Why Are There Human Remains Below This Scottish Castle? | Extreme Archaeology | Unearthed History

The Extreme Archaeology team travel to Culzean Castle in Scotland. Built on a headland the castle stand over a series of caves whose occupation and use remains unclear. The team discovers human remains and the old legends of cannibals inhabiting the caves resurface. Undaunted the team continues their work eventually unraveling the story of the remains, and the source of much of the human activity evident in the caves

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[markspencer]

I would be surprised if there weren't human remains beneath a Scottish castle .

[TheSilmarillian]

@18:00 its reminiscent of room and pillar mining a technology that would have been around in that time period for coal mines. Being an opal miner those pillars would support and spread the weight of the foundation layer or rock not necessarily
the cubic weight of the castle above, hard to say without being there and knowing the geology. Just from the visuals and the construction of the pillars and how long they have been there they maybe are taking weight but more than likely supporting the rock layer above so either way they are serving a purpose. Nice old craftmanship in their construction indeed and the castles architect saw the need for them, old school indeed, hello from down under.

[WolfRoss]

I would love to see DNA analysis of the bones.

[susanfurman]

If the bones are washing down from somewhere, they could be from an old burial ground.

[chrisbassett]

I am always so amazed at the amazing structures, eg the culvert here with such limited equipment. and thinking on that it reminded me of a small island with a number of villages completely washed away. a man from our technological world, loaded a plane/copter with supplies which were dropped on the island. when he himself landed on the island. he expected to hear of a lot of death and distress. Instead he found a lot of happy people. grateful for the fact that nobody died. They lived in simply built huts so there were no injuries from heavy or lethal objects, being washed or thrown around. I envied their simple life

[durstondarden]

I've been absorbed by archaeology since the '60s, and was physically able to do the investigating I did in my youth.. things certainly are different now than they were then..

[Homested_Happenings]

I've had a crush on Dr, Alice Roberts since first seeing her on Time Team 🥰

[karljunge]

for archeology. it is so important to get financial help to be able to continue their work. documenting their work is as important as the planning and searches

[gulfalco]

Scottish Castle, Alice Roberts and human remains, sign me up 😅

[neo]

Why do I feel that rope descent is more for tv than it is practical reasons.

[HaroldMegill]

Again this exercises the absolute necessity of trained archeological personnel to excavate these sites. These participants were professional and experienced as to interpreting their findings in a "common folk" explanation of the mysteries of history. My complements.

[patrickaussieMilartry]

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[legacy]

So were the tunnels connected to the castle? Or is that part of the castle "gone"? If not, I'd be so interested in the search for the access from the castle to the tunnels.

[bettygreenhansen]

That was really good. Loved seeing Katy from Time Team!!! ❤

[earthmotherdragon]

These caves are very very old and in past they sometimes buried people in such places. Caves used to be sacred places for burials. Then they have built on top of them and been used as possibly a smugglers cave and then even later in turn, a huge castle built on top of it. Those in power used to build churches and castles on top of such sacred places as they hold mystique and at times are power places, energy points. Interesting dig. x

[battles]

the history of Scotland is fascinating, having researched it for a number of years - from wars between clans to the wars with England etc especially during the12th to 15th centuries - many castles oceanside had cave structures such as these to receive supplies for the castles by boats or in the case of the Highlanders aa section dug below the castle (called vaults as opposed to dungeons) to hold prisoners usually to face a slow death by starvation - there were tunnels from the castle to reach the storage areas to bring foods and other supplies up to the kitchens and other areas - a particular punishment was the use of caves near the ocean waves where prisoners were chained to the walls and as the tides came in would suffer a slow death by drowning - as the world and climate have changed over 100s of years these modern day findings and interpretations will only give us a very small view of history during those ions as we were not present during those times but attempts to understand the past are also always fascinating -

[lesliebryant]

There are 2 words that have been said that would keep me up top sitting in the SPIDERS
2.) ROOF

[nancylowe]

It reminds me of the movie "The Man in the Iron Mask, " where the hero is kept away from society in a cave-like room overlooking the ocean. Great movie!

[gwendolynfish]

Very well done documentary. Having been to this particular fantastic Castle I was intrigued and gratified! Thank you!

[brianmclean]

Wow! This was so informative and interesting. Thanks very much for posting!