Abandoned House Hidden In The Rocks! Lost and Abandoned in the Woods

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  • @AdamMark
    @AdamMark  2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    CHECK OUT THE LATEST VIDEO, OVERNIGHT ALONE IN AN ABANDONED ASYLUM
    th-cam.com/video/V-eUMUHnqr4/w-d-xo.html

    • @bakerstoybin9245
      @bakerstoybin9245 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Hobbit house

    • @elxanbeymemmedov2299
      @elxanbeymemmedov2299 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mene cox maraqlədır ki Azerbaycandan hec bir nefer de oısun izleyici ne ücün yoxdur ki göresen ?

    • @donkimble
      @donkimble 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      sadly now they'll be ruined as word gets out they're there. people ruin everything cool as soon as word gets out, because people are terrible.

    • @Sabrina-01
      @Sabrina-01 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great work

    • @elenetabatneck2905
      @elenetabatneck2905 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ????

  • @androiduser306
    @androiduser306 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    I love it, he said he didn't want to move the bottles because it looked like they hadn't been moved at all, he wants to preserve the area, respect

    • @patriciablakeston3356
      @patriciablakeston3356 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Those bottles didn't have a spec of dust on them lol, believe me they've not been there since the 1940's indistinguishable , i don't think they would be that clean do you really lol

    • @brianjones4026
      @brianjones4026 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      yes leave everything as it was when you arrived, respect the things and their place ! Adam is the Best out there .... Lovely Kind Fella I must say !

  • @sherismith7032
    @sherismith7032 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    Literally brings me to tears. All that love, craftsmanship, time spent and no one to live in it give it love and life.

    • @johnjohnon8767
      @johnjohnon8767 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      One mans dreams, or best option, another mans lack of interest

    • @knittingmum3657
      @knittingmum3657 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, so sad

  • @crustycobs2669
    @crustycobs2669 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    This expedition, did not disappoint. Nothing had been looted or disturbed. Respect for the history.

  • @lindalee591
    @lindalee591 3 ปีที่แล้ว +433

    I would live in a stone home like that. They really should be restored and placed on the historical registry. Should find out if there is funding to save this place.

    • @884belle
      @884belle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Hi Linda Lee, this is exactly what i said as well. If I was sure nobody will throw me away from this place, I'll make it immaculate. And I can spend the rest of my life with one or two good, honest friends.

    • @lindalee591
      @lindalee591 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@884belle that would be a wonderful thing to see happen to these homes. If I lived where in Wales I would try to buy the place even for back taxes could be pennies on the dollar. Then try and find grants to fix it back up. I'd live there in a hot minute. Have a couple of gardens one with herbs and flowers the others vegetables and fruits and some chickens possibly. I'd live my life out there till I passed on.

    • @howdyahworkthisthing1520
      @howdyahworkthisthing1520 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Linda Lee One could make a tidy profit running a B&B out of the other two homes.

    • @884belle
      @884belle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@lindalee591 👍

    • @lindalee591
      @lindalee591 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@howdyahworkthisthing1520 yes one could live in one of the homes and BNB in the others. Great way to pay the mortgage off

  • @pinkiesue849
    @pinkiesue849 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    It may have been built when there was no money for building materials, but people had the good sense to make the best of it & find a way to survive. Bravo to the builders.

  • @marilynlash9358
    @marilynlash9358 2 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    I absolutely loved Adam's exploration of the carved stone "hobbit" houses! I could see myself happily living in the first one as it must once have been! It's charming beyond words!

    • @retroreceptionist7571
      @retroreceptionist7571 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same!!! So magical in a way

    • @kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934
      @kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@retroreceptionist7571 tis!

    • @carolynnwaud7146
      @carolynnwaud7146 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Back then ,with the fireplace going, It would have been dry and toasty ( no mold on the walls)

    • @SEA-U2
      @SEA-U2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly Me Too ❤

  • @tillylos1159
    @tillylos1159 3 ปีที่แล้ว +226

    It reminds me of something like
    " Wind in the willows" I can just imagine it all cleaned up with a roaring fire and candles giving off a golden glow and MR TOAD sitting by the fire reading a book 🤗 I'm i love with it❤️

    • @williebeamish5879
      @williebeamish5879 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thought same. 👍

    • @nicolemurphy2629
      @nicolemurphy2629 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Me too

    • @ThomasKent1346
      @ThomasKent1346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It reminds me of Mr. Tumnus' home in Chronicles of Narnia.

    • @linnymaemullins3319
      @linnymaemullins3319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too😍☺

    • @yvellebradley2502
      @yvellebradley2502 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Mr. Badger would be entertaining his friends, Mole, Rat and Toad, with tea and muffins by the fire.

  • @donnamays24
    @donnamays24 3 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    The respect you gave to the homes was awesome...not touching and moving the bottles etc...thank you for sharing...and being a good steward to the significance of preservation! 💖

    • @richardjeffsteve8053
      @richardjeffsteve8053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes it’s a very beautiful house, Nice meeting you Donna, I hope you and your family are safe from the virus .

    • @rebeccakennedy5762
      @rebeccakennedy5762 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Your cool & your chi chi dog is very precious!

  • @ginnymiller2448
    @ginnymiller2448 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Hello from Nevada USA! Here in the American west in the past, prospectors would sometimes build homes like this into the rocks in the desert. I have seen a few. They were very rudimentary, but served their purpose for the person who built them. Great video, as always!

  • @markgiles8527
    @markgiles8527 3 ปีที่แล้ว +291

    When you close your eyes and fall asleep it doesn’t matter if you are in a Mansion, Townhouse in the suburbs or a house built into the side of a hill. It’s all the same. It’s just sleeping. Make your home comfortable, make it how you like it and be happy.

    • @brianpaul8572
      @brianpaul8572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      True

    • @boerebru
      @boerebru 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh how wrong you are.

    • @markgiles8527
      @markgiles8527 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@boerebru You know the difference when you are sleeping?

    • @boerebru
      @boerebru 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@markgiles8527 There is a reason the saying "Ignorance is bliss" is there. People tend to bask in it or there IQ is so low it's like talking to a wall. You contradict yourself with "make your home comfortable" because that means it matters where you sleep otherwise if it didn't matter why make it comfortable. If it didn't matter where you sleep we would all be hobo's but we aren't. I don't think anyone has a good night sleep, sleeping on the street or close there eyes that much. Ever heard of sleeping with 1 eye open. Trust me you got to do that in some places. So yeah it really really matters where you sleep and safety is one big factor of sleeping!

    • @markgiles8527
      @markgiles8527 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@boerebru A straw mattress may be more comfortable than a dirt floor. But then its just want you're use to. Even then when you go to sleep it's all the same. Hence it doesn't matter when you are asleep where you are. That's all i'm saying. I'm sorry if you feel butt hurt because you worked so hard, wasted your money on things that don't matter and no one has noticed what you have. Sorry about that. but that's something you'll have to deal with in your own way.

  • @EieCiePie
    @EieCiePie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +381

    Those holes in the first house, if they go all the way through, were used for air circulation and to bring in heat to the room that doesn’t have a fireplace. I live in an 1860s farmhouse and they have those holes throughout the house.

    • @davidmiller674
      @davidmiller674 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Holes were filled with amonia nitrate and fuel . for blasting rock

    • @karenmcosgrove5969
      @karenmcosgrove5969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I was thinking the same thing. Amazing find.

    • @lindyashford7744
      @lindyashford7744 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That would be an early form of heat exchange.... but how did they make the holes? Also it looks as though they might be there to provide support in case of collapse while shaping the shave out of the rock.

    • @lindyashford7744
      @lindyashford7744 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ones that will go round corners?

    • @anamokena-nicol4247
      @anamokena-nicol4247 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yup, they also used them as you would with modern bracket shelving, with a doweling as the bracket, you only need one stong branch to hold a good plank or a decent weight like cheese or a pot, a light etc ...Drills were often stone shaped into a cone to work on its selve when spun with a string and wood lever with the hand as well as chisels or a decent forged steel twisted around in the holes etc, alot of stone was ground to be used as a type of concrete as well , thats besides the explosions and chemicals etc anyway, theres alot of stuff that has been well known for centuries that eats away at stone...

  • @jenH779
    @jenH779 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    What amazing houses , your so lucky to be able to explore them , they would be great for a film set , you just don’t know what amazing abandoned places there are just in the uk . Thanks for showing us

  • @deborahallen3318
    @deborahallen3318 3 ปีที่แล้ว +265

    I found this to be beautiful but very sad. This was someone's pride and joy as well as their Castle! He was called away to war and never returned. Hundreds of thousands never returned home, this is just one. It breaks my heart!

    • @marcgee9630
      @marcgee9630 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Don't be sad, there is another possibility. After the war there thousands of social houses built all over the country. The people who lived here may have moved to one of these new council house, warm, dry, electricity, gas, water, toilets, so maybe they did not want to live in a cave anymore.

    • @marycarpenter2645
      @marycarpenter2645 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      He must have returned at least once. Those Japanese pieces of art scream WWII.

    • @deborahallen3318
      @deborahallen3318 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@marcgee9630 I had no idea! Thanks for helping lift the black cloud that formed in my heart after watching the clip. I would like to believe the man moved his family to nicer digs when he returned home! 😊

    • @judithclarkson3177
      @judithclarkson3177 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Absolutely love all your videos lads. Keep up the good work.

    • @amyloo9716
      @amyloo9716 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@marcgee9630 I wished I had one of them .I would live there. So peaceful

  • @desiree3488
    @desiree3488 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I don’t usually subscribe to urban explorers but you are so respectful in the way you don’t mess or damage things. New subscriber here.

  • @josierosie1124
    @josierosie1124 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Living in a home like this, with a little pond out front, would be so peaceful!

  • @Lil-baby-toenail
    @Lil-baby-toenail 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    Those holes are to make sure moisture doesn’t build up inside and also for pressure so if u slam a door the windows don’t blow out or crack

  • @ukgeographer
    @ukgeographer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +413

    The war took a lot of highly skilled and inventive people

    • @lisalee6496
      @lisalee6496 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @Adrian Çable Yeaahh..,. Wars do tend to do that, dont they? Imagine where the world mighf be if we hadn't been robbed óf those talented and inventive people and the gifts they might have had for the world? Just sad really. Many blessings to you. 🙏🏼☺️

    • @marklowry8799
      @marklowry8799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Is that why we started importing foreign workers after WW2?

    • @victoriamakin6986
      @victoriamakin6986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes, Bless there soul's.🙏🧁

    • @ccmogs5757
      @ccmogs5757 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@marklowry8799 - Sad truth is after WW2 we didn"t have enough of a workforce capacity ........

    • @marklowry8799
      @marklowry8799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ccmogs5757 I find it confusing since in the 1950’ and 1960’s more Brits we’re emigrating compared to immigrants that were coming in. The ‘ten pound pom’ scheme was running until 1982. The people coming in must have been minuscule compared to recent years which have been the highest. The WW2 rebuild explanation seems misleading.

  • @susanmontgomery5418
    @susanmontgomery5418 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I would definitely live in a place like that but then I bought my home with a tunnel underneath it. It took the owners before me 30 years to build it. Really sweet. Thank you for sharing this is amazing.

  • @AnoraJohnson
    @AnoraJohnson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I love that you didn't want to move anything, and left it just as it's been all these years.

    • @AnoraJohnson
      @AnoraJohnson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And emphatically yes...I would live there

    • @kanethompson708
      @kanethompson708 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same here 👍

  • @deniseau7383
    @deniseau7383 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    this gentleman that lived there at one time in the 1940s truly loved art.

  • @hannahfuller2232
    @hannahfuller2232 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Can you imagine having worked so hard to have such a home only to have left and have never been able to enjoy even a little of it :( so sad. But amazing find!!

  • @candymcclure2476
    @candymcclure2476 3 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    Much more interesting than most abandoned house searches.

    • @richardjeffsteve8053
      @richardjeffsteve8053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s a very beautiful house, how are you doing? I hope you and your family are safe from the virus .

  • @bobisu3111
    @bobisu3111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    This is the most beautiful thing I've seen in a long time! I absolutely love that wood stove built into the rock 😍

    • @pinkiesue849
      @pinkiesue849 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That is amazing

    • @talindakelley189
      @talindakelley189 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I loved that stove, but I love all things antique. The buildings are amazing.

    • @suewilkinson910
      @suewilkinson910 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It’s not a wood stove, it’s a cast iron range, probably circa 1880, so was reclaimed for here. A bugger to light and keep going and cook on.

    • @My_man_G_UK
      @My_man_G_UK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@suewilkinson910 wouldn't of lasted very long 😁

    • @bobisu3111
      @bobisu3111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@suewilkinson910 what fuel does it use?

  • @paulajones1177
    @paulajones1177 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    This reminds me of an old home built into a rock in Montana near where I used to live. It's amazing what people could do to build a home in that way.

    • @jakefairbanks6155
      @jakefairbanks6155 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Montana born here, there's quite a few subterranean and rock homes around

  • @deniseboldea1624
    @deniseboldea1624 3 ปีที่แล้ว +241

    To carve a dwelling into sandstone without bringing the rock down around you is a remarkable feat of engineering.

    • @helenweedon7716
      @helenweedon7716 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      These aren't the only rock-houses in the UK and where I live, we have miles of tunnels cut into red sandstone, which were created during WW2 as bomb shelters. It was also common here for people to tunnel backwards in their houses to create cellars, extra rooms and storage spaces. Not a support anywhere to be seen.

    • @krystaldaniels7940
      @krystaldaniels7940 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      There are ancient cave dwellings in the western US too. All of those Places would be perfect to ride out the next planet catastrophe, they will protect the inhabitants from solar radiation, cosmic rays, and plasma

    • @deniseboldea1624
      @deniseboldea1624 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@krystaldaniels7940 If you are referring to the old Pueblo dwellings, your right. Those are also remarkably designed. Those have the added distinction of being designed for defensive purposes against hostile tribes, I hope someone has taken steps to preserve the few of those spots that remain. I've heard that they have become unstable.

    • @unclestoma4699
      @unclestoma4699 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@deniseboldea1624 yeah for the last 15 years they just drew a line 10 feet away and thats as close as anyone gets crumbles more every year

    • @SynicalBeats
      @SynicalBeats 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Did you learn that from Minecraft? Lol

  • @jylago
    @jylago 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I love the fact that you treat these homes with love and respect like they were own.❤️

  • @hapbudden7006
    @hapbudden7006 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is by far my favourite house explore, I've always wanted to live in a cave, its my absolute dream home, I'd love to tidy it up

  • @danielmconnolly7
    @danielmconnolly7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +339

    I would have freaked if I found that when I was a kid. It would have been my secret Castle~🏰😛

    • @Piecemaker1623
      @Piecemaker1623 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Same here. I always envisioned having a secrets place like this when I was young... maybe still today. 😉

    • @Joanla1954
      @Joanla1954 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same here!

    • @LololoriShow
      @LololoriShow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      and tetanus would reign

    • @mjthoman702
      @mjthoman702 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes! me, too!

    • @bethanyshepherd6454
      @bethanyshepherd6454 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Heck, I’d be ecstatic if I found those on my land after buying an abandoned home to fix up NOW in my adult life not just as a kid!! I would buy property JUST for these Little Rock homes. They are SO COOL! They would probably be fixed up first since I would be so excited! I would just sand blast the entire place then use lime mortar to seal it all up and add nice tiles for the flooring, double glaze the windows, fix up the chimneys and fireplaces, use battery style lamps and candelabras for lighting, & put an out house out front for a bathroom, and use them for friends & family for guest houses. They are so incredible. I can’t believe someone would just of use those cool places for just storage!! I would of treasured them for sure! I wish I knew where these are... so incredible

  • @tillylos1159
    @tillylos1159 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Adam and Lisa I got a shock when I noticed your subs😮 you should have so much more, the music,the filming and the respect you show is far better than most shit on TH-cam, your channel will grow bigger and bigger 💯🙏🏻

  • @katherinecarpenter4677
    @katherinecarpenter4677 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Amazing!!! What I wouldn't give to restore places like this!! Did it for a living for years but these are spectacular!!!

  • @chewyduck1355
    @chewyduck1355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    That is one of the most fascinating abandoned explorations I've seen. I think they'd be awesome to live in but in a warmer, drier climate. I have a feeling they were quite damp and chilly. I would love to know the full history. Thanks so much for sharing this. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

    • @lee02jepson
      @lee02jepson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I suspect they were built in maybe the 1600 or even earlier, up graded through the yrs by the generations that lived there. I'm assuming a peasants class family built this long before, generations lived in it, up until the last of them went to WW2 and died there. So sad to see it in deteriation. I wonder who was the family who lived here all those generations. The history of this area is so amazing. Thank you to that man or men who lived there and went off to fight and die for our freedom. Wish we knew his name.

    • @lameesahmad9166
      @lameesahmad9166 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree. If that home was carved (it is a far stretch to say built) in the sand stone rocks where I now live in South Africa it would be awesome. But I think in the UK it could be quite a problem with the cold and damp. Of course I am not really sure about the conditions in the UK. I am guessing from information gleaned by watching footage of people trting to restore ancient buildings there.

    • @rlnstn9300
      @rlnstn9300 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lee02jepson Yes would love to know the history!!

    • @WollongongSkyWatch
      @WollongongSkyWatch 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tartaria. Old world.

    • @chuckmcmicheal558
      @chuckmcmicheal558 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Its damp n chilly here now. In NC. And it's very cold

  • @kathyculwell1282
    @kathyculwell1282 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I would live in one in a heartbeat!!! In the first house, I was peeking around you like OooOooo I could fix this up!! I could do this over there and Oh that over there, and that stove looks like it'd work just fine after a good cleaning!!! That man worked waaaay to hard for them to be left to decay like that, what a crying shame!

  • @tatjanabaker8983
    @tatjanabaker8983 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That is the coolest, most interesting and charming home I’ve ever seen. I wish I could, actually, behold it in person. Gorgeous discovery!

  • @Bird1964
    @Bird1964 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    This is absolutely amazing. My kind of hunting. One of my younger sisters and I use to do this when we were in junior high school. We found some incredible items. We always asked permission to wander around others land. We were told that we could keep anything we find except for jewelry and money, no matter what the age. They all said they would give us a very fair finders fee. I see so much fantastic stuff here that I wish I could be "beamed" to this place!

    • @Wiccan-do-it
      @Wiccan-do-it 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Unless you were given permission from whoever owned the belongings, it is no ones right to take them. Those could have been treasured possessions

    • @4thdimensiontravels855
      @4thdimensiontravels855 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Wiccan-do-it they said they were given permission.

  • @heavymetalredneck7973
    @heavymetalredneck7973 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    The mold can be easily removed and heat would keep it from molding again. The worst thing that can happen to any house is for it to be uninhabited as they become damp from the lack of heat/ac and start to rot. I bet that place was very livable before it was abandoned and could be again with a little bit of hard cleaning and repair. Id love to own a place like that! It's amazing what people can do when they put their minds to work....Necessity is the mother of all invention.

    • @tinkytanky3
      @tinkytanky3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      In dumfries this is called locharbriggs sandstone and is one of the hardest sandstones around. Newyork made from ballast and the empire state building. But sadly you could never keep the moisture away from those caves. You would have to put a membrane over the whole exterior and then wait decades for it to dry out. I have lived in quite a few of red sandstone houses and the rock bricks actually rot when in constant moisture e.g a gutter leak. When you paint it, it will flake straight away. Another key building in dfs (witherspoon pub) has to painted yearly to try and fight this moisture seeping from the stone.

    • @Solitude11-11
      @Solitude11-11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It’s efflorescence I believe, not mould. Sandstone is very soft and leaches minerals.

    • @chadsimmons6347
      @chadsimmons6347 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It looks like they just picked away at the soft sandstone, below the overhangs, then added brick to fill up the front, not very leaky the stuff in storage was dry, ive lived in worse

    • @ByGraceIGo
      @ByGraceIGo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It doesn't really look like mold that looks like a lichens are type of moss that grows in caves and stuff. It looks like it just could be scraped off. That place is so solid everything could be restored in it.

    • @donnakawana
      @donnakawana 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Frank Zappa & the Mother's of invention..... I agree with ya... Cave living is nice at least it looks like it could be .. at the end of your comment . That's what came to me when I read that......

  • @MarkedMoneyTech
    @MarkedMoneyTech ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Now that was someone who knew how to make the most of their own environment. Impeccable expedition!

  • @holgerwittmann6376
    @holgerwittmann6376 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I think this man was a good soul with a nice touch.

  • @RachelPenningtonHull
    @RachelPenningtonHull 3 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    The girl reading a letter is by Johannes Vermeer, the original was painted in 1664.

    • @jshaw4757
      @jshaw4757 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Any idea what the one at 8:19 is she was stunning that would be coming with me and rescued im afraid if that was me lol

    • @lindyashford7744
      @lindyashford7744 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Whoever was there appreciated good art. The Chinese horse paintings were also by a master artist, and a few of the others. Of course it is inaccurate to call them paintings, all of them are prints.

    • @baylorgal96
      @baylorgal96 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That is SO interesting! As kids, We TRIED to make such a home in the wall of a washout on our land (in TX). It just kept collapsing between visits, so that would've been our dream house!! (Especially if built by someone else!💪)

    • @delishme2
      @delishme2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jshaw4757 Looks like a Charles Roka print, or someone trying to imitate his work. He always painted sultry brunettes. 😊

    • @revolutronic
      @revolutronic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jshaw4757 dude that is the sexy gypsy. this thing hang in basically every grandparents house throughout the 60ies and 70ies. there are hundreds of variations

  • @JudeNance
    @JudeNance 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    How wonderful. The people must have been short to live in this small spaces.

  • @catezaida8081
    @catezaida8081 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Reminds me of the Chronicles of Narnia and Faun Tumnus's home after they trashed it. Very cool!

    • @alexiswilliamsinc
      @alexiswilliamsinc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ooh I love this comparison! Or the beavers’ place since it’s near the water.

    • @barbarabreen2669
      @barbarabreen2669 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alexiswilliamsinc Q

  • @conchhouse13
    @conchhouse13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I think the second house was actually a workshop and barn for a couple of animals. The first and third had nice doors and such but the second one did not. Such a wonderful find!

    • @richardjeffsteve8053
      @richardjeffsteve8053 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s beautiful.
      How are you doing Angel, I hope you and your family are safe from the virus ?

  • @tammyz6177
    @tammyz6177 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Hi Adam, I am a new sub to your channel. I love it. You were born for this. You are a truly gifted story teller. Thank you for the well needed escape without leaving the comfort of my home .

  • @hermesgeko
    @hermesgeko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I have always wanted to live in a home like these. That is so extraordinary! Sad they ended up like this.

  • @Liberty-Cap
    @Liberty-Cap 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    new subscriber .. what an amazing place, would love to buy & restore this. A warning .. be wary of hollow sounding floors .. quite often they are covered wells & the covers rot over time .. you don't wanna end up down a well

  • @queenmolmolly7962
    @queenmolmolly7962 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is incredible. Thankyou for showcasing this in a respectful way and being a good example of how to do urbex!

  • @amyphillips7862
    @amyphillips7862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +199

    My granddaughter was watching over shoulder for the 1st house, and she asked "is that where the fairies live?" So yup, we'd move in!

    • @rlnstn9300
      @rlnstn9300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Aww too sweet!!!

    • @AlexaCBrown
      @AlexaCBrown 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      💝💌 I'm 54 and felt the same☀️💝

    • @seansimons7043
      @seansimons7043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      At least Hobbit house for sure

    • @rachelbrad6436
      @rachelbrad6436 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lol to cute

    • @mickbrown8249
      @mickbrown8249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Magical place individuals off grid so so special WALES is a fantastic place ..nice to see thanks so much ...

  • @beachcaving
    @beachcaving 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Enchantingly eccentric...would love to refurbish and live in! Thank you for a brilliant adventure with my morning coffee! Luvz from the beautiful mystic and currently misty rainy Pacific Northwest! Watched it twice, back-to-back! AWESOME!🤘

    • @AR-ph7wf
      @AR-ph7wf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Sally Hubert im sitting with my morning coffee too. Hello from Northern Ireland

    • @ebikeoutdoors
      @ebikeoutdoors 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I would love to have this as a hunting lodge or just to live there

    • @moretoexplore6736
      @moretoexplore6736 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AR-ph7wf I'm in the Pacific NW too, and my grandmother was from Mayo County Ireland, the Garvin clan.

  • @GenaoAnothen
    @GenaoAnothen ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That, to me, is the best place you've explored. So unique!!! Wow!

  • @DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER
    @DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER 3 ปีที่แล้ว +199

    If there's a letter box, that means there was an official address with the British postal service. Which means that those records, and the names associated with the address would still be on file somewhere.
    Does this interest anyone in the UK enough to check it out?

    • @Chipchase780
      @Chipchase780 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Give us a full report when you’ve done it 👍

    • @NailahRoberts
      @NailahRoberts 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Or it could be that the builder used a door with a letterbox in it so the people who owned the land could post memos to the worker who lived there.

    • @DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER
      @DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@NailahRoberts I suppose that is a reasonable possibility. I hadn't considered that.

    • @dawnmichele6847
      @dawnmichele6847 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      RIGHT!!

    • @jacquelinebarnard649
      @jacquelinebarnard649 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very interesting 👌👍

  • @kaym804
    @kaym804 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Amazing, wouldn’t you love to know the story of those that built them and lived in them!

  • @davewall2184
    @davewall2184 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That is amazing, I'd live there in a heartbeat, I really appreciate that sort of thing

  • @pepedrat2982
    @pepedrat2982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    They are Grade 2 Listed, early C19, and last sold in 2007 to a neighbour who didn't want them to be disturbed.
    I think you'll find that the owner of the houses, and 5 acre quarry that they are in died in the war, and not the inhabitant of the house.

  • @veryhappybunnykins
    @veryhappybunnykins 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Wow I would have loved to find this as a kid .Was always making camps in the woods. Thanks for a great explore although 50 years to late for me lol

    • @ANGEL-eh6pd
      @ANGEL-eh6pd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Its never too late.

    • @PreservationEnthusiast
      @PreservationEnthusiast 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      If I'd found it as a kid, we would have smashed up all the bottles for sure! Probably would have busted a load of other shit too.
      We are a bit more organised now. We do New Wave Urbex smash genre explore.

    • @InsightlyDigest
      @InsightlyDigest 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too! I loved exploring in the woods, I made forts, horse stables and driveways for my bikes and hot wheels. I’d find ponds and old club houses in the neighborhood.

  • @dianahayden4931
    @dianahayden4931 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How awesome would it be to find something like this and make it my own. Living in history. I would buy this property instantly

  • @MistyLaneLoveConquersALL
    @MistyLaneLoveConquersALL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I would have loved to see these when they were first built. The look like the were so cozy ☺️

  • @jomama5186
    @jomama5186 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    I guess the mold could be sand blasted out and this could make a great home again. That is so sad that he went off to war and never returned :( I only subscribe to people who at least tell what they can about a place's history and are respectful and dont make jokes the whole time they are exploring. You did a beautiful job. I just found you on here. Liked and subscribed :) I wish you the very best of the new year and God bless you for doing this with love, enthusiasm, and most of all respect. May God bless and watch over you!

    • @marywalker2896
      @marywalker2896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I agree with you ..I hate it when an explorer treats any place with disregard and disrespectful and joke about it...I won't go back and ever watch anything they do..I only have a few I watch..

    • @jenesisjones6706
      @jenesisjones6706 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Me too JO MAMA, I loved how respectful he is.

    • @jomama5186
      @jomama5186 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@marywalker2896 Aw. Ty :)

    • @jomama5186
      @jomama5186 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jenesisjones6706 Aw, ty :)

    • @briandegnan815
      @briandegnan815 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      agreed he did brilliant and respectful to boot!

  • @AsTheWheelsTurn
    @AsTheWheelsTurn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    amazing that anything like that is left in your country , it is so over populated and so little land that is just left alone like this. very interesting place!

  • @mauricecyr2137
    @mauricecyr2137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    If I had the money! I would preserve this gem.

  • @michaelcarter3448
    @michaelcarter3448 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Save the art! save the art! Save the art!

    • @navaihmcintire2261
      @navaihmcintire2261 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Incredible find. Beautiful artwork.

    • @heatherharper3406
      @heatherharper3406 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The painting or print with the lady in blue is a Vermeer. Most likely a print but wow!

    • @rlnstn9300
      @rlnstn9300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Do you think this could someday be a protected historic "building" or place? Meaning that you could walk through but not disrupt the structure itself. Look but don't touch. Just a thought. Especially if someone could track down the history of the dwelling.

    • @victoriacharlesworth7099
      @victoriacharlesworth7099 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@heatherharper3406 yes they were prints and they were sold in Woolworths in the 1950’s and possibly earlier? my grandad had one. If they were real paint it would have warped and cracked in the cold wet weather that wales is well known for 😊

  • @joyspellmann4312
    @joyspellmann4312 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Incredible find! I wonder if the coloration on the second room of the 3rd house was a hearth room or a cooker room? The vent hole looked quite large in it. It’s actually amazing that whoever was storing in that first one didn’t disturb or destroy those bottles and other items. Good on them! Thanks for this trip. Loved it.

  • @sallyshipley1566
    @sallyshipley1566 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Love this 🥰🥰 would definitely live there!! The cooking area In the first one was beautiful looked liked a Victorian cast iron cooking range!

  • @jjsmith8956
    @jjsmith8956 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I would LOVE to live in those! Cool in the summer, private, storm-proof, etc. Great find, Adam !!

    • @bjty5615
      @bjty5615 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      So agree build up the tree line so the road disappears, great place. He loved his art, would like to see it restored and lived in. So lovely

  • @xx-rr3ug
    @xx-rr3ug ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This vid is the most memorable for me Adam. Sparks off the imagination. What a cool way to live and such clever people too that built these little cave homes.

  • @StacyL.
    @StacyL. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Simply brilliant houses. I'd love to hear the stories behind those that lived here before!

  • @roseblite6449
    @roseblite6449 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Since that site in inside a rock face, those holes could have been drilled from the top/side and dynamite was used to blast out the rock. Many places dynamite was used to carve out rock for roads, leaving half the drill holes intact on the remaining rock. From what you have shown, it looks like a combination of dynamite and picking to carve out the houses.

  • @jennysarles244
    @jennysarles244 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love this. They should make a museum out of it.

  • @bessiewilson9909
    @bessiewilson9909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I would try to have this saved as a piece of history

  • @ant-1382
    @ant-1382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Most of those bottles are much older than the 1940's, the inside thread pop. at 4:11 is late 1800 - early 1900, and the cork top bottles were mostly out of use by the 1940's.

  • @jadzia2098
    @jadzia2098 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love those small houses. I just find it sad that they are in such a state of disrepair. I just imagine how cool it would be inside those small houses in summer. I live alone and would not mind trying one of those small houses and i love gardening, so it would be a perfect place for me. I could see myself living there and having my small garden. Thanks for sharing those places with us.

    • @cincin4515
      @cincin4515 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thought the same until I moved into a tiny stone house just like these except free standing. It became oppressive and claustrophobic over time. I only lasted about 5 years. The darkness eventually gets into your soul.

  • @franwebb2088
    @franwebb2088 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    I would live there, they are brilliant. Imagine in the summer by that water, absolute bliss ❤

    • @williebeamish5879
      @williebeamish5879 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And bugs?

    • @AlexaCBrown
      @AlexaCBrown 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@williebeamish5879 who could care, of bugs
      It would be bliss!!

    • @rkhnd51
      @rkhnd51 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Naturally cooler in the summer.

    • @Solitude11-11
      @Solitude11-11 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That road would put me off!

  • @vhirsch4270
    @vhirsch4270 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Prints rather than paintings: one was of a Vermeer. Others were familiar but don't remember by who off the top of my head! They may have been stored there later than the bottles etc. Fascinating.

  • @bluewaterdiva1
    @bluewaterdiva1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I can't imagine the amount of labor that went into building this home back in that time frame.

  • @TortugaLuv
    @TortugaLuv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    This looks like it was abandoned in the 70s. It wouldn't be far fetched as I know of houses that have no electricity or water or road access that were lived in up to now. One lady even used the same iron fire stove that was in the first house until she died in 92. My friend knew her and her house is a ruin now.

    • @RolexBabyy
      @RolexBabyy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You can tell by the glass used in the windows that this was made before the 70's. But some things do look newer than this video portraits.

    • @yvonnemccullaghward361
      @yvonnemccullaghward361 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes That print of Chinese lady playing instrument was popular in 1970s

    • @gra-emed3617
      @gra-emed3617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The pictures and wicker furniture are definitely 70s and not wartime. I agree it has been inhabited later than the war. All very interesting to see :)

  • @kroakie4
    @kroakie4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I really hope this magical place is preserved and left alone so more people can discover it.

    • @Ron4885
      @Ron4885 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      agree. Very interesting place.

  • @portiabrown2913
    @portiabrown2913 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Your videos are so educational and interesting. Thank you so much, we appreciate all your time and effort.

  • @catherinecookson225
    @catherinecookson225 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Would I live in a place like this? What do I think of it? Humans have made a lot of progress since these houses were first built. Many of us have come to realize we would trade "stuff" in a heartbeat for a simpler way of life. This is hands down the most interesting home discovery vicarious adventure I have taken. Thank you Sir.

    • @jeffreyroze4959
      @jeffreyroze4959 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Absolutely my dream home would be a crystal cave or a house made out of stone if we all lived like this we would live in a less dramatic world

  • @FantadiRienzo
    @FantadiRienzo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +507

    People in 1900: "I'm glad when I can move out of these bloody caves and live in a real house, I'm freezing me arse off here"
    People in 2020: "Oooh, look at these fairytale houses, looks like hobbits live in there, I'd move in there in a heartbeat and make it real cozy"

    • @badlandskid
      @badlandskid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Sickend Sour lol...truth

    • @ExploringCabinsandMines
      @ExploringCabinsandMines 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      lol the truth !

    • @modestoca25
      @modestoca25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Caves actually moderate the temp better than our standard houses, so they can be quite warm with a hearth or if they're oriented south facing the sun (in a sunny location, not the UK), solar radiation can naturally keep them warm in winter and cool in summer.

    • @StacyL.
      @StacyL. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Get out of my head! 😆

    • @kblewis3331
      @kblewis3331 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@modestoca25 Yep. Exactly. Far easier to regulate the temperature if you are under the earth, than above it.

  • @maggienbob1304
    @maggienbob1304 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The music is so fitting. Mysterious, melancholic, abandoned, & only slightly eerie. Well done.

  • @tishtash1791
    @tishtash1791 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    what a great find.looks like some thing from an enchanted film set .very magical looking thanks Adam .

    • @rlnstn9300
      @rlnstn9300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes!! Magical and mysterious

  • @SheilaKarner
    @SheilaKarner 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    That art should be in a museum! I can’t believe it’s still there.

    • @yvellebradley2502
      @yvellebradley2502 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      They are prints. Not originals.

    • @oz2strokeman116
      @oz2strokeman116 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That isn't art worth being in a museum, which is why it's in a cave.

  • @zoidmo3388
    @zoidmo3388 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Once in awhile I do a return to Adam's older vids. This one is one of my fav. Love a home that has been moulded into a rock cliffside. Damn that is so cool & precious. Thx Adam. July 2023.

  • @Vickielb74
    @Vickielb74 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I enjoy your videos so much Thank you for sharing with this 73 yr Old Lady you help my days go by much better stay safe but keep them coming God Bless Arizona

  • @carolynlongville7051
    @carolynlongville7051 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Hi Adam great video, just to let you know there are also Rock Houses on Kinver Edge, which have been restored the earliest record of people living there is 1777,
    I bet they were so cosy and warm...😊

    • @stuartsmith6964
      @stuartsmith6964 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      U

    • @samanthaking251
      @samanthaking251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I live not far from Kinver rock houses. Warm in winter and cool in the summer. I'd quite happily live in one of them there, but I don't think the National Trust would be too happy! 😂

    • @carolynlongville7051
      @carolynlongville7051 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@samanthaking251 I love Kinver....so quaint hope to get back there soon 🌝

    • @rlnstn9300
      @rlnstn9300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you so much for the info!!!

    • @aj-mx2rd
      @aj-mx2rd 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pretty sure there are houses built into the sandstone at Bridgnorth aswell?
      Banks's are still brewing beer' but I doubt it's a patch on the stuff this old boy would have had in his bottles...👍

  • @eliw5864
    @eliw5864 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The second "house" looks like it could have been a barn for animals...?
    What an amazing place. So much work went into building these places. So sad they were not kept up 😞

  • @spiritlove2
    @spiritlove2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    That was amazing! I would love to fix that up n make it nice again even if it was for my kids to play in, use it to camp, idk there is so much possibilities with this place

  • @johnsullivan6080
    @johnsullivan6080 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    If you're looking for a date, all you had to do was pickup that newspaper laying there

    • @janekay4147
      @janekay4147 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yep squatters have been there

    • @grigorisgirl
      @grigorisgirl 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@janekay4147 my first thought too. Those bamboo chairs were modern not from the forties.

  • @gjmiller138
    @gjmiller138 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing rock village explore. Wouldn't it be lovely to see this all brought back.

  • @lindy-nightowlparanormaltn
    @lindy-nightowlparanormaltn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Amazing, isn't it, all the different ways people come up with to make a home in so many different surroundings? I really enjoyed this :)

    • @ninaappelt9001
      @ninaappelt9001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My dad always said that when got old he was going to build and live in a swanky tree house. Sadly, he never got to do it.

    • @rlnstn9300
      @rlnstn9300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ninaappelt9001 He must have been an adventurous soul❤

    • @ninaappelt9001
      @ninaappelt9001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rlnstn9300 He was. I miss him dearly.

  • @Chef-Really5365
    @Chef-Really5365 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Every time a urban explore opens a fridge I holds me breath

    • @sophierobinson2738
      @sophierobinson2738 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You should check Crime Scene Cleaning, when they do hoarders.

    • @dianabrewer6213
      @dianabrewer6213 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yuck! I expect to see something rotten and molded..🤢

    • @kellysuggmcd
      @kellysuggmcd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same!

    • @tiltawhorled
      @tiltawhorled 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The fridge is plugged in...

  • @carolynnwaud7146
    @carolynnwaud7146 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this. Over here, you dont see stuff like this ( at this age) that hasnt be vandalized, and burned out.

  • @lesliepavelko8600
    @lesliepavelko8600 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Mold doesn’t grow like that, it’s lichen. If it were a mold it would be on the woods first....

    • @colleenfellowes3418
      @colleenfellowes3418 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Honestly, They are pretty cool , maybe great for a wine cellar ,however I’d be afraid of a collapse !!!

  • @ladylaois8184
    @ladylaois8184 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    This is seriously a hidden gem. what a great channel this really is. Love your passion for your finds it’s inspiring.

  • @davidg8396
    @davidg8396 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I absolutely am amazed beautiful filming beautifully spoken I appreciate you and your work so much.

  • @Jarfm
    @Jarfm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fascinating. The amount of work and ingenuity that went into these dwellings is mind boggling.

  • @lavapix
    @lavapix 3 ปีที่แล้ว +324

    They reminded me of my grandparent's home's basement/cellar in PA back in the 60s. It was basically a dirt floor and stone walls. My gramps built over it and made it the cellar. Good to see even the bottles are still intact.

    • @stinky15552
      @stinky15552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Theres cellar kinda like you mention not far from my house I live in PA Somerset

    • @lavapix
      @lavapix 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@stinky15552 This was in Bethlehem near a large quarry. 2nd Street.

    • @mu8l310
      @mu8l310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      That's how my grandparent's and aunt's (both from around the turn of the century) and I think many others are in Fayette County, PA too.

    • @s.sestric9929
      @s.sestric9929 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      In Pittsburgh there would be a toilet down there too. Reason was, in the early 20th century they had problems with sewage backups so they put the toilet in the lowest part of the house in case that happened.
      For those who don't know, in Pennsylvania in the 19th and early 20th centuries, house foundations were built from stacked sandstone rocks and basements looked a lot like the houses in the video.

    • @modestoca25
      @modestoca25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      They used cellars like that for food storage to keep it cool, they also have rockwall cellars from the 1800s in California.

  • @scottcooper4256
    @scottcooper4256 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The holes could have also been for blasting to rough out larger spaces and then would be cleaned up and shaped with pick axes or other hand tools. while driving down roads paved through rock tunnels etc, you’ll notice some of those holes if you look closely. The holes are drilled then explosive charges placed inside

  • @UnwittingGenius
    @UnwittingGenius 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    That's strange, the floor feels holloooooooooooooooooooooow!....... Seriously though, I could not have resisted trying to see if something was under the floor.

    • @Amen.22
      @Amen.22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Bodies.

    • @margomacgonegal6256
      @margomacgonegal6256 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too! I'd have stomped a little harder!

    • @Joanla1954
      @Joanla1954 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I agree! Sweep it off some and see if it might have a trap/cellar door

  • @carlyh6913
    @carlyh6913 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I would so love to see what they looked like when occupied, I bet they were so homey and cosy. I was surprised to see the slot for letters in the door, this must mean it was a official address! PS Thankyou for being so respectful of these once cherished places

  • @dawnprice1850
    @dawnprice1850 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a beautiful little place in a rock! Would love to explore here. It’s so nice that you are so respectful to the property and people that lived here for all those years. 😊