Comments on: Guedelon Castle https://www.isegoria.net/2015/11/guedelon-castle/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:43:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Graham https://www.isegoria.net/2015/11/guedelon-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-2439981 Graham Mon, 30 Nov 2015 16:56:52 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=39313#comment-2439981 The one in Arkansas is really going to confuse 31st century archaeologists trying to reconstruct the history of pre-collapse America. Or it’s going to wildly alter their perspective of the even more ancient pre-contact Americas. One or the other.

I’d be curious if this endeavour will offer me any hints as to how so many castles were constructed on terrifying precipices and ocean cliff-sides. I’d hate to have to build them with modern equipment. I’d assume that the builders were just willing to accept huge worker attrition, but that would have risked the loss of precious skilled trademen as well.

]]> By: AAB https://www.isegoria.net/2015/11/guedelon-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-2439916 AAB Mon, 30 Nov 2015 14:14:23 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=39313#comment-2439916 There was a BBC documentary a while ago about what it would be like to build Guédelon castle.

It was hosted by a group of archaeologists who made several documentaries for the BBC about what it would be like to live and work on a farm in particular historical era in England:

Tales From the Green Valley (Tudor England, 1600s).

Tudor Monastery Farm (1600s):

Victorian Farm (1800s).

Edwardian Farm (Early 1900s):

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