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· Intro
0:02 · so just up there on the horizon if I zoom in is Stonehenge and the hundreds of people that you see
0:08 · there today probably thousands, if I stood here at the time of construction of the the megaliths
0:13 · the big ones on the outside right here well I wouldn't have been able to see the same view
0:19 · it would have been obstructed obstructed by a huge fence maybe 12 to 20 ft High what's even
0:28 · more intriguing about this story is it wasn't a circular feature around Stone Henge this was a
0:34 · linear feature one that stretched from Far Beyond the Horizon down there 2 km past Stonehenge down
0:43 · here alongside the avenue to where it then veer off an adjacent angle up toward the trees on
0:49 · the horizon through Stonehenge bottom. Welcome to the story of the really curious Stonehenge fence
· The Line
1:00 · Right I'm going to draw you on this extremely accurate and Scale map I'm going to draw you a
1:04 · line but before I do let's stick in Stonehenge okay we're also going to
1:10 · draw the Avenue cuz that's quite important so the Avenue went from roughly here headed east
1:16 · down to Stonehenge bottom and up to there and the line in question is going to be drawn in
1:21 · green yeah from right down here all the way up here up past Stone Henge bit of a gap,
1:27 · gaps are important we'll come to that we can carry on then we've got another Gap
1:31 · over 250 maybe 300 Meters long and when we get to Stonehenge bottom we take a completely different
1:36 · direction to the Avenue which heads East and our line is going to head directly north there's our
1:44 · [Music] fence so as I leave Stonehenge and walk down the Avenue here before we ask the
· The Fence
1:54 · really important questions of what it was for what did this look like first of all we
2:00 · have oak trees between 15 to 40 cm in diameter all butted up against one another along this
2:07 · linear Palisade was found in a a v-shaped ditch 1.4 M deep 2 m across here is a useful sign this
2:17 · is the point as well where the Avenue would have veered off to the East and the Palisade
2:22 · went off to the north through that Valley up there Stonehenge bottom towards the trees in
2:27 · the distance it turns out well this doesn't tell us anything about the Palisade whatsoever this
2:33 · useful sign however what I will tell you is the uh the Palisade itself was contemporary with the
2:39 · uh the Assassin the big megaliths that surround the structure that is Stone Henge let's go head
2:46 · off up the Avenue for the moment and start asking some of these big questions the year is 1967 and
· The Obvious Stuff
2:54 · the underpass on the old road the a344 is being constructed this would allow for safe passage from
3:02 · the car park to the site now during excavation of the underpass this Palisade was discovered
3:08 · the ditch in its v-shape the depth and the width and the holes that the post once stuck themselves
3:14 · in were there for all to see so if like me when you first heard of this Palisade this fence you
3:20 · may have thought it was a stock enclosure and that's a sensible idea great minds think alike
3:25 · I'm sure but there's two problems number one this was it at least 12ft High depending on the models
3:32 · of how high you build a fence and how high the uh the foot holding is and number two this was a
3:37 · 2 km linear fence not a complete straight line but linear nonetheless it wasn't a circled or
3:45 · Square or whatever enclosure that would have sensibly held your stock there are a few other
3:53 · theories that don't quite add up some discounted by paper by Fisher and Sims in 2012/7 such as a
4:00 · Bronze Age linear boundary where that would imply habitation dwellings settlements here
4:06 · and of course why would you have the Gap so next up let's have a look at the line of the Palisade
· Block the View in.
4:15 · especially in context of the Avenue that makes its Journey up here if we look from above at both
4:21 · mapped out well it seems pretty clear that the Palisade was to protect the view of Stonehenge
4:30 · so here in the landscape walking down the Avenue you can kind of get a a feel for the random
4:36 · ceremonies that would have took place here the high priests walking down the Avenue conducting
4:42 · their business and the Palisade across the Horizon in front of me blocking the view from the North
4:47 · and the west and of course the topography here blocking the view down to the Avenue in the South
4:53 · really was a secluded Avenue at least at this point so that's it right job done that was it
5:01 · the view held in 2008 and I think the likes of Mike pitts almost said the word that I've just
5:06 · repeated back to you just then and I think he even suggested that the the palisade would have
5:11 · heightened The Mystery of the ceremonies that went on here that all makes good sense at least
5:17 · until we get into Stonehenge bottom when something doesn't quite add up so this is Stonehenge Bottom
5:26 · now this is the point where the Avenue uh and the Palisade converge or par depending on which way
5:32 · you're facing so I've come from the East along the Avenue and from the north the Palisade comes
5:38 · down here to meet it where they then both head towards Stonehenge and if we Imagine A
5:43 · View From the west where we're trying to block out things well there's two problems with that
5:50 · theory so number one well we're down here in Stonehenge bottom you need a 20 Metre fence let
6:00 · alone 12ft or 20tf fence the view from up there on the west you You' be able to see
6:06 · all across the landscape there and probably onto the Avenue that's not really blocking
6:11 · the view and number two do you remember those gaps that are Drew in the Palisade the fence
6:18 · there's one that's over 200 Metre maybe closer to 300 metres and there's one that's close to
6:22 · Stonehenge as well well if you're blocking the view from that side why have gaps in the palace
6:30 · the mystery [Music] deepens so with the next model things start to get a bit interesting because the
· Block the View in.
6:38 · previous model stopping people from looking in from the West they are weird and wonderful
6:43 · ceremonies well what if we flip that on its head for this model and what if we said it's to stop
6:48 · people looking out from the inside us here during our ceremonies looking that way because if we do
6:54 · accept that to be the case we're blocking 170° of the Skyline there's a couple of question marks but
7:01 · it does seem a little bit more interesting in a paper in 2012 Fisher and Sims suggest that this
7:09 · model has so many more positive considerations than the previous models I'll try and explain
7:15 · as best I can but to do that we're going to need to head to the far Horizon to Robin Hood's ball
7:30 · and you may be asking yourself what exactly is Robin Hood's ball and that's a great question
7:34 · cuz I didn't know before I started this too essentially it's that not that that that there
7:42 · contained a 6,000 year old neolithic causeway enclosure right here Robin Hood's ball now we're
7:50 · around about 4 km North Northeast of Stonehenge and this was used for around a thousand and a
7:57 · half years, 3000 BC to 2500BC coincidentally the same time as the first earthworks started
8:04 · at Stonehenge so we have a possible link there now if you're at Stonehenge and you look North
8:11 · Northeast this is the exact spot on the horizon that you would see you'd see Robin Hood's ball
8:17 · stuck up there so we do have a link so let's step back to the Avenue and keep in mind Robin Hood's
8:23 · ball if we climb the Avenue from the Avon as was likely intended well at the the first Bend of the
8:30 · Avenue the ball would come into view assuming a 12 to 15 ft High Palisade then we continue to
8:37 · approach the second curve of the Avenue where it meets the Palisade the view of Robin Hood's ball
8:42 · is now obscured according to Exxon in 2000 said this was deliberate it shielded the old world
8:49 · from the new but then we have the Gap as we enter Stonehenge itself so if we are going to factor
8:55 · in Robin Hood's ball up here on the top of the landscape as if View from Stonehenge with this on
9:01 · and off blocking of the view via the Palisade well then we do need to factor in one more
9:07 · thing so I'll be the first to admit that when things get Celestial well they get a tad confusing
· Stars and Stuff
9:17 · for me at least but we do need to consider the sky Mike Parker Pearson suggested that these monuments
9:23 · included astronomy in their design and since Horizons are the perceived point of convergence
9:29 · of the landscape to the Skyscape then we should consider this view all that said around 2,500 BC
9:37 · give or take well nothing Celestial seems to align with Robin Hood's ball certainly
9:42 · from the position of Stonehenge and the Gap in the fence the Palisade maybe allowing the view
9:48 · back to Robin Hood's ball no moon or stars of perceived significance if however we head back
9:56 · along the avenue to the point of its highest part before before it goes down into Stonehenge bottom
10:02 · well then you can see Robin Hood's ball over the Palisade and there is a potential that the moon
10:09 · at that time would have lined up it doesn't quite fit in terms of a a unified theory in
10:15 · my head let's consider one more [Music] thing imagine you're trying to capture and kill an
· Beasts
10:24 · orc huge beast of the time you fired your arrows into it you flints and of course it's going to
10:30 · take a time before it runs around the trees or runs around the open plane scattering in
10:35 · a dangerous way well imagine if you had a long linear Palisade to help you Correll that Beast
10:43 · imagine if it had gaps in it and imagine if one of those gaps was very close to Stonehenge where
10:48 · you could make your peace to the gods and thank them for the gift that they' given you that's one
10:54 · Theory and I'm not sure if it sits any worse or any better than the others we've discussed today
10:59 · but perhaps the answer as always will be in archaeology telling us uh these answers one
11:05 · day in the future if you've enjoyed this video and you want to learn about how the uh the Stonehenge
11:11 · house just vanished you can watch the video just here thanks for watching we'll see you next time

Transcript
	·	Intro
0:02	·	so just up there on the horizon if I zoom in is Stonehenge and the hundreds of people that you see
0:08	·	there today probably thousands, if I stood here at the time of construction of the the megaliths
0:13	·	the big ones on the outside right here well I wouldn't have been able to see the same view
0:19	·	it would have been obstructed obstructed by a huge fence maybe 12 to 20 ft High what's even
0:28	·	more intriguing about this story is it wasn't a circular feature around Stone Henge this was a
0:34	·	linear feature one that stretched from Far Beyond the Horizon down there 2 km past Stonehenge down
0:43	·	here alongside the avenue to where it then veer off an adjacent angle up toward the trees on
0:49	·	the horizon through Stonehenge bottom. Welcome to the story of the really curious Stonehenge fence
	·	The Line
1:00	·	Right I'm going to draw you on this extremely accurate and Scale map I'm going to draw you a
1:04	·	line but before I do let's stick in Stonehenge okay we're also going to
1:10	·	draw the Avenue cuz that's quite important so the Avenue went from roughly here headed east
1:16	·	down to Stonehenge bottom and up to there and the line in question is going to be drawn in
1:21	·	green yeah from right down here all the way up here up past Stone Henge bit of a gap,
1:27	·	gaps are important we'll come to that we can carry on then we've got another Gap
1:31	·	over 250 maybe 300 Meters long and when we get to Stonehenge bottom we take a completely different
1:36	·	direction to the Avenue which heads East and our line is going to head directly north there's our
1:44	·	[Music] fence so as I leave Stonehenge and walk down the Avenue here before we ask the
	·	The Fence
1:54	·	really important questions of what it was for what did this look like first of all we
2:00	·	have oak trees between 15 to 40 cm in diameter all butted up against one another along this
2:07	·	linear Palisade was found in a a v-shaped ditch 1.4 M deep 2 m across here is a useful sign this
2:17	·	is the point as well where the Avenue would have veered off to the East and the Palisade
2:22	·	went off to the north through that Valley up there Stonehenge bottom towards the trees in
2:27	·	the distance it turns out well this doesn't tell us anything about the Palisade whatsoever this
2:33	·	useful sign however what I will tell you is the uh the Palisade itself was contemporary with the
2:39	·	uh the Assassin the big megaliths that surround the structure that is Stone Henge let's go head
2:46	·	off up the Avenue for the moment and start asking some of these big questions the year is 1967 and
	·	The Obvious Stuff
2:54	·	the underpass on the old road the a344 is being constructed this would allow for safe passage from
3:02	·	the car park to the site now during excavation of the underpass this Palisade was discovered
3:08	·	the ditch in its v-shape the depth and the width and the holes that the post once stuck themselves
3:14	·	in were there for all to see so if like me when you first heard of this Palisade this fence you
3:20	·	may have thought it was a stock enclosure and that's a sensible idea great minds think alike
3:25	·	I'm sure but there's two problems number one this was it at least 12ft High depending on the models
3:32	·	of how high you build a fence and how high the uh the foot holding is and number two this was a
3:37	·	2 km linear fence not a complete straight line but linear nonetheless it wasn't a circled or
3:45	·	Square or whatever enclosure that would have sensibly held your stock there are a few other
3:53	·	theories that don't quite add up some discounted by paper by Fisher and Sims in 2012/7 such as a
4:00	·	Bronze Age linear boundary where that would imply habitation dwellings settlements here
4:06	·	and of course why would you have the Gap so next up let's have a look at the line of the Palisade
	·	Block the View in.
4:15	·	especially in context of the Avenue that makes its Journey up here if we look from above at both
4:21	·	mapped out well it seems pretty clear that the Palisade was to protect the view of Stonehenge
4:30	·	so here in the landscape walking down the Avenue you can kind of get a a feel for the random
4:36	·	ceremonies that would have took place here the high priests walking down the Avenue conducting
4:42	·	their business and the Palisade across the Horizon in front of me blocking the view from the North
4:47	·	and the west and of course the topography here blocking the view down to the Avenue in the South
4:53	·	really was a secluded Avenue at least at this point so that's it right job done that was it
5:01	·	the view held in 2008 and I think the likes of Mike pitts almost said the word that I've just
5:06	·	repeated back to you just then and I think he even suggested that the the palisade would have
5:11	·	heightened The Mystery of the ceremonies that went on here that all makes good sense at least
5:17	·	until we get into Stonehenge bottom when something doesn't quite add up so this is Stonehenge Bottom
5:26	·	now this is the point where the Avenue uh and the Palisade converge or par depending on which way
5:32	·	you're facing so I've come from the East along the Avenue and from the north the Palisade comes
5:38	·	down here to meet it where they then both head towards Stonehenge and if we Imagine A
5:43	·	View From the west where we're trying to block out things well there's two problems with that
5:50	·	theory so number one well we're down here in Stonehenge bottom you need a 20 Metre fence let
6:00	·	alone 12ft or 20tf fence the view from up there on the west you You' be able to see
6:06	·	all across the landscape there and probably onto the Avenue that's not really blocking
6:11	·	the view and number two do you remember those gaps that are Drew in the Palisade the fence
6:18	·	there's one that's over 200 Metre maybe closer to 300 metres and there's one that's close to
6:22	·	Stonehenge as well well if you're blocking the view from that side why have gaps in the palace
6:30	·	the mystery [Music] deepens so with the next model things start to get a bit interesting because the
	·	Block the View in.
6:38	·	previous model stopping people from looking in from the West they are weird and wonderful
6:43	·	ceremonies well what if we flip that on its head for this model and what if we said it's to stop
6:48	·	people looking out from the inside us here during our ceremonies looking that way because if we do
6:54	·	accept that to be the case we're blocking 170° of the Skyline there's a couple of question marks but
7:01	·	it does seem a little bit more interesting in a paper in 2012 Fisher and Sims suggest that this
7:09	·	model has so many more positive considerations than the previous models I'll try and explain
7:15	·	as best I can but to do that we're going to need to head to the far Horizon to Robin Hood's ball
7:30	·	and you may be asking yourself what exactly is Robin Hood's ball and that's a great question
7:34	·	cuz I didn't know before I started this too essentially it's that not that that that there
7:42	·	contained a 6,000 year old neolithic causeway enclosure right here Robin Hood's ball now we're
7:50	·	around about 4 km North Northeast of Stonehenge and this was used for around a thousand and a
7:57	·	half years, 3000 BC to 2500BC coincidentally the same time as the first earthworks started
8:04	·	at Stonehenge so we have a possible link there now if you're at Stonehenge and you look North
8:11	·	Northeast this is the exact spot on the horizon that you would see you'd see Robin Hood's ball
8:17	·	stuck up there so we do have a link so let's step back to the Avenue and keep in mind Robin Hood's
8:23	·	ball if we climb the Avenue from the Avon as was likely intended well at the the first Bend of the
8:30	·	Avenue the ball would come into view assuming a 12 to 15 ft High Palisade then we continue to
8:37	·	approach the second curve of the Avenue where it meets the Palisade the view of Robin Hood's ball
8:42	·	is now obscured according to Exxon in 2000 said this was deliberate it shielded the old world
8:49	·	from the new but then we have the Gap as we enter Stonehenge itself so if we are going to factor
8:55	·	in Robin Hood's ball up here on the top of the landscape as if View from Stonehenge with this on
9:01	·	and off blocking of the view via the Palisade well then we do need to factor in one more
9:07	·	thing so I'll be the first to admit that when things get Celestial well they get a tad confusing
	·	Stars and Stuff
9:17	·	for me at least but we do need to consider the sky Mike Parker Pearson suggested that these monuments
9:23	·	included astronomy in their design and since Horizons are the perceived point of convergence
9:29	·	of the landscape to the Skyscape then we should consider this view all that said around 2,500 BC
9:37	·	give or take well nothing Celestial seems to align with Robin Hood's ball certainly
9:42	·	from the position of Stonehenge and the Gap in the fence the Palisade maybe allowing the view
9:48	·	back to Robin Hood's ball no moon or stars of perceived significance if however we head back
9:56	·	along the avenue to the point of its highest part before before it goes down into Stonehenge bottom
10:02	·	well then you can see Robin Hood's ball over the Palisade and there is a potential that the moon
10:09	·	at that time would have lined up it doesn't quite fit in terms of a a unified theory in
10:15	·	my head let's consider one more [Music] thing imagine you're trying to capture and kill an
	·	Beasts
10:24	·	orc huge beast of the time you fired your arrows into it you flints and of course it's going to
10:30	·	take a time before it runs around the trees or runs around the open plane scattering in
10:35	·	a dangerous way well imagine if you had a long linear Palisade to help you Correll that Beast
10:43	·	imagine if it had gaps in it and imagine if one of those gaps was very close to Stonehenge where
10:48	·	you could make your peace to the gods and thank them for the gift that they' given you that's one
10:54	·	Theory and I'm not sure if it sits any worse or any better than the others we've discussed today
10:59	·	but perhaps the answer as always will be in archaeology telling us uh these answers one
11:05	·	day in the future if you've enjoyed this video and you want to learn about how the uh the Stonehenge
11:11	·	house just vanished you can watch the video just here thanks for watching we'll see you next time