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<< Events >> RIP Dr Aubrey Burl, Exclusive Video Talk from year 2000 to watch now

Submitted by Andy B on Wednesday, 22 April 2020  Page Views: 4776

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Rollright Stones submitted by AngieLake : The late lovely Dr Aubrey Burl In June 2005 Dr Burl kindly posed for this photograph at the 'entrance' to the King's Men, Rollright Stones. Earlier he had officially opened the new footpath to the Whispering Knights. (Vote or comment on this photo)
As you may have heard, Dr Aubrey Burl sadly passed away a couple of weeks ago. To celebrate and commomorate his life we are proud to present an Exclusive Talk and Q&A with Dr Burl that I recorded in the year 2000 when he gave a talk to ASLaN and the Rollrights Trust in Long Compton Village Hall. To my knowledge this is the only video available of a talk by Dr Burl online anywhere. Here's the link to watch the full video You can turn on and follow the live chat from when we watched it live.

I know Aubrey Burl means a lot to a huge number of us, for almost single handedly holding a torch to our interest before pretty much anyone else. Dr Burl helped greatly in getting The Megalithic Portal started in allowing us to post his complete set of stone circle and row data online, and the rest is history of course.
The photos are from 2005 when he opened the new footpath at the Rollrights.

We have a tribute forum thread for Dr Burl here. Mike Pitts is due to run an Obituary in Aubrey in the Society of Antiquaries Salon newsletter in a few days.

The talk is titled Stone Circles Grow Up
The great Dr Burl covers many topics with his characteristic wit, including stone circle archaeology, myths, archaeoastronomy and of course Stonehenge with his strong assertions that the Bluestones were not brought by humans from Wales, but by the natural process of glaciation.

I also managed to record the detailed Q&A session with the audience at the end. The quality isn't up to today's standards but I've managed to clean it up a bit, and the sound is good.

I have created two short taster videos you can watch:

Aubrey Burl in his own words - why were stone circles built?

https://youtu.be/y9ZQcKJ_vyo

Aubrey Burl in his own words - How I got into stone circles?

http://youtu.be/y9ZQcKJ_vyo

And the main 'feature' talk with Aubrey Burl is here.



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Re: RIP Dr Aubrey Burl, we have an Exclusive Video Talk Premier from 2000 7pm Thurs by Anonymous on Saturday, 25 April 2020
My friends and I used Dr. Burl's books as a field guide on 2 visits from California to Ireland. I treasure those treks across fields of flowers and occasionally mud and honor his contribution.
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Re: RIP Dr Aubrey Burl, we have an Exclusive Video Talk Premier from 2000 7pm Thurs by Andy B on Thursday, 23 April 2020
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Mike Pitts' tribute to Aubrey Burl in the Salon newsletter

Aubrey Burl FSA died on 8 April aged 93. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in November 1981.

Harry Aubrey Woodruff Burl was an unusual archaeologist for our times. The enthusiast’s megalithic expert and a field explorer bar none, he combined the advantages of experience as a university lecturer and excavator, a redundancy package and a literary fluency, to build an independent career as a successful writer. He published some 30 books, almost all of which he had researched and written on his own, with a single-minded focus on the prehistoric standing stones of north-west Europe. In his 70s he turned to subjects of historical mystery, launching his last book – on Shakespeare’s ‘Dark Lady’, who he identified as the self-centred and sex-enjoying wife of John Florio – when he was 88. He was, writes Terry Manby FSA, ‘a scholar and a gentleman of the old school in the very best sense’.

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    Re: RIP Dr Aubrey Burl, we have an Exclusive Video Talk Premier from 2000 7pm Thurs by AngieLake on Friday, 24 April 2020
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    Thanks for this Andy, it made interesting reading and I was thrilled to see my photo in the article.
    I enjoyed the video lecture from 2000 at 7pm, too. Nice to 'get together'. A fitting tribute to Dr Burl.
    What a lovely speaking voice and character. If only our history teacher had had half the charisma he did.
    I can imagine him looking down on us in amusement tonight, while supping a pint of beer with a big grin on his face, having escaped the current nightmare.
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Re: RIP Dr Aubrey Burl, we have an Exclusive Video Talk Premier from 2000 7pm Thurs by drolaf on Thursday, 23 April 2020
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Thanks for putting these up Andy, looking forward to tomorrow
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Re: RIP Dr Aubrey Burl, we have an Exclusive Video Talk Premier from 2000 7pm Thurs by Blingo_von_Trumpenstein on Wednesday, 22 April 2020
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Great work Andy.
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    Re: RIP Dr Aubrey Burl, we have an Exclusive Video Talk Premier from 2000 7pm Thurs by Anonymous on Thursday, 23 April 2020
    Looking forward to this, thanks Andy.
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      Re: RIP Dr Aubrey Burl, we have an Exclusive Video Talk Premier from 2000 7pm Thurs by Mikestavros on Thursday, 23 April 2020
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      Ooops, forgot to log in first!
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Re: RIP Dr Aubrey Burl, we have an Exclusive Video Talk Premier from 2000 7pm Thurs by Andy B on Wednesday, 22 April 2020
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I've unearthed the original post announcing the event from the Britarch mailing list:

Stone Circles Grow Up
This is the title of Aubrey Burl's talk on the afternoon of Saturday October 28th 2000 at the village hall, Long Compton. The talk and slide presentation looks at the study of stone circles from the days of the early antiquarians to the modern archaeologist. This is the talk that Dr Burl was scheduled to give at the ASLaN conference but which had to be postponed due to other commitments. The talk is in aid of ASLaN and The Rollright Trust. Places will be allocated first to those who attended the ASLaN conference and then to members. We are expecting quite a lot of interest in this rare talk by the great man himself so write in and book your seat now if you want to be sure of being there.

There were books, CDs and many other items on sale, including Dr Burl's latest.
[which was at that time his key work on stone circles The Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany]
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0300083475/megalithicmyst0a

Over At the Rollright stones: It's the dark time of year again and as usual we are having an event near to the festival of Samhain. We are breaking with the tradition of earlier years by having something happening at the circle through the afternoon and evening. including wandering minstrels and story-tellers. There will also be an opportunity during the day and evening for anyone who wishes to tell an anecdote or story about those they have lost and to light a candle in their memory - please bring your own candle and a jar to put it in!

Anyone is welcome to join in and members usual admission fee applies (free) - normal admission of 50p to everyone else. At 4.45pm there will be a fully open public ritual (no more accusations of occult activity if it's all open). This year will see the first Anglo-Saxon Heathen-led ritual at the Stones. The focus will be on the ancestors and this should be very appropriate as the most recent graves near the Stones are those from the Anglo-Saxon period. Once again all will be welcome.

Join in and partake in the Sumble (the ritual passing of one or more mead-horns around all present together with much public toasting and not a little good-natured boasting). We are informed that these events are very lively occasions and not at all sombre - join us in the mead queue.

Evening
Once darkness falls the site will be closed to those without tickets - Mad Mick is back with us once more in his familiar role of MC and Bard. The entertainment will be provided by Gippeswic Storytellers, Sleeping Myth, Morning Tide and The Way Forward with Scathagh's Wing and a trio of lovely ladies who have forgotten to tell me what name they are using in the afternoon.

Although 'officially' closed during the hours of darkness the Rollright circle will be staffed volunteers during the night of October 31st. Over the last few years we have come to realise that a lot of people visit on this night to pay their respects to passed loved ones. We also get local lads who have over-indulged at the pub and try to sneak in through the field in the vain hope of stumbling on naked witches dancing around afire!
Come and say hello if you are in the area and give the youngscallywags a fright.

[Archive email from 23rd October 2000] http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=BRITARCH;c6b24fa1.0010
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