Exploring One of the First Norman Stone Castles in England

We were just there in March. Loved Ludlow and the castle.

How does a town shelter the castle? Thats a stupid claim, the opposite is true, the castle protects the town, it also protects the river, not the other way round, it was placed there to protect the river, not to be protected by the river. this level of incompetence is insane.

It just boggles the mind when one thinks that this castle was built 937 yrs. ago. No modern technology, nothing available to the builders and engineers that we take for granted today.

Really enjoyed this one. As someone who has never seen a real castle in person, I've always been fascinated by them. Would love to see a recreation of this castle complete with working yard, floors, etc. Could easily spend a week just immersing myself in that and fleshing out the huge gaps in my knowledge ❤

Hmm! No mention of egg whites, one of the prime ingredients of medieval mortar for bonding. The pipe rolls that detailed the accounts of castle building always mentioned large sums paid for poultry which was used to lay the required eggs. There would always have been a large poultry farm attached to the construction site.

I loved this one. Thank you!

still in good condition its a scheme no one is restoring it to its original. it just needs wooden floors and a roof some lime plaster work :)

The irony is. This so-called historical video conveniently overlooks that Ludlow use to be part of Wales before it was annexed by England. You know, think of Ukraine. In fact. The real Welsh name of Ludlow is Dinam, and it used part of the Kingdom of Powis where Welsh King Caradog (Caractus) made his last stand against the Romans. But hey, let's whitewash this fact and allow historical & cultural appropriation.

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The Norman castles in Britain should be recognized as a military means to dominate and subdue a conquered people, not as a defense against an outside enemy.

Im serious about medieval history

Braveheart a very nice movie describing how those times were williak wallace fought hard

Ughhh “craftspeople”. 🤨

My Mum was from Shrewsbury so I I know ludlow castle thanks so much!

The question is how did they build these crazy structures while defending from enemies. I'd like to see some study on the wooden defensive structures built to defend the building process myself.

The use of the term "craftspeople" is a bit ridiculous. The craftsmen who built Ludlow Castle would have been men.

I'm from Hereford and have always been fascinated by Ludlow Castle. Great video and this guy looks like Guy Richie lol.

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How long did it take to build from the first stones being laid in 1085ish until what we see the remains of now?

Absolutely fascinating. Love how you bring the heritage to life! Ludlow is a gorgeous castle, we loved our visit there. Full of such important forgotten history, thank you for sharing with us!

Excellent, just excellent!!! ❤

Very cool to see. I'd love to see more about British castles, but really anywhere in the world that they exist.

If you want this castle to be new just ask Dan from Escape to rural France.

I've been to Ludlow castle

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Really interesting, I even learnt how to build a castle, superb thanks.

I like to take my Norman conqueror chain mail outfit when visiting such castles. Still to convince my lady friend to bring her Maid Marion outfit.

They don't build castles like they used to.

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I really like Matt Lewis, and I hope he’s given the chance to make more documentaries!

Sorry to be pedantic but a gatehouse is not a keep. The keep is an area for the family to live in and last defense; a gatehouse does not have the room for that and is the first line of defense.

There was a lot of generic castle info. Would be good to have more on Ludlow specifically.

As a fan who has studied castles, this video has been more informative and visually educating than anything I've encountered before .

i worked in muncaster castle that was creepy as hell i seen a few spirits there we all did.

Louis pin? Three legged louis pin? Interesting stuff. Wow!
How did they drill the holes?
Lime mortar mix, a lime putty. I loved the demonstration of the mortar.

Why were they called Baileys?
This is a great video. Thank you.

It's enormous for an 11th century building project...

I too played in Ludlow Castle in the mid 1960s.
Undoubtedly the finest in England.
St Lawrence Church too is worth a visit, the largest church that's not a cathedral and home of Prince Arthur's heart, interred after succumbed to fever. This made his younger brother Henry (VIII) next in line.
PS 'tradesman', NOT 'tradespeople'. No wokism please, it's history.

Great video. I grew up in Ludlow so know the castle well. The castle has such an illustrious history- home to Prince Arthur, the two Yorkist princes and a border castle involved in actions in the war of Stephen and Matilda (The Anarchy), the War of the Roses and English Civil War.

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My ears perked up when you DeLacy. Hugh DeLacy is my 24th great grand father. It is wonderful to put a actual place with a name, and wow, what a place. Thank you, I am a bit of a English history and ancestry nut, especially medieval history.

Thank you so much for another wonderful video. Very interesting. Please show us more Norman castles.

This would have been a nice video on Lodlow castle if you hadn't shown the unnecessary mistaken building scene. Indeed, Ludlow castle's walls like most castle walls are not made of ashlar but by smaller stones that you can handle by hand and the uncut rubble stones were built as frames incasing concrete with rubble inside - a most common technique of wall building since the Roman period... Unnecesseray mistaken explanation is unnecessary. Ashlar stone building was used in the medieval era, primarily on high status churches, and in later castles, not like this one. I recommend you read a basic book on medieval castle construction before presenting falsehoods on the Middle Ages.

I was here last April of 2019, impressive Norman feat..

Brilliant 🙂

Love your work, HH 👍

Amazing castle from my home town if any one from history hit reads this I have footage of the civil war reenactment from the 70s that took place at ludlow castle

I am in awe of the size and craftsmanship of the castles But I wish they could tell me more about the families that lived there . Without the human aspect they are just bricks and mortar But still amazing

The problem was constant & lengthy or the castle wouldn’t have been so impressive.

Fancy having a watch of a Robin Hood Movie?

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