Brilliant video Mark. That hill fort is amazing. We have such a rich, and at times, bloody history in the borders. Unfortunately I am not well enough to visit a lot of the places that you explore. So I always appreciate the hard work that you put in to share these things with us. I also use my channel to share our local beauty and history with everyone. I hope that I can do the place justice just as you do. Stay Safe my Friend 🙏🏻😎🏴
So cool is the area that is a bit built. ,wow 408😂....interesting to think what was happening before Christ in the Scottish boarders ,I was learning about the Normans yesterday.its so interesting to see it is now a place of peace.I always love the landscape there I'm making a quilt of colours that are almost of the landscape. stones to stop horse attacks 😮is very interesting!they certainly would of caused a lot of trouble . Thank you so much Mark
Another amazing video!! There’s an awesome website (that you probably already know of) that the Oxford University brought out that is an atlas of all of the hillforts in the UK, well worth a look if you haven’t already!
@@Cherryoak Likely they've not finished plotting all the hillforts. There is one on Brands Hill that is not marked, there is a really big one on Great Hetha in the College valley that is not marked, and other on Sinkside Hill above Whitehall in the College Valley that isn't marked. Yet another on the side of Blackhaggs Rigg in the College Valley again. And yet another in the College Valley near Mounthooly The Cheviot would've been too high and that is a large part of gap in the middle as per the surrounding hills. Not quite sure why the Coquet valley didn't have any... it could be lack of stone or the peat bogs or the Romans clearing them out and using the stone for Dere Street?
That is so cool to know about those stones that they used as defence against horses, I never knew that before! Also those drone shots were soooo good. really helps you to see that the hill was fortified.
Great video Mark, my husband and I love visiting hill forts near us in Northumberland. I look forward to exploring more in the borders when we move. Ps. Very difficult to hear you, must be because you were using your phone?
Two of the hillfort are vitrified I.e the stonework has been melted.50 in Scotland 100 in total in Europe anybody any idea how it was done? Another interesting wee video Mark Weel done.
I've been up quite a few of these hillforts and on some you get an eerie, almost supernatural feeling. On many it's not difficult to imagine them as they stood in the iron age - despite a lot of the stone being pilfered for farm buildings and walls (and shelters for hill walkers!!). Quite a lot of them are on the English side in Northumberland - which probably has more hillforts than Dorset. To be fair to Dorset it's not flat. OK it ain't Torridon,, but it's not flat.
Another interesting video Mark. That was a cracking hillfort you showed us. There are a couple of hillfort trails in Northumberland where you can knock off more than one if you've set yourself a mission. Castle Hill near Alnham is a good hillfort, was there recently for the first time and was well impressed. Defensive ditches and turf walls over 6' high. I always assumed that the valleys were heavily forested and full of wolves, bears, and boar... hence the choice of hills. I like to romanticize that the tsunami that wiped out Doggerland led to tales being passed down and turned to superstition that made the bronze age people of the area reluctant to live near the sea but the space of time between the tsunami and the first hillforts is enormous. For legends to last that long is highly unlikely but it is still nice to think about it. I think there used to be a massive lake on the Northumberland plain but I might be wrong on that and if it did exist, I am uncertain when.
