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0:05 · Guitar & Flute [Music]
0:13 · Hi and welcome to the channel, today we're taking a quick tour of Tinkinswood burial
0:27 · chamber a megalithic monument with one of the largest capstones in Europe.
0:32 · Only seven miles out from Cardiff Castle in the city center and with another impressive
0:37 · Neolithic site nearby, St Lythian's burial chamber, it's well worth the detour if you're
0:41 · visiting South Wales.
0:44 · [Music] Tinkinswood burial chamber was built around 6,000 years ago when people started
0:51 · to farm these lands and settled in communities during the Neolithic period.
0:57 · [Music] When the site was excavated in 1914 over 900 human bones were found estimated
1:07 · to make up around 200 individual skeletons.
1:12 · As well as these, they found Neolithic and bell-beaca style Pottery indicating that the
1:17 · site was used by a local community over a long period of time, maybe up until the early
1:22 · Bronze Age some say that the original Builders may have used the structure for a completely
1:27 · different purpose and that the bones are either part of a ritual or a later Edition by a generation
1:32 · who had rediscovered the site.
1:36 · It's thought to be the largest Capstone in Europe forming a rectangular chamber that
1:44 · measures about seven and a half meters by four meters.
1:49 · Sadly the stone has suffered some damage and there's a substantial crack supported by a
1:54 · brick pillar, an engraving shows it was part of the restoration work that was carried out
1:59 · when it was excavated [Music] Legend has it that anyone who spends a night at Tinkinswood
2:17 · on any of the three Spirit nights; Beltane, Mid-summer or Samhain... would either die
2:22 · go mad or become a poet
2:23 · [Music]
2:35 · In Wyrt Sykes's book 'British Goblins' there's an interesting story associated with this
2:40 · place and what they call the fairies in Brittany "There's a remarkable cromlech near the Hamlet
2:45 · of Saint Nicholas Glamorganshire, on the estate of the family whose house has the honor of
2:50 · being haunted by the ghost of an admiral, this cromlech is called by the children of
2:55 · the neighbourhood Castle Correg a Cardiff gentleman who asked some children who were
3:00 · playing around the chromlic why they turned it that was struck by the name which recalled
3:05 · to him the Breton fairies thus designated the corids or coregs of Brittany closely resemble
3:11 · the Welsh fairies in numberless details the corrids are supposed to live in the cromlechs
3:16 · of which they are believed to have been the builders they dance around them at night and
3:21 · woe betide the unhappy peasant who joins them in their roundels
3:32 · [Music]
3:33 · the chamber is surrounded by a circular ditch and bank which may have marked the boundary
3:39 · of the Sacred area, the entrance to the chamber faces East capturing the Rising Sun presumed
3:45 · to have symbolic purpose to the people that built it [Music]
3:54 · [Music] despite not much else being known ,Tinkinswood burial chamber is a fascinating
4:04 · example of how our ancestors lived and died thousands of years ago it's also a place of
4:08 · mystery and wonder where you can feel the connection between the past and the present
4:18 · [Music]
4:19 · if you're ever visiting Cardiff make sure to step out of the hustle and bustle and stop
4:22 · by this remarkable Monument so that you can experience it for yourself
4:27 · thanks for watching this short tour of Tinkinswood burial chamber, if you've enjoyed please like
4:32 · and subscribe for more videos like this from us... see you next time
4:35 · [Music]

Transcript
0:05	·	Guitar & Flute [Music]
0:13	·	Hi and welcome to the channel, today we're taking a quick tour of Tinkinswood burial
0:27	·	chamber a megalithic monument with one of the largest capstones in Europe.
0:32	·	Only seven miles out from Cardiff Castle in the city center and with another impressive
0:37	·	Neolithic site nearby, St Lythian's burial chamber, it's well worth the detour if you're
0:41	·	visiting South Wales.
0:44	·	[Music] Tinkinswood burial chamber was built around 6,000 years ago when people started
0:51	·	to farm these lands and settled in communities during the Neolithic period.
0:57	·	[Music] When the site was excavated in 1914 over 900 human bones were found estimated
1:07	·	to make up around 200 individual skeletons.
1:12	·	As well as these, they found Neolithic and bell-beaca style Pottery indicating that the
1:17	·	site was used by a local community over a long period of time, maybe up until the early
1:22	·	Bronze Age some say that the original Builders may have used the structure for a completely
1:27	·	different purpose and that the bones are either part of a ritual or a later Edition by a generation
1:32	·	who had rediscovered the site.
1:36	·	It's thought to be the largest Capstone in Europe forming a rectangular chamber that
1:44	·	measures about seven and a half meters by four meters.
1:49	·	Sadly the stone has suffered some damage and there's a substantial crack supported by a
1:54	·	brick pillar, an engraving shows it was part of the restoration work that was carried out
1:59	·	when it was excavated [Music] Legend has it that anyone who spends a night at Tinkinswood
2:17	·	on any of the three Spirit nights; Beltane, Mid-summer or Samhain... would either die
2:22	·	go mad or become a poet
2:23	·	[Music]
2:35	·	In Wyrt Sykes's book 'British Goblins' there's an interesting story associated with this
2:40	·	place and what they call the fairies in Brittany "There's a remarkable cromlech near the Hamlet
2:45	·	of Saint Nicholas Glamorganshire, on the estate of the family whose house has the honor of
2:50	·	being haunted by the ghost of an admiral, this cromlech is called by the children of
2:55	·	the neighbourhood Castle Correg a Cardiff gentleman who asked some children who were
3:00	·	playing around the chromlic why they turned it that was struck by the name which recalled
3:05	·	to him the Breton fairies thus designated the corids or coregs of Brittany closely resemble
3:11	·	the Welsh fairies in numberless details the corrids are supposed to live in the cromlechs
3:16	·	of which they are believed to have been the builders they dance around them at night and
3:21	·	woe betide the unhappy peasant who joins them in their roundels
3:32	·	[Music]
3:33	·	the chamber is surrounded by a circular ditch and bank which may have marked the boundary
3:39	·	of the Sacred area, the entrance to the chamber faces East capturing the Rising Sun presumed
3:45	·	to have symbolic purpose to the people that built it [Music]
3:54	·	[Music] despite not much else being known ,Tinkinswood burial chamber is a fascinating
4:04	·	example of how our ancestors lived and died thousands of years ago it's also a place of
4:08	·	mystery and wonder where you can feel the connection between the past and the present
4:18	·	[Music]
4:19	·	if you're ever visiting Cardiff make sure to step out of the hustle and bustle and stop
4:22	·	by this remarkable Monument so that you can experience it for yourself
4:27	·	thanks for watching this short tour of Tinkinswood burial chamber, if you've enjoyed please like
4:32	·	and subscribe for more videos like this from us... see you next time
4:35	·	[Music]