I absolutely love these old castles. Scotland seems to have the biggest & best. Hopefully you guys find more in the future. Thank you. Much love & respect. 😊👍🖤
Absolutely gorgeous! Y’all had such a beautiful day to explore. The sky and scenery can’t be beat. Beautiful ruins too. Held my breath on those sketchy stairs. Lol Thanks for another awesome explore!!😊
Listening to the birds is absolutely beautiful. The castle must have been beautiful when it was livable, bustling with life back in the day. Looked it up and what a history. It was the ground that was the problem with this castle. Come here ma wee beauty!!🤣🤣 Thanks Alec for another great find!!👩🦳💗
Ooooo, looking forward to this. We've been checking UA-cam most evenings to see new upload. Something to look forward to this evening 👌 Thanks Alec. ☺️
What a great explore. I really love the stuff you do and the way show respect for the buildings you explore and the way that you care for the environment in general and the odd animal that you come across. You are by far my most favourite of all the urbexer I follower on UA-cam. Keep up the good work.
Imagine all the memories that place holds. The people who walked in the same footsteps you are as you’re doing this video. Or how many times they’ve looked at the same things you’re pointing you’re camera at. Sometimes I think like that as I watch your videos. I like them😉 Edit: I LOVE THEM. You sir, are a proper beast.
Come on Scotland stop allowing these beautiful castles to end up like this ,such a beautiful country with such history and castles and they are all ending up a a fkn pile of rubble :( this place is beautiful standing on the other side of the fence like this so god I would have loved to be able to see it when she was built and loved and not forgotten. Beautiful castles ,manors and even old farm houses that all end up like this . Thank you for your videos because if I could and had the money I'd be in Scotland doing this exact same thing traveling every inch of the country to see every castle and manor and ofcoursr if I had millions or endless money I'd buy myself a forgotten castle lol . It's literally been a dream ever since I was a little girl I've been drawn to Scotland and always felt like that's where I really belong and dreamt of getting to see the history to even touch a castle ruin to feel and imagine the history that touched that stone or wall damnnn .. THANKS I'm thankful I get to atleast see it thru you and online because I'm never going to get there I'm coming to terms with that since i never it by the time I was 30 lile I always planned and I'm 32 now so it sucks lol
Balls of steel that man; pure Chris Bonington until you bumped into those two lassies who appeared to be undermining the element of risk. Great fun to watch. Well done to you both; competent and near seamless editing. Don't be trying this at home kids.
My heart was actually POUNDING when you where walking up those stairs 😂 I couldn’t have done that! I found myself “speaking” to you through the TV though 😂 saying “go that way.. no turn round” 😂 another amaze video! Smashing the adventures and loving it x
@@ExploringwithAlec haha! You missed the wee rooms that use to be changing rooms or toilets. It had a very inspirational quote.. it read “Jim has no penis or balls” 🤣 x
Hi Alec. What a beautiful ruin. Those steps were so dodgy. You are brave or are you crazy? Is this all natural decay or someone who doesn't want to pay taxes. Guess it's too far gone to be fixed up. Pity. Thanks for the tour and take care. Was there a fire here? Glad you didn't get stuck.
Wow what a impressive building that must have been in its day, such a shame that its now just a ruin 😔. I felt sick watching you going up those stairs Alec, FFS be careful. Brilliant video though, as usual, cheers mate 👍🏻 👌🏻
Great place to see. Beat it was really something back in the day. On the top floor it said don't jump. I thought watch your Frist step. Thanks stay safe USA
my grans brother was in that castle when it was a mental hospital at one point in his life for a bit i think it used to get used for ghost hunting as i remember reading somewhere a good while back
This castle is famous. I think this place must have been beautiful in 19th century. I wonder how many historical castles are abundand like this in Scotland. That's a shame. Thank you .
Glasgow Corporation bought the castle, along with 494 ha (1222 acres) of the estate, from the family for £25,000 in 1927 to serve as a hospital for ...
i worked under the castle 35 years ago, im sure theres access from the main building, we insulated all the pipe work to control the heat, i remember there where rooms off the tunnel with old furniture in them, i was there about a year ago and found a small tunnel in the main building but didn't explore.
@@ExploringwithAlec Well, in this period we don't have a very good weather and it is quite cold. I used to come to Scotland quite every year before covid and i do love Scotland. Maybe i could give you a suggestion of a few places you could visit? So i can see them without getting tired😂! And because i don't know when this covid situation will come to an end and we will be free to travel again unfortunately.
There were tunnels connecting all of the now demolished wards where the new housing estate is and a Celtic training grounds - must be miles of them still there or buried
We had a similar story of a mental hospital that closed down and the patients put in halfway houses throughout the city. Soon those in charge were to realize that these patients shouldn’t be in the community so they fixed the place up and reopened it recently. All the patients are back in the hospital.
it's so sad how people have no respect for their history....why would people put stupid graffiti on such beautiful old architecture....Thank you for sharing places in your beautiful country.....maybe someday I'll get to visit where my dad's people came from.
There is more collapse to come - see the cracks in the stone walls. Some of the strength of the structure comes from the various parts bearing on each other. Take away the collapsed wall and others are left without support
Does it not freak you out when there’s other people there but you might think your the only one there cause you’ve not seen anyone there you see people ? I get freaked out just watching like ahhhh there’s other people. Who quickly make an exit. When you say Dungeons I think of something else lol
My first thought, what the hell are they saying? Then, is this even English? Then you dropped the first F bomb and I seriously laughed! Being from North Alabama, I’m sure you couldn’t understand me either! Anyway, I wish I could travel and check out places like this! I’d probably just stay there all day. Beautiful.
My son was watching you walk up n was like.."Woooowww!" "Is that a REAL castle?!"😆 Looks like you've got a new wee fan😉 Nothing that cool/old(guess not that old - but still awesome) in the US. Much luv Alec & twin😜🤣, stay safe XX
@@ExploringwithAlec Hey, when you were talking to Robert, as he was walking up to you(2:45ish)..What language is that? Sounded like a mix of English and maybe, Scots? Half my family is French, so they're always saying half sentences in French & English! lol
Amazing explore Alec i look it up it was a very violent hospital to the patients from beatings to one person set on fire it closed in 2002 just a little bit of history for u Alec stay safe well looking forward to the next video
It seems to be very dangerous ! It's weird this tire hanging by a rope ! lol... At the moment where you are passing by this tire "I thought I heard a woman's cry . Anyone from your group ? I hope none have been hurt
It looks like part of it could be saved, but the other part would need to be rebuilt from the ground up. Too bad so much of Scottish heritage buildings are in this condition. If they could be restored, the country could make a mint in TOURISM.
Horrific history psychiatric hospital from years ago over 400 disabled children died here buried in mass unmarked paupers graves surely haunted with restless tortured souls
Imagine having a meltdown and waking up with psychiatric drugs swirling around your head, asking where am I? To be told your in a castle, you look out the window and oh my god you really are!!😂. How the hell you had the nerve to go down that tight hole😱, brave stuff Alec 💪🏻
When he went down that hole, I thought, Now he’s done it. Then how tight it was when he was getting out shocked me because I really thought when he looked down that it was much bigger. 🤷♀️
Av been up here a good few times pished everyone goes up there boozing been up tae the tap afore pished oot ma brains 😂sum place tae go fur a session 👍
I bet you there’s underground tunnel(s) underneath that rock rubble! Ty for sharing ❤
Wow. That place must have been something else back in the day.
Cool explore Alec! 👍🏻👍🏻
I absolutely love these old castles. Scotland seems to have the biggest & best. Hopefully you guys find more in the future. Thank you. Much love & respect. 😊👍🖤
Absolutely gorgeous! Y’all had such a beautiful day to explore. The sky and scenery can’t be beat. Beautiful ruins too. Held my breath on those sketchy stairs. Lol Thanks for another awesome explore!!😊
Listening to the birds is absolutely beautiful. The castle must have been beautiful when it was livable, bustling with life back in the day. Looked it up and what a history. It was the ground that was the problem with this castle.
Come here ma wee beauty!!🤣🤣
Thanks Alec for another great find!!👩🦳💗
Hi Alec , just amazing how they knew how to build something that huge back in the day. Thanks for the explore. Looks like a warm day.
Ooooo, looking forward to this. We've been checking UA-cam most evenings to see new upload. Something to look forward to this evening 👌 Thanks Alec. ☺️
One of your best explores Alec. More like this one please. Thanks👍🏻😁
What a beautiful place - and you got to play mountain goat over fallen Boulder castle walls. So awesome-both you and the castle
woah, thats incredible! What a castle, amazing photographs you've taken too!
Thanks
There's the happy little tire swing! ( Oh Brother Where Art Thou reference)...great vid😎
🤣That thing looked sketchy as hell!
@@Naomi.H.85 😂😂
Glad to see you doing this that was much childhood haunt. It was a mental hospital my mother n law was a psychiatric nurse in it. Ta much alec
you're welcome thanks for watching
Absolutely amazzzzzing! Such a precious gem / Diamond of past history! Beautiful!💕💕💕
😀😃💓Good to see you Al,
Good timing!
As always just what we all nded loving Bird sounds carnt wait to watch 🐬💦
Thanks for bringing us another great explore Alec 👍
Wow I never would have thought it was built in 1830 and was used as a mental institution.
North of Glasgow
What a beautiful structure.
your mental for doing them stairs mush.. cheers for that content...
Thank You For Another Great Video.
Please Stay Safe.
From Blue.
Fantastic Architecture and a great, if dangerous explore! Thanks for your hard work!!!!
Cheers John
Home of the KINCAID FAMILY AND THE LENNOX FAMILY WILL LIVE ON FOR EVER
What a stunning castle 🏰😍. What a shame to see 👀 it so 😢 rundown. Stay safe 🙏❤💓💙
What a great explore. I really love the stuff you do and the way show respect for the buildings you explore and the way that you care for the environment in general and the odd animal that you come across. You are by far my most favourite of all the urbexer I follower on UA-cam. Keep up the good work.
Thanks
What a beautiful building! You would have to have wellies to go in that tunnel though. Ty Alec!
Alex looks like you had a beautiful day.
Imagine all the memories that place holds. The people who walked in the same footsteps you are as you’re doing this video. Or how many times they’ve looked at the same things you’re pointing you’re camera at. Sometimes I think like that as I watch your videos. I like them😉
Edit: I LOVE THEM. You sir, are a proper beast.
Thanks Dar x
@@ExploringwithAlec you’re so welcome sweetheart ❤️
Another great one Alex, nice castle,sure l visited there many years ago.think we've got a better one in Stirling tho.x
Lots of scary stories out of that place.
OMG, the history of this place is horrific! It was probably beautiful once, but it became a living nightmare for so many people.
Come on Scotland stop allowing these beautiful castles to end up like this ,such a beautiful country with such history and castles and they are all ending up a a fkn pile of rubble :( this place is beautiful standing on the other side of the fence like this so god I would have loved to be able to see it when she was built and loved and not forgotten. Beautiful castles ,manors and even old farm houses that all end up like this . Thank you for your videos because if I could and had the money I'd be in Scotland doing this exact same thing traveling every inch of the country to see every castle and manor and ofcoursr if I had millions or endless money I'd buy myself a forgotten castle lol . It's literally been a dream ever since I was a little girl I've been drawn to Scotland and always felt like that's where I really belong and dreamt of getting to see the history to even touch a castle ruin to feel and imagine the history that touched that stone or wall damnnn .. THANKS I'm thankful I get to atleast see it thru you and online because I'm never going to get there I'm coming to terms with that since i never it by the time I was 30 lile I always planned and I'm 32 now so it sucks lol
Thanks where are you from?
Balls of steel that man; pure Chris Bonington until you bumped into those two lassies who appeared to be undermining the element of risk. Great fun to watch. Well done to you both; competent and near seamless editing. Don't be trying this at home kids.
My heart was actually POUNDING when you where walking up those stairs 😂 I couldn’t have done that! I found myself “speaking” to you through the TV though 😂 saying “go that way.. no turn round” 😂 another amaze video! Smashing the adventures and loving it x
More like get back down ya baldy bastard? haha
@@ExploringwithAlec haha! You missed the wee rooms that use to be changing rooms or toilets. It had a very inspirational quote.. it read “Jim has no penis or balls” 🤣 x
It’s interesting how you can make out the different levels when looking at the walls. It must have been a beauty,
I really enjoyed this lennox castle vid alec well done pal 🤞❤
Cheers buddy
well they should of known the silliy wee sausages 😃😃😃😃
I can't imagine how long it took those people to build that .....how beautiful it was in its glory day....
Hi Alex..This castle is stunning.
Hi Alec. What a beautiful ruin. Those steps were so dodgy. You are brave or are you crazy? Is this all natural decay or someone who doesn't want to pay taxes. Guess it's too far gone to be fixed up. Pity. Thanks for the tour and take care. Was there a fire here? Glad you didn't get stuck.
Interesting video! Would be good to have some photos from when the place was in operation.
Wow what a impressive building that must have been in its day, such a shame that its now just a ruin 😔.
I felt sick watching you going up those stairs Alec, FFS be careful.
Brilliant video though, as usual, cheers mate 👍🏻 👌🏻
Cheers buddy 👍
Hey Alex
Good morning 👋
Wish you good heath.
You are very courageous to climb these stairs !!! I would be very afraid ! Take care of you !
Great place to see. Beat it was really something back in the day. On the top floor it said don't jump. I thought watch your Frist step. Thanks stay safe USA
my grans brother was in that castle when it was a mental hospital at one point in his life for a bit i think it used to get used for ghost hunting as i remember reading somewhere a good while back
Hey Alec , that is cool , jeez it looked huge , very cool mate :-)
Thanks Steve
This was used as a maternity hospital in the early 50's.
Sure was
This castle is famous.
I think this place must have been beautiful in 19th century.
I wonder how many historical castles are abundand like this in Scotland. That's a shame.
Thank you .
It was built in the 1500’s
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yes I know so.
They say family used to live in this castle once in 19th century.
Glasgow Corporation bought the castle, along with 494 ha (1222 acres) of the estate, from the family for £25,000 in 1927 to serve as a hospital for ...
i worked under the castle 35 years ago, im sure theres access from the main building, we insulated all the pipe work to control the heat, i remember there where rooms off the tunnel with old furniture in them, i was there about a year ago and found a small tunnel in the main building but didn't explore.
Beautiful video, as always! Nice weather also, seems warmer than here in Italy!😂
Scotland warmer than Italy? that would be rare haha
@@ExploringwithAlec Well, in this period we don't have a very good weather and it is quite cold. I used to come to Scotland quite every year before covid and i do love Scotland. Maybe i could give you a suggestion of a few places you could visit? So i can see them without getting tired😂! And because i don't know when this covid situation will come to an end and we will be free to travel again unfortunately.
Nice one Alex, is that your brother with you in this one? You guys seemed to work very well together, Take Care.
Sure is and thanks
Thanks again Alex great video
Cheers buddy
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Beautiful!👍👏
Hello from Ireland love your videos alec
Thanks
Wow. Again love it.
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Thank you 🌷 And be careful
There were tunnels connecting all of the now demolished wards where the new housing estate is and a Celtic training grounds - must be miles of them still there or buried
THIS IS MY 9th GREAT GRANDFATHERS HOME. Esme Stuart. First Duke of Lennox. Im hoping to reclaim it for my family!
Cool tyre swing....weeeeee!! 😀
I can hear Jackdaws in the background
This is a bigger surprise it only closed down in 2002 snd the remaining patients were placed back in the community
We had a similar story of a mental hospital that closed down and the patients put in halfway houses throughout the city. Soon those in charge were to realize that these patients shouldn’t be in the community so they fixed the place up and reopened it recently. All the patients are back in the hospital.
Yep! You set off my vertigo again.
Thanks Alec so dangerous for you 2 boys. Someone will die in there needs put to the ground. I don't think it can be saved.
Great explore Alec. What was that shaft you climbed down near the end, an escape hatch?
Would of been underground tunnels leading to the castle it was flooded though and most of it had collapsed in on itself
it's so sad how people have no respect for their history....why would people put stupid graffiti on such beautiful old architecture....Thank you for sharing places in your beautiful country.....maybe someday I'll get to visit where my dad's people came from.
There is more collapse to come - see the cracks in the stone walls. Some of the strength of the structure comes from the various parts bearing on each other. Take away the collapsed wall and others are left without support
Does it not freak you out when there’s other people there but you might think your the only one there cause you’ve not seen anyone there you see people ? I get freaked out just watching like ahhhh there’s other people. Who quickly make an exit. When you say Dungeons I think of something else lol
That made no sense! Their? There? I’m confused!
@@sherryrutledge8792 well sherry luckily the message isny fir you love
My first thought, what the hell are they saying? Then, is this even English? Then you dropped the first F bomb and I seriously laughed! Being from North Alabama, I’m sure you couldn’t understand me either! Anyway, I wish I could travel and check out places like this! I’d probably just stay there all day. Beautiful.
Haha my Scottish accent can be strong 😋
The tunnel goes both ways cause of all the wards where down that way. Most of the place was demolished in the early 2000s
My son was watching you walk up n was like.."Woooowww!" "Is that a REAL castle?!"😆 Looks like you've got a new wee fan😉 Nothing that cool/old(guess not that old - but still awesome) in the US. Much luv Alec & twin😜🤣, stay safe XX
awesome thanks lol x
@@ExploringwithAlec Hey, when you were talking to Robert, as he was walking up to you(2:45ish)..What language is that? Sounded like a mix of English and maybe, Scots? Half my family is French, so they're always saying half sentences in French & English! lol
@@Naomi.H.85 pure Scottish our accent can be strong x
@@ExploringwithAlec OH! Nothing wrong with that 😉 Great still shots too BTW 💛
@@Naomi.H.85 thanks 😊
Wow very cool.😃
Amazing explore Alec i look it up it was a very violent hospital to the patients from beatings to one person set on fire it closed in 2002 just a little bit of history for u Alec stay safe well looking forward to the next video
Cheers buddy
Très belle ruine, merci pour la visite.
Merci
Hello guys ! I'm so happy to follow you again ! This castle (or what it's left of) is AWESOME !!! Do you know something about its history ?
Can google the history Christine. Lennox Castle :)
@@ExploringwithAlec Ok ! 😉
Lovely castle in it's day very sad history
Fantastic!...steel construction denotes renovation, maybe.
It seems to be very dangerous ! It's weird this tire hanging by a rope ! lol... At the moment where you are passing by this tire "I thought I heard a woman's cry . Anyone from your group ? I hope none have been hurt
Wow...that is everything a Castle should be...too bad it has fallen in
Fire happen after it was abandoned?
It looks like part of it could be saved, but the other part would need to be rebuilt from the ground up. Too bad so much of Scottish heritage buildings are in this condition. If they could be restored, the country could make a mint in TOURISM.
Don't jump ! 😂 It 's better not to be afraid of dizzyness !
Thanks Alec for replying I would love to go hunting old houses in ireland
That rubble pile 12:30 in is freshly fallen can tell with the colour and a big lose asss chunk a stone above your dome😕
Amazing ruins of a once beautiful castle
I almost sure you did this one before or i seen the fire on Lennox Castle??? dont care great video Alec
I've been there before but haven't filmed it
Who was that laughing at the beginning of the video?? Must have had some company...
Oh my Gosh !!! If the ropes holding the elevator give away you are just below with your camera !!!
you are game gong up those steps Alex u would never get me doing anything like that is it the weather that made t deteriorate so much
Weather has alot to do with it yeah
That well was a bit creepy and the sound was soo echoing!!
It's strange these cupboards which remained on the wall while all the rest of the room is collapsed !!! lol
Nurses home, with flag pole....
What happened to it? In hearts it has been restored? There os nothing left
Don't like those death-wish staircases.
Alec did you know that Lennox castle used to be an asylum for those with learning disabilities and other forms of disabilities.
Horrific history psychiatric hospital from years ago over 400 disabled children died here buried in mass unmarked paupers graves surely haunted with restless tortured souls
Imagine having a meltdown and waking up with psychiatric drugs swirling around your head, asking where am I? To be told your in a castle, you look out the window and oh my god you really are!!😂. How the hell you had the nerve to go down that tight hole😱, brave stuff Alec 💪🏻
When he went down that hole, I thought, Now he’s done it. Then how tight it was when he was getting out shocked me because I really thought when he looked down that it was much bigger. 🤷♀️
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Nice.........
LOL...You wouldn’t want to go up their after a drink.😂🤣
@Vyvyan Basterd LOL...Your cheeky.😂🤣
Av been up here a good few times pished everyone goes up there boozing been up tae the tap afore pished oot ma brains 😂sum place tae go fur a session 👍
Everyone who lives must die ,,, eternity,,, then how great are you ?
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Was that a laugh 0:50 ? Was anyone else exploring the castle that day?