Did Post-Roman Welsh Fight Irish Pirates at Garn Boduan?

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[@PeteKellyHistory]

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[@JohnVance]

Dude this is some of the best history content on KZbin

[@PeteKellyHistory]

Thanks for watching. Really appreciate the comment

[@TreforTreforgan]

I agree. This is one good KZbinr.

[@romelnegut2005]

I love this kind of content. It's giving me the chance of seeing and hearing about these sites because I will never be able to visit them.

[@PeteKellyHistory]

Romel Negut thanks for watching. Glad you like it!

[@romelnegut2005]

@@PeteKellyHistory You're welcome.

[@denisedwyer4929]

You have a great way of speaking and a wonderful grasp of History. Thanks for taking us on this journey.!

[@PeteKellyHistory]

Thank you! Very kind. I loved visiting this place and making the video. Any suggestions for future locations?

[@denisedwyer4929]

@@PeteKellyHistory um..maybe Birdoswald Roman Fort, Cumbria or Binchester Roman Fort, County Durham?

[@PeteKellyHistory]

Denise Dwyer I already visited Birdoswald last summer and working on the video! thanks for the other suggestion. I’ll add to the list

[@denisedwyer4929]

@@PeteKellyHistory That's awesome. I just found your podcast I wasn't sure What other sites you have done? but I'm going through your list of podcasts to listen to now.... I am fascinated by the Roman bath houses in my mind's eye I can imagine. The battle strategies that were discussed personal things that might have been discussed, As back in the day that was like the local coffee clutch.!

[@steveoconnor7069]

One can imagine Tolkien drawing inspiration for his stories from scenes like this.

[@hullhistorynerd]

This is a great format, you should definitely do more visits to individual sites and talk about their histories like this. If you're ever in the East Riding give me a shout if you want a cameraman for more flexibility!

[@PeteKellyHistory]

Hull History Nerd Thanks for watching! Really appreciate it. Thanks for for the offer!

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

There are handheld bases that steady the camera too.

[@res_gestae]

Fantastic tour!

[@PeteKellyHistory]

Thanks for watching! Any suggestions on places to visit?

[@res_gestae]

Pete Kelly Parts of Hadrians Wall would be good maybe with Vindolanda also.

[@ladyliberty417]

Of course! It’s awesome for us to see these places!! We need you to climb for some of us- and we’ll play it on our big tv screen thank you so much❣️❣️

[@PeteKellyHistory]

Lady Liberty Glad you like it! Loads more on the way

[@ladyliberty417]

Pete Kelly Thanks Pete! Look forward to it and be safe out there !😊

[@JenniferinIllinois]

I've been watching your History Time channel for a while. This is my first time watch one of your travel videos. Honestly, you could make a trip to the corner shop seem interesting. 😁😁😁 I love your style and OMG, the scenery there is AMAZING!!!!

[@whitewolf-hn2sk]

Love it mate keep up the good work you are a natural history teller!

[@PeteKellyHistory]

Thanks for watching! Appreciate the comment. SO much more on the way! Any places you’d like to see me visit?

[@whitewolf-hn2sk]

@@PeteKellyHistory I have personally been to Greece twice and travelled all around the ancient sites If you love history the Greece is the best place to go out and explore my friend!!!

[@PeteKellyHistory]

I’m off to Greece this year! Can’t wait.

[@johnphillips4708]

Wonderful video, thanks!

[@PeteKellyHistory]

John Phillips thanks for watching! Any suggestions for future videos?

[@TyZaTube]

Love the video, thank you

[@PeteKellyHistory]

Ty-adi-mundi thanks for watching!

[@anasevi9456]

amazing place, excellent tour of a remarkable part of Gwynedd; great to ponder on.

[@johnfisher697]

When I was younger (8/9 years old) we stayed in a farmhouse cottage at Dinas just a couple of miles from the base of Garn Boduan , many times I would look up at the Hill and especially when it rained or was misty and see the dark, brooding majesty of this fort never realising its history. 60 years later after seeing this I have decided to revisit the place again and climb to the top something I never did as a kid. I think visiting all of the Edward I castles of Wales awoke a interest in history still with me today. Thanks Pete.

[@jaddenmp]

I definitely like these kind of videos, do more!

[@saturdaysun5724]

Love these videos, there’s so much to learn about the unwritten history of our own country.

[@tersta1]

Even without the history lesson, the scenery is so beautify to see! I'd love a biology documentary for the region. I'd love to meet the villagers too. I've seen some old documentaries of weavers and traditional food gathering, processing for different European rural communities and I love it! Documenting REAL cultural diversity is such a worthwhile endeavor.

[@trudeyhenley4982]

I loved watching this ... from Canada. Such gorgeous countryside and the history you can see there. Great format, I'm a fan. 👍 My suggestion for a historical site to do a video on would be Carcassonne, France, home of the Cathars.

[@kernelkertz]

WATCH OUT FOR RABBITS 🐇

[@PeteKellyHistory]

Never know when they’re gonna strike

[@PerryTribeMetalBaker]

"Tuna mayo...niiiiice." hahaha that tickled me

[@margo3367]

I don’t think you’re mental; I think you’re fabulous. ☮️❤️

[@paullee5449]

More of this please Peter Brilliant that you've gone to such trouble by visiting the site your telling us about. It really brings it home mate YNWA

[@theblackprince1346]

Great video Pete, love to see more of these in the future.

[@ML69898]

Great content!

[@PeteKellyHistory]

Thank you for watching! Any places you’d like to see me visit?

[@ML69898]

@@PeteKellyHistory I sure enjoy learning about pivotal places I've never heard of such as Garn Bouduan. Keep surprising this American, man!

[@charleswilliams1966]

I can’t believe someone is sharing these adventures as they happen. I love History Time so I had to try this channel too. Thank you for showing me first hand that inspires you to produce the amazing content on History Time. Your work is outstanding. You are a very likable person as well and your enthusiasm is so obvious. Thank you, sincerely, Charles Williams

[@Russpng]

Great - thanks for this Pete - I visit this area occasionally but was not aware of this. It looks great. I will get up that hill.

[@harrietlyall1991]

Very well made video. FABULOUS landscapes, and I like the way you get to see the location on the map. The soundtrack is well constructed too, with judiciously placed music, appropriate and not too intrusive. I like the way it says “Watch out for snakes 🐍 🐍 🐍”. These Welsh landscapes put me in mind of “The Owl Service” by Alan Garner.

[@sheilaghbrosky]

Great presentation and very informative. Thanks to you I now know why there is red dragon on the Welsh flag. Wales is incredibly beautiful .

[@glennredwine289]

Fantastic!! Can't wait toget over there. England and Europe. Hope UK is open soon. Good luck, many thanks from Long Beach, CA, USA.

[@TreforTreforgan]

I went up there yesterday with a couple of mates for the annual tangerine eating festival. It’s getting bigger every year! Yesterday was hands down the best I’ve attended. Can’t wait till next year’s!🍊🍊🍊

[@garybullock9054]

I climbed this with a late good freind of mine Ste Dow in August 1994 We had another late friend Ste Hempy who owned Nant Farm at the bottom of the hill, We recorded some of the climb on video cam corder & I still have it on a DVD disc I nearly came close to death on the way down as we ventured are own way down & I nearly fell off a sheer cliff edge coming through thick brambles they came to a sudden stop & there was a 50ft drop but otherwise great memories of that Summer trips to Bardsey Island & Abersoch, Aberdaron, Pwhelli Whistling Sands with lot of our good friends from Netherley in Liverpool.

[@sheilasweeney939]

I really enjoy both of the channels. I usually have channels on in the background while I do other things but your channels, I am glued to watching them. Very professional, very informative, interesting, and well done.

[@davidjanbaz7728]

As an American with Germanic, Irish, Scottish, English, Italian and Norwegian DNA they all come together in the British Isles and then to colonial America and the Ohio river valley. Love the archaeology and history! Great job!

[@FiveLiver]

Ray Mears meets Tony Robinson. Interesting video - never heard of this place.

[@PeteKellyHistory]

Wow that is high praise indeed. Two of the greats

[@PeteKellyHistory]

It was an epic place. I hadn’t heard of it until a few weeks before I visited. Highly recommend it!

[@krisendicott2306]

As per Pete u delivered!! More fascinating than ur usual high St type of history. Loved this programme 👌 keep up the good work.

[@bmo5082]

Well made content. Keep up the good work!

[@deborahromilly2766]

You live my dream, I've always loved old stuff! Thank you Pete!

[@ryankassulke]

Tuna mayo

[@PeteKellyHistory]

NICE

[@freelancebush]

I’ve just discovered your channel. Awesome work, I love it! Q. Are you a practising Archaeologist as well as a Historian? Great docos mate. You’ve hit the nail right on the head for me with your channel. Big new fan👍

[@coochiecoo68]

Nice one pete :) A great watch , keep it up, :)

[@evangelinegilbero8211]

What a beautiful land scape.....nice view

[@kimburke3189]

I would love to see the highlands of Scotland. Love your videos!

[@bujin1977]

Looks a lot like a slightly smaller version of Tre'r Ceiri, just up the road. I've not yet been there, but might visit it later this year. Seems like a good place to maintain some "social distancing"!

[@rosieevans2095]

a wonderful location, if you explore further into Wales and into the Shropshire Marches there are some amazing sites. Dinas Bran in Llangollen, Mitchell's fold stone circle and a collosal hillfort found on the outskirts of Oswestry to name a few... the last in particular is a huge site, very well preserved and well worth exploring.

[@Frank-mm2yp]

Contemporary archeologists and historians kind of chuckle when places like this were and still are are routinely called a "Medieval/ Iron Age Hill Fort": 1. "Medieval" and "Iron Age" are two distincly different time periods. 2 .Its actually just an old large human settlement (or proto town) on a hill with a fence around it, mostly to keep their animals from swanning about outside at night . But "MEDIEVAL IRON AGE HILL FORT" sounds much sexier and will get more hits and likes on KZbin than "a very old human settlement on a hill with a fence around it". Old line from a Western movie: When the legend becomes fact-print the legend."

[@ragnar010162]

Well done Pete! I'd love to visit Garn Boduan myself, but I live in the States.

[@TheWhore2culture]

Thank you,that was wonderful,,informative & seriously instilled a sense of place🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟💥❤💯👏👏👏Very best to you & yours at this very strange time👋🌟✌

[@shojinryori]

I really enjoyed this, and am waiting for more! I’d love to see Anglesey up close, and maybe something about the Yorkshire Dales? Thanks.

[@PeteKellyHistory]

elflikek Thanks! Great suggestions. I’m planning a trip to Anglesey over the summer for sure, and the Yorkshire Dales would be great too. Stanwick is a Hill fort I’d love to visit which is in that general vicinity I think

[@shojinryori]

Pete Kelly sounds great! Another idea (which I haven’t thought through properly yet) is (and I know you’re a writer yourself) “literature in the historical landscape” - I’m thinking about what defensive remains are/were used to give credence to the Arthurian legends, or Merlin, or any others you can think of. I was influenced in this idea by Mary Stewart’s Merlin series which apparently involved a lot of research into the actual landscape. 😄

[@keirhoward5716]

There’s tre’r ceiri hill fort is so close as well, a 10 minute drive from where you were. I’ve been there loads of times and wondered about other near by ones to go and visit. When lock down is over I’ll have to go...

[@Leif1963]

Pete thank you. My degree is in anthropology, earned long ago in ancient times...and my lineage is partially Welsh thru my maternal grandmother, a Morgan. You have a nice presence and you cut together a good video. Have any surveys or excavations of the fort ever been carried out?

[@ravenmorris4229]

😐Thank you for your videos, they are very interesting and informative. Keep making them, blessings.

[@AnthonysVidoes]

Brilliant.Thanks

[@whiskeytangosierra6]

Have you been to Tap 'O Noth? The day I went was clear - could see the sea from the top. Doubly amazing, a clear day in Scotland...

[@mrmaje1]

Come to Crickley Hill fort in Gloucestershire.....Belas Knap just down the road too.

[@matthewcrowder400]

Mate you should come to the Peak District, plenty of exciting sites in the landscape.

[@simonvanhelsdingen1169]

Dude, (😂)you’re a hoot! I dig your videos!👌🏻

[@dsala2614]

OUT-FUCKN'-STANDING

[@davidcollishaw2771]

lol Archaeology and synthwave, excellent.

[@jen3800]

your show is great. much needed solace instead of the so called News . thank you

[@chipthomas4169]

Have you been to Dinorben hill fort? A comparison of Dinorben and Guan Boduan would be interesting.

[@gsbealer]

The European viper is the only venomous snake in the UK. They are timid and strike in defense. Bites may occur if they are stepped on or are caught.

[@captaled]

nice - especially since i come from Edern! and now live in Chicago.

[@johnfisher697]

As a kid my family used to stay in Edern for about 3/4 summers in the 60s, we stayed in a house owned by a family called Roberts who worked for the forestry commission if memory serves. They stayed in the back of the land in a smaller cottage at the rear, they were lovely people and we would visit each other when we were there. At the bottom of the hill was a pub and if you turned left you came to a butcher who had fresh meat killed daily at a slaughter house near a stream that ran near by, we would watch (my sister and me) the animals being killed and butchered and when this happened the stream ran red with the blood. Turning left after a couple of miles you came to Tudwieliog and a really nice beach near a caravan site. Turning to go up the hill you eventually came to a place called Dinas where again we stayed for a couple of years when I was 8/9 years old. At the evening time we would drive to Morfa Nefyn and walk along the beach to the Ty Coch Inn and along to the bay that had the lifeboat and then along the tops by the golf course back to Morfa Nefyn. I remember my father making kites from bamboo and newspapers pasted with flour and water and we would fly them on the cliff tops. My memories of this time are vivid and happy ones, some of the best in my life. Well I don't know why you left but I hope this finds you, and you are in good health. Cheers.

[@jeanglendinning1860]

Have you thought of visiting castle ring on Cannock chase, there is an iron age fort there, and the site Henry11 hunting lodge

[@skyedog24]

That's adventure+ history

[@paultaylor4951]

You could visit Avebury area of course, how about the capitol of the Belgae, St. Catherine's hill near Winchester ?

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

*I hope* all the people saying, "Come to my neck of the woods," will support his patreon and offer head and board.

[@edwardgreen4684]

Please come and see spetisbury ring, much less known than maiden castle/badbury ring.

[@nigelsheppard625]

The Lleyn Peninsula is called so because it was the men of Leinster that settled the area after the end of the Roman empire. Before this a people called the Gangani lived on the peninsula. They were related to a larger group of Gangani that lived in Ireland. It is possible they were ruled by the same Royal House.

[@madsdahlc]

Hallo from Denmark . Yes indeed an amazing New format of video of video . But then again I followed for you for some years Now . And Pete /Mister Kelly what a bautiful landscape there is in Wales . But again Wales , Scotland Ireland and Cornwall are places where British Celtic culture survied the longest . Even though Cornwall in the was taken over by Wessex sometime after the reign of Alfred the great . In the east the britons assimilated themself with the anglo saxons ... They went from being romano british to became germano British . Addapting anglo saxons culture, language , religion and culture a marrying into anglo Saxon families . Within a century of anglo Saxons arrival . It would not be possible to tell briton and anglo Saxon apart in the area that would became England . While in Wales . Ancient British culture and language survied in form of the welsh Kingdoms until the final conquest of Wales by Edward the first . But in the the anglo saxons won a language level . Because english are spoken in modern England , Scotland , Wales and northen Ireland(the uk) and the repuplic of Ireland . While many Can speak the galic British language . Most ordinary people speak english . And because of later British Empire . English was exported around the world to areas like Canada , the United states , Australia , South Africa , New Zealand etc . And sometime during the 20th century english got dominant position as s language on a global level . Here in Denmark . most Can speak english . As it children recive english lessons from an early age in School today . I started speaking english already before I received lessons in School . But because of my autism (I have Asbergers syndrome) . I learned to read from early age . And so by watching english speaking movies and tv shows with danish subtitles . I started to learn english slowly connecting the danish translated word with original english word . So slowly I began to understand the concept of english . So I already spoke and understood english , when I started have english lessons in school. And today I dont wach movies with danish subtitles and I prefer to read the english language books and comics . Besides the history thing . I am huge superhero fan. So read that in Its original . I prefer to shape my own opinion about things . But what an amazing video . You made here . There is just something about your voice thats perfect for narrating these types of videoes . And thats why I enjoy everything you make . I always lean back and enjoy your videoes and listen to that perfect voice telling me about historical things ...

[@PeteKellyHistory]

madsdahlc thanks for the comment Mads. Loads more videos on the way

[@chubbymoth5810]

Well,.. English is what you get when you have it figured out by a Danish monk how to write it, so you will have had less trouble with it.

[@askmitch]

I gave it a like just because snakes and also great history content!

[@davidtorell9967]

My kinfolk AKA Jenkins clan rest here somewhere!!!!!😍

[@davimattos7081]

Bon voyage, dude!

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

The walls appear to be knocked down, but not pilfered as with other sites near farming settlements. Perhaps a degree of reverence?

[@andrewskipper]

Thank you Pete! These are awesome videos and have given me an understanding of the British Isles. By the way....have you seen the movie "I am Patrick" which was supposed to be in American movie theaters except the Covid-19 virus put a stop to it. Was wondering what you thought about the movie....thanks!

[@chwilhogyn]

I only live 8 miles from Garn Boduan

[@thomaszaccone3960]

How about Skara Brae and Maes Howe in the Orkneys next?

[@paultaylor4951]

Have you been to Hod or Hambledon hills? Worth the trip.

[@donwright3427]

Plenty to see in Wales

[@aparson2967]

I'd like to see you do a walk with Randall Carlson.

[@annesummers09]

Was that area heavily forested in the past?

[@tonytrismegistusroberts5124]

We got one by us in south Wales but nobody seems to notice or care.

[@StephMcAlea]

Could the fort have been occupied by Cadell Ddyrnllwg? He was pushed out of Rhos and Gwynedd by Irish pirates. His grandson was the inspiration behind "Arthur". Vortigern invited mercenaries from Galloway, a warlord and his sons, who usurped power over Gwynedd and Powys once Vortigern died.

[@vardito10]

nice vid man! I could tit for tat about romans but meh you do well in not making claims. I'd love to see you check out Maes Knoll in south Bristol. very very little is known about it but it's the start of Wansdyke. It also interacts with the standing stones at Stanton Prior- you can see both from both sites. I think both could have been built by the same people, be interested to see what you think!

[@vanessakillelea1431]

It would be interesting if you took a look at the work of Alan Wilson and Baram Blackett. The Welsh are descendants of Troy the Khumri and the Colbren alphabet and language are the remnants of this history.

[@Baddie_xP]

Wish I could've been there with you.

[@mariazacharatouu7987]

I hope to come someday and in Greece and if you choose it make your trip this summer or the next one when the Holy Ancient City of Eleusis near Athens will be Cultural Capital of Europe.

[@sarissophori]

This land has been inhabited since the Neolithic and iron ages, there are Roman remains here, Briton remains there...now I'm going to eat a sam'wich; I ate it, and it was nice...

[@PeteKellyHistory]

Video summed up in a nutshell!

[@carrdoug99]

Looking At the surrounding terrain it's no surprise there isn't any evidence of Roman occupation. It looks like this sight would have been used primarily as an early warning outpost. Great views, but no long term sustainability. Love your content.👍

[@TreforTreforgan]

I don’t think the Romans managed much headway into much of North Wales, despite having settlements along the coast. The Ordovices tribe, who occupied modern day Gwynedd; including the Llŷn, were never taken into the influence of the Roman Empire.

[@mikem5454]

Very cool video but what people really want to know is what was on the sandwich. :D

[@Arthagnou]

Dinas Emrys in Snowdonia

[@Jean-yn6ef]

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[@barrydysert2974]

My ancestral homelands! The Emerald Archipelago! 💜🇺🇸💜💜💜!:-)💜💜💜

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

ADVISEMENT MY SON: Hope you have emergency items with you, like water, bandages, high calorie snacks and things to support a splint if you sprain an ankle or wrist and oh a radio, a satellite based GPS locator, b/c not every place is connected. If not, in future then? . . . because no one can see you after sundown.

[@jamiebizness1]

One could say farming and agriculture created civilization. But realistically people have been scorching earth and moving to greener pastures. That seems to me.th3 key to civilization spreading . Not innovation and knowledge but as a reaction to depletion of key resources and fu to get resources like some sort of disturbing perpetual motion of destruction. And here we are . No.where left to run

[@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164]

Irish Pirates? You mean Vikings that settled in Ireland basing their operation out of the city they created, Dublin.

[@PeteKellyHistory]

No. Hundreds of years before Vikings. I mean Irish pirates.

[@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164]

@@PeteKellyHistory How much piracy could be done in Currachs and Coracles? I think it's tale that's been exaggerated a bit over time.

[@PeteKellyHistory]

Plenty. Boats get people from A to B.

[@damisummers160]

The dramatic tone of voice is really off putting. Snakes in England?? What adders? I live in Australia now and you're lucky to see a snake but they are proper dangerous. Never saw an adder and i lived in the countryside for 20 years.

[@brianwillerton8659]

Apparently, you weren't a Boy Scout, listen up, one must carry a hiking stave for these outings...the thought of common sense comes to mind. A possibles hiking pack would set our mind at ease with you.

[@brianwillerton8659]

Maybe a story on Baden Powell would be nice, you might learn something!

[@lukedavies2097]

Britons pete, not kelts. look at the work of alan wilson and you will learn so much overnight.