Kilmartin Glen | Prehistory Documentary | Ancient History of Scotland | HD Video | Before Caledonia 

I hope you got something out of the Documentary. The Delorian from Back to the Future would be handy. Thanks for leaving a comment which helps the channel. Happy Samhain!

ps... I hope you can understand my Scottish accent ok!

@@BeforeCaledonia no problems with the accent at all. I'm from Switzerland, and simply adapt to different dialects around the world. Also it's a very pleasant accent for this kind of documentary, many thanks !

Thanks again, Happy Halloween & best wishes from Scotland!

visually, I would guess, the area would be much the same as it was after the ice age, 11,500 years ago. Rugged, coast to the West, with views of the Isles, revealed through gaps in the terrain as the trail snakes south. It's desolate, and beautiful. It's right at the edge of the HIghlands. Moor and heath, hill and mountain. Dramatic sunsets over the islands to the West, looking towards Ireland. You can picture the people. There must have been many. They'd be sailing around the Isles and to Ireland a lot. Fishing, trading, mixing with their tribesmen. The landscape is primordial and looks barely touched. The structures blend in perfectly. Their villages are long gone though. I don't know if much is known about living quarters there

The ancestors were certainly all of the above you mentioned and more. I shot all the footage and photography at the end of January, beginning of February (Imbolc) a few years ago, there was hardly anybody there.

@@BeforeCaledonia I think I must have been one of them! The day is identical.

You were maybe one of the people in the Glebe Cairn footage.

Thanks for your kind words Kathryn, there is more sites in the Kilmartin area than what is in my film. There is quite a few sites that I have not visited yet, Martin.

I hope this film is the next best thing to being in Kilmartin Glen. Happy Samhain!

Hi Jane, that is great you visited Kilmartin Glen, I hope the film inspires more people to explore its amazing Prehistory. The new museum opened on Sep 3rd, I hope to visit sometime, maybe next year. Thanks for leaving a comment. Happy Samhain, Martin.

The whole area is saturated with Prehistory. Thanks for leaving a comment.

Hi, thanks for the information, there is so many of these rock art sites all over Scotland, some are accessible and some are as you say very remote. Thanks for leaving a comment.

The Achnabreck rock art is awesome, probably the best site in the UK for ancient petroglyphs. I haven't been to the Lady Glassery cairns, I will look them up on my next visit. Thanks for leaving a comment.

The new Kilmartin museum opened at the beginning of September 2023. I have been to Anglesey and visited most of the well known sites on the Island, a fascinating place for Prehistory. Thanks, Martin.

It certainly is a beautiful place. The best site was the pub LOL. I hope you enjoyed the Documentary.

​@@BeforeCaledonia love your accent reminds me so much of my grandfather

I hope you can make out my Scottish accent ok?

I have put this Documentary out before but this is the HD (High Definition) version, better picture quality.

I hope you enjoy it, thanks for watching.

Thank you very much, I am glad you enjoyed the video and my Scottish accent. Best wishes from Scotland, Martin.

I don't think there has been a film made on Kilmartin Glen before which I think is quite astonishing. I hope you enjoyed the Documentary, Martin.

Thanks for your kind words, I am glad you enjoyed the film and got something out of it, Martin.

Kilmartin is the best place in Scotland for ancient petroglyphs. I will be releasing a Kilmartin Rock Art compilation film this month.

@@BeforeCaledonia That's an awesome idea, can't waite to watch it !

It should be out in a few weeks time.

I hope you get to visit these amazing ancient sites and if not hopefully my films are the next best thing to actually being there.

Hi Jim, interesting theories there, perhaps the location was important to the ancestors.

Yes and since we don't know the exact time difference between the two circles, it could have been the original builders who returned, or their descendants. If so, surely they felt a duty to complete the site in some way.

There are a few other examples of sites in Scotland erected very close to each other.

Thank you I hope you enjoyed the HD version of the tour around Kilmartin Glen! Happy Samhain.

I am glad these sites have been brought to your attention and I hope you enjoyed my Documentary, Martin.

I hope you got something out of the film. Thanks for leaving a comment, Martin.

Hi, I hope you get to visit Scotland and explore some of these fascinating sites which feature on my channel. Best wishes from Scotland. ps..I can see Campbeltown from my home town.

Kilmartin is awesome, especially the rock art.

Kilmartin is awesome, I hope you enjoyed the Documentary. Thanks for leaving a comment, Martin.

Thank you, I hope you got something out of the Documentary.

Kilmartin is not as well known as the sites on Orkney or Callanish, even the Aberdeenshire recumbent stone circles are not that well known. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment.

Tragic but true. Far too many a holes desecrating places without blinking an eye. Very disturbing to primitive decency no doubt.

Same here.

Star maps is a common theory for the meaning of the cup and ring. The cup and ring design is very common in the UK and beyond. Thanks for leaving a comment.

Thank you very much, I am glad you enjoyed my Documentary, I hope this film is the next best thing to actually visiting Kilmartin. Best wishes from Scotland, Martin.

Thank you, I hope you get something out of the channel, Martin.

Kilmartin certainly is fantastic. I hope to visit the new museum in the future. I hope you enjoyed the film.

Hi Malcolm, good to see you on here and thanks for your kind words. Might see you on Wednesday night at WOSD. I would like to come along to the TS and give some presentations, Martin.

Happy Samhain Allen!

@@BeforeCaledonia 👍🎃 Thank You Martin

Thanks for your kind words and the extra information, there is still many sites in the Kilmartin area I have not visited yet.

Hi Alan! No tours planned. I have a talk in Glasgow in January 2024. Thanks for leaving a comment, this helps the channel. Happy Samhain, Martin.

Thanking you kindly, I am glad you enjoyed it, Martin.

We only have one venomous snake - the adder. Fortunately for us, they don't tend to hibernate in caves/ hollows! They are usually found on drier, sandier landscapes - and where you find lots of heather. They rarely bite humans, but they do bite our dogs - when waking up in Spring.

Thank you very much, I am glad you enjoyed the tour of Kilmartin Glenn, Martin.

I have seen a snake once, in a remote location and it was a small one.

I was doing a pond survey once, on a Common, and a large grass snake swam past me. It was about 3'6 long. Even though I knew it was harmless, it still gave me a fright! I wasn't expecting it to be such a good swimmer. It was beautiful though.

Thank You! The Kilmartin area is saturated with Prehistory, there is much more that is not in my film. There are a quite a few Pictish stones in Angus & Aberdeenshire.

@@BeforeCaledonia Okay, thanks for the info.

Are they maps of the local area or the night sky?

They are very much local area maps. If you look NNE of Lock Turret Reservoir You will see a feature that relates directly to and looks exactly like the five sided cup and ring mark on Monzie F. I call this the Eye of Monzie. Start there. I have zoomed to every motif on this stone and it is not good viewing. I have hoped to see some videos or photos of these as the photos on Google Earth are not appropriate to any point on these maps. Thank you for listening Martin and I wish that you will enjoy looking at this as much as I have in the past 8 to 9 years. They have never ceased to fascinate me. P.S The stone circles Including "The HENGE" were constructed and used (not just as astronomical clocks and calenders) to make these cartographs.@@BeforeCaledonia

Hi Gary, I have not visited Lock Turret Reservoir or Monzie F. Have you got a website or RU-vid channel on your research, I would like to have a look at it. Thanks, Martin.

Sorry I have not got back to you sooner but I have beeb on holiday. I will compile some information on the Cochno Stone and get back to you as soon as i can. Thank you for your patience.@@BeforeCaledonia

I have been trying to make a video but there are circumstances that I can't work through at this time e.g. long work hours, printer ink and printer, and abillity. I have made videos in the past and although they are of poor quality, they were made to simply highlight the fact that these are maps. If you were to searct Cup and Ring Marks. Sunstones Explained, Cup and Ring Marks Revisited, or Loughcrew Cairns, and look for my G, you might find that these "Art Works" hold more secrets than you ever imagined. Good luck and I hope to see many more of your future adventures. My daughter has said there is a way to make short vids on RU-vid so I will explore this in good time as work and family allow. Thank You. @@BeforeCaledonia

Thank you very much, I am glad you enjoyed the documentary. I hope watching this film is the next best thing to actually visiting the sites. I have a friend called Glenn. Best wishes from Scotland.

I hope you enjoyed the Documentary, Martin.

Thank you Paul, I hope you get something out of the channel, Martin.

@BeforeCaledonia my pleasure Martin. I'm fascinated with Ancient Ireland/Britain/Scandinavian/Everywhere...I've already got a whole lot of knowledge from watching this one video. Keep on keeping on brother 🔥

Thanks.

Thank you, I am not sure what you mean by the recent gravel corrie.

I meant the former location of the cursus monument and surrounding traces, at the north end of the linear setting. I always regret the loss of ancient monuments.

I am glad you enjoyed the film. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment which helps the channel.

The cairns are meant to be a linear cemetery. Regarding the dating of the sites, I assume they used carbon dating. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment.

Hi Andrew, the new Kilmartin museum opened at the beginning of Sep 2023. I will return to Kilmartin one day and visit some of the sites I haven't visited yet and make a better film, Martin.

@@BeforeCaledonia the film is great as it is, really nice camerawork!

Thanking you kindly, I am glad you enjoyed the film.

That is very interesting, thanks for the info. I hope you enjoyed the Documentary.

That is really interesting, I am glad you enjoyed the documentary. I also think the ancient people were travelling large distances around the globe.

@@BeforeCaledonia I think they settled, and at the very least traveled through Western Europe, North Africa, what is now Canada, and of course, down into the United States, including the south eastern United States, where I live. Mainstream academia is terrified of this research getting out into the public but it’s too late! There are a few people like myself working on this, trying to figure out who these people were, and where they came from. I lived in the UK for over a decade and studied Archaeology while I was there. I had three mentors. One was an archaeologist, another was a historian, and another was a stone knapper. I learned a lot from all three. One of the interesting things I have begun to get into recently in America is the use of stone in pecking and grinding. You wouldn’t believe how much stuff I am finding now. There are very few people who study this aspect of prehistory I know that a group of people passed through the area where I live about 2500 years ago. They left things behind. This is why I began to search. I didn’t realize we had so many connections with the rock art that is found in Ireland and Scotland and Northumberland. But we do. I think these people had trans oceanic navigational capabilities. It would explain their knowledge of the stars and the movement of the sun and moon. They were highly intelligent and they left the marker stones behind as guides I believe. I also think they were left behind as memorials for the dead and the memory of those, that may have been lost on journeys

I hope you can understand my Scottish accent ok? Thanks for watching and leaving a comment. Best wishes from Scotland.

I am glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching and leaving a comment.

Thanking you kindly, I done my best with the footage and photography I had of Kilmartin Glen.

Thank you very much, I am glad you enjoyed the documentary.

Thanks very much, I hope you learnt something about the prehistory in Kilmartin Glen.

I hope this Documentary is the next best thing to visiting the Kilmartin sites. Merry Christmas.

Thanks for joining in the Premier.

The cup & ring carvings being star maps is a common theory, to my knowledge I don't think it has been properly investigated.

excellent production - thanks so much!

Thanks for your kind words.

There is lots of stones which make up the cairn material.

I hope you enjoyed the Documentary. Best wishes from Scotland.

The Kilmartin cairns are different.

An Ordnance Survey map of Kilmartin Glen may be useful to you.

Many thanks!@@BeforeCaledonia

The film is Kilmartin Glen in Argyll & Bute on the west coast of Scotland.

I hope you can understand my Scottish accent ok? Thanks for leaving a few comments. Best wishes for 2024.

Was there a BBC article about this from a few years ago?

Sorry you can't understand the narration, the subtitles should be ok.

I hope you enjoyed the Documentary?

I am not sure what you mean?

Thanks for watching and leaving a comment. Best wishes from Scotland.

Thanks for watching and leaving a comment.

Thanks for watching and leaving a comment helps the channel. I hope you enjoyed the Documentary.

The Picts came much later than the Neolithic & Bronze Age.

@@BeforeCaledonia maybe they were the inhabitants then,maybe not

I have came across a few Pictish stones which I thought were older neolithic standing stones.

Thanks for watching and leaving a comment which helps the channel, Martin.

Yes indeed, West Coast of Scotland.

@chrisoleary9876 how rude 😮

The sites in this film are Neolithic & Bronze Age which is much older than 200 years old. Thanks for watching.

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@@BeforeCaledonia just farmers in past couple hundred years getting rocks out their field. Usually the simplest explanation is the correct correct answer.

@@stargazer4625 it's not a question, he's not suggesting a possible use. Bones and artifacts have been radio carbon rated to give a precise age of them. Is that hard for you to grasp?

Do you think the cairns on Kilmartin Glen are field clearence from the past few hundred years?

Thank you, its an amazing place.

Try the subtitles button.

I hope you got something out of the Documentary. Thanks for leaving a comment. Best wishes from Scotland.