Cheers Mick, this is over 2 hours of content condensed down to 7min. The Beaghmore stone circles is an outstanding area. There’s so much more around the area that’s still underground. Co Tyrone and the Sperrins is full of ancient cairns, standing stones and so much more. Delighted to hear you enjoyed the video and the content.
Great little trip Mike with so much packed into it. I've never seen an ancient stone circle site like that before - these people were enthused by the cosmos for sure. An awesome settlement too. I wouldn't keep bears etc in captivity myself but the height comparison was far out. Good going mate. All the best. Mark
@@WyeExplorer the circles, cairns and lines all appear to be connected with the cosmos for certain. It’s a really interesting place. The bears are siblings rescued from really poor conditions. So, whilst I agree 100% with you they have a much better life now.
Just subscribed there while watching your video. Real nice video and commentary very very good. I was looking up the stone circles yesterday on google maps. I actually live only a few miles from them. Around the area Sperrin Outdoors did a few videos on standing stone local to me. Worth a watch too. There is so much history around us folk don’t know about and I’m sure past it unknown on your travels.
Cheers Marcus for the sub and commenting, it's much appreciated. I think the Sperrins is a fantastic area, an area that many don't give any consideration to. I've hiked and explored around the Sperrins quite a bit over the past few years and I've never been disappointed. The whole place has so much history in such a concentrated area. Beaghmore standing stones and the Ogham stone are both incredible and they hardly get any visitors which is a shame but also a blessing as the areas are preserved. We spent the whole day driving around looking at different standing stones, cairns and wedge tombs, it was great. I could very easily go back and dedicate a whole video just to Beaghmore.
@@WalkTalkBrew let’s us know if ur comming around again and we can give u a few pointers for some short to medium hikes. Also some local points of history interest.
@@WalkTalkBrew on the edge of Dungivin Glenshane side there’s a lay by and from the you can see a number of old ring first. With in 4km of that spot there are 7 in total. The walk up to banagher dam it’s surrounded buy the oldest ok wood in Ireland great walk. Along the road to plumb bridge there is stone alignments and burial tombs. Very senic route and loads close to mt Sawel the tallest mountain in the sperrins. I honestly think there’s a lot more to be discovered here
@@marcusd2380 Yeah, Banagher dam is great. The old forest is spectacular. I'd rather have woodland like that than the rubbish we have with the manufactured pine woods. Thanks for the info on the old rings and Plumbridge. Will have to get a visit out to those soon.
Ogham predates the Irish language - we have no way of knowing what language or languages pre-Celtic populations spoke, but it may be that traces remain up to the present in place name sounds - that is why many of them make no sense in Gaelic Irish, as their actual meanings date from much earlier times.
@@streetlegal008 that’s awesome and so fascinating. Thanks for sharing that. My birth language is Welsh and I’ve found so many similarities across different languages. The shared ancestry of our elders is fascinating from the stone formations, to sun and lunar observations all the way to language and culture. I think sometimes we forget what connects us all and focus on what divides us instead.
@@WalkTalkBrew I should say that there are a lot of different views about what ogham is - how old it is - and what language form it represents. So although it seems to me that it may pre-date the Gaelic language, that is really just a suggestion on my part. There are still many mysteries about Ireland. But thanks for your very nice coverage of the ancient monuments.
Loved this Mike, right up my street this type of content 👏 👌 👍
Cheers Mick, this is over 2 hours of content condensed down to 7min. The Beaghmore stone circles is an outstanding area. There’s so much more around the area that’s still underground. Co Tyrone and the Sperrins is full of ancient cairns, standing stones and so much more.
Delighted to hear you enjoyed the video and the content.
I must admit, I felt like I was watching a Natgeo documentary. Thanks for sharing and greetings.
Thanks so much for the comment, It's greatly appreciated. 🙂
Nice one Mike, out n about and happy and healthy 😉
It was a great couple of days exploring the ancient past.
Excellent info and filming/ editing!
Thank you very much.
Great little trip Mike with so much packed into it. I've never seen an ancient stone circle site like that before - these people were enthused by the cosmos for sure. An awesome settlement too. I wouldn't keep bears etc in captivity myself but the height comparison was far out. Good going mate. All the best. Mark
@@WyeExplorer the circles, cairns and lines all appear to be connected with the cosmos for certain. It’s a really interesting place. The bears are siblings rescued from really poor conditions. So, whilst I agree 100% with you they have a much better life now.
@@WalkTalkBrew Our ancestors were attuned to the natural cycles without doubt Mike. That's good to hear about the bears. I'll go with that.
Just subscribed there while watching your video. Real nice video and commentary very very good. I was looking up the stone circles yesterday on google maps. I actually live only a few miles from them. Around the area Sperrin Outdoors did a few videos on standing stone local to me. Worth a watch too. There is so much history around us folk don’t know about and I’m sure past it unknown on your travels.
Cheers Marcus for the sub and commenting, it's much appreciated. I think the Sperrins is a fantastic area, an area that many don't give any consideration to. I've hiked and explored around the Sperrins quite a bit over the past few years and I've never been disappointed. The whole place has so much history in such a concentrated area. Beaghmore standing stones and the Ogham stone are both incredible and they hardly get any visitors which is a shame but also a blessing as the areas are preserved.
We spent the whole day driving around looking at different standing stones, cairns and wedge tombs, it was great.
I could very easily go back and dedicate a whole video just to Beaghmore.
@@WalkTalkBrew let’s us know if ur comming around again and we can give u a few pointers for some short to medium hikes. Also some local points of history interest.
What's your favourite standing stone or ancient place in the Sperrins that you'd recommend a visit to?
@@WalkTalkBrew on the edge of Dungivin Glenshane side there’s a lay by and from the you can see a number of old ring first. With in 4km of that spot there are 7 in total. The walk up to banagher dam it’s surrounded buy the oldest ok wood in Ireland great walk. Along the road to plumb bridge there is stone alignments and burial tombs. Very senic route and loads close to mt Sawel the tallest mountain in the sperrins. I honestly think there’s a lot more to be discovered here
@@marcusd2380 Yeah, Banagher dam is great. The old forest is spectacular. I'd rather have woodland like that than the rubbish we have with the manufactured pine woods.
Thanks for the info on the old rings and Plumbridge. Will have to get a visit out to those soon.
Alex Jones!
Ogham predates the Irish language - we have no way of knowing what language or languages pre-Celtic populations spoke, but it may be that traces remain up to the present in place name sounds - that is why many of them make no sense in Gaelic Irish, as their actual meanings date from much earlier times.
@@streetlegal008 that’s awesome and so fascinating. Thanks for sharing that. My birth language is Welsh and I’ve found so many similarities across different languages. The shared ancestry of our elders is fascinating from the stone formations, to sun and lunar observations all the way to language and culture. I think sometimes we forget what connects us all and focus on what divides us instead.
@@WalkTalkBrew I should say that there are a lot of different views about what ogham is - how old it is - and what language form it represents. So although it seems to me that it may pre-date the Gaelic language, that is really just a suggestion on my part. There are still many mysteries about Ireland. But thanks for your very nice coverage of the ancient monuments.
They made them in circĺes so people can't build a corner shop on them