Knowth Passage Tombs. Megalithic Art, History & Astronomical Alignments. Brú na Bóinne, Ireland.
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- Опубликовано: 7 июл 2024
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00:00 Opening video
01:57 Knowth Main Mound
05:02 Satellite mounds
17:29 Megalithic art
Knowth is one of the greatest monuments of Neolithic Europe, situated in the Boyne valley.
The area of Brú na Bóinne has been a centre of human settlement for at least 6000 years.
It’s one of the world’s most important prehistoric landscapes dating from the Neolithic period.
The Brú na Bóinne is an ancient complex of Passage Mounds, chamber tombs, standing stones, henges and other prehistoric enclosures, some as early as dating from between 3500 and 3200 BCE.
The archaeological culture associated with this area is called the Boyne Culture.
Knowth is the largest and most remarkable ancient monument in Ireland, it has the largest number of megalithic art in Ireland, although Newgrange is more famous.
Neolithic farmers began construction at Knowth around 3300 BCE.
Knowth is similar in size to Newgrange, although it’s larger and it’s unique for being surrounded by 17 smaller satellite mounds.
The big mound is known as Site 1, it’s unique in the Boyne Valley because it contains 2 separate passages in an east-west alignment, each passage has it’s own chamber.
The height of the mound is approximately 11 meters and the base is 80 meters east-west and 95 meters north-south, it’s not a perfect circle, but more of an oval shape.
The excavators have found a mace head in both the eastern and western passage of the main mound.
The mace head from the western passage was found on July 12th 1967.
It is pestle shaped and incomplete, it’s broken across and at least half is missing.
It’s approximately 3,8 centimetres long and the end expands slightly outwards.
The surface is well polished, the hole is cylindrical and it 1,7 centimetres in diameter.
The object has been subjected to heat, most likely on the cremation pyre.
The mace head found in the Eastern passage was found more than a decade later on September 1st 1982.
It was lying on the ground surface of the entrance to the right hand side chamber.
Around it were 5 burial deposits, but all of them were deposited after the mace head had already been laid down and buried under a layer of shale.
The layer of shale was 4 square meters and around the mace head the layer was thickest.
When excavators picked the mace head up it cam apart in 3 pieces, and some hair-cracks are present.
The fracturing may have been ancient, one fractured surface had dendritic black staining.
The mace head is 7,9 centimetres long and weighs 324,55 grams.
The hole is 1,7 centimetres in diameter, just like the mace head found in the western passage.
It's a perfect cylinder that must have been bored by a tubular object, most likely a piece of wood or bone that was skilfully rotated.
All six sides of the mace head have been decorated.
The creation of this mace head from a block of flint, a hard stone that is difficult to sculpt, demonstrates a high level of craftsmanship and artistic capability.
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EXCAVATIONS AT KNOWTH 6 The Passage Tomb Archaeology of the Great Mound at Knowth GEORGE EOGAN, KERRI CLEARY (Archaeological Editor)
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hats off to the team who mowed the grass on the mounds and surrounds
Absolutely 🤗
Irish history is really fascinating..
It sure is Terry! 🤗
Michael Tsarion has some pretty wild stories about ancient Irish history. Whether any of it is true or not doesn’t make it any less interesting to listen to 😅
I saw that mace head in the National Museum in Dublin. The finishing is so perfect and the workmanship so well executed that it stands out from all the other contemporary artifacts. I wonder if it points towards professional artisans specifically creating these objects and maybe even sourced from distant communities?
Oh that must've been incredible, seeing that mace head with your own eyes. Oh my heart just started to beat faster reading your comment haha!
It's one of the most incredible finds ever made in Neolithic western europe!
They were incredibly skilled and I wish we knew more about them!
There is a lot of evidence of extensive trade across Europe at that time. For example, Amber has been found in Ireland which must have come from the Baltic area.
Finally getting to see this older video. Well done. I live a short distance from here. Lovely to see my backgarden presented so well. For anyone coming Dowth is open to public, it's in a simple field. Not much to see but useful as it's state is similar to pre restoration of the other sites. Glad you mentioned that the Boyne was the ancient main road. Many do not realise that ancient Ireland was covered in old growth forest and movement was very difficult.
That was truly the finest documentary about Knowth I've ever seen.Good on you!
Thank you!
That mace head was amazing. What a cool site!
It's incredible! I hope to visit it one day 🥰
Wonderful video, Kayleigh. You're correct about discoveries that are overlooked by modern science and the reason is because the truth about such discoveries fly in the face of what's considered mainstream, accepted belief. The mounds have been studied, but not completely, because they are spiritual in nature and serve a purpose that modern science doesn't want to acknowledge. Perhaps you know this already: the mounds were built by the Tuatha De Danann, long ago. Stonehenge and many other rock formations throughout the United Kingdom and in other countries were built by them, also. All of the artifacts left behind by the Tuatha De Danann are placements and workings that enhance and protect the spiritual grid that encircles Earth. They're energy centers and they serve other purposes, as well. The origin of the Tuatha De Danann is a secret that modern science would denounce if known but is a wonderful testament to universal compassion. Thanks so much for a knowledgeable presentation.
Thank you so much! I've heard a lot about the Tuatha de Danann, but I definitely need to look more into it!
I know Anthony Murphy speaks a lot about the Irish myths and legends.
Sláinte! 🤗
@@HistoryWithKayleigh The Tuatha De Danann passed their bloodline into the ancient Celts and Druids and this bloodline exists today within certain people in our human population. Where the Tuatha De Danann came from, Kayleigh, is a place that the vast majority of humanity would not believe, if told. Fortunately, this knowledge will soon be shared along with many other secrets. Be ready because amazing things are coming for all of us. And don't be afraid.
I've never been afraid haha, and the Tuatha de Danann has always been fascinating to me, just when I grew up it was impossible to find good information on it besides some short snippets. Nowadays there's much more information available, mostly because of the internet 🤭
@@HistoryWithKayleigh I know what you mean about information on the Tuatha Da Dannann being scarce. I find references to them in novels, and that's about it.✌😺
Yeah it's hard to come by unless you're somewhere in great Britain I think 😊
What a fantastic video. This really is one of the best channels on RUclips. Thanks!
Thank you for the massive compliment! 🤗
Perfect voice and videos to chill out to, after nightshift....and later crash out!
Always excellent content! ❤️ I appreciate your effort making these. Keep up the great content! Thank You!
Thank you Barry! 🤗
Love this!
Thank you so much!! 🥰🤗
Wow! Really Informative.
Thank you!
Your photo on the thumbnail is also great.😊
Thanks haha
That is so beautiful, what good people.
I'm from mid-west Ireland and I find this website very informative. Thanks for all your hard work.
Good job - that was a LOT of information! You can see why this site is far more interesting to me than its more famous neighbour.
I absolutely agree, Knowth is now my favorite Irish passage tomb 🤗🥰
@@HistoryWithKayleigh Also, the green outfit for your return to Ireland was a nice touch!
Thank you! I thought it was indeed fitting, I love green because of Ireland 🤗
Excited to see the video of art. Thank you for your work!
Thank you! I have planned it to go up later this year, not sure when exactly 🤗
Your videos keep getting better. Very informative and so fascinating to me. I hope to see these in person someday. Thank you!
Thank you so much! I hope you do!! 🤗
Great presentation of this historical information. Beautifully done!
Fascinating. I've been there once and newgrange twice, I'm from Australia. This is a true neolithic necropolis, so much beautiful stone art.
New sites are being found in the valley even recently.
Excellent Work guys.Being there lots of times as I live close by.But still found this very interesting and informative.Bravo.
I never knew about this site , super presentation.
Thank you!
I loved in Dublin for most of the 70’s, studying ancient and medieval history at UCD. What a magical place.
In a side by side comparison our ancestors were a lot smarter and more driven than we are today.
Absolutely 🤗
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Great vid Kaleigh...Thank you.
Thanks so much for this overview of Knowth, it was sorely needed.
Thank you 🤗
Thank you Kayleigh. You must have been out of breath! As a surveyor, I appreciate your cardinal direction descriptions. Keep it up.
That place is fantastic. I never heard of it before today.
It's mesmerizing
@@HistoryWithKayleigh the overall design, art, said purpose, size of materials, different sizes of mounds, old age. Has lidar been done or gpr? Is there more to find?
Not that i know, i only know about the excavations
Thank you BTW. Your videos are interesting. I think you would be a great history teacher if you are not already.
I'm not, but talking about history has become me real passion in life. So i hope i can keep creating these videos for a very long time to come 🙂
🙏 An Excellent presentation.
I will have to make the trip there post covid - from Galway.
This lady is obviously very well informed on the features of the Boyne Valley and is excellent at explaining them.👍
That mace-head is beautiful! Also, if you're studying to be an anthropologist/archeologist, I'm assuming you would need to know a lot about astronomy.
I'm unfortunately not studying officially. I just love ancient stone structures as they have fascinated me since I was young. But I'm unable to work, which means unable to study without being rich and able to pay for it haha 🤗
It s very impresive thx :)
It really is, such a magnificent location 🥰
Wow! This was my second viewing of Knowth, and I picked up more info once again. The mace heads are very interesting, especially the one from the eastern passage. The artwork is stunning! To carve those spirals so symmetrical shows great talent and perseverance. The ancestors were amazing people. Great video, Kayleigh! Even better the 2nd time around.🙃🙂
The mace heads were truly beyond words. And the Megalithic artwork at the entire site is just incredible. In the future I will make a video solely about the artwork 🤗
@@HistoryWithKayleigh that will be a great video, I'm sure. All of the carvings are intriguing, to say the least. I find myself trying to ferret out meanings for them but, haven't had much luck. A bit hard to get this modern mind into thought patterns that might, possibly, be similar to theirs. 🤔 It's fun trying, though. 😀
It sure is fun! Even the scholars have no idea what it means haha
@@HistoryWithKayleigh thanks! Don't feel so bad now🙃
Why are you not doing documentaries on Discovery Channel (History, Travel, Science)? Good work.
Thank you! I'm not a scholar and I've only been making these videos in the past year. But that is the dream for sure
@@HistoryWithKayleigh You are a scholar, just a self-taught one.
@@HistoryWithKayleigh P.S. The commentators on Travel channel, often started as youtube personalities.
@@Ravenwind555 that's an extremely kind thing of you to say 😊
@@HistoryWithKayleigh :) Blessings
Thank you!
These videos are excellent.
Thanks 😊
This is in Monaghan. I have been trying to make the argument with National monuments that this is a man made structure but they dismissed it as a natural feature without coming to look at it. This looks small in the video but it is huge. It's situated on a high point in Monaghan and between two rivers. I saw what seem to me laid stones but it's hard to see as there is a lot of Heather. If you look on the hill behind the mound you can see the remains of a lot of loose stone possibly from another structure? I found small amounts of quartz stone on the ground beside it. I still dissagree with national monuments. There also is possible entrances that look like they have collapsed (this may be just the shape the stone took naturally) but to me it looks like an entrance where the top has caved in. This possible entrance is quite high from the ground which would be unusual for a passage tomb. I'm doing research on this as I truly believe if it is not a passage tomb it's definitely man made.
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Would love to visit this site. Thank you. 🌹💐
Me too haha
A quick glance at a map shows that a sea route from the Iberia/Spain landmass, northwards to Cornwall and Hibernia/Ireland, would have been a most likely option for southern migrants.
I don't know why I'm so fascinated by prehistoric Europe I was born into the wrong times I wish I had lived back then
Independent researchers like yourself have deepened my knowledge of and appreciation for our ancestors in ways that continue to surprise and delight me. I never heard of this place until today and I thank you for the overview.
Thank u luv Irish history
Interesting thank u 🙏
Thanks, I didn't know much about this site. I wonder about the chronological sequence of construction. If the "satellite" mounds are earlier, how did they know to leave a big circle in the middle for the later, vast mound. Was it all planned? I'll try reading more.
I explained which was earlier 😉
Why have I ben twice to Newgrange, but was Knowth never mentioned to me before. I'm sure, next time I am in Ireland I will visit Knowth.
Those pecked glyphs are awesome! I'll look for your other video that you said would give more on those.
Yes, I'll probably create a Collab video around that with someone incredibly knowledgeable 🙂
Nicely done - lots of interesting history/facts. We've posted some similar videos - especially on the Carnac region in Brittany, France. (Our channel is "81stainless" and the playlist under "ANCIENT RUINS" has two videos on the megalithic stones of Carnac and the region.) Of particular interest is research by Howard Crowhurst on the Carnac stones as they relate to astro-geometry. He states that the locations of these ancient sites (e.g. Bro na Boinne, Brodgar, etc.) were specifically selected due to their latitude and link to exact North/South cardinal points so they could be used to accurately track and predict the movement of the sun, moon, and other heavenly bodies. I believe there is so much more to be learned.
Cairn, Carnac & Carnán etc are all words found in Ireland as names for stone monuments. It's interesting that these words are in Brittany also - we're all connected. Sláinte!
It would be great to know what calender the builders used back in those days.
I noticed that the mace head contained spirals forming two eyes and a beak. I call this the Owl cult and have seen similar representations from other places. I believe there are significant numbers of palm sized flat stone tablets scattered around at these sites covered with secretive figures and symbols. Much of it in miniature and on unremarkable metamorphic bedrock. So long as no one is interested enough in learning about the priest/nobility class that made this stuff there will be no accepted science establishing a technique that separates intentional representations from a Rorsarch, borrowing structures stored in the viewer's iconic memory. In my view the elite of this culture is far more sophisticated than those studying them.
Hi Kayleigh. Galánta! Maith thú.
I’m so fascinated by megalithic structures. Are you going to do something on “Adam’s calendar?” I’m also interested in the astronomical, geographic and mathematical integrity in all these structures. 👍🏼❤️👍🏼 excellent video. Have you looked into Carl P. Munck and his geometry of megalithic sites? There’s a RUclips video called “the code” by him and it will really make you appreciate the technology, math and precision they put into these thing. 🤠
I've heard about it, but i haven't found extensive papers on it from archaeologists.. so until then i am choosing not to touch the subject 🙂
Hypothesis is the symbols are alchemy language (chemistry formulas) from prehistoric times.
There's older less fancy ones in Sligo- Carrowkeel and Carrowmore
Yes, I covered them back in 2020 on my channel
What do you know about the passage grave in Kilkenny? I used to live a few miles away and have always been intrigued.
Thanks really interesting.
SF CA☘️💕☘️💕
These remind me of the burial mounds in Sudan, where you have all the little circles around the the larger circles. On your Sudan video I sent you a link that connects them with the Sardinia Holy Wells. Check it out if you get a second.
They do indeed look a bit similar 🙂
@@HistoryWithKayleigh :) Also look at the carving at 18:14 in your video and compare the shapes to that of the Holy wells in Sardinia.
Fair enough that we've guessed at what the chambers were used for so here's another one. They could have been used by certain individuals as ceremonial spaces, much like Yogi's in India have created energising spaces. Without all of our modern distractions, people long ago would most certainly have been tuned into natural energies and how to use them and enhance them. It's such a shame that the Boyne valley has been over manicured and manipulated to attract tourist money.. they've even created a false chamber inside one of the mounds, citing 'safety' as the reason for doing so..
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Amazing Kayleigh. Your vids are really superb. Two quick questions if you have time. Are many of these sites looted? It's hard to determine. Do you have a link for a one time donation? I don't like monthly plans. As always, thank you.
Almost all these sites have been looted, either in ancient times or late 1800's early 1900's.. unfortunately that makes it more difficult for archaeologists to date the found artefacts or understand their meaning because it's almost all incomplete..
I have a ko-fi account, ko-fi.com/P5P42ZHI2 you could buy me a "coffee" haha, but it's seen as a one time donation option where you are in charge of the amount and everything 🤗
@@HistoryWithKayleigh That's very unfortunate, so much is lost due to looting.
LOL.. I'll buy you a coffee this week, I'm happy to support your work.
Everything means something
But
Knowth ing means anything
Really good video I live 15 minutes from the Boyne Valley it Madness to think that Egypt wouldn't even begin for another 1000+ years more like 2000 come on we are closer to Roman Empire than Roman Empire was to them🤯🤯
It's absolutely mesmerizing how skilled and knowledgeable people were 5000 years ago😍
are you aware of Winnemucca?
I am not, but I will look into it 🤗
The ancient petroglyphs, I have heard of it before, but never looked into it.
It does have resemblances to the art found at Knowth.
I'll look into Winnemucca more when I have time to dive into it 🤗
I wonder at what alignment they had the electric car chargers hooked up at?
The ancestors built on such a massive scale. The planning of the various sites for whatever purpose, was a huge undertaking. The mace head puts me in mind of sacrifice. The red near the eye, and coming feom the mouth says, to me anyways, 'strike here, expect this'.
I had trauma to my face and head, (hit by a car, crossing the street)trust me, the red flows from the ears, nose and mouth. Didn't mean to get graphic, sorry.
Astro archeology is still pratty new, and new ideas and archeologists...well, pretty hidebound group, overall, sadly. Some eager young astroarcheologist will tackle this incredible site. The curbstones.....in a circle. Well, to my pagan mind comes the thought of circles of protection, barriers, or containment (of magic, spirits, entities, etc.) with the symbols invoking the desired effect. If they are tracking astronomical events, wouldn't that add to the effect? I know, I'm a strange one.LOL
As always, nicely done! Hugs n scritches to the furbabies.
The globe...nice addition! Scholarly.✌😺
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Knowth dates back to 6800bc it's much older than 5300 years old as the title suggests
Its newgrange that dates back to 3200bc
Just saying cool vid ❤
120th, 26 March 2023
Are you Dutch?
Yes i am 🙂
@@HistoryWithKayleighkon het accent herkennen :) hele mooie videos! I love megaliths too. I was in the Netherlands 20 years and now I m in Malta. Much love 😍
Ha wat leuk! Thank you, Malta has some incredible megaliths, you chose a great country 🤗
Dutch
Thank you, wonderful, but, it would be nice if the narrator talked slower.
Nice mound.