HIDDEN for Decades in the FOREST | DISCOVERING the Chateaux PAST.
Bonjour à tous, after the discovery of the stones in the chateau woods it has made Ash and Terry curious to what it once was so take us for a closer inspection. Uncovering some of the overgrowth the pair start to discover more hidden away to reveal the more of the chateaux past.
Plus, Ash gets the metal detector out and makes an amazing discovery hidden away for decades.
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Si l'histoire se perd parfois dans les livres, elle reste toujours inscrite dans la terre même après que la mémoire ait disparue 🙂
bien vrai !
Thank just brilliant x
Quel auteur?
I appreciated how much Patrick enjoyed going around with you in the forest... his little tail wagging all the time. (I grew up with dachshunds - they’re so sweet)
So Exciting!!!!! I am a history nut and am so happy that some of the chateau's missing years can be slowly uncovered. Your enthusiasm for the history will bring fresh joy and inquiry to the town and all of us. Any new details will be a priceless gift for the region. I bet there are many local history buffs who will be skippy happy that your channel can bring new insights and attention. Happy Discoveries! 😊 I am imagining history buffs gathering on the grounds yearly and many history tourists staying at the chateau through the year. One of the outbuildings could become a mini museum or items could be displayed in the chateau. You are all Creative so you will find great ways to celebrate it all. Thanks for the Great video. I can't wait to see the beginning. 🙂
A better class of fly tipping as an empty site for fifty years and no one knows when it was done,if it's your old building may be dumped by the track in the woods and original site reused in cultivation again as the trees there are much younger.
And you know all the former owners who have lived there are smiling down now 🌹
Une Perle pour la région
@@coupezjacqueline4110 😊 oui
I noticed one of the terracotta pieces was very black. Was it just muddy or could it be evidence of a fire? Great episode! Please do more like this
Me too. Maybe that is why it does not exist anymore, cause it burnt.
Yes I’m interested too, my first thought was it blackened from a fire, I was entranced by their finds today.
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Terry, your editing and background music on your videos is superb. The music is very poignant and emotional it almost brings tears to my eyes. Keep up the good work.👏
Thank you so much 😘❤️❤️❤️
Can you create a giant garden orb from the metal rings. Maybe the ground’s keepers home? Fun adventure.
That view of the chateau from where Ash is sitting is just magical...and what fun exploring and putting together bits n pieces of artifacts and history...so much fun for us as well...!
Everyone else is digging in the garden, Ash is out looking at frickin’ flowers.
Looks like an anti air craft artillery shell, which makes sense to the area too. The view Patrick has springing through those bluebells must be marvellous!
Looks like a 50 caliber brass ...
@@michaelcravens3767 my husband agrees. Machine gun.
You need time team to help you locate any old foundations
Looks like a USA 50 caliber shell from a belt fed machine gun. Too small for anti-tank.
Maybe you can screw the big cartwheels together into a big sphere. You can plant potato vine around it and let it climb up. It will be a big green ball by the end of the summer. You can also hang the sheen from the ceiling in the barn and attach flowers to it, once the barn is a Wedding venue.
I suggest using the detector around the château itself if you're looking for lost valuables. They had to have discarded things somewhere. Every farm has a tip or dump. They likely burned what they could snd the nails, screws and metal fastening are left behind. You're likely to find old glass, pottery or porcelain pieces too, since they wouldn't burn in a fire. There might be some things of interest there. You really need to set Jonathan and his friends loose to scavenge for treasure.
Maybe you'll find lost jewelry!
I can I ly imagine what a Time Team in France could uncover for a hundred years of programming. Probability of a previous Roman citadelle anywhere there.
Exploring and trying to decipher the past is fun and rewarding. History adds value to the chateau!
Thanks Bill! It sure does to us! 😊
Little Lord Patrick romping through the bluebells ❤❤
Lovely flowers & woods...your family's Chateaux Paradise!!!😊❤🤗
Maybe a carriage house? Those carved stones are very large for a hunters cabin. So intriguing! The bluebells in the Forrest are beautiful!
Thanks Michelle 😊
The carriage house would be fairly close to the house. It was one of the 3 prestige buildings in the complex Château - chapel- carriage house and stables.
Some of the tiles Terry found look like they had been burned. Do you know if a fire could have caused that missing building to be torn down? And, oh, those bluebells were soooo beautiful. It's like you live in a watercolor painting! 😍
The music selections were so beautiful today.
Thank you Terry does an amazing job with all the editing! 😊
Ash and Terry's Time Team . I love it!
It’s nice getting a better understanding of the lay of the land.
I just bought a metal detector..Great fun watching you search
I'm new to your channel, and am enjoying it immensely. Your choice of music in this episode was perfect!
What an Amazing View Ash Behind you Of your Home 👌👍❤️❤️❤️❤️
All those pieces of pottery could be turned into a mosaic top outside table, so many different designs on the tiles would look super
It looks like a .50 cal casing. A nice piece of history!
Such a brilliant episode…. Love watching you discover the history and memories your beautiful chateau holds. Watch you from the beginning of your journey and get super excited watching you peel back all the layers your stunning home has x x much love from Anglesey UK x x
So it might have been a Grain and Carriage Barn a bit away from the House like it was at time…very interesting…I would really Interview the old locals…👍👍👍👍
This history lesson on the Château is much appreciated.
Love seeing your treasure hunting. Every little find adds another line to the story of LaLacelle!❤
Your wee dog is so happy. Living the free life. Great vlogs ❤️
Perhaps contact a French university with an archeology department. They might have students that would want to explore and investigate the site and records to gain more information. If there is a producer's name on the tiles, you can check to see if they are still in business and if they have any sales records from the time of the chateau's build.
Thanks Nanci. Great idea 😊😊
Ash you need a handheld pin-pointer! Terry - potential Christmas present?
Loved this episode! Ashley and Terry, you are so generous with your limited time to take us on this discovery journey with you. I really appreciate it. Cannot wait to become a patron next month!! So much to still learn about this very special place! ❤️
It would be mighty handy if you knew of an organization that had a lidar unit on a drone that could fly over it. The lidar takes away any vegetation and shows remnants of stones, so if there was actually a building there that kind of survey would be able to show that.
Beautiful background music...!
What a thrill to have these unexpected mysterious finds popping up. Some aerial photos can show impressions of old buildings.
Love all the exploring!! More, please!! 😅
What they are finding is so exciting. They are solving a mystery.
GARDEN IDEA: those rusty metal hoops would be amazing in your new garden. Look up “Rusty Metal Ring Sculpture” for ideas.
Love the ideas expressed by others to make a museum out of one of the out buildings with all the treasures and history you find on the property and in the chateau. Great vlog and so excited for you 🎉🎊😍😘
Ash, I enjoyed your treasure hunt. Also, enjoy the history you're sharing about your land. It is the inquisitive mind that receives answers. I'm waiting to see all you learn about your property. Good digging 🪮⛏️
Ash & Terry I enjoyed your exploration. Crack on with this.
Thanks guys 😊😊
Patrick is saying," hey Im digging already, help me"!!! I love trying to discover old ruins.. The maps are cool...
Thank you Cat! 😊
Possibly it was a caretaker's or gatekeepers house since that was the only driveway in the old days.
This episode is so exciting. I love all the wildflowers. ❤❤
I’ve read almost all the 714 comments & everyone is just Brillant just like this vlog! 🪻💙
It’s fun to hear the excitement in your voice. Infectious. I love a good mystery.
Wow!! This episode was fantastic! I love looking for things in the ground! Treasure from the past!! Just to know what was on your lane!! Love a mystery! Putting together a puzzle of what once was!! Thank you for taking us on this journey to the past!!! Lots of love from Tennessee!!
Lovely music❣️
You need time team ❤
I think Jonathan would have a grand time exploring after he comes home from school
I’m sure he will be down to help at some point 😊😊
Your. Chateau is looking more beautiful each day. You are doing a fabulous job updating and restoring it. You must sleep well. I miss seeing Terry . Is he alright?
Do you mean Tony?
Awesome Find - so much history!!
How lovely to see the traditional Bluebell, which is becoming so rare in UK, rather than the Spanish that is taking over our woodlands.
was great to hear a bit more of the history and evolution of the chateau.
Thanks!
Great find, what a nice treasure to add to your mystery .
What an amazing find! There must be more! Keep looking! 👏👏👏
How lovely that Patrick's initial is on the weathervane. Kind of him to share his home with all of you. 🐾🐾 I would love to see a current map of the property overlaid on an old one. Your video left me with so many questions! Why has the bluebell path not become overgrown with forest trees or ivy or bramble? Is the ground shallow there, i.e., is it cobbled a foot or more below? I'm in the US and we don't have lovely bluebells like that 😞 That WHITE bluebelle 😍 Why would anyone want to gather, pick up, carry, and dump stone in the woods in such a scattered and random fashion? I mean, why not ONE pile??? Just seems like a LOT of manual labor for no purpose. One tile looked like it had been in a fire. Did a structure burn and then stone was taken to build later buildings? That would make more sense for the disbursal of the stone. The carriage wheels - where is the fourth one? How far apart did you find them? I could understand an old, possibly wrecked, carriage left to disintegrate; maybe kids over the years moved the wheels. If left to fall apart there should be more metal in that area. Do you think what you are calling the farm house was the old manor house? That would explain the layout of the property. (Is it currently occupied? Could you buy it back? 🤩) Some elder in the surrounding area should be able to definitively tell you about the Chateau between the wars and during WWII. Check a local nursing home; ask at a church. Finally, ask an archeologist - and fellow chatelaine - Amy at Château de Rosières en Vivarais (The Great Chateau Restoration Project on KZhead)! Her husband, Marc, grew up in his family chateau. I suspect they would have some interesting observations about your property, the lost (?) structures, WWI and WWII, and other fun stuff. There should be regional museums and historical archives around for Lalacelle, FR that would mention your chateau. I do so love your videos and look forward to each one!!!! 💖💖
Hub and spokes. 🙂
Maybe there was a folly or garden building placed among those lovely drifts of blue bells
BRILLIANT x
The terra cotta pieces with the circle in pattern rem8nd3d me of the skinny wood panel pieces you found in the wood store in your workshop with the circle.
Exciting finds! Especially enjoyed the springtime nature shots at the beginning with the lovely classical music.
Love the exploration of the grounds. So interesting to try to figure out what those before us did with the land we now occupy.
My teen is studying WWII right now in school, and we were wondering what might have happened at the chateau during that period. Very interesting.
love the music in the beginning 😍 Bradley wants a metal detector , i think he would rather do that whole days then help me fixing things 🤣 lovely roof tile , nice history Ash x
You might end up with a little War Memorial Marker. It is exciting to find historical objects and then start putting the story together.
Super cool. This old field archeologist is loving this! I couldn't really see the holes in the iron rings, but I certainly don't think they are too big to be from barrels. There are HUGE wine barrels, much larger than wheels. Cider press? Agreed that it's much too far away to be the chapel. The decorative terra cotta roof tiles should be useable for dating.
Thanks Lora :) we honestly don’t know. We are just piecing together what makes sense to us right now. No doubt as we uncover more, our options will change 😂😂
I agree, some barrels are over 6 feet high when they are on their side. Just saw on another château vlog where Calvados used to be made. So whether it was for fermentation of grapes for wine or apples for cider, this could have been an outbuilding for that. Also, the roof tiles showed signs of a fire, so maybe the outbuilding burned or the rubble was brought to this spot after the outbuilding that was in another spot burned.
That's true, they could have been hoops for a wine fermenting barrel. They are about the right size for that, too big for a wheel.
Then could the building possibly be some sort of still?
@@kellymillar28 Particularly when there was a fruit orchard there previously.
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Maybe a gatekeepers hut since next to original road
Ah! It would drive me CRAZY not knowing the history of my home. I'm glad you were able to do some research. Good luck, and I hope you learn the whole history!
I watched all the Time Teams..that stone looks more chapple than building 🙂
A most interesting explore! I was struck by the camera panning a couple of plants.......a balsam fir and what looks to me like a North American cedar. I wonder if someone past was a collector of "exotic" plants?
Interesting historical finds, Ashley. Q: Is anyone using the former farm houses? If not, is the property for sale? It's so close to your château that it may be worth reacquiring the property. You could turn those buildings into holiday gîtes.
A uni archeology group might be some help.
I love history and the mysteries it brings! Thank you for taking us exploring. I am from the east coast of the US and grew up in historic homes. Finding hidden objects as we restored the homes and objects we dug up in the yard always got me so excited. I now live on the west coast. We have wood hyacinth like yours in our woods. We even have some pink. They are lovely. Thank you again!
Those rings make great borders for flower gardens, bushes, small trees. Helps to keep the grass from encroaching on the flowers (plants).
What a beautiful field of blue bells.
It would have been the building for the blacksmith, judging by the wheel rings
What a delightful video. You have several mysteries to solve, all related to the history of the chateau and the surrounding land. Thanks for bringing us along on your research.
Ash, I think I'm as excited as you and Terry as you discover more history on your land. I really enjoy all of your videos and always look forward to them. We'll done lads. UTB Ash🎉
This was a neat video, i like mysteries. I wonder if you could make some kind of artwork or something out of them old tiles? save them. I so love the front of the château with those old trees and scrub gone, it looks so lovely😍😍
Totally enjoyable video😊
I love old history... Perhaps it was a groundskeeper lodge? That one tile looked ... burned... perhaps there was a fire in that building... whatever it was... and maybe it was due to one of the wars... perhaps that took it down? Got a lot more history over there than we do here in the states... Just fascinating... but those tiles look interesting. See now... before when I saw that thing I still think is an arrow slit... If the land was lower... and they raised it ... that still makes sense that it would have been an arrow slit... for defence... right there on the corner it just makes sense... even if it was a big manner house... it still makes perfect sense that they would have had defensive things built in... and there is nothing more perfect than an arrow slit. I still believe that is what that was... I think that was the corner there where it is beyond the pretty room with the lovely wood panel walls... I forget what that room was... but it was a tiny room kinda off that and down under... and that spot just screamed arrow slit to me... someone though it was something else... but if you are saying they raised the land... then it makes 100% sense to me that it was an arrow slit... for defense. You might look into whether there is a metal detecting group around in your area if they would like to detect around see if they find anything cool there... I watch several in England... but don't watch any from France... but then I don't speak French... but it would be interesting to find out more.
What an adventure!
I agree with Ash that the building that was close to the chateau was the chapel. On the map he showed the building had a bay window type design at one end. That would be for stain glass windows or the alter area. How exciting to join you for this finding history vlogs.
Exciting..looking forward to more
Shes still giving up secrets...what fun!!
Thanks Susan 😊
Great vlog. The fact that you found oxwagen wheels suggest to me that it might have been some sort of stone factory where the oxwagon collect the finished stone- like an olden days Brico😂
The bluebells are so beautiful. Great looking at the views around the chateau
This exploration is so exciting. I love the unfolding mysteries and eras. Plus the scenery is breathtaking. Great music and drone footage and by the way, you are both great speakers on camera. xx
It was a garden structure, a nook or folly. A charming place to sit and enjoy a garden.
Love the history! ❤ Keep digging & discovering!!
The carpet of bluebells is gorgeous! I can't wait to see what else you find....so exciting!
You should have Stephanie's tree guy, Nick, come by & give you advice about your forest. You have some vines going up trees, possibly dead trees, & growth on the dirt that will steal the water from the trees when it doesn't rain much. Perhaps you could dig up the saplings on the forest floor to make up where that lady chopped so many trees down?
Love this!
Could the building have been a gatehouse? There's too much dressed stone for it not to have been a building, surely. How exciting though, I hope you manage to find out what was in the woods and why the gate is there. Love love love your vlogs : ) x
Ohhh another mystery to solve! So much intrigue for us all. Have fun searching!
Amazing how much more you all have to discover. Be great to have a Birds Eye view of the current land and buildings and what was original to the land just to gain some perspective as you walk us around the property. Is the old farm that was sold off still a going concern? Any chance of getting a vlog on the land out buildings and how it was originally? As this is going to provide you with years of vlogs as you continue to renovate and develop your property.
Nice carriage rims.hints at may be a stable and carriage house .
Loved this today. Really enjoyed the extra bits of history.
Thank you Trish 😊