Time Team S19-E03 The Drowned Town

Tony Robinson and the Team head to Dunwich, a village that's literally falling off the edge of the UK. Coastal erosion has eaten away most of this once-bustling settlement, and before the whole place is lost to the sea, there's a last chance to find out more about the lost origins of this dramatically situated town.
Could it even be possible to prove conclusively that it dates from Anglo-Saxon times?
But the archaeologists face a huge challenge. Up around the old walls they have to dig one of the deepest trenches they've attempted in recent years. And on a second site by the popular beach cafe, they're searching for an early medieval hospital. But it's not easy to access in the gaps between the fish and chip shop, crowded car park and public toilets.
Team leader Mick Aston is also desperate to understand the layout of the town's medieval priory, and sets the geophysics experts a Herculean surveying task.
And the Team don't just concern themselves with dry land, employing ultra-high-tech sonar technology to explore the large portion of the medieval town that already lies beneath the waves.

[@leslietarkin5705]

February 2023 Update: The town still stands along with the Grey Friars' Monastery. The car park is there as well. It doesn't look like too much erosion has taken place since this episode premiered in Feb 2012. This was one of Mick's last episodes. He left the show b/c it was 'dumbed down' (his words) and many pros like Stewart, Helen, & Victor had their roles diminished. He passed away in June 2013, aged 66 from a brain hemorrhage.

[@mateowaters7264]

In my opinion he doesn’t seem himself in this episode either. Sad. I’m guessing he was frustrated and unhappy but trying to stick out the changes as best he could.

[@davidtownsend6092]

Well victor was dead by then. RoBin too

[@greghelms4458]

Having just found this series within the last year or so I find this extremely sad. Of course I’ve read all about it but I can’t help being sad I didn’t get to watch this from the beginning, yet happy that such a wonderful piece of archaeology tv is preserved here for the future, and here for us to enjoy over and over again.

[@katherinecooper6159]

I love the way Mick can set Tony straight!

[@zacksbeyondourplate6784]

Like so many comments, recently discovered this gem of a show. Love the cast, hard to pick a favorite person. They are all great. Thanks!

[@katherinecooper6159]

Mick and Phil - great archeologists. I was sad to learn that Mick died - so young.

[@QuakerLady]

Happy to see Stewart

[@davidtownsend6092]

Are...are you just always happy to see Stewart or is there a specific reason? I don't recall an ep. Without him

[@MsLeebee2]

as always wonderful. sadly no more Mike Aston may he rest in peace. thanks Tony and the crew for another wonderful time team tfs

[@mikesummers-smith4091]

I visited Dunwich on a family holiday in '57 or '58. I remember that the beach was littered with fragments of human bone, presumably washed up from the churchyard of the lost church in Old Dunwich shown early in this video.

[@godzillas6301]

I wish there was somewhere things such as this could be recorded and preserved for the nation . Nice one .

[@TheEnabledDisabled]

@@godzillas6301 Well as citizen if we find them we could preserve them for our future generation

[@godzillas6301]

@@TheEnabledDisabled When i say preserve i mean on a local knowledge of things that have now gone or may not have . An example of this is there was once a Water feature in upper gungate in Tamworth staffs . What is not well known or even oblivious to almost all is there was a tunnel from the castle that exited around this area . I was told this by someone now long dead who was involved with the water feature most likely one of the people whom removed it ( he worked for the council ) . But in answer theres so so much history out there its not possible to preserve everything . This isnt america , the uk is built on the uk which is built on the uk . Theres layers of history beneath us and the importance is everything . I will fess i get pissed off when i come across certain things such as the holiday inn in lincoln is having an extension built onto it and this is on a roman graveyard . They are removing the bodies but i cant help but think who could possibly think its a good idea to allow any building on a known graveyard . Bollocks to progress , there has to be a line drawn somewhere .

[@jacquelinevanderkooij4301]

Duinwijk in modern dutch.😊 Old tradingsite from opposite the Northsea? -wijk is from vicus (roman). Dunwick is in opposite of the dutch town Katwijk (in roman times it was on the Rhine). In my opinion Dunwich is an old Roman town/port. Related with the Rhine-trade.

[@Pauldjreadman]

People were crying about Stewart being replaced but he is on this episode. He probably couldn't do them all. Is that the first time I have seen Stewart dig a hole? Another great episode with Phil laughing his head off.

[@bethbartlett5692]

Google the subject.

[@erictaylor5462]

Erosion has always been a major issue for archaeologists all over the world. But worse is the cities themselves. How much archaeology has been lost just in London? I mean, they built a bloody parking lot right on the grave of an English king without even realizing it.

[@oldbatwit5102]

We have enough ancient graveyards but we can never get enough car parks and roads and cars and airports, estate agents, nail bars, fast food shops, mosques, mini-marts, empty cafes, betting shops, etc.

[@corneliawissing7950]

A whacking great car park? A sodding big car park? Just trying to keep up with Phil's jargon ...

[@coppertopv365]

I think they Need to erect a "Room" over some sites and build on top the Room and leave the ground for further generations and archeology. Like the car Park.. close off the ground floor, let cars park on Second level.

[@erictaylor5462]

@@coppertopv365 What part of, "Without realizing it" did you not understand? Do you propose building a room over the entire city and closing it down? Perhaps they should do that with the entire island. Not to mention the continent. And what about future archeologists that might want to study our time? I bet how we dealt with the Covid pandemic will be fascinating to historians in 2100, and even mores in 3000. Look how much fascination we have for the Spanish flu of the Black Death. Eventually this current crisis will end and we will move on. Your grandkids will ask you what it was like, and their grandkids will learn from them, but second hand, just as you learned about the Spanish flu from your parents grandparents.

[@August222]

This is the end of Time Team. Pretty people asking mundane questions. Tony is somewhat removed. As is Phil. So sad. I think this show might have been the greatest of this civilization.

[@DawidGabriel]

The Dunwich Horror... Thank God Time Team didn't poke too much around those boarded-up houses... And then mistook (for the camera) the ruins of the Esoteric Order of Dagon for a Victorian Folly... Wise move, Humanity can mercifully go to sleep knowing the Great Old Ones will slumber for one more aeon! :)

[@marthaperkins1845]

Thank you for posting these great videos.

[@TravisBrady-wn8fr]

My dream occupation right there. Will work for food

[@pattyann4163]

Most archeologists do just that.

[@koitsenka]

i just watch for phil harding, really.

[@jdhutchinson506]

He has terrific legs.

[@MegaSmk]

@@jdhutchinson506 I've been looking for this comment since season 1 *lol*

[@Jigger2361]

...from the shrubbery

[@Libbathegreat]

I love it when he talks to his trench.

[@lauraamundson8285]

He's very funny. And his shorts are shorter than mine by far!

[@actua99]

As a Dutchie, this makes me wonder how much a good defensive sea wall would do. Basalt piers, proper dune maintenance, sand engines, etcetera. Probably a question from ignorance, but what makes Suffolk that different from the Hollands and Zeeland?

[@coppertopv365]

Exactly! I just commented and then i seen this. 👍

[@richardphillips6281]

Apparently the govt. coastal office many years ago decided it was impossible to totally block erosion of the East Coast but came up with a plan for an orderly retreat inland. The idea was to build up sea defences where economically viable and leave other areas open to erosion. I spent a lot of time in East Anglia over the years and have visited that part of the East Coast many times. I don't know where one would reference what I have mentioned here but maybe English Heritage have a link on their web site.

[@actua99]

@@richardphillips6281 How important is East Anglia to the British economy? In the Netherlands, the areas behind the eroding coast are the most productive and most densely inhabited, so ignoring erosion there isn't really an option. If the eroding areas in the UK aren't as 'important', I suppose it makes a cold kind of sense.

[@richardphillips6281]

@@actua99 I vaguely remember that whichever govt. department it was looked at costal erosion around all of Great Britain and decided it could not be prevented but managed in the way I have briefly mentioned. There are also some other useful comments about this matter here on this page that I think you may find interesting. Maybe our Environment Agency web site has other information.

[@Awitsaduck]

Well there's fairly high cliffs whereas I imagine that the Dutch coast is mostly very flat

[@NoelG702]

Jesus, they really cut back on the actual digging footage. That was my favorite part

[@NolaGal2601]

19 years and Mick *still* has that damned striped sweater. Lol

[@dgpatter]

No he doesn't. He's been dead for several years. Thanks for your respect for a good man gone far too soon.

[@hkja99]

I think he means 19 seasons = 19 years

[@aimeebrass5266]

Since my Mom mentioned his stripped shirt, I can't watch it without noticing it more now...Heehee

[@sizemorej]

He wore it once and the producers asked him to always wear it.

[@jenniferholden9397]

NolaGal2601 No if you look properly they are different jumpers. If he chooses to walk round naked but for a pair of nipple clamps, so be it.

[@seanmcplace6561]

Love Mick’s colorful sweater

[@dinx556]

Yet another successful dig by Mick and his crew.

[@angelitabecerra]

Poor John, he can never catch a break

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks so much for posting.

[@eoyguy]

Paul Blinkhorn, the pottery specialist, said in interviews that the last season of TT were poison on set. It shows...

[@elizabethschaeffer9543]

Sadly.

[@pattyann4163]

Our family has been watching TT since it became available on youtube. My english husband has been watching it from the beginning in the UK. In our opinion, "the end" began about series 15 or 16, when the serious archeologists were ordered to over-act. The replacing of Tony (the presenter we love to be annoyed by) with a sexy young woman (name??) who didn't seem to know what she was there for, made it worse. The new Patreon programs are very good though.

[@surfnsarangi]

I thought for sure they were going to send Phil and his hot pants to talk to the guy about digging on his land, i was genuinely surprised when they said for Mariann to go.

[@user-hy7zb2vl3t]

Show wasn't that progressive back then...😊

[@semisophisticate63]

It is cool to see a place that I visited myself!

[@alfhilda]

Brilliant episode!

[@ksgsherley5885]

Well done!

[@samuelbhend2521]

It isn't the first Thing the Northsea has taken, since the Landbridge between Great Britain and Germany has gone, and certainly won't be the last....

[@rubyjools]

Oh dear, John was getting a tad testy there 😂

[@nazmikapbas2700]

The lady in 09:25 stole my heart.

[@taffythegreat1986]

Nazmi KAPBAŞ I think it’s her boobies that stole your heart lol 😂

[@mescko]

@@taffythegreat1986 I don't think it's his heart that was stolen.

[@taffythegreat1986]

mescko hmmm lol

[@tubbytimmy8287]

27:15 to 27:21 really sums up how Time Team operate :)

[@SiiriCressey]

"Because we've got a blob..."

[@dickwaud3047]

hardly any experts left on the show anymore..looks like they all moved to the comment section

[@sliewood]

Dick Waud Ah. Now you just made me laugh good buddy. Thank you and enjoy the diggin ☮️

[@jenniferholden9397]

Dick Waud Love it, well said. I think these retired school teachers need to get over themselves.

[@Kid_Kootenay]

Well not everyone can be a dick 🤔 now can they? 😆

[@Pauldjreadman]

lol.

[@jenniferholden9397]

Phil Cadey Manners make the man!

[@Gorgonzola1970]

The sea will always win...

[@taffythegreat1986]

Rupert Tansley no it won’t lol 😂

[@LovinLnCottage]

@@taffythegreat1986Your arms are too short to box with Mother Nature. 😂😂😂

[@taffythegreat1986]

@@LovinLnCottage true 😂

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

thanks

[@jeffersonkee6440]

Hey Tony, the sign clearly states, "No Dogs"! Great series, but, sadly, all good things must come to an end.

[@evelynroberts3541]

AND he left the gate open, a no-no for any farmer

[@LarryThePhotoGuy]

@@evelynroberts3541 Note: the camera and sound crews were following him. Should they hop the fence?

[@TheSilverdaleShrek]

I'm surprised that the govt isn't looking into shoring up the coastline. I know it would be a massive project but it looks like decent soil and that would protect agriculture

[@user-hy7zb2vl3t]

It's almost impossible, probably by the size of loss. Many places are already being planned to move in modern times from coast.😊

[@coppertopv365]

Drop in a Sea Break Wall. One that Stands well above the water. A whole Lot of Concrete.. but it may slow the erosion caused by Waves. Or maybe add a Concrete walled Damn and Pump sea water back into the Sea leaving a Section.. put up Chicken Fence and anchor that deep into the Cliff Walls. Lot can be Done, it takes Money, Ingenuity, Time, and Efforts. But Dang it they need to get to work helping it. Lots of Stuff like Building lines are also seen from the Sky. Much work needs Done and Now

[@BlackIjs]

Agreed, that area badly needs erosion control!

[@doggonemess1]

So if something terrible happened here, it could be called "The Dunwich Horror"?

[@highonimmi]

I hope they go back and revisit some old digs....I know they have TT specials.

[@therealpatriarchy]

29:43 The real mystery is what those coasters must be for.

[@sheepdog1102]

England is an Island you would think that they would build a seawall or large stone wall or something. Once the land is gone it’s gone!😮

[@user-hy7zb2vl3t]

Can you imagine how much that would cost for nothing.? The sea will take the island away it's its job.😊

[@tamonettX500]

So sad, I think it's so tragic that the structures weren't numbered and moved! There's not much you can do about the archaeology beneath the ground, but those those structures could have been saved :(

[@MsRain49]

Such is the life, and death cycle of islands. I wonder why they don't put up breakers and other types of barriers to help stave off the erosion?

[@BarryWaterlow]

What a great loss to which many other parts of Britain should take note due to erosion and climate change. Further north could the seaside buildings of Happisburg be rescued and moved. Many thanks to Mrs. Freeman for taking me there.

[@TheEnabledDisabled]

this has been happening way before climate change but I guess it could worsen

[@emilychb6621]

@@TheEnabledDisabled I mean a place that also suffering from fast erosion will only go away quicker as the sea level rises. And if it's already eating at cliffs at medieval levels, it won't do well with half a metre higher levels.

[@TheEnabledDisabled]

@@emilychb6621 Agree

[@benediktmorak4409]

and while Tony Robinson says -English Heritage is taking care of it -, money always being tight as it is, they will be more interested in preserving something that also will give them a return. meaning many visitors entrance fees. and what can they get from something that slowly falls into the sea?

[@BlackIjs]

It's Stewart! The way people were commenting the last two episodes I thought he was gone for good.

[@rhondaneff2675]

I love Stewart. But people who were commenting need to realize that they are professionals and probably have career goals. Stewart is now a professor. And others have gotten doctorates.

[@barbmcconnaughey3070]

6:16 c’mon Alex, it’s stable for another meter or so..

[@slhughes1267]

I heard Tony saying "Dunnage" then the sign shows as "Dunwich". First thing I think of is "Horror".

[@grafvonraabs]

me too

[@dorianleakey]

Yog Sothoth!

[@thehamachekco9132]

I am not much caring for season 19. After watching the first 18 seasons, something seems off.

[@MegaSmk]

@Phil Cadey yup, I've yet to see her do or say anything of real substance.

[@MegaSmk]

@Phil Cadey you're welcome. I'm usually careful with critique, but I felt I had to say that. sleep tight- middle of the night here too ... this show is addictive :-)

[@MegaSmk]

@Phil Cadey You are so right, Phil. One has to feel sorry for her - it takes a lot of personality to make one's mark in a strong team. At least she's getting somewhat more involved toward the end of this season. We are nearing the sad end, anyway, so who really cares anymore ;-)

[@susanhuntley9262]

For me, it’s tony who’s spoiled it but what do I know

[@CrazyBikerGuy]

Wow look at the quality compeared to the s9 episodes 😁

[@Jigger2361]

..."compeared' ??? are you Phil?? lol

[@gregb6469]

If so much of the coast has been eroded since the Middle Ages, I wonder if even farther out there is in the sea the remains of a Roman town that was washed away even earlier.

[@tripleransom4349]

atlantis?

[@ChristaFree]

Nobody thought to plant trees to stop erosion lol

[@user-hy7zb2vl3t]

When the bottom 100 feet of cliff goes away trees will float😊

[@LovinLnCottage]

Trees planted in sand won’t be secure. Simple fact.

[@lisakilmer2667]

It's interesting to see how few experts are present in this episode, as if they were saving money for the sonar guy towards the end, which really solves the whole question of the size of the town. I agree that Mary-Ann seems to be a waste of budget. When they brought Carenza Lewis in right back in Season 1, she was a similar age - BUT - she was already an established scholarly authority. Ms. Ochota has the education but not the scholarly credentials and they relegated her to Pretty Face duty. Alex Langlands at this point had some credentials, mostly from experimental archaeology, but it really looks as if he's being trained by Stewart in this episode.

[@billie-jobenway8658]

Lisa Kilmer Just yesterday I was watching Time Team again (I watch it daily for about five years now) and I was telling my friend about Mary Ann and Alex. As far as Alex goes I think you are right. Alex was trained but lacked experience when he started doing experimental archaeology through the farm series. Although that set him back as far as landscape archaeology experience goes by about seven years and means he is catching up on the show as we watch and bitch about it, he has gained vast experience and knowledge. He knows more about the practical side of what others dig up than nearly all the others. This will help not only him but all those he works on digs and he will be able to speak from personal experience when others have to go on intellectual and academic knowledge only. Mary Ann got a raw deal. People bitch about Tony sometimes but he came in with acting ability and played a role that allowed him to fit in smoothly, besides the fact that he was a close friend to several others including Mick and Francis. Mary Ann, I think was brought on for two reasons. First, she was meant to appeal to younger viewers since some of the older viewers had either stopped watching or died off and they needed to try to bring in a new audience that might find younger presenters more appealing. Second, Tony was getting older and found running from trench to trench harder. You could see this in the last few seasons clearly. Tony had no real knowledge of archaeology when he started but I see people bitching about her having little knowledge when she started out with a background of a masters in archaeology and anthropology but all I hear about is how she is just a model. Sure, she is not as comfortable with the interactions on camera and not as charismatic as Tony, but then she is not an actor and came into a show with rabidly loyal viewers and was treated like an outsider and criticized unfairly from the start.

[@alanatolstad4824]

And, I can imagine the budget had a lot to do with the re-organization. Too bad. I'm wondering if the producers, hindsight being 20/20, would have dared try to cut costs by changing the cast. Especially in view of the backlash...hmm. It's difficult watching the remaining episodes, knowing now how it eventually turns out...

[@billie-jobenway8658]

@@alanatolstad4824 The hardest for me is that several people died like Mick and some like Beric Morley and Robin Bush ended up with Alzheimer's or dementia. After 20 seasons it was bound to happen since they were already middle aged in season 1 but it's still rough.

[@barbmcconnaughey3070]

There were already serious, trained, younger people on the show, why didn’t they get more ‘airtime’?? Matt, Raksha, Tracy, Katie....

[@englishmaninfrance661]

Englands going tto have to do a Holland soon & start reclaiming land . In fact , I dunno why we haven't done it already to save places just like Dunwich

[@NickMusselle]

MARY ANN seems very inexperienced

[@Wally-H]

I bet she isn't ;)

[@denisedaly2445]

She is one of the reasons Prof Mick Aston left the production

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@denisedaly2445 Not her, the way she was used. She didn't like it either and left as soon as she could.

[@graceamerican3558]

It makes you wonder if you could find anything in the water.

[@granskare]

there is also a Greyfriars in Reading.

[@neildahlgaard-sigsworth3819]

granskare there were lots of places were the Grey Friars set up their friaries.

[@georgedorn1022]

The Franciscan orders wore grey habits, hence they were know as the Greyfriars.

[@bethbartlett5692]

@ 30:30 *(it took only 3 episodes to get to the nerve of what was the "common assumption",* whether *accurate* or not, "your slip is showing...")

[@jadezares]

I always feel like John Gater gets beaten up for what he does and I think its funny.

[@godzillas6301]

Archos are an odd lot . The word of the archo is just above the word of god when questioned . They can do no wrong . Someone with a trowel will find something and have something to show where John has a print out on what could or couldnt be . Got to love John for all the years of people thinking his work is voodoo when time after time he along with Stuart are the most valuable people on any dig .

[@Pauldjreadman]

I think its just a running gag.

[@TeresaTrimm]

First aired February 5, 2012.

[@areyouavinalaughisheavinal5328]

3:18 lol

[@donkeytico13]

how did it get buried by 15' of top soil?

[@NothingToNoOneInParticular]

I preferred Helen Geake to Mary Ann whatever.

[@GPski]

A lot of resources seemed to have been used to prove the Anglo-saxon connection. Were they able to fully prove the medieval plan they were looking for originally? Wasn't there an Anglo-saxon expert they normally had with them?

[@user-ge8yn4ql4i]

@ROBERT ANDERSON damn producers...

[@darladahmen5413]

Alex from the Farm series.

[@danehardinge8801]

Roll the clock forward and the erosion will be catastrophic to all lowland cities like London

[@neildahlgaard-sigsworth3819]

Dane Hardinge that all depends on the geology. The East Coast of England has large stretches of low clay cliffs that erode very quickly compared to stone cliffs.

[@ExUSSailor]

Does Phil own any long trousers?

[@highonimmi]

yes but, one pair for when it's cold.

[@jenniferholden9397]

Anon Nymous No, why would he with a set of pins like his. He would look a proper dick in a pinstripe suit and bowler. Let's celebrate our eccentricities.

[@koitsenka]

why would he hide those legs?

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

Only as long as it takes to reach for the scissors.

[@garyrodencal1902]

Does anyone know of the "Doomsday" that they are referring to in the earlier parts of the show?

[@marknoonan2373]

It's referring to doomsday book which dates from 1086 and was a record of the country twenty years after the battle of Hastings 1066.

[@garyrodencal1902]

Thank you Mark.

[@mandeville7474]

@@garyrodencal1902 Domesday book ( pronounced Doomsday )

[@lorawiese5897]

Also wikipedia has a bit to say about the "Doomsday book also called the Book of Judgement ".

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@lorawiese5897 But this was the *Norman* census commonly known as the *_Domesday Book_* which is pronounced _doomsday book._ It recorded details for taxation purposes.

[@taffythegreat1986]

Why didn’t they do sea defences back then when they had a couple of storms

[@neildahlgaard-sigsworth3819]

Pippa pig the bad news about sea defences is that they increase the coastal erosion at locations where the defences end.

[@taffythegreat1986]

Neil Dahlgaard-Sigsworth I know the south coast is terrible, especially the Isle of Wight. I use to go to the latter every year for a few years. Black gang chine is disappearing fast. Roads, pathways and small buildings disappearing over the edge. Same with white cliff bay resort. You use to walk under this foot bridge on the way to the beach from the clubhouse. All gone. The way I see it, when the cliffs erode the sea washes it away. If they placed a concrete walkway along the coastline about 10ft high. This should protect it. You may get overspill of waters in rough seas. At least you keep it.

[@bobbrooks80]

Why is it that they only have 3 days? I have watched a lot of ventures and it seems like everybody has x amount of days to get the job done. It just doesn't make any sense, does everybody turn in to a pumpkin after x amount of days.

[@gregb6469]

The people had weekday jobs (many were university professors), so only had weekends available to do Time Team digs.

[@johnbull1986]

@ROBERT ANDERSON what scam is that?

[@wbrewer5352]

@@gregb6469 Naaah, TT was a "day job" for most of the participants and the academic contingent were off during the summer filming. 3 days was the formula they came up with to make the shows more compelling and watchable. Without that, no one would tune in.

[@mrs.schmenkman2858]

It's because of the time frame for making a television u can't imagine the amount of man hours it takes to edit 3 days of filming into a semblance of a story. Don't worry, all these sites are recorded and many were actually continued on with full on archeology digs after they left.

[@mamaosaazul9762]

@ROBERT ANDERSON lol...

[@bradmiller6023]

I do not understand why they did not use old naval charts to at the erosion instead of town maps.

[@maryearll3359]

Brad Miller - not too sure maps had been thought of. ❤

[@superhamish22]

they could slow the erosion by building sea walls like Netherlands and meany other low countrys

[@phantomkate6]

Get out your MasterCard!

[@Atomsk102]

I keep thinking he's saying "Dunnage", which means "excess baggage".

[@wbrewer5352]

He IS saying "Dunnage" - that's how Dunwich is pronounced.

[@JosMorn1]

Why the dramatic erosion here versus other seaside towns? Is the soil far too sandy, thus too susceptible to disturbance?

[@Wally-H]

Very sandy. The erosion all along the cost of east Anglia is incredible. We went on holiday to Hemsby in Norfolk this year - a whole street of houses fell into the sea just a couple of years ago. You can walk along the clifftop and on one side, there are still houses, but on the other, all you get are the remnants of the lost house gardens, with numerous warning signs telling you not to enter. It probably won't be too many more years before the road we walked on and the houses on the other side of it, also make the drop. There is a documentary here on KZbin about the night those houses fell in

[@Droopybear]

Doomsday is not spelled domesday. Please explain!

[@christinebutler7630]

It was in 1066.

[@mattcook7881]

I don't think he washed his hands when coming out of the loo at 24:10. Shame shame...

[@taffythegreat1986]

Doesn’t any local Archaeology groups carry on from where time team have left off.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

Sometimes.

[@coppertopv365]

@@philaypeephilippotter6532 I wish it was Mostly.

[@coppertopv365]

More sites need Geo Graphs.. and test pits. Followed up by Longer and Longer archaeology Digs. To me sites are Time Sensitive, the more you can test and Do in short increments the more can be done over time, and more resources can be Shared

[@taffythegreat1986]

@@coppertopv365 I agree 👍👍

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@coppertopv365 There is so much archæology in 🇬🇧 alone that the sheer scale is against it. Some sites are scheduled so digging can be legally regulated (not simply forbidden - *English Heritage* _et al._ have learnt _that_ lesson). New sites are being identified all the time, often by amateurs who have the time to go over aerial photographs, old maps and the like as well as time to do exploratory digs and get test pits dug. Then there's the rest of the world!

[@sgrannie9938]

Does Mary Ann do anything besides ask lame questions and look like she’s freshly stepped out of a salon? I’m pretty sure she’s more skilled and qualified than what she’s doing 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@Hypatia4242]

What's with the exorcist music?

[@maureenfitzgerald1138]

+Hypatia4242 I believe it is from a movie called The Dunwich Horror. Maybe from the 1970's.

[@RabbitSlippersBlog]

Why don't they try to slow down or prevent the erosion like we do a lot of here in the USA?

[@janetrapoza4142]

RabbitSlippersBlog we have major erosion here. houses slipping into the ocean all the time. Miami hoes underwater every time it rains. just enjoy the show and if you don't like it ,don't watch.

[@carolynabbott888]

RabbitSlippersBlog They do build defenses in many areas of erosion on the U.K. Coast but this particular area has very rapid erosion and so it would be very expensive and may not even work. Quite often defenses simply shift the problem further up or down the coast. Not sure why Janet felt she had to be so defensive when replying to your very reasonable question.

[@mjrussell414]

ROBERT ANDERSON Those crazy seals! Always causing trouble!

[@mamaosaazul9762]

@@carolynabbott888 I agree, Janet was very rude...after all, it was a justified question.

[@taffythegreat1986]

Why have we a policy that we should let nature take its course and erode land, even if there’s houses standing there. We should have a policy in reclaiming back the land just like in Holland

[@SqurlMstrPWN]

Gotta love Phil's cut off shorts, lmfao! Who wears short, shorts?

[@sharonwhiteley6510]

Glad to see Stewart again. Can't anything be moved and saved instead of just letting it go?

[@2l84t]

Relocate the ruins to a safer place. Create a Museum of Ancient Architecture on Salisbury Plain. Couldn't be as difficult as shipping London Bridge to the USA.

[@amn9481]

+2l84t Yes, it is more difficult. A stupid too-rich American bought the bridge and shipped it and by comparison is just a pile of really large but uniformly cut stones; an ancient monument like the ruins of Dunwich would require billions to move and protect. English Heritage doesn't have those kinds of funds, unfortunately.

[@maryearll3359]

​@@amn9481 And not forgetting the vast majority of Salisbury Plain belongs to the British Army where troops, 14:32 from many nations, artillery, tanks etc are tested to this day.

[@chinamanjw]

Where is corenza ☹️

[@Pauldjreadman]

She was replaced by Helen a few series back. She went on o do other things. /i found out o the Wikipedia page.

[@adamsjerome1839]

If people had been listening the erosion has been going on for a millennium and didn't have anything to do with global warming. Any relics from hundreds of years ago would have destroyed by the sea.

[@user-hy7zb2vl3t]

Sea level is rising again, don't doubt the flood range you can doubt the political side 😉

[@waltercannon4700]

Maybe there should be a “dig” to find out the cause of the demise of the show. But why bother? We know haters are gonna hate. And even though the producers may have envisioned key players ageing out of the show and tried to bring in new blood, many viewers weren’t gonna accept those changes, but now it’s history. Kinda ironic.

[@emilywong4601]

What's up with the archeology fashions?

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

They're history.

[@karmicpopcorn6440]

Lol I don't need to watch the episode, they showed it all in the intro

[@elijahhodges4405]

With all of the UK falling into the ocean does anybody wonder the water is rising?

[@chrisedy9116]

John seams like If one was or is interested in this work and one asked to talk to him he would not give a beginner the time a day

[@elisabeth6108]

Actually, one thing I have noticed about John over many episodes, including this one, is that he credits his team members by name when the results are good. That to me says he is a good mentor and a good leader.

[@Libbathegreat]

If you watch or read interviews with John, he's always happy to talk about his work and takes care to explain how it works in ways any moderately intelligent person could understand. And he's worked a lot in mentoring amateur groups throughout the UK. So don't take what things "seem like" on a TV show as the whole story.

[@neonskyline1]

Rather interesting how ALL Time Team episodes bend the horizon or make it hazy, i skipped the bits with NOT in the slightest nice looking program spoiler Mary Anne appears

[@blaggercoyote]

I love Time Team, but it is restricted to what people did in their daily life. There is never anything about how they communicated with each other. I understand that there is, of course, no writing to indicate anything about language, but they must have had a verbal language or communication of ideas would have been very difficult.

[@eimhingalvin8864]

Jhon wants to punch tony at 45:00

[@eboracum2012]

Why can't they, English Heritage or Uncle Collywobbles, move that priory? Don't say money, that's ridiculous. English Heritage spends vast amts of money and hands out grants to fix up examples of 'great Georgian, Edwardian, the year I was born, etc architecture' yadda yadda of which there are other examples, probably in better shape. Or 'nick' to quote you people. It's too late, I know, it just irritates the stuffing out of me.

[@georgedorn1022]

Sadly, it probably is due to a lack of money. In 2015 English Heritage fell victim to the new era of apparently perpetual austerity; it is now a charity that is expected to be entirely self-funding. Given the number of properties in its care, their age and therefore the considerable costs of maintenance, it is likely that very difficult times are ahead for EH.

[@LovinLnCottage]

I was so sad to see the greedy producers ruin the best show on tv back then. The new TT lacks any kind of spark. I have tuned out.

[@chrisedy9116]

Mery ann , Wow

[@Jigger2361]

...yeah, in a bad way

[@judeirwin2222]

Oh for pity’s sake. They can’t dig in a field because there’s a horse there!? Get someone to move the ruddy beast, or theater it out of the way! Ridiculous.

[@maryhinge5876]

Dunwich was a CITY not a town.