Discovering The Secrets Of Llwyn Celyn: 15th Century Cottage Restoration | Our History

[@lilykatmoon4508]

This is remarkable! I agree with the hostess when she remarked that it’s the craftsman who are the true links to our ancestors and the way they lived. It’s beautiful to behold the skills of these master craftsman. ❤

[@jclark2752]

I love everything about this sort of work. I wish there were a national, if not Global workforce dedicated to such historic restorations on a more extensive scale. I do not think this can ever be done enough!

[@timtaylor1365]

Congratulations ! 1420 - thank you for saving this house that we can actually stay in !

[@deboraharmstrong3002]

1420!! My goodness! And so many bits of fancy bits. So, this is the 1420's version of a Stately Home.

[@davidnewland2556]

britain has so much history, so many years to marvel at, how many places in the world can you walk in the field with a metal detector and expect to find a 2,000 year old coin the thought enchants me

[@laurareutter6928]

Isn’t the date of 1420 tied to the age of the timber? After a tree is cut it may be dried for sometimes years before the wood is used. Also old beams or logs could be reused and incorporated into this building. As in radiocarbon dating, the test dates the wood, not when a building was started or completed.

[@thatyoutubeguy7583]

I guess they should based it on the youngest piece of wood

[@Sea-cucumber1151]

At that point what is 5 years difference? Either way the wood would have been cut for that sole purpose, so homes could take years to build, so the earliest date would be accurate enough otherwise it would have been used as fuel. Difference between 1420 vs 1435 is negligible in comparisons to decades and centuries! 21st century in comparison to 15th century is more accurate or even better early 15th century, meaning give or take 5 years would not have mattered. 😊

[@gregkrueger331]

It’s called “Dendrochronology”. That’s how logs are dated.

[@pattysue2516]

Green wood was often used in medieval construction. The green wood was easier to work and the joins tightened as the wood dried.

[@timtaylor1365]

Well you cannot get more accurate than that. (Method of dating).

[@chuckotto7021]

A superb renovation!

[@PlatinumIrishrose]

The English and their old buildings! Gotta love their new bat roost! Don't disturb the endangered couple! ❤

[@lilykatmoon4508]

In regards to the central hearth in the great halls, it’s also much more efficient in heating the place. With a fireplace to the side of the hall, most of the heat goes up the chimney. It’s way less efficient for heating a large space like a great hall.

[@timsecord8207]

Smart, articulate and beautiful woman, reminicent of Princess Katherine!

[@Rightonright]

Yes, you are right

[@PatHaskell]

Which is why she is already betrothed.

[@JeffroB2323]

Wonderful, well-made, no-nonsense work! The stuff I love to watch! Thank you!

[@Sea-cucumber1151]

Every time I hear the name, it’s sounds like a lisp, quite a talent to say it. Still not sure how it’s said still.

[@merryhunt9153]

I am a Yank with an interest in Welsh things. How to say the name of the cottage: For the Ll, try this. Say "old" and hold the l sound for a long time. This holds your tongue against the roof of your mouth, and the air starts to whistle out the sides. That whistling sound is the Welsh Ll. Next, the w is pronounced oo, and the y is short i. The final result rhymes with ruin. Celyn is easy. It's like Colin, but the o is replaced by short e. You are now speaking Welsh.

[@dottiebaker6623]

Thanks for this excellent tutorial!

[@taya____]

“If I shine my torch” 😂

[@sabalight2558]

I'm looking all over the video : where is the part, where they show how they paint the exterior walls white, with which kind of paint and why. Could somebody help me please ? Thank you !

[@jclark2752]

She makes a hard hat look surprisingly good! 😊

[@jpotter2086]

Well, maybe my house's issues aren't so bad, ha. Wow, an oak 10" x 12" x 20" ... a fortune in that single member. The Guns'N'Roses t-shirt LOL ... a subtle comment on the War of the Roses?

[@Blessings.429]

Why did we not see the full look around the house when it was done. I feel very sad that this detail was shown.😢

[@richardpaxman8519]

Well watch the next episode then!

[@Arthagnou]

being that it was a Hearth Hall (open fire in the middle of the hall) wouldnt it then have a thatched roof, by which would allow the smoke to leave the room?

[@michaeltutty1540]

600 years ago the roof was determined by what was available locally. Material for thatch likely wasn't all that common. Also, this was a substantial house built for someone with a great deal of money, and thatch was usually considered a down market roofing material.

[@dottiebaker6623]

In thatched houses, I think there was some kind of opening for the smoke to exit. A roof that was dense enough to repel rain would not have allowed smoke through it.

[@poetmaggie1]

An 1580 building is historical regardless but that building must have belonged to someone prosperous, so there you go.

[@apeshitclothing]

Beautiful Landscape

[@southeastcoastalphotography]

Whoever bricked up that window with that amazing view definitely should have been brought up on criminal charges against natural beauty.

[@willemvanoorschot5507]

Sorry to inform you that dendrochonolical dating of buildings is older than 2017. I know of wood in buildings in The Netherlands that were dated almost 10 years earlier. Found a paper on it from the University of Wageningen from 2005. I remeber we had one building dated somewhere in the 1500’s. In that case we thought it was reused wood, because of the way it was used. Not nearly as impressive as this one.

[@daghusebye5041]

🤩🤩👍🏻🏆

[@bethbartlett5692]

Is it just me? This Narrator is making me nuts with his chronic, repetative use and pronunciation of "Llwyn Celyn", a slurpy lisp, like "a water drip + nails on a chalkboard". Why!!!!? is he doing this? The Host doesn't pronounce Llwyn Celyn that way. Beth Barrett Tennessee, USA

[@nancymcclain2533]

I thought there was a system of making bat houses. similar to bird but for bats to allow them to move once a home starts getting noisy.

[@MrSiestaFiesta]

She is beautiful.

[@williamhiller3988]

Just because a log was harvested in 1490 doesn't mean it went right into that bldg.

[@eddygonzalez6018]

No but they wouldn't have waited ver long. When you cut the tree and make planks, they are still considered green, that is, high water content. It would take about a year or so to dry, depending on the thickness of the planks. I don't think they would have waited that long to use the wood. It's not like they were running a mill company and letting wood plank season before using. It is safe to say they cut the tree when they needed it. They also used the whole tree, including the sapwood.

[@gregkrueger331]

The oak used for timber framing is “wet” or “green” wood. As oak dries, it tightens the joints.

[@williamhiller3988]

@@gregkrueger331 Makes sense.

[@rebelliocross519]

Great job, but 5 million pounds?

[@michaeltutty1540]

Time and materials. Those couple of thousand new tiles for the roof did not come cheaply. Nor did anything else about this house.

[@teresamatheson4259]

Why does it take 6 months to build a bat roost?

[@PatHaskell]

Wait, I thought Charles was the King?

[@michaeltutty1540]

This episode is several years old. Queen Elizabeth was still alive.

[@johndrew4957]

she needs a job

[@OffendingTheOffendable]

Yeah no thanks

[@helenachase5627]

How can money be poured into this and most people struggle to survive

[@gregkrueger331]

Cry about it.

[@Name.LastName]

Unbelievable. When there's homeless people living in the streets all across the world, you build a house for wild animals.

[@texasred2702]

It's her money, and they would just trash it anyway

[@puckgroeneweg115]

Indeed unbelievable, that the bats got a new house, because they are protected by the law….while so many people are living on the streets..

[@diannagregg191]

The bats are endangered, while people breed like rats.

[@scottcates]

Blame the economic system you are in and work to change it.

[@lisabruner7018]

​@@puckgroeneweg115people can work.

[@BUY_YOUTUB_VIEWS.304]

Great job on breaking down such a complex topic into understandable parts.

[@apeshitclothing]

It's crazy the cottage was built over 500 years ago.