Medieval Roundhouse Bushcraft Build - Roof Frame Finish & Historical Context (Ep.9)
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- Join us on this bushcraft Adventure into Iron Age / Medieval History, building an Irish/Brittonic Celtic Roundhouse. Follow the complete series here: • Building a Medieval / ...
ON THIS EPISODE: ''Bring in them rafters, boys!'' In this episode we kind of finish the Roof frame. Then it's time for a little discussion on some choices made in the build and the Historical Context of roundhouses in Ireland. Enjoy!
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If nothing else, I think that how excited that little girl got over seeing the roundhouse makes it that much more special of a project...
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I'd say, it's your roundhouse, and we have all seen the tremendous amount of work that you are putting in to build it. Personally, the shape of the door is the least of my concerns when it comes to the roundhouse build.
Love you guys. Thank you for celebrating a bit of Irish culture in this way.
This series has given me something to look foward to everyweek
My thoughts exactly fellow Colin M ;)
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Me too!! A big commitment.and as good as broadcast. Seriously talented lads. I have NEVER in all the years ever done a regular destination view! But this..is different!!
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@JesusChristSaves RepentReadHolyBible you do realise this is a celtic round house right?
Not some church.
This is by far my favorite series ever
I'd say keep the triangle style doorway, its just more effective. Besides even if it's not super historically accurate SOMEONE had to have made a doorway like that way back then.
People forgetting that these guys are at minimum a foot taller and potentially 2 feet taller than historical Celts!
Just keer the triangle . If I look at the old Belgian houses in ' the openairmuseum of Bokrijk' ( Belgium), they are all built around the same timeperiod, and they all look verry different to each other. So, why not in Irland. Which is a lot bigger then Belgium.
Personally, I like the taller door. It may not be 100% authentic, but look, you guys should be able to put in a little of your own design into it. It's going to stand for hundreds of years, you should be very proud for creating this work of art. I'm thrilled beyond words to watch the progress, so big thanks! Love from Canada ❤
As for the doorway - you will enjoy the extra light that is allowed in by a bigger/taller doorway. And bending over to enter will get very old after a dozen+ times.
And carrying anything heavy, like a big bucket of water, is a nightmare. A good way to smash your back not bending quite low enough
The lower entrance is keeping the heat inside, because, as we all know, heat rises up in a room. You could also hang cloth over the entrance from the inside.
True or animal skins as curtains... also weren't people less tall back then?
@@tobiastho9639 i doubt it would make much of a difference unless ancient Irish people were hobbits.
CINNAMON GUM Looked it up on google: “People in the Mesolithic period were shorter than today. A woman's average height was 154 cm and a man's 166 cm. On average people lived to the age of 35, and were more well built than today.”
@@tobiastho9639 That's only half a foot, modern average in Ireland is 179 cm for men. There's a much larger variation within the population than between them
A doorway needs to function as a doorway. Comfort is important. It makes no sense to block a good arch.
I like the portico over the door! Even when recreating history, we have to imagine that SOMEONE might've had a brilliant idea and executed it, but that nobody else picked it up and so it faded into lost history. Some ancient person may have done exactly the same design as yours!
The very best channel on TH-cam with out a doubt......
I’ve looked on google earth at Ireland and man will I tell you these round structures are everywhere! It’s truly amazing
This is amazing guys!!!!! 😃 Respect!!!!! 👍👏🤝
I've been watching you guy's for about 2.5 years and you're content never NEVER gets old keep up the good work. I love how you guys do quality over quantity
I suspect that if someone is going to really feel strongly about that doorway then they're going to find 87 other things to nitpick about as well. You can't please some people. I'd leave it tall and save my back and forehead the trouble. It's much as you said, if you took the design back 3000 years and showed it to some folks building a house, they might well adopt your design. It's also quite easy to add some cloth or additional thatch across the doorway if it really does result in an excessive amount of heat loss. In my mind, the bigger gain is that it's going to allow for smoke to escape freely from a greater height - that air exchange is a good thing for most of Ireland's year.
The roundhouse just gets better and better, thank you guys :) ATB.
Congratulations! Boys. This technique of fittings with wooden pins is very cool. I'm learning so I can make a structure like this here in Brazil. Give yourselves a hug.
@basil fawlty This is true, I watch the videos with my daughter, she is an architect and is delighted with this technique used by the Nordic peoples.
this roundhouse is part of my weekly routine now. the door arch is clearly the best looking but maybe less practical. i like it.
In west wales the roof covering on traditional cottages is dual , heather / gorse undercoat covered with thatch
I agree with Dylon about the people in the past coming to your round house and saying man I wish I had that type of doorway. Nobody wants to bend over repeatedly during a day
looking great guys
Love it
Please take your time with this guys! Stretch it out into as many episodes as you want!
I just had an idea for y'all. Maybe wait to cut the middle support until after you're done with the roof because the crow's nest could still be useful in thatching the roof.
I love the talks about venaclular architecture you have and to see the form of it come about out of nessecity and effective bushcraft methods
Your stonework is amazing!keep the arched doorway.maybe not traditional but it will add a nice touch to the finished house
In new zealand, our whare, or houses were built with low doors so that if the kāinga, or village, was raided, when people took refuge inside the small whare and an enemy came in, they entered in a very vulnerable way and were typically dispatched upon entry.
Really enjoying your videos.
I say keep the high doorway and just hit yourself on the forehead with your mallet a couple of times on each trip. That way you get the convenience of the higher doorway without loosing the ambiance of the lower door. To make it easier you can hang one right by the door. Keep up the good work.
I like the door it's what makes this round house uniquely yours. If you find it to be a problem later you can always change it. Best way to learn is to try and succeed or try ab
No fail. Nothing in history would ever change if someone hadn't tried something new. I think the door will make it easier for the other inside construction. Love your video's !!! Thank you!!!
I love that you guys actually put in some effort and researched your project. It's been a pet peeve of mine for a long time when people just proclaim something to be old or the old way of doing things, throwing around catchy terms like viking or anglo saxon or whatever and in reality, having no idea of what they are talking about. The work can be really impressive building, woodwork and bushcraft without throwing around those kinds of terms, that really just kinda kills it for me, because you give people a, probably, very wrong expression of the real deal( like putting furs all over the place apparently making it better and that sort of stuff). I think what I am trying to so say is: props to you guys, I really enjoy your project and your progress.
I’m with Dylan it doesn’t need to be 100% historically accurate but it’s nice if it’s practical. But it’s up to you. Great job! Keep it up👍👍
The low door make an attacker put him self in an exposed position going in.. maybe that could be the reason for the low lentil
those roundhouses weren't built for war or defense. but it would certainly put any raider in a vulnerable position.
It's because these Dutch guys are at least a foot maybe 2 feet taller than our historical ancestors!!!
Yeah because simply burning the house down isn't an option at all ^^
I’ve heard that explanation in Mayan architecture. But in our reality, it would just be a pain in the ass.
I think the low door didn't have a good reason other than nobody cared about bending over back then. They bent over breaking their backs with hard labor every day anyway.
And there were probably plenty of houses with higher doors too. We might see no record of them even if they were common.
Most lovely is what you do!
something about your videos is so healing to me!
I’d leave the door with the triangle. May not be “historically accurate” but you need to have some bit of comfort. Not bending over to walk in the door has huge advantages. That’s why it’s done now.
Enjoying this series and the wood joints. Its gonna be a great place to chill out man. GG
To lower the entrance of a house could have been part of home defence.
Medieval City Gates (for pedestrians) had low lintel and a high doorstep.
It was very easy to defend from inside against a person coming from outside with one foot up and head bend down😉
Weave an arched top door from saplings, then cover in leather hides. Sineuw can be used as a thread to fasten the hide. Now that's a door from the time period. Really cool project guys!
Spelling sorry sinew
I like the door. Better than ramming your head into the door jam in the middle of the night.
You should place a donation box at the roundhouse for visitors. LOL
I love this series so much. It would be the highlight of my life to take a trip and help you guys with this amazing project
Seeing as no one can with certainty how the door was built, it's your experiment so build the doorway however you want. Historical accuracy is still somewhat educated guesses. I am sure there weren't doorway police who enforced that every doorway was made a specific way. I really like this series.
I like the door arch, it might not be traditional, but as you said, who can really say. I also like the look of the heather and you know it's a proven thatching material, so that's my vote! Wish I lived close enough to come see it in person!
Life was not always warfare. They built to remain. A higher door provides additional 'free' light.
I like the higher door than a lower door. It just makes it easier to get in and out of. As a taller guy, I'd say its worth it
The views and likes are getting up again boys....U guys deserved it..👍😍
I'm thoroughly enjoying this series; thank you for sharing your adventure with the rest of us. I think you should design your entry to suit your own needs. Jager and Thomas are icing on the cake!
Nice comment! Thank you!
Keep the big doorway , it just makes sense , make it to suit yourselves :) fantastic job gents , enjoy the sense of pride from a job well done
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU I DON'T KNOW HOW TO BUILD WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING IT'S JUST I LOVE WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS AND I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL YOU GUYS FINALLY FINISH IT LOVE YOU GUYS
We must remember they that built these in the past were much shorter on average than the people of today. Also, we do not know how they designed the entry height since there is no historical record. They were as smart as we are today, it's just our knowledge has increased. I believe they would have built it for ease of entering with parcels or heavy loads. Many interior poles were thought to be used as dividers and hanging areas of clothing and utensils' The interiors were also thought to be plastered for decorations and for insulation against wind and blown rain. The foundations are all we have to work with, everything else is for us to learn and use ingenuity, and the products that we use are in the local area or could be traded for.
I think you guys are doing an excellent job. Why I am a new sub.
Thank you so much. You are a bastion of sanctity in this crazy word!
I really enjoy these. I see that one person had poor hand eye coordination and missed the Like button
Now there's two of those poor bastards :(
Now theres 12
17 now
You both are so interesting. i have enjoyed your team work. thank you.
Another great episode. can't wait for julius to move in.
This looks exactly like the neolithic round houses of Dhar Tichitt in Mauritania. All roundhouses I have seen have been subdivided in some way, but yours is quite small. In my experience most roundhouses are twice the size and often include an outer compound and several internal rooms. It will be fascinating to see your experience of living in it.
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kijk altijd me heel veel pelezier
A little bummed out there was no cooking in this one. I really enjoy the different meals featured.
Great job so far guys. The door is small for insulation, It makes a big difference when you are trying to hold the heat in when staying the night and don't want to wake up every few hours to add wood to the fire.
The crews expanding 💯
Great job guys! I think you will like the taller opening for a door better . You put a lot of thoughts and work into it , so keep it and enjoy it with time . "Deeds not words"
Wildly impressive.
Thanks lads, I'm really enjoying this adventure of yours.
Taking shape, guys. 👍
You can fill the doorway in if you want later, but harder to change it after you've made it short.
If its a little taller and if what you have decided to use as thatching isn't as 'airy' and the smoke builds up... it's easier for the smoke to escape with a taller doorway.. and if it gets too cold put another log on the fire!
Keep up the good work!
The low doorway may of been designed to make it hard for armed attackers to enter. I am enjoying your harmless banter and seeing how well you guys work together. Its good to give praise to your four legged friends, too, From a kiwi down under, with Celtic blood. I struggle a bit understanding the lingo, but don't worry, just box on.
Architect here. Reg. The heat issue inside the house. Shapewise it is not the best house to maintain heat in, because there are still of airspace above a standing man. This is no different from other regular houses.
Still, you have to generate more heat before the residual heat are settlet at torso level. Your heatsource is a stone oven i assume. This radiate heat. But the warm oven comes and goes during a day. So you want to heat (warm air) to stay for as long as possible before having to reheat.
Best bet is to make it it as airtight as possible or as little outside airmovement to enter the hut luxery would be a wolly blanket(!)or woven mats(?) next the stone wall (all around) to create a small stillstanding air pockets between the blanket and wall, to prevent cold radiating from stonewall directly onto you. A buffer air is needed in the in cold months. (Too bad they didnt have bubblewrap sheets in the stone age ) in igloos they make a coldness hole to collect the cold. Worth a thought. Lastly, warmer beds want to be higher up in warm trapped air.
- Anyway. Fantastic project you have going there. I like it, loads.
Castell Henllys Iron Age Village - have a loook my frends
Castell Henllys (Welsh, "castle of the old court") is an important archaeological site in north Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the A487 road between Newport and Cardigan, in the parish of Nevern.
The Iron Age hillfort has been the subject of an ongoing excavation for more than twenty years, accompanied by an exercise in reconstruction archaeology whereby experiments in prehistoric farming have been practised. Four roundhouses and a granary have been reconstructed on their original Iron Age foundations, some 2,000 years old, the only site in Britain where this has been done.[1]
Historic UK say:
To the north of the site, where the entrance was, there are significant earthworks in the shape of several ditches and banks. Inside these fortifications, archaeologists have found evidence for numerous Iron Age roundhouses dating to between 500 and 100BC. Adjacent to the fort they discovered a farmstead settlement, which is believed to have been occupied throughout the Romano- British period.[2]
During the summer the site provides training for young archaeologists and is a popular visitor attraction.[3] It is owned by Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.
www.pembrokeshirecoast.wales/castell-henllys/
FOLKS! It looks great. I look forward to the videos of one or both of you guys staying in the house.
Honestly I like the door. I think the main reason they usually just did a crossbeam is it was easier to do, so since you've already made the support for this I think it's fine.
Also, before I go back to being quiet, you have done a very nice job with th building of this great round house. I found th dowl & angle cuts to be very impressive technology. Thanks for building in front of th camera.
Coming along very nicely, hard word will be rewarded
Thank you very much. That gave me some inspiration to do by watching your videos. I am Thai. From Thailand. And I like history. I finally saw a house in the Iron Age. In Thailand, it is not available to study.
Really, both entry options are good. I'd think the shorter roof would help with heat retention, but the roof you have is really nice looking, already done, and convenient. Keep up the great work guys!
If my understanding is correct the low door kept the heat in around the heads of people so they were better for winter. It also made an intruder bend head down and not be able to use the longish, sharpish knives and such. So safer and warmer.
I like that the project was stopped because I’m not being lazy but because it was an original even though it’s better and cooler it takes time to talk someone into something like that
A fantastic series and a fantastic build.
When discussing the door frame you might keep in mind you are likely a fair bit taller than the "original" builders.
great video!
i like the energy and passion these guys have in common.
even if its not perfect built, its a great adventure and a even greater memory for their whole lifes.
every time i see one of these videos in my feed, it makes my day
Looking great guys, those of us welded to our couches may well owe our sanity to your efforts. There were almost certainly many different build details since families/tribes would have developed minor differences in design over generations. The limited wooden evidence from iron age archaeology mostly relates to post holes so no definitive "authentic" door/roof design is recorded - go with your elegant solution for a doorway you two are effectively a new tribe. While you're developing your design specifics I've always thought sleeping platforms would have made most sense, getting you off the damp earth and into the warm air beneath the thatch and allowing a higher occupancy for the area.
Loving this series . Nice to see the old world reborn
I think especially for you tall guys the bigger door is quite nice. I prefer that one over the „more accurate“ door
Love both of your arguments
Yes! I love it! Always!
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Heather has my vote
Short door keep heat in and more traditional my vote
It looks awesome and would rent for a weekend of Bush craft fun.
Loving the series, not at all bothered by the shape of the door. Just wanted to add a couple of suggestions. Wooden mallets were often made from a burl, where the wood grain runs in multiple, twisted directions. This gives more resistance to cracking from heavy use. Also, peg joined buildings (at least in the US), frequently were made using green pegs and off-set holes. The green wood could bend enough to pass through, but when dried would be impossible to remove. No idea if that is historically accurate for Ireland, but it might be worth considering. Best of luck!
Love what you're doing. I look forward to you video every week
Nice work, it's really coming along now! Dylan, I love your haircut!
Absolutely awesome.
I am a huge fan of you two. Been following you for a while with much respect. I do my own bushcraft stuff but over here we got bigfoot no joke late at night you can hear him howl
It'll need a Saint Brigid's Cross when it's finished for protection. Otherwise the roof will catch fire.
LOL
@@20085238 It's true bro.
Fantastico it is friday, time to relax and keep following your great project folks - the real deal
I'm in love with this and watching twice!
Told ya it's better to tell locals about projects ;) Nice to see they're getting behind you now.
bloody great series of video's. keep the porch, lads.
I love seeing the progress. Great work you guys.
Yay! It's going great guys!! I can't wait to see more. I love what you're doing here. A lot of work but what fun! Thank you so much for sharing!
Liking the music on this one
Keep up the good work