ABANDONED Scottish 500 BC History - Hidden Under WILD Lands

In this adventure we explore and document the ancient abandoned history of an Iron Age Souterrain hidden buried and forgotten under the wild lands of Pitcur Scotland.

[@juliusschutte786]

This should be a protected heritage site, properly maintained and preserved.

[@johnallright6847]

As an old English builder who has worked with stone there is a lot of work in that complex and a lot of hard graft, I disagree with the video maker in he said the only means of light would be fire inside these underground houses but most ancient tribes and people knew about candles and beeswax and resins that burnt from certain trees ???? Cracking video and well done.

[@had2galsinthebooth]

Yep. Beeswax burns clean so might be a good choice for a minimally vented tunnel if that was the case. I suppose whatever they used had to be available locally and in sufficient amounts,well,unless they could trade for it also.

[@user-xe4zw9lr2d]

Worked on a farm not far from the little village of East Haven when ploughing would pull up huge flat stone slabs that covered a long underground passage which was heading inland from the Elliot golf course.

[@redcruben]

Did you report it to the local museum?

[@user-xe4zw9lr2d]

Yes I reported a few years later after retiring from this farm with a detailed map of its location to Historic Scotland.

[@user-xe4zw9lr2d]

@@leprechaun7667 Hello Irish person the farmer kept this find a secret as he did not want to lose that part of his field that's why i had to wait.

[@LITHx8]

Oooo how captivating.

[@user-xe4zw9lr2d]

@@LITHx8 I take your reply as sarcasm.?

[@nollem41]

you sir are a fine man somdeeply involved in the ancient history of Scotland!

[@user-je5bb3nd2q]

He is awesome🎉❤😂

[@Voan200]

Incredibly fascinating. Thank you for sharing!

[@lizmacleod8903]

This would support the theory that the ancient Picts lived partly underground 😮

[@mountaingirlzstuff4314]

Oh wow I'm so glad I found this channel

[@ZeroZero-fv2bb]

I LOVE CHANNELS LIKE THIS BECAUSE I LOVE HISTORY. ENDLESS AMOUNT OF LEARNING. BUT THIS CHANNEL HAS A MORE INTIMATE LOCAL FEEL LIKE A VILLAGE PERSON GUIDED A TOUR.MAKES IT EVEN MORE SPECIAL

[@user-ox9lo2nj9q]

It's amazing that archeological diggers aren't all over that place😢

[@Lou.B]

Fascinating site! It gives a sense of the beginnings of the importance of Scotland's "loupin stanes"! Thank You for the great film!

[@Charleygirl]

I love watching history from Scotland because most of my family came here to America from Scotland in 1800s

[@wiseguysoutdoors2954]

My family came here after surviving Culloden in the 1700's

[@leprechaun7667]

Its warmer under ground!

[@VocalChainsStudio]

We can’t understand our ancestors because we rarely face starvation. What amazing things they accomplished to find, store, and protect food.

[@skichy4793]

Great video lads. I would love to see a drone shot above these wonderful ancient buildings looking down so we could get a better look at the whole layout & true size of the complex. Thanks again lads. Great video.

[@joelstinson-carr6228]

Greetings from New Zealand! Loving the content, absolute legend for getting out there and showing us this ancient history! Hope to visit your beautiful country and do a little exploring myself ❤️

[@user-mv4bm6qz4c]

Hello everyone from across the miles from here in the states.Ohio

[@user-wx3pt7fr1s]

I just watched this on my tv. My thoughts are they were built to be hidden and with that many escape routes to hide their families from invading tribes or the other is it was used as military barracks to stop attacks before coming to their villages or people. This was fascinating and much employed this video. Thank you for sharing this historical find.

[@MaryAustinup]

Archeologists need to investigate that site. Maybe they could unearth housewares or weapons, etcetera.

[@yvonnelewis4888]

Incredibly clever space for protecting all of them. Wondering if the small openings were perhaps multifunctional; escape, air vents, hidden windows to the outside…The first underground apartment complex’s thousands of years ago. Amazing place. I wonder how long it took them to build it?

[@bramble-nicky]

So glad I found your channel. Scotland is a stunning landscape. Glad tidings from Yorkshire.

[@jaywalker3087]

I leaned something today. Thankyou....

[@aliciarobertson4979]

Thanks for your uploads. 💜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@hathorearthfyre]

What an amazing place that is...I'm impressed by the massive stones that the people moved to create an underground sanctuary like this. Not being an above-ground structure that could be seen from a distance must have made it much safer from raiders, warmer and protected in bad weather. It's beautiful. Subscribed!

[@robertafierro5592]

Thank You for making my viewing time worthwhile!

[@BKR]

Thanks

[@justa.american8303]

Have you thought about excavating one of the smaller partially collapsed side rooms? It would be interesting to see if there were any artifacts.

[@brahpmeahh553]

The Knap of Howar in Scotland is estimated at 3700bc and very similar in construction so these could be around the same time or older as the stonework at your site looks much more archaic of a less developed time.

[@stevenirvine8608]

It may have been something like Skara Brae, a whole village living underground, very interesting.

[@cenedraleaheldra5275]

The ground has probably raised up with dust and dirt falling in and around. I wonder how tall the people were then.

[@romarin888]

THANK YOU 💕it’s very interesting and beautiful too see.

[@carrieboultby7516]

Oh, wow, that's a stunning find! We will be up in Scotland in June... I wonder if it was 'deeper' or the floor lower down, if you like. The current floor might all just be dirt/soil that's been blown in over the centuries. I feel that the stones you see around 21.38 might actually be the top of a wall....

[@user-zc9ce6dd2v]

Wow. I’m SO happy to have found this video!!

[@PetroicaRodinogaster264]

There had to be a fair amount of people to help lift the stones.

[@John_Falcon]

These days you can read a scroll without unsealing it. with ground penetrating radar, you could see the labyrinth without going in.

[@eckoart.erin.jerome]

The landscape looks a lot like areas in Pennsylvania, USA. I have a LOT of Scottish Ancestry so I love stuff like this. Thank you for going where I have not been able to, and sharing it with us!

[@emmetsweeney9236]

It might look like Pennsylvania, but the climate is very different. Very little sunshine in Scotland, summer or winter.

[@greekceltic]

Thank you for recording this! I love ancient history and it's a lot of fun to pull up sites like this to doodle or as inspiration fodder. When I look for reference I often only get a few still shots and it's so helpful to have a moving tour.

[@leighnisbett9691]

These types of houses usually had an entire family including individual residencies for each family unit within the family keeping them all together ,this is why the Scottish people have Clans .

[@beverlybalius9303]

History books say they lived underground for safety and warm in winter and cool in summer…

[@user-os7kv5uq7f]

I'm happy to see that this blessed area has not been tampered with . More videos please 😊

[@jaytay8637]

Totally amazing ! Thankyou.

[@rebeccabelltyler9303]

I had no idea, never seen anything like this until I watched this video. Thank You! ❤ From America

[@user-zc9ce6dd2v]

I’m from the states & I lived outside of London for 2 years. We never got over all the very old historic sites. They were everywhere! These tunnels are amazing! I wonder why they were underground….. was this terrain treeless like it is now? The houses would be warmer in the winter & cooler in the summer without trees.

[@KID734]

In the Scottish landscape, we are always subject to cold winds, from any direction. Building a semi-sunken structure, with various types of roofing, was very natural. It is also, very wise, on an island, not to give away, the location your dwellings, as that is where your family are focused. Hence Skara Brae, 3,200 BC, which blended in with the sand-dunes and non-farming, terrain.

[@ruthmusser4449]

I think something made them go underground. Thx !

[@49mrbassman]

There's a whole underground village on Bodmin moor in Cornwall which had similar structures leading away from it. And on some of the highland islands they've found underground villages.. I'd love to see what ground penetrating radar would show up.

[@oooloo99]

I often thought that mankind in cold or rough climates would of had to go underground for protection. I wish they would of done that in USA's tornado alley. Oklahoma and KS

[@crownofhair]

Listening to you speak helped me realize the way Nova Scotian Canadians say "about" is from Scottish roots! Duh haha 😄 how cool

[@ruffelhouse561]

Nova Scotia... New Scotland ha ha

[@EbbandFlow1234]

Thank you, B & Dj ❤

[@brendamccormick8800]

Could Lydar? show how all the underground trails would go? So interesting.

[@sunspiral79]

I would imagine in its time you wouldve been able to walk up straight in those tunnels. Im so curious why they constructed them circular. Amazing

[@jeffreyfitzgerald1779]

Wonderful site. Thank you.

[@gregboyden564]

probably defensive pits. so old, it is incredible

[@lizmacleod8903]

Thanks for this, fascinating. I live quite near this site. Love archeology ❤

[@renateweber5167]

Amazing history. Thank you! Greetings from The Netherlands :)

[@alicewatt416]

How amazing and they're ingeniously built,just stones stacked on top of each other but with precision.

[@user-os7kv5uq7f]

Wow, while watching your video I have a grin from ear to ear 😊

[@rebeccamartin2399]

Just absolutely amazing. Greetings from US.

[@aforetime9]

🧚‍♀️ 🧚‍♂️ Memories flooded my soul like magic in the air

[@KID734]

Another point though, about the curved nature of the walls. The ‘Picts’, were some of the best fort builders on a smaller scale, and obviously learned much from their ancestral treks through Europe. (My ancient DNA, can be found in Sweden, from 1,000 BC). We found out, in WW1, that curved, or angled trenches, were easier to defend, given the line of sight, of a rifleman. But in those far off days of Pictish history, where we were always a source of curiosity to any seafarers, sailling up the Atlantic Fascade, we used spears, arrows and axes, so a curved tunnel , 'made to measure', for a wee man or woman, was a doddle, to defend, relatively speaking.

[@xterminator8514]

I think everything needed to have multiple purposes. I’m sure the underground areas were for storage as well as a place for protection from the weather also when the English came to kill them in their beds…

[@redcruben]

As you where coming out there was a flat stone on your right covered in holes or cups in regular rows, rock art is worth noting as it is rare to find undocumented examples. Could indicate ritual use

[@gregdavis48]

Great find very interesting. Something as well built as that could have been a burial place

[@lynnmurphy9823]

Amazing guys. Love your take on this. Agree with your understanding of the way this worked for the people who lived in it.

[@donnadees1971]

My ancestors came from Scotland.

[@DOCWHOK9]

Defintely linked to the nearby Castle, its just a couple of hundred metres away.

[@BKR]

No it's unrelated history from a completely different time

[@DOCWHOK9]

@@BKR nah come on, every castle has a hidden escape route.

[@donnasmyth45]

​@@BKRlook up ley lines..A lot of these places/structures and subsequent, later buildings were intentionally built in a specific place. The castle could be related.

[@sueq6]

This is fantastic, I can`t believe they are not being properly investigated and protected

[@elizabethc1039]

Incredible ❤

[@timmatheny-lo9ze]

These are so old. Our structures are thrown together cost a fortune and won’t last.

[@zworm2]

Enjoyed this thanks!

[@Exploringinuk]

Amazing

[@doeharris5363]

This is so fascinating the narrator is so knowledgeable and interesting. I can't wait for the next video. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@leahgratiot7663]

❤ Amazing!

[@spookytalesofruralengland1728]

This site would be ideal for drone photography. Maybe landowner would give permission. Love your videos.

[@user-je5bb3nd2q]

Yes but it wouldn't be like walking with him. I love his story's and love for all the history❤

[@vadusnisky31]

It's much the same in Wales, much of it not recently recorded properly, LiDAR is revealing things that aren't even documented, once you know what you're looking at a whole world is revealed... I live in a large 15c house for which there's no official record despite the fact that it's been continuously lived in

[@KID734]

Weil done guys! Resurrecting our deliberately forgotten history. Just to say, that, as in Ireland, the natural vegetation which created their peat, builds up around a metre per millennium. If this had been a boggy site, then you could therefore expect 2.5 metres of vegetation, but even if it is free-draining soils, we would still have a substantial covering of grass etc, in 2.5 millennia. So, perhaps they aren’t as ‘buried’, as they initially, seem?

[@kariannecrysler640]

Such an extraordinary place! I want one lol😊

[@BKR]

It was so interesting to explore, such a fun adventure 😇🏞️🌄🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@patrickpope4655]

Are there any other known iron age sites in the area?

[@andquin1476]

would the walls of the structure have been a solid concrete that has broken down over time and broke into the stones that now resemble a dry stone wall ? i would guess that is the top of a mega structure and goes down very deep below the ground , very interesting structure for sure ! is it on google earth to view from above ?

[@penelopelanef7326]

‘you can what i mean’ ❤ I miss Scotland enjoyed this thanks for showing 🇦🇺

[@emucat1]

snake-carving suggests possible other previous use - unless it was a totem against mice/rats 🙂

[@erikburkart7320]

Man this is a great spot ...i think that's incredible old!? It is absolutly imazing

[@emmaearnshaw3282]

Makes me think of the old Mauri form of defence that used extensive tunnel systems.

[@rayg4360]

Where did the stones come from ? Has the floor been excavated ?

[@evedarth1]

I love the sound of your voice.... you have an awesome scottish brogue. I think I watched the whole video for the sound of your voice more than the history you were unearthing literally haha

[@sammiross2817]

Love this

[@user-xe4zw9lr2d]

Most interesting.

[@jaywalker3087]

Where is this place please. I'm 65 and a Lifelong Pagan and Wild Camper. Stonehenge Is My Cathedral. I really want to visit this place.

[@BKR]

Pitcur near Cupar Angus in Scotland

[@valeriebrown6079]

There are two excavated souterrains in the same area. One is at Carlungie and another at Ardestie.

[@emilymln]

no not abandoned as such, forcebly removed is more like.

[@fullarmorpreparedness5606]

Looks like a bunker.

[@v.britton4445]

Looks ready for some rehabbing !!

[@julierawlins5984]

Amazing. I wonder what is under the earth that you were looking at early in the video

[@user-je5bb3nd2q]

This one is sooo amazing🎉❤ 500BC WOW🎉 thanks for another amazing tour of this ancient find❤❤👍😁 so cool❤🎉

[@BKR]

Hey thanks 😊 I always appreciate your comments, it was a fun adventure with so much interesting ancient history to explore 🏞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌄😇

[@ZeroZero-fv2bb]

Also the tunnels could be shelter from the snow not just for (food) storage and hiding.

[@leighnisbett9691]

Iron age houses were built underground for warmth with a small hole above the hearth to let out smoke and the doors were made small to stop heat escaping and attackers from entering the home they would also have a place nearby where they could bury their dead either just outside the front door or in a separate area attached to the house .

[@lizzymoore54]

Laberinth entrance, perhaps? 🤔☺️👏

[@ellietobe]

Have archeologists studied that site? Those stones are huge! They must have been very strong people. It is odd how it goes in a circular pattern.

[@garethrossbuddell9436]

Could have been a massive stone tower with two walls

[@paulleftwick7782]

some tunnels seen by shapes of tree branch leaning because the roots off tree looking for water also a ball placed on a drum and hammer the ground the ball rolls towards tunnels or holes

[@user-xe4zw9lr2d]

Do you think there are any more Souterrains that are undiscovered.?

[@BKR]

Yes I believe there could be many

[@SacredDreamer]

Incrediable. Honestly, it would be a dwelling area for sure. Youd think theyd preserve this Ancient Site. .. I had this dream once , about living underground ,, i was a child and i climbed the ladder and opened the trap door above the surface ,, just a little - because massive viking men were running straight towards our hiding place .. 😱,, I closed the hatch , but i was very afraid that the snow had moved off the door and the vikings would notice ..

[@bernadettecrawford3656]

So interesting maybe the ground has piled up with dirt in the tunnels they should get archeologists there

[@rhondatrout1360]

You should go back there with a metal detector.

[@traceygraham9058]

Probably built like that to keep the wind out with the cosy bit in the middle