The Ancient Roman Treasures Buried Under An English Field | Time Team | Odyssey

The National Trust Roman fort of Branodunum has produced some impressive aerial photographs of cropmarks, promising substantial buildings and multiple finds from the second to the fourth centuries AD. Some outstanding geophysics results are also hugely encouraging. If anything it was larger than the current Brancaster. The close proximity of the sea would have been vital to travel and commerce, and there was certainly much marine traffic. Among over 2000 finds are an extremely rare pewter dish, a belt ornament, Roman scale armour, and cockerel spurs indicating cockfighting. They are joined by County Archaeologist David Gurney, Philippa Walton from the British Museum, and Roman finds expert Mark Corney.
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Watching this Jan 1st 2023. These shows never get old.

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14 Feb 2023 - for the third time.

[@David-wk6md]

6/14/23 Second time. Terrific race, the Romans. Terrific.

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December 9th of 2023 Merry Christmas 🎁

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February 5th 2024 here👋

[@tst9702]

2/12/24. Love this show.. so sad so many of the original cast members have passed. Tony is an awesome host. 👏

[@jean6061]

Seeing those images emerge on that last geophys survey was absolutely magical! What an amazing tool that is!

[@lilidiaz3158]

The hosts make the story so interesting and entertaining , and very British. I love it.

[@the_rover1]

13:05 johns' face is priceless hahaha 😂

[@maggsbufton1969]

Absolutely fascinating; wish I could be there to help. Love this program. Addendum: I do wish they had more time to investigate and dig deeper into this site.

[@bernadettecrawford3656]

A great informative show best wishes from australia

[@josephtrahan8045]

Amazing! I’d love to take a Time Team tour of the UK. Defiantly a bucket list item.

[@Bareego]

also definitely !

[@jenniferlaurensmom]

Amazing the site will be analyzed for years to come, bravo.

[@james0000]

Thank you for another fun, interesting and informative video. Please keep it up!

[@patriciajob7829]

Another episode with à sympathical crew, happy to search and happer when findings change the old way of seeing things. Most of the time the "etablishement" mok it and forgent it (how many treasures are buried even in museums cause they don't stick to their reality ? (an idea for a next episode ? It would be great). With time team the information come to us. So, Thanks for your work, your Joy and happyness and better understanding you bring to us.

[@Zinnia542]

So much MAGIC and Healing vibes ❤. Thank you. Great video

[@aaronbarrett9894]

My favourite channel on youtube!! Great episode.

[@LaurenBurdick]

I love the digital overlays. It is amazing someone can look at something and be like "yup that's a bath house". LOL

[@richardlinks8575]

An outstanding epuside! Great editing and totally enjoyable.

[@jeremyraglin8170]

I love their excitement in this episode

[@lizzy66125]

glad Phil is still on the Team

[@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739]

This show was lightning in a bottle. I miss it very much.

[@Bella-wl6fn]

Loved this☺️

[@MarcRajotte-hv8hw]

I love this man;s zest, energy, awareness and wonder at the subject of his narrations

[@njm3211]

Is it possible, 3 days of field work and no rain?

[@georgelong9957]

Watching this Jan 1 2024 never gets old

[@christopherokeefe5104]

Love this series!

[@irenehannan4731]

Excellent episode and well work watching again !

[@mariabaumert8214]

I just love this 💖

[@user-ov1vf7cb6b]

Perfect

[@GehanAdel]

you came up with all those splendid Things not only from the Roman period but also from the iron age make me staggered. thanks a lot for your efforts really appreciated

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Really good stuff here!

[@allenfutrelle9090]

Bravo!!!

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting.

[@techfixr2012]

Tony, David and Morgan, the top 3 presenters

[@rockcrazygal5166]

Amazing 🤩

[@Sksk27547]

Rome was awesome

[@Edcognito]

What a wonderful show with great personalities. LOVE IT and thank you!

[@DpBrady27]

As a new fan to Time Team, Why is it they always have 3 days? Is that just how the digging permit system works? What happens when they find super important finds? Do they come back later or have other teams come back later? Love this show!

[@mariadam9157]

- the 3 days rule - might be to build the rushy-suspence-feeling up?

[@markcopsey4729]

All the people involved have day jobs at universities etc. 3 days is all they can spare.

[@Bareego]

From other episodes I've gleaned that they're very careful not to get into the "guts" of very important sites they discover. They respect the work of the other archeologistss who might want to dig these sites and do their own discoveries and write their papers.

[@helpyourcattodrive]

Wow.

[@hawkpaul8735]

I really hope that somebody carried on finding out more about this site (digging and discovering). Three days is not enough and this site should not be lost again.

[@loganjohnson3589]

As always you don't fail to educate and entertain us .But i do miss the raw humble beginnings of the older time teem episodes .

[@evelynpretty2231]

That’s why Mick quit the show. In an interview he said, they dumbed down the show by bringing in new hosts, a pretty blond and a good looking guy. They also got rid of some Great people on the show, Stewart, Carenza, Victor, and more. Mick left the show in 2012, unfortunately Mick passed in June 2013. I highly recommend reading up on Mick Aston, to say he lead an interesting life would be quite the understatement!!

[@williamfindspeople4341]

Outstanding video, very interesting and informative. The finds are being kept where? Love to see them in person.

[@helpyourcattodrive]

Very interesting …

[@ckhenson]

New drinking game: take a shot every time someone says, "brilliant".

[@techfixr2012]

You lot have your camera, I have a shovel. Lol. Love the dude digging in the background

[@toniwilson6210]

Francis Pryor is NEVER on holiday

[@alexandermccarthy]

I wish the producers hadn't overdubbed dramatic music.

[@dollyjeanstevens]

I have been a huge time team fan right from the beginning. Would love to do a dig with them!

[@benediktmorak4409]

thumbs up and subscription already a long time ago...

[@debrah7548]

Wow

[@grahambird1570]

3 Days is just NOT ENOUGH TIME GRRRRRRR !!!

[@lisatempleton987]

Yeah, that’s obvious. I don’t know why they even say that. Maybe, to add more drama, idk.

[@Follett2121]

So cool! just keep digging lol

[@ceesvw1450]

just saw the new episodes, stopped looking after 5 minutes

[@stevecarte9330]

He says what I was thinking all along. It's incredible what they achieved in 3 days. I have to wonder why they were limited to only 3 days. Nevertheless, I'm intrigued and it leaves me wanting more .

[@InquisitorMatthewAshcraft]

Budget of BBC.

[@dollyjeanstevens]

@@InquisitorMatthewAshcraft Channel four

[@Heeyitsmika]

to give you perspective. Archaeology is very expensive and for one to happen you have to prove to the foundation that a site is work dging and spending money on. Time team's way of helping is to be the initial archeologists of sites wherein they are unsure whether to pursue or not. basically if TT finds nothing, no harm done as they earn through the show, while if they did find it it gives scientists and foundations opportunity and proof that a place is worth spending more time on.

[@Happyheretic2308]

Ian the Dig!

[@nevillemignot1681]

I bet there were a few hangovers on day 3!!!

[@kennethhough3251]

Do you use metal detectors before digging.

[@corallewis3093]

Your right! July 19th, 2023

[@peterbeley3067]

I'm wondering you talk about the digging you're doing as being the last that will be done at this site However with your findings being as brilliant as they are is it unlikely that someone will have a look?

[@ohari1]

Ok, this might be a stupid question but do sites like this ever get _completely_ excavated ... dig out the whole 20+ acres, haul away the soil, find and conserve everything? Obviously not in 3 days for an hour long program.

[@petrusinvictus3603]

Why this minutes, OK, money. I would like to see, what ever, for two weeks!

[@jacobkuykendall9325]

I often wonder why they don't use hand held metal detectors while in the trench........it would help to speed digging....

[@larryzigler6812]

Thank you Professor

[@lizzy66125]

they have detectorists working along side them.

[@XlrationMedia]

Not everything they find is metal. Pottery, lithics, and any organics cannot be detected.

[@scotturquhart4311]

I have never understood how British society just fell apart after the Romans left. You would think that after 400 years of Roman rule the Brits would have flourished! After all, they knew the technology because they did all the work!

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

British society didn't fall apart.

[@scotturquhart4311]

@@AnnaAnna-uc2ff Ah, yes it did. The whole country broke up into little Fiefdoms, the country didn't advance. It regressed.

[@maeve4686]

This is Time Team. Ck out Reijer Zaaijer's channel for all 20 seasons. Free from ads.

[@letthedeedshaw7541]

I am guessing you can!!!

[@dawngriffin3550]

❤️

[@fredbrandon1645]

I thought branadoon only showed up one day every hundred years.?.

[@markgarin6355]

You might think there was something in the bay to the north west.

[@riaanshaigh1338]

I wish the romans came to South Africa .

[@ericupchurch2967]

Roman Treasure buried in Brancaster, Britain England.

[@donnysandley4649]

I've learned to fast forward about 10 minutes to get the jesst of what's going on 😉 soooooooo much unwanted production available 🤨

[@ofrabjousday1]

How do oyster shells not fossilize after 2000 years?

[@katconley9702]

Fossilization usually takes millions of years to occur (10,000 years at minimum)- 2000 years is really recent in geologic time

[@RatelHBadger]

17:20 Aquitaine... You mean soldiers Asterix & Obelix had bashed out of Gaul, and run away from pirates, over the channel to start a new fort, in safer lands...

[@chrisdresen4823]

I so wish you had more than three days! Maybe four or five perhaps? Some day?

[@jonerlandson1956]

the subconscious mind is being attacked... because... it is not yet visible to the naked eye...

[@chrissibersky4617]

The host also sings in a band called Iron Maiden and fly jets.

[@lizzy66125]

no he doesn't, he s an actor,or used to be.

[@letthedeedshaw7541]

How do things get buried away???

[@larryzigler6812]

GOD

[@mikehancho2082]

Rain, wind, and natural decomposition of organic materials. Over time wind and rain move sediment and soil.

[@mistreku]

is english "chaster" same as latin "castra"? anyone knows? seems plausible..

[@ripdoxyyy]

Pretty sure this is a reupload. Love tony tho

[@rhessex]

I love Time Team, but these later episodes were a bit hyper - makes me breathless. And the needless sound-effects and dramatic music don't help either. I guess they were unnecessarily told to make it more exciting (Mick's jumper syndrome).

[@barbarapatterson4132]

Why haven't they gone back to that site and continued the investigation and mapping?

[@nevillemignot1681]

They have, the site also has been enlarged to include the township that grew up beside it and became a gateway for Roman imports into Britain.

[@jbrobertson6052]

I don't understand that if they find a sight like this that they have to do it in 3days. Does someone else come in and carry on the dig after these guys are gone ????? Because it looks like this could go on for years

[@iamblackthorne]

Yes, eventually

[@Spartan265]

It's because they all have regular jobs and they all did Time Team as a side thing. So the show was made to just be 3 days because of that. I'm sure they would all love to dig more than they get to but again they have other jobs and things that they have to do. And yeah usually the sites will be further excavated by others.

[@lindaahlgrim1331]

Because sometimes something is going to be put there. The show is always for 3 days. They are not keeping anything for themselves. What finds are made goes to a museum.

[@AndrewJTCooper-ks1ng]

I've been using Google earth and outlining all the Roman archeological digs and buildings found. And pretty much all of England was Roman. Lol 😊

[@harukishirota3917]

12:57.

[@lizzy66125]

Shame you never did a dig in Camulodunum(Colchester,Essex) so much history there,Norman,Saxon an Roman.is supposed to be the oldest recorded town in Britain?while I lived there they uncovered a 'racetrack' and an amphi theather.history everywhere around and in the town...

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Merry Christmas to the Time Team and Odyssey I'm watching with my eldest daughter Amber and we live all the way down under from Mount Gambier in the State Of South Australian.🥇🇦🇺🦘⚜️👑⚜️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@marcusroele5399]

Oh man I like Phillipa. Pretty, slight lisp, dimples... and an expert on something I think is cool. Stupid ocean between us making the chance of a random encounter where we fall in love nigh impossible.... I wish she had a channel where she showed all kinds of artifacts and talked about them. Especially any with an S or TH sound in their names.

[@lindaahlgrim1331]

LOL. She's 69 now.

[@lindaahlgrim1331]

She is a historical novelist.

[@elisabethbennenbroek8382]

Rome used warriors from the whole Empire for the legions, so did the Ottoman Empire

[@nevillemignot1681]

I find it so tiresome that the 3 days question keeps being asked again, after it has been asked for years over and over.

[@tigress63]

I wonder if this turns other archeologists stomachs due to the speed and then what seems like a haphazard way of digging. Three days. I wored for an archeological survey in Canada for five years and they were very careful about the sites, but then again most of the sites one still had traditional peoples living nearby etc. and some lands were considered sacred.

[@jbrobertson6052]

I'm really hating that these guys are rushing this is a show on not what to do

[@shaneosmera6816]

I sure hope someone finishes these finds and not just fill in the hole.

[@stephenanderle5422]

For gosh sakes let them stay buried!

[@valiantredneck]

Let me guess. 3 days…? 1:37 FFS’s… 😑

[@billme3421]

Love Time team but sick of Janice and Amazon Prime adds. If they are there to encourage me to buy they've had the exact opposite effect!🥵

[@TogetherinParis]

Newton's?

[@trisyanurhananisa2686]

please make a video about the pyramids of Gunung Padang/12thousand year ago. located in Cianjur, west java 80 km from Jakarta...this could change the history of old civilizations in the world. Babylonian world 8 thousand year ago.

[@larryzigler6812]

Don't be silly

[@johnhall7850]

Wait,... sea levels have risen or lowered?🤔 it's as if it has nothing to do with humans.😶👍

[@kittenkorleone2918]

The ice age ended and 2 miles of thick ice melted and not a single internal combustion engine in sight for 10,000 years!

[@remconet]

My toes curl every time they say prinKipia LOL

[@thomasbell7033]

Once again Francis plays rhe pompous blowhard: TONY: Where are we going to dig? FEANCIS: I am going to put the first trench over there. (Emphasis on I.)

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Are you a USAian?

[@Mimzie-Arizona]

Roman's married locals so technically they are still there

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

"married"?

[@brainspatula]

Oi

[@jonerlandson1956]

wow.. it's almost like... Britian and Rome are the same thing?... no... we got rid of those people a long time ago... Albionum, the "island of the Albions"...

[@railiedouglas3018]

Um…They left of their own volition! Then came the Saxons, the Vikings & the Normans. No idea what you’re so smug about.

[@jonerlandson1956]

@@railiedouglas3018 i'd have to go back in time... i have no memory of the occurance...

[@jonerlandson1956]

@@railiedouglas3018 generally... my view of history is... the exodus... was a journey... to populate the earth... to know how any why we got from point a to point b.... is important... however... the reason we went from point a to point b is probably more so....

[@jonerlandson1956]

@@railiedouglas3018 see... man to me is division... two feet.... to stand upon.... measure is the distance from the center of your being to another place on the universe.... because... your centers of centers... is NOT your brain.... NOPE... not even... the centers of your centers is always the centers... your BIG TOE... yes... that is correct.... your BIG TOE.... because... your LEFT BIG TOE... is connected to.... the RIGHT EYE SOCKET.... and... the RIGHT BIG TOE... is connected... to the LEFT EYE SOCKETS.... thereforth... and heretwit... your centers of your centers.... is yer NAVEL.... X marks the spots... that witch you bow before.... because... *Michaelangelo....* painted... a UTERUS... on the CEILING.... within... the VOID SPACES... of... the Sistine Chapel... signifying the sanctity of Woman... because... ADAM... named the animals... EVE... was not born yet... she did not know any better.... the *moral of the story?...* man... protects his own environments... NOTHING else... will do that for him...

[@lizzy66125]

@@railiedouglas3018 dont forget before all that the Beaker people came over..

[@becky8571]

It pronounced “prin-sip-ia”

[@larryzigler6812]

Second nope

[@RKHageman]

Not in Latin!

[@becky8571]

@@RKHageman you are right! I stand corrected. Mea culpa.