The Roman Bath House Hidden Down The End Of A Garden | Time Team | Odyssey

Stuff gets lost down the end of the garden all the time. But have you ever misplaced an ancient Roman bathhouse? Staunton manor in Sommerset is said to hold a hidden Roman Villa. However, a young archaeology student thinks the records are all wrong, and that something altogether different lurks just below the earth. Join Tony and the team as they uncover a rare Roman bathing pool.
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[@PuhuTube]

Mick and his colourful jumpers :) He is really missed :(

[@Mighty_Monarch42069]

Love Tony Robinsons documentarys. First saw him in Black Adder. I like seeing how passionate he is about history. Great actor and presenter

[@leegoddard2618]

One of the few YT channels I watch that I Don't "zip" thru. Very entertaining and interesting at the same time. 😁👍 I think it's the 3 day time frame, and Great editing.

[@thesteelrodent1796]

protecting ruins is great and all, but when there's doubt about what it really is the digging restrictions make no sense

[@jansenart0]

You figure with Mick being the one who had the site listed in the first place, he could ask to extend the dig.

[@carolinam4301]

Love Mick’s sweater ❤

[@cynthiaporter3032]

Go go time team! Phil hits something, I'm excited!

[@promiscuous5761]

Thank you..

[@grump9001]

Why is there no indication as to when this episode was shot? What year? Thanks.

[@Jack-Hands]

At the end of the credits it says MMIV. So 2004.

[@earlatkins9559]

Series 11, Episode 2 Jan. 2004, Whitestaunton, Somerset, The Roman Bathhouse & Edwardian Folly

[@leegoddard2618]

The host really does Draw you in. 😁

[@Horseyperson12]

Why does John feel so responsible for his results. He can only take an educated guess. He's so defensive and upset 😢

[@nellnorwood1156]

I just love time team.

[@Zippythewondersquirrel]

The Roman villa is in the basement of the manor house. I try would be the sort of thing that Elgin would have such fun doing!

[@lazystalker1]

For this dig, does the old saying, "Happy as pigs in poo", apply?

[@georgelong9957]

Pigs aren’t happy in poo,they don’t roll in poo, pigs are happy in mud .

[@SandraNelson063]

Half way thru. I think there WAS a small Roman bathouse there at one time. I also think that at some point, a former owner found the remains of it, and decided Why not! I think this Roman enthusiast went around England, collecting interesting bits of different bath house tiles, and nice bits of pottery. Oh, the fun! Then, on top of the original bath house, this family created a lovely little FAKE bath house folly. Scattering the bits of tile and pottery about for ambience. Of course, I could be wrong.

[@flickaJay]

Hoestly, from my sperspective, myself, being old (59 [and proud of it]), and semi-educated (just 1 degree [although, God does'nt limit Himself to 360 degrees! HA!]), one simply must, at all expense, listen to the older dude, David. He's just been around! +

[@wiretamer5710]

Details matter!

[@Hallands.]

At 14:00 I’m starting to think it could have been a brewery….

[@jenwatson2623]

Looks like it could be a mud bath😉❣

[@tectorpettersson]

Baldrick!

[@JohnReiher]

I wonder if the villa is under the present day manor house?

[@ivanolsen7966]

36:08 .... what about the ' Victorians 'dug it out .... and put the loose wall stones back roughly where they came from .... THE WALLS ... no intention of a folley ... just good ' house work '

[@UtubeAW]

What if this site (and certain others) pre-dated the Romans?

[@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739]

Dating evidence would have proved otherwise.

[@UtubeAW]

@@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739 , dating. Stone now are we? 😂

[@georgelong9957]

Has to be Roman , all other people would go near a bath ,😖

[@georgelong9957]

Wouldn’t go near a bath .

[@bretnielsen5502]

NOT A SINGLE COIN..... I'd be a bit suspicious.....

[@covrtdesign5279]

You wouldn't have coins around a bath house. There is no merchants, roads, or other living quarters in that area where coins would potentially fall.

[@valiantredneck]

Let me guess… Three days… 1:36 Sigh…

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

.Thanks.

[@christophercook1631]

It's really annoying that you don't specify the season number, episode number, or the actual episode title of your Time Team episodes.

[@samhall3821]

Why only three days? Production schedule or legal constraints?

[@terp2726]

What happens if you dig what turns out to be a museum?

[@christophercook1631]

Hard to believe Mick's only 57 here. Looking more like an unhealthy 75 in this season (11).

[@markgarin6355]

Villa-fied. Was the guy confused....or just full of crap?.

[@206stonner]

I dont see why they are digging something thats been dug. All the good finds are gone. England is big they cant be running out of paces to dig. R.I.P Victor R.I.P. Mick

[@robbybobby6483]

Rome was not built in 3 days...why do they only give you such a small window. I feel like everything is rushed.

[@itzel1735]

I suspect it was a way to keep costs down, get participation from both the landowners and professionals, and add a bit of deadline energy. I don’t like it either, but if it helped them continue making episodes, I can’t complain.

[@susanrobertson984]

Because most of them were donating time esp in the early years and they filmed over a weekend.

[@lenabreijer1311]

They do evaluations. And most of the crew had day jobs at universities.

[@Gremriel]

@@lenabreijer1311 The new episodes still have the three-day formula, but every day gets around 30 minutes. Watch it at the official Time Team channel.

[@lenabreijer1311]

@@Gremriel yes. No change. Still the same number of days but no television schedule of 50 minutes with commercial breaks.

[@Ubique2927]

Just what is the point of protecting a site if the professionals cannot even take a look. Keeping it buried under trees that are destroying it is surely not right.

[@MyloshEK]

awesome!!! avesome?!!! fuck yeah

[@randomnickify]

Oh common, I've come here looking for some new content with the Tony only to be Rickrolled into rerun of old TimeTeam episode? Yeah, its my fault for not reading two-line title properly but nevertheless what's the point of this channel if official TimeTeam channel exist?

[@RKHageman]

To remaster the earlier episodes and post them as Classic episodes.

[@chrisbassett8996]

has anyone noticed there are a lot of people in this who are sure they are right?🙂

[@Scotto6977]

Mick🌈sweater✔️

[@neilplace8522]

I propose damnatio memoriae for that rotten half-brother who abused and misused precious Roman artifacts.