Trethevy Quoit, Cornwall | The Giant's House | Supersized Dolmen with Hole | Megalithomania

Trethevy Quoit (pronounced Tre-thee-vee Qw-oy-t) is a huge dolmen in Cornwall and is thought, in legend, to be the home of a giant. It is a 'portal dolmen' that is made up of five standing stones holding up a massive capstone at the top weighing over 20 tons. It is located in St Cleer, close to Bodmin Moor and the Hurlets Stone Circles. The hole carved in the capstone is a mystery. Was it used for astronomical observations, or was it a 'soul hole' where the soul of the dead would travel through to reach the stars? Its overall appearance has changed little since 1598 when it was described as being "a little howse raysed of mightie stones, standing on a little hill within a fielde." However, at some point the giant capstone slid off and is still there today. Includes exclusive aerial footage.
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[@johnnicholas1488]

I've had a feeling since a small child that stone is conscious or alive. Seventy years later I still have that sensation. Perhaps there is a reason the ancients built with stone when wood or mud brick would have been so much easier.

[@johnnicholas1488]

@Hew Jarsol Hell if I know.

[@bethbabson913]

If guy cared he would have passed the knowledge. Actually, I've seen video where an engineer or someone figured Coral Castle method out with what was left and photos was quite convincing he had perhaps duplicated it.

[@Teaceezy]

I think its thought to be possible by manipulating the frequency emited by the stone to alter is state and weight. But how thats physically done im not sure. I've heard a story of a man that once claimed to have witnessed a large multiple ton stone bieng levitated by the harmonic single tone chant of an aboriginal culture and carefully fixed it in place meters off the ground like it was weightless. Just an old story but interesting. The man that built coral castle was supposedly witnessed constructing the site by children who said he used small tools like looked like ice cream cones to move the stones. There many findings of small cone shaped stone tools found at alot of ancint sites across egypt which I think is fascinating 🤔

[@permafrost7781]

Amazing. Thanks for showing us. Kind of looks like Orion on interior rock.

[@TheWoodDoodler]

I once visited Stone Henge for the first time and I felt an energy! I asked those that were with me if they felt the same but they denied it! On reflection I thought that the visitors walking around the monument might have been causing some kind of electro magnetic energy! I've been since and experienced the same feeling.

[@cargumdeu]

You fair scampered out at the end there Hugh. Was there a bull in that field?

[@adriancarter825]

Thanks Hugh another great instalment, I agree granite it would be 50 or 60 ton , think we’re looking at the work of giants again .

[@Carolevw]

I'm trying to work out why you were running Hugh! (Didn't think you could move that fast, haha...) Yes, that is one really good dolman.

[@mariansmith7694]

That perfectly rectangular stone in front... is amazing. Whole thing is AMAZING. Thanks Hugh.

[@nancyvolker3342]

run it through an old star map program pre flood and then 10,000 years ago after the axis changed

[@athenathepooppooppoop8593]

Love seeing this content on KZbin keep it up! 💯

[@smileawhile3788]

It looks like there are remnants of carvings on a few of the stones but have eroded away. If so, those stones were put there a VERY LONG time ago. Great video! Thanks for sharing

[@Billthebaker420]

Pretty cool,thanks for sharing! 👍

[@toddrouch7526]

That's very cool, and so gigantic 🙂

[@gelgamech303]

The hole is for a vent pipe for cooking or heat. Standard HVAC application

[@cpt.oblivion]

That Capstone used to be horizontal and the Giants would use it as a giant carving table and the blood would run down that hole into a bucket. Then underneath the table you could store live animals for when you are ready to carve them up.

[@HughEvans711]

Fascinating dolmen, thank you.

[@deanbr6ndo70]

I'm sure the info board says the capstone is about 11 tonnes.visited this site August 2019.as soon as you walk through the stiles,it hits you.it's massive.

[@JefferyCarr-fk9wb]

My theory: The hole is to hold the knife that was used by the big person who built the cleaning table, skinning, butchering and probably some sacrifices. Butchers block/Alter for sacrifices. The stones are not in there rightful place. They were moved around a bit during a massive flood. Just my theory.

[@cpt.oblivion]

Hugh, you sure have some getaway sticks on you! Now I want to race you some day....

[@ZeroControl]

Those dolmens connect to the beginning of it all.

[@davidchurch3472]

Hugh - have you wondered why the capstones on ALL these monuments appear to be at a slope? Has anyone measured the slopes, and what they are orientated to?

[@JohnDelong-qm9iv]

The hole symbolizes the holes in the drogue stones ( sea anchors) used on the ark to stabilize the boat on stormy seas.

[@gina50gina]

Am I the only one who thinks that they should lift that fallen stone? I know.. it's too darn heavy, but still.

[@KhangarooCourt]

i feel like these are things that are manmade not through time but for an attraction or decoration.

[@JohnDelong-qm9iv]

The pointy support stones symbolize the mountains of Ararat wich were pyre amids ( volcanoes)

[@Gatorraider]

Quite compelling

[@johncunningham6113]

cow, and sheep rubbings; what are all the stones set around at the base of the dolman used for, and has anyone scanned the ground around it?

[@timothyhawkins3627]

I would suggest that the hole once held a flagpole with a banner.

[@jednmorf]

50 or 60 tons,really if you know what it's made of you can measure it's cubic capacity then you will know exactly,5 ton max.most of these were rebuilt by antiquarians back in the day,like the one near hardys monument and even West kennet,fact is we have no idea. Just a few hundred years ago we went round rebuilding everything how we believed it should be,same at karnac lot of rebuilding relatively recent.stonehenge classic example.they did this Hugh for a reason,you think hillfort /burys were always covered in trees.take ley lines,surveying skills maybe not majic powerlines, man creates the lines with his skill,knowledge of something.a connection to earth a connection.we have almost lost that connection.time it was revealed mate you keep showing it.peace

[@aussieyobbosworld]

its really a giants dinner table champ

[@full-fish]

The hole could have just had a tube that collected water in like our own roof drains of today but to be solely for collecting rain water

[@peduzie]

My theory about Soul Holes is that they are just a way of putting your ancestors bone through once you finished with them. It would be much easier than opening it up every time somebody in the community dies.

[@nogunk147]

structures like this make me believe that myths like the Nephilim giants could have some shred of truth that they existed. how would our ancestors be able to create something like this. moving 2 ton slabs of stone and piling them on each other like building blocks. fascinating stuff.

[@kimconklin9858]

AWSOME...

[@chevymon1]

Is there a specific, local, quarry these stones can be analyzed to have been brought out of, in regards to how far they could have been moved ?

[@deanbr6ndo70]

not as far as I know.there could be something on the info board nearby but I can't remember what most of it says.

[@anything6398]

Thanks Guys 👍👊👍

[@cpt.oblivion]

I spied a Megalithic Maiden Muse!

[@falconquest2068]

When he said, "very impressive indeed", I thought, yes, and so are those stones!

[@willyablowme2274]

very strange, but the reality is we will never know what they are, who made them, what purpose they served or when they were made..and dolmen? who dreamt up that word

[@user-yr5nv2gv7m]

but arent these aligned to some star like malta ones to sirius? this maybe deneb or cassiopeia

[@bethbabson913]

With the rocks underneath base is it a burial dolmen?

[@Planet_Neptune]

Why'd he run?

[@bethbabson913]

If inner stone that straight were the others cut then worn more?

[@pirateroberts1472]

The hole is for the chimney pipe when they were cold in the winter.

[@cantsay8894]

How in the world did they attach a date to this thing?

[@robertfyfe6185]

Other animals could have made these things! People only think people could have made them !

[@Isabelbeau]

You got a post code for that ? Please

[@housecut]

Could the hole in the capstone have been used to move the stone into place?

[@greedwilleatitself8749]

I want a dolmen in my garden .

[@genxmum5569]

I recently heard there are stone circles and monuments here in Australia. Anyone?

[@gina50gina]

I don't know of any, but that would really be cool to find out!

[@veronicalogotheti5416]

They were very advance

[@dusk7919]

Ancient solar power?

[@veronicalogotheti5416]

Corn wall

[@stuartdow]

welcome h

[@JohnDelong-qm9iv]

Shines to Noah’s ark

[@sinjohnson7275]

Cleary its a giants grave

[@shian228]

50 to 60 tonnes? More like 5 or 6

[@jaydee3965]

It would just be a glacial erratic in North America. That's how stupid archeology is.

[@UtubeAW]

Right on

[@JohnDelong-qm9iv]

Inbreeding among the first waves of immigrants from Ararat caused the giants to be weak and stupid. Easily overwhelmed by the later wave of seagoing invaders.