Before the English There Was a Civilization in Cornwall So Advanced It Terrified the SAXONS

🔔 Subscribe for more forgotten history, ancient mysteries, and hidden stories from Cornwall and Britain’s distant past. 👉    / @sleepyukhistory   Long before the English kingdoms emerged, Cornwall was home to ancient communities with their own languages, traditions, settlements, sacred sites, and powerful regional identities. But what was Cornwall really like before the Saxons? Across the landscape are prehistoric monuments, ancient hillforts, Roman remains, burial sites, and traces of the Brittonic world that survived for centuries after Rome withdrew from Britain. In this episode, we explore the people and cultures that existed in Cornwall before the English expansion — including the ancient communities of the southwest and their encounters with the growing Saxon kingdoms. Who lived in Cornwall before the Saxons? Why did the Brittonic culture survive here for so long? What happened as Saxon influence expanded westward? And what can archaeology reveal about a forgotten chapter of Britain’s past? The deeper we dig into ancient Cornwall, the more complicated the story becomes. #History #AncientCornwall #Cornwall #CornishHistory #Saxons #AncientBritain #CelticHistory #Archaeology #LostHistory #HistoryDocumentary