Finding a 200 year old house buried in my garden timelapse dig - PART ONE
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- I've been digging up the ruins of an old house buried on a piece of land I own in Wales, UK. The house dates back to at least 1839 based on local maps, but is probably 200-300+ years old. This is a timelapse of the first couple of months of excavating and what I have uncovered so far; a kitchen fireplace. The rest of the dig will be in other videos.
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Thank you for all your nice comments and for those of you who subscribed. Too many questions to answer here in detail, but I will be doing a walkthrough video and explaining what I know about the building and showing what I've uncovered in more detail; some interesting thoughts from many of you. I will try to answer all the main questions in that video.
In terms of parts 2+ of timelapse showing more progress, they will be along as quick as I can manage. I think some people assumed I had already done the whole dig and could release the videos straight away, but not so I'm afraid. It will take me time to do the work. I also had no idea this was going to take off the way it did so I am currently on a holiday I booked to Croatia on the Adriatic. Progress has therefore stalled.
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Fascinating. I might have missed it but which country was this in?
@@dulciemidwinter1925 Wales. If its his land in wales.
@@cutter004 Thank you for that. I am fascinated to know what he has unearthed. At the moment it looks like there is a Victorian or Edwardian hearth but that just might be a later addition.We live in Surrey and there were brickworks opposite in Victorian times. We are often digging up lots if those long white clay pipes or bits of them anyway.
I am eagerly (as many are I'm sure) awaiting the next installment of this particular series. It will be fascinating to see what you eventually dig up. It would be fascinating to see if it is something worth reconstructing. I wish I lived in your part of the world, I'd come around to help out just for the pure fascination and curiosity of seeing the footprint of the building and also to see if there were any "artifacts" buried in the dirt you've dug up that would give clues about past occupants that lived there. Happy digging.
Nice one , enjoy your holiday 👍 . Looking forward to a update video , it might answer the many questions I have 😀
fascinating ... cant wait to see more, when we dug the hole for our 4.500 lit septic tank in France we found a room 2.5 metres down, apparently it had been used as a safe room for the priests from the church next door..going back to viking times.. keep digging!! cheers
That's very cool. Once I've uncovered the rest of the flag stones in the main room maybe there will be something underneath them? I'm not sure if it was common in the period of this building to have cellars of any kind in Britain, I suspect not, but I'll find out eventually I guess. Good luck on your renovation I will check out the videos.
Wow , I would have loved to see that 🍻
Many tunnel systems have been dug for centuries…..you might find a system such as that!
@Our French House Renovation I just subscribed to your channel. I'll be checking out your videos next 👍
Septic tank for the priest 😂 Hail french revolution
Yo can we just appreciate how much actual back breaking work he put in to dig this ancient home out of this rocky and unforgiving terrain! Well done
That was rocky and full of roots but that is dream dirt compared to parts of USA. That is some nice nutrient rich and soft soil. He put in the hours of back breaking work but he wasn't having to pick axe his way through it.
You should check with a local college and see if their anthropology/history dept would want to help many. Many have clubs for students, and they could help out. So many fascinating things to uncover in this dig.
That’s what I was thinking. Ppl would love to help this venture
This is absolutely fascinating!
You literally unearthed a home that sheltered and comforted people hundreds of years ago!
I had seen ancient historical ruins being worked on by archaeology professionals, but never someone unearthing something like this in their garden!
Thank you for sharing your remarkable find, subscribed.
Makes your heart go pitter pat 👍😁👍
Meow..
You had your own archaeological dig in your backyard, solo! That's really cool!
Greetinga from United States. Found your channel by chance, can't wait to see the results! I live in the Southwest so we find Spainish stone buildings from 15/1600's in the high desert here also so is very exciting to see your discovery! Cheers.
Also in the SW. love this
Thanks Adam. The house may potentially date back from that period too,. As some others have commented it may have been very old already when it showed on the map from 1839. I'm not an expert but I might ask some local historians to give a view at some point. There are certainly very old buildings here, a local church dates back to the 1200s.
WA State here. How would you know to even dig there? 🤔
We do?
@@billrobbins5874 : He mentions that they found a map that shows the building. Possibly curiosity. Or, he wishes to expand the current house/building into that footprint.
The house I grew-up in was built on the site of a grist mill. It was already 60+years old by that time. Years later, I worked for the Kentucky Geological Survey, and while reorganizing our archival collection of maps, my boss came to me with "Look what I found!" A 1902 map of my home town. Specifically sited was the grist mill, the millrace clearly identified and the stream that had already been channelized by the time I lived there. I couldn't wait to show it to my father who, as little boy, had watched our home being built sometime around 1910. He repeatedly said the map confirmed all the stories he'd heard growing up. And how it explained the perennially empty land next door, the contours around us and what was found when the entire street in front was replaced down to the original brick sewerline. My father profoundly loved that house and impressed on us that our possession was only for a time. That others would come after us and we could only hope their tenure was as respectful ours. He made possible for me the unique experience of living as an adult in the same two houses I'd lived in as a child.
Search Mud Flood. Even in the bible, it states " And they never spoke of mud again "
Danville, Ky resident here... cool story..!!! Thx.
I love finding history like this. So fascinating
Your channel is going to explode if you do this series right. Fascinating!
It was so exciting when you finally got to the floor! And for all those who say he should metal detect for finds-metal detecting is not just picking up a detector and immediately finding things. Detecting is just like any other skill, it takes a while to get to learn it. Yes, it would be great if he could detect it, but having a detector in the hands of an unskilled person would be worse than useless. I metal detect for historical societies and I know the skill required to find those tiny objects. Perhaps he could contact someone in his area, or a club, who does detecting, but I myself would totally understand if he wanted to keep the whole dig private. So his next best option, which I am very glad to see that he did, was to sieve the dirt. Kudos to you, sir!
Great stuff. RUclips's clever algorithm recommended this.
Your local history/archaeology group may be able to tell you more.
Great find, lotta work. Must have been exciting to hit the floor pavers and fireplace
This is fantastic 😃🥰 Lots of hard work, but well worth it 👌
Yes, it's a good work out for sure😄
Wow. How satisfying this must be, to uncover this home beneath the garden. What stories could be told by these stones. Thank you for sharing!
Love it. And thank you for just letting us follow along and not stopping all the time and sharing speculations (at least for now). Other channels have to keep commenting- just let us see.
What child hasn't dreamt of being an archeologist? Digging up old bones and ruins. Being the first person in untold generations to lay eyes on pieces of history. And to find it in your own backyard, astounding!
Looks like alot of hard 💪work but wow! Hopefully you have a metal detector? You would probably find some amazing things!
Be safe!
I like to imagine that someone built that home many years ago with all the hopes and dreams for a better life for themselves and their family. Exactly like modern home builders of today’s world. It would be interesting to know the joys and tragedies that befell them as they lived out their lives.
I hope whoever they were had a good life.
There might be archeologists out there who would like to check this out. Might find coins, buttons, etc. Sometimes it's the little things that tell the story. This is so amazing. I would love to find something like that.
It would be interesting to sift through the infill.
Yeah it's a shame they didn't look into getting help to do this professionally.
And he would have to pay for them to come they dont touch okd building soon someone buys they turn up
@@kierenboimufc5940 Is that the way it is in Great Britain? Or everywhere?
@@lorikendrick5076 yeah uk watches a grand design program. Some one bought a old castle to turn into his home as soon as he brought it and started worl they came didnt want to know about it while is was empty
I am so amazed that you knew where to stop (digging) and even more so that you knew where to begin. This is fascinating to watch.
Very intriguing! I live on a very narrow, remote penninsula on the Pacific Ocean. It's only two miles wide and five miles long. It was in the ocean 150 years ago, so there are only sea wreck treasures to be found by digging in our very sandy garden here! Fascinating to find old bits here and there.
You’re basically living out every kid’s dream of a life of piracy!
How exciting!
**only** sea wreck treasures to be found. LOL! So cool!
Is that the range buried as well?
It was in the ocean? But they say the sea levels are rising? Not falling are we being lied too.
I was digging for garage, found an stone quarry who was abounded atleast 150 years ago. With little brainwork it all made sence, place I live is called vineyard, but only for 100 years. Previous name was black stone, due to grey colour and incredible good quality. I have now digged out all earth, stones down to the "live" stone, 5m deep and 20m in length, 10m wide. Now building natural pool or small lake with waterfalls. The blocks of stones are 1.5m thick and over 50m length. Wide probably even more. This is crazy, my house is on top of it, I smashed wall in bedroom week ago and put window 2.7m wide and 1m high to wake up with this feature. Cant stop watching. Have lots of work left but next year it will be most beautiful place ever.
How brilliant! Whereabouts in Wales are you? There are so many abandoned homes here in Wales, but yours is the first one I've seen that was totally buried. What an amazing discovery..
GM, WOW, that is such an honor for you to experience this discovery, much success on what will be revealed👏🏾
I'm not an expert on these things but yes, that actually looks like the remnants of a kitchen. There's definitely an "oven" there!
Such an exciting find! Looking forward to more on this. Looking forward to more from you!
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That is amazing. I can feel the excitement of having your very own Archeological dig! Finding something everyday, imagining the people who lived there and the quality of their lives. It's magical!
What an exciting video! Excellent editing, perfect speed and I really liked the music. Can't wait to see more! What a cool thing to find in one's yard. I've dug most of mine. All I've found so far is a big lump of coal.
That is the absolute coolest thing ever.
This was Amazing. Just loved watching and seeing it unfold/ get unburied.
So very cool. Imagine being built by someone, housing them and maybe their family, being slowly swallowed up by the earth over the course of two hundred plus years, and then suddenly be uncovered again to see the sky and greenery you know amongst a strange new world.
Absolutely fascinating. I’m looking forward to the other videos.
Hi I’m from wales too, this is amazing , keep an eye out for bottles, coins etc and keep us updated 😊 amazing what is under our feet
So exciting!!! I am 1,000% intrigued with this!!! I can't wait to see more and hear what the local historian has to say!!!
As hubby and I were digging in trees on our new property in New Hampshire, USA
The only thing we found was a horse shoe from a work horse. Just glad I didn’t find 3 more! 😆
Looking forward to see this unfolding
Hoping to upload the next part soon!
Fantastic and congratulations on the discovery and your tireless work. Writing from US, but dual citizen-born Southampton, parents were RAF during WWII.
Hello from Nashville, Tennessee, what hard work you have done to recover what time he's taken. Great job! I can wait to see what else you may find in your garden! Have a great weekend. Don't forget to video more of your findings, please!
Wow when I saw the reveal of the large stone floor I got so excited! Good work!
Very cool to see what you have unearthed. It's amazing! I'm subscribing to watch your journey forward. Best wishes from across the pond.
I am, too!
I am excited to see your adventure unearthed.
It appears to have a simple coal range, which is late 18th century onwards, unless retro fitted. Good stuff; keep going!
Hello from the U.S.! We were pulling up a stump from a very large tree and we found a stone foundation about 4 feet down. Our land had been farm land once and we figured the foundation was about 150 years old. It was so close to our house, we took pictures and returned it. I can't wait to see your videos on your find!!
Oops we reburied it!
How absolutely exciting!!! Can't wait for the follow-ups!👍🏻💖
I can’t wait to see it all uncovered it’s like finding a hobbit hole.
Wow, how bizarrely awesome.
I really like the music.
Thank you.
So amazing! I wonder if you’ll find anything in the dirt like dishes, toys, bottles etc. Can’t wait to see the progress!
The house I live in, About 8 years ago I decided to do some digging around an old Chestnut tree and deep under the ground about 2 feet in diameter, I found 2 really old and original glass coca cola bottles. Plus two more smaller bottles and some old fashioned brown bottles underneath a dif tree that looked like old medicine bottles at some point in time. The house we rent in is no more that 50 years old.
Love your video. And now this fantastic find!!! I will fallow your adventures.
You have a good heart/ many blessings!
I agree, this is fascinating! I also want to see more and learn more of this story! Did you have any idea that this was there?
Good question
I'd like to add to your question, Did you find any artifacts? Who once lived in the area at that time? Let's hope he answer!
This man is too busy (and exhausted) from all this digging, it's strenuous work. We've done some on our property, I can attest to it!
Let him be, you'll get you answers in due time!
how exciting this must be for you, nothing like finding the past in your own back yard
How exciting. Were you able to trace who lived there through historic records?
Hello
The library is a start on the history of the area
School photos might show who lived there.
Local town council even old news papers might say something and the local pub never fails lol
You will be surprised what you learn it's an adventure also
Australia 💕Christina
This is fantastic! Im so excited. Subscribed straight away. Will be waiting anxiously for part 2! Thank you for sharing your adventure.
Absolutely loved this!
Does anyone feel this is rebuildable?
I love that space
I want to know what his contingency is, for this restoration?
Imagine finding your very own grotto in the garden! Exciting to imagine the history of the place, thanks for sharing your discovery
same
i would def rebuild it, down to every detail, althouht the fire grate, or range will have had it.. but you could easy get one off ebay,
I beleive in the UK at least, that if there are existing foundations, planning permisison is alot easier
I have this fire built into my house, (1886)
It’s called a York range, the fire was lit, coals were dragged under the oven .
The same for hot water, you then ladled the water our. Later ,a tap was added as technology progressed, only one difference , my boiler is on the left and the oven is on the right.
I’ve found some interesting stones in my garden.
I’ve had to stop digging down due to bad health..
well done 👍
good work, and in retrospect 1839 is a relatively recent time period in history especially in the UK where history can date as far back, or even further than the Roman period. you have really outdone yourself in this project and I hope it meets your expectations
It's still considered quite an old house though.
It is indeed historically interesting, depending of course on the age of the houses in the surrounding area. In my area 10% of the people live in a house built before 1900. Many houses date back 400-500 years.
WOW what a score on your land! 😲 A Wonderful piece of History here. I hope you can excavate to the extent that a possible Historic Re-build could be done. I am happy to wait for the continued work on this dig. AWESOME! 💖
Wow! This is so much like the Time Team show from the UK I used to watch back 20 years ago! It's amazing how you did all that work yourself. We are literally standing over layers of history! I have always been fascinated with archeology, great video!
Time Team even has new episodes now
Thank you for sharing this! This is the kind of stuff i absolutely love!
Wow! I so appreciate that you are taking care in excavating this. Thank you for taking the time to film, and for all the care you are taking with the land . . . 🙏
Magnificent find! hope you will keep digging and posting new videos
Okay, I'll ask... How on earth does a house get completely buried like that in the first place ??? I mean, I could understand if the structure was 1,000 years old or so, but 200 years old? I don't understand... Landslide?
Mudflood, check out Jon Levi channel on RUclips
I'm going to have to get you over my place and help me out with the garden. You work FAST!
it was very exciting to watch how you reveal a piece of history
That was quite satisfying to watch! I cannot wait to see more.
Well done Sir! Can't wait to see the rest! Amazing job digging by the way 👍
How awesome, I wish the wall could talk. And tell us a story of the family that lived there. I love history like this.❤
fascinating. Lucky you. We have the footings of a 250yo building in our back garden. Found the best of it and have created a bit of a submerged potting shed with some of it. hard work isn't it.
the stone walls are amazing I did this same thing 60 years thanks for all the hard work you put out and thank you for sharing this ☃️
You are absolutely the luckiest person EVER! I can’t wait for more of these! It’s incredible!
This kind of worked field stone construction I'm afraid is very rare nowadays. Modern building codes seem to be at fault. Great work uncovering an amazing testament of a much simpler time.
Simpler but cold and damp. You need to keep a fire going 24 hrs a day in cold stone houses in the colder north. My brother had one in a town. 2 ft thick walls but took a while to warm up. Once warm tho as long as there was a fire going they stayed warm. Also recall a lady commenting that the poet Betjamin could have her old thatched farm labourers cottage he thought was so quaint together with the permanently damp walls and the insects and vermin in the thatch. She was enjoying her new, dry, slate roofed council house with inside toilet and bathroom thank you.
Who needs to go to a gym when there is a fascinating project like this in the backyard ! This is fantastic, and thank you. Can't wait for follow up - when you are rested.
fascinating. Wonderful surprise in your garden
I discovered a long-covered walkway in my back yard by accident several years ago. It led to a concrete pad. We were then able to discern the pad had been an outdoor kitchen for the house when it was built in 1938. We had always wondered what it had been used for.
outdoor kitchen?! is that a barbecue?!
@@annother3350 Maybe! But more likely for all kinds of cooking for that time.
This very, very cool. I'm excited to see more. What an interesting find.
Did you find the house from an old map? That’s amazing. He did it get covered with so much dirt? That’s crazy!
Look up Archaix, it was possibly a Phoenix event
Rainfall causes heavy dense things to sink into the ground and agricultural activity causes dirt to become airborne, then deposit itself into layers on top of everything.
@Quote resets that happen, next is due in 2040
Some people call it the Mud Flood. There are lots of houses which now seem to be 1 level underground
So interesting, thanks for videoing this, looking forward to part 2.
WOW what a find, fascinating what is hidden right beneath our feet! Which county are you in, I'm in Dorset and often unearth odd bottles and such like, but a whole house, that's fantastic. Good luck and keep going.
Please make sure you cover the stove with something to protect it from the elements now that its uncovered! Love how careful you are, TYSM for sharing this with us.
That is so cool. I hope you (or someone) are sifting the dirt you remove; there could be lots of small relics that might shed light on who lived there and when. I look forward to seeing your progress!
Exactly what I came to say!! At least make a pile that can be sifted later 👍
That's a lot of work...those tree roots...ugh. But worth it! Thats cool! Thank you ⛏⛏
Love the video, I can't wait for the next one. Have you thought of an archeological dig from a university? It would be good experience and a lot of free help.
Loved watching this. Looking forward to next instalment. That was a lot of hard work 👍
Amazing find. Hope to see more vids of your progress. Greetings from Canada
Fantastic, will watch with great anticipation 👍
Really cool project. How's your back holding out? I hope you're sifting all the soil for artifacts too. There's bound to be quite a few potsherds & other interesting objects.
He is sifting the dirt for items.
You started to build a garden, and started a game of Minecraft all at once! Seriously interesting stuff to discover.
I just now found your channel. WOW!!! I can't wait to see the next installment. Well Done You!!
Incredible! Hopefully the prior residents are not still at home.
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Back breaking project but the mystery is good motivation. Best of luck!
Subscriber 237! Love what you've posted so far. All the very best to You for a successful channel. Cheers from New Zealand 💙🌏💙
This is AWESOME! *THANK YOU* for sharing your journey with us!🤗💖
Definitely looking forward to seeing MORE💖💖💖 & am wishing you ALL the BEST in your ADVENTURES!👍👍😊
This is awesome! Do you think any archeologists or local historical society might be interested in this?
I think it’s probably too common a find (I’m assuming it’s in UK? Or at least Europe somewhere?)
@@clareshaughnessy2745 yup Wales is attached to the West of England just above Cornwall. Its people are (mostly) descended from the Romano British who once peopled England and Wales. Then those dastardly anglo saxons invaded and called the indigenous population "foreigners". Welsh is the modern derivation. The Welsh name For Wales is Cymru.
@@helenamcginty4920 yeah, I live in North Wales.
NADOLEG LLAWEN!!
Just amazing. Can't wait for part two and maybe some history on the homestead. 🤗
Only 3 minutes in and REALLY appreciate the effort you have put in. Any idea how it became so buried over time? Seems like an immense amount of soil there!
Same question.
The mudfloods really did happen.
@@huemanexperience1738 exactly!
Large soil liquefaction event not so long ago, it's erased from the history books.
No. Not mud floods just nature. Am just watching an old Mick Aston pre Time Team programme called Time........ The deserted valley documenting finds in a soon to be flooded Devon valley. He comments as he fights his way through the brambles in a garden how fast the ivy is growing over the building. Window panes already falling out and the family not long gone.
Plus Wales is on the West of the British isles and very wet. Older houses would have been built higher up the hillsides rather than lower but my guess is that 200 years of winter rains will easily have washed soil bit by bit over the remains of the old house. Plus how much of the stone was removed for use elsewhere?
That's a start. Can't wait to see the rest of it
From Deb Sims, North Carolina, USA…Okay, I’m subscribing! Just found your video, fascinating! Lived in England for three years. Got to uncover the jaw of a pet dog at a Roman Villa dig. An amazing experience. Vacationed in your gorgeous Wales twice. Can’t wait to see your next video.
Fascinating & love the music.
This is astonishing! What a beautiful find. 😳😲😱💯❤️🔥👏🏼🙏🏼
One less "ruin" for the archeologists of 2558AD to uncover. A wonderful find, good luck with more to follow.
I’m so curious: how Did you know this was there? Love this!
He didn't know, hence the title.
I take it, he noticed a line of hewn rock... now, taking a chance to see if something is there, OR hearing or reading about the history of his plat might have been a good reason to get curious...
@@listenup872 yeah, because YT titles are NEVER clickbait! SMH!
He says way up above he has a map with the house marked and even knows when it was built.
That was great, thanks for uploading.
Somebody give that man a mini excavator for a couple of days!, lololo!.
Hook, line and sinker.....I'm in. God bless you and your family aloha