of heavy equipment, so they had to figure out ways to manipulate these large objects. They got creative. Older civilizations were far smarter than modern people give them credit. I'd argue they were smarter than today's average person.
Very good research. For years, it was a pastime of mine to explore those structures in New England. I had an almost mystical experience while visiting Agassiz Rock near Manchester-by-the-Sea. This triggered my interest in those sites. You might want to check the excellent book: Manitou: The Sacred Landscape of New England's Native Civilization.
Theres a calendar 2 site in woodstock vermont. Its very quiet and peaceful in there, and mysterious stones with perfect drilled holes in them also nearby
I'm from Maine, and I KNOW there is so much hidden history in NE as it is one of the oldest places/civilizations on earth. The Penobscots Indians are touted to be one of the oldest governments ever in recorded history. I'm subbing now and going back to watch your vid! 🙂
Great video Josh! 35 years ago my friends and I found one of these at the base of a mountain on the Westfield / Granville line in Western MA. I'm sure it's still there. It was quite the structure and I'm sure it took a lot of physical labor to construct it. We had no idea as to who built it and why.
I live about a mile from there it’s an amazing structure. We found it while scouting new trails on our dirt bikes, its origin is all conjecture. I’m an IT analyst and spent a good deal of time researching the original of these caves, no real documentation available but I did find Mohawk and Iraquas Indians had extended hunting grounds into our area and would set up similar permanent structures to stay in while hunting and expanding their territory. Having the safety of a known shelter available makes sense to me considering how harsh the Winters are in the northeast.
Can I inquire? Private message or something? I live in the Southwick Jog with over a dozen acres and would love to explore it without bothering anyone.
Very good information about the interesting structures. And a coincidence that just yesterday I saw a video explaining 5 things that identify a farmers/landowners stone wall from an native Indian stone trail. The latter has different characteristics and piles, U shaped additions and perhaps the beehives were also built by the native americans.
these are absolutely badass. I definitely believe these were used as meditation and or ritual chambers. The lining up of constellations makes perfect sense. coolest thing I've seen in a while
I can't think of anything more valuable to a settler as food storage, spending the time and energy to make a permanent one, such as these caves, seems very logical. Thanks for the video.
Your videos are getting better each time. It's a pleasure to learn of the curiosities in MA, mostly western Mass. those chambers- it seems no in-depth archeological examination has been made. Anything in the floor like seeds, pollen, or vegetable traces? Clothing fragments or artifacts?
Doubtful that ppl would be moving massive slabs of stone just to preserve root vegetables. There are much less labor intensive ways to build a root cellar.
Interesting, thanks. There's similar beehive structures remaining here on Dartmoor, England, that were build from the 1700s by the miners and quarrymen working on the moor to store tools and, later, explosives - as well as root cellers (aka Potato caves) near many old farms. It's hard to be sure of origins just from the shape, though, as it's a simple and efficient way of building a structure using available materials - either above or below ground - so will be common to any purpose where a small, safe place was needed. But exploring these theories and imagining uses is where so much of the magic of history comes from!
I found one near Brooklyn CT. Completely overgrown so I wasn't able to enter but it had a horizontal window that matches the others I have seen online.
You indicated there were several of these caves, "monk caves" in thr New England area. Are there any closer to Boston or Cape Cod? Love your videos. I've lived in NE most of my life & I've learned things here i had never heard about. Thanks for the interesting content!
It was! I recorded on a humid day and I wouldn’t say it was warm per se but a very comfortable humidity free climate. It was so fascinating to see in person!
When Lewis & Clark wintered with the Mandan Tribe on the upper Missouri River, they noticed that a good many members of the tribe had light-colored eyes, fair hair & skin tones as well. One of Lewis & Clark's party also noticed that many words in their language resembled Gaelic, a language native to both the Irish & the Scots. They also had an "Ark", in which a number of sacred items were kept. Many of the item that they were shown resembled coinage & medallions of European origins, in fact, at least two of the 'coins' had faded dates on them that looked to be either from the 1st or 2nd century and were quite possibly Roman in origin. They also used a round watercraft that they called a "Bull Boat", which strongly resembled Welsh/Irish "Coracles", or bowl boats. They were a craft used predominantly by the Mandan, which other tribes along the Missouri ascribed to them The Mandan said that their old fathers came across the "Long Waters", (meaning the Atlantic Ocean), long before, these indians may well have been followers of St. Brendan The Navigator, who was said to have led a large group of followers who were fleeing from the encroachment of the Romans back in the 1st to 3rd Century C.E. So, it's quite possible that there were those who came from Wales or Ireland, landing at what is now New England and lived in that area for some time, slowly moving inland until they wound up in the Upper Missouri River. I just get tired of hearing the arguments of who it was that "discovered" North America, when it had people already living there for tens of thousands of years, if not longer.
Big thank you to Mr. Josh. Educational content. Well done. Root cellars would be close to a home, if not below a home. These are dwellings, most likely for one. There was much traffic before Columbus.
I think just like animals have a circuit they travel for food due to seasonal availability, so did people. So these were a convenient, known, temporary gathering places, in a cyclic survival circuit. Otherwise, there would be foundations and wells in the surrounding area or more evidence of a permanent establishment. Very cool video.
I grew up in a small town in NH. We had one that I knew of, although ther could be more. The local teens called it the tomb. It was a cool spot to hang out in...
I remember finding a beehive curran when I was a kid. It was in the woods between Holland and Wales on the Connecticut border, it was about 6 feet tall.
4:02 - An orb floats out from behind you on YOUR left and slowly floats away until it fades away. Very interesting. There’s gotta be some hidden mystery with that place
Its a dust particle. Theres a bright enough light to his right to create the ambient light needed to see floating debris..which is around us all the time. Not everything has explanation, yet not everything is myterious either smh.
I live in West Springfield, MA and recently we found out that our entire neighborhood was built over ancient caverns that run right under our homes. Unfortunately for those of us living here, we discovered these because so many of us have been finding huge cracks throughout our homes and streets. Great video. I'm happy that I found your channel.
Yikes! Best wishes
Should find out history of it maybe your towns archives at library
What neighborhood were these found?. Near bear hole?....... I lived off chestnut st when I was a kid....my grandparents lived off Gooseberry....and I still have family lives off brush hill ave
I’ve never heard of any of that , I live right across the bridge in Spfld !
Probably an older mine underneath and you all will soon need to leave due to a sink hole opening up. Get ready to get that moneyy
P.S. Its refreshing to see a young man speak so intelligently and enthusiastically about out local area!
Yes, no AI. A real person speaking is welcomed
P.S. A lot of young men and women speak this way. BTW I'm not young. Get out there and interface with them, they're a blast.
Having lived in New England over 60 years I have explored many. Truly fascinating. I personally believe they are ancient but have been used by other people over the years. Good video.😊
I had always considered something "ancient" as approximately 1500 years old or more. Is that your understanding as well? What were some things you found interesting in your explorations of these structures?
A very well-spoken young man. Sticks to the details with no fluff. Great video!
thank you for having a normal real life chill voice and not some yelling influencer voice. rare! and cool caves
_influencers...._ ::shudder::
Also for having a matter-of-fact title!
The kid is an Adult. The clarity of the content as well as the presentation denotes a cultivated adult. This is rarity this days.
yes he does have a pleasant yet authoritative voice
And no gay music 😮
A very clear and professional narration.
We also have "sweat houses" here in Ireland which are kind of similar too. They would burn turf inside to heat up the rocks, then they would clear out the ash and line the floor with fresh plant matter. People who were sick would be sealed inside for a period of time and it was supposed to help cure different ailments, pretty much like an ancient sauna.
I’ve also heard these specific structures in Massachusetts referred to as “sweat lodges” with respect to Native American rituals
Omg!!!! This man is beyond stunning!!!! I want to put my face next to the arch of his foot!!!!!!!!
@@DakotaFord592 WTF are you on about?
@@jason-hy8ci the most beautiful part of a man!!! His feet!!
Native American sweat lodges
I never knew about these in all my years of living in New England. This is super cool!
There is hundreds of them in the Hudson River Valley
Of course you never heard of them... The Powers That Be wouldn't want any of us regular slobs knowing the real truth about ANYTHING.
@@doomoo5365 "Does hundreds?" Proofread, my friend!
They are just from houses that aren't there any longer. -Maine
I don't know how I got here, but this was a very interesting and enjoyable presentation. Never heard of these. Thank you.
Great video. I was shown one of these chambers many years ago, by a friend who had built a cabin out that way, west of the Quabbin; I think it was in Wendell. The chamber looked like, and may well have been that same one that you showed in your first example. It was built into a hillside, had a small opening, and was tall enough for me to just stand up inside. The packed dirt floor was circular and maybe 10 feet in diameter. The thing I found very strange was that none of the locals had the slightest idea about who built it or what it was for, but they all knew it was there. The popular notion was that it was a colonial root cellar, but I very much doubt that. It was bigger than a common root cellar would've been, and more elaborately built.
And exactly like the Irish Bee-hive structures. :)
Very well written, presented, and edited. Earned you a sub! Thanks!
Much appreciated!
@@Joshopedia at around the 4.00-4.05 minute mark, there's a blue orb, that fades in and out on your right side, while you were in the cave.🤔
i live in this area, and have been in several of these chambers, and much larger ones in VT We had one just off the property line of the house I grew up in in Lunenburg MA which i would play in as a teenager.
I went to school for Anthropology at UMASS Amherst. I was told by one of our Archaeology professors, who specialized in local Cultural Resource Management work, that there had been a survey of many of these stone chambers and other New England Archaeomysteriae done by UMASS fieldwork teams back in the 1980s i believe, which determined that at least many/most of them were almost certainly early Colonial rootcellars/ice houses. The operative , and important word is "most"
Some, like the stone circle on Burnt Hill in Heath is at least as old as the town, as it is mentioned in the earliest records.
I would love to see another research team revisit some of the sites which were the most likely to not be Colonial , and try to get a proper radiocarbon date etc, or at least a proper survey done to try and narrow in on what is going on with them.
1000%. Research of these caves is very scarce and it would be fascinating to have a deeper look into the ones posing the most question’s.
do you know if there are any really near the 5c consortium ? i go to hampshire and id love to check one out
@@ceciisuppose1530 they are very near- look at the map for Shutesbury for example (near S. Amherst) you will need transportation to get there.
@@SaraKrohn awesome !! thank you :) i have a freind w a car that would have fun checking these out w me so
Lunenberg is about a 15 minute drive from where I live.
So much history around here, I couldn't imagine living anywhere else but New England.
They do look amazingly like the structures in Ireland, especially newgrange,though considerably smaller. The "beehive" construction style reminds me very strongly of those sorts of places. That being said, there aren't that many ways to construct a self-supporting structure out of stone and dirt, so it may just be coincidence.
Calming, informative, unique topic, and entertaining. Thx for posting!
Awesome job presenting the information. I applaud you professionalism and attention to detail.
Very good video. To research the property look in the land records and the probate records. When doing a title search on my land 38 years ago, I found interesting details in the probate records of the 1700s and 1800s. Good Luck, Rick
I absolutely love this series Josh. Great work.
I ran into one in the mountains of NH a couple of years ago. I couldn't really understand why it was contracted the way it was. A relatively square underground structure with multiple rooms, only tall enough to crouch in and with one wall fully exposed. It was a magical find though and I spent a little time checking it out.
Hobbits? Or the ancient north American pygmy? It does make one wonder why the ceiling was so low. Underground cities were built long ago in many places. We still build large underground structures today for a variety of reasons. Protection from extreme weather, fallout or excessive solar radiation? We'll probably never know what purpose those rock shelters are for.
Where in NH? I live in NH and would love to explore some of these.
Yes , please where is this !?
The Fae
Thank you for not revealing where these are in NH
Very nicely done. I had never heard about these structures. Good research and some excellent pictures. Keep up the great work.
Tremendous Josh! Keep it up, please.
Beautiful, I'm from the south shore and find odd stone ruins in the woods at blue hills and freetown
Weird shit goes down in the freetown forest!
@thekidcambo781 so they say! I run there alone often. The place is so vast so I can see why people get lost out there. I usually don't see people deep in the trails unless they're dirt biking or off roading. I think the folklore keeps people out which is a total bonus for me, I get the trails all to myself! I always ask the forest for safe passage tho. Never stop exploring 🖖
Fascinated by your comment. I'm from Marshfield. Very curious about what you're seeing in the Blue Hills!
I'm from there too. I feel lucky.
Yeah Freetown, Assonet !
Thanks for showing love to my area! I lived in Franklin County for most of my life and still work there!
I did a tour of these more than 20yrs ago with a bunch of scholars - still visit a few of them - often I take visiting friends! -- truly a magical WMA thing!! Great vid as usual❤
Excellent job!!! Love the history & how you clearly (but smoothly) share facts as well as lore & various theories.. our corporate media could take a lesson!
The sharing of where the name ‘monk holes’ comes from & a bit of its history was a nice add on.
Very interesting Josh.
I’ve been in something similar on Dartmoor in England, it dates from the Iron Age but they’ve no idea what it was used for. I think it’s fascinating that these appear to be aligned with the Pleiades, hope they manage to get an accurate date of construction via some archeological investigations. 👍
Hey, just wanted to let you know something I just read on the chambers. I am not positive whether or not this is reliable, at the moment, but I live in northeast OH. Apparently, when some of the early residents moved in, a farmer at what is now Youngstown finally got perturbed by a weird hill with a bunch of stone sticking out & decided to dig in & remove it, only to find that it was a collapsed stone chamber with the remains of a fire at the bottom (Youngstown was the site of a Lenape village from approx. 1690-1750). After asking around to see if anyone could make sense of it, a trader who had a lot of experience with the Natives apparently told him that such structures were where they would shelter during the winter months. There were likely more than one in this area, all concentrated roughly near Mill Creek. As this one was on the property of the Lantermans, another chamber was known to locals that wasn't collapsed for years, which the experts claimed wasn't native in origin & it eventually got sealed off to stop people from exploring it & a third may have gotten destroyed when building an apartment complex in Austintown, nearby, though the urban legend claims they destroyed a Native burial ground. But, no bodies were found, just a confusing & seemingly deliberately placed buried structure of flat stones.
Very interesting. You present very well! I think they are not root cellars. They are not constructed like root cellars although they may have been used as cellars by the colonials if one was on their property. I think they are much older.
The one on top of Ragged Hill in W Brookfield was deeeep... they called it the "bottomless pit" but then they filled it in. They said it had stones making up the interior walls. It was on the homestead, but the family history was that it predated the home. I wish I knew the exact spot, to sponsor a dig. IDK who owns the property now.
Oh you got that _money_ money huh
@@daveyjoseph6058don't be a jersey if they have that kind of money and want to help out sponsoring a dig that's their business and unless you plan to send money to help them shut up
Fascinating story.
So cool! Ill definitely have to check this place out! Sending ❤ from Central MA! Keep up the great work! I enjoy how you discuss history in Mass...and how it doesn't always revolve around Boston. There is more than Boston when it comes to the rich history of Massachusetts. If you have any merch (t-shirt or hoodies) I'll buy some in support of your channel.
We had one of those in upstate NY - it was very cool, and only the locals knew about it - even today, only the locals know about it.
I remember being in one of these in the Garrison/Cold Spring NY area, probably 20+ years ago.
Your content is always fascinating. Thank you
I visited one of these sites years ago. Close to Williamstown, MA. Thanks for sharing this.
super cool video. I love your earnest delivery and choice of topic, especially new england history. always fascinating. you also have cool fits. keep it up!
Happy to have found this channel. I really like you Josh, looking forward to seeing more videos. 😁
I've been talking about these for AGES! Thank you, theres another one on the border of Pascoag and Thompson which was built aboveground and still has the beehive shape. Another theory is that they were built for or by railroad and canal builders. As in northern RI, Italians built stick and clay huts when building the railroads and many of the Canals across New Englands blackstone river were built by Irish Immigrants in the 1820s. I like to believe they're linked to Haki and Hekja, they Scottish Gaels brought to Vinland in the norse greenland and vinland sagas, told the other Gaels back home and soon Celts and Natives were secretly in their own trade route. The Irish also built caves in Iceland long before the Vikings.
If there are trees above and around them, how old are these trees?
As a lifelong R.I. resident I find this fascinanting. As teens we'd bunk school and go to Purgatory Chasms in nearby Sutton Mass. Lots of cool places in N.E.
@@kevmac1230Purgatory Chasm is such a special place. It’s so dangerous yet beautiful at the same time. I’d recommend anyone staying in the area to go. The hike can be very challenging especially over wet rocks, be careful. Many lovely photo opportunities.
Hmm I never new that
Great video! Great information and presentation.
Hey Josh, I live in Westchester County NY just 30 miles north of NYC. Although NY is not considered a "New England State" The county to the north of me called putnam county and another county nearby called dutchess must also have hundreds of these chambers. Ive been to at least 75 of them myself and my sister probably has been to double that. They are everywhere in these counties
This is the coolest thing ever 😍 im so glad I stumbled upon your channel and can't wait to try and adventure out to some of these places in the spring
Awesome content! Thanks man
Fascinating and very interesting content. Well done!!
Those are so cool, you went to the first one I ever found! I’ve been wondering when you were gonna do a video on those.
Great video, very well spoken. There is one of these structures in Heritage Park in Glocester, Rhode Island.
The size of the rocks, some being massive and too heavy for even a group of men to pick up and carry, begs the question of how a few monks could have done all that work throughout western and southern Massachusetts.
The monk story is just that, a story or legend, so probably not them. More like guys with levers, a block and tackle, maybe horses to help with the lifting. The same way farmers, carpenters and masons have done this kind of work for the last two millennia. Definitely not Atlanteans, Aliens, or the Lost Black Tribe of Ancient Hebrew Israelites...
These men were well fed big men basically burly stonemasons who happened to excel in manuscripts and gold work.
You don't have to pick it up or carry it. Ramps, levers, logs, wet sand/dirt, etc. People back then didn't have the luxury of heavy equipment, so they had to figure out ways to manipulate these large objects. They got creative. Older civilizations were far smarter than modern people give them credit. I'd argue they were smarter than today's average person.
@@37Kilo2 exactlly also they likely had horses or mules pulling things, not uncommon, they used them all the time for moving logs.
I live in Massachusetts ,you have a very cool channel, my sister lived in Upton for about Twenty two years. Keep up the good work❤🇺🇸
Very good research. For years, it was a pastime of mine to explore those structures in New England. I had an almost mystical experience while visiting Agassiz Rock near Manchester-by-the-Sea. This triggered my interest in those sites. You might want to check the excellent book: Manitou: The Sacred Landscape of New England's Native Civilization.
very nicely done, id like to see some pottery ,or other artifacts from these sites
Very well done. Thank you. I like the obligatory newt scene at the end. 😉 I visited the Upton chamber a few years ago, and Gungywamp in CT.
Theres a calendar 2 site in woodstock vermont. Its very quiet and peaceful in there, and mysterious stones with perfect drilled holes in them also nearby
I lived in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont and wandered a lot in the woods, but never heard of these. Greetings from Mayberry, NC.
This video rocks! Nice work.
I'm from Maine, and I KNOW there is so much hidden history in NE as it is one of the oldest places/civilizations on earth. The Penobscots Indians are touted to be one of the oldest governments ever in recorded history. I'm subbing now and going back to watch your vid! 🙂
Thank you. this is REALLY interesting.
All sorts of "areas" underground! Interesting information! Thank you!
Hey man great video 👍 and good research on everything 👌 just a great piece of knowledge thank you 🤙
Very interesting ... Thanks Josh
Very well done video on this topic.
Great video Josh! 35 years ago my friends and I found one of these at the base of a mountain on the Westfield / Granville line in Western MA. I'm sure it's still there. It was quite the structure and I'm sure it took a lot of physical labor to construct it. We had no idea as to who built it and why.
I live about a mile from there it’s an amazing structure. We found it while scouting new trails on our dirt bikes, its origin is all conjecture. I’m an IT analyst and spent a good deal of time researching the original of these caves, no real documentation available but I did find Mohawk and Iraquas Indians had extended hunting grounds into our area and would set up similar permanent structures to stay in while hunting and expanding their territory. Having the safety of a known shelter available makes sense to me considering how harsh the Winters are in the northeast.
Can I inquire? Private message or something? I live in the Southwick Jog with over a dozen acres and would love to explore it without bothering anyone.
Very good information about the interesting structures. And a coincidence that just yesterday I saw a video explaining 5 things that identify a farmers/landowners stone wall from an native Indian stone trail. The latter has different characteristics and piles, U shaped additions and perhaps the beehives were also built by the native americans.
BayStater here. That was really interesting. Great video.
these are absolutely badass. I definitely believe these were used as meditation and or ritual chambers. The lining up of constellations makes perfect sense. coolest thing I've seen in a while
Fascinating, thanks for sharing!
I can't think of anything more valuable to a settler as food storage, spending the time and energy to make a permanent one, such as these caves, seems very logical. Thanks for the video.
If the "root cellar" floods, you starve. No drainage visible in these holes, so .... nah.
@bendy6626 high ground above the water table won't have any issue with that. Bone dry, 24/7/365
When you want to explore the dozens in SE Connecticut, get in touch. There are many many such structures in New London County and nearby.
fave part was that little newt at the very end.
thanks for sharing this! i'll keep an eye out for these now!
Dang i love this channel !!! thank you for excellent videos.
Your videos are getting better each time. It's a pleasure to learn of the curiosities in MA, mostly western Mass. those chambers- it seems no in-depth archeological examination has been made. Anything in the floor like seeds, pollen, or vegetable traces? Clothing fragments or artifacts?
No artifacts have been found in these chambers or even near by.
Very cool and informative 👍
Doubtful that ppl would be moving massive slabs of stone just to preserve root vegetables. There are much less labor intensive ways to build a root cellar.
I've lived in New England (Southern half of NH) and parts of MA for over 20 years. I have never heard of these. Fascinating. Now I want to find one!
Reminds me a little bit of certain areas at America’s Stonehenge in Salem, NH!
Nice job Love the video God bless
Thankyou. Very interesting.
I'm from Ct, I would love to visit these places. Great vid, man! I am now subbed. (cool shirt)
I went to summer camp in the 70s. Camp anderson, we would hike to them. Such a memorable experience.
Interesting, thanks. There's similar beehive structures remaining here on Dartmoor, England, that were build from the 1700s by the miners and quarrymen working on the moor to store tools and, later, explosives - as well as root cellers (aka Potato caves) near many old farms. It's hard to be sure of origins just from the shape, though, as it's a simple and efficient way of building a structure using available materials - either above or below ground - so will be common to any purpose where a small, safe place was needed. But exploring these theories and imagining uses is where so much of the magic of history comes from!
Very interesting! Having lived in Massachusetts most of my life (including a stay in Pelham!), I’m surprised I’ve never heard of these before!
I have lived in New England my entire life and never knew.Thank you young man.🙏
I found one near Brooklyn CT. Completely overgrown so I wasn't able to enter but it had a horizontal window that matches the others I have seen online.
Second this
Great vid! Where is the one in Shutesbury located?
You indicated there were several of these caves, "monk caves" in thr New England area. Are there any closer to Boston or Cape Cod?
Love your videos. I've lived in NE most of my life & I've learned things here i had never heard about. Thanks for the interesting content!
Very interesting video. Thank You 😊
Are you at Temenos? I've been to that one. Did you notice that it was unusually warm? They're so cool
It was! I recorded on a humid day and I wouldn’t say it was warm per se but a very comfortable humidity free climate. It was so fascinating to see in person!
@@Joshopedia we went towards the end of summer and at night. it was cool out and I didn't want to leave.
Nice Work & Video 👍
When Lewis & Clark wintered with the Mandan Tribe on the upper Missouri River, they noticed that a good many members of the tribe had light-colored eyes, fair hair & skin tones as well. One of Lewis & Clark's party also noticed that many words in their language resembled Gaelic, a language native to both the Irish & the Scots. They also had an "Ark", in which a number of sacred items were kept. Many of the item that they were shown resembled coinage & medallions of European origins, in fact, at least two of the 'coins' had faded dates on them that looked to be either from the 1st or 2nd century and were quite possibly Roman in origin. They also used a round watercraft that they called a "Bull Boat", which strongly resembled Welsh/Irish "Coracles", or bowl boats. They were a craft used predominantly by the Mandan, which other tribes along the Missouri ascribed to them
The Mandan said that their old fathers came across the "Long Waters", (meaning the Atlantic Ocean), long before, these indians may well have been followers of St. Brendan The Navigator, who was said to have led a large group of followers who were fleeing from the encroachment of the Romans back in the 1st to 3rd Century C.E.
So, it's quite possible that there were those who came from Wales or Ireland, landing at what is now New England and lived in that area for some time, slowly moving inland until they wound up in the Upper Missouri River. I just get tired of hearing the arguments of who it was that "discovered" North America, when it had people already living there for tens of thousands of years, if not longer.
Thats bs the indigenous did not have those features. Stop spreading lies
Fascinating !
What puzzles me is that they appear to be undamaged by growing tree roots. If they are that old this seems unlikely to me. Interesting.
Well done 👍 great presentation!! Well done parents and instructors!!😅
Big thank you to Mr. Josh. Educational content. Well done. Root cellars would be close to a home, if not below a home. These are dwellings, most likely for one. There was much traffic before Columbus.
So fascinating
There is one in Southern Windsor County VT. We used to wonder about it a lot. Definitely older than the first settlement here.
I think just like animals have a circuit they travel for food due to seasonal availability, so did people. So these were a convenient, known, temporary gathering places, in a cyclic survival circuit. Otherwise, there would be foundations and wells in the surrounding area or more evidence of a permanent establishment. Very cool video.
I grew up in a small town in NH. We had one that I knew of, although ther could be more. The local teens called it the tomb. It was a cool spot to hang out in...
that ending is great, makes me wana go hike and find some root cellars of my own!
You should check out the one at gungywamp in Groton,Ct. There is a hole which acts as a calendar with the sun rotation.
"gungywamp" - love it! my new word for today!
I remember finding a beehive curran when I was a kid. It was in the woods between Holland and Wales on the Connecticut border, it was about 6 feet tall.
i think them being burial chambers makes the most sense since they’re alined with the Pleiades and solstices maybe some type of elaborate ritual
Have you spoken to Jim Viera about these? He gives talks all over about it.
I haven’t. Interesting though!
@@Joshopedia he’s from Ashfield, a stone mason by trade. Great job Josh!
Really cool video. Good job.
4:02 - An orb floats out from behind you on YOUR left and slowly floats away until it fades away. Very interesting.
There’s gotta be some hidden mystery with that place
Its a dust particle. Theres a bright enough light to his right to create the ambient light needed to see floating debris..which is around us all the time. Not everything has explanation, yet not everything is myterious either smh.
@@humanitiestheproblem maybe you’re the problem not humanity lol.
J/k sending you love.
This is cool. Nice job.