The most DEADLY castle gatehouse I’ve seen - Warwick Castle DEEP DIVE exploration 

1 hour video? I hope all of that work pays off. Watching it tomorrow for lunch

Now that he's been able to visit castles in person, Shad's excitement over machicolations has finally had a controlled release, as opposed to the build-up to an explosive cry of the word.

Castle shad is best shad

It was so great to have Ben take you through the castle. His information was brilliant.

Thank you Shad and thanks to Ben for being a great guide.

MORE CASTLES!!!

Shad, I’ve been watching for years now.... In my opinion, this is your best video ever. Please add more like this.

He missed an opportunity to shock the hell out of the guide with a raucous roar of MACHICOLATIOOOOONS! Also love that I got this recommended, and that it’s more in line with the Shad content that brought me into this community. Not that I don’t enjoy some of the content with his friends, I just didn’t sub for them.

While I really like Shad's usual comments and thoughts about castles, local guide discussing history and features of the house with a person that understands the period and asks the right questions, really fleshed out this video.

Not gonna lie this is one of the best video's Shad has put out recently, can't put my finger on it but I think it's something about him being able to bounce off of another individual highly educated in what he's passionate about.

I really liked the tour guide, I believe his name was Ben. it felt like he and Shad were two nerds nerding out about castles and history (and I suppose they were).

Firt time ive found a shad video in less than a minute after it was posted!

Ben clearly loves his job 😁😁

As a Warwicken (Warwick resident) living right next to the castle.glad you enjoyed your visit and some things in your video I wasn't aware of before. A little local knowledge you might find interesting is Warwick has underground tunnels running from the castle to various places in and around Warwick , entrances to the tunnels found so far are tilted wig pub cellar, punchbowl pub cellar, priory park, Guys cliff house but supposedly all over Warwick and well past what would have been the castle walls .👍

I'm a Canadian, but I've been to this castle about 4 times. It's awesome. Last time I went they had a trebuchet demonstration!

Thank you Ben, wonderful tour!

Bet Ben was psyched to talk to someone as enthusiastic and knowledgeable as he is about castles. Good pairing :)

No way. One hour about castle? HELL YEAH! Love these videos!

More castles, awesome! Thank you Shad!

The Home of the Kingmaker

Fabulous encapsulation of castle history. Really impressed with Ben's input and knowledge.

Beautiful Shad, thank you for this video, and for having Ben as a guide.

This is fascinating! Next best thing to getting to see it in person. Thank you so much for sharing your experiences!

A fantastic video, extremely well presented and wonderfully edited. I live just a few miles away from Warwick Castle and I have visited it many, many times, so much to see and do.

Ben was a real pleasure on this one. Knew his stuff and was good at communicating it.

so glad you're doing Castles!

Wow great Video, when I clicked on it and saw it was an hour I didn't know if I would make it through it in one sitting, and next thing I know the video was over. Such an amazing castle would be something to behold

"Zwinger" is the German word for someone or something, that forces you to do something. In this case, the narrow walls force you to walk into an area, where you are vulnerable.

This is brilliant. The "nerdy" conversation you guys have throughout the video is just so exciting to see and hear. THIS is amazing content.

This is a really cool layout for a castle. I like that you can trace the development of the castle through hundreds of years of history.

Shad was impressive with his knowledge, My only issue is we don't have a clear idea of just how much this castle has changed

What a gorgeous castle. Never been to Warwick but this is definitely going on the list.

I love these castle videos.

I love these castle videos - please keep them up!

What a treat, i love these castle videos and this deep dive with the informative and friendly guide Ben made this the best castle video yet.

I'm so glad to see you're still making content like this. Swords and armor are cool and all, but the castle deep dives are what really makes this channel unique and they're the reason I subbed years ago. Keep it up!

This castle series has been outstanding and this has been my favorite so far. I enjoyed the more serious tone and long-form aspects especially.

When they are standing out front of the castle talking…. It really looks like a mat painting… it’s freaking me out lol. Beautiful 👍

Shad's knowledge makes him an unofficial historian of the medieval era and rightfully so.

Me and my wife are currently having a getaway here and stayed in a log cabin in the knights village just the 2 of us, we are leaving tomorrow morning after a 3 day stay. Such an amazing time here at warwick castle! I reccomend all to come and visit it is surreal 🙂 "Fun fact, My last name is Pountain, we had our coat of arms and heraldry done here, my name dates back to the domesday books and we were honoured and given land and a Manor by William the Conqueror himself for our Pountain Ancestors fighting in the battle of Hastings!, so my ancestors too once could of stepped foot in this castle almost 1000 years ago after it was built by William!"

Still totally here for these! Edit: I love these tours! I know they hit your views, which is sad… but I still adore them! Thanks for putting in so much effort! Thank you to Ben, that was pretty cool access and additional information! EditEdit: And Warwick is notoriously hard to make interesting, given how modernised it is - although I prefer Chirk, as last I heard, the family still lived there, and… while I may rant in another post about class issues and hogging wealth, I do think they should have the right to reside comfortably in their family home, everyone should have the right to purchase, own or inherit land over their lifetime, it makes a stronger community, IMO - but all that aside, you did a great job making this relevant! Please tell me you managed to reach some of the great Scottish Castles… if not, you need to come back - and I know that’s a big deal! EditEditEdit: Edit: And while protection and care for a lifetime of backbreaking / hard service is more welcome than the way we are treated today (speaking as a personal servant of the crown, with a generous remuneration and retirement package) that doesn’t forgive the hoarding of wealth and resources by the rich, or diminish the ugliness of the class system. I think your religious beliefs are affecting your judgement here, Shad. Sure, we have the Victorians to blame for so much - from the global impact of British culture through to the importance of Indian food worldwide - never mind tea (which wasn’t all there fault) but… a lot of our ideals of wealth, success and corporate success / celebrity success are based on these class distinctions, and are - in my opinion, just as ungodly, and I happen to have textual proof Jesus would agree, if he existed, probably with violent yet peaceful revolution (something only the son of god could manage!).

Yay! I love these castle videos. This was so so fascinating. Thank you for sharing it, and thanks to Ben for his knowledge as well. ❤

This was an awesome video to watch. Very enjoyable to see Shad being able to bounce off someone who actually knew the castle so well. Ben was an enjoyable person to listen to as well. But for some reason his voice makes me think of an English Nathan. I hope there's still more to watch of Shad's travels across well, only seems to be Wales and England at the moment. I guess Shad is now racist to the Scots these days. Eh, as a Scotsman, I can see his point in that.

THis is a gorgeous castle and still in good shape. I am happy you got to tour it and talk with the guide for so long. This is a very informative video. I want to build a castle, I don't know if my life will ever turn in that direction but I get so many good ideas and inspiration from your lectures on castles. I believe one day soon we will have a civil war or even an invasion of our country and we will wish we all had castles instead of first floor houses. Good Job Shad!! Also your own knowledge must have impressed the guide.

I am such a sucker for the castle content on this channel. I will always watch it

"The granary is full, my lord."

Shad being able to go full nerd with a real expert is so great.

At 49:14 you can see my sister and mother, i talked to you after you finished that shot and took a picture with you! This video was amazing and it was worth the waiting, almost a year yet worth the wait ‏

That's TV-Quality. Great video!

Man, what a beautiful castle. Definitely need to visit it one day

Warwick castle is my absolute favorite and the first castle my parents ever took me to see when I was a kid. It's difficult to name a more impressive symbol of medieval grandeur. It's a shame that it had paper-thin curtain walls, making it look like a much weaker fortification than it really was.

loving the shad castle arc

This is one of the best videos you've posted in a while, Shad. I loved it.

Wow, I have never been recommended a shad video this soon after it being posted

Love that castle, before I moved out of the uk as a child I frequented this castle. Love going back every time I’m back there!

22:45 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for the video, Shad! These kinds of vids are always helpful for my medieval fantasy story writing! Keep up the great work!

Thank you so much Shad for taking me to some of the places I may never go.

1 hour of Shad geeking out over a castle... count me in

I visited Warwick twice when I was stationed in England 16 years ago. Both visits were amazing, and thanks for the virtual tour.

Woo castle

Great video! and Shad, thank you for sharing this with us all.

Went here every Christmas Eve before we emigrated to Adelaide. So many memories, manly failing to ice-skate. And getting lost with Dad, long story short they thought everyone in the tour group left so they locked us inside. No lights or anything.

Glad to see that you enjoyed visiting Warwick Castle as much as I did Shad.

More castles, more awesome. Seeing Shad leaning on that railing looking over the whole castle, man, dude looks like he's in the perfect place.

Haven't been to Warwick Castle since I was a kid. Really cool.

i love watching these castle video's! Shad has such a good time he's darn right giddy!

"Death features" - added to vocabulary.

Warwick is my home town, I grew up on a housing estate called the Forbes Estate which is a 2 minutes walk from the Castle. When I was a kid, (70/80s) my mates and I used to play in the castle grounds, until security saw us and chased us out, lol. It has certainly changed since then. It is a great castle to visit, if you're into castles that is.

This video NEEDS to be reuploaded, the amount of views on this needs to be 10x more than what it's at right now, what a wonderful video!

In the beginning, I thought they were standing by a mural until a guy walked through the background.

I think this might be the best video you've done? Awesome job 👍

Just excellent content, you guys were perfect co-hosts.

Shad, one of your best videos. Awesome! 👍

I visited Warwick in the 70s as a kid, and I remember the “torture chamber”. There was a sign with arrows pointing in various directions saying “Dungeon/Torture Chamber/Gift Shop”!

Honestly love shad and his content

What a jolly good fellow that guide you got there. You fitted well together explaining the castle and it's various features.

I still have fond memories of visiting the Castle as a child. Glad you enjoyed your visit.

A very interesting video, fascinating medieval history. I live in a village and am 400yards from PATRINGTON Church, built in the 13/14th century. It's construction was delayed due to the various plagues decimating the country. A small village yet such a large church. Bearing testament to the power of religion in this period.

From the moment I saw the first of this series I wondered if Warwick was on your list and what you'd make of it. At the height of the tourist season it feels a bit more of a theme park than it does a regular castle. But it's absolutely fascinating to see bits of it that the general public don't get to see. Even if there are points in those sections where I was struggling to work out where you were relative to the bits of the castle I've actually been to.

This was fantastic. One love from Scotland. 💙

That tour guide is the most British looking young man I’ve ever seen 😂 Thanks for this video, I loved it!

Maybe the best video on Shadiversity ever. So much excitement and detail and Shad or the guide have no hurry to anywhere so many small details gets both pointed out but also discussed. So great.

Fun fact - originally the principal seat of the Beauchamp family in England was Elmley Castle, not Warwick. Elmley was built into an Iron Age hillfort on a promontory of the northern flank of Bredon Hill, which itself actually has three such hill forts. Sadly, Elmley Castle itself is now virtually all disappeared, the stones having been robbed away sometime after the family moved their seat to Warwick (though there are records of restoration and refortification down to the 16th century). The village by the name of Elmley Castle was likely pretty much built with the stones of the old fortress, which is actually very much worth a visit all the same. You might have guessed Elmley is not far from me!

I absolutely love watching a couple of enthusiastic people nerd out on a common topic! You can feel the enjoyment while learning so much.

What an awesome castle. The river side view looks so badass.

Haven't watched you in a long while to be honest but your castle videos got put in my feed recently and thank the algorithm! Absolutely amazing stuff and you've earned a sub. You can tell that Ben really enjoyed your visit. I am sure most times he is talking to people who have no idea about castles or their history. Getting to talk to you about more nuanced parts of this castle and in parts normally off limits to the public must have been a treat for him as much as it was for you.

I love the castle and history videos. We need more!

These castle videos are great!

I love this. Two castle nerds unite! The results are beautiful.

This is presented very well. Shad explains what he can and then asks appropriate questions to the guide to get more info on things he doesn't fully understand

Some of your best work .

Fantastic video Shad! From my humble perspective, when you present the culture, history, and warfare as a cohesive whole, I learn so much more. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy watching you stab stuff, but you excel even greater as a teacher.

Hey, I was there the other day, its a great place to visit. Its only a 25 min drive from my house

I'm really enjoying these castle videos Shad, excellent work!

Simply beautiful.

Great video. I loved visiting this castle many years ago definitely need to revisit it one day.

Awesome, thank you so much for this. Damn that was good. Please just keep this series coming. There is so much more to learn and so much more to see and that's just a part of "just" England. Europe is huge of castles and history.

Such a beautiful castle!

Thank you to Warwick castle for the tour! Excellent video.

This was so entertaining. The rapport between you and the tour guide was excellent. You could tell he loved his subject and was knowledgeable on related subjects too. He had some great jokes. Loved the coffin door. the "chuck em" lol. oh my. Beautiful castle and great tour and knowledge. Follys are fun, architectural structures with no other functionality than being fun and decorative. "because I like it" How could that be a folly? It's pretty and fun.