A Saintly Site | FULL EPISODE | Time Team

[@goulash75]

As much as I love Uncle Phil, if I had the chance to spend the three days of a dig tagging along with anyone from Time Team, it would definitely be Stewart Ainsworth! I just love the way he can see history in the wider landscape. He would be brilliant to go rambling with.

[@harbourdogNL]

I think I've seen every episode since Covid started, and have to agree, an absolutely brilliant man. His ability to assemble an overall view from walking and maps is such a cool skill/art.

[@jonesthenoise]

@@georgedoubledragon3630 there is in Time Team

[@psychedelicprawncrumpets9479]

I think I'd pick faye 😜

[@debravanausdale1063]

I'm sticking with Phil, he is my special hero.

[@zonabrown9241]

Me two

[@amymack1954]

This is hands down one of the very best episodes of Time Team. It must have been so satisfying for the medieval archaeology expert Mick to find something of such great significance. Fantastic!

[@Tawadeb]

It’s wonderful and so important.

[@beatricetreadwell5785]

Oh, I’m with you!!! This is one of my all time favorites, too! ❤️

[@Blessings.429]

I love the fact that these episodes are keeping Mick’s spirit alive.💖💖💖

[@winterlighthome]

I'm in America and only found Time Team this year online (what with the pandemic stay-at-home and all). I've been binge watching episodes and thoroughly enjoying the series. I was so saddened to find out that Mick died in 2013. Seems like he was a truly lovely human being, a remarkable character.

[@r.mageddon3385]

I just found this show on KZbin. I know it's been years since made. But sad too read about Mick when I'm just getting the chance to know him through this now.

[@amandaloriananimals9065]

I came here to say the same thing you guys did but you beat me too it. May he ever rest in peace. I'm sure being an archaeologist that he had an epic funeral burial ritual to confuse the archaeologists of the future lol you can't tell me that doesn't sound like something he would do.

[@victoriaeads6126]

I, too, found this only in 2020, but I feel a bit differently. I think Mick's legacy is just so great BECAUSE Time Team exists. I also think that Mick himself would probably deeply appreciate this tangible evidence of his own existence. He was, rest his soul, after all an archaeologist. A great archeologist.

[@AliciaSmith1983]

Mick seem like a very smart guy but didnt act like he was better then others. Would have loved to meet him but RIP Mick

[@Darryl_Frost]

I think this episode of Time Team is my all time favourite, it's got everything and is a wonderful tribute to Mick Ashton. It's Mick's area of expertise, it's a new site in a new place, he is really right in his element and you can see that. Then when they find the bones under the alter it's like BAM... perfection... Thanks so much for posting this for us TT fans.. Rest in peace Dumbledore...

[@jilllogan1288]

I agree he is TT's Dumbledore RIP.

[@0623kaboom]

i agree this is one of those perfect time team episodes .... they hit everything they wanted to know about the place and not only proved it was a chapel but turned around and made it even better ...

[@philliprogers964]

Phil would make a good pirate.... ARGH matey, there booty in there archaeology

[@Darryl_Frost]

@@philliprogers964 He sure would! He has the accent, I love Phil he is SO down to earth, in the earth, and below the earth.. Digging in the earth.. He would be great to hang with at the pub..

[@CAP198462]

Llgadwy is super cool too. Yeah, Prof. Aston was a jewel of archaeology.

[@kikufutaba1194]

This is one of my favorite episodes. As it pleased these wonderful two women that invest there time and love of history and their dream was fulfilled.

[@LarryThePhotoGuy]

Incredible!! They really hit the jackpot this time! I think they outdid themselves. Imagine, fifty years from now, Matt recalling how he'd found the bones of a saint in the chapel of a previously unknown 7th century monastery. The find of a lifetime!

[@raphaelbernard7954]

Bless be your memory Mick, RIP. All the best to All the TT crew

[@maximum-conatus]

I honestly can’t tell you how much happiness this episode brings me, I’m not sure why but it just brings some kind of peace to me. I have watched it many time and i hope I can watch it for the rest of my life.

[@dicostigan1449]

Perhaps you were one of the monks who lived there & prayed in the chapel? Celtic Christianity was nothing like Roman Catholicism.

[@tobypetzold4540]

I've been a total Time Team addict on YT for maybe two years now and this is my first chance to see an episode in high-def. It makes this classic episode a real pleasure to watch. Such a treat! Thank you.

[@janicepounds9934]

I have been completely enchanted by this series! Home since March, it has been such a blessing to have these wonderful folks enter my home and teach me about my ancestral home's archealogy. I live in Georgia in the US. Thank you!!

[@acmejia]

Same here in Germany. I'm a complete fan now. I probably would have never found it without the pandemic lockdown ;)

[@mzansime]

One of my favourite episodes so far. A wonderful site, both geographically and historically. And as it's previously unknown, the team have hopes but more modest expectations; which makes their exceptional finds even more thrilling!

[@katherinetelfer1867]

0o

[@nadezhdadoroshkevich4137]

Definitely best archeo TV-show ever. Hello from Russia.

[@theastronomer5800]

Agreed. Hello from Canada.

[@jamest2401]

I was in tears of joy by the end of this episode. Fantastic, absolutely incredible!!

[@seanmcplace6561]

Wonderful show, amazing people. Bless be your memory Mick

[@CodonQuixote]

I don't know who I am, I don’t know why I'm here, All I know is that I must watch every Time Team episode ever made.

[@edwardweatherbee5626]

I love how excited Mick gets.

[@jeffkeith637]

Wow, what an episode. And Mick seemed so relaxed, affable and amiable. Brilliant.

[@stuartnewman6968]

This is and always was my favourite episode out of any of the time team episodes. Can't explain it it just comes across as incredibly important

[@a.westenholz4032]

It is indeed the perfect Time Team. I really love this episode.

[@cameleonfleuri]

I loved this episode of Time Team! Just amazing, amazing discoveries!!!

[@mybrandnewlogin]

Clearly one of the best TT episodes I've seen so far!

[@richard66754]

Thank you to everyone involved in making these Time Team episodes. I absolutely loved this series!

[@wendywhite2642]

I think this is the most significant find that I have watched the team unearth, but I probably have almost 200 to go 😁❤️ WOW! The team added to history! I'll bet those two local ladies who actually pinpointed this site consider this a major Pinnacle of their lives! I know I would! ❤️

[@MendTheWorld]

I was so nervous as I was approaching the end of this episode. All the buildup and raised expectations... I was afraid we would run out of time, and it would end without resolution or closure... But it ended magnificently. Very emotional! In fairness, so much of the credit in these comments has (justly) gone to the archeologists, especially to Mick Aston, but someone in the production department did a brilliant job editing the story. I would have to assume the work on this site will be ongoing. Without a doubt, my favorite episode of Time Team (even without Carenza Lewis!).

[@Jerbod2]

The quality of this upload is amazing. Thanks!

[@mrmainlobster]

P.S. This episode is one of the very best!

[@mrmainlobster]

I love Time Team! By far my favorite series. I seen each one at least five or six times. Go Team! God Bless.

[@annazaman9657]

Same

[@johansmallberries9874]

What a stunning work site. Every inch is picturesque, even the small clearings in the forest.

[@victoriaeads6126]

I love Time Team. It's so clear that Mick and Phil are the original backbone of the archeology team. They, along with Carenza and Raksha, are my favorite team members. I love seeing how the Team evolved over time. As an American, though, the impression given by this show is that you'll find archeology essentially wherever you stick a trowel in the UK. PLEASE tell me it's true, it's a wonderfully romantic idea.....

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

It's close to the truth. The *UK* has seen so much in such a small area that it really is difficult _not_ to find archæology almost anywhere.

[@maximum-conatus]

There is a lot of history everywhere you go here in the uk

[@nevillemignot1681]

I don't think that Phil could be 'The original backbone' of the team at all, his lack of knowledge of all the aspects of archaeology would rule him out i think, but what he is to many is the most memorable person of the team. I just love images of him in a high wind trying to keep his hat on, and him in a pub enjoying the company of others and a beer.

[@batll0]

I'm not sure if it's been uploaded by the official TT channel, but there was an episode where they found LITERALLY nothing. I'm desperate to watch it now - episode was No Stone Unturned, and despite that, the charisma and enthusiasm of the Team is delightful and infectious as always :P

[@newwavepop]

WOW, that never happened before. i literally got goosebumps when they found the remains under the alter.

[@dancingwithnature5303]

🃏♣️ I'll see your quartz pebble and raise you a pottery sherd! Brilliant episode!!!

[@billeikenbary529]

Up o

[@grendel_nz]

We still take quartz or other interesting pebbles up mountains in Scotland to put on cairns etc.

[@theuniverseisnotperfect5816]

This was Always such a fun and interesting program. The visualisations make it very engaging and Robinson is a likeable guy.

[@boffeycn]

That's because he is cunning!

[@IamBlueCat666]

Tony thinks he is the show and I have watch them all over and over. Mick was the show🌹

[@sunking9050]

One of the best episodes. A stunning location and even more stunning archeology. Well done Time Team

[@MeaveChan]

Bye the way: thanks for uploading these. I love them and have watched nearly 20 episodes already.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

There are 20 years worth of episodes on YT courtesy of both *Fillask* and *Reijer Zaaijer.*

[@jirafasgrandes]

Phil Potter Brilliant, thanks.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@jirafasgrandes You're very welcome. 😊

[@corneliawissing7950]

@@jirafasgrandes Thanks from me too: I've only just discovered TTT! (Covid-19 and lockdown.)

[@Seabeagle10]

Wished I could joined the team. Phil cracks me up. Love this show. Wished they keep it going. Both my parents family is from UK. My mom's father is Irish and Scottish.

[@philsarkol6443]

In this dig something was different with Mick. It was as if the way he looked and talked was almost like reverence to the holiness of the place came over him. Also the way he mentioned his knowledge of other similar sites within that North-Irish -West Scotland Isles that were united within the faith of the first christianity. And he was right from the beginning in where to look for bones, and the square altar with the cross. Great episode!!

[@M.Campbell]

His specialty was the Medieval period, Churches in particular. That knowledge applies to this site. He was in his element. It's like Phil when he got to dig a neolithic site and find flint tools. All archaeologists love history but there is a certain period that each individual is passionate about. It's nice to see their enthusiasm when they get to dig their favorites.

[@nicholassweazey987]

awesome show/ thank you and Mick'e spirit of discovery alive for future archaeologists

[@jeffkeith637]

The Clearances are a direct explanation for the location of my family here in Australia.

[@winterlighthome]

One of my 2 all time favorite episodes of Time Team!

[@kathycarlson7947]

This is one is the best episodes!

[@jimherron5540]

Beautiful Countryside and Magnificent Views. Great episode!

[@PtolemyJones]

The two women who found this place remind me of the TV detectives, Rosemary & Thyme.

[@nevillemignot1681]

Great series, thanks for uploading these episodes.

[@theastronomer5800]

Scotland is my fav place that I've been to (I live in Canada) and I always enjoy digs from there. Watched this one twice!

[@SnowTiger45]

Excellent Excavation Results. Not an easy site to work at least in the beginning. Hard to tell where to start but Time Team came through as always.

[@efisiopiantacarote8780]

I was really amazed to see this episode today: exactly 20 years ago (august 2001) I was on a trip in Scotland and our group went on a guided tour of Mull and Iona. Too bad on that day Scottish weather was at its worst: Mull was covered in a thick layer of fog and rain, so no scenic views for us (I remember the driver of the bus was trying to keep us interested with things like: "on a sunny day you would be able to see this" or "right behind that dense cloud there's that" and so on). On Iona we experienced a short break and were able to take some photos of the Abbey and the remains of the nunnery. I got a bad cold, too...

[@Invictus13666]

No one gives a shit.

[@unowen9668]

Scotland!

[@123bgmiller]

Who would be the current dream team? Could Phil run things since Mick is gone? 😪 I would love to see this start back up again!! I think a lot of people would..

[@boffeycn]

It would be a disaster.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@boffeycn Maybe. It certainly could never be the same.

[@boffeycn]

@@philaypeephilippotter6532 Not maybe, it was tried and was a disaster.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@boffeycn When and where was it tried?

[@wendywhite2642]

It is February 2021, and I just saw on KZbin a recent interview with Phil Harding by a young student journalist. Phil is still working at a university called Wessex Archaeology, located in the county of Wiltshire, which is home of Stonehenge, where he has lived all of his life. He said he was just plain born to be an archaeologist, back when schools of Archaeology were rare and relatively unknown. It was Time Team's 20-year span of production of approximately 240 videos from 1994 to 2014 that grabbed the attention of the British television viewing public, and they were household names! That should give you all the information you need to go find that interview for yourself. What a delight to hear that accent! It actually made me cry. He said the covid-19 crisis has stopped everybody's digging, and he's raring to get his tools into the ground again. Time Team itself under Tim Taylor is reforming at this very time and the group can be found on Patreon dot com slash Time Team. I don't know why Phil is not a part of it. Yet. 😁❤️

[@ek-nz]

This episode makes me really happy. Definitely one of my top favourites!

[@carolynmacdonald3117]

Lovely episode. My highland ancestors worshipped St. Columba. They continued this tradition when they left Scotland for Ontario, Canada. They worshipped at the two Catholic St. Columbkille churches in Ontario.

[@januzzell8631]

All time favourite episode - such fun - I think I've watched it over 10 times by now!

[@davidconnon1214]

This is another excellent, informative -- indeed educational -- episode of Time Team.

[@elviamiroslavavaldez4047]

Glad to have discovered this gem of a show this year!

[@courtneykelley516]

When they're talking about Scottish/English history taking, you can really see the underlying animosity between the two. He simply (jokingly) asked weren't you guys writing stuff down, and he replied we can write. As an Irish American you can see it plain,😁

[@robbleeker4777]

Amazing, what a find. This is what you are doing it all for. This is what you keep going on your journey into history

[@ken-van-gibturner3064]

Even if these guys don't find anything, so fun to watch!

[@davidshelow5334]

Bravo! One of my favorites! The process of discovery and deduction is so satisfying.

[@TheBadMoJoe]

Matt is the unsung hero of time team, dare I say saint!

[@howdyradio934]

Thank you TT for the upload. Watching from NSW Australia.

[@theostickle2604]

That is awsome Time Team, thank you.

[@alaalpha9940]

the quality of this video is better than my netflix. It makes it look like i actually have HD. bloody amazing.

[@rosep5672]

Yes it almost feels like being there!!

[@Mornblade]

I really enjoyed this episode, it was very exciting

[@TravisBrady-wn8fr]

The team itself is the treasure. The relics are just a bonus. Miss ya Mick. I hope youre up there making discoveries in a striped shirt.

[@VeronicaMowery]

My favorite episode so far!

[@Sthilboy56]

Forgot how much I used to enjoy timeteam 👍

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

_Used to?_ There are 20 years worth of episodes on YT courtesy of both *Fillask* and *Reijer Zaaijer.*

[@greenspiritarts]

I so wish the new TT would do a follow up on this site/discovery. One of my all-time favorite episodes!

[@topmog]

I loved it. One of the best episodes in here.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

Yes.

[@kassduffy3087]

A fave of mine, too. Love this series, from a Florida fan.

[@john9982]

This episode is one of my favorites.

[@Laura-Lee]

As a modern, church-going Christian, this episode really got my imagination going. But I may view things a little more practically. When pottery and other everyday objects were located near what might have been a chapel, I thought of the churches in my neighborhood. Maybe a bunch of Christians living near each other wanted to meet together so they built a local chapel. This also means I have a personal connection with those who lived, worshipped and died back then. The same thing that directed their lives and destiny directs mine. We all love Jesus. It makes them my Brothers and Sisters, even though I live thousands of km away, on a different continent, MANY CENTURIES LATER. "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today and forever." (Hebrews 13:8) For Him time and distance are not barriers. LL 🇨🇦 😔

[@fredferd965]

What an absolutely beautiful, remote, wonderful place.....

[@OldDunollieman]

4 hours from Glasgow, not very remote.

[@fredferd965]

@@OldDunollieman Well, it's remote for me. I live in Oregon, USA. We're having a terrible heat wave in the States right now, and fortunately, Oregon is one of the few places that's not burning up. Things are very strange these days. It's no longer a case of "being between the devil and the deep blue sea," it's a case of being between a massive heat wave and the corona virus.

[@mdance86]

My favorite episode!

[@gwadja]

Episode 211 (Season 17, Episode 2): A Saintly Site, Aired: April 25, 2010

[@emilychb6621]

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[@Thirza.]

Nice. Thanks for posting.

[@stephenbyrne3793]

Enjoyed watching this . Top quality production, thank you.

[@Awitsaduck]

This and Turkdean are the best two episodes

[@Missangie827]

the topography is so interesting-like a basin-I guess that is what drew ancient peoples attention

[@Missjulie1975]

When they’re digging up “pebbles”, it looks like they’re digging potatoes!

[@Missjulie1975]

25:01

[@Missjulie1975]

25:01 potatoes

[@w.g.hunter1300]

That's why Raksha says the pebbles look like "Jersey Royals," (8:36) which are a kind of potato.

[@thomasandersen2534]

Fantastic episode

[@harrythompson9895]

I appreciate the chat about the clearances around 23:00.

[@donnal.oglesby4806]

Finding the pebbles was great but I was laughing as much as Phil, at all the pieces of Pottery that he was finding. And later as the show continues, you DID find the bones to a Possible Saint. Did you all just leave it there and rebury or did you remove it and find the rest of him as well??... Awesome show and awesome finds!

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

Of course they left the bones out in the open for a thief. In this country human remains are always reburied unless there's a very good reason not too and even so they are almost always eventually reburied, usually in sanctified ground

[@tinaloflin7181]

I enjoyed this very much. Fantastic. Fascinating. And very, very cool.

[@SteveMikre44]

Great Time Team Episode!

[@SIG442]

This location needs for sure a lot more attention. Perhaps a return of time team?

[@jacquiedwards160]

SIG442 I was thinking exactly that! We need more information about this site ... they can't just leave us all hanging like this😁

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@jacquiedwards160 The site has had several small excavations and is properly protected. I imagine that there will be a full excavation but the wealth of archæology in *Scotland* means that this site must take its place. You can find a link to the full report on the *Isle of Mull* website or follow this link: www.scribd.com/document/53531551/Time-Team-Baliscate-Isle-of-Mull#fullscreen&from_embed

[@ralphbranham8663]

I am so happy that I found you

[@annazaman9657]

One of my favorite episodes 😍

[@OldDunollieman]

Aye, typical Scottish lassies eh? (sarcasm)

[@JimBlessman]

Miss this show so much.

[@Mimzie-Arizona]

Awesome show. Perfect.

[@victoriahhigman9611]

Thanks

[@hollymunford6857]

One of the best!

[@robertknight9936]

Thanks for uploading this. It was watching this episode a decade ago that put Mull on my bucket list and I visited in 2017.

[@quiltygal6981]

We have just put this on our places to visit list for 2021. 😁

[@TheGoldbaxter]

I loved this one, but what would be really nice is if they would say what will happen to the sites they dig in afterwards. I know alot of them are just reburied but this one might have a saint buried there. Did they dig him up and move him since now they would have to guard something like that if they left him there because of grave robbing etc.

[@Judith_Remkes]

Who else had to pause this episode a few seconds in, just to loudly sing "Oh MUUUULLL OF KINTYYYYYYYYRE!!!" ...?

[@neildahlgaard-sigsworth3819]

Judith Remkes only those who are geographically illiterate. The Mull of Kintyre isn'tbon the Isle of Mull.

[@Judith_Remkes]

@@neildahlgaard-sigsworth3819 and people who enjoy music. But thanks for your input, buzz kill.

[@TheMadmacs]

@@Judith_Remkes for what its worth, i knew the mull was part of the mainland and the isle was different, still hummed a few bars to myself

[@asticou04]

Judith Remkes American, per chance?

[@Judith_Remkes]

@@asticou04 Hehehe, no!

[@jesterboykins2899]

Great episode!

[@michellestevens4749]

This was such a great episode!

[@thanasistama3943]

You might want to check with the Orthodox heiromonk Fr. Seraphim at Kilninian on Mull. He has absorbed tremendous amount of early saint lore since founding the Mull Monastery of All Celtic Saints.

[@suzannepatterson307]

That was awesome thank you

[@JohnDought]

We want to see new episodes ❤️

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

Every *Time Team, Time Team Special* and most *Time Team America* programmes have been posted on YT by *Fillask, Reijer Zaaijer* and this, the _official_ *Time Team* channel. Try *DigVentures* too. *TT* itself finished years ago but it had an amazing run. Over twenty years is astonishing for an archæological TV programme focusing on digs themselves.

[@marierowe5969]

A fitting memorial to Mick xx ...

[@CanChikMay]

Loved this story! Would like to know more about geophys and techybrecreations

[@Morgana0x]

I love this show. One thing though - why is Matt never given the same prominence that Raksha, or others get?

[@mercedes523]

I agree. They’ve built him up as goofy. While I enjoyed the antics he’s gotten into, I do appreciate his work.

[@cindygr8ce]

Hey Time Team Uploader! Please start including the original broadcast date or the date the dig was done