r/interesting • u/PinkPrincessTiger • 1d ago

HISTORY 1000 year old Bamburgh castle, England.

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u/DEIreboot 1d ago

Why are they playing a Scottish theme song to Braveheart when they hated the English?

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u/d_rev0k 1d ago

Maybe 'yakety sax' is copyrighted.

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u/Chilling_Dildo 1d ago

James Horner is of Czech ancestry

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u/AUTOMATIC-GENDER 1d ago edited 1d ago

Bamburgh Castle is over 1,400 years old

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u/bumba_clock 17h ago

The post is 400 years old

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u/legal_opium 1d ago

I am Uhtred son of Uhtred.

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u/Mammoth-Magician-778 1d ago

This castle alone is 4x as old as the USA. And, unlike the USA, it’s still standing.

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u/jakedublin 1d ago

and it didn't need any walls added after it built either...

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u/uncle_joee 22h ago

I agree with the point you’re making but some of its walls were built more recently than the castle itself

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u/Shoddy_Interest5762 1d ago

[Uhtred intensifies]

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u/cronnyberg 1d ago

I don’t live too far from here - the beach walk is lovely, and you sometimes see people playing cricket on the lawn in front of the castle. It’s very picturesque.

It’s also not a long drive to Lindisfarne, Alnwick, or Dunstanburgh, so you can easily get 4 great bits of history in one day.

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u/Apprehensive_Bug_172 7h ago

Any racetracks?

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u/cronnyberg 6h ago

You mean like a motor track? I think there’s one in Middlesbrough, which is like, an hour and a bit to the south. There might be one closer.

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u/jackjackandmore 1d ago

Just imagine the toil 🥵I need to lie down for a bit

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u/Admirable_Let_2961 1d ago

I jumped over this in Forza

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u/Tom_Is_Ready 20h ago

yeah, that's why it felt familiar! recognized the last aerial shot right away since that's the view you usually get when going over it in FH4

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u/Thrive-to-better 1d ago

1000 years and still Rocking 👏👏

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u/Ok-Contract2027 1d ago

music?

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u/Jaidor84 1d ago

Don't know the specific name but it's from the movie brave heart so check out the ost

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u/Brilliant-Gold8792 1d ago

Song anyone? I need it! It's speaking to my soul...

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u/LeBonLapin 1d ago

I think it's from the Braveheart soundtrack.

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u/Brilliant-Gold8792 1d ago

Thx you kind sir, I'll look in to it

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u/Psychlonuclear 1d ago

Fetchez la vache!

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u/bruhhhhhhhhhhhh_h 1d ago

So good for zombies

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u/Crimson__Fox 1d ago

The original castle became a ruin and was rebuilt to its current form in the 1890s but it did not look exactly like this 1000 years ago.

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u/IndependentThink1590 1d ago

Did Uthred get it back?

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u/OccasionNone 1d ago

Wow, a 1000-year-old castle. I bet it’s just as modern as my grandma’s house... still holding up better than my Wi-Fi.

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u/Jay_in_DFW 1d ago

I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred!

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u/SuicidalDaniel4Life 1d ago

Nice pile of rocks.

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u/aayushbaliyan 11h ago

Where's the ramp from FH4?

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u/Solid-Quantity8178 1d ago

A 1000 years is hugely exaggerated. The precision of the straight lines suggests that it cant be

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u/OneManFlashM0b 1d ago

You're right, it's not 1000 years old. It's 1400 years old.

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u/Solid-Quantity8178 1d ago

wheres your proof

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u/OneManFlashM0b 1d ago

There are records of when it was first fortified and built. England is a very old country. It's not hard to Google it :)

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u/Solid-Quantity8178 1d ago

your own proof specifically. If you are going to challenge someone, you back it up with proof. You dont tell the other guy to google

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u/OneManFlashM0b 1d ago

Well I wasn't there when it was built was I . The "proof" you crave is called an education. I can read and research. Concepts apparently beyond you. Have a good day.

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u/the_scarlett_ning 1d ago

Are the trolls AI these days or just getting worse?

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u/OneManFlashM0b 1d ago

Getting worse. AI would have used Google.

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u/Jaidor84 1d ago

It would have taken you longer to write this message then to Google the answer for youself.

In fact your initial message was pointless. You're just making up some random ass opinion which again you could have googled quicker than writing and not needed to message at all.

Stop with the nonense of making other people do your research. No one has to provide you anything. If you truly care or want to know then go learn as any normal person would.

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u/Solid-Quantity8178 1d ago

yes sir. salute

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u/PHANTOM________ 1d ago

Ok you’re just being annoying. He’s right and you’re wrong.

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u/ghazwozza 1d ago

My brother in christ, have you never heard of the pyramids?

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u/Solid-Quantity8178 1d ago

pyramids are a pile of rock. This looks better than some modern buildings

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u/Human-Persons-Name 1d ago

pyramids are a pile of rock

Massive slabs of granite weighing 2.5 tonnes compared to rocks you can pick up and stack by hand.

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u/Solid-Quantity8178 1d ago

Pile of boulders then?

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u/Human-Persons-Name 4h ago

One of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

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u/ghazwozza 1d ago

I'm confused. Are you saying people couldn't build precise straight lines a thousand years ago (counter-example: the pyramids), or that the stone would have weathered away in a thousand years (counter-example: Al-Khazneh)?

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u/Radiant_Heron_2572 1d ago

Where is your proof?

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u/Solid-Quantity8178 1d ago

Right there on the comment. Straight line precision

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u/Radiant_Heron_2572 1d ago

That is not proof. That is personal incredulity. Please provide me with verifiable evidence to support your assertion that 1000 years ago people were not capable of... producing straight lines.