The Buried Secrets Under A Pig Field | Time Team | Timeline

Pigs rooting in a windswept field in Dorset unearthed fragments including Roman mosaic floor tiles. In addition, a Bournemouth University excavation team located some burials nearby. The farmer, Simon Meaden, has asked Time Team to investigate further. Gradually a complex picture emerges of human activity here over thousands of years, including a heated Roman villa with bath-house.
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[@KCsFunHouse]

It never ceases to amaze me that so much is still left so close to the ground surface we walk on every day

[@rachelkristine4669]

Phil seems to really love those chickens.....he is such a delightfully joyful fellow, especially when it comes to digging trenches! He is just so cute, & with that accent, he reminds me a bit of Eliza Doolittle's dad, from My Fair Lady! 🥰

[@christiandietz6341]

R.I.P. Michael "Mick" Aston, we miss you!💖

[@mariancroome1478]

🙏😢 Miss you, Mick. 💕

[@paradoxxaudiovisualproduct9430]

Love the respect and care Sir Tony showed recovering that artifact.

[@eddiesroom1868]

IDK how I ended up here

[@josephgallardo9796]

Mick was a true treasure for Time Team! He surely is missed! How do I get a Time Team T-Shirt?? A fan from Vegas....

[@JessWLStuart]

I love how we're shown the strategy of the digging. It shows a dimension of archaeology we wouldn't see if the 3 day limit weren't imposed.

[@D.H.-mg2cz]

My goodness, Baldrick is such a brilliant presenter! ❤️

[@whaddyamean99]

"Will they fall in? Do they like archaeology?" Love you Tony

[@ivanolsen7966]

found that moment LOL

[@workingguy6666]

Hope that farmer and his family are still doing well!

[@ccrider3435]

We need more fields to bury obligate animal abusers.

[@harbourdogNL]

@@ccrider3435 Yawn.

[@anttitheinternetguy3213]

@@ccrider3435 jesus you made me bored with one sentence, amazing

[@thebaronofbelco2615]

@@anttitheinternetguy3213haha, that made me laugh mate ha. Well done

[@TheHeraldOfChange]

36:00 - Phil: "...but my trench is full of Chickens. lol!" Chickens: "Ain't nobody here but us chickens, ain't nobody here at all..."

[@johnhagemeyer8578]

I knew those chickens would have to help. They always help.

[@jefjef947comarmstrong5]

Buck. Buck. Buck. Buck. Buckgallbuckbuck

[@carrieowen5895]

Like Bon Ami...the chicken's haven't scratched amphora yet...

[@silva7493]

Such beautiful countryside! I often try to imagine what it might've looked like when it was all forested, before humans reshaped the landscapes.

[@larapalma3744]

Me too

[@willisgemutlich2608]

another great one, and with a great owner whose crops and topsoil you aren't spoiling! his pigs won't mind the help rooting about and his chickens are happy too! lovely I hope he finds more in the future and can set up a tourist spot with some little b&b spaces and paths near but not on top of the archeology. all too common the good stuff is underneath even better stuff that needs to be preserved as well. (catacombs etc)you can't rip out a church or a mosque to find what's under it... pig field is perfect, and good for him for letting them run around and root on their own. I'd recommend clover and fava or lima beans for breaking up the soil, fixing nitrogen, attracting insects and for fodder, but I don't know what fits in your climate. They're easy to plow in when time team gets back. Peas can work too. I hope to travel and see this place someday. I'll need a handy map you could put out of time team's previous digs and which ones might still be active for visiting. I still thirst for some "revisit" episodes of places people have continued. 3 days is ridiculous compared to thousands of years but I understand the studio and public are involved...

[@jakemichael473]

This was absolutely the most interesting pig field ever.

[@joangordoneieio]

Just recently discovered Timeline. Thank you thank you thank you.. Y'all and "The Fall of Civilization's" content re Britain are really illuminating.History does come alive.

[@charlesnelson4042]

Becareful, I discovered it a year ago and watch it everyday!

[@erinobrien8408]

Swine Team!! (A group of hogs are called a team) The farmer's Porcine Archeologists deserve a big round of applause! They located AND cleaned the tesserae! "That's some pig!"

[@ralphgeigner9545]

Go Land Rovers "Chickens " ? Ha Ha helpers. Victors great art work will be missed.

[@pamlaw5959]

This one is fantastic I enjoy every dig then do I really like that Tony was allowed to dig the little pot out. I wonder what is inside of it.

[@middleagecrazy4234]

It would be ignorant to presume that modern humans were the only ones on the same land. The land was used per generations and many chased off. I am impressed of the finds. Very informative of a highly used area for many different forms of living.

[@jodyshepard9482]

So many huge fields, so few farmsteads-who is doing all the work? Hardly ever see a tractor or harvester or cows or sheep. Seems strange to me. Love the series!

[@Bazanadu]

Not in that part of the country. There it's mostly arable farming. North and West is more pasture. Scotland and Wales have more sheep and cattle than people - by quite a large margin...

[@S_Evenwar]

Not strange at all. If you're going to let time team dig, then you're probably going to let that particular area fallow. And you also wouldn't want your livestock to get injured, or damage anything or anyone. It's an archeology show, no real incentive to show the work being done on the farm when the focus is on archeology. You're seeing three days worth of filming (at least 24 hours of footage) condensed to less than an hour.

[@whollybraille7043]

After dark, when the team has left for the night, the pigs and chickens come out and start planting "artifacts" in different parts of the fields.

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

That’s a good one!

[@clydesmith299]

Sounds like a porcine conspiracy to me.

[@whollybraille7043]

@@clydesmith299 Two legs good, 4 legs bad. I don't know about the chickens!

[@queenb1119]

Animal Farm in real life? 😳🤣

[@baskervillebee6097]

Chicken artifacts are smelly and stick to the bottoms of your shoes.

[@MarineAlli]

I’m just amazed when I find arrow heads. Can’t think how old this stuff is.

[@jorgewong4686]

Great program! Love watching Nerds have fun haha.

[@persebra]

i would not mind having a bath house myself.

[@rachelkristine4669]

Ikr! I would also love to have hypercourse tiles & and an underfloor heating system....Roman's were quite ahead of their time....interesting to think where we in the modern world would be, without Roman Technology! 🥰

[@bhackett4]

My mom's dog didn't last a week after she passed. It would have been better if they were buried together. But I can't imagine the paperwork and the lawyers fees...

[@ankitpeshin8543]

Reminds me of a story from The Famous Five , where they go live on a farmhouse with an old history and treasures buried underneath.

[@AshesAshes44]

Of course chickens like archeology-- they're always pecking in the dirt! A bit more fond of the bugs they find, but suitability impressed with potsherds Also, did Tony comment that the chicken archeologists would have to cross the road to get at the next dig site?

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks so much for posting.

[@tyrander1652]

How deep was the topsoil in these fields in Roman, bronze-age, neolithic times?

[@RoseCarroll-pk6mt]

Thank you

[@sandy-quimsrus]

What a cracking show!

[@choppareed6595]

Love this show,well done 🤙🍻🇳🇿

[@justhereforthevideos2798]

This doesn't happen where I live lol. Must be so cool to be European and literally have no idea the history beneath your feet😍

[@uncbadguy]

I spent three years in England. You can't swing a dead cat without hitting something 500yrs old or older. I visited an English friend who lived in a cottage that was first registered in 1100AD. Continuous human habitation for longer that 877 years. Boggles the American mind.

[@raydavis6644]

@@uncbadguy ..........got that spot on.....the furniture in the Three Tuns Pub, is all older than the USA.humbling {Hay-On-Wye]

[@aurinslady7119]

Off the top of my head, I'm pretty sure the oldest thing I've ever touched was my house that was 150 years old.

[@JDReeve2008]

I agree. I'd love to visit Europe and see all the history.

[@williamkirk7781]

There is alot I would love to see Egypt, the whole crescent. So much to see

[@robertkruchell5534]

I love this I am learning a lot thanks

[@mrbrianc]

I truly wish that there was shows like this on TV today, but instead the "History" channel in the states is chocked full of aliens and other brain-numbing garbage.

[@Erreul]

Why, I see no reason to return to TV ever, it's outdated.

[@paulainsc8212]

Yes. It’s awful

[@richardgrace4500]

Well the history channel is owned by Disney so what do you expect 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

[@mrbrianc]

@@richardgrace4500 Garbage and clickbait... they did the same thing to ESPN

[@larapalma3744]

Omg yes

[@muddshshshark]

Chickens are chill af

[@harrybond1485]

I love to hear Tony, and Phil squabble.

[@pirateshack9315]

thank you Tony !!!

[@rochelleb973]

So cool

[@vanlock4809]

Nice farm man.

[@deekane8200]

I love all the archeological terminology.....'dinky dimpled thing'. 😅

[@donnal.oglesby4806]

YEAH! they actually found something!

[@Netsolace-tech]

Baldrick sure did come a long way after learning advance mathematics.

[@wtfmrb293]

Baldrick learning advanced mathematics is about the most funny things I’ve seen. Baldrick counting beans. 3 and that one. Lord blackadder. What does that make. Baldrick, a very small casserole hhh epic stuff

[@Netsolace-tech]

@@wtfmrb293 One of the best British Comedy Shows.

[@michaelkamradt4700]

Did Phil ever try selling duplicates of his hat?

[@HennyPennyrobinson56]

Time Team 1994 to 2014 💖🤩

[@StacyL.]

I TOTALLY CALLED THE BATH HOUSE! 10 minutes before the Time Team called it!

[@mikehartman5326]

I'm curious about the wall found in the chickens field.

[@jamesbingham4538]

What's up with the guy at the beginning of these videos ? This is Tony's show !

[@madameghostie]

He’s just there to promote the KZbin channel, this channel is showcasing the old time team episodes

[@danielslubski1028]

My trench is full of chickens!

[@amsteensberg1653]

My hovercraft...

[@douglasruss2889]

BRAVO !

[@richardpope3063]

'Baldrick' becomes GSO1, striding from a A'Romer returns.

[@Kristopherf1]

The archeology is so freakin' rich in Briton!

[@TheMogregory]

Britain is a place. Britons are people.

[@paulbourdon1236]

Bronze age - Iron age - Roman! … my property (Connecticut, USA) was supposedly occupied in 1636 and all I've found is a couple pigs teeth and two pipe stems. … I had to buy the property of a 17th century neatnik!

[@tr33m00nk]

If your "property" is near water it is possible that there was "habitation" near by long before 1636.

[@elenavaccaro339]

Colonial residents. There were Native Americans for centuries prior. The Theroy of the Land bridge and uce free corridor is being overshadowed by a sea coast immigration along the West coast. There is a village dated 14,000 Years Before Present at the southern tip of South America.

[@lindamavrikis2229]

How does one just come and help with the dig

[@lindamavrikis2229]

Wish you would lengthen the dig time and then finish off and reveal

[@Gilren1]

Who knows, what that piece of music is at 37:36?

[@rogeraguilar3940]

Wow striking resemblance in the eyes they look related

[@markmullin4246]

Just everything starts getting really interesting, your out of tima!

[@kathypogue9644]

The pigs have become archeologists. Ok. K

[@serenagrisdale6969]

Oh those chickens!

[@harrybond1485]

Poultry in motion!!

[@squidgert566]

31:37 I thought there was a hair on my screen...

[@martyzielinski2469]

Sun and blue skies in England?

[@flitsertheo]

It happens, by accident. Doesn't last long.

[@etnogamer7073]

This thumbnail deserves a 'thumbnail oscar' 😂

[@valiantredneck]

Erhmm... Three days? 1:29 Yep.

[@BryonLape]

When there are bones to be dug, Jackie usually shows up.

[@chuckfinley6156]

I see a video about a pig farm and the first thing that comes to mind is Brick Top's pig farm.

[@tyquanfleming8554]

Tyquan vs raihan wish me luck

[@lindamavrikis2229]

I can’t believe you don’t dig Tony

[@kristic4472]

it almost seems that you can just dig anywhere in the UK, esp England, and find a historical relic or something! I know it isn't really like that, look at all the dead end trenches TT digs, but Really! Just pick a spot to dig!

[@allan9603]

"What the F$%K"?! -Arnold Ziffel lll

[@firehorse2008]

I see what you did there👍🏼

[@allan9603]

@@firehorse2008 🤫🤪🤓😇

[@unclerojelio6320]

Mike Parker Pearson before has became consumed by Stonehenge.

[@twothreebravo]

He's one of my favorites to listen to he just has such a relaxed way about him

[@lindamavrikis2229]

Leave it open

[@jacobhehr9489]

why are they only aloud 3 days? i never understood that

[@twothreebravo]

It was a hook they made for a TV production, it adds drama but also helps incorporate a production timetable. They are looking to bring the Series back but now with the advent of other outlets for content (youtube, patreon, etc) they are looking at longer projects that would run the course of a full dig season or join in on long term research projects from time to time.

[@kaptainkaos1202]

Also bear in mind that the professionals are employed at universities or firms so this is a secondary gig for them. Time Team is not their primary employment.

[@christiandietz6341]

To keep us on our toes!

[@roncantrell2836]

Damn that farmer is such a STUD!

[@sgrannie9938]

Ain’t nobody here but us chickens 🐓😁

[@richardtiller4147]

Was it really buried secrets ? Or was it just not known until they dug it up.

[@davidwilliambarker]

Is that serious?

[@ivanolsen7966]

37:31 ...... why is that not a step ....... keep digging

[@godfingah]

Hmmm interesting (jk i didn't watch it yet lol)

[@amyrios5548]

Think I've seen this before👀💁

[@clydesmith299]

@@amyrios5548 Could be. I think this is an old Time Team episode from way back.

[@jakubkoucki8668]

Baldrick?

[@ellenl.5581]

I really want my dog to go when I do. A little chihuahua that will have very little to do with anyone else and only in my presence. She would be miserable. We have our own sign language and I'm the only one who cares about it. It's like getting your hubby back after a brain injury and expecting him to act and be the same. In this case you would be my Bubbles.

[@victoriap1561]

Romans must have had way more stuff than the previous and later civilization in Britain, they left a lot of artifacts behind.

[@krim7]

They built in stone, which survives time far better than wood.

[@PainterFRO]

I liked Dan Snow in the bomber better.

[@jeffsmith2022]

Like all these videos very much, who no hair trims ever?...

[@danielcarson5692]

Was there any ballistics done ?..on the fallen stones..

[@gregoryvanjacobs7031]

Thank you pigs

[@piholino]

Baldrick!

[@richardpope3063]

Now GSO1

[@piholino]

@@richardpope3063 What?

[@daehawk9585]

I knew those chickens would love them diggi g a trench. Lets them get to the worms and bugs.

[@marcusjohnbondurajr]

@ 3015 into the video when Tony Tony says something like “it was from this burial yesterday that I skillfully excavated this complete new (something something) beaker…” He attempted to rush and tried banging the 1700 years lodged dry as the bones it was next to dirt from the top potentially shattering it and then the hippy shook it and seriously thought there was something inside the dirt filled and dirt encrusted beaker that had been buried in dirt for 1700 years and never did it cross his mind that it was just dirt in the beaker, and said dirt washer stuck between the bottom and the dirt lodged in the top lmao.

[@ferryboom6255]

Those new forestware beakers or any grave beaker often contain something, often foodstuffs we can only find traces of so even the dirt inside can be valuable to see what was inside when it was placed in the grave. However some burial vessels contain coins or other small artefacts, so he probably just got excited something might be in there.

[@1979Saska]

👍👌😳😊

[@IKEMENOsakaman]

I'm not an expert on pigs nor history, so after watching this video, I don't have anything to say, because as I said, I'm not an expert.

[@apparentlyretrograde]

If you had nothing to say, you would have said nothing.

[@QuantumLeap83]

Come on, now. Don't hold out on us.

[@andreasrademacher5715]

Archeologists even seem to need shovels for fingernails...

[@philjohnson1744]

Get it Tony!

[@granthurlburt4062]

I was worried for a moment that we werent going to see Tony Robinson, who is so much better than the stiff self-important awkward presentaters we see so often.

[@johnemerson1363]

It has been a real treat to watch Tony grow into his role on Time Team. He grew so much in stature as he learned what was happening over the years. He is probably a pretty good arciologist .

[@islandtimekeeper858]

Why 3 days? What is forcing your 3-day limit?

[@theorganguy]

one week schedule of shooting episodes, if you have a 5-day work week, one day is arrival, 3 days filming, one day of wrap-up

[@islandtimekeeper858]

@@theorganguy Thanks. Is fhe weekly cycle itself driven by financial requirements of, say, the production company, network, or distributor? Just seems as though some of your projects would benefit disproportionately from another day or three. I mean, you're alredy there, an everyone is all set up and in the groove, hot on the trail of promising evidence, but, hey, folks, it's Thursday afternoon, so pack it up. However it works, though, I'd like to offer my boundless thanks for all your work.

[@theorganguy]

@@islandtimekeeper858 ....eerrm... I'm not part of the production team, just another viewer making an educated guess. The weekly is driven by having to make x-amount of Episodes per season.

[@classiccomedycinemaprogram1640]

@@islandtimekeeper858 I think it's basically that this isn't their full time jobs. They do this on their weekends.

[@katerinakemp5701]

The field archeologists are fulltime university lecturers and work on their own longtime digs, hence the 3day time limit which they do during the weekend. This dig had already been explored however no dating was done at the time so TT are there by invitation of the farmer to try and find archeological evidence to date any finds and the burials.

[@annk.8750]

I've seen birds swoop down on the furrow as soon as the plow has passed by, so I'm not surprised the chickens go for the trench. Digging churns up worms and insect larvae, so they're coming for a snack.

[@onixgalzmta4242]

Really

[@PollyJuice]

If you want to skip the lens-grabbing nobody and get straight to the actual program, skip to 2:11.

[@sdannecker6944]

💕👍

[@animatedstats7149]

As always on top 🔥 Are there sports fans here?)))

[@danielcarson5692]

Royalty’s?..

[@danielcarson5692]

Mounds?..