Forest Archaic Collective
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Travel 🏞 History 🏛 & Jungle Music 💾
Find the history episodes & travel blog here:
https://www.youtube.com/forestjunglecollectv
Find the history episodes & travel blog here:
https://www.youtube.com/forestjunglecollectv
#HillfortsWednesday with Cow Castle, Exmoor
A beautiful, though very remote enclosure - see more of Exmoor and the Hillforts around Devon in the new episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dATT...
A beautiful, though very remote enclosure - see more of Exmoor and the Hillforts around Devon in the new episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dATT...
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
#HillfortsWednesday with Cow Castle, Exmoor
A beautiful, though very remote enclosure - see more of Exmoor and the Hillforts around Devon in the new episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dATT...
A beautiful, though very remote enclosure - see more of Exmoor and the Hillforts around Devon in the new episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dATT...
#StandingStoneSunday with the Tŷ-Gwyn Menhir on Anglesey 🏴
the Eryri range off in the distance
the Eryri range off in the distance
November 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
#StandingStoneSunday with the Tŷ-Gwyn Menhir on Anglesey 🏴
the Eryri range off in the distance
the Eryri range off in the distance
Bournemouth this evening & we are definitely in #Sunset Season
In bmth specifically this is between ~ November to February where the sun is angled just right for rising & setting over the bay
& its one of my main consolations for the long winter months
In bmth specifically this is between ~ November to February where the sun is angled just right for rising & setting over the bay
& its one of my main consolations for the long winter months
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Bournemouth this evening & we are definitely in #Sunset Season
In bmth specifically this is between ~ November to February where the sun is angled just right for rising & setting over the bay
& its one of my main consolations for the long winter months
In bmth specifically this is between ~ November to February where the sun is angled just right for rising & setting over the bay
& its one of my main consolations for the long winter months
#RuinedPrioryFriday with Penmon Priory, Anglesey 🏴
the C12 church still largely standing with the ruined c13 dining room (pics 1,2 & 4)
the C12 church still largely standing with the ruined c13 dining room (pics 1,2 & 4)
November 21, 2025 at 8:35 AM
#RuinedPrioryFriday with Penmon Priory, Anglesey 🏴
the C12 church still largely standing with the ruined c13 dining room (pics 1,2 & 4)
the C12 church still largely standing with the ruined c13 dining room (pics 1,2 & 4)
#RomanFortThursday with Birdoswald along Hadrians Wall
November 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
#RomanFortThursday with Birdoswald along Hadrians Wall
#HillfortsWednesday & We have a brand new episode out on the Hillforts of Exmoor & Devon
& to begin: the wonderful Hillsborough, Ilfracombe
A promontory fort on the North Devon coast with its huge 280m long ramparts
See more of it here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dATT...
& to begin: the wonderful Hillsborough, Ilfracombe
A promontory fort on the North Devon coast with its huge 280m long ramparts
See more of it here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dATT...
November 19, 2025 at 8:27 AM
#HillfortsWednesday & We have a brand new episode out on the Hillforts of Exmoor & Devon
& to begin: the wonderful Hillsborough, Ilfracombe
A promontory fort on the North Devon coast with its huge 280m long ramparts
See more of it here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dATT...
& to begin: the wonderful Hillsborough, Ilfracombe
A promontory fort on the North Devon coast with its huge 280m long ramparts
See more of it here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dATT...
Had a great night at the YHA place next door a couple of weekends back, but to my shame: i was so tired from assorted Hadrians mischief, i didn't make it the 100 yards across the car park 😓
So yes, enjoy!! 🍺
(and that is a helluva drive, think you've earned 4 of those 🍻🍻)
So yes, enjoy!! 🍺
(and that is a helluva drive, think you've earned 4 of those 🍻🍻)
November 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Had a great night at the YHA place next door a couple of weekends back, but to my shame: i was so tired from assorted Hadrians mischief, i didn't make it the 100 yards across the car park 😓
So yes, enjoy!! 🍺
(and that is a helluva drive, think you've earned 4 of those 🍻🍻)
So yes, enjoy!! 🍺
(and that is a helluva drive, think you've earned 4 of those 🍻🍻)
Haccombe :)
November 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Haccombe :)
Oh cool, well pretty close to where i ended up then - had a site to catch just outside Newton Abbot
November 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Oh cool, well pretty close to where i ended up then - had a site to catch just outside Newton Abbot
Was feeling a little hard done by with the 5am start & the close to 2 hours of driving in the complete darkness 😫
...but wow did the Devon landscape come through 😳 I mean - absolutely incredible day to be out, despite the rather absurd round trip
#Autumn
...but wow did the Devon landscape come through 😳 I mean - absolutely incredible day to be out, despite the rather absurd round trip
#Autumn
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Was feeling a little hard done by with the 5am start & the close to 2 hours of driving in the complete darkness 😫
...but wow did the Devon landscape come through 😳 I mean - absolutely incredible day to be out, despite the rather absurd round trip
#Autumn
...but wow did the Devon landscape come through 😳 I mean - absolutely incredible day to be out, despite the rather absurd round trip
#Autumn
#AncientSiteSunday with Worlebury, a spectacular hillfort with stone ramparts above Weston-super-Mare on the Somerset Coast
See more of it on our episode on the hillforts of Somerset >>>
youtube.com/watch?v=mVGfORIE6LY
See more of it on our episode on the hillforts of Somerset >>>
youtube.com/watch?v=mVGfORIE6LY
November 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
#AncientSiteSunday with Worlebury, a spectacular hillfort with stone ramparts above Weston-super-Mare on the Somerset Coast
See more of it on our episode on the hillforts of Somerset >>>
youtube.com/watch?v=mVGfORIE6LY
See more of it on our episode on the hillforts of Somerset >>>
youtube.com/watch?v=mVGfORIE6LY
#StandingStoneSunday & while the pair of the Deerleap Stones might be rather slight in size, they boast a phenomenal view across Somerset
This week we're exploring the Hillforts of Somerset, you can catch them in this episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVGf...
This week we're exploring the Hillforts of Somerset, you can catch them in this episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVGf...
November 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
#StandingStoneSunday & while the pair of the Deerleap Stones might be rather slight in size, they boast a phenomenal view across Somerset
This week we're exploring the Hillforts of Somerset, you can catch them in this episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVGf...
This week we're exploring the Hillforts of Somerset, you can catch them in this episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVGf...
Feels like most of you on here have marched up & down the length of Hadrians Wall numerous times
being on the south coast I'm rarely up there, but it does mean that its an extra treat when i get to explore the parts i haven't seen yet
#RomanSiteSaturday
being on the south coast I'm rarely up there, but it does mean that its an extra treat when i get to explore the parts i haven't seen yet
#RomanSiteSaturday
November 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Feels like most of you on here have marched up & down the length of Hadrians Wall numerous times
being on the south coast I'm rarely up there, but it does mean that its an extra treat when i get to explore the parts i haven't seen yet
#RomanSiteSaturday
being on the south coast I'm rarely up there, but it does mean that its an extra treat when i get to explore the parts i haven't seen yet
#RomanSiteSaturday
Looking out at the rather miserable day, thinking about Stourhead, doubt we'll be able to get over there this year before the colour has peaked & then gone 🍂🍂
but a couple of years ago we got the most perfect day for it 😊
#Autumn
but a couple of years ago we got the most perfect day for it 😊
#Autumn
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Looking out at the rather miserable day, thinking about Stourhead, doubt we'll be able to get over there this year before the colour has peaked & then gone 🍂🍂
but a couple of years ago we got the most perfect day for it 😊
#Autumn
but a couple of years ago we got the most perfect day for it 😊
#Autumn
bit of a smaller #RuinedPrioryFriday this week with this friary in Debigh 🏴
Part of the church from the Carmelite order, founded here in 1289 with the church building being from around 1300
Part of the church from the Carmelite order, founded here in 1289 with the church building being from around 1300
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
bit of a smaller #RuinedPrioryFriday this week with this friary in Debigh 🏴
Part of the church from the Carmelite order, founded here in 1289 with the church building being from around 1300
Part of the church from the Carmelite order, founded here in 1289 with the church building being from around 1300
Still annoyed about this,
passed through Melrose on a beautiful august day a couple of years back, caught the abbey & museum & trimontium site
...didn't have time to also climb Eildon Hill
and i look back now like... when am I possibly going to find a day as beautiful as that to see it?!?
fuming 😡😡
passed through Melrose on a beautiful august day a couple of years back, caught the abbey & museum & trimontium site
...didn't have time to also climb Eildon Hill
and i look back now like... when am I possibly going to find a day as beautiful as that to see it?!?
fuming 😡😡
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Still annoyed about this,
passed through Melrose on a beautiful august day a couple of years back, caught the abbey & museum & trimontium site
...didn't have time to also climb Eildon Hill
and i look back now like... when am I possibly going to find a day as beautiful as that to see it?!?
fuming 😡😡
passed through Melrose on a beautiful august day a couple of years back, caught the abbey & museum & trimontium site
...didn't have time to also climb Eildon Hill
and i look back now like... when am I possibly going to find a day as beautiful as that to see it?!?
fuming 😡😡
#RomanFortThursday
On the same weekend as all the Antonine wall mischief, still buzzing about this one
later on the freezing rain started falling but for a first visit, very exciting to finally catch Vindolanda 😊
On the same weekend as all the Antonine wall mischief, still buzzing about this one
later on the freezing rain started falling but for a first visit, very exciting to finally catch Vindolanda 😊
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
#RomanFortThursday
On the same weekend as all the Antonine wall mischief, still buzzing about this one
later on the freezing rain started falling but for a first visit, very exciting to finally catch Vindolanda 😊
On the same weekend as all the Antonine wall mischief, still buzzing about this one
later on the freezing rain started falling but for a first visit, very exciting to finally catch Vindolanda 😊
Could I get a little help from the #HillfortsWednesday family
pictured is the wonderful Clovelly Dykes, North Devon
So multi-enclosure sites ...whats going on there exactly? do we have good evidence for how this different morphology was used ? or why it exists? i'm drawing a blank so far
pictured is the wonderful Clovelly Dykes, North Devon
So multi-enclosure sites ...whats going on there exactly? do we have good evidence for how this different morphology was used ? or why it exists? i'm drawing a blank so far
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Could I get a little help from the #HillfortsWednesday family
pictured is the wonderful Clovelly Dykes, North Devon
So multi-enclosure sites ...whats going on there exactly? do we have good evidence for how this different morphology was used ? or why it exists? i'm drawing a blank so far
pictured is the wonderful Clovelly Dykes, North Devon
So multi-enclosure sites ...whats going on there exactly? do we have good evidence for how this different morphology was used ? or why it exists? i'm drawing a blank so far
#HillfortsWednesday & Brent Knoll soaring above the Somerset Levels, the Bristol Channel & South Wales off in the distance
See more of it in our new episode on the Hillforts of Somerset >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVGf...
See more of it in our new episode on the Hillforts of Somerset >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVGf...
November 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
#HillfortsWednesday & Brent Knoll soaring above the Somerset Levels, the Bristol Channel & South Wales off in the distance
See more of it in our new episode on the Hillforts of Somerset >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVGf...
See more of it in our new episode on the Hillforts of Somerset >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVGf...
Its #MotteMonday & this keeps happening, we'll be at a Hillfort site that we're struggling to parse and it turns out its because the Normans messed with it
You'll have to squint but Sand Point promontory fort has a Motte in the middle
See it in our Somerset Hillforts Episode>>>
youtu.be/mVGfORIE6LY
You'll have to squint but Sand Point promontory fort has a Motte in the middle
See it in our Somerset Hillforts Episode>>>
youtu.be/mVGfORIE6LY
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Its #MotteMonday & this keeps happening, we'll be at a Hillfort site that we're struggling to parse and it turns out its because the Normans messed with it
You'll have to squint but Sand Point promontory fort has a Motte in the middle
See it in our Somerset Hillforts Episode>>>
youtu.be/mVGfORIE6LY
You'll have to squint but Sand Point promontory fort has a Motte in the middle
See it in our Somerset Hillforts Episode>>>
youtu.be/mVGfORIE6LY
#MedievalMonday & One of the most remarkable creations to come out of Medieval England, the unmistakable Wells Cathedral
We're also currently in Somerset as part of our Hillforts series which you can catch here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVGf...
We're also currently in Somerset as part of our Hillforts series which you can catch here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVGf...
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
#MedievalMonday & One of the most remarkable creations to come out of Medieval England, the unmistakable Wells Cathedral
We're also currently in Somerset as part of our Hillforts series which you can catch here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVGf...
We're also currently in Somerset as part of our Hillforts series which you can catch here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVGf...
🧵/27
A short way further but was losing the light & just had a chance to catch the section at Watling lodge before heading back to Glasgow for the night
anyway - it was a very special couple of days, been nice to finally share it!
#AncientSiteSunday
#RomanSiteSaturday
A short way further but was losing the light & just had a chance to catch the section at Watling lodge before heading back to Glasgow for the night
anyway - it was a very special couple of days, been nice to finally share it!
#AncientSiteSunday
#RomanSiteSaturday
November 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
🧵/27
A short way further but was losing the light & just had a chance to catch the section at Watling lodge before heading back to Glasgow for the night
anyway - it was a very special couple of days, been nice to finally share it!
#AncientSiteSunday
#RomanSiteSaturday
A short way further but was losing the light & just had a chance to catch the section at Watling lodge before heading back to Glasgow for the night
anyway - it was a very special couple of days, been nice to finally share it!
#AncientSiteSunday
#RomanSiteSaturday
🧵/26
Also at rough castle - some recreated lilia: these trap holes which formed part of the multi-approach construction of the Antonine Wall defences
#AncientSiteSunday
#RomanSiteSaturday
Also at rough castle - some recreated lilia: these trap holes which formed part of the multi-approach construction of the Antonine Wall defences
#AncientSiteSunday
#RomanSiteSaturday
November 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Also at rough castle - some recreated lilia: these trap holes which formed part of the multi-approach construction of the Antonine Wall defences
#AncientSiteSunday
#RomanSiteSaturday
Also at rough castle - some recreated lilia: these trap holes which formed part of the multi-approach construction of the Antonine Wall defences
#AncientSiteSunday
#RomanSiteSaturday
🧵/25
this is Rough Castle, feel like we're getting into #RomanFortThursday territory but this is a spectacular place, even more so in Autumn (click for full image)
#AncientSiteSunday
this is Rough Castle, feel like we're getting into #RomanFortThursday territory but this is a spectacular place, even more so in Autumn (click for full image)
#AncientSiteSunday
November 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
🧵/25
this is Rough Castle, feel like we're getting into #RomanFortThursday territory but this is a spectacular place, even more so in Autumn (click for full image)
#AncientSiteSunday
this is Rough Castle, feel like we're getting into #RomanFortThursday territory but this is a spectacular place, even more so in Autumn (click for full image)
#AncientSiteSunday
🧵/24
...and from there, with a little walking the line of the Wall was about to get more spectacular again
#AncientSiteSunday
#RomanSiteSaturday
...and from there, with a little walking the line of the Wall was about to get more spectacular again
#AncientSiteSunday
#RomanSiteSaturday
November 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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...and from there, with a little walking the line of the Wall was about to get more spectacular again
#AncientSiteSunday
#RomanSiteSaturday
...and from there, with a little walking the line of the Wall was about to get more spectacular again
#AncientSiteSunday
#RomanSiteSaturday