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Terraced / Pyramidal Structures

Our Terraced Past (Part 1) – Introduction

There are remains of many terraced structures worldwide.

(Click the images for ultra high-resolution original versions)

We start this journey in….

Ireland

In County Clare in Ireland the following can be seen on Google Maps/Bing Maps:

These structures are ostensibly ‘mountains’. However, on closer inspection it can be seen that they are not mountains, but remains of huge artificial structures built in a terraced/pyramidal style. Observations on the ground support this.

Google provide ‘StreetView’ images of a coastal path running around the edge of a similar structure in the vicinity (marked in red):

The footpath where the following images were taken is marked in red
Obviously the dry stone wall is modern, but what about the background?
What looks like a door in the background on the left, one can only presume is a modern addition

There are the remains of similar structures across the world. Let’s take a look at some:

Central Northern Siberia

Putoranskiy Gosudarstvennyy Prirodnyy Zapovednik

A Zapovednik is a Russian protected nature reserve.

This area is literally in ‘the middle of nowhere’, huge, and looks like a mountain range. But on closer inspection it is the remains of an area of giant terraced superstructures. Let’s take a closer look (please note the scale):

The large terraced semi-circular formations (at least 3km long) leave little doubt we are looking at the remains of artificial structures
Note the symmetrical pattern on the terracing (5km wide gap)
Sharp right angles on the apparent ‘platform’/roof at the top approximately 1km wide
Ditto
Raised triangle near the centre
Circular feature/hole approximately 2km wide to the north-east of the region

Saudi Arabia

Excellent example of the remains of a terraced structure

Shandong Province, China

The areas marked in green are mountainous areas today

Turkmenistan

A day tripper to the mountains probably does not realise that he is actually stood on the remains of giant structures

Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands pyramid

The pyramid on the Faroe (pharaoh?) Islands is just the most obvious feature. In reality all of the islands are remains of structures built in a terraced style.

In his seminal work, Britain – The Key To World History, Comyns Beaumont informs the reader that the original land of Egypt was located in the vicinity of what is today known as the British Isles. The North African Egypt that we know today as the only Egypt was, according to him, a later colony or continuation of the earlier civilisation that was destroyed in a cataclysm. He believed the Flood of Noah and the fall of Atlantis to have been the same event.

Huge pyramidal structure remains
The snow accentuates the terraced effect

This is a huge topic with many examples worldwide so this is just Part 1 with more to follow.