Tracing the route of Flodden Wall | Edinburgh
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2019
- In this weeks Edinburgh Vlog we trace the route of the Flooden wall. The Flodden wall was a barrier the went round the outskirts of old Edinburgh before the new town existed. It was build in 1513 after scotland lost the Battle of Flodden.
This week we walk around Edinburgh finding the remaining original parts of the wall that still stand. A sure piece of Edinburgh History.
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Your series on the Closes were my favorite until THIS video! How fun! Tracing the wall around the city, walking on streets I have such clear and wonderful memories of, hearing your enthusiasm. Wonderful, just wonderful! Thank you.
This one was a lot of fun.
Just returned to Melbourne from Edinburgh. What a fantastic place, i didnt realize i was staying near one end of the wall near Hollyrood apartments. So much history and such a fantastic vibe. My 7 year old daughter was crying when we had to say goodbye to greyfriers 'Bobby', her favorite dog. I said dont worry we will be back someday!
Most unfriendly city I have lived in
There were three walls in Edinburgh; The King's Wall, The Flodden Wall, and the Telfer Wall. The King's Wall was the oldest dating back to about 1450 and encompassed a tiny section of the city, basically just the Royal Mile. Of course, with the growth of the population, expansion must happen, so they built the Flodden Wall a bit further away in about 1514. However, the population continued to grow so they extended the city's boundaries again by building the Telfer Wall in about 1620. After that, I think they gave up on the whole wall idea and just let the city sprawl beyond the walls. To this day, Edinburgh is still a relatively small city for its reputation and status partly in thanks to these walls!
You're just like us discovering new things in your old city. Love it and your infectious delight in seeing it!
Glad you enjoy it!
You really give the folks who do not come from Edinburgh , a really close up look , how our City was a long long time ago , and really gives to the visitors how it was a long time ago.You Tony and your lovely wife really do Edinburgh proud how you show our history . Regards Duncan , once a son of Edinburgh .
Thats incredibly kind of you, Thanks.
Hi Indiana Broonfords, great video, you find it!!! Now we know, because you know.....loved it! Thank you!
Always fancied trying g to follow the Flodden wall all the way round myself. I’m an engineer turned Scottish tour guide after my retirement so I knew about as much about Scottish history a couple of years ago as you do. Couple of things, James IV didn’t decide to build the wall cos he was deid! Died at the battle of Flodden, the last British Monarch to be killed in battle. Oh and that wisnae George Square, that was Bristo Square. Great video though. Entertaining and I always learn something. Steuart.
Just got back to the US from Edinburgh a few weeks ago. Lovely city full of wonderful humans!
Now that we've been to some of these places, we get a really big kick out of "walking around with you"! We're always pointing out sights we remember and saying "we've been there"! Thank you for teaching us something new about your city and country every week!!
Hope you are enjoying them.
You walked right past one end. There is a small plaque on a bit of a wall where the Flodden wall enters Greyfriars on the east side. You would have seen it as you walked up Forrest Rd. from the south. The Flodden wall proceeded from the south side of the museum, crossing Forrest Rd. and into the kirkyard. Look on Google Street View right between the ice cream shop and the barber shop - you can see the little plaque - if you zoom in on it you can't read much but you can clearly see it says Flodden Wall. Very cool.
This was excellent! It's so exciting for me to get to "tour" Edinburgh. Thank you for making such engaging videos.
In my childhood, a part of the Flodden Wall was encased in glass and stood on the ground floor of the museum in Chambers Street. There was a staircase which sound round the case and you could walk round it.
If you ask a guide in the museum nicely he will show you that bit of wall. It's in a part of the museum not generally available for the public to view. The guide told me he had been working there for twenty years and I was the fourth person that ever asked him to see it. It no longer has a glass case round it.
@@beachcomber1able thank you. I must go and ask! I'd wondered what had happened to it.
Hi Tony. Rewatched this video again today - my most favorite of your videos. My next favorites are exploring the closes series along with the Then & Now videos. I subscribed in 2019, my first UA-cam subscription. Love your content. 🙋🏼♀️🤗
Just recently stumbled across your UA-cam channel. I am thoroughly enjoying your videos and all of the information you provide. My great great grandfather lived in Pleasance Street in 1845, and probably walked past the Flodden Wall many, many times. I was supposed to be over in July (from the States) but sadly cannot travel now. Your videos are a great source of historical perspective for me and I thank you for that.
Hi, thank you so much. Sorry your trip has been put on hold. Glad the videos get to give you a chance to look around.
That was alot of fun. I love history especially when you can still find evidence something like a city wall still is still standing. I wish I could have walked it with you. How ever I will for sure look with my husband.
Hope you have as much fun as i had.
That was great! Thanks,I'm on a walker so I would not got to do this when I get there. But this is something I would have done when I was younger. Thanks so much! Plea, have a great day! Kittens mama.
Hope you enjoyed the wander.
Great video, love walking round edinburgh, very informative thanks, found it so funny where you said we could get lost, ha ha 😂
Thanks Tony, we have 99 days until we see your beautiful city!
How lucky could you be
@@duncancallum, My daughter and Iare so excited!
Hope you guys have a great time.
Really interesting video, Tony! Thank you. We were there 2 weeks ago and looked for you. After walking around Edinburgh I can tell you Indy Broonford is definitely fit. You do these videos walking about and you're never out of breath!! I remember seeing the sign for the Flodden Wall, but didn't realize what I was seeing. Thank you! Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much Jan.
Brilliant Video once again Tony 👏👏
Thank you so much
Love walking around the city with you guys! So much I didn't get to see in person. Keep it up!
Braw walkaboot of the Flodden Wall, Tony. I really enjoy your walkabouts/adventures of Edinburgh, ...the more I watch your videos, the more ideas I come up with to check out on my own. Slàinte
Glad they help.
Great video. Really enjoyed this one. Congrats on finding that last segment! Til next time Indy!
Thanks. I need to get a indy style hat i think.
I think you could totally pull off a fedora. Don’t forget the bull whip too!
That was very interesting indeed. I knew about the last part & the part near to the Pleasance, but not the rest. Thank you for that. If I am ever in Edinburgh again I think I will try to follow the route which you have outlined.
No need to venture edinburgh just watch you doing it. So many things i didn't know
Thanks for another great tour "Indy" LOL
Love the search for the wall! Found it so interesting!
Such a great video! Thank you!
In a city with this much history, you would think there is an historian or two that could pinpoint other things related to that particular wall. I like your version though. It was fun. Thanks.
That was exciting! Thanks!
Edinburghs Indiana Jones 😂 love it.
Really interesting video as always, it's always nice to learn new things about our capital!
This one was a to of fun.
@@ClanBroonford we had actually see the gold bricks before and wondered what they were for, it all makes sense now ha
I really enjoyed your video tour! Great job!
I so enjoyed that! Thank you!
Absolutely loved this video,as I love all your videos, simply they are brilliant, love then and you and yours ,plz keep going, how about some haunted Edinburgh tours mawhaaaaa
Had me in stitches wi ye banter dude
Excellent!
Each video you post gives me another reason to return! Thanks for the walk about!😁
Any time.
Absolutely confused Tony. @14:00 you're at the locked gates of GF, so just jump the wall. C'mon! It's not like you'll be arrested. LOL (Don't do it, I'm joking)
Great video. So much to see, learn, and love. Thank you.
Another brilliant episode, Indy Broonford! 🤣🤣
Brilliant again!
Cheers mate.
Planning a trip for next September and your videos have given me so many places to see! That view of the castle and slice of the wall are definitely worth a trek to see!
Thanks Indy!
I love it. It was so much fun. 🤗
I loved this! Visited Edinburgh last year, returning this year. Knew nothing about the Flooden Wall, but I do now! Thank you!
So interesting
Great video, i've always wondered where the Flodden wall went. Goes to show how small Edinburgh was back then and why they had to start building higher so they could stay within it.
This is very true.
Love it Indy !😅
Loved this video!! So cool to see George Harriett's as that's where my Dad went to school :)
It was fun to have a good explore.
Different class!!
That Was Awesome!!! Nicely Done.
Thanks.
Brilliant, really interesting, wandered around Edinburgh lots when I was younger but wasn't thinking about the history. Now I'm older it's all fascinating stuff, thank you
I have your back...the theme to Indiana Jones is playing in my head!!
I still do.
Great adventure! I love Edinburgh! We love your videos. You help us in planning our next trip! Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much.
I’m behind on video because we’ve been away, so catching up now, I have to say Tony this was one of my absolute favorites that you’ve done. You are definitely our Indiana. Great job, always finding out new things.
This has been fascinating. I've seen the portion of the wall; in the Kirkyard, but how exciting it was when you found that final bit.
You are the best Tony. It is so excitint to Watch.
Thank you so much.
Great cardio work out .You must have a strong heart!😄
Fantastic information.
I've been past that wall many times, especially in the Kirkyard! Never knew it was so expansive! I am visiting this November and can't wait! Much appreciate your videos
This was so fun to watch! In fact, the pipe band (Mesa) stayed in dorms right at the first bit of the wall you found at St. Mary's and Holyrood Road. :-)
Loved the video ... enjoyed walking the wall with you
Thanks.
I actually stayed at a airbnb at Pleasance in December 2019 and i remember seeing the wall. I was very impressed, although i was impressed by the city alltogether.
Just near where you ended in this video is a place in the wall that had windows put into it which were later filled in with stone. I wish I could attach a picture here, because I know you like that sort of thing so much. Above that blocked up window these words are set in stone: "This window was made in the old city wall with the sanction of the town council 1876." I thought I'd share that in case you're interested in seeking that out next time you're near that area of Flodden Wall.
Thanks so much.
I'm actually really hoping I see sometime during my trip to Edinburgh next spring break. You're videos are so informative and very relaxing to watch
Thanks, hope you enjoy them.
We love your videos. Well done and informative. We’re going to see Ireland, Scotland, England again. Two years ago was our first and with your help we plan to see more. We’re always looking for more tips for trips. Keep up the good work. ** Cheers **
Thanks, and hope you have a great time.
I just wanted to thank you both SO much for your channel. I surprised my dad with a trip to Scotland a bit ago and we just can’t stop watching your videos to get ourselves pumped :)
Thank you, hope you both have a great time on you trip.
Great video, Tony! I watched all of your videos before my first visit last November and have been following you ever since. Your wanderings rally helped me get a sense of the city and allowed me to explore and enjoy more fully than I would have one my own. When I come back this September I think I’m going to almost feel like it’s home! Lots of fun! Please keep these coming!❤️
Glad they helped you so much.
Great video Tony... Was in Edinburgh in August and saw the Floddon wall at the Kirkyard... But the best bit was on the last night of the Fringe when they had the Music and firework concert... My vantage point was right on those steps where you were at the end... The Miss Jean Brodie Steps up by The Vennel
Its a great view from there.
Love your videos. Sorry i didnt find these before i went to scotland april
Glad you like them!
I love your videos and anticipate seeing all you've show of Edinburgh when I get there. I arrive on the 16th of July. I plan to see all of the Royal Mile, the Grassmarket, and if I have time, Dean's Village. If I happen to run into you, may I buy you a drink? (That is, if you're not busy making another video, at the time.)
If you see us, come up and say hi. You don't need to worry about the drink. Just have a great visit.
Thanks again for your enjoyable rovings. As a lad and teenager, I would run up and down closes and stairs in Edinburgh. I have always loved the city. However, I doubt my portly proportions could handle much of that these days. I intended to make a visit this year as it has been 10 years since my last, but those plans have changed. Your videos give insight that might otherwise not be known. ~ david in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Hope the videos bring back good memories.
love your videos, you should do an episode of the Ghost Stories and dark secrets of Edinburgh !
That will be a very very long episode.
Edinburg Indie except better looking. Another great video. I down to about 100 days before I come back. Such beautiful buildings and scenery. Keep up the great videos.
We are about the same till our holidays. Love a count down.
Walk walk walk... Oh Hello... Steps down to Grassmarket ;)
You should film around the Quartermile area - there is a nice swedish restaurant as well.
That was fun😃
I was using Google maps to walk around with you.
Tony I really enjoyed taking this adventure with you!
I love doing things like this! (I've never done anything this extensive, just tried to figure out what a building was for, that sort of thing) this is just amazing! I actually saw the Flodden Wall when I was in the cemetery on a Harry Potter tour in Edinburgh back in March, I didn't know the significance of it then. I'm really happy to know I saw a bit of it. I also saw some of the other things you have shown, and I love seeing bits I got to see in your videos:)
I guess I'm Ohio Broonford? I didn't realize we were all joining the clan, lol...
Yes you are. Welcome to Clan Broonford.
I got to back to Scotland I got to see more
Maybe like the Oor Wullies they could do moveable statues of Scottish Kings and Queens.these could have brief bios on them.great way to teach history.
Cool idea.
I'm going to do this wall next time I'm I Edinburgh
I think you ARE a historian! Your passion and excitement are infectious!😁 Thank you for another interesting, fun, historical vlog... 🤩
Can you imagine if in years to come, our blogs were all that were left of the history. Oh the poor people of the future. lol
@@ClanBroonford , Tony you are selling yourself short!!!
Another great video!
Amazing to see the wall still standing after all this time!
Thanks Tony, or should that be 'Indie' 😉😉
You must be so fit doing all that walking ° 😉😉
You would think i would be... but sadly no.
Great seeing u on Instagram the other day!
was that better than a pie and a pint,really guid! and i'm frae the borders!
When you turned back at George Heriot School I was like: "Oh no, he will miss the best part!". (cause I really love the the small place at the top of Vennel steps, the castle view is amazing from there)
Exactly my thinking too!
Indy, it was the old Royal Infirmary not the Western General hospital 🤭, another great tour Tony, thank you
Your completely right. Getting my hospitals mixed up.
I was in Fountain Close, just across the street and uphill a bit from John Knox's house, when I happened upon a tour going on. The guide said the stone wall in there was part of the Flodden Wall, and pointed out a bell bracket. This bell was rung to alert people to get within the wall for the night or they would be locked out. Can you verify this, Tony?
"Indie" great video again, thoroughly enjoyed it, looking forward to the next one 👍, also I have a challenge for you, seek and find the Sherlock Holmes statue.....
I know where it was...... however it has been taken down for the new road layout at the top of leith.
Thanks for the walk! Definitely Edinurgh's Indy. :D (though not the right hat) You showed numerous bits I'd never seen before; in the late 80s I was in the Grassmarket daily (as it's where Heriot Watt uni used to be, some of my lectures were in the Quadrangle further up), but I didn't know those Brodie steps were there, must have a poke about the place sometime.
10: 30 - I think that's actually the old Royal Infirmary. ;)
11:05 - Isn't that the wall turning inwards just there? Looks like the right place.
My gf & I are away to visit Craigmillar Castle today, and that's thanks to you guys for the idea, so kudos dude. 8)
Yeah got the hospital name wrong, i noticed that other wall when i was editing, should have been obvious. Hope you guys have a great time.
@@ClanBroonford I can't take credit for the hospital name, my gf spotted that, which is kinda funny given I used to go past the place every day on the bus back in my uni days (it was before HW moved entirely out to Riccarton; my 1st year lectures in '87 were mostly in the old freezing cold theatres in Chambers St.)
It's funny about that section of wall; prompted by your videos my gf & I went roaming around the cemetary a few weeks back and, finding that wall, I remember thinking, why on earth is this here? I must have visually seen the Flodden Wall sign on the side, but it didn't click.
Btw, when at uni some lectures were in the Quadrangle (HW owned it in '87; the art college took it over later); back then, after hours, it was possible to go round the back through the cemetery and climb over the wall to get in, did it a few times for some late night coding sessions in the biology dept's BBC Micro lab. :D I wonder if it was the Flodden wall I climbed over? Or just that extension section that heads back inwards? Can't remember now, and eventually (coupla years later) all the ways in were blocked off anyway (it was same era when all the unprotected entrancies around old Edinburgh to the undercity were being sealed off by the council - do you remember there used to be one to the left of the old Infirmary? Students used to go in on late night dares, though I never did).
And yes the castle visit was good! We just managed to avoid the rain. There was a wedding going on in the great hall at 3pm so we had to kinda navigate around that somewhat, but it was ok. Had to giggle at the outfits some of the guests were wearing. :} More so at their footwear as some struggled up the spiral staircase (which btw is one of the widest I've ever seen in a castle). Talking to one of the event staff, I was amused that they're not allowed to use real candles at such events; all looked a bit cringe tbh. One thing about the castle caught my eye: the uneven ground in some areas (hilltop bedrock I guess), made me wonder whether originally there would have been wooden walkways on top for surer footing. The other thing that struck me was how comparatively thin some of the walls were. Oh, something my gf noticed, did you find the closed off mini cemetary in the lawn grounds, on the side facing the main entrance? Inside on the walls were some memorial stones; rather curious that for two of them, the husband's name at the top was dated in demise later than the wife's name at the bottom, ie. the latter copped it earlier but didn't get to be on the stone until the Lord had expired aswell.
Speaking of castles, have you been to Bamburgh Castle, the one to the south of Lindisfarne? Well worth visiting if not, it's what I'd call a proper castle.
And thanks again for the gets-us-out-of-the-house inspiration! 8) Honestly your channel deserves to be a lot more well known, both my locals and visitors.
That’s very cool, love to hear or in this case, read stories like that. No have never been to Bamburgh castle. Will try at some point to get there. And thank you very much, that’s very kind of you to say so. Love making the videos. Maybe one day more people will find us, but for now all you Clan Broonford are amazing.
@@ClanBroonford Most welcome!! Something I like to do btw is buy a souvenir mug from a castle's tat shop (if they have one), I have a thin high shelf in my lounge with many such mugs - Caernarfon, Kidwelly, Tintagel, Corfe, Raby, Barnard, Sherborne, Chirk, etc., though most castle souvenir shops sadly don't (and sometimes I've not bought them when the price has been insane). Ho hum, it's a thing. :D
Beware though, some castles are not what they seem, as explained by our roving reporter who sometimes comes along (Ragnar the Viking squirrel; don't ask, long story):
www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/Ragnar_at_Lowther_Castle.mp4
Other times though, places can be unexpectedly good (not a castle in this case, but still):
www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/Ragnar_at_Abbotsford_House.mp4
And yes, Ragnar covered Craigmillar. :D Not yet edited.
Don't have to be mad in this day & age, but it helps.
Now to the Haggis box too celebrate lol
O don't need an excuse... but ok.
You missed the locked gate is Covenanter prison in churchyard
Oh don’t tell me that! Damn it!
Yayyyyyyyyyyyy
Happy?
When you were going along Lauriston Place about opposite the old Royal Infirmary you about turned and made your way to Greyfriars Churchyard.Had you continued past George Heriots School the next opening on your right would have brought you down the side of the school and that is where the remaining part of the Flodden wall is.This takes you down the stairs to the Grassmarket facing the Castle.You did reach there a long war around..
You mentioned earlier about George Herriots and I think you said George Herriots University.?
Sorry I love watching your videos but I know you are not using a script and all your info is from the top of your head which is brilliant but you did err a few times when you said Flodding, and when you wished the American Pipe band that they might have won the pipe ( ?) competition, should have been piping competition.
Hope you don’t mind my comments.Kindest regards Harry
Thanks, love learning more. Like i have said before. I'm no historian, i just have fun.
If I make it back to Edinburgh, will you please, please, please take me around the city?
The videos are so you don't ne us when you get here.
Flooded wall?
;o))
I fear you have been autocorrected, my friend.
Am I the only one noticing the dude pissing on the wall at 5:09 🤣
11minutes in I checked google earth and it appears that the wall you are at turns right and is the flodden wall that goes to the graveyard
Right, George Herriots aint a university its a school for its like the Edinburgh Academy at Henderson Road or row , and i should know for i was there back in the mid 70's
Thanks. Keep getting that mixed up.
@@ClanBroonford I still say we should team up an do a blog together when am up on holiday in Edinburgh
Have you ever been in the parking lot of the Apex Grassmarket Hotel? You will be surprised. there is a wall there and a ruin, a building something. I think it is your missing piece. If it is, it is a sin, there is a disaster. vegetation grown through the windows of the ruin, a smoking place for hotel employees, is not cared for at all. I looked at that wall every day, helplessly!
King James 4th died in the battle of flodden though right? so im confused?
Mate if you kept walking past george heriots theres a right turn and more Flodden wall
I’ve realised that since. But I would have missed the part in greyfriars.
King James the Fourth was killed at the Battle of Flodden.....
That makes sense. Like I keep saying, not a historian. Just enjoy it. Thanks for correcting me. Love learning more. Keep it coming.
@@ClanBroonford I enjoyed the video, didn't know there was any of the Flodden Wall left, never mind all the bits you showed! :)
We all know Edinburgh is full of ghosts. It must have been the ghost of James IV who kind of panicked and said "We lost that."