I had no idea there was an amphitheater in Wales! When I've read of the Roman occupation of Britain, the focus is generally on their stationing in England--I had really given little thought to what might be going on in Wales. Really enjoying this history tour; I'm looking forward to the upcoming parts!
Very informative and stella historical video, showing how this great city was born and then declined over many centuries. thanks for making this video, and educational to me. thank you.
LOVED this! Looks like heaven. I put Chepstow castle on my list for when I make it to the Uk one day. I want to check out those doors! And the bit about William Marshall just puts it over the top 😍
Great video. I emigrated to Australia in 1970 but lived in Norfolk for four years before leaving. Mostly at RAF Coltishall but in Norwich for most of 1969. Before that, our family visited Norwich on holiday, and Great Yarmouth was my favourite place in the world. I did spend a bit more time there when I worked as a waiter at a holiday camp in Gorleston. I've been back seven times, and if I do get to make it back again, I'll be much better informed.
Thank you for not using AI voice I am charmed by how you say Hoomuns ( humans ) where I am agitated by increasing use of AI narration. Really enjoyed thx
Nice to hear the Norfolk accent creeping in now & again ! Be proud of it...its lovely ! Love your passion for our wonderful county too. Well done ! Thankyou
Britain holds so many secrets. History is part of everybody*s life on this planet. I grew up in London and Essex, my family went everywhere, so much beauty. The castles, the big houses, remember Antique Road show. I ventured to Canada, Montreal Then B.C. Now Ontario. I remember the castle, but you could not go when then the tide were out. Even this man's accent. WOW. Brillant. People have so much to learn about our World. PEACE Margaret Taha
Another Yarmouth born and bred here. I normally try and play down my origins and couldn't wait to escape, but GY has a fabulous, almost forgotten history. My Great grandfather was born in the Rows and my grandfather was in the homeguard during WW2. He loved the local history and I remember being taken to the Toll House and the Merchant House Museum. We also regularly had summer picnics amongst the ruins of Burgh Castle.
Ayy thank you I appreciate that! Part III will likely be done sometime next year as I don't have any plans to visit London again for a while (many adventures elsewhere!) I currently have 4 more hidden relics in London to show but I'll need to find a few more to make a full video.
Was watching one of those antique road trip shows this morning. One of the experts visited Flag Fen. Sounded interesting so I googled and found your video. Very interesting and informative. Thank you!
That was really great. I'm gonna watch your entire catelog now. We can be so guilty of not knowing the history and magic of the places we come from, whilst putting other cultures/places on a pedestal. I went to walk some dogs with a girl not long back, walked past a hedgerow and there was Burgh Castle in all it's glory. I never even knew it was there. She didn't even care about it. It was magnificent. Guessing you're a Norfolk lad too. You might be interested to know that the locals pronounce Hoxne 'Hoxun'. Whilst the Great Yarmouth seafront is looking up with the recent renovation of the Marina Centre, Herring Bridge completion and soon to be revamped Winter Gardens and Gasholder, the town and south areas are still suffering. I've seen violence and depravity in some of the places you filmed that no one should see. It seems all of the counties broken people and misfits are dumped there now. It is becoming ghetto-ised along ethic lines, with waring factions trying to control the sale of drugs to the desperate & vulnerable. On Saturdays gypsies compare their loot bags to see who has stolen the best items from the retail chain stores (and I am not talking about the families that offer horse rides on the seafront). But who am I to judge? Like your video makes mention, waves of migration happen throughout the ages. Maybe Roman Britain was the peak.
Are you sure about that? :P The Waveney flows into the Yare right next to Burgh Castle, which shared the same estuary as Canister and therefore connected :)
During the Roman period, the whole area was one massive estuary with Caister defending the north side and Burgh Castle defending the south coast of the estuary.
As teenagers in the 70's we would head to Caister, Yarmouth and Norwich on the weekends (listening to AM radio). Fond memories of growing up in Bury St Edmunds and playing in the Abbey gardens before the ruins were fenced off.
Nope, not at all. The armour only weighs about 30kg including the maille and is equally suspended from various limbs, shoulders, hips and back so it doesn't feel like you're wearing anything heavy at all. A 30kg backpack (fairly minimum British army standard for a soldier on deployment) would feel far heavier than a full suit of armour. :)
Another Yarco, 'ere! Thanks for the video. Re: the suggestions that the Romans/Saxons etc displaced the native population. It still appears that the majority of DNA is still earlier Britons, suggesting that those who came here intergrated/married. Thanks again, brilliant,
Wasn't armor supposed to comer the front of the arms? Those look like weak points. All the ancient armors I looked at had full coverage (accept the crotch most times. Not sure why.) And if not complete covered, the front was completely covered with the back being open. It looks like you are vulnerable from the inside of your elbow, up to your armpit. Why is this armor setup different?
There is no evidence of people sleeping on or around the deceased within burial mounds. Most burial mounds have no entrance or chamber but are turf mounds. Chambered tombs are few in number. Evidence of food and drink in and around chambered tombs only implies a “funeral service” or “commemoration” of the dead at that time or on anniversaries.
At places like West Kennet there has been food remains such as bones which have had signs of butchery on them in the same chambers as where they buried their dead. The bones dated to a few hundred years meaning that feasting like this had been going on for several generations. We have also uncovered multiple roundhouses where humans funerary remains were found underneath the central hearth. Roundhouses only had one room so people were clearly sleeping in the same room with the body underground.
@@AlexTheHistoryGuy I said food remains within the tombs imply eating at ceremonies at the time of burial and maybe anniversaries. It is widely known of burials within roundhouses that may become barrows. But you implied in the video that people slept in chambered tombs with the dead which is a fiction.
