The Mysterious Markings That Revealed A Lost Iron Age Village | Time Team | Odyssey

Time Team travel to a Worcestershire field after some mysterious crop circles are discovered. What follows is the story of a lost settlement dating from the bronze age right through to the iron age.
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[@annteve]

Every now and again, English television comes out with the best in television which is limitlessly watchable. Time Team is one. I’ve been watching for years. It never gets old. 🇨🇦 NPI

[@rebeccacamacho-sobczak4282]

I agree. I love the cameradere, the teasing, and the times when they just relax.

[@TheShootist]

but it is old enough that the facts have changed since Francis, in this case, mentions farming in the bronze age.

[@darilynkrupp6309]

No matter how many times I watch an episode I'm entertained & informed by the archeologists and content every time.

[@kathycarlson7947]

same for me. I think I watched this in 2020, after lockdown. This is so refreshing and thrilling!

[@Go-Dawgs]

I agree🌟 Time Team is the Most Important Show Ever! It is Amazing the History we get to view as it is uncovered.

[@mclarenscca]

I've said this before, but I truly love watching Time Team. I am an American, but, tht shouldn't matter to anyone! It's just really cool to see how ancient humans lived.

[@larryzigler6812]

Very odd comment

[@shaldana]

Not sure what being American has to do with anything but yup - Time Team is one of the best out there.

[@hannahbrown2728]

For clarity(not the op) I think they jist mean Time Team compared to most american shows is a real step above the rest. We get stuff like Ancient Aliens and Pawn Stars and a sensationalized shark week. England has the benefit of thousands of years of history that wasnt purposefully largely destroyed by colonization. Though theres still some good stuff out there, just a different kind Edit: Hit enter too soon

[@larryzigler6812]

@@hannahbrown2728 That's not what " they " meant at all .

[@hannahbrown2728]

@@larryzigler6812 So hes not saying time team is a good show? Did you miss the operative word "think" in what I said? Why is they in quotes? I was clearly refering to the original poster not some secret big bad? Anyway lol

[@karlkarlos3545]

Thank God, an episode I've never seen before.

[@TheDarthSoldier]

Am i the only one that absolutely loves watching anything with Tony Robinson?

[@virginiajayhudgins8277]

No , you are not the only one. Signed: another one

[@roxannetinch5552]

I love Time Team from over the pond in the USA 🇺🇸. I don't care how new or old these episodes are, they're all new to me. I dreamt of being an archeologist when I was young and I get a thrill when items from any time period! Thank you for this content. 46:42

[@costrio]

Tony Robinson is one of my favourite narrators. This is a great series, IMO. Some might say, "Brilliant?"

[@Happyheretic2308]

Arthur, is that you?

[@elirien4264]

I love that he played an archeologist in a sit-com set in ancient Rome.

[@penelopesparrow]

Think I got a little bit emotional when Francis was talking about sitting by the fire, watching the animals. 🥺 Lovely episode!

[@ellielynn8219]

So did I. 🥲

[@nevillemignot1681]

Stewart to my mind is some sort of genius, because he pulls everything we know about a site to a conclusion that most of our 'experts' agree on in the final wash up.

[@wendywhite2642]

Television worth watching, again and again! ❤

[@thebilboy6893]

Love watching this show. When I was young, maybe 12. I was for some reason fascinated with digging for fossils. Maybe I saw a show or movie that peaked my interest. I dug some holes in the yard and pieced together rocks to look like a dinosaur foot!! I ran inside excited to show my mum and she told me they weren't bones and fill the hole before dad got home haha

[@lauramatilda3279]

Little Simon's face was one of fierce determination as he chopped that tree. I love to see determination in a young person 😊

[@user-hy7zb2vl3t]

Wonder if they made him finish good life lessons in starting an finishing a job😊

[@Art4ArtsSakeVideo]

Really one of the best, from Tony murdering some baby turnips to Carenza and Phil turning up stellar finds in their respective trenches. "We've already dug up half of Worcestershire!" but aren't we glad that Mick and Francis just kept expanding the trenches? Stewart and John dueling over pint pots of beer is pretty swell, too.

[@Go-Dawgs]

Dr. Francis Pryor is my Favorite. The smarts of this man is amazing. I am so glad he is willing to share knowledge with us! Thank You Sir!

[@paulwallis7586]

Worthy of note: Emmer wheat was a very high yield, supposedly Celtic, wheat. It could deliver more than one crop per year. So that's very good. reliable farmland, hence the longevity of settlement.

[@pennymitchell8523]

I was googling Time Team ......when I looked at Victor's bio.....it said he illustrated Ruth Manning Sanders books. I was delighted as these were some of my favourite books to get out of the library to read in the late 60s and 70s

[@laurenarigo3894]

As an engineer I love watching the progression of geophys technology through the years. The lighter weight and high resolution results show how technology can greatly improve over a 20 year time frame.

[@ktswandering]

Time Team reminds me of career opportunities missed....perhaps in the next life.

[@virginiajayhudgins8277]

❤

[@hanes_cymru_]

Playing conkers in the pub - can you get any more British? ahhhh a glimpse into the not so distant past when everything had an innocent glow to it. Thank God for Time Team!

[@guymorris6596]

Conkers ?

[@MrSteamDragon]

@@guymorris6596 A game consisting of Horse Chestnuts threaded onto a string (at school these were often our shoe laces). Each player takes it in turns to break the other persons conker by taking a swing at it. Very common school yard fun ...... well it was when I was a kid a very long time ago back in England 😎

[@juhonieminen4219]

I came to search a comment explaining that weird pub game. Glad I found it.

[@seanh4841]

Even though I have see this episode a few times, I do enjoy these because they are quality

[@marshabaker6153]

I love watching all of these. Just opens your eyes to what people went through to exist and how spoiled we are. I thank our Ancestors for their resilience & determination during those times so that we can Enjoy the fruits of their unending labors.

[@lesley.brennan10]

I love this show i look forward to every episode much respect from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺 ❤️ 🙌 👏 💜

[@vernthornblad1598]

Miss this team so much.

[@man.inblack]

At least you can get new time team from some of them! Even Tonys back in

[@karenmurphy7066]

Wow, wow, wow! Thank you for the historical discoveries and the hard work and excitement of the discoveries! Thank you!

[@hannahbrown2728]

Oh I love when Mick gets to doodling, I hope hes enjoying his ridiculous stripey sweater somewhere in the great beyond

[@suzieanderton4239]

Is he deceased?

[@hannahbrown2728]

@@suzieanderton4239 Yeah unfortunately he passed in 2013 not too long ago on June 24th. It was a brain haemmorrhage.

[@BC-ui9yt]

"This is like the Somme". And poor old Baldrick knows all about The Somme :(

[@Val.Kyrie.]

😂😂😂 My English grandfathers favourite blackadder character was baldrick 😂

[@PtolemyJones]

I like a lot of the people in these shows, Phil and Carrenza are particular favorites for me, but over the long term it is fun to watch Tony's journey, from so new and naive to the later series where where he gets pretty knowledgeable and more respectful of the digs and such.

[@dawnelder9046]

As a Canadian the first ones I saw were well into the series. I had no idea how old the show really was. Loving the older shows.

[@PtolemyJones]

@@dawnelder9046 Similar to my experience as an American, I only found them on KZbin a few years ago. I do catch them from early to late in the series though.

[@a.azazagoth5413]

I don’t recall reading one negative comment about this show. Some people didn’t like Seinfeld or Friends or Dirty Jobs but everyone loves this show. As an American i didn’t start watching it until it started streaming on the internet and thank god for that!

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks so much for posting

[@Cazsuane]

Oooh! A TT I've not seen before!

[@sheilawhite8314]

I just love these series as being here in 1989 from Uk to Australia I miss the old history of dear old England

[@lizzy66125]

you ve gotta love Francis's enthousiasm!

[@LindaMewhirter]

My favorite show! I am addicted for sure and I don't watch much tv.

[@red.5475]

Dr John Gater looks like Francis Pryor, these days. 😂

[@polar199]

that would be a surprise to both of them​@ERIC R HARRINGTON : DICTATOR OF DEALS

[@diwi1942]

@ERIC R HARRINGTON : DICTATOR OF DEALS John Gator is still alive. He's on the new Time Team series along with Stuart, Carenza and Helen. No Phil though.

[@roselynpark9950]

@ERIC R HARRINGTON : DICTATOR OF DEALS He hung up his trowel, or more precisely, buried it at the site of his last dig. Still alive and kicking at present, but his fieldwork days are behind him.

[@cyclingnerddelux698]

Missing Mick Aston.

[@leecarlson9713]

“And you say ‘Good night’ to your ancestors, because they are always with you.”

[@Happyheretic2308]

Blessed Victor, creator of magic

[@thomasevans5467]

This was a wonderful episode amazing they found a piece of beaker pottery at the end there.

[@XlrationMedia]

Liz Pearsons at 22:21 has the best job. She loves it.

[@adamsjerome1839]

Francis driving a JCB!! Will miracles never cease.

[@HistorySkills]

Great video. I should do more vids on the bronze Age.

[@SteveC38]

Nice Work!

[@thesilentfuzz]

We will love Time Team!! I'm a supporter. Could u please put season & episode name & Numbers in the description please.? Keep up the good work

[@svennielsen633]

There were two mistakes about your test with a wooden plough: 1. it was used mainly on sandy soils, not on clay soils 2. you hold it to the side, so it will turn over the soil.

[@lnbjr7]

I think the design of the plow is totally impractical. I would design one where if I wanted it to dig deeper I would press down on the plow handles … to reduce the depth I would pull up on the plow handles. The illustration of the field being plowed was drawn/painted by a monk who didn’t have a clue! Surprised an engineer hasn’t corrected the monastic engineering error!

[@steveclark5357]

time team is the best, hands down

[@benediktmorak4409]

without making anyone else small now. But since Sir Tony is back with the team, I'm also watching the new episodes again.

[@mistydawnoliver6717]

LOVE the plow experiment

[@leecarlson9713]

This is Season 9, Episode 9. It is titled “A Prehistoric Airfield,” because there was a WWII RAF airfield in Throckmorton.

[@TravisBrady-wn8fr]

I love all the colorful charachters of time team. If that same cast was on here playing volley ball id still watch😂

[@rosandpetejohn9386]

Hi Nat and Doug. Just catching up on your Scandinavian adventure. Lovely vignette of Copenhagen. We regularly visit Christchurch’s Copenhagen Bakery, about 1km from us. Best pastries in town. Hope you took the chance to try some originals! Some mates back in Wales have a daughter and family living there. They love it.

[@susanwolf1321]

In 2006 I went to Scotland, to investigate Neolithic sites. I had lived in Essex as a young child, but then grew up in the States. Found Skara Brae in the 80’s in a copy of National Geographic, been fascinated ever since. Between great Bernera and Rousseau,orkney found a lot of history. This show I found a month ago. It’s helped me fill in the blanks. My next choice of exploration is the Golden Road in wales.

[@aserta]

12:08 and now they found a "factory" from the word manufacture, which is in part Latin, in Ethiopia which is 1.2 million years old. We've been sculpting stone to get tools for eons.

[@GiGiGoesShopping]

I'm staggered. Dear Mick doing plowing demo??

[@alfredmolison7134]

The soil looks very good.

[@douglasruss2889]

Bravo

[@markberman6708]

Is there any discussion about the bronze age collapse? Or any way to see if the site had been abandoned when mobile iron age people came across it... and, like people using Roman stone for houses saw left overs of bronze age "stuff" that made the area look good for habitation or a good place to easily divide up amongst a traveling band looking for arable land? Trying to recall what happened or what's the speculation on population decline in the isles during the collapse... cannot recall at the.moment

[@CaptainCed]

The late bronze age collapse is specific to the eastern Mediterranean and Near East.

[@lizzy66125]

the earlier episodes give so much more clarification.

[@rebeccabyrne3236]

I'm american, and a history buff, so I love this show. Doesn't hurt that I just love to hear all the different accents. Scottish (Im 76% scottish.), is my favorite. Now how do I find a scottish man from the US?.😂

[@dereks1264]

You gotta admire somebody who has the confidence to wear a white sweater while rooting around in the dirt.

[@coraclements4562]

I like how they scrape for hours and then show something with clean hands and fingernails, never dirt on their knees, sometimes this show makes me laugh

[@nicholasmatuza728]

Archeologist always be looking for a date. I bet Carbon's pretty pissed.

[@Val.Kyrie.]

There’s no way Baldrick, of all people, would trample turnips!

[@juliamacdonald3767]

So weird to see Tony with hair. This show is phenomenal.

[@pattysherwood7091]

I wish we could do archeology in New Hampshire like this

[@terrydamron4770]

Brit tv the best of the BEST

[@user-hy7zb2vl3t]

Some of it 😊

[@DavidSmith-yx7kn]

I feel sorry for the kids the adults take their toy away.

[@marykennedy4126]

Any one notice how these old men are playing like stereotypical school children, while the actual school children are on their best behavior?😂😂😂 "it's my turn to play with the plow! "

[@dianemuhs1105]

Can’t help but wonder if there was a turnip shortage after this episode.😊

[@Patrick_Cooper]

Well I for one wouldn't complain.

[@yewenyi]

If I were a local archaeologist I would want them to spend more than three days.

[@luffegasen7711]

Sooo ... A post hole is a former hole that has been filled up, right? ^^

[@freeaudiojungle4407]

people worry about ai generated text, this entire comment section is an example of why. all of you indistinguishable from a chatbot.

[@user-hy7zb2vl3t]

Nit a bot can find all pictures if the traffic light 😅

[@swedichboy1000]

14:38 Why is there a balloon there?

[@abigailgerlach5443]

Are British farmers just more accommodating to strangers coming in and digging up their crops or does Time Team ever get told to go and take a running jump?

[@MrPtcrazy13069]

i love the history, but an ad every 3 minutes?!?.......i could only watch the first 1/2, then gave up......

[@deborahcavel-greant6155]

Get an ad blocker.

[@kathleenbradley7142]

Not often Phil says Tony can't go in the trench. That was different!

[@deborahparham3783]

Depends on how far along they are with the trench. If the trench has just been "cleaned up" but not yet recorded, the person responsible for that trench doesn't want anyone traipsing through it. According to Phil that is a hanging offense.

[@crazyeyesc.s1143]

It's so cool that Tony got to work with Rowan = Mr. Bean. Comedy Show

[@steveb1ish]

Phil became more excited as Tony explained how Helen's freshly exposed trench proved to be an ancient mystery, Phil remained poised to begin stroking the edges of her trench hoping to expose any changes in

[@deborahparham3783]

You have a vivid and somewhat perverse imagination.

[@jefo2405]

Francis is easily the most overexcitable archaeologist I've seen. At first he was very calm but he exploded on day three. And he is also for sure always the one to look for evidence for his "theories" i.e. hypotheses rather than coming up with hypotheses from the evidence in the ground. He even admits this on day one in this eposide, but you can see "evidence" of his ass backwards thinking in most other episodes, especially later ones where he is adamant in making up a story in his head first and then "finding proof of it" in the ground rather than the other way around, to such a degree as to almost hamper the fieldwork. God bless him. Glad Tony was always there to match and block his way of thinking to a degree.

[@karlkarlos3545]

For crank sake, did he bang your mother or something? That guy has experience in the field since the 1970s, so why do you assume he has the need to "make up" evidence for his theories? Or do you honestly believe that prehistoric cultures didn't have any spiritual concepts?

[@Awitsaduck]

Doesn't it come with the (prehistory) territory?

[@thomasbell7033]

Glad I'm not the only one. Francis gives me the ass, as we say in Texas. His vast ego does all the talking, it would appear.

[@karlkarlos3545]

@@thomasbell7033 Says the Texan with the inflated ego.

[@thomasbell7033]

A charactor assumption based solely on where I was.born? Bit bigoted isn't it? At least my opinion is based on a little evidence.

[@annberlin5811]

There is literally nothing in my backyard

[@maurachapman4179]

Top soil

[@harbourdogNL]

30:35 Wonderful, a child actually allowed to wield an axe. Today's helicopter parents and OHS Nazis would lose their minds.

[@thhseeking]

He looked pretty capable, too. My guess is that he came from a local farm and was probably chopping wood before he could walk :P

[@anare3050]

So I wanna know what the difference between the structure of a Bronze Age and an Iron Age house. Is it just the finds that date them?

[@megelizabeth9492]

I think it’s mostly the finds in in most cases, since what you are most likely going to find in the ground is most likely just a circle of post holes and a small ditch for water runoff.

[@anare3050]

@@megelizabeth9492 Thanks. That was my thought also. I was wondering if the structure itself was different but that’s all extrapolated anyway. Ta again.

[@dann5268]

News Flash: IN BRITAIN all grain crops are called CORN!!! GRAIN = CORN.

[@HabarudoD]

What was that nut-cracking game? I'm just an ignorant norwegian, and I've never seen that done before 😅

[@deborahcavel-greant6155]

Conkers, using chestnuts.

[@Sister325]

1999?

[@Falling_Down_1776]

Pa-uh-ree

[@papricep6248]

I wonder why they chose iron over aluminum or steel.

[@thhseeking]

With the technology of the time, iron was easier. And aluminium was a very late discovery. Steel came a little later than iron.

[@janecapon2337]

Or polypropylene. Or nylon.

[@tgiere9082]

UFO? 14:38-14:52

[@martinh1437]

Balloon maybe?

[@perhapsyes2493]

Good catch! Doesn't look like a perfect sphere or anything. I would have to guess that it's a balloon tied to a post in the ground, to indicate a potential digsite or boundary or something. But who knows?

[@mandy7422]

If there is a bronze age and then a iron age ,what comes after that and what do you call 2023 does anybody know

[@c1ph3rpunk]

Ah yes, more History Hit ad supported non-podcast content not on History Hit. As my ex’s grandma used to say, why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free. Do a series on the origin of idioms like that, there’s your first episode, for free, no cow needed.

[@Mando5]

Found the first HOA 😂

[@sammyjo8109]

why do they never have more than 3 days?

[@junebyrne4491]

Because they all have regular jobs so these are strictly weekend activities. Not sure which one but one they had to continue working.

[@annazaman9657]

@@junebyrne4491 the one where they dug for a fourth day was the dig in Coventry. The cathedral they dug up

[@brianbanks703]

because idiot t.v. people can't count so assumed it was more exciting.

[@thomasbell7033]

@@annazaman9657 Thank you. I've been trying to remember which episode that was for months. Now I must find it.

[@thhseeking]

@@junebyrne4491 I think that they had a 6-day dig as well.

[@shawnnew9812]

The English didn't have corn in the iron age.

[@deborahcavel-greant6155]

And you don't know enough about history to know that they called all grain 'corn'. What we call 'corn' is actually maize.

[@Lebeauski]

I kneel before no one as well.

[@marshabentley5276]

PLEASE--DO the ENTIRE apartment in the same flooring…to include kitchen and bathroom. the vinyl flooring is water resistant and strong and can now go in baths and kitchens. And with the money you save on the floor tiles, PLEASE go ahead and do your bedroom floor so ALL floors are the same!!! Do not worry about shower glass, but put up a curtain and spring rod. Leave the sink in the bathroom but change ALL the faucets in the bathroom and shower and all the door handles. get a small bedside cabinet or small dresser from a brochante and use that in your bathroom for storage so you can take it with you when you leave. The white tiles are great. See if Ryan will take out wall between kitchen and living area now before you put down floor. it will make the whole apartment look so much bigger and lighter and better…and should be no cost.

[@wobblybobengland]

Can't watch that Robinson knowing that he's a looney labour fan

[@janetsmith2022]

The same over n. T

[@nicklasschmltt6959]

Did you sort it out ? In just 3 days ? Sure you got it right ?

[@GarthKlein]

y

[@stanleymax4388]

The intro to this show gives me such a headache with that stupid pounding drum!!!

[@deborahcavel-greant6155]

You won't be missed.

[@deborahparham3783]

Then turn down the volume or hit the mute button. Simple enough problem to solve.

[@nancyhammons3594]

Why is it always just three days?

[@zoltanz288]

because they had jobs and also because its very expensive.

[@jeffkeeley4594]

Phil's comment about grinding corn couldn't have been correct as we have always been led to believe that corn was not introduced to Europe until after Columbus brought it back from The America's,which was a long time after any date BC.

[@joyceknudsen2708]

Jeff, if I’m not mistaken, what we in the U.S. call corn, the British call maize. And when they speak of corn they are referring to what we call wheat. Or perhaps any small round grain like barley and oats.

[@lizzy66125]

@Jeff Keely,if I got a £ for every time this comment and explanation came by in the TT series,I would have a lot of money😂 ,no disrespect meant,but corn=grain in the UK.