The Largest Roman Mausoleum The Team Have Ever Found | Time Team | Odyssey

Time Team come to Binchester with a particular interest in uncovering a vicus, a civilian settlement supporting the Roman fort of Vinovia. Though part of the plot is a restricted scheduled monument, the vicus should be large enough for some of it to lie outside the scheduled area. John's spectacular geophysics indicates not only a possible Roman temple or mausoleum, but also a second, earlier fort. Together with cremation burials, it all forces the team to rethink their priorities.
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[@colinraine8245]

I'm lucky that this site is at my home town and l often hike around the fort ... a few years after this episode a major archeological dig by Durham University uncovered the well preserved cavalry fort ,its walls , barracks and stables... even a huge stone water trough still position . They also found the public baths and attached buildings very well preserved with walls over 10ft high and plaster still on the walls ..its been called Britain's Pompeii it's that well preserved .

[@Rusty_Gold85]

WHAT YEAR did they do this then? Also can you help with some of that info or a site about it?

[@Listenclearly1979]

Fantastic! I live in Australia and there is pretty much nothing like that here. I so wish I could see such sites!

[@Sarafimm2]

@@Rusty_Gold85 This episode aired in 2008.

[@heithdotysadventures7824]

@@Sarafimm2 I believe he was asking about the newer info that the poster was talking about .

[@Sarafimm2]

@@heithdotysadventures7824 Dating the video is key to finding out more about when future events occurred. I just gave him/her the info. It's up to Rusty Gold to take it from there to find out more from that date forward or for Colin Raine to respond.

[@k.russell1713]

What a great show. Next to no Filler, no overly staged scenes, zero hype music to set up "drama". Genuine people doing what they love.

[@richardseed8253]

That is how yoy do television. Fairly normal for the UK.

[@wimziekman1104]

VERY INTERESTING!

[@markmacthree3168]

They love the Romans and those grants they get ...... seen a lot of shillary out of these belters over the year's

[@JGrowl-er9md]

@@richardseed8253 yep. I'm Irish, and this programme for me represents everything that's good about the English

[@kennerm1958]

​@@wimziekman1104..........mlllll

[@shaldana]

I'm in Canada, and this is my fave TV show. To find it on KZbin is just golden! My mom is 81, and I've introduced her to it as well, and she absolutely loves them. I'm so very grateful that these are accessible to the public for free - we'd not be able to watch otherwise!

[@craven5328]

Another Canadian here who also just discovered it! So addicted!

[@virginiajayhudgins8277]

This 81 year old wishes to echo your 81 year old’s sentiments! It was one of my favorites when I watched it on BBC America several years ago. Lost coverage when I lost the channel on my service. The joy I felt. When I discovered it on you tube!!

[@eurogael]

I love that Sir Tony Robinson went from being an actor (playing Baldrick in Blackadder for instance) to being one of the top docuseries presenter the UK has even now.

[@LuvBorderCollies]

He does an outstanding job on those docs.

[@joannamallory2823]

There’s just no replacing Tony Robinson as the presenter. Phil and his ‘stone of crows’ and his adorable cackle…I love this group.

[@Neesmo]

OOOO aaaaah :) Phil is the star of the show with his contagious enthusiasm!

[@jrmckim]

SIR* Tony Robinson

[@charlesharper2357]

@@Neesmo I'm amazed at the length of Phil's finger nails...he hardly needs a trowel!

[@christajennings3828]

​@@charlesharper2357but they're clean! I just garden, and mine are full of dirt all the time.

[@charlesharper2357]

@@christajennings3828 Irrelevant...I was talking about the LENGTH of them. Are you trying to say they aren't remarkable for a MALE?

[@riebell1680]

According to Google), This is 2008. The mausoleum was dug again in 2016. I was a volunteer digger in 2011 and 2013 and worked in trenches in the fort and Vinci’s.

[@fifa4lifeunknow795]

thank you for your service in the trenches!!

[@FINNIUSORION]

They really need to do a follow up series on what's happened to all these sites they discover.

[@anttitheinternetguy3213]

I was just thinking about this earlier today

[@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739]

That would be nice to know the updates on these sites.

[@PtolemyJones]

I checked the Wiki, they mention this excavation, and a bit more of what was found afterwards.

[@ivanolsen7966]

and how they recover them etc

[@funnerthanbefore4947]

They get buried in the same condition u see them on the show and forgotten like the rest of history..... Shame this show had to aire on a different continent when i was growing up, id have watched the crap outta this show!!!

[@g1stylempdesign929]

Nothing better than the Time Team to educate, entertain and enthrall those interested in History and the Human condition

[@ItsYaBoiChenny]

who else watches these to fall asleep. reminds me of highschool sorta hahah. Everyone enjoy and sleep well!!!

[@charlesjanssens6770]

My greetings from Brussels, Belgium. I adore this program !! It's for yong and old to enjoy !!

[@nikobellic570]

You mean "Belgica", citizen

[@cynthiabrooklyn6369]

I wish I lived in a country with such history I am obsessed with this channel .

[@kaclama]

All countries have history.

[@Kevin-jb2pv]

So many of these I wish there was a "one more day" trigger they could pull on crazy digs like this.

[@tammymiekow2760]

I have watched the show for years and I love everyone I've seen so far..love how the team get along...and jokes about Phil's shorty pants 🙂 and his lovely hat🙂...I love how mick always wears his lucky stripey sweater...thank you for the archeological interesting history , hope these shows never stop...Cheers from Texas 🏺🏺

[@JGrowl-er9md]

I've bad news. Mick Aston passed away a number of years ago. There's a few others from the show also no longer with us. May they, and Prof Aston and his jumpers, rest in peace

[@tammymiekow2760]

@@JGrowl-er9md OHHHHHH NOOOO 😪😪😪.....Bless him, I only knew from the videos here,that the wonderful artist and the gentleman who ran the digger had passed....thank you for sharing this with me.

[@sunshine2528]

Phil is still alive and hearty at age 72, and I enjoy him so much. I do, however, always want to give him a manicure! 😂❤️

[@StevenWilliams0302]

I just found this channel and show a few days ago; I've been on a binge and this has been one of my favorite episodes so far.

[@angelafoxmusic7265]

Great dig! May the forts be with you Time Team!😀

[@evanwarrenchuk4003]

Time team never gets old. There's always one I haven't seen and so interesting. Love it.

[@philiproseel3506]

It's not often that Time Team made me exclaim, "Wow!" Great episode.

[@LifeAdviceSite]

Really?! I say “wow” with every episode! Love this show. 🥰

[@philiproseel3506]

@@LifeAdviceSite I love it, too. But, let's be honest. Most of the time, they find very little or nothing. A lot of theorizing and conjecture sometimes.

[@LifeAdviceSite]

Ah, I see what you mean... still so fun to watch though!

[@gavindodge4219]

that was such a backhanded compliment

[@alancsalt]

Love it when I find a Tony Robinson episode I'd missed.

[@seapappy9183]

Texan here. I love this show. It’s now my most watched channel or whatever here on YT.

[@seapappy9183]

If I someday had a beer with Phil Harding and Jeremy Clarkson, I would die a happy man. Two guys from two of my favorite shows ever.

[@Happyheretic2308]

I’d be a happy girl if I could do the same, but I’d include Stewart too.

[@shri081]

Geophys the star of this episode

[@swearenginlawanda]

I'd love to see the whole street excavated. So interesting

[@lindseyelliott7038]

That rainbow stripey sweater is something that guy wears every chance he gets and I love him for it.

[@karenglenn6707]

The guy with the stripey jumpers was the brilliant Professor Mick Aston. A wonderfully knowledgeable and lovely man, who sadly died in 2013. I cried when I heard. He was only 66. 😢

[@vbachman6742]

Probably his "lucky" sweater (jumper to Brits) 😊

[@thedrunkenelf]

I love how they have an on site artist (Victor Ambruse) to sketch what it would have looked like.

[@georgielancaster1356]

Sadly now dead. I think 2021

[@shakdidagalimal]

This was impressive, it would be great if there was time and money for the entire site to be uncovered.

[@christianbuczko1481]

That would not be allowed even if cash was available. This kind of work destroys things, so knowing technology is getting better they try to leave as much as possible for the future to figure out.

[@sheilacoulton775]

@@christianbuczko1481 Where are you getting your info from, stop misleading people.

[@christianbuczko1481]

@@sheilacoulton775 its what timeteam experts say... have you ever watched it, because thats official policy to always preserve untouched as much as possible, and the reason the area permitted to dig on protected sites is so small. To get permission to dig those sites takes a massive amount of paperwork.

[@NaeniaNightingale]

@@christianbuczko1481 YET this site was fully uncovered some time later after this episode, a person who lives in that area told so a few posts up. So obviously if you have the money to do it you can uncover things. Just because you destroy everything you touches, doesn’t mean everyone else will.

[@NaeniaNightingale]

It was fully uncovered, if you read a few posts above yours :)

[@Horseyperson12]

How did Phil keep his nails so beautifully manicured?

[@katerinakemp5701]

Molly K uncle Phil looks after his nails he is a blues guitarist.

[@trexfishtec7375]

Awww they all look so youthful, bless them

[@ChrisPelletier73]

My Mom loves these guys and told me I should watch them. I listen to my Mom still.

[@RAZJR54]

You have to thank thease guys for all their hard work great job.

[@kiwimac]

I DO love Mick!

[@unowen9668]

So sad, he passed in 2013. 😥

[@pamelag7553]

Coming from the Mid-Atlantic, Eastern coast of US I am amazed at that chocolate brown soil! We don't have anything like that anywhere around here, it's all nasty red clay or silt. What a farmer's gold mine! I did see something similar at a little town at the base of Mount Rainier in Washington State on the West Coast...volcano country!

[@Steamrunner]

To me, that color of soil is commonplace where I live in Washington. I can't imagine red clay soil (so I had to Google it).

[@calicocritterscrafts886]

I miss Washington soil. Grows just about anything! I’m in MD now and am struggling so hard to get my front bed to do anything substantial.

[@JonFrumTheFirst]

@@Steamrunner Many rivers in the American south run red with the stuff - you can't see an inch deep. It was mostly cotton farming that destroyed the topsoil over the years. The clay is the original subsoil.

[@Davidnerfz]

Invaders saw soil that and thought of it as if it were gold.

[@admirathoria0073]

I live on a former tobacco farm that was developed for a planned community in the early 60s. For over 40 yrs the neighborhood was surrounded by woods, and 3 farms. As each farm was sold to developers, I got to see that rich brown top soil scooped up, deposited into dump trucks and hauled away. I presume they sold it to a company that resells it to gardeners or gardeners.

[@patwithers1448]

Love from the old lady in Texas God bless you always and forever

[@englishmaninfrance661]

Time Team were the best of the best .

[@cynthiaporter3032]

Another awesome dig! I love to see the excitement in their eyes, shot out to Helen.

[@willowmoon7]

Some of my favorite archeology is from ancient conquering forces who have long since departed. The locals at the time had no reason to preserve what was left behind, so you wind up with amazing discoveries like this.

[@averydizzle]

Gotta love micks sweater 🤙

[@reneeklopper4446]

Thank you. Love to relax watching best programs made so far.

[@HistoryJunkie]

Amazing video! I'm absolutely blown away.

[@suzanneweinstein6853]

Love this show.

[@123456wasp]

Really entertaining and informative series! Good work! 🍺😎👍

[@andyhastings5950]

Definitely one of the best. I hope there was more work done on the site.

[@SkunkApe407]

In most cases TT's three day digs were just to verify and identify locations of interest. Many of the sites they discovered were further excavated at later dates. I'd be willing to bet that this site was most definitely studied in much greater detail. I'd be immensely disappointed if not.

[@graceamerican3558]

I would love to be there and watch all that going on.

[@andyhastings5950]

@@YooZherName thank you, I'll look it up on KZbin.

[@thebatman911]

This really is such a great show

[@dbbrown1949]

Love these guys and gals,they helped me through the last year and a half of covid

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting.

[@Kazzas73]

That was the most enjoyable dig I’ve ever seen.

[@lisaward7519]

Great episode!

[@ManchesterMudlarks]

just love the time team , away feel like them every time we find a gem

[@robertliberto7237]

I love Phil Harding. He is my favorite Time Team member. He reminds me of a seagoing pirate.

[@andreasleonardo6793]

Nice video about about strategic road (novoya)in Rome umpire military found showing archeologists findings and activities for discovering Roman umpire antiques like this unique mausoleum built .thanks for sharing

[@rafaeltorres4728]

That red shining pieces of pottery were beautiful.

[@debrah7548]

Fantastic dig!

[@bernadettecrawford3656]

Brilliant well done we want more it could be a big tourist attraction preserved.

[@Ferreal92]

The Romans did not mess around when it came to building structures. Their walls always look to be at least 2 feet thick.

[@donaldfschiff1229]

The Romans were amazing engineers. Vivat civilitas Romana!

[@LuvBorderCollies]

When you plan on staying, build like you mean it. 😉

[@PRUSIAS-AD.SANGARIUM]

​@@donaldfschiff1229Yes. I'm very surprised too. They have architectures beyond predictions

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

At 6:03, Phil Harding with clean hands. That's rare!

[@steveanderson5888]

You gals and guys are serious about finding history that's why I subscribed ohmygod I'm going to be watching you guys and gals I just hit subscription thank you for being there

[@johnkochen7264]

It is my understanding that Vicus was the Roman term for market town or market place and they can be recognized in modern times by the suffix “vic” or “ wick” and even “wich”. So Norwich, Brunswick, Naaldwijk, Ipswich are all market towns.

[@naui_diver9290]

Great episode

[@tinkmarshino]

Damn fine work fellows.. damn fine!

[@sheilawhite8314]

this was a great piece on time team i just miss the history as i have lived in Australia since 1989

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

That decorated Samian (sp?) pottery is so exquisite.

[@TinasTVx]

I so much enjoy every History Program you put out - Thanks and please keep it up! Are there any sites in Canada you guys can do?

[@sunshineshine77]

Hi-- excellent story!

[@brentcoleman5463]

Love this show

[@aaronobryan9715]

Fascinating

[@paulwolfenberger3884]

I love these guys! So fun!

[@miskatonic763]

I love Time Team. But the oddest thing is that it looks like home. I live on the southern Tier of New York state. Binghamton, Johnson City area. And the hills look like the farms around us. England, no, North America.

[@damien81981]

great channel and great people. when they started talking about ditches though i lost it lol

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Thank you for sharing this with us all,best wishes from the wirral peninsula...

[@gilesellis8002]

Fascinating as well a Interesting,

[@caahacky]

They did this so well.

[@kennethnash598]

When I was doing archeology and we made a dig we would bury plastic soft drink bottles with maybe a dated penny to show that area had been dug. Try to put something in that tells when we dug the area.

[@georgielancaster1356]

Great idea

[@lindagomez3114]

Very cool

[@tonyfranks9551]

One of the best and they were all topnotch......

[@graceamerican3558]

After finding three mausoleums - and the first in over 150 years she exclaims Jolly Good! Ohhh she’s excited. 😂

[@vbachman6742]

Not American for sure 😊

[@rickjohnson6347]

I greatly enjoy time team shows not only is it entertaining but I'm a history buff also. My only question is "why only 3 days on the digs?"

[@hikariizuki1693]

same question from me too, is it not better to have more time in case you miss something in that short time?

[@capusvacans]

Dono the exact reason for the show, but a few reasons spring to mind: - It's a TV show, so they have a production shedule to uphold, would be weird if they spent 2 years on the same digsite, like often happens on archeological sites - it's on private land, often on farms, so the farmers need that land for their cattle etc. - they usualy dig on sites of "secondary importance", and funding for archeology is low, so long term digs go to primary sites. So in this show they aren't excavating pompei, not even the farms right next to it, but the farms next to those, just to make a sort of comparison. - they are actualy doing prospecting digs, which often happens to see if a location is worth a full excavation, and i'm sure that if they were to find something rly substantial it will be followed up by a big dig.

[@annazaman9657]

The cast have other jobs to go to. Plus it would not be financially feasible two do it for more than 3 days

[@hikariizuki1693]

@@capusvacans I guess that's make sense.

[@SkunkApe407]

The three day limit is because each episode was filmed over a single weekend. They all had regular jobs, and did TT as a bit of a passion project. Even Sir Tony had other projects he was working on throughout the shows lifetime. It would have been nice if Channel 4 could have paid them enough to do this full-time, but I think the quality of the show would have suffered as a result.

[@MuirWoods111]

The city lights at night are magical! The rock outcropping you stand on to view the city and valley below is just magnificent! Hope you can make a friend of the puppy dog..... The roof is beautiful. I especially love all the different colors in the stones. Take care!

[@TheCombatartist]

So many of those fellows have “passed on” to their greater reward 😢 ‘Twas a wonderfully entertaining program.

[@Summer-of8zk]

whoever the non-grey hair expert was - he was unbelievably knowledgable, i love my old coins and can only dream of being that good at identifying them

[@mikelawlor777]

That is guy de la bedoyere , an historian who specialises in the Roman era (AD43-AD361) in Britain and Europe.

[@l7846]

8 21 23 I've likely posted this before-- this is a rerun show for me tonight. Discovered TT in the last days of the stupid-demic. Amazing and wonderful and fascinating to this Yank... I know it's too late by far, and I'll never get a response.... But Phil.... Phil, my man.... Please for the love of Mike, cut those nails! Who can watch whatever you're holding, whilst those talons steal the scene!😮

[@Pittsburghyinzer]

I love time team but imagine being that machine driver hitting that Roman burial urn and skull with the bucket. 😣

[@patwithers1448]

Love from the old lady in Texas may God bless you always and forever

[@lindseyelliott7038]

Same here! Love from Dallas!

[@angelaweglarska8428]

Loved this , how can I get the theme tune ?

[@S_Evenwar]

It's funny when people claim to watch the show, but still don't get exactly WHY it's only three days.

[@lablackzed]

I miss time team.

[@ronpearson998]

Love these shows, but I think we overlook the hard work of the people who expose them to us. It's not a cakewalk.

[@ChristaFree]

Matt: We've got hope and a day and a half Lol

[@KenZchameleon]

What would be really helpful is a note in the description stating when this was originally aired.

[@InquisitorMatthewAshcraft]

2008

[@johncarmon9528]

To figure out the time of filming just look at tony's hair styles lmbo lol

[@lhartatt]

Why the three day time limit? To add drama? Limited funding? Regulators? This exciting find is worth a part 2, maybe even a part three. Actually, a much larger site- a walk through time. I would visit the site once fully evacuated. That would be worth a flight from my home in western North Carolina USA.

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

The usual explanation. Tv time, they all got day jobs to mind, economics, etc, etc

[@mcanta2898]

professors and co do their research most of the time, the episodes have to be digestible, etc...

[@lhartatt]

Reply to canta. I have just lost 75 pounds. I can digest anything.

[@johnstevenson1709]

The three day limit is the key to time team, there loads of UK archeology programs where a presenter just visits a site and talks to people about they found, they're interesting but no where near as compelling. On the other hand there are episodes where they find nowt and eventually the conflict between wanting to make exciting TV and doing good archeology caused the series to break down.

[@bluepov]

@@johnstevenson1709 they're making new episodes again, Time Team have their own KZbin channel.

[@rrr92462]

So interesting watching how the pottery was removed from the ground. They are so careful.

[@Go-Dawgs]

I love Tony ..... He says what we all think!

[@shawtknight]

Love these shows but my childish humor couldn't help commenting...10:41 hahaha!

[@mercedes523]

I went back to see what it was that you were laughing about. Naughty boy. lol

[@harrisonwilkinson4986]

Is it just me or does the music they were playing occasionally sound a little like the opening to “Mama Tried”?

[@johnhall7850]

France: we have intact temples and other Roman constructions. England: we have a ditch.😔

[@fidobite3798]

Perhaps the single most frustrating element of the Time Team's efforts is that 3 day limit to their investigations!

[@pfp0854]

Would love to see a updated show for 2023 for this location, all that has been found since this episode aired.

[@InDebt8]

I don't know how I got here but I enjoyed the ride. What happens to the site now? Someone else taking over or did you have to cover it back up? It probably says below but I can't see other postings.

[@mcanta2898]

usually they record everything and cover it back up, best way to preserve stuff is how it was preserved thousands of years after all. but since the information and records are there, future archeologists can dig it back up when they can.

[@frankj.artino2203]

Wouldnt it be wonderful if these structures could be rebuilt someday for all to appreciate Britain's history?.☆☆☆☆

[@shawngibson7514]

All of this stuff points to how short life is. Everything we find so important will be buried under the ground in short order. It’s important to focus on what truly matters.

[@jasonsearle7832]

It would have been awesome to give them a month on this site.

[@georgehollingsworth2428]

It's always frustrating to me as that they only spend three days on sites that should require months long excavations at the least.

[@georgielancaster1356]

Mick explained all that. He was talking to tv producers, who were saying, that sadly, shows like Sir Mortimer Wheelers could never be made, now. Mick said it didn't need to be the whole major dig. He said a lot of prep - paperwork, could be done earlier, the dig could be relatively short and the writing up and presentation, the arguing, could happen back at Universities, for weeks, months, years. Plus return work done by uni's. They looked interested, and said, A month? A week? hopefully and Mick said, 3 days, probably. The 3 days is arbitrary. When there is nothing happening, Tony rants on about only 2 days left, 1 afternoon. It's building artificial drama for tv. 3 days was very affordable. With producers on board, Mick had given work in research, for years, to so many postgrads, undergrads... All working on the blitz dig finds It was a huge win.

[@chipwalter4490]

The point of the show is to blitz an area deliberately to map out spots that justify extending protections and to galvanize local governments and communities into action. It’s a unique strategy and in a country like the UK, where damn near everywhere could potentially be an archaeological site, this is one way to quickly make some sense of what is really there.