Thanks for showing us around The Ulster history park. Such an amazing outdoor museum. Very nice historical architecture and beautiful landscapes. Nice videography and information. Enjoy the day my friend.
Wonderful showing of the Glenpark Estate - so many fabulous structures. Nice it was taken over and reopened. Well done, my friend 👍. Thanks for sharing and enjoy your weekend 😀.
I really enjoy where you take us since it is so different to my part of the world. The history is really fascinating to me and I would love to visit one day. They did an amazing job at the reconstruction and nice to see the man took over and cleaned the site up. My kind of place. Thanks for this!
Hi Wade ,Thanks for taking the time to stop by, Much appreciated . 👍 Funny , I enjoy your content for the same kinda reason....not many big open spaces here . And your historic forgotten buildings etc reflect the variety of early settlers that made a new life for themselves . Hope you and yours are all good. Catch you later. ✌️🍀
Hello Martin , Thanks for stopping by and commenting . Aye the stone work at the monastic site is stunning. Have you ever thought of visiting the new crannog centre at Loch Tay...? I know it`s a lot further forward in history than you normally cover , but from what I have seen on line I think it would be great content for your channel , the Iron Age village looks fab. 👍🍀
Hi Curious. This was a fascinating visit to the history park. The monastic settlement was impressive, the tower and monk's cell particularly. Sorry the crannog was gone....I have a 'thing' for crannogs. The replica on Loch Tay, Scotland, burned 3 years ago, but a new, larger museum is now across the Loch. Hope to see it someday. The court tomb didn't feel 'quite right' as you said, but couldn't help but get a wee shiver when you went inside. Good thing you could warm yourself by the fire. Enjoyed this experience very much. Take care and Thank you. S 🕯🌑🕯
Hello Susan, nice to hear from you as always . 🤗 I also have a thing for crannogs , my dream home would be a modern version , on a small private lough full of Brown Trout..... Oh yes I was so gutted when the Loch Tay crannog burned , I remembered seeing it on an episode of Time Team years ago. I guess the idea of having an open fire inside a wooden structure with straw on the floor , was always going to be risky . The ancestors no doubt had similar accidents from time to time. I had a look at the new facility you mentioned, it`s is really looking good now , And I believe the construction of the first of three new crannogs started in May . I would love to spend some time in Alba , I used to be over 2 or 3 times a year , but not since covid . It would be nice to get over in the spring , if I do hopefully I`ll get to Loch Tay. Stay safe my friend.🕯️🌒🕯️ 🌻
Great film CC! Still struggling with the fact these are all replicas - they look so real 😮. Thoroughly enjoyed the tour on a peaceful day out . Thanks for sharing 👍
I climbed up to the cairn on Mullaghcarn in March and intended to visit this place afterwards as it's just across the road from the forest carpark but I spent so much time on the mountain it was very late when I got back to the car. Looks really good for a wander around...is there an entrance charge? Nice to see you met some of the local wildlife too!
Hello David , Aye there is a £3 charge ,payable at reception . I reckon it`s worth it , plus you do get a map. The Red Deer are in a pen and pretty tame. I think if the fawn hadn`t been there, one of the does at least may have came right up to the fence. After the park I took the scenic drive around Gortin Forest and stopped for a picnic at the start of the summit trail . I saw a couple of wild Sika about 20M away which was nice . Also saw my first ever Red Squirrels . I don`t think I would make the summit from the main carpark, but I wouldn`t mind doing the last section sometime. Did you get any drone shots of the big girl ?
@@TheCuriousCelt it was so cold up there with a good dusting of snow on the summit and the wind was fierce and biting...I could barely keep my hands out of my pockets longer than 5 seconds, I just got a few pics plus some video clips and left inside 5 minutes...couldn't wait to get back to the car! might see if there's enough footage for a very short video.
Hello Barry , Thanks for watching and commenting. 👍 I am pretty sure the stone huts at the monastic site are Beehive monks cells , similar to the ones on Skellig Michael and other places. Food would most likely have been stored in a souterrain , a stone lined under ground passage or chamber . This way no light gets in and it stays at a constant cool temperature. 🍀
