Time Team S13-E08 Castle in the Round, Queenborough, Kent

[@ohkaygoplay]

Time Team was one of those amazing shows that could only happen once and can never have the original awesomeness recreated. I'm glad we were here for its moment in time. :)

[@joshschneider9766]

Except the series creator has relaunched it and has five new episodes an expedition team and a virtual museum

[@maeve4686]

Thankyou for starting this show so many years ago. I'm watching for the 2nd time and it still feels like the first time. Thanks from California!!

[@CompetitiveAudio]

Count me as another fan in the States whose just found this EXCELLENT series. Now this is REALITY Television at it's finest! Even though Mick has regrettably passed on, it would be WONDERFUL if the series was "re-booted" taking up where it left off complete with Tony, Phil, and the other team of archaeologists before the series was "fluffed up" during the 2012 season. It is a wonderful way for someone such as myself to see a bit of England which I'd never see otherwise. A very informative, entertaining series, presented in lay terms, that was not overly academically "stuffy". Thank You so much for sharing this wonderful series...

[@CompetitiveAudio]

+Rod 1984 Mick Aston passed away in 2013 , but not Tony. Mick was the educational force of the series and Time Team suffered when he resigned over differences in direction the producers were taking the show in what became it's final years.. September 29th of this year it was announced Discovery Channel is re-teaming with Tony Robinson for a new 3D documentary series.The factual channel has given the green-light to Tony Robinson’s Wild West In 3D, a three-part series which follows the former Time Team host as he sets out to expose the untold story of the ‘Wild West’ and reveal the truth behind the Hollywood legends.

[@CompetitiveAudio]

+Rod 1984 No problem It was a brief panic LOL

[@bjornsmom123]

By this point, they have changed it so much, it's not as enjoyable. The stupid music they play is so very irritating, they seem to have lost the knowledgeable experts they had and replaced them with young people just starting their career (like this Faye person), and dumbed down everything. I still miss Carenza.

[@thecrow7]

this faye person has a doctorate now... she was bought in to encourage a younger audience i think it works

[@robertmcmanus636]

Are there more than 20 seasons?

[@stannousflouride8372]

The castle site is here: 51°24'58.1"N 0°44'55.4"E And they have planted what appears to be some low shrubs in a circle that follows the line of the castle walls and planted 4 things that seem to mark the entrance to Matt's walkway.

[@colinsdad1]

You deserve a medal for actually trying to ride that Turd. The engine reminds me of the 250cc I have in my Coleman300- glorified lawnmower engine.

[@d.d.d.a.a.a.n.n.n]

When Phil says "engage brain" to himself I have never identified so much with anyone on reality tv.

[@jonnybee48]

I've been a fan of Time team ever since it first started - just SEEING some of these historical sites was a novelty to me, but going into the history of these places is FASCINATING - long may it continue!

[@zedwms]

29.43 Tony: "Hasn't British television gone downhill?" A: No, and I love every minute of it.

[@angellahanson8343]

Still stellar quality when compared to average American television.

[@susanhartkopf3444]

the cod fish used for the oars is actually klippfish & not stockfish. Stockfish is whole cod minus head & guts hung to dry in winter. Klippfish is split cod, salted and then dried on stone (klipp) in the warmer months. Both stockfish and klippfish continue to be produced today in Lofoten, Norway (68 degrees latitude). Lofoten remains the spawning grounds for artic cod, skrei, a centuries long tradition. The klippfish in the 1500's may very well have been from Bergan which controlled the export rights for stock- and klippfish.

[@birnamagnusdottir5189]

I have always wondered why they had to fluff up the show with new people, when they had Matt and Raksha and the other very photogenic and talented people already on there

[@malinlindqvist3455]

Because people had their ordinary jobs and their ordinary life. After all, it ran for 20 years.

[@diannkelley3481]

I know, right? Matt is gorgeous. Kerry and Phil are also good looking.

[@ObeyCamp]

It's a privilege to extend an invite like that, and it feels good to honor people you respect. If you had a awesome gig where you could bring your friends in for a day or a week or something and everyone would have a good time, you'd do it, right? You wouldn't leave them out just because the people who were already there were cool.

[@uncannydan]

Glad to hear the episode end with, 'Steward was right~' . I don't think he received the recognition and respect that he really does deserve on T.T.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

He really did!

[@HannibalFan52]

Actually, Stewart got a lot of credit. The slagging-off we see onscreen was all in good fun. Remember Phil's paraphrase of Henry II? 'Will no one rid me of this meddlesome geophysicist?' By the way, Stewart is involved in the new TT episodes that premiered this Spring, so I'd say he gets plenty of respect.

[@malinlindqvist3455]

'Phil?' 'Yo!' 'How you getting on?' 'I've ... lost me castle' 'Lost the castle? That's very careless of you' Love you Phil.

[@animerlon]

"What part of the castle is it?" "It might be the curving bit."😀😁😂 Gotta love him. Have recently discovered a series he's doing called 'Lockdown Lectures'. It's in collaboration with the organization Waterloo Uncovered which helps recovering injured soldiers by getting them involved in archeology. I believe most if not all are under 10 minutes though so not much of a lecture. 😁

[@malinlindqvist3455]

@@animerlon l'm following that too, it's very good.

[@animerlon]

@@malinlindqvist3455 They're short, but very interesting.

[@malinlindqvist3455]

@@animerlon like his shorts used to be ... :-D

[@animerlon]

@@malinlindqvist3455 😀😁😂 Oh my, they were that! If he was a girl, they'd be called 'hot pants'...well, back in my day.

[@oldtuberig]

Phil to John... Just disconnect and go away.....Love it.......

[@1101millie97]

I like that Antiques Roadshow touch to this episode....

[@uriahheep8470]

A vote from Texas. Being back Time Team.

[@rogerraynsford5737]

If you live near the US/CA border and can get TV Ontario, Time Team is on Mondays at 7PM.

[@SkunkApe407]

Alternatively, Amazon Prime Video has the classic Time Team seasons. And let's be honest, those were the best.

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks so much for posting.

[@theg0z0n]

All that work on that boat, and they didn't name it 'The Paper Clipper'. Missed opportunity

[@yuwish6320]

"The curving bit." Well, that narrows it down.

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

At least it's not squiggly 😊

[@WashuHakubi4]

"Beware of men with little jobs, Tony."

[@meganw.4457]

#wordsofwisephil

[@Jigger2361]

lol you again!

[@rodritchison1995]

Beware men who want you to paddle a paper boat with a dried fish.

[@raquel_era_lei_4930]

In season 12, I believe, a lady found that pot handle in her yard. They recreated the frying pan, saying that the dimple was on the wrong side. Turns out, it seems, that it was not on the wrong side. It was a pot, as shown here, not a pan.

[@bilgeratjim]

Best episode ever- a marijuana boat powered by fish-paddles. (and Fayes' shorts are OK, too)

[@stannousflouride8372]

+bilgeratjim John Taylor may be the world's first Dadaist.

[@Headwind-1]

si i mean oui ..

[@eboracum2012]

Missed that one.

[@DWPLANCE]

Was he an eccentric? The chap used dried fish for oars! I suppose you use what you have. Brilliant show!

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

Only eccentric if your rich insane if you're poor

[@MrKmoconne]

Such a handsome castle and they tore it down. Such a shame. The wellhead is so plain now. This is England, can't they make a wellhead in the center of the park that echoes the Castle that once stood there? It would bring some life to that small park.

[@samjohnstone1356]

Satan personified (Cromwell) didnt like nice things and tradition, he wanted all things of beauty trampled into the mud and destroyed, Margaret Thatcher was his true spiritual heir

[@gregb6469]

By the mid-17th century the castle must have been falling apart beyond repair. Had it still been good and solid they would have reinforced it and mounted cannons to protect that area of the coast, not torn it down.

[@cornelisvanderwesthuizen8611]

Isle of sheppy

[@ledichang9708]

It's too far back for a coastal fort at that point.

[@bradhaywood4355]

The paper boat is too much- lmao!!!

[@VisionaryGardener]

It's the fish paddles that get floppy almost immediately that cracked me up the most. 😂🐠

[@georgelooney53]

Oh Faye.....i love you!

[@dinx556]

Excellent!

[@brian554xx]

When Stewart and John agree, I tend to believe them.

[@SkunkApe407]

As a Land Surveyor myself, I'm biased towards Stewart, but when those to fellas agree, you know it's going to be good.

[@ilanamillion8942]

I would be absolutely hopeless at interpreting the stone in these trenches. I wouldn't know walls from rubbish or natural stone, I'm sure. Perhaps the ability to interpret what you are looking at comes with experience. ☺️

[@enyabroc1624]

Is there an abbey on the isle of Sheppey? This episode is amazing!

[@vickireynolds4055]

One never says "I have a fish in my backside!" and then offers no further comment or explanation!! Inquiring minds MUST know!!

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

Unless you ask😂😂😂

[@sliewood]

Amazing. Songthrushes are so rare in the UK... but every timeteam episode has one singing away happily in the background. Anyone else notice them? I reckon the sound effects team are just being a tad gung ho with their bird song tapes meself... 🐦

[@andy-the-gardener]

at least the sound effects team didnt choose the american crow (rather than our good old european carrion crow) like half the dramas set in england seem to have. bird illiteracy i call it

[@malinlindqvist3455]

@@andy-the-gardener or a loon ....

[@andy-the-gardener]

@@malinlindqvist3455 true. the great northern diver is one of the most cliched sound effects around.

[@jbm48]

47:53 makes me smile every time I hear it.

[@sharonnaylar4463]

love this

[@tomstech4390]

only thing that is still enjoyable in 240p :D

[@thedbot17]

Need to watch this for homework

[@eboracum2012]

Someone has a smart teacher!

[@ancilodon]

So John Taylor rowed a paper boat with salt fish oars. Did he also perchance cut down the mightiest tree in the forest with... a herring?

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

Don't be silly! It was a rabbit.

[@PatSprayNativeLife]

😅 The outline of the map at 4:46 looks like an auroch. And now I can't unsee it!

[@mattkaustickomments]

Stewart’s nearly always right.

[@SkunkApe407]

That's because Surveyors rely on historical record, fixed locations, and visible clues in the landscape. Surveyors also use techniques and tools that were pioneered and perfected by the Romans, rather than relying on technology. I've proven that fact to countless folks over the years, by completing entire boundary surveys, using no more than a plumbob, a sextant, chaining pins, and a steel engineer's chain.

[@jamesedwards2483]

It Seems To Me That Queensboro Castle Is Set Up Similar To The Castle At Deal, In Kent.

[@koningbolo4700]

When in doubt, DIG !!!

[@martorambo5707]

thats a pretty non faulty design actually pretty hard to get in it

[@JohnP538]

An assault on one tower would receive enfilade fire from 2 other towers. Any attack on it would be a bloodbath.

[@maxdecphoenix]

@@JohnP538 the rotunda is not dissimlar in design to the walled cities of Candia (on Crete) and Vienna. Candia withstanding Ottoman seige for 21 years, while vienna outright withstood two attacks by Ottoman Turks over a 150year period.

[@jameswebb4593]

The Isle of Sheppey is more famous as being the birth place of British aviation. Short Brothers had their first aircraft factory on the Eastern part of the island.

[@suziewheeler6530]

32 degrees is rather chilly

[@davidwright7193]

Not in real money

[@malinlindqvist3455]

HAHAHAHAHA. You must be american to make such a remark.

[@deborahparham3783]

Not in Celsius it isn't.

[@winnywin]

If I had a penny for every time an American asked "Why only 3 days?"... I'd have £7.43 (about $12.00).

[@oldtuberig]

Why 3 days? Why not 3 days? Great program.

[@eboracum2012]

Hater. Didn't your mother ever tell you not to say anything about Americans if you can't be polite?

[@SkunkApe407]

An an American, and a fan of the show, I too get tired of the "why three days" question. Is it really so hard to comprehend that these folks had day jobs, and this was a passion project?

[@JETWTF]

@@SkunkApe407 The three days is for evaluation of the site, you don't need more than that to get an idea of what's there. And yes they had regular jobs and did the series on their own time rather than take a normal vacation. I just cannot understand that people don't understand that. Some sites became full digs, most are notes for future digs.

[@SkunkApe407]

@@JETWTF um, why are you addressing me, like I asked a question? The team has been quoted several times saying exactly what I said. As a Surveyor I have worked on a number of archaeological digs. I don't need some random on YT to tell me what I already know.

[@awallner1]

The castle looks like gears.

[@WOLFROY47]

i have to say it ? between henry the 8th and oliver cromwell we have lost so much of our buildings history, and that carries on in the modern day, wooden fireplaces burnt, wall paintings painted over, buildings left to rot, because the powers that be, wont let you restore them, while their still in reasonable condition, its history, so we would rather see it fall down, a long as we can control it , and people just wont buy listed buildings, because of all the restrictions that go with them, end result, there lost

[@chrissmith7669]

In Germany the castles along the Rhine met a similar fate at the hands of the French and everything is so protected you can’t really restore it to usable for fear of messing up some bit of historical information

[@andy-the-gardener]

oh well, never mind. at least the entire amazon rainforest is not being burnt to the ground and the millions of species it countains are not going extinct. it could be worse. got to count our blessings

[@SkunkApe407]

You edited this, and still posted a typo riddled, poorly structured, grammatical nightmare? Don't worry about history, learn to speak and write properly. You're also dead wrong about the restoration of scheduled buildings. The laws require that you use period appropriate materials and techniques, which most people can't afford to do. That's why most of them don't get restored, not some big conspiracy, you wingnut.

[@WOLFROY47]

@@SkunkApe407 yep enjoy living in your 32 storied featureless phallic symbol, replacing the green bits that it was built over. and i hope your lift breaks. you would probably be ecstatically happy then ?

[@SkunkApe407]

@@WOLFROY47 I own a half a million dollar house, on a third of an acre, you twit. You know what they say about assumptions, right dummy?

[@alexhayden2303]

Awful lot of stone when they demolished the castle. Any sign of where it went? Merchants records, etc.

[@lucygray6162]

Why don't they ever listen to Stewart in the first fifteen minutes instead of the last five? Because it would only be a twenty minute show.

[@jasonlipmyer36]

I imagine its because it takes Stewart about 2 and a half days to figure out what he thinks.

[@chappyoatagaurd9771]

I wanna listen to Stuart read tell i fall asleep.

[@mattkaustickomments]

Of course Stewart was right.

[@Headwind-1]

I wouldn't go on water with that . . .

[@olivialin44]

I have to watch this for 10 minutes because of homework

[@dragonladyfink4685]

32....so 89-90 F.... um Tony that's not hot. (Sunday was 101 F where I live)

[@ritanovielli1655]

Exactly !!!!

[@TheCardolan]

lol at 21:00, he really seems unable to look up at her face no?

[@edbadyt]

I think they seemed quite flirty with each other

[@ritanovielli1655]

It's funny how men go for the ground and the plans while a woman would come along and view the ley and talk to the birds and trees and be able to hum the song that the old king hummed

[@daveminor1058]

Matt dude

[@koningbolo4700]

An in the end the dame gets presented the fishy poal...typical... ;-)

[@speedbrake22]

Isle of Sheppy = Isle of Sheepy?

[@malinlindqvist3455]

Shepey.

[@deniseadkins2901]

32 degrees is freezing. I don't think that's right. lol

[@joannevanrens5501]

Celcius

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

​@@joannevanrens5501does that me as n it's cold?????

[@chrish483]

he said 32 deg when he meant 32 C at 16:18

[@wbrewer5352]

No, he meant what he said - 32 degrees - England switched to using the Celsius scale some time ago so no longer specify the scale used..

[@scarletfluerr]

Just like they're supposed to use meters but still say feet?

[@phantomkate6]

Nobody thought he meant fahrenheit except you :p

[@MelissaThompson432]

@@scarletfluerr "what's that in old money?"

[@TeresaTrimm]

First aired March 12, 2006.

[@loulagregg8468]

I enjoy having found this series. Reading the comments today, I see that Mick has died. I am very sorry to hear of his loss. I will miss him! I lived in Surrey as a child and have carried with me a love of the past, especially in England. My parents took us on many forays into the past while we were there, and it is nice, now in my seventies, to continue learning and seeing. I take except to the laughter about the builder or architect stating that prostitutes were born to blow, I believe it was phrased by the speaker in this episode about the bladder boat who thought it fit to bring up and laugh about. Seems quite the misogynist and not true to type for the team!

[@silviac221]

Victor has also died, and such a shame.

[@firstwavepuresoul]

@45.50 talks about a French noble woman feeling very much at home....Queen Phillipa was from Hainault in Belgium.

[@Skyfire_The_Goth]

First: Belgium wasn't even Belgium until 1549 when it was declared independent of both France and Germany by Charles V, before then it was known as the coastal county of Flanders, it was under French control from 1214 until the start of the Hundred Years' War in 1337, this castle was built and stood just after that time period. Second: Philippa of Hainault (Queen Philippa) was born in Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut in the Low Countries, which is still part of France, her father was William I, Count of Hainaut, her mother was Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainaut, her grandfather was Philip III of France, so yes she was a French noble woman of the time.

[@kikufutaba1194]

Is it me or does the castle model look like a medieval ICBM facility?

[@justpettet3506]

is this where norm found adam giving friendly hands for 15 pounds?

[@robertwiddop5683]

Yes would be great . but not the same.tech as moved on How many of crew are left. So many people came in But don't make a mark on me And for God sake keep out that Guy .who got Mick's job He drove me mad.

[@nothingtonooneinparticular8500]

I find it odd that Time Team doesn't like (and even condemns...) metal detectorists but says nothing about the "public" stealing archaeology from ancient sites...

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

Only the nighthawk or illegal ones😊

[@Tocsin-Bang]

Sadly I hate the dubbed music, it does nothing to enhance the programme, and makes if difficult for me to hear the desired audio.

[@ManImJustSomeDude]

So if a woman of ill repute floats on water she weights the same as a duck? And where did you get bamboo? Its a tropical plant, how many laden swallows did it take? hahahaha

[@rick5793]

This episode has some of the most beautiful women in it, lucky dudes. Not only are they easy to gaze upon they are smart, well educated and willing to be dirty, sorry, don't mind getting dirty. It would be so nice to see this kind of archaeological digging in the USA. We've got a lot of history here also.

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

Don't like rounded donut messed up people in your views??????

[@WOLFROY47]

i am a mole and i dig in a hole

[@bokhans]

Don’t miss this how was time team made: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4LXm6ZjfMmghsU

[@thomasjohnson6665]

A paper boat?!........really

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

Hemp paper bout shoes where ideas came from 😂

[@vampifrog]

You seem like a discerning man with critical thinking and obvious expertise in archaeology and TV showmanship. I'm sure you can make a better archaeology show. Get cracking!

[@WOLFROY47]

scheduled means its already rotted, but its ours, and its our power trip, and bury it again when your finished, so that, ten or twenty years from now, we can dig it up again

[@vincerussett7922]

Hello, Wolfroy47. No, Scheduling is a way of protecting sites of national importance. We Brits live in a small, densely populated island, and the country (through Parliament) has, since the 19th century, recognised that some sites are too important to be just left to their fates. Time Team's work, and other pieces of research that are never featured on TV, are some times desirable if a site is not well understood, and provided Historic England are happy that the site needs more research to understand it better, and hence to protect what remains, they will issue licences to excavate or do geophysical survey, both of which I (and my team, YCCCCART) have much experience in. As a condition of the licences, the work has to be written up and published, so it is in the public domain. It's right that they are cautious: we've worked on Iron Age hill forts and medieval castles and priories, although we generally shun excavation: it's just too damn expensive to do!

[@dansmith4237]

Why only give them 3 days?

[@scarletfluerr]

That's the premise of the show. These archaeologists are all employed and universities and archaeological groups, so three days is all they can spend when they have their other jobs to do.

[@WOLFROY47]

a young person still measuring in inches bless him, none of this metric crap

[@magsmom89]

Do us a favor mate and stop watching the videos so we can stop seeing your whines.

[@philiproseel3506]

I like the show, but find it underwhelming and anticlimactic.

[@meganw.4457]

As real archaeology often is. lol. It's smart, bc lots of young people get the wrong idea from the sensationalized shows and movies, that every time an archaeologist puts a shovel in, she pulls out a golden statue. And, given the three day limit, this show is a great example of diagnostic archaeology. Yeah, they don't find anything stunning in most of the shows, but it's so educational. And when they do find stunning things, it's that much more exciting.

[@minimaker5600]

@@meganw.4457 well said!

[@samjohnstone1356]

that Brigid woman certainly has a uncouth accent, and I suspect shes got a bit of the tar brush in her

[@janinealderete2633]

she's from new Zealand as am I. Learn some manners

[@samjohnstone1356]

+Janine alderete well I will assume that you also have a broad and uncouth way of speaking too, people with regional accents should not be allowed to speak on television

[@johnmoss6631]

alison webster, why pay any attention to an asshat like Sam? Ignore the ignorant and stupid.

[@lizzy66125]

​@@samjohnstone1356 please removw your racist remarks.

[@fartunique]

Best episode going, purely because Faye is rocking shorts! ;p

[@minimaker5600]

surely there must be better places for you to see T & A. PIG!