In 1985 on a sail trip from Albany to NYC we anchored overnight off Bannerman's Island. I rowed the dinghy ashore alone and explored the island in the twilight. No bracing for the castle walls was in place at this time, so it was a little scary, not knowing the stability of the ruins. I sat upon a pile of rubble inside the castle and smoked a funny cigarette, hopeful that the walls would remain standing just a little longer. As darkness descended I left my throne, pleased to have been king of the castle, even for such a short reign.
i was just thinking of this place and how i pass it whenever i take the train down to Manhattan. did a search on here and found your video. great footage from your drone! so nice to see it from this perspective.
awesome video , gonna be awesome when I get that good I'm just learning , and I'm in Upstate New York not far from that Castle , we took a boat to it and walked around and found some artifacts !
I forgot to mention there is also a Kayak tour company that I just took they also provide a tour that will allow you to get on the Island for an hour and walk around. Check stormy king adventures Hope that helps for anyone that wants to actually film this place.
The reason I'm here is that the kayak tours were mentioned in a crime documentary I'm watching. One of the people that volunteered at the armory was just convicted of drowning her fiancee by pulling the plug out of his kayak. (It was for his insurance) I still want to go to the island, and a kayak tour sounds amazing, so thanks for the info!
Okay, its gonna have to be rebuilt!....ha, well, apart from millions of dollars, the red tape(D) would prevent that. I never knew there was a sort of smaller structure known as a residence, ...didn't know that at all until this video.
This place is ready to crumble down in ruin. If they can save Boldt Castle in Alexandria Bay NY, they can save this castle too. It looks so fragile. Hope they can save it and restore it.
This article tells you all the different ways to experience the island. I want to take the kayak tour! www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/life/2017/07/26/take-tour-bannerman-castle/464936001/
Not an actual military arsenal, he was a re seller... back then all military surplus was sold off. He bought all he could starting after the civil war and sold it how he could. Small arms rifles and the like he tried to sell in the US . But he also sold guns abroad
It's not that there is no way, but you can't think of a way. Enemy inside of Castle with river can't use sapping digging tunnels tactics to collapse enemy's defense system. In period of ancient, It must construct large boat to install ballista and onager weapon and catapult on large boat, which collapse enemy's castle defense system with River.
HeavilyGamer Bannerman wasn’t an architect and had a unique and unsafe building style so it would be hard to rebuild without rebuilding the whole thing
In 1985 on a sail trip from Albany to NYC we anchored overnight off Bannerman's Island. I rowed the dinghy ashore alone and explored the island in the twilight. No bracing for the castle walls was in place at this time, so it was a little scary, not knowing the stability of the ruins. I sat upon a pile of rubble inside the castle and smoked a funny cigarette, hopeful that the walls would remain standing just a little longer. As darkness descended I left my throne, pleased to have been king of the castle, even for such a short reign.
Crazy location - hisstory is ful of holes !
Amazing the things that drones allow us to see, that would never have been possible 20 years ago. This was spectacular! (Safe way to explore, too.)
SURPRISED that nobody has used this place as a movie set ! Castle structure in ruins, on a river island ....WOW !
Mary A
Looks dangerous could fall down
Too dangerous
Transformers used it as well as Sleepy Hollow
It was on a scene in one of the transformers films.
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Amazing video. Photography, editing, music, etc..
i was just thinking of this place and how i pass it whenever i take the train down to Manhattan. did a search on here and found your video. great footage from your drone! so nice to see it from this perspective.
Was raised around that island saw it every day ❤
Amazing video! ❤️❤️❤️ we love The Hudson Valley!
Bannerman Island is a very interesting place to explore!!!
Wow I like the close ups I, was just there but I was flying from a kayak spot nearby an was kind of afraid of getting to close.
awesome video , gonna be awesome when I get that good I'm just learning , and I'm in Upstate New York not far from that Castle , we took a boat to it and walked around and found some artifacts !
It's been a year, do you have any videos I can see yet?
I forgot to mention there is also a Kayak tour company that I just took they also provide a tour that will allow you to get on the Island for an hour and walk around. Check stormy king adventures Hope that helps for anyone that wants to actually film this place.
The reason I'm here is that the kayak tours were mentioned in a crime documentary I'm watching.
One of the people that volunteered at the armory was just convicted of drowning her fiancee by pulling the plug out of his kayak. (It was for his insurance)
I still want to go to the island, and a kayak tour sounds amazing, so thanks for the info!
WoW, excellent job man. You did a far better job than I did on. This. Bravo 👏 👏 👏
Wow just beautiful
Wow that's good filming.
Okay, its gonna have to be rebuilt!....ha, well, apart from millions of dollars, the red tape(D) would prevent that. I never knew there was a sort of smaller structure known as a residence, ...didn't know that at all until this video.
Good Video!!!
Awesome job! You got a lot closer than I dared to while making my video haha
Beautiful tall Hollyhocks at the top of the steps up to the residence
This place is ready to crumble down in ruin. If they can save Boldt Castle in Alexandria Bay NY, they can save this castle too. It looks so fragile. Hope they can save it and restore it.
Good use of a drone. Amazing how people don't like them.
Alan Fox Mass Public is always afraid of innovation, first music, tv, moves then video games now drones, all were demonized by the stupid public.
Alan Fox Some people don't like it because others can use it to spy on others.
so then get mad at them...not the people that use it for recreation (Not you haha the public)
nice dronematography
shame to let a beautiful place like that go to ruin.
I'd love to see this! Can you take a ferry over?
This article tells you all the different ways to experience the island.
I want to take the kayak tour!
www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/life/2017/07/26/take-tour-bannerman-castle/464936001/
Repunzle lived here🤠
well done
What is the arch construction in the water? It looks like a bridge but is not connected to anything. Is the smaller castle occupied?
Terri Gold I believe it used to be an arch for a door way, but it fell into the river so it's unrecognizable.
Great videos, music way to intense
Really cool! Which drone did you use?
This structure appears to be very old definitely much much older than Francis Bannerman who was born in 1851.
Not an actual military arsenal, he was a re seller... back then all military surplus was sold off. He bought all he could starting after the civil war and sold it how he could. Small arms rifles and the like he tried to sell in the US . But he also sold guns abroad
Power explosion? What was that much power doing here? GlennFHoward
POWDER NOT POWER
Where were you standing when you’re flying the drone on the island take a boat or on the road
We did, in 1995 on boat of course, and we lived 20 minutes away...it was an eerie experience! My ex was acting weird...as if he sensed ghosts!
What is the name of the song you used for this video?
Epic Glorious Victory by Stephan Lindsjo:
stephanlindsjo.bandcamp.com/track/epic-glorious-victory
Awesome video! I have a video of this same place.
It's not that there is no way, but you can't think of a way. Enemy inside of Castle with river can't use sapping digging tunnels tactics to collapse enemy's defense system. In period of ancient, It must construct large boat to install ballista and onager weapon and catapult on large boat, which collapse enemy's castle defense system with River.
This is what inbreeding does to the mind.
All of that and the inside of the smaller castle wasn't even shown??
He wasn't on the island
Can anyone identify the music?
Epic Glorious Victory by Stephan Lindsjo:
stephanlindsjo.bandcamp.com/track/epic-glorious-victory
El Dorado Lost gold
There is no way this ruin was built just 120 years ago. This looks like a medieval ruin from Europe!
So that’s bannermans island?
Is nothing left just some walls.They gona restore this to his full glory?
HeavilyGamer Bannerman wasn’t an architect and had a unique and unsafe building style so it would be hard to rebuild without rebuilding the whole thing
Parece mas sena do filme Eri Porter .
Great job! I have seen it from the shore but not form above. Why all the flag looking poles everywhere?
it's part of an art installation called "Constellations" where the tops of the pole light up at night
Thanks for the explanation. Is this a new feature?
I was just there last week and those poles are all gone! See my video from last weekend!
I got dibs for the zombie apocolypse
OMG, knock it off over there. Just a matter of time before someone really get's hurt......
castles are from the Middle Ages!
American castles? Middle ages? You have no real long history like the U.K and Europe.
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