MYTH, LEGEND & REALITY at Arthur's Stone Neolithic Chambered Tomb

[@Impwerk]

I am in North Carolina but I live in Neolithic Britain in my heart much of the time!!!! I can't visit these places, but because of your work I do visit them and I really appreciate your hard work! Thanks so much!!!!

[@jeffebdy]

Hey...I used to live in NC...1985-92 nr Boone... beautiful country... back in England now

[@Impwerk]

Jeff Ebdy Hey! How are things going? Things are weird here.... I believe there is another lockdown coming....I have watched Icke for years-people aren’t laughing at him so much now

[@ThePrehistoryGuys]

Wow! Thank you so much 😊Best wishes from Michael

[@RalphEllis]

Exactly the same design as the chambered tombs in HOLLAND. These cross national links between England and France-Holland are interesting. Ralph

[@jimmyviaductophilelawley5587]

Great work as always Michael! Written you a little poem...hope you like it! Michael and Rupert, The Prehistory Guys, Amateurs but experts in the field Of prehistoric monuments, Their programmes always yield A wealth of information, Banter, humour, speculation, Enthusiasts, not academics, Open minded, no blindfolds of convention to hinder their search, They refuse to worship at the church of tradition.... They're on a mission and they take us along, As the Stoneheads we "dig" them and hope for lots more Top Quality videos likeStanding With Stones Stoneheads on Standby! Best wishes, take care and good luck Lads!

[@ThePrehistoryGuys]

What a star!!! 😮🙏🏼Jimmy - thank you so much. It bowls us over when folk like you remind us of what a connection there is to all you who 'get' what we're trying to do. Permission to read out loud at the next live? Best from Michael 😊

[@jimmyviaductophilelawley5587]

@@ThePrehistoryGuys it would be an honour and my pleasure it's always nice to hear someone else interpret ones words really glad you liked it go ahead and thankyou

[@m.pearce3273]

I'm in a wheelchair since 2002 and I also love you both trapsings across the British, Scottish, Welsh, Manx and Ireland and the Orkneys Islands as well. I really do enjoy these vids more than most.

[@ThePrehistoryGuys]

Thank you. Hopefully we'll be getting out and about more in the coming year! Michael

[@m.pearce3273]

@@ThePrehistoryGuys thank you both I am doing much better and I've healed my considerable illnesses and not with docs or pharmaceuticals. I've started to walk again and building up muscles long atrophied to build up them. My goal is to be able to dig at an archeological site in Central America. In the first movie Standing Stones I traveled with you to all the Neolithic Sites you visited. Have you ever done any Neolithic Sites there. My family hails from thete

[@lanahanbrian0]

This was a fun video. Nice to see you out and about taking us on a tour of the sites.

[@julicaru4812]

The Dorstone site does sound fascinating, any chance you can get someone on to talk about it ? Thanks for taking us to Arthur’s stone , I have zero chance of seeing these sites in my life , I appreciate your time and effort.. Jules

[@couchslouch13]

I would recommend Keith Ray, he was the county Archaeologist for many years (he's appeared on Time Team numerous occasions), author of 'The Archaeology of Herefordshire: An Exploration' (which uses a photo of Arthurs Stone for the cover, highly recommended), he's done talks at the local Dorstone village hall about the recent discoveries found in the area, and also made a video at this site back in 2009! kzbin.info/www/bejne/foTQYmungL9qf8U

[@julicaru4812]

Thank you couchslouch I will certainly give those a looking at , dead interesting stuff hey !

[@ThePrehistoryGuys]

We agree Juli. Julian Thomas was the lead archaeologist and we'd love to get him on for all sorts of reasons. He's one of the most prominent prehistoric archaeologists right now and a 'must have' for one of our interviews! We'll see what we can do. Best from Michael 😊

[@nordoflobsquipple3121]

Very underappreciated video.

[@Kelthatknows]

I'm very close to this site!

[@MarcusAgrippa390]

When you said you were spending the night there I actually thought you meant inside the stones lol. Seems kind of cozy

[@TheTamelyn]

I'm a herefordshire girl, thankyou so much for this extra special piece.

[@ThePrehistoryGuys]

Very kind of you to say so! 😊Best wishes from Michael

[@janebeckman3431]

Always love your videos. So many sites have so much reuse and rework over the millenia. And I love the bit about Arthur's Stone and the inspiration for Aswan's sacrifice. I've always felt like Carrowmore in Ireland was possibly inspiration for Tolkien's barrow downs (at least as it was in the early 20th century). So many millennia taking their toll on these monuments...

[@ThePrehistoryGuys]

Many thanks from Michael! So glad you enjoyed it 😊 It's not all doom and gloom though. It's easy to take for granted that many of our monuments are under care these days. It wasn't always the case and we do care for our stuff considerably better than some other countries. Then again, we still need to be watchful!

[@bongofury3176]

Nice content Michael. Makes me remember how insanely lucky I am to be in the Peaks. So many sacred sites all around me...

[@ThePrehistoryGuys]

Thank you! Hope you get loads of opportunity to get to your sites in the Peaks. Best from Michael 😊

[@eglwysfawr4076]

Fabulous!!!👍🙏💪👌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@couchslouch13]

there is another 8-9ft standing stone nearby called 'Wern Derys' (the tallest in Herefordshire) and one of the country's oldest Yew Trees in Peterchurch is over 3000 years old! lots of history in the Golden Valley!

[@annjones5201]

The scenery brought a tear to my eye! It must have be truly AWE inspiring to be there! Now i feel like i was. Thank You ? Do we know who or when it was uncovered/removed the mound it was buried in?

[@ThePrehistoryGuys]

Many thanks from Michael! So glad you enjoyed it 😊 No we don't know when exactly the mound was destroyed. It could have happened over a very long time - or then again, a concerted effort by a farmer looking for an easy source of stone ...

[@paullee5449]

Spectacular Mr zBott

[@ThePrehistoryGuys]

You are very kind, Mr. Lee 😊

[@charlottemarek3045]

Love this "behind the scenes" look at Arthur's Stone. I'd never heard of it before I saw your previous short video. Regarding "trespassing"...I thought hikers had to be allowed free access across fields, or is that only in Scotland?

[@ThePrehistoryGuys]

Hi Charlotte - Michael here. Glad you enjoyed the film. As for trespassing, I think hat's only in Scotland. Stray off a 'public footpath' in England and you are technically trespassing, though that's between you and the landowner; not necessarily a criminal offence. All best 😊

[@jonkayl9416]

Sreat video - Love your work. Ditch the legand. Always the skip forward bit for me. :)

[@Kelthatknows]

Ive been trying to buy your book but can't seem find it! Could you maybe help me to purchase is there any outlets in uk that stock!

[@ThePrehistoryGuys]

Kelly Sami, hi Rupert here, thanks for asking. It’s currently out of stock in the Uk but is still available from Thames and Hudson New York and Amazon.com

[@Kelthatknows]

@@ThePrehistoryGuys Thank you for your help I've been trying to find this book for about 9mths to no avail! Will check it out now and when I get it maybe at some point I might inquire a couple of signatures from my two favourite prehistory guys! 😚

[@ThePrehistoryGuys]

Kelly Sami it would be an honour:)

[@Kelthatknows]

@@ThePrehistoryGuys 😘😘😘

[@Kelthatknows]

@@ThePrehistoryGuys So went to king Arthur's rock on Thursday got some great pics also went to king Arthur's caves near to Symonds Yat, a very interesting place! Then today I went kings rock and Rollright stones! so all told been a great week! This is why I need to get your book to follow your trail! So I've contacted Thames and Hudson but nothing back yet! Might go Avebury stones tmrw!

[@BelgianDoomer]

Fascinating! Were the burial chambers underground? the field seems kind of flat

[@ThePrehistoryGuys]

Hi there! I give an example in the film (Belas Knap) of how the monument might have looked. The chambers were not below ground level, however the stones you see would have been covered with a substantial man-made mound of stones and earth. Best from Michael 😊

[@greentorm5467]

I've just found your channel; have you any videos visiting North Wales?

[@ThePrehistoryGuys]

Hi there! We haven't recorded any videos recently in North Wales but you'll probably enjoy the section in our movie 'Standing with Stones' beginning here starting at kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6KXqYBuibGKmZI. We visit Ysbty Cynfyn, Moel ty Uchaf, Druids' Circle, Barclodiad y Gowres and Bryn Celli Ddu. We also updated our thoughts on Bryn Celli Ddu in this live broadcast on the 12th May. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oX2ZopysYrB0qqs Please do subscribe to the channel - planning to be on Anglesey again in 2021 and perhaps revisit the Druid's Circle later this year. Best wishes from Michael 😊

[@chriswillsdon992]

Fascinating. It’s a shame Rupert wasn’t with you from his tax exile in France 😉

[@ThePrehistoryGuys]

Haha, I wish! R

[@chriswillsdon992]

The Prehistory Guys well at least you don’t have the spectre of increasing wine prices local stockist for a decent Sancerre added 25% recently just can’t get the stock. First world problems and all that...

[@ThePrehistoryGuys]

Not wishing to get particularly political but Brexit is a total disaster for us. The cheap wine might be one of the few good things about being 'stuck' here when freedom of movement is curtailed. Mind you, the virus is doing a perfectly good job of that all on its own...

[@chriswillsdon992]

The Prehistory Guys yup Politics mmmmm maybe not such a good idea my apologies Still given the spread on dna and migration across time I imagine politics was alive and well back then as it is now with all the same drivers see maslows hierarchy of needs I’ve always had a sneaky suspicion the British isles wasn’t the backwater of the Eurasian continent it’s always portrayed as back then indeed I i think it may have been part of a much bigger connected picture and certainly political ideas of say Europe and Asia which are actually the same landmass won’t have existed Trumpian border walls of the mind and all that.... and politics again haha 😂

[@hardcoreherbivore4730]

Isn't that where Aslan was resurrected, in The Chronicles of Narnia?

[@hardcoreherbivore4730]

Ah yes, it was mentioned in the video.

[@treedude1464]

it's a barn full of a farmer's old rubbish LOL