Old Sarum: A Tour of History, Myths and Legends

[decnet100]

Very atmospheric and inspiring video! I actually know a place with more than a few forgotten stories right next to my old homevillage that I'd love to share - let's see if I can get around to making a video when I next return there...

[clackclickbang]

@decnet100 I hope that you do!

[felipe1gojira]

A very interesting place indeed, it's not everyday one can visit the grounds of castle, a very enjoyable experience. I will most definitely do a video on a location I know of close by my house.

[clackclickbang]

@felipe1gojira I thank you for having done so!

[kato1972]

Does the city of Solsbury have any relation to Solsbury Hill, from the Peter Gabriel song?

[clackclickbang]

@kato1972 Nope. That song is about Peter Gabriel leaving Genesis.

[thespiritcoyote]

@clackclickbang I have been thinking on what in the area that could even compare...

Most folktale & local legends I know are of haunting the types, accessible historic sites are rather simple; four graveyard hauntings, some manor house & estate hauntings, a small number of open-street & public-park hauntings, three earth-&-wood outpost forts w/ no hauntings or remarkable history - footnote-ish, there are whole-settelment urban-abandons - but none that are accessible.

W/ Time & Opportunity...

[clackclickbang]

@thespiritcoyote Well I hope that you find both the time and the opportunity!

[Antiks72]

Are you a Tory?

[clackclickbang]

@Antiks72 I laugh and follow up by knowingly saying in a low voice "my political beliefs are not for sharing."

[Antiks72]

@clackclickbang To be honest, your conservative politicians are a hell of a lot more tolerable than ours.  Our are insane.

[Antiks72]

Makes me want to dress up like an Anglo Saxon and march across the country side.

[clackclickbang]

@Antiks72 Ha!

[Komeister]

I've been planning to visit England for a long time. Might need to exchange some euro's for pounds and get my ass over the canal.

[clackclickbang]

@Komeister You will never want to leave.

[huud007]

This was fantastic. I definitely want to visit your country after I graduate from university, and this was just a taste of the beauty and history that's there. Thank you for doing this, it was great fun to watch. Hopefully the rest of your brigade will post about their locations.

[clackclickbang]

@huud007 I hope that they do!

[micahhenry]

This is the Skyrim play-through right?

[clackclickbang]

@micahhenry Umm... Yes!

[lawbag1]

all you need is a "gun" overlay, and you have Doom II, the Old Sarum Levels...

[clackclickbang]

@lawbag1 The worst levels ever.

[lawbag1]

Ive always used local myths and legends in both my Call of Cthulhu/WOD (Kent) campaigns and also Pendragon (Suffolk - Duke Hervis)...

[clackclickbang]

@lawbag1 Pendragon is especially good in this area.

[HeathbrookBadhwar]

Verry interesting, Beautiful Landscape

[clackclickbang]

@HeathbrookBadhwar Thank you for watching!

[thespiritcoyote]

There is a crack in a graveyard nearby, aproximately 1/2ft at it's widest and running nearly the full height of the 9-12 foot wall - suposedly during the construction one of the workers was burried /in/ the wall at that location... the remains were removed during one of the repairs, but the wall is perpetually irreparable... the local legend says it has been repaired, patched, and even rebuilt many times but keeps reopening.

Some say they have see a figure walk that length of wall at night.

[clackclickbang]

@thespiritcoyote Oooerrr.

[woodwwad]

Now you've done yourself in with this video. It'll be a jack to you when the dance begins.

Interesting to see some of your local sites & learn a bit of the history.

[clackclickbang]

@woodwwad You should do the same.

[cjspartacus]

Thank you for that little jaunt through history. Tony Robinson may have competition on his hands. Perhaps one day you could tell the story of Sawney Bean. A local Ayrshire cannibal from the 16th century who inspired Wes Craven to make The Hills Have Eyes!

[clackclickbang]

@cjspartacus I'll beat Robinson down, you hear?!

[BirthOfSerpents]

America doesn't really have many strange tales or local myths.........

[DarthAzabrush]

@BirthOfSerpents You'd be surprised: Superstitious lot over there ;)

[BirthOfSerpents]

@DarthAzabrush I would say that fanatically religious would be a better word to describe it

[DarthAzabrush]

@BirthOfSerpents Well the pilgrims were fanatics who fled England in order to persecute people then we started transporting criminals there: Not a good combination.

[BirthOfSerpents]

@DarthAzabrush No indeed not, but luckily my family has no ancestry from that group.

[clackclickbang]

@BirthOfSerpents Maine has a few. Ask Lovecraft.

[riprendandroar]

Ive had a beaming chesire cat smile on my face from start to finish during this video! Very Very much enjoyed!

[clackclickbang]

@riprendandroar Thank you!

[anderson13666]

Always wanted to visit Great Britian...

Very intersting place!

But myself i especially always wanted to visit Anglesey Island (i think it is pronounced this way...), other name is Inis Mon. Ancient sanctuary of Celtic Druids

Have you been there, sir?

[clackclickbang]

@anderson13666 The Isle of Anglesey.. Ahhh.. Nope. Never been.

[gummibako]

What an unusual place. Thanks for the guided tour.

[clackclickbang]

@gummibako My pleasure.

[Samwise7RPG]

The Gentleman's Guide to Old Sarum. :) I really enjoyed that. Thanks for sharing. I think the most useful bit of information that I could use in a RPG from this is that indeed something was buried, or kept in Old Sarum, and from it worshipers gained boons. Those in power relocated said thing when they left the old location, but none now know where it resides apart from those that worship it.

[clackclickbang]

@Samwise7RPG I'd love for you to do something similar, Mr Tim.

[Samwise7RPG]

@clackclickbang I'm thinking I can pull this off, but I have to do a bit of research first.

[clackclickbang]

@Samwise7RPG I hope that you do!

[ZoneofA]

Awesome! You should do more of those.

[clackclickbang]

@ZoneofA Mayhap I shall.

[SaudiLindsey4]

This was fantastic! Thanks for the history and walk through. I'd love to see other videos like this. Maybe a Stone Henge video sometime? I wasn't able to go out as far as Salisbury when I visited Great Britain. I have to admit, after listening to the legends of Old Sarum I couldn't help but think that that would be great cannon fodder for a World of Darkness setting (I'm a massive nerd I know). Did you or any of your gaming mates ever use these legends in your rpgs?

[SaudiLindsey4]

@SaudiLindsey4 P.S. I was also totally expecting another saber-tooth tiger to pop out of the landscape and attack you during this latest lets play!

[clackclickbang]

@SaudiLindsey4 A shame that didn't happen to liven this up.

[clackclickbang]

@SaudiLindsey4 Stonehenge? If I could get up to it, I would.

[tetsubo57]

I was eagerly awaiting seeing you attacked by sheep. I leave disappointed.

Those evil Norsemen.

How many Norsemen does it take to light a candle? Why light a candle when there is an abbey right over there?

A footbow can get near a mile at least...

Modern corruption is *completely* different.

A footbow can ex

[clackclickbang]

@tetsubo57 I ward off sheep with my dire gaze.

Ho ho ho!

I think you were cut off!

[Criticalfumble]

Ah, a video of Poppy, revisiting Helgen! Very interesting, indeed! Not much is left of Helgen, after that bittersweet day when Poppy barely escaped death from both executioner and dragon. Did any of the citizens of Helgen survive? I've always wondered. Well, amazingly, yes! (see: 5:24. 6:23, 8:49, etc.) At 2:49, Poppy successfully opens the locked gate, but uses his last pick. At 5:40, the well gate is locked, and Poppy is without a pick! (SPOILER--gate leads to a dungeon below Helgen).

[clackclickbang]

@Criticalfumble But those poor survivors became dumb tourists!

[cptmachine]

I loved this video and it's inspired me to do my own. What device did you use to capture the footage?

[clackclickbang]

@cptmachine I used my digital camcorder that I've had for many years. A JVC thingamee.

[quadturbo4]

Ooh, a history video. I had an idea you might be interested in stuff like that.

Interesting that you should mention the viking raiders. For some of them came from here - not two kilometers from where I'm writing this, an intact longship from the ninth century was excavated from a burial mound about a century ago.

[quadturbo4]

@quadturbo4 And there's a mystery about the burial mound as well, for no one knows who was buried there. The skeleton found with the ship was that of an unusually tall man for his time, over six feet, and he had apparently suffered great injuries from combat.

[clackclickbang]

@quadturbo4 A Deep One!

[clackclickbang]

@quadturbo4 The Vikings were indeed an odd breed.

[Deckof51]

Strange Tales of Olde Dorset?

Well, for one:

SMUGGLERS. THOUSANDS OF THEM.

We also have Cerne Abbas, the naked and rather well endowed giant.

I think we also have the Philosopher's room - A box in the middle of nowhere with one window, no doors and a single seat inside.

[clackclickbang]

@Deckof51 Make a recording, fool! The room would be an excellent one.

[TheEvilGhoul]

Might do something like this here in sweden if i get the time.

[clackclickbang]

@TheEvilGhoul Please do!

[MarcinP2]

If that was the Solsbury Hill that Peter Gabriel sang about then I am mighty disappointed.

He said he was climbing it so I envisioned something higher.

Perhaps they just found the wrong arrow and the actual arrow was lost in tall grass.

Thanks for the tour.

[clackclickbang]

@MarcinP2 It's not the same hill.

[Demolitiondude]

Pythian Castle, Drury University, and Lincoln Hall in OTC here in the Blaghole of Springfield is haunted. Carthage MO is haunted by an entity known as the Ghost Lights.

[clackclickbang]

@Demolitiondude Do a recording!

[Demolitiondude]

@clackclickbang Problem. Pytthian Castle is on a Armed Forces Reserve, not sure if Drury and OTC would let me film. And Carthage is too far away for me to get there in a off day.

[clackclickbang]

@Demolitiondude That's a shame.

[TheWhitmore]

I know not everything needs to come back to RPGs, but you could exploit the CRAP out of the mystery of the place in a WoD game or Cthulu game.

[clackclickbang]

@TheWhitmore Indeed I could ;o)

[SirPercivalGallant]

Brilliant video.  Strange that the cathedral isn't listed in Domesday Book if it existed in 1086...maybe it was built later?

I see the Old English name for Sarum is Searobyrig; the first element, searo (or searu), means 'device' as well as 'plot, scheme'...interesting...

[clackclickbang]

@SirPercivalGallant How very very peculiar...

[blackbarnz]

Same amount of snow fall. Just down the road from Stonehenge then as well. My granfather told me stories "fairy mounds" in the British Isles. IIRC old Sarum cathedral wasn't aligned correctly. I'll into that. I've been planning on doing a vid series about the historical importance of the area I live in. I did tell you a bit about the historical significants of my home and plan to do a vid series on the historical improtance of the area I live. Thanks for sharing.

[clackclickbang]

@blackbarnz You may well be right about the alignment of the cathedral.

[atari67]

I love this style of video. Very well done. I'm a massive anglophile, and I eat this sort of thing up.



[clackclickbang]

@atari67 Thanks!

[cockroach2]

What a fascinating ruin! I truly envy you Europeans for being so close to such rich history. Where I live (Seattle) the oldest buildings are only about 120 years old. The whole city was destroyed buy a fire in 1889. Even then, white people had only been settling in the region for ~30 years.

[cockroach2]

@cockroach2 Also, I've heard that in order to be officially considered a city in the UK, you need a cathedral, and that there are many large urban areas (specifically the "new cities" built after the blitz) that far outrank other official cities, but aren't listed as such because they lack cathedrals

[clackclickbang]

@cockroach2 You are very right, although that law has been rescinded in some cases.

[clackclickbang]

@cockroach2 I've been to Seattle. I especially enjoyed the underground city.

[AbrasaxualFeeling]

Great idea, abit of background on local areas, youtube needs this kind of thing. It would be a great cure for global fast-food concrete uniformity, england has lots of interesting stories, as does everywhere else. Speaking of interesting stories, will you be making any more Vampire clan videos in the near future? I don't play much PnP but finally getting bloodlines to work has rekindled my interest in the franchise and your clan vids are the best source of lore on youtube. Great with a cuppa tea

[clackclickbang]

@AbrasaxualFeeling Clan Gangrel has just been uploaded!

[RexDogma]

England have the best countryside for mystery. Damn you gentleman gamer! Now I want to play a horror campagin explaning why the cathedral was removed from history, Great vid!

[clackclickbang]

@RexDogma Thank you for watching!

[publicmasturbator666]

Enjoyed the video quite alot !

[Drarkkikk]

An interesting and refreshing video. Love it!

[clackclickbang]

@Drarkkikk Thank you!

[nazranaknapp]

Great video. I very much enjoy English history. The castle you had just shown looks to be of a motte and bailey style. When the exodus took place, who was king at that time?

[clackclickbang]

@nazranaknapp Twas the reign of bad King John.

[Iamthemaster2]

Do you mind if I respond to this? I would love to become an active part of the youtube gaming community and all. I live in the north-east of scotland an the place is booming with history and mythology. It would be a pleasure to make a video on the matter.

[clackclickbang]

@Iamthemaster2 I don't mind at all. I'd love to see your take.

[23penguins32]

Well, you know well I sit on Old Sarum. The persistent lore, folklore, legend of Joseph of Arimithea having come there to deposit a load of 'something'. We'll leave it at that. Whether that promoted or inspired the 'shit'load of 'Grail' or 'Grael' Myths that surround Old Sarum...who knows ? What a wonderful place in my experience. I've had 'personal experiences' in your environ that tell me many things. It is a history beyond what we know...

Yes, I'll do your challenge. Holmes is here. Cheers :D

[clackclickbang]

@23penguins32 Your story will be infinitely more macabre, I suspect...

[bobspldbakwords]

great video!

[clackclickbang]

@bobspldbakwords Thanks!

[mollytherealdeal]

That location was evocative. Those were great stories, whether passed down or invented.

[clackclickbang]

@mollytherealdeal Thank you!

[falloutmnky]

i live in a valley that was supposedly so haunted that certain tribes of native americans wouldnt even consent to venture in.

[clackclickbang]

@falloutmnky Do a video about it!

[sureshot73A]

Makes me want to visit your neck of the woods. Such a beautiful area.

[clackclickbang]

@sureshot73A Indeed it is. I love my land.

[herkles1]

ah this was cool. though I am not the greatest expert on my college, I know there are secert tunnels under ground, one haunted building((though not sure which atm)) and one building was used in a movie as an insane asylum of all things, so I could try to do one video but I would have to do some research.

neverthelsess I love things like this. :)

[clackclickbang]

@herkles1 You should definitely do one of these!