A grand day out: Castell Henllys (an Iron Age hill fort)

[@davidgplay-wq2qt]

Thank you so much for your channel--I shared it with my whole household the same day I found it! You make a wonderful presenter and exude enthusiasm. Your costuming is great, as well as attention to other details. This video I found very interesting, not just as history buff with Celtic ancestry, but I saw similarities between this and historical Native American homes and present day PowWows here in Oklahoma!

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

You are so welcome! glad you like it :)

[@chrismiksworld]

I am so jealous that looks so fun I hope to travel one day

[@FritsvanDoorn]

Awesome interesting to see. Thank you so much!

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@neoaliphant]

Sounds like a fun day, there was a similar village near Glastonbury, on site site of the sweet track, but its closed down,

[@davidvaughn7752]

This was so cool! You could have easily just enjoyed it all by yourself and not take the time to film and edit, yet you shared and allowed everybody to experience it and that's wonderful! Thank You!

[@terrysmith4831]

I just watched this video. Looked like a fun event, it's great that you went in costume. One of the differences between the U.K. and here in the U.S. is that when you are in public here, whether adult or child, legally you have "no expectation of privacy". 😎

[@MyNameisMessenger]

This is an excellent and informative video; I didn’t mean to spent time watching it, but it was so interesting I watched the whole thing. Thank you for making it. I especially like your sword! It suits you well!

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Glad you enjoyed it! and thank you :)

[@paulhelberg5269]

Looks like a lot of fun.

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

It was :)

[@dr.stephanieannefoulds4012]

That looked like a fascinating day out. Thanks for sharing Iodo

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@taylorsteiner9273]

Right on!

[@kevinroche3334]

That was interesting, great to see how it has developed. I helped build the original site in the early 1980s. Great memories of cleaning the thatch of bugs and stuff by burning wormwood in the fireplace...quite hallucinogenic! Also, collecting reeds for the roof of the main roundhouse from the former Roman port on the coast; wet work but fun! Wish I could get back - still have loads of photos and information leaflets from those times - wonder if the management are interested?

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Very cool! you could e-mail the team some photo's of what you have and ask them if they are interested?

[@gozer87]

One of the things I miss about the UK is all the cool little historical and cultural centers and festivals. Thanks for posting.

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

You are most welcome :)

[@neoaliphant]

That was a good quality wooden sword, there are lots of shops in Glastonbury selling celtic items for anyone thats interested, and also a viking shop, wyrdraven, Iodo, I would recommend a visit to Glastonbury, you will probably find cloak wearing people on the high street...

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

those swords are probably the best wooden swords on the market anywhere, they use good quality hardwoods so they last a good long time when used for sparring

[@2OldGeeksTalking]

I love Celtic culture, especially the story of Boudica.

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Me too, thank you for your comment :)

[@neoaliphant]

you dont want to watch Britannia then, I would recommend Chelmsford 123, also the Rome series has some celtic in the early episodes

[@2OldGeeksTalking]

@@neoaliphant I watched the all the seasons of Rome... great series. I have only watched the first season of Britannia, I enjoyed it. I'll give Chelmsford123 a try...Thanks for the recommendation.

[@neoaliphant]

@@2OldGeeksTalking britannia really goes down hill after first season, chelmsford 123 was a very tongue in cheek recomendation :-) the clive owen king artur film has a bit of celtic,

[@batzpfsaddict2806]

Looks like a good day out

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

it was :)

[@jonanderson3050]

it's nice to see some of my heritage on display. Diolch yn fawr iawn!

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

it was cool, and your welcome ;)

[@jonanderson3050]

@@IodoDwarvenRanger unfortunately, your video title created the anticipation in me of some cheese adventures, but I forgive you. Looks like I'll have to scare up my own Welsh Cheddar to see what it's like! 😄

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

@@jonanderson3050 LOL, Maybe I will build a spaceship and fly to the moon for my next grand day out xD

[@jonanderson3050]

@@IodoDwarvenRanger 😝

[@torymiddlebrooks]

I wonder what a Dwarven bee hive looks like!

[@paulkopacz5051]

The funny thing for me was the pants the gentleman who was singing and playing the (Lyre?) are very similar to pants I wore as a child in the mid 1970's, they were in style then! Some things never change. Thanks Iodo!

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

cool to know, Iron Age clothing often uses plaid fabrics, they actually had a hand loom set up showing how they made those sorts of patterns but unfortunately I didn't manage to get a video of it

[@neoaliphant]

Its related, there is a UK celtic chic / narrow boat/ celtic singing/ bodhran type culture that has a lot of celtic clothing inspiration, been round for decades, a lot of clothing from Glastonbury is celtic inspired, and then that affects music festivals etc.

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

@@neoaliphant I have seen this at folk music festivals

[@marcusfridh8489]

I made a couple of bowed lyres, One twostringed and one threestringed

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

@@marcusfridh8489 cool :)

[@LuxisAlukard]

Such a cool video! But slings are the best! :)

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Thank you, and yep they are :)

[@TexasJack1886]

Awesome! I bet that was a blast to attend

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Thanks, It was :)

[@TexasJack1886]

@@IodoDwarvenRanger Did they say what language they were singing in while burning the wicker man? I thought i heard some welsh terms like "cariad bach" but i dont really know welsh that well or how similar it might be to any iron age or neighboring languages they might also be singing in? Also your reversible (or is it reversable? spelling is hard) hood looks fantastic! Top notch work :)

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

@@TexasJack1886 No, sorry, I don't know any welsh (I wish I did but I'm just generally terrible at languages) and I didn't get the chance to ask Glad you like the hood :)

[@TexasJack1886]

@@IodoDwarvenRanger no worries

[@tonbon9450]

Super cool, fantastic content

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Thanks a lot :)

[@marshallsmusingsandmeander5106]

I remember seeing this place on a documentary. It's great that they have all of that cultural information there. I found that giant horn to be fascinating! I can imagine several rather large warriors playing that would be intimidating.

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Cool, I think I have seen it on a documentary also :) Thank you for your coment

[@Grim-Prepper]

You're so cool.

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Thanks :)

[@jamesstewart1535]

Iodo you seem somewhat young but you are doing a very good job in your programs. You seem to be improving with each program so keep up the good work. By the way may I ask where you in Scotland when you filmed your storm hiking?

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Thanks, glad you like the channel :) if you refer to the video that starts in my work van, that was actually filmed in England

[@Kinnamon100]

Did they have period Style food ?

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

They had an activity where you could make bread using historic methods, I didn't manage to get a clip of that tho