Crazy About Castles

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@eyeintheskydrone4k 13 күн бұрын

Superb video add me as a subscriber. well done

@54spatula 16 күн бұрын

I sat in one of the cells of that castle on my own, at the end of the day when people were leaving. it wasn’t nice at all

@mariar4431 2 ай бұрын

Very well done.

@RalphHeron-d6w 2 ай бұрын

So you say they have recreated the castle area to king John's era?, does that include the smells etcetc like Jorvik ??

@PolicyInsightHub 2 ай бұрын

Are you from line of duty ?

@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw 2 ай бұрын

@@PolicyInsightHub no?

@jameslefley 2 ай бұрын

Great content mate, deserve a bigger following, keep it up!

@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw 2 ай бұрын

What do you think people prefer, a focus on the stories and people's of these castles, or a focus on the design and engineering of these places.

@jameslefley 2 ай бұрын

@@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw I'm honestly torn between both. Probably leaning a little more towards the engineering for me. The hidden secrets, the untold mysteries and that sort of thing. It's generally a little less well known and it adds so much character and fascination to a place

@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw 2 ай бұрын

@@jameslefley I tend to agree, there's always little nuggets of information and details that you only learn on tours at these places, I try to remember all the ones I learn

@randalthor741 2 ай бұрын

I've visited Dover Castle twice: once many years ago before English Heritage did all the restoration work, and once more recently since they did the work. It's an amazing castle, and it's absolutely huge! You can easily spend an entire day there exploring the whole site and checking out the exhibits. I'm more interested in medieval history than 20th century history, but the whole experience they've got set up in the wartime tunnels is not to be missed.

@Babol331 2 ай бұрын

Where are the walls 7 meters thick? People always say keeps had like 5-7 meters thick walls. And where are they? In the basement?

@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw 2 ай бұрын

My next video I will include floor plan with walls and mark where walls are this thick, normally its around a large deep window on the ground floor. Most of the wall for keeps are about 3m though. With Norham it is ground floor on south side of keep facing away from the river. I made a 3d model from scale floorplans and they were around 7m thick for Norham at its thickest part.

@Kevin-mx1vi 3 ай бұрын

At least the moat protected it from becoming a "quarry" and the stones taken away.

@lindacummings8489 3 ай бұрын

I lived in Norham and used to play in the castle as a kid, there was always stories about the grey lady and we used to scare ourselves 😂. Excellent video and knowledge 😊

@maxscripten_ua9236 3 ай бұрын

Its Celtic Enya's castle but not England one

@OldSkoolWax 3 ай бұрын

The Scots captured it at least 4 times mate

@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw 3 ай бұрын

@@OldSkoolWax yes correct it was successfully captured fully 4 times, and a few more occasions the out bailey was captured. I have detailed every single one of these In the video?. Sorry about the confusion of the title, what I mean by couldn't conquer is that they never held onto the castle. For me the historic intrigue was the constant and ongoing sieges from Scotland over the course of centuries from the 12th to 16th century.

@mikesam347 3 ай бұрын

Draw breath......!

@AshHanks-nl5bn 3 ай бұрын

The history of of Portchester Castle, its Transition from Roman Fort to Norman Castle then to a POW camp is far from overlooked. This download had promise, well edited, well filmed & just utterly ruined by the Juvenile nature of the dialogue & that idiotic accent.

@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw 3 ай бұрын

It's overlooked by the fact that very few people know its history outside historians Sorry you don't like the accent, still experimenting with all the styles.

@michaeldeierhoi4096 4 ай бұрын

This is an interesting over view of this castle, however I was waiting to hear something about the long low lying area with white fence around it on one side of the castle, but didn't anytjing about it . What was that for originally? It looks to be a shadow of its former self.

@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw 4 ай бұрын

@@michaeldeierhoi4096 I assume you are talking about the western bailey, not loads is known about it, it would have been and additional area pre the norman stone keep, but when the stone keep and eastern stone walls were built it was not as far as m aware upgrades. So would have just been a wooden pallisade and other structures

@michaeldeierhoi4096 4 ай бұрын

@@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw I wasn't very clear in my question. I was referring to what looks like a long stone structure above and parallel to the castle in the inner bailey. And it has a low white fence around it.

@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw 4 ай бұрын

@@michaeldeierhoi4096 odd i definitely wrote about it, i must have somehow forgotten to put it into the video, forgive me it was one of my earlier videos, but it is an old Norman church which predates the castle and wasn't actually discovered until the 19th century when excavated as it was well buried, built roughly in the year 1100. I have mentioned it a few times in my full castle blog page here... crazyaboutcastles.com/english-castles/castle-rising-castle/ probably quite a few things i missed in my blog post as i was trying to keep videos shorter.

@michaeldeierhoi4096 4 ай бұрын

@@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw Its all good. I appreciated your video. I am very interested in these early castles as well as cathedrals and churches in England. I hope to return some day soon.

@SpiritWolf1966 4 ай бұрын

I enjoy all of Crazy About Castles videos 🎉

@stephenleighton6349 4 ай бұрын

Slow down man !

@Sargis-tq5hz 4 ай бұрын

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@SpiritWolf1966 5 ай бұрын

I enjoy all of Crazy About Castles videos 🎉😊

@petermedcalf1191 5 ай бұрын

The thin walls of this "castle" would have rendered it pretty useless at a time when artillery was already an established part of European armies .

@geraldgriffin8220 5 ай бұрын

can relate...my mother's family lost 3000 acres of really bad land i n Ireland in 1645...Always liked learning about the Civil War and Loyalist resistance...

@kirkheisey2597 5 ай бұрын

EXCELLENT! THANK YOU

@vivekt.2038 5 ай бұрын

Is there any netflix series made on this ? This was Amazing !!!!!!!!!

@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw 5 ай бұрын

I can't find anything made on this, except a few blogs and some KZbin videos cover it briefly in part of of a general corfe castle travel vlog

@robnewman6101 5 ай бұрын

Papperback DK Eyewitness Book of KNIGHT.

@robnewman6101 5 ай бұрын

Papperback DK Eyewitness Book of CASTLE.

@robnewman6101 5 ай бұрын

Hardback DORLING KINDERSLEY DK EYEWITNESS GUIDES Book of MEDIEVAL LIFE. Discover medieval Europe - from life in a country manor to the streets of a developing town.

@n.h.2604 6 ай бұрын

Finally, a channel that discusses my special interest ❤ thank you!

@SpiritWolf1966 6 ай бұрын

I enjoy all of Crazy About Castles videos

@Sargis-tq5hz 6 ай бұрын

Великая киликия

@kevinjohnstone2682 6 ай бұрын

Not a Scottish castle.....it's in England

@SpiritWolf1966 6 ай бұрын

I enjoy all of Crazy About Castles videos

@Uktravelguy 6 ай бұрын

The original ticket office/Giftshop hut was in the barbican. But now is situated in the visitors centre by the car park.

@AllensTrains 7 ай бұрын

The location of the castle is explained by the fact that the River Rother was originally navigable as far as Robertsbridge. The Romans used to export Iron Ore from a quayside at Bodiam. This quay continued in use until after the Norman Conquest, and the Castle was built to protect this important and strategic location. Now that the River Rother has all silted up and is all but closed to navigation, the castle's location makes no sense! It is tempting to argue it is nothing more than the social pretence of a castle and had no defensive purpose. Thanks for uploading.

@jackhuffman9313 7 ай бұрын

To hell with the Norman’s and their horrible conquest

@NanaBren 8 ай бұрын

I have always been fascinated by castles. 🏰 I certainly wouldn’t be surprised if they are haunted. History leaves a residual impression on places. ❤

@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw 8 ай бұрын

ill keep them coming, I have barely started, there are quite literally thousands of castles across europe, all with fascinating history behind them.

@NanaBren 8 ай бұрын

Several of my ancestors originated from Scotland, Ireland and England. My maiden name is McCormick. I heard there used to be a castle, but I believe it’s long gone. I have been trying to remember the details about a family whose staircase curved backwards because they were all left handed and it gave them an advantage. Can’t remember the name though. I like hearing about the people who lived in the castle and what happened to them. It’s really interesting. 😊❤️

@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw 8 ай бұрын

@@NanaBren interesting, and very plausible, staircases in a castle typically built clockwise, as most people right handed, meaning an invader walking up would have his sword catching against the central wall, where as the defender above would have full motion of his sword on the outside. So they could have commissioned it the other way if they were all left handed, however it would mean both the defender and invader would be able to use their sword on the outside. The steps were often irregular height to make them trip up.

@ION400 5 ай бұрын

@@NanaBrenWas it Forter? kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqK5dmmdl7CegMUsi=6okllAgPwxmiYBkB

@stuartwilson7392 2 ай бұрын

@@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw Those myths about staircases are not true. For military purposes a tower has a ladder not a staircase because it is cheaper and more effective as you can pull it up after you. Staircases occurred in castles only because most of the time they were domestic quarters and only rarely used for actual defence, so a staircase was more appropriate. Just because one is right handed does pot prevent them using the sword in the left hand if required and the attacker being lower down than the defender would have an advantage fighting on a staircase as the attackers lower body would be very hard to strike from above, but the defenders feet and limbs would be exposed. You can try it for yourself and you will see in actual reality this is true. Finally stairs were often uneven, even in completely domestic buildings well into the 19th century. They were standardised in order to improve efficiency through mechanised production, thus reducing costs and as a health and safety measure. But deliberately uneven staircases were not an effective military design since a ladder is more effective and being deliberately uneven would mean causing a deliberate risk to the lord and his family while living there, so the design flaw was accidental not deliberate.

@bethwilliams4903 8 ай бұрын

Dallyngrigge inherited the castle and the initial funds from his wife - he himself made additional funds as a freebooter in the French Wars, (ie Hundred Years War) he was mostly associated with highly efficient freebooter g Captain Robert Knolles, both allied with Edward III when not marauding for their own gain - something virtually every competent English, French, German, Gascon, Flemish, Welsh and various Italian soldier did as needed and when they could - in the case of Edward III he actively promoted the freebooters as it created further havoc in France and kept fractious English soldiers there, not in England, and he took a cut. Dallyngrigge pulled out of the freebooting game as he had political aspirations back in England, unlikely as Gaunt was the county’s chief landholder and they had run-ins (the legal docs are extant and worth reading) as for the defensive works at Bodiam those were added to appeal to Richard II and defray the costs should the French invade by sea - always a possibility to those who lived along the southern coasts - its disuse only fell after the family sided with Lancaster in 1483 and found itself under siege by royal forces loyal to the Yorkist king, Richard III - under the new Lancastrian king, Henry VII, who invade with French money, troops, ships and arms Bodiam apparently found itself redundant.

@buidseach 8 ай бұрын

You should do a vid on Bothwell and Craignathan :)

@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw 8 ай бұрын

Plan is to do them all, currently working on a well known Welsh castle

@colinatkinson6908 8 ай бұрын

The main title says Walworth castle which it’s not

@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for spotting l, I changed the title the other day and didn't see the typo I made

@ТатьянаМакущенко-д5ъ 8 ай бұрын

Великолепие средневековой архитектуры очень впечатляет. Удивительная многовековая прочность и надежность. Современные строения выглядят весьма неубедительно.

@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw 8 ай бұрын

That's why I like them, almost impossible to imagine such buildings being built ever again

@davewatson309 8 ай бұрын

Domesday book 'he has what he can hold'

@trinityx7526 9 ай бұрын

The portcullis looks quite similar to Alnwick castle

@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw 8 ай бұрын

I used an image of a different portcullis when explaining what one is, so it may well be

@sophiaherschel567 9 ай бұрын

This channel deserves much more attention.

@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw 9 ай бұрын

Thanks, though it takes time, so I'll keep going and improve quality and research as I progress

@angelicairizarry2319 9 ай бұрын

When I think "Castle" this is what I think of.

@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw 9 ай бұрын

I think that's why it's so popular, if you look at the 2013-2014 Lego castle, it looks like Bodiam

@Historic_Adventures_UK 9 ай бұрын

Yh we been here and documented and had drone over, but dident catch any ghosts, however we been to many where we have, it’s a lovely place though

@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw 9 ай бұрын

Any ghost footage you have I can feature in my videos and accredit you with link and in video mention

@Historic_Adventures_UK 9 ай бұрын

i dont have any video with any, but i do have pictures @@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw

@smokejaguar67 9 ай бұрын

I spent a good time of my childhood in Berwick upon Tweed. The ruins are magnificent and so is this video

@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw 9 ай бұрын

Thank you , appreciate that you enjoyed

@stephenmudiecastles.2938 9 ай бұрын

It is on my ever expanding list to visit.

@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw 9 ай бұрын

there's so many throughout the UK, I didn't realise how many until I started this Hobby, I have a list of about 400 castle sites

@gothicgaming2580 9 ай бұрын

We have a list of about 422 place to visit

@patricktracey7424 9 ай бұрын

they had machine guns and claymore mines

@blakegoulds8313 9 ай бұрын

Btw-Great production value for such a small channel

@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw 9 ай бұрын

Thanks took me 2 months to learn blender, do the castle 3d and then put it together with maps etc.. hopefully skills I can take forward to next video

@blakegoulds8313 9 ай бұрын

If "The Grey Lady" got locked in the castle, I'd bet her lover's fate was much, much worse.

@CrazyAboutCastles-ly5pw 9 ай бұрын

If anyone knows his fate please comment, it didn't come up in research

@oakfat5178 10 ай бұрын

I don't like flat, mechanical-sounding voiceovers

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