Is There A Bronze Age Enclosure Beneath This Welsh Manor House? | Time Team | Timeline

The team and experts head to Llancaiach Fawr manor, near Caerphilly, South Wales, to investigate an ancient moat. The team's geophysicists feel the site should provide them with the ideal conditions to determine what the ditch was originally designed to guard - but the project soon becomes one of the most baffling investigations in the programme's history.
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[@bobronson5049]

I know it is kind of off topic but does anyone know of a good website to watch new tv shows online?

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@Bo Bronson flixportal :P

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@Ramon Jaxson thanks, I signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :) Appreciate it !!

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[@michele6708]

How much is it normally?

[@willjones7132]

22:26 You don't always get an opportunity to have archeologists dig on your property, you do always have time to grow more grass, I'm always glad when people don't care about tearing up the lawn for a bit to let these guys dig.

[@jeanneamato8278]

I wish these were at least a week long. I can’t get enough of British archeology.

[@saveusmilkboy]

I wish my country had the money, brains and guts to make a program like TT. I secretly think that if we plopped down some archaeologists into any country on the planet, they would come up with some amazing finds and a great show. I guess what I am saying is that I really want to take Phil to Croatia and leave him there with a shovel and some beer :) Edit: Having now watched the video fully, I realize this may not have been the best comment to make on this particular episode. So you can't plop archaeologists ANYWHERE and expect a bunch of amazing finds... but at least it is still a great show.

[@fivecitydirttracker4776]

"Please not a cattle encloser!"

[@sarahhannah9647]

I love Tony’s one liners, they crack me up.

[@graceamerican3558]

Flogging a dead … you know. 😂😂

[@SandySeufert]

My favorite is “manky”

[@daveshrum1749]

" geophysical phlegm" lmao Tony has such a way with words it's like French poetry🤣

[@TimelineChannel]

Thank you for all your comments pointing out the rather glaring mistake in our titling of this episode. In our defence, we've licensed 250 episodes of this wonderful show, so it was bound to happen sooner or later. Look out for the episode about The White Queen soon, and we hope you enjoy The Mystery of the Manor Moat!

[@billie-jobenway8658]

I have been watching Time Team and all the specials that go with it for about 6 years now and by not listing the season and episode and showing them in sequence you rob people of getting to know the team over the years and see how the show grows and changes over time. Also, there are several episodes that build upon previous digs and showing them without sequence is confusing. Take a look at how these two contributors handle it to see it done in a way that allows viewers to truly get to know the team best. kzbin.infoplaylists kzbin.infoplaylists

[@happyreeds]

thank you for the TT episodes, looking forward to watching them.

[@billie-jobenway8658]

​@@happyreeds My pleasure. I have watched all the episodes, time team, time team specials, time team digs, time team live, etc. multiple times and I got to know them through the seasons. Much better way to go. By the way, if you're really into these types of shows maybe this line of shows will interest you too. They are based on experts, historians and archaeologists, living the lives of commoners in Britain throughout the centuries. Secrets Of The Castle Ruth (historian), Tom (Archaeologist), And Peter (Archaeologist), travel to France for 6 months to take part in building a medieval castle as it would have been built back then, living the lives of workers on site. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5XSg3SYpbyZebc Tales From The Green Valley: Ruth, Tom, And Peter In this BBC documentary series we get to follow a small group of historians and archeologists as they recreate farm life from the age of the Stuarts. They wear the clothes, eat the food and use the tools, skills and technology of the 1620's for one year. kzbin.info/www/bejne/moPNYoyPo9h1fc0 Tudor Monastary Farm: Ruth, Peter, and Tom. The same as the Green Valley Series, but in Tudor Time when Monastaries controlled the countryside. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3yvgpWFrM6Vq9U Victorian Farm: Ruth, Peter, Alex. Same as Green Valley but in Victorian times. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXvCdGaAlpmUrck Edwardian Farm: Ruth, Peter, Alex. Same as Green Valley but in Edwardian Times. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5SlnWeVZ6t9jpY Wartime Farm: Ruth, Peter, Alex. Same as Green Valley but in Wartime- WW1. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYbWhmipZdSZj9E These series are the experimental archaeology Phil touches on during Time Team episodes played out over years of trial and error. It tied together so much of what I learned from watching Time Team and everything made so much more sense.

[@whyjnot420]

Im still mad at channel 4 for killing this show.

[@lindsayerickson3093]

New fan! I live in the US and my family have been here for, at the newest, 4 generations and, at the oldest, since my two ancestors who were on the Mayflower. Even though I'm an American and proud to be I have always been very interested in the UK since that is where the majority of my ancestry comes from. According to my DNA test I am 81% English/Welsh/Scottish, 76% of that being English. We also don't have the history over here like you guys do because the US is a BIG place and we have to glean our history from archaeological sites and native folklore. There were no monks here to chronicle our story here. I hope you Brits guard our history zealously, you're lucky to have as much of it as you do.

[@kuzzbillington6392]

Tony: "It could be a walk in the park for the geo phys" Yes, sometimes things are very literal indeed :)

[@HotTakeHQ]

Tony: you are one of my heroes! Your comedy (your whole body of world, truthfully) has felt like sunshine. It’s funny ridiculous yet real. Some days I’m Edmund others I’m baldrick... yknw? Thanks for what you do! And thanks TIMELINE! You rock too!

[@MJ-cc4uf]

You do realize that these videos are not uploaded by Tony, right?

[@HotTakeHQ]

M J yes thanks.

[@KB4QAA]

TPD: Tony is the annoying force that weaves through the show. Remove his solo appearances and argumentative statements and the show glides gracefully along.

[@elizabethschaeffer9543]

@@KB4QAA Agreed. I much prefer graceful to argumentative.

[@digginz8603]

That's a really insightful comment at 7:25!!!! Nice houses are always built next to older homes through out history

[@sumguy2581]

So exciting. I love this stuff! I once had a coin from France dated 1371. A shame it was stolen.

[@giantred]

Well to be fair it was likely stolen in the first place lol

[@tonysnow1572]

Thanks for the peas mate. 😁😁

[@glsapp23]

21:53 is so quintessentially British it hurts. "Right what a bother, carry on."

[@dyannejohnson6184]

I have rewatched this so any times...enjoy it every time

[@thomasewing2656]

What we can absolutely say about this site is there has been a lot of dirt for a very long time. lol

[@billtee5407]

Imagine the day the Time Team can actually travel back in time to show us the secerets of the past....that would be so awesome.

[@NotEnoughBooks]

The Chronicles of St. Mary’s books, trust me.

[@minnielaroo6041]

I absolutely LOOOVE the time team, they're hilarious as well as intelligent. I always learn so much from these videos thank you for posting!!.. PS. I don't know what keeps me coming back, tony? History? Or is it Phil Hardings daisy duke shorts aka booty shorts here in Los Angeles ... lol😂😘

[@Akkordeondirigent]

Your documentaries are so gorgeously produced! Highly entertaining an informativ. I have had today some time on my hand, and what did I do? Watching one documentary of yours after the other. Thank you so very much!

[@CaptainAMAZINGGG]

These episodes are Time team. They have a channel on youtube - Time Team Classics. They were made for TV, and are now uploaded on their channel, as well as this one and others. But I'd rather go onto the official channel tbh.

[@JohnVance]

Wrong title and I don’t even care, Time team is awesome

[@TimelineChannel]

Huge apologies - our mistake. Correct title added now and the White Queen episode will be coming soon.

[@digginz8603]

I love those walled gardens!

[@teetarquin7012]

This is sooo exciting, and I’m an American!

[@3rdsmite766]

timeteam always +1

[@jesikebiking]

Saying "what could go wrong"? invokes Murphys Law =Tony-------What could go wrong will go wrong it never fails lol

[@jonathonappleseed8893]

Time Team SNAFU. Always interesting despite.

[@peachymeechie1844]

Thanks so much for this! Anything with Tony Robinson is always going to be an interesting adventure! Lol! Love it thank you! Also my last name is Robinson too, but I'm in Indiana U.S. I wonder if long down the line we were kin! Maybe my long lost awesome cousin!! Lol! Probably not, because there are so many of us Robinson people, but still a cool thought! Lol!

[@mwrkhan]

Where in Indiana? Spent a few years in Bloomington in grad school 20 years ago. Haven't been back to the US since I left. Plan to visit next year.

[@peachymeechie1844]

@@mwrkhan I'm in Indianapolis, but I've been to Bloomington several times when i was younger to go out dancing. It was a nice little place! But yeah Indianapolis is way bigger! But it's funny how you wanna come here and I wanna go across the pond! Lol!

[@mwrkhan]

@@peachymeechie1844 Oh, I don't live in the UK. I've visited Indianapolis several times, great place.

[@ayjamay]

I’m from Indiana too. 😂

[@karenklnck1377]

Here's a giggle for you. There are so many Robinsons because during medieval times, children born after the revels of May Day--those to unmarried women--were known as Robin's son, i.e. the child of the forest, intimating that Robin Hood was the father. Having Robin's son wasn't considered awful, and no woman (that I've heard of, anyway) suffered from having one. Indeed, her fertility was assured, and they were often in demand as wives.

[@rb5090]

Time Team is brilliant! Add Tony Robinson and GOLD has been produced!

[@JETWTF]

If you are trying to establish yourself as always being in the area and making a new building, making that building in an older style will best sell that establishment. A new more modern house will counter the establishment claim.

[@roknkawk]

I just got trolled, not a word about the white Queen

[@carriechavanne]

Found the right epidose... kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2rCmIyid7hmpa8

[@dr.johnpaladinshow9747]

It's in the description above... "Groby Old Hall in Leicestershire was once home to the legendary White Queen: Elizabeth, the wife of Edward IV."

[@TimelineChannel]

Huge apologies - our mistake. Correct title added now and the White Queen episode will be coming soon.

[@kurtsoderberg]

Phil telling the owner lady....thers f all to tell the visiting school children.

[@Ed-zv8ot]

Ha! its a return to 'TimeTeam' by the looks of it....I still like it

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thanks.

[@milliebanks7209]

Whoa! Is Sir Tony expecting?!!

[@carriechavanne]

I think the title and description box belong to another video.

[@carriechavanne]

@Randy Mayfield found the right episode for this title... kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2rCmIyid7hmpa8

[@brendavigeant2277]

Robert Pritchard Better than my family history, I'm told I descend from a long line of horse thieves and traitors to the crown. Peace 🇨🇦

[@MimiXXL]

@@carriechavanne thanks!

[@TimelineChannel]

Huge apologies - our mistake. Correct title added now and the White Queen episode will be coming soon.

[@mrmarmellow563]

Thanks

[@shannonottarson9247]

Anyone else catch Phil channeling raisman? " definite earthworks there, definite earthworks..."

[@talyorgreen9342]

Yasssss, Elizabeth Woodville, I'm so excited to watch this💖💖💖

[@carriechavanne]

I was too but alas it wasn't it. I did find the right episode though kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2rCmIyid7hmpa8

[@TimelineChannel]

Huge apologies - our mistake. Correct title added now and the White Queen episode will be coming soon.

[@talyorgreen9342]

@@TimelineChannel It's alright. Thank you sm

[@talyorgreen9342]

@@carriechavanne Thank you sm

[@dodo1opps]

And now, for something completely different...

[@v.britton4445]

Love it.

[@msfortuna2910]

Kind of makes sense, if they were trying put the perception they’d been there for ages, one wouldn’t build the modernist manor on the site, you’d build something old enough in style with modern amenities to help with the perception

[@2gulfalco]

These are my fave ones, the disasters!

[@maunster3414]

Is it that the Prichards built an old fashioned house or did they move into an old fashioned house?

[@mariongrantham7914]

I wish Time Team had longer than 3 days to dig. It is correct that the video doesn't discuss the White Queen, and perhaps it was mislabeled. Worth watching though.

[@TimelineChannel]

Huge apologies - our mistake. Correct title added now and the White Queen episode will be coming soon.

[@iangoddi6815]

Maybe a bronze age villa with a bronze age mosaic???

[@shannonlopez2295]

Wrong title but still a fascinating episode!

[@TimelineChannel]

Huge apologies - our mistake. Correct title added now and the White Queen episode will be coming soon.

[@donja9666]

Came to see comments on Phil's short shorts (American term) lol

[@evanm2911]

Daisy Dukes* tyvm

[@HappyHoney41]

Elizabeth Woodville was my 17th great grandmother. I was really wanting to see something about her here.

[@TimelineChannel]

Huge apologies - our mistake. Correct title added now and the White Queen episode will be coming soon.

[@tashalee666]

Cool!!!

[@katerinakemp5701]

Oops wrong episode lol, have to wait for granny in another vid.

[@CMyBigHarryBLLS]

the child in me keeps hearing these quotes "can you date it" and laughing in example we found a dead horse can you date it no its dead

[@wes788411]

?

[@CMyBigHarryBLLS]

I guess punctuation is throwing off the joke so I'll try again person 1 "we found a dead horse"person 2 "can you date it" person 1 "no its dead it can't go out for coffee" get it now?

[@naturelover1284]

Phil's "accent"? is so much more pronounced in these older shows. Makes me wonder if they tempered it when he began? I don't know I am in the USA

[@MonkeyspankO]

Last ditch attempt....ohhh, tony SMH 🤦‍♂️

[@redbirdacres]

There's nothing here about Elizabeth Wydeville or Woodville (the White Queen). Interesting though.

[@TimelineChannel]

Huge apologies - our mistake. Correct title added now and the White Queen episode will be coming soon.

[@evalevy2909]

BRING BACK TIME TEAM

[@sioframay]

If the geophys is wrong at telling you features are there could it be wrong at reporting they aren't there?

[@KarynHill]

Someone goofed with the title and description. It's from an episode in March of 2013. Enjoyed it anyway!

[@TimelineChannel]

Huge apologies - our mistake. Correct title added now and the White Queen episode will be coming soon.

[@KarynHill]

@@TimelineChannel No need to apologize. Mistakes happen! And it was a good show. :^)

[@StevenWilliams0302]

episodes without Mick make me sad.

[@mrmarmellow563]

Micky MARSHALL SAY'Z MERRY 🎄🎄 MAS And The FAM IS LOVIN The #TIMETEAM! #PATREON &PEN'Z POSTED TO 🇳🇿 K🥝LAND ❣️🎄💂🏻‍♀️

[@bethbartlett5692]

The *"Time Team Publicist"* had to be called in on this one." lol We PR People do know how to "Pull Threads to Tell the Story".

[@davewhite3193]

Helen…Smart, educated and beautiful yay science

[@yousahdood]

I wonder who gets to keep the old coins. The Manor?

[@cmoore6131]

@@robbiepmusic 😂😂😂

[@adammoore7059]

The current queen of England should keep the coin and pass it down to her oldest son

[@thomasewing2656]

The Time Team Museum.

[@daemonhat]

video is "Mystery of the Manor Moat"

[@niccoarcadia4179]

No White Roses? This gets my Yorkish anger up.

[@jegesmedve2276]

Watching for 10 minutes now; I bet the "moat" is a garbage dump.

[@kentuckylady2990]

No queen but nonetheless I enjoyed watching. Lovely views from above.

[@TimelineChannel]

Huge apologies - our mistake. Correct title added now and the White Queen episode will be coming soon.

[@samanthabennett-medievh5328]

"Geophysical phlegm."😂

[@WildWestGal]

White Queen episode kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2rCmIyid7hmpa8 (Thank you @Carrie Chavanne!)

[@mattblom3990]

What's the accent of the stocky archaeologist that wears the hat?

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

He's *Phil Harding* and he hails from *Wiltshire.*

[@bethbartlett5692]

I don't think so, I don't agree with their train of thought. That era dwelling, could very well have been underneath the current Manor House. Where the Architectural Archaeologist ??? ... Jonathon Foyle, would clearly a viable necessity for this project.

[@maddog2771]

Was here September 2020

[@moriart13]

Why does he sound like Baldrick?

[@billie-jobenway8658]

He played Baldrick in Blackadder.

[@amsteensberg1653]

A market area? Travelling routes meeting. (re-cut) ditches marking plots for tents (see Ribe). People loosing coins.....

[@Kholdaimon]

The ditches are not related to the coins... I would also expect more then, what? 2 coins? If it is a market area... I think there probably was a house in the area and the coins were lost when the lords rode through the fields during fox hunts or some such... Just random lost coins...

[@MimiXXL]

And The white queen is....where??

[@adammoore7059]

Which one ...all the Queen's of England were white so which white queen were they talking about

[@TimelineChannel]

Huge apologies - our mistake. Correct title added now and the White Queen episode will be coming soon.

[@adammoore7059]

@Sun Flower and there is no such thing as black people either if that's the case idiot

[@Schmorgus]

22:28 - I'd kneel and kiss the lady's hand for her love and understanding for archeology, she gives me such a heartwarming feeling telling them to just go for it! _This reminds me of all the stuck up witches in this show, denying Time Team to get important historical findings because of their precious gardens._

[@joshschneider9766]

let's be honest here. Henry the seventh was hardly the only one to fudge his ancestry. The Pritchard line seems to have developed out of whole cloth.

[@chaching4363]

What's this we only have 3 days nonsense??

[@jesusisGod1434]

As a farmer, I think it was a farmed girl with trenches to help run off. Just that, nothing fancy.

[@1962stormy1]

you never find anything

[@janethagaman1998]

Not one mention of the White Queen. I feel duped.

[@TimelineChannel]

Huge apologies - our mistake. Correct title added now and the White Queen episode will be coming soon.

[@playme129]

Fix It Now! Please provide the correct description for this video. Virginia in Ohio

[@TimelineChannel]

Huge apologies - our mistake. Correct title added now and the White Queen episode will be coming soon.

[@LindaPow]

Unlimited funds to create? A change of face.

[@delusionnnnn]

Much ado about nothing. We dug a lot and found pretty much jack. Fast forward to 41:52.

[@dswilliams2686]

This episode is either mislabeled or it's a way to get views on an episode that should be titled "We dug here and found nothing of any interest"

[@janielaurel]

@DS Williams - you'll want to go here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqS9l6apeJaEhcU

[@dswilliams2686]

@@janielaurel Thank you. I guess I should have figured something wasn't right when they kept talking about it being in Wales ...i knew she wasn't from Wales

[@janielaurel]

@@dswilliams2686 - the White Queen episode was season 18, and it has always been a favorite. I did a lot of study/research into Lady Jane Grey's life many years ago. This one is really satisfying because it's who her family was. :)

[@Shingen036]

So, basically, people have been in England for 4000 years. DUH!

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

*Shingen036* How old do you think *Stonehenge* is? 63 years?

[@trojanette8345]

Why is it that both this show and Time Team only gave themselves 3 days to do a dig? Seems like such a waste of time In order to do a proper dig most sites (I thought) give themselves a minimum of 2-3 weeks. Can anyone tell me why TT and Timelines digs are so incredibly short?

[@WintrBorn]

Trojanette83 Because television. Drama is part of storytelling, so of course all shows must have drama. See also Big Brother.

[@billie-jobenway8658]

This video IS Time Team! Time Team came about when Mick Aston and several others got together to produce a show featuring live archaeology, before this virtually undone. They wanted to bring archaeology to the masses, to both educate them and get them interested. As for the three days issue; Most of the experts and diggers involved have regular jobs and sacrifice their weekends to do this so more than three days in unfeasible. The type of archaeology done here is exploratory, defining the area, the timeline, the state of preservation, and a basic understanding of what the site contains. For instance a Roman villa on an acre of land, 3rd to 4th century, and eight inches below the grass. For all the episode, including TT Digs, TT Specials and other shows involving Time Team, in order and labelled by season and episode these two contributors have it all. kzbin.infoplaylists kzbin.infoplaylists

[@trojanette8345]

@@billie-jobenway8658 Is it true? I think I read somewhere that Nick or Mick Aston has since, passed away. Is that true? Is this the reason why Time Team no longer exists?

[@carolebodey9542]

BillieJo Benway q

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@trojanette8345 *TT* didn't die because of *Mick's* death. He died _after_ it was cancelled.

[@rainsunshine7186]

Is this the manor of white ladies. This just might be my ancestral home.

[@cerrotronador]

The fact that they found a piece of prehistoric vase or a very old coin do not mean there was a settlement there for that time - I have very, very old things in my house but I live in the 21st century.

[@tonycap49]

What a bloody mess.

[@mischelle9530]

People talk like there was only one evil time for us nope this same thing has went on since before we ever made it to England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Carthage’s are more than likely us not just druids and for sure our bones are under Rome and this time they refer to mid evil because people remember us being burnt alive for our bibles. It wasn’t the first time it happened twice before that it’s what God calls the saints being trodden down by the heathens. So we’re in the half time period. We’ve been infiltrated impersonated and lied about killed. This half time is ending soon. We have what I’ve calculated to be within 50 years as it’s half a time. I’m not sure exactly how long is a time but it’s close to 600 years and now since we were impersonated again it’s almost been 300 years that is almost half a time so their time is running out and they are planning now and have been in the process of clearing their name and making sure people say were evil so lies are told and we’ve become restless. Us and them. So now they’ve made the law Noahide laws they’re ready for a repeat this half time I think they will lose and so it’s half a time. They’re actually in the process of handing our land over to others. Jesus come.

[@carolelerman9686]

I won't even watch because I already know their going to find only a ring.

[@adammoore7059]

Thanks for spoiling it

[@irvingkurlinski]

What a waste of time and film. Or, was it. Science doesn't exist to prove your hopes and dreams. It's tough and often disappointing. I'm sure all archaeologists hope to find another King Tuts Tomb.

[@simplycio7562]

Talk to much

[@theUglyGypsy]

for a good laugh look up the Boch saga