On better thoughts a wid prefer a guided tour by yersel as your better then aw ma history teachers when at school in the 70s.. I live near Kinross and love my history around here, it's mind-boggling how much is based around my home..
Grand presentation as per usual but thought to let you know, it took me quite a while to work out why that red squiggliness with a North arrow was staying on the screen... hmm... it might work better if the dot representing you stayed put and the map slid around under it, like on a FPS game, which is easily understandable to youths of today. Hmm... in fact, I might do that myself.... Aye.
G'day Bruce, Just came across this. Did you score yourself a part? Nicely done old mate. Big time movie star. You lovely mug appears at 0:28 ruclips.net/video/Bgv6KHeAFeY/видео.html
Peelng the layers is seductive. Experienced this in Israel, civilization upon civilization. It’s exciting and eerily compelling to be in these spaces and maybe sense the silent presence of people who lived there. And ate shellfish. Shetland draws us into its past and Bruce does this drawing like no other.
@@douglasherron7534 no never in a million years. Ignoring the taste & texture (yuck) after a while I feel like the lining of my stomach is being ripped off. Thanks about the broon sauce, my auto correct tried to change the name again. When my Scottish daughter-in-law was living in Australia she made a smoked cod, milk, onion & smashed potato soup. It was delicious. My father-in-law was Scottish & would make a mince & potato dish. Very simple, but nice.
Many years ago, I visited Skara Brae on Orkney, which was similar to the older parts of this site. I was fascinated by the houses of the Neolithic village. But on the same trip I visited the Maes Howe chambered cairn, and this was even more interesting. The fact that it was broken into by Viking Crusaders returning from the Holy Land, who carved runic graffiti on the walls of its interior, made me really think about the passage of time. The cairn was already very ancient by the time the Vikings looted it.
Excellent video Bruce. Telling the history of Jarlshof is one thing, putting the eras of that site in context with what was happening elsewhere in the world is fantastic!
Being of Indian descent, I've been to mohanjo daro and harrapana, to se what may have been the world's oldest civilization and may well have been a democracy with as close to modern plumbing as had so far been found, makes me proud of my ancestry. Yeah, it looks like they actually may have eaten beef. Some surprising finds. We has humans need to get over we're somehow more intelligent than our ancestors. We're just luckier. Love this.
It's not that anyone is more or less intelligent. It's that every generation has the collective recorded knowledge and experience of every generation before it. An amateur astonomer today will know more about the universe than the likes of William Herschel could ever imagine, simply by accessing Wikipedia or googling any telescope array. We're just lucky we were born when we were. Or unlucky, depending how you look at it.
@@thedoveston6781 But what if it's wrong? Take Tycho Brahe for example. We inherit their knowledge, along with their errors. In fact, I would suggest we might currently have more error than knowledge collected in this century.
The New Grange site in Ireland has to be the most impactful site for me. Being inside a Neolithic structure and seeing how much they knew about astronomy even without having a written language was humbling. It changed the way I understand human advancement and made me marvel at the intellect of the original makers.
I have entered a reply and mentioned this site, which alike Iona, Tintagel, Avebury and Glastonbury, and others. These sites are all linked to the period mentioned in the video, was it 3000 BC, and close to the time of the Great Pyramid? I sense there was a spiritual renaissance that emanated out of Sumeria...who lent their wisdom in the building of the Pyramid...this is a special place with connections on high, and linked to the predicament of humanity and the Last Judgment. INterestingly, these Sumerians were the survivors of Atlantis, and carried forth their knowledge and wisdom, but a douible whammy with links to Atlantis is that many sites on the western board of Britain were part of the northern kingdom of Atlantis, as was Iceland, Greenland, and Norway and others nearby areas. Mostly these were later the living quarters of the Vikings. The Atlanteans were much more advanced in spiritual terms than any other nation or people since...and some of their inventions and ways were phenomenal. It is not surprising then that the many sites built in 3000 BC, such as Newgrange, have an awe about them, for within the wisdom that built them is the Atlantean knowledge. The fact that in a day and a night their northern continent sank due in part to their karma should be a worrying fact for we modern agers...who imagine we can do what we want to the planet without the retribution of natural forces that are directed from Above. We have all been constantly warned to change our ways, during previous incarnations...and the Great Pyramid was the greatest monument dedicated to the omen of the Last Judgment...but humanity do not understand it, nor fully comprehend the other structures like Newgrange in their entirety. I was actually blown away by the powerful energies there, and along with Tara and Glendalough, it is a deeply spiritual and sacred place.
I remember coming to Jarlshof with my father for an archaeological conference back in the late 1960’s. Flying in to Sumburgh Airport over the site. My father led the group around many places including Jarlshof as well as Mousa, St.Ninans Isle and Clickhimin. He led the excavations at Jarlshof in the 1950’s and wrote a report on it so comprehensively that it was designated ‘Report No. 1’ by the HMSO. It became the benchmark for all future government archaeology reports in the UK. Many who worked on the site were locals: there were 2 crafters on the other promontory who were brothers and their niece ran the Sumburgh Hotel in the 1960’s. A lasting memory for me was exploring the souterainnes on site, as well as climbing the Broch at Mousa! Great fun as a kid! Much later, after my father died, I found his old plate glass slides from the 1950’s which I was able to give back to the museum in Lerwick. Thanks for the memories!
Outstanding video, Bruce! The wee site map on the bottom left of the screen, showing us where you were walking, was a great added feature. I continue to share your videos and ask Public Television in the States to get you on the air. Thank you❤️
I've not been to Shetland, but my wife and I visited Orkney back in 2009. Skara Brae, Maeshowe, Ring of Brodgar and the Broch of Gurness were amazing, never seen anything like them before.
We loved those sites on Orkney but Jarlshof takes it to another level. If it wasn't for child minding our grandson I would love to head north to Scotland in April and spend 6 months revisiting the Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands and Hebrides plus exploring the islands we have not been to so far.
We loved our Scottish trip in 2019. While staying in Inverness, we took a bus/ferry/bus tour of the Orkneys and visited the amazing site of Skara Brae, which very much resembles this site.
gobekli tepe is probably the oldest. It was buried under a hill of dirt pot belly hill is the translation that was hidden around 40000 years ago buried then so was built before agriculture. Due to the mutations in grains in the region to help grain seeds stay on the stalk so you can harvest them .
@@ZiGGi03: You sure? My understanding is Gobekli Tepe is about 12,000 years old, which is already remarkable as it is a massive structure that would have needed a lot of labour to build and it was built before the invention of agriculture, so we don't know how they fed the workers. That said, the fish trap engineering in Brewarrina is around 40,000 years old and a remarkable example of extremely early engineering designed to make collecting food easier and to ensure continuity of food supply.
@@resourcedragon You are more or less right and Zigi is mistaken about the dates. Wikipedia - not always a reliable source, but OK on this - gives dates of "between c. 9500 and 8000 BCE" i.e. between c. 11,500 and 10,000 years ago for Gobekli Tepe. There are many references given to the article. And, for any prehistoric structure or object, any claim that is the "oldest" must be heavily qualified with "may be" "possibly" etc. They are just the oldest which has survived to the present, and has been discovered by archaeologists. The very earliest examples of anything are usually among the least likely to have survived. And the amount of detailed archaeological studies which have been done, varies widely according to areas of the world.
@@resourcedragon there's no actual evidence, from what I've read, that the Brewarrina fish traps are 40,000 years old. The truth is that no one knows how old they are, but that certainly doesn't diminish their importance. As far as we know, Gobleki Tepe is the oldest construction that can be, more or less, accurately dated
You’re a trip, Bruce! And an awesome tour guide full of knowledge about the people and places you take us, as well as concurrent events and other nuggets for further intrigue.
Interestingly enough the word Hof is German for yard or court. And the silhouettes of the stone age or Big Stone era dwellings resemble the equally old stone age temples in Malta. History is fascinating !! Love from a German history teacher. :)
Bruce, I’ve been to Jarlshof too! I was so impressed by the long history of humans in one place, and loved the way the site was prepared, by excavating down to specific levels in different areas. It is a capsule of thousands of years of humanity. Plus yes, shellfish. I agree with you there. ❤
Another really interesting documentary Bruce - really enjoy watching you bring the history of Scotland to life - would love to see some longer programs from you - all the best 👍
As per usual, just another outstanding Scottish history lesson! :) Such consistently excellent content is why we're Patreon supporters. Thank you, Bruce!
Flat out amazing. Being retired and not financially well off, your videos showing these historic sites, are as close as I'll ever get to visiting. I can't thank you enough for that Bruce. 'Tis a blessed day I clicked on your video when it popped up in my wee feed.
One of my favourite places is Scara Brae the Neolithic settlement on Orkney an other is the standing stones at Callanish also just along the road Dun Carloway Broch. Just a few.
Visited it back in 2013 during my adventure trip all around Scotland and islands and it was an amazing experience. I also remember not far from it there's also a very suggestive small beach.
Marvelous presentation. The amount of labor ,and skill in construction of these structures is just mind boggling to build without mortar just astonishing Very enjoyable presentation. All on shellfish
Another wonderful video. As a Builder when I see structures like this I wonder about the "Who", the actual persons that built these walls. The skills. In Edinburgh "Who" put those first stones at deaths doorstep to create what would become Edinburgh Castle? Real people with skills, families, and the occasional trip to the Fish Market in New Haven for Shellfish.
You are fortunate enough to be sò close to be so close to thousands of years of history it's on my bucket list, but I have to imagine that I would be awestruck to stand where hundreds of generations of our ancestors lived
Quite the depth of history at this site. The stonework is amazing. Perhaps a few shellfish remain☺️. Thanks so very much for this informative tour Bruce!🏴❤️
Another brilliant video! I live near Strathclyde Park, and I remember as a kid running around the Roman Bathhouse there. Yeah, it's not the most impressive Roman site, but my little brain couldn't quite believe how long it had been there! That's what started my fascination with history.
I’ve been to Shetland twice and, therefore, Jarl’s Hoff twice. I remember being as excited as you to be surrounded by 4000 years plus of history. A fantastic site. But, when I got to the big hoose and read the gist, I hated the laird. Recently in Orkney where there’s a fairly new dig that might be uncovering dwellings up to 7000 years old. An excellent video, as usual, thanks.
When learning about the lives of folks from thousands of years ago I'm filled with an existential vertigo - it's such a perspective shift. You do an incredible job humanizing people from an age that seems so far removed from us now. I can't stop thinking about all the things time has eroded from these people's lives that must have felt like permanent fixtures for them at the time. But humans will always be human and we'll always eat shellfish when we absolutely have to.
As a young child we went on a school trip too Stirling Castle & The Wallace monument . Another school trip we went to Hadrians wall . I wonder if Shetland & Orkney are on the school calendar for school trips for the next generation to learn & visit our historical sites .? Great video.
Another great video Bruce. Brought back good memories,Sumburgh lighthouse was my late father's last posting and both my parents are buried just up the road at Toab Kirk. Keep up the excellent work
Amazing Bruce. I still have to get out to the Isles. Love to see Lewis and Shetland. I would say my three favourite historical sites (too hard to pick one) I visited in Scotland were Eilean Donan Castle, Glenfinnan Monument, and Culloden Battlefield. It was serial to walk where my Highland ancestors walked and think about what life was like in the Highlands for them. I paid my respects at Culloden to my ancestors for all they endured to try and make life better for me today. A very solemn and spiritual place.
Hello, Bruce! Did I just see you in a film - "The Lost King"? Fascinating story. I hated history in school, but you have a knack of making it come alive, - "let me tell you a story" - so thank you for all your hard work in making it interesting.
Ohhh. 🏴 This makes me smile. Thanks to you, I will visit the Shetland Isles on my next (8th) trip to Scotland. You give us DELICIOUS history! Gratitude from a grateful subscriber!. Thank you!
From the preview pic I thought this was going to be about Skara Brae on Orkney, which I really enjoyed visiting a while ago - I was hoping you'd mix in the Churchill Barriers and that lovely Quonset hut chapel and then maybe go to Highland Park - but you went so much more hard core and did Shetland instead! Hats off sir.
Also if you don't like shellfish, come to Nova Scotia (it's the same rocks and mountains as Auld Scotland!) and try some Digby Scallops wrapped in bacon - they might change your mind!
At about the age of 5, my Grandfather took me Pevensey Castle, giving me the potted history of the place. Saxon shore fort, added to by Normans etc... the 'folk history', helped give me a love history and the stories of ordinary people.
As a Norwegian, this was interesting. I have heard some of the stories about Shetland in Norway, I know we used to look upon the people of shetland, faroe islands etc. as our people. Today that is not any longer strong in our collective minds and I doubt the new generation know much about it. I also remember the Shetland bus, a clandestine special operations unit during ww2. I would really like to visit sometime. Beautiful place in the summer I reckon :) Thanks for a great vid!
Excellent video! My most memorable archaeological trip was to Orkney, as a young boy visiting his great grandmother. Trips to the standing stones and Skara Brae started a love of history that is as strong today and one that my children will hopefully continue. Would love to see a video on the 'cult' of stone circles and its spread from the Scottish Islands.
Iona is one place that you can feel the history., it was pretty awesome hearing two old ladies having a yarn in Gaelic over a cup of tea in a cafe . The trip from Oban in a ferry was a great trip too. Staffa was a pretty cool place to visit, a long way , but strangely familiar from home in NZ :)
When you visit places like this one you really do feel like you are standing on the shoulders of giants. Pioneers of humanity. People never to be forgotten.
@@ScotlandHistoryTours CamMac’s term for Islay, Jura, Arran and smaller islands. Lots of shell fish!😉 Edit My bad ! “small Isles” is there term. 🤷♂️ Still, lots of shell fish!
Thanks for that Bruce, very interesting place and video. I always was impressed by Culzean ( pronunciation Kulayn for non Scots) Castle in Ayrshire though from a much different time with its history of smugglers when Rabbie Burns was a tax collector through to its use Eisenhower's HQ in WW2. The views and surrounds are impressive.
My husband is of Scots decent and I have wanted to visit for many, many years. I doubt I will ever get to see Scotland in person but I appreciate your channel. New subscriber from Max's "Tasting History" channel! I enjoyed your participation in the episode!
I love your videos so much! I’ve been a subscriber since Max Miller talked about you during his trip to Scotland! My number one bucket list is a trip to Scotland ❤
The area i live in blows my mind to think, if i travel only a few miles in any direction. There is so much history from prehistoric cave paintings, to the river i used to canoe on the pilgrim fathers fled along to get to Holland. A nearby village has a castle owned by the Lancastrian side ( tho its in Yorkshire),whilst ten mile away is one of Richard the thirds's favourite castles.
Bruce, I happened across one of your videos months ago and I'm hooked. I love your presentation of history because you have such a depth of knowledge, a real understanding of people, and a sense of humor and perspective to make history relatable. This episode appealed to my fascination with peeling back the layers of history in one site. (A fascination you seem to have as well.). How you could cover so much in such a short video is amazing! Thank you for the site map on the bottom of the screen. It was very helpful. Keep up the great work!!!!
I learned about Earl Robert Stewart and his son Earl Patrick "Black Patie" Stewart when I lived in Orkney, where they were *just* as unpopular. I wish I'd had the chance to get up to Shetland and see Jarlshof, wow! What a spectacular site! I think the most incredible ancient site I visited was Skara Brae in Orkney, where we have not just a Neolithic farmhouse, but an entire Neolithic village. The site is very similar to Jarlshof, buried and preserved under sand dunes for a very long time. Absolutely incredible preservation of the day-to-day lifestyle of Neolithic Orcadians! Orkney and Shetland both have such amazing historical/archaeological sites, and they're very beautiful, with fantastic wildlife. Highly recommend a visit!
See another fantastic historic site in Shetland ruclips.net/video/gVwFXdKodQg/видео.html
On better thoughts a wid prefer a guided tour by yersel as your better then aw ma history teachers when at school in the 70s..
I live near Kinross and love my history around here, it's mind-boggling how much is based around my home..
Grand presentation as per usual but thought to let you know, it took me quite a while to work out why that red squiggliness with a North arrow was staying on the screen... hmm... it might work better if the dot representing you stayed put and the map slid around under it, like on a FPS game, which is easily understandable to youths of today. Hmm... in fact, I might do that myself.... Aye.
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G'day Bruce,
Just came across this.
Did you score yourself a part?
Nicely done old mate. Big time movie star.
You lovely mug appears at
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Peelng the layers is seductive. Experienced this in Israel, civilization upon civilization. It’s exciting and eerily compelling to be in these spaces and maybe sense the silent presence of people who lived there. And ate shellfish. Shetland draws us into its past and Bruce does this drawing like no other.
Don't forget the broon sauce! 😆
Don't you mean occupied Palestine?
@@douglasherron7534 I would die. No way would I eat anything with a shell 🐚 broom sauce or not.🤢🤢🤮🤢🤮
@@Rose-jz6ix 'Broon' (as in brown) not broom.
So you would never eat lobster, prawn, or crab?
@@douglasherron7534 no never in a million years. Ignoring the taste & texture (yuck) after a while I feel like the lining of my stomach is being ripped off. Thanks about the broon sauce, my auto correct tried to change the name again. When my Scottish daughter-in-law was living in Australia she made a smoked cod, milk, onion & smashed potato soup. It was delicious. My father-in-law was Scottish & would make a mince & potato dish. Very simple, but nice.
Many years ago, I visited Skara Brae on Orkney, which was similar to the older parts of this site. I was fascinated by the houses of the Neolithic village.
But on the same trip I visited the Maes Howe chambered cairn, and this was even more interesting. The fact that it was broken into by Viking Crusaders returning from the Holy Land, who carved runic graffiti on the walls of its interior, made me really think about the passage of time. The cairn was already very ancient by the time the Vikings looted it.
Most of Orkney. Stunning insight to our ancestors and the trade routes
My mother's family (Hunter) came to America from Weisdale and I love these videos about Shetland.
Excellent video Bruce. Telling the history of Jarlshof is one thing, putting the eras of that site in context with what was happening elsewhere in the world is fantastic!
I loved it! You've raised your own very high bar Bruce! Brilliant!
Being of Indian descent, I've been to mohanjo daro and harrapana, to se what may have been the world's oldest civilization and may well have been a democracy with as close to modern plumbing as had so far been found, makes me proud of my ancestry.
Yeah, it looks like they actually may have eaten beef. Some surprising finds.
We has humans need to get over we're somehow more intelligent than our ancestors. We're just luckier.
Love this.
It's not that anyone is more or less intelligent. It's that every generation has the collective recorded knowledge and experience of every generation before it.
An amateur astonomer today will know more about the universe than the likes of William Herschel could ever imagine, simply by accessing Wikipedia or googling any telescope array. We're just lucky we were born when we were. Or unlucky, depending how you look at it.
How is it your ancestry?
@@chrisapperley2616 my father was an Indian immigrant to the US. My husband is a Scottish immigrant to the US, born and raised in Edinburgh.
@@thedoveston6781 But what if it's wrong? Take Tycho Brahe for example. We inherit their knowledge, along with their errors. In fact, I would suggest we might currently have more error than knowledge collected in this century.
We were born on third base and we stand on the shoulders of our ancestors.
The New Grange site in Ireland has to be the most impactful site for me. Being inside a Neolithic structure and seeing how much they knew about astronomy even without having a written language was humbling. It changed the way I understand human advancement and made me marvel at the intellect of the original makers.
I have entered a reply and mentioned this site, which alike Iona, Tintagel, Avebury and Glastonbury, and others. These sites are all linked to the period mentioned in the video, was it 3000 BC, and close to the time of the Great Pyramid? I sense there was a spiritual renaissance that emanated out of Sumeria...who lent their wisdom in the building of the Pyramid...this is a special place with connections on high, and linked to the predicament of humanity and the Last Judgment. INterestingly, these Sumerians were the survivors of Atlantis, and carried forth their knowledge and wisdom, but a douible whammy with links to Atlantis is that many sites on the western board of Britain were part of the northern kingdom of Atlantis, as was Iceland, Greenland, and Norway and others nearby areas. Mostly these were later the living quarters of the Vikings. The Atlanteans were much more advanced in spiritual terms than any other nation or people since...and some of their inventions and ways were phenomenal. It is not surprising then that the many sites built in 3000 BC, such as Newgrange, have an awe about them, for within the wisdom that built them is the Atlantean knowledge. The fact that in a day and a night their northern continent sank due in part to their karma should be a worrying fact for we modern agers...who imagine we can do what we want to the planet without the retribution of natural forces that are directed from Above. We have all been constantly warned to change our ways, during previous incarnations...and the Great Pyramid was the greatest monument dedicated to the omen of the Last Judgment...but humanity do not understand it, nor fully comprehend the other structures like Newgrange in their entirety. I was actually blown away by the powerful energies there, and along with Tara and Glendalough, it is a deeply spiritual and sacred place.
I like that you mentioned various events in history that were going on while these places were occupied, it really puts things in context.
I remember coming to Jarlshof with my father for an archaeological conference back in the late 1960’s. Flying in to Sumburgh Airport over the site. My father led the group around many places including Jarlshof as well as Mousa, St.Ninans Isle and Clickhimin. He led the excavations at Jarlshof in the 1950’s and wrote a report on it so comprehensively that it was designated ‘Report No. 1’ by the HMSO. It became the benchmark for all future government archaeology reports in the UK. Many who worked on the site were locals: there were 2 crafters on the other promontory who were brothers and their niece ran the Sumburgh Hotel in the 1960’s. A lasting memory for me was exploring the souterainnes on site, as well as climbing the Broch at Mousa! Great fun as a kid! Much later, after my father died, I found his old plate glass slides from the 1950’s which I was able to give back to the museum in Lerwick. Thanks for the memories!
Outstanding video, Bruce! The wee site map on the bottom left of the screen, showing us where you were walking, was a great added feature. I continue to share your videos and ask Public Television in the States to get you on the air. Thank you❤️
That would be awesome to see these on PBS!
I've not been to Shetland, but my wife and I visited Orkney back in 2009. Skara Brae, Maeshowe, Ring of Brodgar and the Broch of Gurness were amazing, never seen anything like them before.
We loved those sites on Orkney but Jarlshof takes it to another level. If it wasn't for child minding our grandson I would love to head north to Scotland in April and spend 6 months revisiting the Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands and Hebrides plus exploring the islands we have not been to so far.
We loved our Scottish trip in 2019. While staying in Inverness, we took a bus/ferry/bus tour of the Orkneys and visited the amazing site of Skara Brae, which very much resembles this site.
Scotland looks so beautiful
I love this channel. Thank you VERY much for all the work you put into these videos.
I love the addition of the map showing where you are as you go.
the stone fishtraps at Brewarrinna in western New South Wales are around 40,000 years old, and may be the oldest man-made structures on earth !
gobekli tepe is probably the oldest. It was buried under a hill of dirt pot belly hill is the translation that was hidden around 40000 years ago buried then so was built before agriculture. Due to the mutations in grains in the region to help grain seeds stay on the stalk so you can harvest them .
@@ZiGGi03 they are all very interesting ;)
@@ZiGGi03: You sure? My understanding is Gobekli Tepe is about 12,000 years old, which is already remarkable as it is a massive structure that would have needed a lot of labour to build and it was built before the invention of agriculture, so we don't know how they fed the workers.
That said, the fish trap engineering in Brewarrina is around 40,000 years old and a remarkable example of extremely early engineering designed to make collecting food easier and to ensure continuity of food supply.
@@resourcedragon You are more or less right and Zigi is mistaken about the dates. Wikipedia - not always a reliable source, but OK on this - gives dates of "between c. 9500 and 8000 BCE" i.e. between c. 11,500 and 10,000 years ago for Gobekli Tepe. There are many references given to the article.
And, for any prehistoric structure or object, any claim that is the "oldest" must be heavily qualified with "may be" "possibly" etc. They are just the oldest which has survived to the present, and has been discovered by archaeologists. The very earliest examples of anything are usually among the least likely to have survived. And the amount of detailed archaeological studies which have been done, varies widely according to areas of the world.
@@resourcedragon there's no actual evidence, from what I've read, that the Brewarrina fish traps are 40,000 years old. The truth is that no one knows how old they are, but that certainly doesn't diminish their importance. As far as we know, Gobleki Tepe is the oldest construction that can be, more or less, accurately dated
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You’re a trip, Bruce! And an awesome tour guide full of knowledge about the people and places you take us, as well as concurrent events and other nuggets for further intrigue.
All these videos you do are absolutely fantastic Bruce thanks 👍
Very interesting. Reminds me of Skara Brae in Orkney. Orkney was one of the sites that amazed me as well as all the neolithic sites in Ireland.
GREAT HISTORY!!! 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼
Great video! Thanks for including what was happening with other civilizations at the time.
You have a compelling way of telling these stories, and give them the fascination and respect they deserve! This is definitely on my bucketlist!
Interestingly enough the word Hof is German for yard or court.
And the silhouettes of the stone age or Big Stone era dwellings resemble the equally old stone age temples in Malta. History is fascinating !! Love from a German history teacher. :)
Looks amazing and brought to life as always by your goodself sir. I visited scara brae in Orkney and was blown away by that, this looks similar.
Very cool!
Bruce, you are an excellent presenter, thank you for teaching me something new.
Bruce, I’ve been to Jarlshof too! I was so impressed by the long history of humans in one place, and loved the way the site was prepared, by excavating down to specific levels in different areas. It is a capsule of thousands of years of humanity. Plus yes, shellfish. I agree with you there. ❤
Another really interesting documentary Bruce - really enjoy watching you bring the history of Scotland to life - would love to see some longer programs from you - all the best 👍
As per usual, just another outstanding Scottish history lesson! :) Such consistently excellent content is why we're Patreon supporters. Thank you, Bruce!
Brilliant video Bruce! These visits pull at the ancestral heart strings and of course the humour ! Brooon sauce & square sausage 😅
Flat out amazing. Being retired and not financially well off, your videos showing these historic sites, are as close as I'll ever get to visiting. I can't thank you enough for that Bruce. 'Tis a blessed day I clicked on your video when it popped up in my wee feed.
Brilliant
This place is amazing! Bruce, thank you for sharing this place!
Awesome Historian and Storyteller!
Another amazing adventure Bruce!!
Brilliant as always. 😊
One of my favourite places is Scara Brae the Neolithic settlement on Orkney an other is the standing stones at Callanish also just along the road Dun Carloway Broch. Just a few.
Visited it back in 2013 during my adventure trip all around Scotland and islands and it was an amazing experience. I also remember not far from it there's also a very suggestive small beach.
Another great video, Bruce. Many thanks.
I might never get to Scotland, but I still dream of going. My husband and I list it as a 'got to do' someday.
Astounding and humbling. Great video :)
What a wonerful explanation and tour.
Marvelous presentation. The amount of labor ,and skill in construction of these structures is just mind boggling to build without mortar just astonishing Very enjoyable presentation. All on shellfish
Another wonderful video.
As a Builder when I see structures like this I wonder about the "Who", the actual persons that built these walls. The skills. In Edinburgh "Who" put those first stones at deaths doorstep to create what would become Edinburgh Castle? Real people with skills, families, and the occasional trip to the Fish Market in New Haven for Shellfish.
You are fortunate enough to be sò close to be so close to thousands of years of history it's on my bucket list, but I have to imagine that I would be awestruck to stand where hundreds of generations of our ancestors lived
Quite the depth of history at this site. The stonework is amazing. Perhaps a few shellfish remain☺️. Thanks so very much for this informative tour Bruce!🏴❤️
As part Shetlander, grandfather Harry , it's really a privilege to see you featuring this place. Big UP!!
You're welcome
I visited was Provand’s Lordship in Glasgow, the history is awesome. The Orkney Isles are on my bucket list. I love Scotland.
Another brilliant video!
I live near Strathclyde Park, and I remember as a kid running around the Roman Bathhouse there. Yeah, it's not the most impressive Roman site, but my little brain couldn't quite believe how long it had been there! That's what started my fascination with history.
I agree that square sausage is indeed an important technological leap forward.
i just love to listen to you... your voice is so calming.. and what you say, so interesting, thank you. 👌
Definitely need to add this to my trip next year. And I love shellfish!
I’ve been to Shetland twice and, therefore, Jarl’s Hoff twice. I remember being as excited as you to be surrounded by 4000 years plus of history. A fantastic site. But, when I got to the big hoose and read the gist, I hated the laird. Recently in Orkney where there’s a fairly new dig that might be uncovering dwellings up to 7000 years old.
An excellent video, as usual, thanks.
I'm not sure about the most incredible historic site, but it's definitely up there! I'd love to see it in person someday.
Your presentations always put a smile on my face you make history fun thanks
When learning about the lives of folks from thousands of years ago I'm filled with an existential vertigo - it's such a perspective shift. You do an incredible job humanizing people from an age that seems so far removed from us now. I can't stop thinking about all the things time has eroded from these people's lives that must have felt like permanent fixtures for them at the time. But humans will always be human and we'll always eat shellfish when we absolutely have to.
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As a young child we went on a school trip too Stirling Castle & The Wallace monument . Another school trip we went to Hadrians wall . I wonder if Shetland & Orkney are on the school calendar for school trips for the next generation to learn & visit our historical sites .? Great video.
Came here from Max’s videos and this may be one of my new fav channels.
Amazing, as always!!!
Well done!
Another great one Bruce. Loving the northern videos.
Another great, and interesting video Bruce!!
Another great video Bruce.
Brought back good memories,Sumburgh lighthouse was my late father's last posting and both my parents are buried just up the road at Toab Kirk.
Keep up the excellent work
Amazing Bruce. I still have to get out to the Isles. Love to see Lewis and Shetland. I would say my three favourite historical sites (too hard to pick one) I visited in Scotland were Eilean Donan Castle, Glenfinnan Monument, and Culloden Battlefield. It was serial to walk where my Highland ancestors walked and think about what life was like in the Highlands for them. I paid my respects at Culloden to my ancestors for all they endured to try and make life better for me today. A very solemn and spiritual place.
Hello, Bruce! Did I just see you in a film - "The Lost King"? Fascinating story. I hated history in school, but you have a knack of making it come alive, - "let me tell you a story" - so thank you for all your hard work in making it interesting.
Another excellently informative and entertaining video Bruce.
Ohhh. 🏴 This makes me smile. Thanks to you, I will visit the Shetland Isles on my next (8th) trip to Scotland. You give us DELICIOUS history! Gratitude from a grateful subscriber!. Thank you!
Square Sausage sold me.
Visited Skara Brae very impressive, this looks very similar, one day I'll get to Shetland.
Excellent video, and the running joke about eating shellfish had me laughing out loud!
From the preview pic I thought this was going to be about Skara Brae on Orkney, which I really enjoyed visiting a while ago - I was hoping you'd mix in the Churchill Barriers and that lovely Quonset hut chapel and then maybe go to Highland Park - but you went so much more hard core and did Shetland instead! Hats off sir.
Also if you don't like shellfish, come to Nova Scotia (it's the same rocks and mountains as Auld Scotland!) and try some Digby Scallops wrapped in bacon - they might change your mind!
At about the age of 5, my Grandfather took me Pevensey Castle, giving me the potted history of the place. Saxon shore fort, added to by Normans etc... the 'folk history', helped give me a love history and the stories of ordinary people.
A'reyt Bruce. A short video, full of energy and not to be ignored, like those Shetland ponies. Now where is that jar of mussels?
Thanks Bruce now understand Skyrim V now about the Jarls
I will enjoy listening to anything you find interesting and want to talk about,( but especially anything Scottish, lol)
Absolutely fascinating Bruce, thank you...
As a Norwegian, this was interesting. I have heard some of the stories about Shetland in Norway, I know we used to look upon the people of shetland, faroe islands etc. as our people. Today that is not any longer strong in our collective minds and I doubt the new generation know much about it. I also remember the Shetland bus, a clandestine special operations unit during ww2. I would really like to visit sometime. Beautiful place in the summer I reckon :) Thanks for a great vid!
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Excellent video! My most memorable archaeological trip was to Orkney, as a young boy visiting his great grandmother. Trips to the standing stones and Skara Brae started a love of history that is as strong today and one that my children will hopefully continue. Would love to see a video on the 'cult' of stone circles and its spread from the Scottish Islands.
Iona is one place that you can feel the history., it was pretty awesome hearing two old ladies having a yarn in Gaelic over a cup of tea in a cafe . The trip from Oban in a ferry was a great trip too. Staffa was a pretty cool place to visit, a long way , but strangely familiar from home in NZ :)
Agree...Iona and the trip there are special. Atlantean energies!
When you visit places like this one you really do feel like you are standing on the shoulders of giants. Pioneers of humanity. People never to be forgotten.
I visited this site last May and was absolutely GOBSMACKED. It's incredible!! All of Shetland really, but this site. WOW
One of my fav places on Shetlland
I guess we’re not crazy! Just back from Scotland, including Shetland, Orkney, Hebrides and Southern Isles. Fabulous trip!
Southern Isles?
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CamMac’s term for Islay, Jura, Arran and smaller islands. Lots of shell fish!😉
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My bad ! “small Isles” is there term. 🤷♂️ Still, lots of shell fish!
t/s 12:50 "Earth core between internal and external walls" - sounds like a "cornish hedge," a field boundary using the same construction technique
Oh gosh! You are so funny! hehe... will have to come up and see you sometime soon...
Yeah man😎
Hi Bruce, Just been to see The Lost King, great seeing you in it.
Thanks for that Bruce, very interesting place and video. I always was impressed by Culzean ( pronunciation Kulayn for non Scots) Castle in Ayrshire though from a much different time with its history of smugglers when Rabbie Burns was a tax collector through to its use Eisenhower's HQ in WW2. The views and surrounds are impressive.
Great episode! Thank you!
Love your videos! Keep them coming!
Thanks
Fantastic as ever.
My husband is of Scots decent and I have wanted to visit for many, many years. I doubt I will ever get to see Scotland in person but I appreciate your channel. New subscriber from Max's "Tasting History" channel! I enjoyed your participation in the episode!
Ah brilliant, thanks
I like how you had the bird’s eye view map to show where you were
An amazing site. Definitely one I'd love to see
Definitely!
Great presenter.
I love your videos so much! I’ve been a subscriber since Max Miller talked about you during his trip to Scotland! My number one bucket list is a trip to Scotland ❤
The area i live in blows my mind to think, if i travel only a few miles in any direction.
There is so much history from prehistoric cave paintings, to the river i used to canoe on the pilgrim fathers fled along to get to Holland.
A nearby village has a castle owned by the Lancastrian side ( tho its in Yorkshire),whilst ten mile away is one of Richard the thirds's favourite castles.
Bruce, I happened across one of your videos months ago and I'm hooked. I love your presentation of history because you have such a depth of knowledge, a real understanding of people, and a sense of humor and perspective to make history relatable.
This episode appealed to my fascination with peeling back the layers of history in one site. (A fascination you seem to have as well.). How you could cover so much in such a short video is amazing! Thank you for the site map on the bottom of the screen. It was very helpful.
Keep up the great work!!!!
Brilliant, thanks
Thank you.
I learned about Earl Robert Stewart and his son Earl Patrick "Black Patie" Stewart when I lived in Orkney, where they were *just* as unpopular. I wish I'd had the chance to get up to Shetland and see Jarlshof, wow! What a spectacular site! I think the most incredible ancient site I visited was Skara Brae in Orkney, where we have not just a Neolithic farmhouse, but an entire Neolithic village. The site is very similar to Jarlshof, buried and preserved under sand dunes for a very long time. Absolutely incredible preservation of the day-to-day lifestyle of Neolithic Orcadians! Orkney and Shetland both have such amazing historical/archaeological sites, and they're very beautiful, with fantastic wildlife. Highly recommend a visit!