Time Team S07E05 hadrian's.wall,.birdoswald

Tony Robinson and the Team travel to the Roman fort of Birdoswald in Cumbria to carry out the first ever excavation of a Roman cemetery near the wall.
But during the dig - which includes a spectacular recreation of a funeral pyre - they also discover the remains of a Roman town that ceased to exist after the year 200.
Could it have been one of the largest Roman towns in northern Britain? And why did it die?

[@annk.8750]

Mick's comment to Tony: "You are such a misery!" He said it one of the earliest shows, and he said it in one of his last shows, and it remained true throughout the entire series. Tony was their "designated pessimist".

[@edherdman9973]

Watching the early-mid '00s shows and he really got out of hand at times with the cutting remarks. He seems to have mellowed out a bit in later years!

[@kevinmccarthy8746]

WOW, I thought I was the only one thank you Ed.

[@benediktmorak4409]

i wonder though how much this was scripted speech? after all why would they otherwise be together for so many years? for money? for TV exposure? and i am sure many questions Tony asked and Mick replied to and explained, were for the benefit of the not regular viewer. for instance, everytime Time Team were around a - roman fort - they had the name - vicus - around.and every time it was explained. one also should not forget, Time Team is not only be viewed by Brit viewers who hopefully do know about their history. But also by -foreigners - who for instance never have heard about Hadrian's wall. or that one was built first of -sods - as Mick explained. and then a second time with stone. The only thing i know about the Romans in Britain, was from the - Asterix and Obelix - comics...

[@lafeelabriel]

To be fair, Tony was basically the closest thing to a voice for the audience.

[@benediktmorak4409]

@@lafeelabriel As is many times happens when one has a bunch of , and for sure they were, Experts, who are getting carried away in their lingo. I am also sure Tony was asking many of these questions, over and over again, for the benefit of the viewer and especially for NEW viewers. Until i been watching TIME TEAM i never have head - Samian Ware-. And was and i am still amazed, what those archaeologists can tell from a little piece of shard. But those people tend to get carried away in their field. And for THAT Tony Robinson was there. He was the -showman - with his flailing arms and - Time Team has only 3 Das to find out - . Even when we know by now that it sometimes took weeks or month to to the prep work and clean up before and after each episodes. I still remember what - flak- he got from Phil, when, not knowing better, Tony jumped into a -dig - without -asking - first for -permission -. Only NOW i do understand, why it is like that. And actually why it HAS to be like that... Now it is SIR Tony Robinson, he is back with the TIME TEAM, many of the -old - team are still there. And i am looking forward to his - TIME TEAM has just 3 days to find out-.

[@lnbjr7]

I watch and watch again all the episodes of this incredible series. Always discover something I missed in a previous viewings. Sir Tony’s role in bringing things into perspective and context is incredible!

[@ambercaines9113]

I love how time team puts an element of experimental archaeology into it. I like the lessons 🥰

[@granthurlburt4062]

Absolutely one of my favourite parts too. After all, archaeology is much about reconstructing the past. Virtual time travel. And I love handling materials, or seeing people handle materials. Sch a concrete way to know the past.

[@sharimullinax3206]

I really admire, Jackie. She does it all and can tell you where a fragment of bone was on a body. Just brilliant. And she has a punk sense of style! ☠☠☠

[@benediktmorak4409]

and Victor, as usual, does his quiet work, beautiful drawings.

[@Invictus13666]

He draws gaudy stick figures. Zero talent. Way rto be brainwashed.

[@zedwms]

12:45 One stone is a stone Two stones is a wall Three stones is a building Four stones is a palace I love Mick Aston. There is a hole in the world, after his passing.

[@Invictus13666]

He didn’t coin the damn phrase. He also didn’t walk on water. All he did was take credit for the work of others to aggrandize himself.

[@Invictus13666]

@Thoth Al Khem 😂 sure thing honey.

[@haplessasshole9615]

@@Invictus13666 Yes. That's why Aston mentions, "That's what [unintelligible] taught me at university." He *always* credits his teachers and mentors. Without fail. He never claimed to have coined the phrase. In fact, he misquotes it, and calls himself on it later.

[@Invictus13666]

@@haplessasshole9615 not always, no. But you have your fantasy world-I like reality.

[@souloftheteacher9427]

@@Invictus13666 We note that you have yours.

[@ashleypepper1335]

Just wanted to say thank you for the time and effort you took to share your interests with us. I never knew that this show was even around. Archaeology has been a PASSION of mine for over 40 years. Again thank you, now I can share my passion with my grandchildren.

[@thomasradke7477]

My son and I vested this site a bit over 6 years ago. There wasn't a great deal to see beyond the excavates outlines of stone walls which were the bases of various buildings and the remnants if the wall istself. Locals, over the last 1700 years, has removed a great deal of the wall to reuse in whatever buildings they were constructing which I cannot blame them for as certainly the stone wall had no purpose any longer. Certainly easier to remove stacked stone than digging it up as needed. One thing that struck us was when we stood looking out on the horizon in the morning mist I said to my son "Imagine that you were a 20 year old conscript in the Roman army and you once stood here looking at the very same view realizing that for the next 20 years, the typical length of military obligation for a pension, this was all that you life was going to be". A rather moving moment for us.

[@souloftheteacher9427]

That's wonderful. Brings it home to all of us. Thank you!

[@Invictus13666]

25 years. And Roman soldiers moved.

[@jeffreychurch2018]

Tony later did a program called Britain' Ancient Tracks. During one episode he visited Avery, which has the world 's largest stone circle. Some of the stones are missing, built into newer buildings, including the local historical heritage office.

[@dano4572]

WOW!!! I look forward each day now for i think its been 3 weeks, to sit down and watch these videos with great joy!! thank you all, you wonderful people doing this show! just sayin

[@SlyPearTree]

I can't believe that there are still places around Hadrian's wall that haven't been dug. And as much as I like Time Team, I do hate their 3 days limit.

[@gavinwallace5703]

SlyPearTree yes, well they need a limit to limit the expence of it. But a workweek of 5 or six days with representation on sundays might have given some really interesting extra informations on the larger sites.

[@patlong3903]

They kind of explained the 3-day limit early in the series. They are more an "Advance Team". They will do as much research as they can (these individuals do have real lives, jobs and bills. This wouldn't be a full-time job; even longer Archaeology Digs must break for weather, or even for additional funding. As Mick has stated "Archeology is distructive ...". By their taking notes and recording their finds over 3 days they provide invaluable information for future digs.

[@royfr8136]

yes...its not needed

[@Theodore042]

@@royfr8136 I disagree, it gives a sense of urgency to the viewer. For example, 37:15 is this show at its best: They "run up" to a trench because someone has found something. Taking a look at it, they slowly realize, with the viewer, the... possibly erotic nature of it. Then, as soon as they were figuring it out, someone starts shouting to get their attention. Because they only have 3 days, they HAVE to run across the field to another trench. At 37:43, while running, he literally interviews one of the archaeologists: "Could that be.... pornographic?" "It could be, yes, indeed, we have to look at it carefully before we can make a decision on that one" and then he CONINUES TO INTERVIEW HER while they ran over and he then proceeded to interview another archaeologist about this next find. All 1 cut. I LMAOffed for 5 mins before collecting myself to write this comment. You want people to be interested in archaeology? THIS is how you gotta do it. Pure TV gold imo.

[@celticman1909]

It seems to be basic TV production formula to have drama built into the format of these shows. For instance, I don't think I've ever seen a deep sea shipwreck exploration show where there wasn't a storm threatening the operation, or some manufactured drama to heighten viewer interest.

[@marcblack1]

I have said this time and again, I thank you for having posted, I live in Canada, I watched these episodes for years on TVo, Canada's version of PBS, and had many chums watching as well.. I work in the construction field and always amazed as to how things built by human hand has survived so long in time.

[@Tom135]

Thank you Marc it's a great pleasure to be English with such a great heritage

[@marthareis5873]

It is remarkable, isn't it. Makes you ponder how generations hence aspects of this time will appear to archaeologists of the future.

[@Murrray_Duncan]

I was there in 2006. A really interesting and beautiful place to visit.

[@BuildingCenter]

"One stone's a stone, two stones? A wall. Three stones: a building. Four stones? A palace." Mick, for the ages.

[@wunty8332]

RIP

[@elizabethnewell3133]

@@wunty8332 luck kkkkkkkko

[@Veaseify]

I worked there.. yes, it always rains! But it is a beautiful place to work..

[@thebannedgreenman8939]

Steve Veasey Lucky you.

[@lauravalancy2521]

There is no such thing as bad weather, just wrong clothing. 😂😜☀️🌈 🌧

[@shable1436]

@@lauravalancy2521r you British ?

[@woodrose50]

Learned about Hadrins Wall from a guy that lived in Hexham. We were chat buddies back in 2000, when Yahoo still had their chat rooms. We were both Tolkien fans.

[@jonathonappleseed8893]

Archeological foreplay. I’d buy their ale and whiskey if they stretched it out to four days. A thought 20 years too late. Tickles my brain every time.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

All the team had other jobs in archæology, digs are mostly rescue digs or evaluation digs and the programme was _very_ expensive.

[@Bambi_Harris_Author]

I'm no historian but I do read a lot about history and I thought that maybe that coin was not pornographic (i do know they had their items that reflected it) but it was said that the olympics and athletic endeavors were done naked. Perhaps that coin with the hunting sticks was more of an ancient representation of sports (just a musing)

[@2l84t]

+Bambi Harris What is considered to be acceptable is dictated by the dominant section of society of the time. Shame of one's own body is relatively new, in a historic sense, and I believe can be traced back to Abrahamic Theology.

[@boffeycn]

Tom Palfrey Your turn in the barrel.

[@shable1436]

I thought about that when studying ancient Greeks and spartan warriors, they were nude together often, and was very close, to the point of sexuality, but wasn't such thing as the terms of being gay, lesbians and gender roles so it was a unique and not talked about much but eluded to in popular movies such as sexual bond with young men being trained by their master teachers in arts of warfare.

[@mikebarrow157]

@@2l84t The Victorians were easily the biggest censors of familiar and foreign culture

[@helix1061]

Awesome!

[@rosemary4033]

Love the old show time team!!

[@nnagle9224]

superior finds with unique explanations - loved this one.

[@brian554xx]

I don't recommend dating coins. If you ask them to split the bill, you never see them again.

[@patlong3903]

Really? A comment about dating an ancient coin for info being compared to a sad modern dating tradition is just pathetic. I know it was an attempt at humor, IMHO, it fell short.

[@scarletfluerr]

Lighten up.

[@cpmenninga]

Of course they don’t come back, they’ll always be roamin’. That’s ok, some of them are two-faced, their personalities are flat and their reasoning is circular.

[@Brinta3]

Oh look, it’s Party Pooper Patty.

[@brian554xx]

@Rosida Andriyana Humor and humour are both correct, depending on regional dialect.

[@deen1843]

Gotta like a "cremation expert" who wears a scarf with skulls on it.

[@celticman1909]

Check out "Ask a Mortician" channel on You Tube. Caitlyn Doherty is a comedian.🤭

[@meemurthelemur4811]

@@celticman1909 she's awesome

[@celticman1909]

@@meemurthelemur4811 Yeah, she is. I like her very much, and she calls us "Deathlings" and "Death enthusiasts." How wild is that?

[@meemurthelemur4811]

@@celticman1909 yes, she does such a great job of making it socially acceptable to be a death enthusiast. And her topics are always so interesting too.

[@rhoddryice5412]

15:29 Great jacket too.

[@bethbartlett5692]

This Wall brings to mind the Ancient Peoples that are the Scotts now. *In some of my Research ( Sociology and Ancient History, ie Historical Sociologist) I found that post Flood era immigration of Scythians traveled via Boats through the Mediterranean, around Iberia (Spain and France) arriving at Ireland, where they were "asked to continue over to Scotland".* They were allowed to take Irish Brides and then these bloodlines were to be their Royal Bloodline as they made Scotland their home. Keeping in mind this would have been post the Scottia History, and this verified through Archaeological finds including the Tomb of her Husband. There are authentic finds and a Historical record that was established that remains lesser known as the Mainstream Archaeologists tend to ignore it, in spite of its Authentic Research. This however is coming to resolution thanks to our Geneticists DNA studies. I am so very appreciative of these Authentic Academic Professionals, (whom follow the "Standards of Science and Research"). The Scotts have some very interesting History and lineage that hails from Ancient Peoples of great strengths, Scythians included.

[@user-hy7zb2vl3t]

Check out the early wall it's a huge geological feature stretching for miles

[@user-hy7zb2vl3t]

By the way, 😮you said really nothing other than you like authentic titles

[@jimhaslam2111]

This was a great episode proving that this fort was in operation until the six century. The knights here were descended from the Iazyges. They left when called to fight the Anglos Saxons, probable by someone from Carlisle, not Arthur.

[@ClaxmanG]

I am glad that they finally spent some time talking about the scientific plan submitted before excavation.

[@richardtorz2164]

It is amazing, when i first found time team, i assumed they considered a site made travel plans to go there and dig. But much more involved with making those scientific plans, submitting those plans, submitting the ultimate goals, getting all the required paperwork through english heritage or the local archaelogical societies and as well visiting the site. All this is done weeks if not months in advance of time team even going to a site. A lot involved in just one 48 minute episode lol.

[@389383]

Loved the description at 12:48 about what stone alignment meant!

[@lauravalancy2521]

Will Law 😂😂😂

[@notwocdivad]

I live north of the wall so according to Tony I'm a barbarian! How hinny where's me woad??? am gannin oot the neet. Dave

[@Philrc]

+notwocdivad how man dinnit gan fighting with them romans

[@davidcowton1070]

+kha sab Hoymehammaowerheremarra am mekkin a sheeld.

[@jacobkiblinger7910]

lol

[@northman585]

Gannin doon toon marra?

[@oliverwilliams5005]

It was very kind of the Romans to build a wall to cage themselves in. Stopped them from ruining proper civilisation in Scotland.

[@thomasandersen2534]

Wonderful video excellent finds !

[@d3sc3nding]

How he just walks away from her when she's trying to explain reasons for cremation. Hilarious. And the blank look on her face!

[@lucygray6162]

Not hilarious. We call that "rude" on this side of the pond.

[@phoule76]

he's downright Horatio Cain sometimes

[@wewenang5167]

he was just out of the camera lens and taking the log to put it on the pile, not walking away to oblivion!...jeees you guys has never seen this show before or what? I would actually do the same, while listening to her i will still do my works. They need to work fast for this show they only got 3 days and cant dilly dally, while listening he went to get the log just around the corner where the camera cant see.

[@Stu161]

"heroes don't wear a lot of clothes on the whole; they don't feel the cold"

[@user-hy7zb2vl3t]

It's our heroic charisma keeps us warm 😊

[@mgclark46]

At 45:10 that chariot is a quadriga, exclusively used by the imperial family. It seems like a highly significant find to me.

[@profaneangel0842]

No, the quadriga was one of the chariots commonly used in the circus races; and indeed, appears to have been the most popular

[@SandraNelson063]

These soldiers were far from home. The tradition was that legions didn't operate on their own home turf, so that they wouldn't have to be putting down revolts of their own people. If they survived their 25 year deployment they could legally marry and have some land to farm. These cremations proved that not all of them survived to go home. Or settle locally.

[@cinjonsmythe6318]

Great point, also if you survived the 25 years service you got a plaque called a diploma hence that's where we get the name from, fun fact :)

[@basstrammel1322]

Imagine joining the roman army back in the day. 25 years is so long!

[@Ijusthopeitsquick]

@@basstrammel1322 Today we only have to work 45 years before retiring to a little bungalow in the country. Progress!

[@Invictus13666]

@@Ijusthopeitsquick unless you’re an American and your retirement money has been savaged by Biden.

[@jayebyrd9953]

The first appearance of Katie. She and Jenny look like sisters. One episode Jenny went through 24 hours of a nun's day. Katie really looked after her in it.

[@jonericus]

If they wanted to see what happens to a body they should have put a pig on the pyre, then they would have bone and a much better picture than some very well done cuts of steak... :)

[@lauravalancy2521]

Scipio_Africanus, that’d be more expensive though 😢

[@SNP-1999]

This is such a wonderful series ! I followed it on KZbin for ages, watching as many episodes as possible, particularly those dealing with potential or known Roman sites, but the series suddenly ended in the early 2000's (I think ?). However, this episode seems much later and I have never seen it before, so did they decide to carry on with the series much later after all ? I sincerely hope so, archaeology is such an important science in discovering our heritage and the technical devices available nowadays make it much more easier to evaluate the size and type of site being investigated. Great work, Time Team, and thanks so much for uploading it !!! 😘

[@cpmenninga]

Google

[@Invictus13666]

Season 7. As Reijer so helpfully tells us. I realize reading can be difficult but do try, yes duckie?

[@annazaman9657]

Show ended in 2014

[@johnnytastetest]

Time Team: "Hey, can we dig Hadrian's Wall?" Government Official: "Yeah, sure. Take as much time as you need!" Time Team: "You hear that, guys? We HAVE permission! (Group members:"Yaaaayyyyyy!!!!") And as always, we've been given only THREE DAYS, so let's get on with it, shall we?!" Government Official: "No, you can literally take all the time you want. It's a very big wall. Please, dig something up."

[@stevedelaney]

Can I bring my jack hammer so i can take some wall down for my back garden plz

[@schneeweisser261]

Who cares?!?

[@davidwright7193]

The government official is also a roman era specialist that Time Team have used before as a consultant on Roman sites elsewhere in the UK and as the person responsible for excavation on the site in the long term wants a couple of questions answered as to how quickly he needs to excavate the graveyard area (low priority it’s not falling down the hill and has suffered a lot of plough damage before the area was protected) and what exists outside his core area (which will have had him drafting grant applications). This is very much beginning not ending investigation of those areas and that they have been asked to do it is a sign the professional archeological community was beginning to take the show seriously and see what it could contribute to long term investigations.

[@nestingherit7012]

It's very likely that some Dacians stayed after the retreat of Roman army and there are several interesting English/ Romanian similar words. Prislop ( high terrain in a shape of a saddle)/ slope. Slab( skinny)/ slab/ concrete slabs Cioparti'/ chop ( both with , chi' unlike kappen in German) Ciobi/ chip Carliont/ curl ( Both with consonant C followed by vocal a' unlike Frisian , Krulle' with two conjoined consonants Kr) Indopat( overfeed)/ dope A hauli( country lads yodeling)/ howling Screme( a low sound released when lifting something up)/ scream. In German is , schreien'... Etc

[@marionlesage4794]

Fascinating! Thanks for sharing

[@nestingherit7012]

@@marionlesage4794 I think that Romanian , Prislop' is basically ,pri'( on,above)+ English ,slope' because there are more similar words like ,slide', sleep' sled, etc.

[@stannousflouride8372]

The cemetery is here: 54.987024ºN, 2.608287ºW

[@phoule76]

it seems more trees have been planted on the escarpment to help avoid further erosion

[@hthesmith7915]

Tony at 37:29 "What are they doing?" LOL!

[@wallyhonk]

typical topsy turvy time team. lov time team

[@markadams7597]

A cool...surprised end!

[@jomon723]

Boy, you guys get a lot of rain....I guess romantic at the right time

[@user-hy7zb2vl3t]

What in the hotel?????

[@normplatt7549]

Great show! Thanxs!

[@Endle185]

Oh Jackie. She is amazing at her job.

[@olamarvin]

Amazing to think that the Romans were as old to them then, as that episode is to us now.

[@JonFrumTheFirst]

The forts along the wall changed location over time. They even moved north and built the Antonine wall soon after the first. Units were pulled from the location and moved to other parts of the Empire, which would eliminate the reason to have a town there. They often don't include known history to their discussions. It's all about walls and post holes.

[@wewenang5167]

i thought Antoine wall was built first but smaller but then they move and build the bigger Hadrian's?

[@peterlennox4828]

Carenza said that she'd found lots of "destroyed bottoms". Thankfully, she was referring to pottery.

[@WitherBossEntity]

Oh thanks, I thought she meant me…

[@bcgrote]

I wonder how much stuff has gone downstream, or is under the dirt at the bottom of the slump? That last intaglio may be Apollo or possibly Sol Invictus, both had iconography of the "quadriga". Are these trenches still open for more research or are other areas being looked at near Birdoswald? Imagine waking up to the noise of that landslide, you'd think Pluto or Neptune was REALLY angry! (Can you send some of that rain to Los Angeles?)

[@Invictus13666]

Neptune, there? Dope.

[@douglasruss2889]

Bravo !

[@BlairMaynard]

Oh no, I have only three days to write this post!

[@zackstewart4109]

For what it's worth, the intaglio is of Sol Invictus.

[@roznormanton]

Jenny Butterworth must be a bit peeved at being captioned as Katie Hirst when she found that huge green bead!

[@michaelmelen9062]

Yes, I noticed that too. They don't look anything like each other, and if you've watched episodes from this season you'd know Dr. Butterworth's voice. This is the first episode where I've seen Katie Hirst. Her voice is lower-pitched than Dr. B's.

[@bellelise.]

25:05 Haha!! ...really, as if we cant tell whats been going on. Maybe its just me, but that did not sound enigmatic. It is a fun episode to watch- even looking for firewood has some intriguing results...."TIMBER!".

[@rhondasisco-cleveland2665]

(I'm currently living in Alabama USA) and the funny/nerdy thing I keep thinking while watching all of these shows is: " OMG, look at their beautiful soil. It looks so perfect." I miss good soil, and theirs is just beautiful. The soil here is terrible. It's all hard packed clay like dirt with tons of limestone and chunks of granite and iron. It actually stains your clothes red if you get mud on you. Cant wait to move. Jealous

[@shable1436]

I know what your saying, i live in va in mountains, we have real dirt, soil so black full of nutrients like a rain forest. I lived in GA for years as well, and that red clay was hell, i still have golf shoes stained with it from years ago. Everybody's houses have red stains from mud slung on from rain, and you walk or run across it wet it will break your neck in the slimy shit.

[@thomasandersen2534]

Shablé I live in GA currently and yes amending the soil here takes years to do. I look at the soil on time team and I am jealous as a gardener

[@Taylor101310]

12:20 looks like tony got bored and just walk away while she was mid sentence. Haha

[@AlphaOne2009]

Wow!

[@kurtbogle2973]

The Roman's must have stopped in Scotland during Imbolic . That would have pissed off anyone!

[@mariaortizsantodomingo7215]

9 years of this video

[@neonskyline1]

The best and most beautiful place in england

[@roncrouse1469]

The river needs to be diverted so it no longer threatens the site. Easy to do,

[@user-hy7zb2vl3t]

Well, in theory moving a river is......

[@JacobafJelling]

11:33 imagine living close to this :o

[@johnzook7533]

"Aye and the haggis is in the fire for sure now." Oops.....wrong show. RIP James Dohaan.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

*Doohan.*

[@cmdrtianyilin8107]

@@philaypeephilippotter6532 Scotty

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@cmdrtianyilin8107 Have you seen his son in *_Star Trek Continues?_*

[@cmdrtianyilin8107]

@@philaypeephilippotter6532 not yet.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@cmdrtianyilin8107 You'll find all episodes, etc., on YT. It's not actually great but it's very good. The first episode has *Michael Forest* reprising his original rôle as *_Apollo_* from *_TOS_* _decades_ later.

[@Knards]

Anyone see that monster running in the background at 34:00 ?

[@user-hy7zb2vl3t]

Look of a dog to me.....

[@markgarin6355]

Like how the guy needed to point to the blue on the image and say it was the river.... Thought the issue was the soil abatement due to rain...think they would have been working closer to where the soil was falling.

[@magnvsmarcvs]

No giant turnip excavated ?

[@forbeshutton5487]

That was the cunning plan...

[@allmightlionthunder5515]

Are u trying to say he's Sol Invictus ahahha

[@chadwickclark6694]

Does anyone know where I might find a map of how the Fosse Way runs through Bath, UK?

[@calincimpianu2161]

Here was camped Cohors Aelia Dacorum,they were Dacians from actual Transylvania.

[@HaidurShah21]

Calin Cimpianu Mo

[@HaidurShah21]

Calin Cimpianu Mol

[@richardphillips6281]

Ah. Modern day Romania where one of Vlad the Impaler's castles is at Sighișoara. Bram Stoker wrote Dracula based on this blood thirsty ruler.

[@nestingherit7012]

Also Dacorum district in London named after them.

[@plhebel1]

I enjoy time team very much,, One problem I have that has become a problem but wasn't until recently is Tony. I can only explain with a long comment,,, Maybe some others understand or think alike. I will spare people my complete thoughts for now. Thank you Reijer for posting these.

[@blankfaceduser3596]

Hadrian's Walmart® Opening up in Scotland - or to a Hadrian's Wall near you.

[@lauravalancy2521]

😂😂😂

[@bethbartlett5692]

😂😂😂

[@jimmytiler5522]

I would have loved to do what these people do.Following history in a country with eons of history,I predict someone finds a big hoard of treasure.

[@georgedorn1022]

@Urien Rheged Illegal metal detecting within the World Heritage Site is apparently quite a problem.

[@andyaim4764]

Why is it ALWAYS 3 days 😂 Look we get it.. After 20 seasons we get it....

[@anthonyfischer2408]

Why does Time Team only ever "have three days to find out"?

[@JulianneTure]

It was because the archaeologists all had full-time jobs and they could only do these digs on weekends.

[@anthonyfischer2408]

Ah...thanks so much for the information. It's a great show, and not just because of the lovely locations. @@JulianneTure

[@uw1955]

How can it be that there is no roman military gravefield dug up by english archaeologists? That is not really understandable for me.

[@uw1955]

chris lake I know, but it is said the other way. That there has been no roman military burial place excavated in Britain. Just watch a second time.

[@Philrc]

***** No his words are "no cemetery on Hadrian's wall's ever been excavated". 2:50

[@thebannedgreenman8939]

***** Was cremation preferred over inhumation?

[@lauravalancy2521]

Theban Ned Greenman, they said that, yeah

[@bethbartlett5692]

Think about it - *Rome places Quantum Resources, Soldiers and Money, on the fartherest North line of their conquests.* That's a really overlooked subject. *"...and I smile really big - God Bless my Cousin Scotts, they had to be Real PIC PITAs"* (pain in the Arse') Tennessee, USA Irish American 🍀🇺🇸🍀

[@Invictus13666]

No, there was just nothing needed further north. They invaded England for the farm land.

[@wyzrd777]

English people like to point with their middle finger... Something I learned from this series.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

Actually mostly they don't - but it's not exactly unknown.

[@michaelmaciejewicz7534]

Wow Dang is it rainy there Is that what you get a lot of Give me Snow or give me death LoL

[@forbeshutton5487]

The people from Scotland beat the Romans back. Then they went into the Roman areas and helped themselves to whatever could be carried away. The Romans couldn't beat the people from Scotland back. So the Romans built a wall. The people from Scotland built ladders.

[@richardtorz2164]

Tony Wilmott of english heritage is one of the coolest english heritage guys i have watched the whole series. He seems very open to digging whatever trenches need to be opened and is not stingy about it like some others from english heritage i have seen here. There is one i can't stand, don't remember his name. He came in during the later seasons of the show. He was so stingy and rigid about how many holes to be dug and what size and how many square meterage total was done. He irritated me so much. He was balding, a skinny guy, glasses, wished i could remember his name.

[@blairmarshall544]

What’s with the three days?

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

All the team had other jobs in archæology, digs are mostly rescue digs or evaluation digs and the programme was _very_ expensive.

[@davidcowton1070]

I'm fluent in Double Dutch, Geordie and Pitmatic, no good at Greek ( or English some would say)

[@mariadamen7886]

I wonder, in the time the wall was built, there was no Britain, was there?

[@johnbull1986]

@janis vogel both?

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

The island called *Great Britain* existed and the *Romans* knew it as *Britannia.* Your question is not stupid at all, whatever other posters say. If you don't know something and want to then ask. It's not a sin _not_ to be omniscient. I can remember when I had no idea of *Britain* at all - and I lived in *Britain* then as now. I have just learnt that amongst a few other things in the sixty+ years since then.

[@Invictus13666]

@@philaypeephilippotter6532 you lived in Britain and had no concept of Britain? I hope you were three.

[@TeresaTrimm]

First aired January 30, 2000.

[@Justforfun-wq7mr]

Carenza is a little over the top in this episode.

[@525Lines]

The actual wall isn't that impressive but was it meant to serve as a base for a wood structure, to be put up later as needed?

[@dreamer2260]

525Lines It used to be much higher and consisted entirely of stone with garrisoned towers or ‘milecastles’ every Roman mile. The stone surface of the wall was also whitewashed so it would have reflected light and shone white like a beacon for miles around, as a symbol of Roman power and prestige. The sorry state of the wall at the moment is due to general wear and tear over the centuries, especially the scavenging of stones by locals for their own homes and building projects.

[@martynnotman3467]

@@dreamer2260 the western half of the wall was turf not stone.

[@dreamer2260]

Martyn Notman When first built yes, but it was then rebuilt in stone.

[@Chubachus]

20:52 I hope they did a more thorough search than what is shown here.

[@CologneCarter]

You bet they did. That bit of scraping and looking around was done for the audience. Don't forget, the dig is 72 hours and the show is just 45 min. Most of what is done, is done off camera and only highlights are shown or played out for the audience.

[@Winterline13]

Yeah. Half wish these vids were longer tho.

[@CompetitiveAudio]

CologneCarter The majority of the digs continued long after the cameras left as well. It's said that during the run of the show Time Team alone published more scholarly reports than every other British University combined during that 20 year run. That is a lot of work and obviously required more than 72 hours of effort on each dig.

[@CologneCarter]

CompetitiveAudio I am aware of that.

[@CompetitiveAudio]

CologneCarter I assumed you did and maybe I should have no replied directly to you. There are a lot of people who actually assume it's over when the cameras stop. My apologies if I offended it was not meant badly at all.

[@phoule76]

"you really are a miserable devil"

[@blaggercoyote]

Dacia is pronounced "Dacheea" not "daysha".

[@suwaidajalal]

I really want to know what those two figures on the samian ware were doing? It's really odd that they didn't show all their finds in their usual round up at the end.

[@mzy179]

interesting:D :D .. 00 O O

[@royfr8136]

Why only 3 days? Cost I guess....and to add drama

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

Not totally. All the team had other jobs in archæology, digs are mostly rescue digs or evaluation digs and the programme was _very_ expensive.

[@royfr8136]

@@philaypeephilippotter6532 Well, I think it's more to do with drama.... I;m sure they can afford it...All the running is scripted and staged... That helicopter wasn't really needed....

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@royfr8136 No, they couldn't afford any longer. It was an extremely expensive production though the archæologists themselves were rather poorly paid.

[@Invictus13666]

@@royfr8136 actually the helicopter was extremely important-crop marks in other fields etc. And it wasn’t drama. It was because everyone had jobs-and to keep interest. Don’t ascribe History Channel bs to 30 year old Brit tv.

[@lucygray6162]

Would someone please feed Katie?

[@Invictus13666]

Katie is very fit. Do you mean Jen the bicycle?

[@ndotgw]

+JugNess Not engaged, married, and very happily, it seems. But, really, whose business is it but Tony's and his wife's??

[@wizardsworld1152]

"free the soul to go straight to heaven..." except that a lot of Romans of that era didnt believe in the Christian version of heaven... it was more to free the spirit to be able to go to Elysium, or the Summerlands...

[@Invictus13666]

“heaven” not Heaven. Don’t be racist.

[@wizardsworld1152]

@@Invictus13666 whatever, dude. I dont see how what I said had anything to do with racism... but ok...

[@morrigan191]

Poor Tony has to be the idiot and ask things like "what's a vicus' for 20 years, just in case a non-regular viewer starts with that episode. I wonder if he gets sick of it. I would.

[@Ijusthopeitsquick]

Not every viewer of an episode has seen all of the preceding episodes, nor are they all familiar with latin terminology. It's a TV series for a general audience.

[@jennagriffith9016]

I'm sure he got sick of it! There's no way he couldn't have learned loads over the years; I'm sure he became a talented amateur archaeologist in his own right. I recently watched an episode about 15 years in, where he asked if iron age houses are round and Roman houses have corners (are rectangular.) It's kind of funny if you don't assume he's asking for the audience. It would be like he had amnesia between each episode. 😂 It's also funny how everyone just answers him like he didn't just ask a question he's asked ten times every year. It would be hard to not answer in a sarcastic way after answering the same question for the hundredth time from Tony. I'm sure the production team reminds everyone that any episode could be a viewer's first, so they have to keep all that base knowledge in no matter how many seasons they've done.

[@ciccioformaggiopuzzo]

S.P.Q.R. The original name of London is Londinum city born during the Roman Empire.

[@00BillyTorontoBill]

yup... previous to that ..Colchester was the capital. They even found a Roman circus buried there .

[@lizzy66125]

@@00BillyTorontoBill yes I lived there at the time it was discovered.Colchester,or Camuludonium in Roman times,is the oldest recorded town in England.there is so much history there,Norman,Saxon,Roman,witch trials in tje castle. the nursery rhyme'Humpty dumpty originates there,humpty dumpty referring to cannons falling of the walls.so many historical sites there...

[@michaelexman5474]

incorect "what i had to go threw funny way of saying that!!! its not going to be ok i promis

[@user-hy7zb2vl3t]

Like this won't hurt

[@claudiosaltara7003]

Thank to the Roman’s otherwise what archeology would there be in England after the destruction of the destruction of the monasteries? Thanks to the Normans that brought back, indirectly, remnants of Roman civilization from Normandy.

[@Jonnyweareten]

16:9 ?

[@covrtdesign5279]

How did the editing team mix up Katie and Jenny? 38:08 Jenny never gets good screen time and she gets called someone else? Rude. Ha. I'll take all the screen time Jenny and Katie though. Very underrated archaeologists in this whole series.

[@Invictus13666]

Jenny gets plenty of time. They tried to groom her into carenza lite but it didn’t work. She had to leave the show ...she was the designated bicycle and wore out her welcome

[@J70a.m-zg6gi_wha0]

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