{"id":834,"date":"2025-03-30T16:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T16:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highschoolhypnotist.com\/?p=834"},"modified":"2025-04-25T23:37:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T23:37:35","slug":"uk-pyramid-called-the-most-surreal-thing-ive-ever-seen-hidden-in-popular-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.highschoolhypnotist.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/30\/uk-pyramid-called-the-most-surreal-thing-ive-ever-seen-hidden-in-popular-location\/","title":{"rendered":"UK pyramid called \u2018the most surreal thing I\u2019ve ever seen\u2019 hidden in popular location"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The memorial pyramid located in the Balmoral Estate, Aberdeenshire (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A solo traveller was left in a state of shock after stumbling on a pyramid dating back 150 years in a forest in Scotland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tom Prout was on a walk in Cairnogorms National Park, in Aberdeenshire, when he came across the ancient-looking structure, seemingly transported straight from Egypt<\/a> or Sudan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A video on TikTok<\/a> shows the adventurer heading to the unexpected sight that many would deem impossible in the UK.<\/p>\n

He told his 104,000 followers: ‘So, for anyone that thinks you have to leave the UK and fly to Egypt to find pyramids, let me tell you, you don\u2019t. <\/p>\n

‘I’m currently in Scotland in the Cairngorms National Park going to find one. And I\u2019m gonna show you guys exactly where it is.’<\/p>\n

Tom stressed that until a week ago he did not even know a pyramid in the UK was a possibility.<\/p>\n

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The large cairn covered with snow and ice in the winter (Picture: Alamy Stock Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Famous as the ‘Secret Scottish Pyramid’, the human-made pile of stones, also referred to as a cairn, is one of 11 in the country.<\/p>\n

It is located in the Balmoral Estate in Aberdeenshire and was erected on the order of Queen Victoria in memory of Prince Albert after his death in 1861.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There are a total of\u00a011 Scottish cairns\u00a0out there, each commemorating events in the lives of members of the Royal Family.<\/p>\n

Built out of granite and standing at 41 feet height, this one is the largest.<\/p>\n

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For anyone who didn\u2019t realise there\u2019s a Pyramid in the UK, just give this a watch\u2026.. I didn\u2019t know either until a week ago :0:0 The power of UK of adventure at its finest – a surreal thing I never thought I\u2019d see in this country for sure. Who thinks they\u2019ll take a trip to here now!? \ud83d\udccdAB35 5TL #hiking<\/a> #hike<\/a> #adventure<\/a> #outdoors<\/a> #hikingadventures<\/a> #fyp<\/a> #foryoupag\u0435<\/a> #vanlife<\/a> #scotland<\/a> <\/p>\n

\u266c Viva La Vida Coldplay sped up – ol<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Tom described the pyramid as ‘the most surreal thing’ he has ever seen in the UK.<\/p>\n

Speaking to his followers in the video, he goes on to say that he ‘didn’t even know’ that finding pyramids in the UK ‘was a possibility.’<\/p>\n

The traveller said: ‘I was only ever taught that things such as this were in Egypt. <\/p>\n

‘Now, I am not saying this is anywhere on the same scale but when it is surrounded by settings like this, you cannot beat it.’<\/p>\n

Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

For more stories like this, <\/strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The memorial pyramid located in the Balmoral Estate, Aberdeenshire (Picture: Getty Images) A solo traveller was left in a state of shock after stumbling on a pyramid dating back 150 years in a forest in Scotland. Tom Prout was on a walk in Cairnogorms National Park, in Aberdeenshire, when he came across the ancient-looking structure, Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royal-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.highschoolhypnotist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.highschoolhypnotist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.highschoolhypnotist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.highschoolhypnotist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.highschoolhypnotist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=834"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.highschoolhypnotist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":839,"href":"http:\/\/www.highschoolhypnotist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834\/revisions\/839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.highschoolhypnotist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.highschoolhypnotist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.highschoolhypnotist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.highschoolhypnotist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}