DEGANWY CASTLE 3D Reconstruction 

It was my playground when I was a 'little one.' Always wondered what it was originally like, thank you for the reconstruction.

I'm sure this is the first reconstruction I've see of Deganwy, have you a time machine my friend, brilliantly done.

Born in deganwy spent many a happy hour as a child with local lads on the vardre 73 years old now my roots are still there great video often wondered what it would have looked like in its heyday now I do

Thank you for bringing our castle back to life

Can you believe some knob jockey actually gave this video a thumbs down? Wonderful work mate, I live in Deganwy, quite close to this site and I have always wondered. Your reconstruction is excellent.

I'm really liking that double gate system to get into the inner ward - that's a terrifying kill zone.

this is amazing...I was born quite close by and this reconstruction brings the castle to life

I have been to this site and seen the few remaining stones,its so nice to see what it looked like in its hay day.Thank you very much.

This is excellent and really helps one visualise what the ruined castle may have been like in its heyday. Thanks.

Brilliant work. I often sat up there trying to visualise the scene. Thanks.

That's wonderful. It's so disappointing that little remains. It's a magical site, in many ways perfect for a castle location.

Excellent model. Can see the Welsh D-shaped towers; similar to Criccieth.

Excelently done. Feels like im there all those years ago.

Brilliant video, i have been up the Vadre alot recently trying to picture how the castle would of looked, thankyou for bringing it to life.

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This is really superb, was just there yesterday, it will add a lot to my next visit! Thank you

great work as usual Martin

Superb work once again.

Outstanding.

It looks a little like Castell y Bere would have originally looked like. Same time frame

A tremendous piece of work, it really brings Deganwy to life

impressive looking castle, with a great representation of it :P

Really enjoyed seeing this. Great work.

Very nice!

Brilliant. I enjoy your videos. I would love to see a reconstruction of Barnard Castle.

Nice video

That's very impressive! :-)

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Interesting to see the castle still had some wooden walls. They seemed to be compensated by a ditch and the elevation.

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Documents show that the Norman Robert of Rhuddlan built a castle here in 1080, but nothing remains of it. It was later regained by the Welsh, and in 1191 Giraldus Cambrensis described it in the Itinerarium Cambriae as a "noble structure." However, it was soon to be destroyed as part of a scorched earth policy in the face of threats from King John. When Llywelyn ap Iorwerth regained the castle in 1213 he rebuilt it in good style. Only a little of this castle survives today. In 1228 it is recorded that he imprisoned one of his sons here. After Llywelyn's death in 1240 his sons were not strong enough to resist the English advance and demolished the castle in anticipation of its loss. When the English arrived in 1245 they were forced to shiver in tents, so effective had been the Welsh destruction.

Brilliant! If ever you want to do Middleham Castle that would be my dream come true! Love watching your videos, thank you.

the vadre has been my back garden for 32 years

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WOW! WOULDN'T MIND GOING THERE ME SEN AND THE VIEW MUST BE MAGNIFICENT

Nicely done! That's a great little castle! Ideal size as a family home without being 'too much'. Plenty of space inside the walls to maybe have a weekly market, great transport links, and lovely views. When can I move in?

Brilliant work! Out of interest, would the mountain sides in the background have been that bare at the time? (i know your focus was obviously on the castle so this is in no way a criticism). I remember reading in a biography of Edward I that there was a large wolf population at the time of the invasion. It also mentioned that they were in constant guerilla warfare due to Welsh resistance hiding in what would've been dense forest at the time. There was even a recreation of where they had cut back large areas of forest in order to March troops safely into Gwynedd. The 1000m peaks on the French side of the Pyrenees are how I imagine medieval Snowdonia; blanket disiduous forest up to about 800m with clearances in places for grazing livestock. Although i do know that the hills above Penmaenmawr were cleared for settlement as early as the Bronze age. *I've since found a contemporary (ish!) evidence cited in Linnard (1979 pg. 103) which states '... All of the wholle countrey then was but a forrest, rough and spacious as it is still... but then wast of inhabitants, and all over growen with woods, for Owen Glyndwrs warres beginninge in Anno 1400...' (Sir John Wynne of Gwydyr, cited in Linnard, 1979 pg. 103) ' The History of Forestry and Forests in Wales' (Linnard, 1979) provides a great deal of evidence for how wild the landscape would've been back then. It has lots of first hand evidence of dense forest throughout much of Wales from the Bronze age to the late Middle Ages. It also mentions dense forest in the area at the exact time of Edward's campaign (i can provide direct excerpts as soon as I'm on my laptop).

That was wicked of you! If I understand correctly, this is the realtime render in unity? It is too resource intensive or pull my old MacBook 2011 with discrete graphics card? To create transitions from the cameras?

Nice, my friend Andy and I walked round there, lovely place with great views, will link him this vid. He used to imagine what the place looked like and now he will have visual estimation. Is it correct that much of the stones were carted off to aid in the construction of Conwy castle?

Great video. Please could anyone confirm exactly where the castle was ? I recently stayed on Beach Road, anywhere close ? Thanks

I walked up there.

Hi Dear Dextra, if it's not a secret, can you tell us aspiring 3d enthusiasts how much could one expect to get from such a project? And how much does it vary? If it's just a picture or a video or an VR?

Fucking Edward.. I have the banner y ddraig aur and I'm taking it out of the box

we would like permission to copy if possible , we have an exhibition each year and would love to display this for our members ....the venue for our exhibition has no internet signal , and wondered if a copy can be made in some DVD format ... Grwp Hanes Deganwy History Group .

Could I possibly get the 3d model for this project , I currently have to create a welsh castles app for an assignment for my degree, I wont be releasing it online anywhere, it will only be seen by myself and my tutors :)

Hi Martin. Fantastic video. Would you please have a look at the park in the past video on youtube. We are looking for this type of production for our site. If you feel you would like to become involved please contact me via our website Many thanks Dave Martin

Thank you. I'm hoping we can see more reproductions of sites where we normally only see the current, semi-destroyedk state. I know it's a lot of work but I wish it could be done, at least with the more popular sites.

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