Iron Age Scotland: Standing Stones and Time Travel to Ancient Scottish History

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  • Опубликовано: 28 окт 2024

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  • @TammeraFreno
    @TammeraFreno 9 дней назад +2

    🎉❤love listening to you, Bruce. Thank you for sharing ❤🎉

  • @ericthompson3982
    @ericthompson3982 2 года назад +2

    Lovely, Bruce, just lovely. Awesome job as always.

  • @ChrisJohnsonChannel
    @ChrisJohnsonChannel 3 года назад +30

    I found about the fire 🔥 that distroyed the Crannog at loch Tay absolutely devastating.. guys go to their website and donate so it could possibly be reconstructed. Love your videos Bruce ✨

  • @brucestevenson8797
    @brucestevenson8797 9 дней назад +1

    On my bucket list now. Thankyou Bruce

  • @ladybarbarapinsonartist431
    @ladybarbarapinsonartist431 2 года назад +1

    Well done Bruce. When I was riding through Devon National Park by horse, I asked locals about the standing stones, but did not receive any solid answers. You are a gem!

  • @jacquelinemerrick4257
    @jacquelinemerrick4257 2 года назад +3

    I visited the Crannog at Loch Tay, last year, just weeks before it sadly burnt down. The volunteers and staff are incredible, as is the workshops, including dugout log boat and museum. For me it was the nearest one can get to time travel

  • @michritch3493
    @michritch3493 Год назад +2

    My husband and I spent some time at that Crannog in 2018 and loved it. Lots of interesting information. It also smelled really good. You're right, it can't be captured with a camera. When I was a little child I spent hours under the bushes in our yard playing. Making a little world. Sometimes with little toy cars or furniture. Sometimes with hand-made furniture and houses made of sticks and grasses. For little imaginary wild people. The Crannog had some of that, for me. Wonderful.

  • @THINKincessantly
    @THINKincessantly 2 года назад +2

    THAT was a real treat 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @murraywebster1228
    @murraywebster1228 16 дней назад +1

    Great stuff as usual, keep up the good work!

  • @melanieharries4617
    @melanieharries4617 3 года назад +9

    Such devastating news this morning (12 June 2021) of the fire at the Crannog Centre overnight. It is a very special place, and I hope it can be rebuilt from the ashes. 😢

  • @Renegade_Melungeon
    @Renegade_Melungeon 2 года назад +1

    I've always been fascinated them!! Thank you for doing this video!

  • @Thewolverine0865
    @Thewolverine0865 3 года назад +1

    Impressive. Much skill went into building those structures. I can't imagine how to start.

  • @stepstar6187
    @stepstar6187 3 года назад +1

    Now on my bucket list -

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  3 года назад +1

      Sadly it burned down last week. They do plan to build another on the other side of the Loch though

  • @jckelly566
    @jckelly566 3 года назад +2

    Bruce, you are a wealth of knowledge, and us Americans consider you a Scottish National Treasure. Thank you for your fantastic videos. You deserve a knighthood.

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  3 года назад +2

      😂 I'm sure Lizzie is reading and that knighthood is on its way

  • @chipsterb4946
    @chipsterb4946 3 года назад +5

    I’d love to learn more about how the crannogs were built. Never heard of them before. The wide walkway only makes sense if you are bringing your livestock into your little fortress on the lake. Thanks for another intriguing story!

  • @fgcasey
    @fgcasey 3 года назад +8

    Lough Ennell in Ireland has hundreds of Crannog, the Annals of the four masters put its population in the 12th century as Higher than London. Dived with university survey teams. They had piled stone bases. Looking for Oak posts to get cross-section to date. They varied in depth, indicating Lake levels varied through time, forcing abandonment and then coming into reuse.

  • @jimross7648
    @jimross7648 3 года назад +13

    Well, Bruce you're proven that the art of story telling is far from dead, and is what inspires one to read a book to get a more in depth understanding of the topic. Crannog's had escaped my knowledge set till today. Thanks for once again teaching and showing a wee bit of history I dinna ken.

    • @SungazerDNB
      @SungazerDNB 2 года назад

      Is "I dinna ken" the same as "I didn't know" - that's how I read it as a dutchman

    • @jimross7648
      @jimross7648 2 года назад +1

      @@SungazerDNB more closely is "I didn't understand" but know is not wrong.

    • @SungazerDNB
      @SungazerDNB 2 года назад

      @@jimross7648 Thanks for the explanation Jim. :)

  • @herbertgearing1702
    @herbertgearing1702 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for the lesson, it jarred my brain to mulling the connection between crannogs and stone circles. I think they could be the foundations of ancient structures. Ancient people, like post flood ancient people would be reluctant to build anything near water or on low ground without elevation and a very strong foundation, it might also explain the orientation to the sun for interior lighting. The crannogs could be later people who were imitating the impressive ruins they had seen as best they could with the technology and knowledge they had.

  • @bigblue6917
    @bigblue6917 3 года назад +10

    I remember looking at cronnogs when I studied archaeology. You cannot be anything but impressed by their ability to make something like that. And in water. I am sure you have already imagined what it took to make such a thing. Definitely on my archaeological bucket list. Thanks for the video.

  • @AndrewTheCelt
    @AndrewTheCelt 3 года назад +6

    Bruce I am glad you are using our ancestors when describing bronze and Iron Age Celts after reading Professor Barry Cunliffe and Bryan Sykes work I’m convinced in their and others theory’ who we refer to as Celts are native to the Atlantic coast.

  • @junestewart5098
    @junestewart5098 4 года назад +31

    There is a magic feeling about the place and the volunteers and staff do an awesome job of portraying an Iron Age crannog. Thanks for revisiting a memory Bruce 😊

  • @magpiesneedle2575
    @magpiesneedle2575 3 года назад +4

    I don’t know if anyone has posted about this, but the Crannog on Loch Tay was destroyed by fire June 11 (2021). This was a devastating loss. This painstakingly reconstructed piece of Scotland’s history took many minds, people, time, and hard graft to create was ruined in less than 10 minutes. Please follow the link in the drop down description box to see it as it was and the museum and visitor centre. This centre served as a place of learning and maintaining an almost perfect replica of part of the life of some ancestors in Iron Age Scotland. There is a Justgiving page if you would like to help in the reconstruction of a new Crannog.

    • @shirleysavoury5638
      @shirleysavoury5638 3 года назад

      Visited the site in mid-late November, 2019. It was a couple of days before they closed for the winter. I was looking forward to a proper, more in-depth visit during spring / summer / early autumn 2021. Then, something went wrong...

  • @JFLATTERMANN
    @JFLATTERMANN 3 года назад +4

    In the southwest of Germany where Austria, Switzerland and Germany meet in the lake called Bodensee there were the same buildings. They have been excavated and recreated and are housing now a museum. Your video reminded me of you visit there.

  • @robertguthrie1894
    @robertguthrie1894 3 года назад +14

    I’ve seen these in history shows and wondered how they actually looked inside thank you Bruce

  • @Jippa_33
    @Jippa_33 3 года назад +4

    “Just like baby Jesus in the stable!” 😂 cheers 🍻 to another great video

  • @mscoop74
    @mscoop74 3 года назад +1

    Always wanted to visit the centre but we never stopped the coaches here, just passed through on the way to other sites. Hopefully they manage to rebuild. Thanks for another fantastic video. Much love from Ayrshire. x 😊

  • @snodrog5
    @snodrog5 3 года назад +4

    We've been to the Crannog Centre, absolutely brilliant. My daughter was spotting potential crannogs for the next three weeks!

  • @irenebas
    @irenebas 3 года назад +6

    Wonderful! I've watched a drone video of Broch Dun Dornaigil and I loved the place, but this is the first video about crannogs I've ever seen
    Thanks Bruce 🤗

  • @downhilltwofour0082
    @downhilltwofour0082 3 года назад +1

    Beautiful site!

  • @brucemacallan6831
    @brucemacallan6831 4 года назад +10

    Thanks for your great content. On the subject of ancient Scottish history, - There has been a fairly recent discovery that has caused a major re-think of early world history. It's the 10,000 year old (ten thousand) lunar calendar beside Banchory in Aberdeenshire.

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  4 года назад +5

      That'll need a drone eh?

    • @brucemacallan6831
      @brucemacallan6831 4 года назад +2

      @@ScotlandHistoryTours Aye, nae doot...

    • @riklangham6739
      @riklangham6739 3 года назад +2

      @@ScotlandHistoryTours Only by us modern wimps , no by the Crannog and Calandar's creators . THEY WERE TALENTED . We couldn't even reproduce these things without ELECTRICKERY and POWER TOOLS .

  • @stevepeebles61
    @stevepeebles61 4 года назад +12

    Just love the Crannog. It's a fascinating insight into the lives of our ancestors. Great Video Bruce ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @MT-yd4of
    @MT-yd4of 4 года назад +5

    Beautiful sites and good stories told with passion. Congratulations Bruce

  • @fionatinker23
    @fionatinker23 4 года назад +3

    "A Scottish winter can be a wee bit cold," said the master of understatement! :-) Great video, thank you.

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  4 года назад +1

      Spread the news. Let's make sure loads of folk visit

    • @fionatinker23
      @fionatinker23 4 года назад +2

      @@ScotlandHistoryTours I'll certainly use it in school, Bruce. This is the stuff our kids don't get taught because of that bloody 1872 Education Act that was the start of trying to eradicate Scots And Gaelic cultures.

  • @barbaralavoie1045
    @barbaralavoie1045 3 года назад +3

    This vlog is so fascinating! I love it and would enjoy seeing your land but I probably will not be able to but can enjoy these videos. Thank you so much. I’m a retired person living very ,

  • @khumphrey2231
    @khumphrey2231 4 года назад +6

    Love these videos. I always, always learn something new! My favorite RUclips to watch.

  • @st1buchanan698
    @st1buchanan698 3 года назад +2

    I love history from this period. I'm fascinated with pre-Roman Scotland.

  • @elendil7
    @elendil7 4 года назад +6

    Love this place. Thank you again for taking us on this journey. Can't wait to visit again and see this place in person. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @jameshalfpenny4726
    @jameshalfpenny4726 4 года назад +6

    Love your passion, stunning camera work again Bruce.

  • @bikinglikebecker
    @bikinglikebecker 2 года назад

    Cairn T Ceiling Stone has helped me go back in time... When those islands were still a peninsula before English Channel formed..

  • @funkmaster2258
    @funkmaster2258 3 года назад +1

    I cant believe how good this guy is at this. He should work for the department of tourism. And maybe make educational videos for schools.

  • @uluengamotuliki5469
    @uluengamotuliki5469 Год назад

    Outlander forever ❤

  • @davidparker8981
    @davidparker8981 3 года назад +1

    I am sorry to hear of the burning of the Iron Age Crannog at the weekend

  • @Coursedirectorperth
    @Coursedirectorperth 4 года назад +3

    Thanks again. Great work

  • @TheEggmaniac
    @TheEggmaniac 3 года назад +1

    Im still cant believe the crannog on Loch Tay has burnt down, It was such a great place and authentic experience. It will rise from ashes. Probably some pesky Romans.

  • @theflyingartisan9082
    @theflyingartisan9082 4 года назад +4

    Great video Bruce! Production quality is on point

  • @juliewatson495
    @juliewatson495 4 года назад +3

    Brilliant Bruce. Love this one. Big standing stones and Outlander fan. Lots of the filming for series 1 &2 was done in Fife. Love to see you here in Fife, its only across the Tay. Come and visit us. Cheers Julie Reilly.

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  4 года назад +2

      I know, I haven't forgotten your whisky suggestion and I'm bound to get over before long. IF only there was an online map that showed where everything was located. Has Kevin got crannogs on that map. What about cleared villages?

    • @kevinreillydenmylne
      @kevinreillydenmylne 4 года назад +3

      @@ScotlandHistoryTours yup, crannogs are yellow concentric circles, cleared villages are smaller green circles

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  4 года назад +2

      Kevin, I tried phoning and texting, but can't get you. Are you in UK and able to chat. Heading for cleared area tomorrow and trying to get your map working

  • @glypnir
    @glypnir 3 года назад

    I love good scruffy folk museums like that one.

  • @siddalton5190
    @siddalton5190 3 года назад +1

    Not that I get there that often, but I love visiting all of the old neolithic and iron age sites in various parts of the UK. Will have to put this on my list of places to visit - haven't been to any of the standing stones in Scotland or the Isles yet. Cheers Bruce, great vid.

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  3 года назад

      Sadly the Crannog burned down last month. In time they'll build a copy

  • @richards.mchardy3556
    @richards.mchardy3556 3 года назад +1

    I really like this channelthis channel keep up the good work

  • @LinkMagicOutreach
    @LinkMagicOutreach 6 месяцев назад

    Thank you for the video and information. I always want to travel to Scotland and see the historical places but I have not managed to go there in good weather to see much yet. Your video was great to watch🙏

  • @denisesayer9225
    @denisesayer9225 3 года назад

    I love Loch Tay! Visited in 2000 when they were first setting up the cranog museum. Would love to return to see what's been developed.

  • @Hsalf904
    @Hsalf904 Год назад

    I’ll definitely have to add Kenmore to my Scotland trip itinerary! Tapadh leibh a Bhrus!

  • @Ryan_Dye-r
    @Ryan_Dye-r Год назад

    That's neat. =)

  • @mikemartin3671
    @mikemartin3671 3 года назад

    Wow! Thank you for showing us around this place. There is indeed s peculiar familiarity to it. I personally envision it as a serene place, in a simpler time. Definitely romanticized in my mind, but idyllic. It has brought my blood pressure down slightly just seeing it through the screen. Thank you for this. Take care.

  • @kingofdubb2133
    @kingofdubb2133 3 года назад +1

    💖 Thanks for this video, I think I'm more attracted to the pre-historic History of Scotland, the later history seems to be so bloody and violent. Will have to go to to loch Tay and check out the the crannog.

  • @chrisball3778
    @chrisball3778 3 года назад +1

    Sad to read this crannog burned down a few days ago. I hope they can rebuild it and that the staff can keep their jobs somehow. I guess fire was a real hazard in the past too- similar bronze age structures at Must Farm in eastern England were (ironically) preserved because they caught on fire and collapsed into the water. If archaeologists in the distant future find the remains of the Loch Tay crannog reconstruction, it's going to give them a real headache.

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  3 года назад

      It's terrible. They already had plans to move across the loch and build several on a bigger site, but that was still a wee way off

  • @tomasr64
    @tomasr64 Год назад

    Very nice, thank you for making this video. I may not visit Scotland in person this lifetime, but this gets me very close. 🌿

  • @Backwater-wanderer
    @Backwater-wanderer 3 года назад +1

    Great video! Your channel has become one of my favorites

  • @chrisgriffiths8454
    @chrisgriffiths8454 3 года назад

    Wow stone age Scotland? That's going back in time.

  • @dhcanavan
    @dhcanavan 2 года назад

    Bruce I'm so glad you did this. It's a brilliant record to have. The recent fire was a tragedy. Is it right that they aren't going to rebuild it? They should get work parties together and get the project underway. I bet your own supporters could form a formidable team on their own.

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  2 года назад

      They were always planning to do a new development on the other side of the loch. I'm not sure how they're getting on with the fund raising and admin for that

    • @dhcanavan
      @dhcanavan 2 года назад

      @@ScotlandHistoryTours Thanks! Good to hear. Weirdly last time I visited in 2019 I asked them if there was a fire risk with all the bracken and the fireplace, and the guy said they're right above the water so they weren't worried. Such a waste.

  • @silverbullet8338
    @silverbullet8338 3 года назад

    Beautifully built a crannog . I'd never heard of one . Bit like a tee pee ,yes I lived in one . Lovely and warm. Thanks for another great video. 👍

  • @lesleyriseam1282
    @lesleyriseam1282 3 года назад

    Hey Bruce , been to a similar settlement recreation in Oland in Sweden .
    An island with an ancient history .

  • @brianwalker9207
    @brianwalker9207 4 года назад +1

    Love the passion and delivery ❤

  • @DJJinxC2006
    @DJJinxC2006 3 года назад

    I love outlander, I can't wait for the new season, great video Bruce, as always.

  • @DanieVargas
    @DanieVargas 2 года назад

    I NEED to see this in person!! Gonna drag my mate from Glasgow with me too!! I don’t think he’ll put up much of a fight!! LOL….

  • @rmckee25
    @rmckee25 3 года назад

    Visited the Crannog Centre when my son was four. Great experience, great site.

    • @rmckee25
      @rmckee25 3 года назад

      We drilled holes in rocks, watched a guy make fire by friction, and weavers working. Exceptional.

  • @EliRedman
    @EliRedman 9 дней назад

  • @FairnessFobe
    @FairnessFobe 3 года назад

    That was great. Loved it. So interesting. Makes me wonder if any of my forebears lived in one of those houses. Maybe they did! Oh for a TARDIS!

  • @GodTierComments
    @GodTierComments 4 года назад

    I was just reading about the unique stone crannogs in Ashgrove Loch on the weekend! I'm sure each one found is full of amazing artifacts.

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  4 года назад +3

      They've got a little museum there with artefacts they've found, including centuries old butter. Imagine

  • @angusmacdonald4860
    @angusmacdonald4860 3 года назад

    Congratulations on 30k
    I wish I could buy shares in your sub count, good for you lad!

  • @leovirgo4538
    @leovirgo4538 3 года назад +1

    This is my favorite Scotland History Tours video thus far. The Iron Age is endlessly fascinating to me, and your narration made me feel like I was there. But, what is Out Land, Er?

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  3 года назад

      😁 If you're serious then it's a book and TV series about a woman who touches stones and goes back in time to the Jacobite years

    • @leovirgo4538
      @leovirgo4538 3 года назад +1

      @@ScotlandHistoryTours I was joking. :) But, I'm American, so it's hard to tell if I'm trying to be funny or trying not to be stupid.

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  3 года назад

      No, the reason I included the laughy face was I assumed it was a joke, but couldn't be entirely sure. It's not very well known here in Scotland, so if it was a Scottish person asking it may have been a genuine question.

    • @leovirgo4538
      @leovirgo4538 3 года назад

      @@ScotlandHistoryTours And I got that it is not well known in Scotland, which, frankly, I LOVE. (Primarily because I DON'T love how popular it is here in the US.) I fully accept your premise that the Stones would take her back to the Iron Age and not to "her Jamie."
      Thank you for your replies! I am completely geeking out right now

  • @seanirishterrier6588
    @seanirishterrier6588 3 года назад

    I remember Time Team doing a crannog, wondering if this was the same one. Interesting wee video more of the same please. Slàinte agus tìoradh.

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  3 года назад +1

      No, but this one was rebuilt from info gleaned from an underwater archaeology site further up the loch

  • @DylanTheMattressMan
    @DylanTheMattressMan 3 года назад +1

    Is there a crowder to support the Crannog?

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  3 года назад +1

      www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/scottishcrannogcentre-fire-fund?V3PkXVN

  • @kurtbogle2973
    @kurtbogle2973 3 года назад +3

    When you were talking about setting around in a circle, telling stories. You sounded just like a Indigenous American I know. The Celts and the Indigenous have many things in common. Including stone circles . They call it the wheel of the four directions.
    What the Europeans did to these kind and Holy people is a crime! Things are starting to get better now that the whole world is watching. Regards

  • @kevinreillydenmylne
    @kevinreillydenmylne 4 года назад +1

    on the loch, its midgie free :)

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  4 года назад +1

      Aye, but that takes a bit of explaining for the internationals😜

  • @Masteroogway40
    @Masteroogway40 3 года назад

    I get so much out of your channel. I have a question and request. Can you do a video on the covenanters?
    I have ancestors from Fife, in kilmany.
    They signed the Scottish national covenants of 1638. It seems they fought at Bothwell Bridge and were defeated in 1679 I think.
    They were sent to the covenanter prison and possibly put on board the Crown of London which sunk off the coast of the Orkney Islands I think.
    I think John Knox was very influential in the protestant Scotland.
    Could you do a video on those things?

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/B9Rezt0k54E/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/9VZ6D3gH87s/видео.html

    • @Masteroogway40
      @Masteroogway40 3 года назад

      @@ScotlandHistoryTours
      Thank you so much. I love your videos.

  • @kevinreillydenmylne
    @kevinreillydenmylne 4 года назад +1

    the graves blocking up this passage were dated to about 2400bce. This pattern is seen across britain and Ireland and is believed to have been carried out by the incoming indo european beaker people. (see yamnaya)This change in burial customs, individual cist/cairn burials, ties in with the beginning of the bronze age. It looks like they were trying to block up passage tombs, marking the end of the neolithic collective burial practices. quite right too, these neolithic folk had really strange burial practices, indeed, a bunch of weirdos who would happily dig out grannies scull and bring her home for christmas lunch :(

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  4 года назад

      Aye, there'll be mair o them in Fife. Why the change of direction of opening though?

    • @kevinreillydenmylne
      @kevinreillydenmylne 4 года назад

      @@ScotlandHistoryTours change in fashion by the neolithic people, same reason for the change from wood to stone. a change from lunar to solar alignments. the bronze age burials at the mouth of the passage are later. the DNA is different. bear in mind bruce, its only from about 2017 that we have been able to extract DNA from old remains and test them cheaply enough so it is only now that we have enough bones tested that we can draw any conclusion from the results. It also helps having a wife who is a geneticist :)

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  4 года назад

      Right. I need to get me one of those

    • @ripme6616
      @ripme6616 3 года назад

      Keep in mind this is my belief.. there's surely more than meets the eye hear

  • @uluengamotuliki5469
    @uluengamotuliki5469 Год назад

    Cone Gold God

  • @colinp2238
    @colinp2238 3 года назад

    I love prehistory and was lucky enough in my youth, to be stationed in the army near Stonehenge at a time when it was open (showing my age) before the hippies ruined it for everyone. Not sure about time travel though all those strange diseaese and parasites you can pick up, nothing like our modern ones.

  • @pamelaadam9207
    @pamelaadam9207 3 года назад

    Sadly the Crannog burned down last week

  • @garybobst9107
    @garybobst9107 2 года назад

    Let me guess, it feels like home?

  • @apachecatcat3495
    @apachecatcat3495 3 года назад +1

    Historians and Archeologists look too deep into this stuff. They were just early Pubs

  • @finfogel.382
    @finfogel.382 3 года назад +1

    Sad to see they were destroyed by fire.....it will have been them feckin Vikings again.

  • @neilbrown7379
    @neilbrown7379 Год назад

    Great place but pity is burned down.

  • @uluengamotuliki5469
    @uluengamotuliki5469 11 месяцев назад

    Phixofficial

  • @garyhyndman1105
    @garyhyndman1105 3 года назад

    Sumb'dy built ye a TARDIS then?

  • @AlanMurrayAnAerialObservation
    @AlanMurrayAnAerialObservation 3 года назад +8

    Visited this a couple of times, very interesting indeed. Sad that we have recently lost this site to fire. Hopefully we will see it rebuilt and the staff continuing the interactive archeology.

  • @vincentfummey2022
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