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Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History

20. At the End of the Earth, Inishmore

Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History

Fat Belly Films

News, Neil Oliver, History, Comment

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In this episode Neil takes us to a place of great power and beauty, an island off the west coast of Ireland, with its shoulder set hard against the mighty Atlantic.


High on the dramatic cliffs of Inishmore Neil explores two formidable Iron Age forts - Dún Aengus and Dún Dúchathair. The compelling mystery behind the remains of these breath-taking forts gives us a sharp reminder of the forces that shape the world we all live in today.

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Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you

0:08.3

slide by on track to your

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there,

0:20.0

the care in the world as you simply lean back.

0:17.0

And before you know it, you're there.

0:20.0

This is how travels should feel,

0:22.0

and on our trains it does

0:25.2

Avanti West Coast feel good travel

0:29.6

The 15 million pound Lotto super Saturday jackpot must be won this Saturday.

0:34.6

Or thousands of you will win a share of the prize. But who will it be? Maybe Raj, watching the

0:38.9

race walking thinking I could do that. Well speedwalk down the shop and get yourself a ticket.

0:43.2

Lotto, will you be next?

0:44.8

Play in store or on app.

0:46.2

The National Lottery, Account terms, rules and it's alive. It's a dynamic landscape. You don't get lulled into

1:06.0

the sense of life just rolling softly on there. It's abrupt and visceral and in your face, dissolving and being smashed to pieces before your eyes.

1:22.0

In this podcast we're traveling to the Iron Age and the end of the earth, a landscape of great

1:31.2

power and beauty.

1:34.8

Two formidable forts, built high on dramatic cliff tops,

1:40.8

on a rugged coastline whose shoulder is set hard against the mighty Atlantic.

1:47.0

These ancient forts have a mystery at their heart,

1:51.0

whose explanation gives us a profound insight into the changing world and how

1:57.5

we live in it today. I'm stepping out across Britain to discover 100 remarkable places that have shaped you, me, and the whole world.

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