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🗓️ 23 November 2020
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0:00.0 | On BBC A |
0:02.0 | I am doing life a few more years means nothing to me |
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0:10.0 | I've been old my electricity that's all |
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0:40.0 | just after Just off the coast of Scotland stands a castle high up on a rocky cliff overlooking the sea. dating back to the 13th century, Mingri Castle held in key naval and military significance |
0:46.8 | and was said to have been used to fend off invaders for centuries. |
0:51.8 | It was banned in about 200 years ago and after that the structure fell into ruin. |
0:57.9 | Back in 2013, Workman began efforts to restore and preserve the castle as a historical landmark. |
1:05.6 | About a year after work had begun, builders discovered something unexpected. |
1:10.4 | There was a hidden passageway in the north wall closest to the village of Kilcoen. |
1:15.0 | This passage opened up into a secret chamber that archaeologists believed had remained hidden for over 500 years. |
1:26.8 | What was even more surprising was that inside they found fragments of human bones. Despite what fantasy books and movies like Harry Potter might tell you, most ancient castles don't have hidden chambers of secrets. |
1:37.0 | Historically speaking, most castles were built to defend against outside invaders, so there often wasn't a lot of thought put into building in secret back doors or other potential weak spots. |
1:48.0 | That isn't to say that hidden rooms inside castles don't exist though, but secret rooms like the one found in Mingri |
1:54.4 | castle are exceedingly rare. In late September 1066 Duke William II of |
2:01.6 | Normandy crossed the English Channel and led his army to victory at the Battle of Hastings. |
2:08.0 | Within the decade and a half that followed, the Normans had spread their influence all over England. |
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