The Ancient Roman River Fort Crossing | Time Team | Timeline

Tony and the team get their feet wet as they examine a stretch of the River Tees where local divers have discovered more than 2,000 high-quality Roman finds. The river flows past one of the most impressive Roman forts in northern Britain, and over three days the archaeologists cast their net far and wide investigating the buildings, roads and structures around this strategic crossing.
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Love that Cosby sweater Mick 😁 Oh how I adore this show. So fun and educational. Love how the team interacts

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[@filmdude007]

bloody Mick weazels his way in, gotta love him

[@karanfield4229]

Weaseled.... lol😊

[@erikandreassen6531]

respects for Mick sadly missed

[@HelicopterHatHacker]

He died?

[@patrafus9068]

he died 7 years ago

[@IratePuffin]

I’d be detecting that river every day if I could!

[@erikasantoshafitness348]

My FAVORITE episode...just mind blowing

[@Iartonki]

Same, idk why but just my favorite

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"Hottest day of the year" - probably about 75 degrees F. :D

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So great!

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I miss you everyday, Baldrick.

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[@Agapy8888]

Great.

[@brushbros]

Nobody accused Tony of ever being aware of fashion.

[@scruffmcgruff03]

Knights of the Realm stand above such petty concerns

[@juliechi6166]

Beyond me how anyone could give Time Team a thumbs down!!

[@CHAS1422]

What if the river finds resulted from the shift in the river course as it collapsed part of the village and shifted the bank, many grave or village artifacts simple fell to the river bottom?

[@donnash5813]

If it was a slow collapse they would have saved anything valuable. I big massive flood would have washed things down stream. I'm just mad because I don't have thousands of years of history buried beneath my property. Only thing I ever found was a an arrowhead.

[@CHAS1422]

@@donnash5813 The city had been abandoned and the artifacts already buried. I would suggest that the spoils accumulated where the river eroded a bank and the material settled at the bottom of the slow moving current. If the river had shifted since ancient times, why would the conclusion be that these artifacts found in the contemporary bed were initially left in the river?

[@donnash5813]

@@CHAS1422 In the program they said there was probably an island and people left offerings to gods. I guess that island got washed away. It would be nice to have the big picture. They just surmise based on a digging a few trenches. So much history that is buried.

[@jackfelter8444]

oh i see ther was no old fort corssing great now got that covered

[@carlderfler5006]

Tony how dare you question Mick Astons presence!!! How dare you!! Lol I mean Tony who's going to brighten things up with colorful sweaters?? I know youd never do it. Not with snarky dress habits you've put together. Lol

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[@uncannydan]

Roman's are brilliant in bridge construction with NO road. Routing and surprising adversaries in speed was their key. A lesson learned from Hannibal. Crossing the 'uncrossible'

[@32inzane]

The Rivers moving rocks and boulders for centuries even wipes out a bank but yet a roman hair pin has never moved from its spot. Makes you wonder dont you think.

[@markmitchell450]

Blackadder would never have guessed baldrick would be knighted All part of the cunning plan and not a turnip in sight

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[@L0j1k]

What a great episode! The tree rings guy is awesome, but does anybody got dat gurl Philippa's number?

[@karanfield4229]

🤣

[@annpartoon5300]

thought he was full of himself

[@GrumblingGrognard]

Does anyone know the season/episode for this one?

[@elizabethmeikle3479]

"Bridge Over The River Tees" series 17 episode 3

[@kennethbartels1871]

The a.d 79 coin that's mine I lost it there!

[@marcuspinson]

When was this filmed?

[@BlitzMekanika]

2013 at the latest.

[@annazaman9657]

May 2 2010

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[@swedichboy1000]

29:31 "Woyde"

[@moccasinlanding]

My hat is off to the young man who took the tree ring samples from underwater to date the site. He refused FLAT OUT to tell Tony what the latest results were for the tree ring data……until he was satisfied that it was correct. And his reason was brilliantly defined. I’d trust that man’s word anywhere anytime. His word counts…wow.

[@sammom8599]

Mick the dig was a right prat in this episode. He initially teased that there was a date but he was going to recheck. Which I can respect. But then he says it was something an email. It cld be the way it was edited but no need for the drama.

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[@Antonnick]

Strange, you only have to look at the map to know exactly where Dere St went and where the crossing was

[@MegaAstroFan18]

Bruh, you missed the first ten minutes.

[@polkadots2823]

i've been following Time Team for a while now. Is it safe to conclude that Britain is basically Romans?

[@marcusjohnbondurajr]

I hate to say it but Stuart was 100% correct at 1015ish when arguing with Sven Ben the Svelte Quid Easting Squid across the road on top the hillroad. The Romans wouldn’t let an army approach to the crest of a hill and just ignore them and stand there first off . Secondly there wasn’t a group of people’s in all of Britain that would have went looking for a pitched battle out in the open on flat ground like this as they’ve seen what happens starting way back with Caesar crushing them with heavy infantry. The brits were all about guerrilla warfare and hollowing out people’s skulls, turning them into drinking vessels

[@roberthodge7802]

Gentlepersons, you might find a core drill for coring trees, handy to use on your underwater beams next time. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Increment_borer Wonderful series! Please continue!

[@DravinD81]

Only of they plan to accept the info they paid someone find. "I don't believe it so I'm not saying" followed by "we'll never know" is BS. I'm glad they brought in someone else/sent it somewhere else and told us the results at the end.

[@zonabrown9241]

You need Stewart

[@jockellis]

Where is this place? Can’t spell it so can’t search in Apple Maps.

[@ShakerPro72]

River Tees near the village of Piercebridge, County Durham

[@thickernell]

So I looked at your website and browsed through your catalog and I did not see ANY Time Team episodes. So do you or do you not actually have Time Team to stream?

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Smh

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[@giano427]

Date? There is no date!

[@Fatherofheroesandheroines]

Leave it to Mick to find a way to make himself "usesful" lol

[@daehawk9585]

They never really explained the big nice stone bridge in the middle of the field other than river course change. I was hoping to see an illustration. Also if it was the last bridge built why were there roads in the fields beside it if that was where the river flowed?? Makes now sense. The rivernwould not have changed course until long after the Romans. So why old roads beside an old bridge? No sense at all.

[@Cancun771]

32:33 So Dere Street is crossed by an A road, and a parking lot, and at least two relatively recent houses are built on top of it, and they didn't _notice_ when building all these modern things?! I mean those builders must have dug a lot deeper than the time team codgers to make all these foundations.

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gEo FizZ

[@theo.g.bentley4152]

Ditches man ditches.

[@Aotearoa_Kiwi]

Gosh, some of these academics are bloody obnoxious!

[@dcpack]

I did my graduate studies in Archaeology after retiring from the military...and good God they sure are.

[@Ditka-89]

Is it always overcast in England. Tf

[@PatrickPoet]

yes

[@markcopsey4729]

It's cloudy because of the warm humid air brought up by the Gulf stream meeting the cold air from the North Pole. This is good during winter because the cloud prevents the freezing found in places at similar latitudes.

[@histguy101]

Been there twice and it was overcast both times, the whole time. It was a bit foggy the first time as well.

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Depending on where you live in america its usually overcast as well. The state of georgia is usually overcast for 5-6 months of the year. Ive gotten so used to the overcast weather that when it is sunny it hurts my eyes.

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I would like this series but for Tony’s nagging.

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[@justdoingitjim7095]

Everything archaeologists find they try to associate it to religion. I'm sure not every stack of stones or random artifact found has a religious connection to it!

[@brushbros]

If I never saw Phil wearing shorts I would be a happier person. I would rather eat a bug that to see it again. ps Tony either.

[@Gilren1]

...if you don't have any other problems ....

[@sammom8599]

Phil’s shorts are iconic. You are moronic.

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[@moccasinlanding]

My hat is off to the young man who took the tree ring samples from underwater to date the site. He refused FLAT OUT to tell Tony what the latest results were for the tree ring data……until he was satisfied that it was correct. And his reason was brilliantly defined. I’d trust that man’s word anywhere anytime. His word counts…wow.