Britain's LOST Megalithic Wonder (that's bigger than Stonehenge!) [17:57]

YouTube ^ | October 8, 2025 | Adam Morgan Ibbotson

[SunkenCiv]

Around 4,500 years ago, while the stones of Stonehenge were still in their quarry, another monument was already standing in the north -- taller, stranger, and far less understood. The Devil's Arrows at Boroughbridge are among the most remarkable prehistoric megalithic monuments in Britain, yet they remain largely unknown and unstudied. 

In this video, we'll look at what we actually know about them: their enormous scale, unusual form, and the effort required to move and raise them. We'll explore their archaeology, possible Neolithic origins, and their link to other ancient sites like the Thornborough Henges. Were they markers, monuments, or something else entirely? It's time to look properly at one of the most overlooked prehistoric sites in Britain. 

Britain's LOST Megalithic Wonder (that's bigger than Stonehenge!) | 17:57 
Adam Morgan Ibbotson | 21.6K subscribers | 62,656 views | October 8, 2025

[GingisK]

I wonder if the vertical cuts in those stones was uniformed style, or served some other purpose. Maybe they helped with handling those big babies.

[SunkenCiv]

They’ve stood there a long time, millennia of rainfall, maybe it’s just erosion of softer mineral features.

[GingisK]

Are there mineral concentrations at the sides and below the monuments? It is mind boggling how many avenues of thought are produced here, let alone those queries directly related to the monuments.

[SunkenCiv]

Yup. For that matter, the erosion may have been present when the stones were quarried, or, they weren’t quarried, just prospected and moved. We may be looking at the preliterate advert for a Neolithic construction, moving, or demolition company. 🚚

[WoofDog123]

I traveled in yorkshire in the late 90’s. I had read about this, but back then without the OS map showing locations for these stones, you weren’t finding them and even then it was tricky. I failed to find them.

other stone circles/monuments of exceptional interest are castle rigg (cumbria), long meg and daughters (I think near castle rigg), Brodgar and stenness (orkney), callinash (lewis).

Orkney in general was the single greatest concentration of notable stone-age archaeology sites as well as a first-class countryside/island vacation destination I found in the UK. I don’t doubt there are others (thinking devon/cornwall and wales)

[SunkenCiv]

Still sounds like a great trip!

https://freerepublic.com/tag/orkney/index?tab=articles