CHALLENGING DRAWBRIDGE ENTRY at Western Heights Dover

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  • Опубліковано 31 гру 2024

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  • @therealmasonbrown
    @therealmasonbrown 2 роки тому +2

    This was my teenhood going through these

  • @ExploringWithin
    @ExploringWithin 2 роки тому +7

    Awesome day this was

  • @Trish1
    @Trish1 2 роки тому +2

    Great video Matt - love the drone footage showing how camouflaged the fort is - completely carpeted by grass and trees.
    Your ladder definitely played a valuable part in this explore!! Well done team 👍👍

  • @adamluck6439
    @adamluck6439 2 роки тому +2

    Great vid thanks for the explore that drone music gets me everytime

    • @pauldevenish
      @pauldevenish 2 роки тому +1

      It's called 'On axis' by P C III

  • @pete2347
    @pete2347 2 роки тому +3

    That’s an impressive fortress! It must have taken an army of bricklayers a long time to build that place. The drone footage is awesome thanks!

  • @paulpaul93
    @paulpaul93 2 роки тому +2

    Why doe's it keep clicking and going black and white?

  • @richardlangly4635
    @richardlangly4635 2 роки тому +1

    Loving the drone footage, it really gives a sense of perspective on the sheer size of the place.

  • @gail727
    @gail727 2 роки тому +1

    Brilliant explore and great drone footage. X

  • @gaynor3976
    @gaynor3976 2 роки тому

    Energetic climb in but we'll worth the explore inside. Great bunch of guys you were with too so can see the caves in different perspectives. Thank you xx

  • @thomasrobb4045
    @thomasrobb4045 2 роки тому +2

    Love how you see the counter-balance for the draw bridge so the bridge has no weight so moves from shut to open easily

  • @jimbo68morgan77
    @jimbo68morgan77 2 роки тому

    Hi matt u knocking some super content out I'm bit behind. you done so many vids Awsome xxx👍👍👍

  • @carlr2008
    @carlr2008 2 роки тому

    brilliant place to go Matthew injoyed the video 👍

  • @dominicbaylis2538
    @dominicbaylis2538 2 роки тому +2

    Smashing love all that underground stuff,being a bricklayer I am always amazed at the scale of the build

  • @roberthenderson77
    @roberthenderson77 Рік тому +1

    Firing slit ?

  • @johnlindley7403
    @johnlindley7403 2 роки тому +2

    I'm looking forward to this one.!

  • @producermichael5108
    @producermichael5108 2 роки тому

    Loving your content Matt.. wonderful skillful drone work. Thank you for your hard work

  • @Marilyn195
    @Marilyn195 2 роки тому +1

    Enjoyed the explore Matt🇨🇦

  • @kurtovesen2975
    @kurtovesen2975 2 роки тому +2

    firing slits would be the name of these openings ,meant to shoot through.

  • @arrangrant6037
    @arrangrant6037 2 роки тому +1

    Where’s Ian is he alright? Great video 👍😎

  • @markh9308
    @markh9308 2 роки тому +3

    Great video Matt dodgy drawbridge looked it up Matt those slots they say they are called loophole I think that is right enjoying the vid cheers 👍👍👍👍

  • @keithhaynes9462
    @keithhaynes9462 2 роки тому +1

    Good one matt

  • @kernow..exp.
    @kernow..exp. 2 роки тому +2

    Greetings from us down in Cornwall

  • @kennethbarker852
    @kennethbarker852 2 роки тому

    I LOVE WAR HISTORY IN DOVER I WENT HERE TO THIS SITE GREAT TO SEE IT AGAIN ON UA-cam THANKS❤👍

  • @goliath6164
    @goliath6164 2 роки тому

    only 30 mins in and you lot are insane! backwards facing climb over rolling spikes! hats off!!!
    in a class of your own!

  • @georgesmith8113
    @georgesmith8113 2 роки тому

    Fun stuff. Great video!
    Thanks Matthew!
    👍👍👍👊😎

  • @leshooper4820
    @leshooper4820 2 роки тому +2

    You boys have lots of fun do you get beer 🍺 at the end of day 😅

  • @jeremy5363
    @jeremy5363 2 роки тому

    Great video!

  • @jspilly82
    @jspilly82 2 роки тому +1

    the exploring starts at 41:00

  • @kennethbarker852
    @kennethbarker852 2 роки тому

    1st class video to watch thank you take care kind regards from me kenneth😮💓💓💓💥💯👍

  • @teddill-russell5821
    @teddill-russell5821 2 роки тому

    The site itself was actually used since the roman era. With a Pharos not dissimilar to the one at dover castle standing where the redoubt itself currently stands. Some of the original concrete of the pharos is still within the walls of the redoubt. Another fun fact it was used as a staging point for troops going to France during WW1 with some troops writing their names on the insides of the magazines.

  • @MrGMawson2438
    @MrGMawson2438 2 роки тому

    Great video mate

  • @thesimulatorguy4248
    @thesimulatorguy4248 2 роки тому

    6:21 that abandoned garage was owned by Wayne Cussons. The police officer who killed that young girl

  • @columbo7927
    @columbo7927 2 роки тому

    Interesting Matthew Thank you

  • @margaretparker8781
    @margaretparker8781 2 роки тому +1

    Liked the vlog matt from Margaret Parker

  • @BlytheWorld1972
    @BlytheWorld1972 2 роки тому

    Going to enjoy this long explore.

  • @OLIFAB
    @OLIFAB 2 роки тому

    Great video Matt! 👍🏼

  • @zerofox7347
    @zerofox7347 2 роки тому

    48:37 I’m sure I’m seeing it wrong but that doesn’t half look like an ships anchor spade ♠️ that you climbed over.

  • @andrewwright1200
    @andrewwright1200 2 роки тому

    Love that this one is old old maps for the tunnels

  • @chelle-fallen-angel
    @chelle-fallen-angel 2 роки тому

    Matt with a merry band of men'.......enjoyed this very much. When they invented telescopic ladders little did they know how invaluable they would be in the urbexing community. Great drone footage.

  • @elizabethbarrow2879
    @elizabethbarrow2879 2 роки тому +1

    I look at these underground places you take us and as well as the history all I can see is places that could be turned into accommodation if opened up properly, so much space

    • @daveg2104
      @daveg2104 2 роки тому

      It would be much cheaper and practical to just build more public housing. Understand though, there will always be some homeless, because, for various reasons, that's the way it is.

  • @MobstersInc
    @MobstersInc 2 роки тому

    New subscriber 🍿

  • @nathanjones6501
    @nathanjones6501 2 роки тому

    ❤ Matt it’s totally amazing to see on all those rooms with some high ceilings and the sheer size of the complex it’s so mind blowing to see and the sheer manpower whoever built and construction of it all 👍😊

    • @daveg2104
      @daveg2104 2 роки тому

      Just the amount of bricks used would have had the brick makers gainfully employed for quite a while. You can find out who the builder was for at least some of the constructions. Accounts were made and kept, because people had to be paid. Of course, some may have been misplaced or thrown out, because, well, it's old and mostly no longer in use and maintained, at least for it's intended purpose.

    • @Johnketes54
      @Johnketes54 2 роки тому +2

      When walking down roads with no footpath,Walk on the RIGHT hand side facing the on coming traffic so you can see them approaching,Walking on the left you could get hit in the head from a wing mirror from a transit van or a truck.

    • @paulharris5541
      @paulharris5541 2 роки тому

      @@Johnketes54 I thought that lol Looked like he was walking in the road! And I thought they were/are called gun slots 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @rehenhawksmusic
    @rehenhawksmusic 2 роки тому

    very very cool, real life draw bridge and a proper one at that !!

  • @MrGMawson2438
    @MrGMawson2438 2 роки тому +1

    I'll be watching 👍

  • @brocka-lee6068
    @brocka-lee6068 2 роки тому +1

    Wow the amount of earth moved around to end up as is! That's quite a build when first constructed? Looks amazing overgrown too.

  • @jeffsmith50001
    @jeffsmith50001 2 роки тому +1

    Who made all the bricks for this stuff ?, and how were they transported ?. Where are all the old Brickworks and kilns ?. Some stuff from way back just does not add up.

    • @jamiecarwright474
      @jamiecarwright474 2 роки тому +2

      Tartarian is a very interesting subject. Not much about though!

    • @diamondavey
      @diamondavey 2 роки тому

      yes they had a concrete\brick factory on the other side of the white cliffs. pretty epic when you start looking in to the area

  • @DE-eVOLVED
    @DE-eVOLVED 2 роки тому

    Quality !!👍👍that climb in looks sketchy ..great footage 👌

  • @tinabutler6723
    @tinabutler6723 2 роки тому

    Definitely Spider-Man. He climbs like there is no problem what so ever.

  • @exploringwithforsythphotog4467
    @exploringwithforsythphotog4467 2 роки тому

    awesome vid mate ps its called a arrow slit or called a loophole

  • @davidgibbings6085
    @davidgibbings6085 2 роки тому

    Loop holes are arrow slits to what you are fefering to I think👍

  • @russellpetrie119
    @russellpetrie119 2 роки тому

    you should check out maywood avenue eastbourne bt building and dairy

  • @JasonJohnson-yu8zf
    @JasonJohnson-yu8zf 2 роки тому

    How did the guys that went over the drawbridge get up to the higher level before you took the ladder over? Must have been a sketchy climb

  • @CostelloPlays
    @CostelloPlays 2 роки тому

    Epic 🔥🙂

  • @michellegouda3170
    @michellegouda3170 11 місяців тому

    The openings are called arrow loops. Google says 🎉🎉

  • @spacedust2270
    @spacedust2270 2 роки тому

    Blimey m8ty was brave climbing up over hanging Bridge bit 😳

  • @zerofox7347
    @zerofox7347 2 роки тому

    You should have sent the drone up to see imminent transfer.

  • @ExploringwithCarl
    @ExploringwithCarl 2 роки тому

    They might be called a loophole ?
    Like the ones in ww2 Pillboxes.

  • @Anomalocaris42
    @Anomalocaris42 2 роки тому +7

    If you had contacted the Dover Western Heights Preservation Society, they would have let you in for a proper guided tour instead of you breaking in and explained the history. But then it's more about thrills isn't it?

    • @spacedust2270
      @spacedust2270 2 роки тому

      Yeah it's like when Trigger from Only Fools and Horses said he was a bus conductor... to add abit of glamour 😆

    • @jordanpedersen4751
      @jordanpedersen4751 2 роки тому +4

      But they didn't break in it was all open sure they needed a ladder but they didn't break anything

    • @Julia-xg5yx
      @Julia-xg5yx 2 роки тому +2

      As above the guys at Western heights would have given you a guided tour for free and given you the proper history

    • @itanamullik
      @itanamullik Рік тому

      ​@@Julia-xg5yxwhat kind of npc wants a guided tour, wearing a high viz and a helmet with an adult telling another adult what to do all day

    • @barrywilliams259
      @barrywilliams259 11 місяців тому

      This site suffers from a lot of vandalism and idiots like you do not help. I am appalled at what I see. I do hope Mr Plod felt some of your collars.

  • @johnfrench428
    @johnfrench428 2 роки тому +1

    Sorry I put the wrong link, but they are gun slits in the USA.

  • @colinbrown.
    @colinbrown. 2 роки тому +3

    So many things wrong with this video. hope you all enjoy a visit from the Police and heritage crime officer. drone flying within 2 miles of the port is also illegal.

  • @GlenJDiamond
    @GlenJDiamond 2 роки тому

    Caponier Rifle Ports (musket ports)

  • @exploringwithkenny
    @exploringwithkenny 2 роки тому

    Matthew you are hilarious lol oh gosh

  • @russellpetrie119
    @russellpetrie119 2 роки тому +1

    dingy divers on a daily basis in dover

  • @davidhume2166
    @davidhume2166 9 місяців тому

    you are wrong !!!!!! i think they are called ambrasures . in ancient and medieval military engineering embrasures were constructed in towers and walls. a loophole, arrow loop or arrowslit passes through a solid wall, and thus forms an embrasure of shooting. allowing archer or gunner weapons to be fired out from the fortification while the firer remains under cover.

  • @MrBrian260269
    @MrBrian260269 2 роки тому

    Portcullis drops behind the drawbridge not in front.

  • @gwventura1
    @gwventura1 2 роки тому

    I thought the holes in the walls were called "murder holes."

  • @joeparker5733
    @joeparker5733 2 роки тому +1

    Hahaha, I think the 'folks' thing could be a local lilt to be honest. I mean with Folkestone just up the road it stands to reason I suppose...

  • @spacedust2270
    @spacedust2270 2 роки тому

    Did anyone else spot Derek Acorah. Poppy his head out

  • @Liam.P1983
    @Liam.P1983 2 роки тому

    Well done Matt & rest of the team for entering that fort, Enjoyed, Thanks.

  • @zerofox7347
    @zerofox7347 2 роки тому

    They’re called loopholes i think.

  • @icecube2T8
    @icecube2T8 2 роки тому +3

    5:03 can see our tax money being spent lol

  • @paulyh4531
    @paulyh4531 2 роки тому

    Another great vid , should of kept these open and defend our waters now !

  • @MrGMawson2438
    @MrGMawson2438 2 роки тому +1

    Hello

  • @markemarkpsv1
    @markemarkpsv1 2 роки тому

    Arrow 🏹 slits

  • @MrGMawson2438
    @MrGMawson2438 2 роки тому +1

    Send a pocket at the immigrants

  • @BlytheWorld1972
    @BlytheWorld1972 2 роки тому

    253 likes now!!!

  • @MrBrian260269
    @MrBrian260269 2 роки тому

    Arrow slits

  • @bakedbeanzontoast9078
    @bakedbeanzontoast9078 2 роки тому

    They will be off on their jollies to Rwanda shortly I hope......

  • @mrhairypalm5006
    @mrhairypalm5006 2 роки тому

    👍🏻

  • @jeffsmith50001
    @jeffsmith50001 2 роки тому +1

    Cant they afford a plane ticket to Rwanda ?.

  • @Gee28
    @Gee28 2 роки тому +2

    Why does Matt have duck lips

    • @Mikes666
      @Mikes666 2 роки тому +3

      Because he likes to gobble gobble…

  • @martinglen3542
    @martinglen3542 2 роки тому

    they are gun ports !!!!

  • @stephencook4694
    @stephencook4694 2 роки тому

    Must be politically correct! More enrichment of British culture. More young children 👦 will be enriched by a new culture! More people will feel a sharp knife that will not be used in cooking! Must always stay politically correct or UA-cam will delete!

  • @adams7351
    @adams7351 2 роки тому

    👍