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I dive deep into the lives of the neolithic farmers who built the the Callanish stone circles complex

This is the footage I took and used for 3 projects, so feel free to enjoy or use in your own videos [with a credit]
I have been frustrated that I often needed a short clip but none were available – the good thing is I did make the trip but if you can’t it save carbon miles. This sister channel of mine features stock copyright footage

This is part geology, part monumental – although Stonehenge is featured the sarsen stone and geology of rocks at Avebury and Stonehenge and the ‘quarry’ are featured in this video.
As a kid visiting Avebury I asked “where do the rocks come from?” because as everyone knows there are no mountains in southern England, and I eventually decided to find out when passions of ancient history and geology coincided.

This video covers Portugal to Brittany to the UK and Ireland, but has to go somewhere and Brittany is a good place to start.
Inspired by the Modern Antiquarian I wanted to apply it to chronology and many sources are not clear on the evolution of monuments – so here’s my attempt.

Let’s take a walk down ‘Avenue Moog’ – a short film and psychedelic stroll down West Kennet Avenue (c.2,200 BC), music performed on a Minimoog Model D.

Beyond the mountain ranges across the ancient borders of Gallaecia, but still in an area within her cultural influence, the two magnificent altar stones of Filiel are two massive twin stones with 3 Bronze Age labyrinths each (one of which is also full of cups) just below a tor of epic physical (and spiritual) proportions.

Their position in the middle of nowhere makes these two appear like flat altars looking towards the mountain of Telenus (one solstice sunrise with another peak in the same mountain range has already been spotted).

The stones were only discovered little more than a decade or so ago. The mountain Telenus was considered the ancient god of the area, and a later Romano-native dedication to it has been found, also suggesting possible connections to ancient god Teutates.

The freezing winter cold and the feeling of being watched by roaming wolves is not too evident in the video. The walk in the winter dark back to the nearest road felt endless.

In this video we explore Ty Newydd – a neolithic monument in Anglesey, Wales.
We’ve found a variety of descriptions and illustrations dating as far back as 1781, including two explanations for the missing stones. The site was once described as a ‘double cromlech’ but at present the monument consists of a 12ft by 5ft capstone partially held up by brick supports which were added after excavations in the 1930s. In this video we’ll cover the known history of Ty Newydd and how its condition has deteriorated over the years.

Two bowl barrows apparently about a quarter mile west of Mount Pleasant. Or south of Sherrington....

In this video we delve into the archaeology and folklore of this important monument..

Don’t mind the locals. Just grab some secateurs. Let’s prune!

In this video, we explore the archaeology of Sweyne’s Howes, as well as the Viking legends associated with the site.

A video in which we explore the history, archaeology and legends of Foel Drygarn.. We happened to catch it on a beautiful snowy day for this video!

A small direct-action of stillness – twelve reflective months filming in a field with my phone.
Writer/Director
Chris Morris

Sometimes, one can’t see the stones for the grass. Or something like that.

A differing tale of two monuments to Bronze Age VIPs...

Another example of Gallaecian / Atlantic rock art neglected, forgotten and left to its own devices in the wild.

Note the couple of crosses added to the prehistoric panel in the Middle Ages or later (engravings made with metal tools are deeper and lighter than the ancient designs) in a clear attempt to Christianise and keep the heathen, demonic, paganistic forces of the countryside under control. After all, the priests arrived from outside and for centuries, never found it easy to reach every hidden corner of the country, safely protected by mountains and peopled by famously gruff and reclusive folks.

“Wade bridge deliuereth you into waste ground, where 9 long and great stones called The sisters stand in a ranke together, and seem to have been so pitched, for continuing the memory of somewhat, whose notice is yet enuied vs by time.”
Richard Carew’s Survey of Cornwall 1605

Film by Matthew Shaw

Took a while to get to this one since the distant view from Gyrn Ddu suggested not much original walling was left. Wrong! Bit windy, though....

In this video we explore the archaeology of Pentre Ifan, as well as delving into the legends associated with the site.

In this video we explore the history and archaeology of this wonderful site

Never heard of it? Neither had I...

Boscawen-ûn; Cornish name derived from bod, “dwelling or farmstead” and scawen, “elder tree”. The suffix –un comes from goon, “downland or unenclosed pasture”.

“Folklore has it that Boscawen-ûn is a circle created by maidens dancing on the Sabbath being turned to stone. Whilst this story is attractive, perhaps more credible is the possibility of Boscawen-ûn being one of the three Gorsedds, or Druid Meeting Places, of Britain. The Welsh Triads which date back to around the 6th Century AD record “Boskawen of Dumnonia” as being one of the “Gorsedds of Poetry of the Island of Britain”. Certainly the circle is still an important spiritual meeting place for local Pagan groups and ritual offerings are still placed here.”
Historic-Cornwall

Film by Matthew Shaw

Legend has it that the menhir stands on the spot where five ancient parish boundaries met. The stone takes its name from a gallows tree which once stood next to it.

Film by Matthew Shaw