The Elizabethan Blast Furnace Hidden Under A Cottage | Time Team | Timeline

Tony and the team travel to a quiet rural valley in Staffordshire and have just three days to get back into the dark days of medieval England.
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[@OldManKiller1]

In Saugus, Massachusetts there is a fully restored blast furnace and forge from the 1600's. Labeled as the First Iron Works in America.

[@workingguy6666]

@@ContentConfessional I'll give that a LOL! Even though I'm not sure the Forged are considered Raiders.

[@JonFrumTheFirst]

I've been there - nice technology history site.

[@joshschneider9766]

As a glassblower whose also tried his hand at metal casting and blacksmithing it is absolutely mind blowing to me how much information you can get out of what are in the end industrial waste products.

[@PtolemyJones]

That guy is quite the artist.

[@evilborg]

What a fantastic find... was it ever explored more?

[@paulbourdon1236]

The ca. 1719 house I owned 20 years ago (Massachusetts, USA) was originally owned by a family (Newton) who had bloomers who had an Iron works (ca. 1729) on a stream. I started looking into it and found a group trying to work out that direct reduction process. Successfully made 3 blooms. One I think was 32lbs!

[@joshschneider9766]

There's a ton of bloom steel videos here on youtube as well, it's always pretty amazing to see a bloom come to life.

[@joshschneider9766]

I'd be very interested in communicating with them and seeing if we can't do more blooms with magnetically separated black sand ore.

[@joshschneider9766]

Also hammering down a thirty two pound bloom sounds back breaking lol.

[@paulbourdon1236]

@@joshschneider9766 Hi Josh, where are you? It was mainly 4 guys who started it back around 2000. Mike McCarthy(Cooperstown Farm Museum), Darrel Markowitz, (he was an interpreter at L'anse Aux Meadows), Lee Sauders (Virginia). This is from Darrels website in CN: warehamforgeblog.blogspot.com/2015/03/early-iron-4-event-details.html

[@tonypinker2884]

Got to love Bridget, always good to have a kiwi on the team......

[@BVN-TEXAS]

Those are some of the most perfectly rectangular holes I’ve ever seen dug.

[@IKEMENOsakaman]

Wow, imagine having a house like that. Amazing.

[@Chr.U.Cas2216]

👍👌👏 Yeah, standing alone (without neighbors) additionally. Best regards, luck and health.

[@Karenseiley]

Wow imagine having a house. 🤣🤣

[@lorrainearmstrong7587]

@@Karenseiley you've been living in a box (?) - how sad

[@yetibluedog]

'Skipping around like a little lamb' 😂

[@blorac9869]

Enjoyed, thank you very much!

[@barbbirdyard]

I love all these documentaries.

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

7:18 As tyrants go... ... 7:58 Phil is very responsive to the “lesser people”.

[@cameleonfleuri]

Wow!!! A 3 weeks dig, that's new! I love that! ❤

[@miamidolphinsfan]

Totally fascinating !!!

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thank you.

[@barrydysert2974]

At the end of day two they had dug down 1\3 of a Tony and needed to dig 2\3 of a Tony on day three. Classic and classy that Sir Tony!:-) 🖖

[@wouldntyouliketoknow1840]

Homeboy picking up his brushes again, why’d he ever put them down!? His paintings of the men that potentially worked there are stunning!

[@derrickguffey4775]

Well unfortunately Victor Ambrus will never pick up his brushes again as he sadly passed away February 10 of this year.

[@briansmith8967]

@@derrickguffey4775 I thought his name was Rob, the owner of Furnace Cottage.

[@joshschneider9766]

​@@derrickguffey4775although Mr ambrus passed away sadly he did leave us with many instructional books on how to draw and paint the way he did. However the man in this episode is Robert Chapman the owner of the property and a well published artist in his own right. Google him. His work is quite amazing as Victor's.

[@choppareed6595]

NZ fan love this program 🤙🍻🇳🇿

[@karanfield4229]

And another kiwi fan....love this

[@katerinakemp5701]

Kiaora to all the kiwis who enjoy these vids.

[@choppareed6595]

@@karanfield4229 awesome how you doin I love Tony 😁🍻🇳🇿🤙

[@choppareed6595]

@@katerinakemp5701 churr 🤙🍻🇳🇿

[@delwynmairs6347]

hi another kiwi fan here.. this stuff is awesome eh!

[@barrydysert2974]

Wonderful!:-) 🖖

[@willjones7132]

This is real history, people doing stuff that isn't only fighting, building on knowledge that's gotten us to a place where we're able to get off the planet, truly amazing we were around for tens of thousands of years with basic stone tools, then something changed, I say it was freedom of thought; all original ideas are built on the acceptability of being different and being in a culture with a level of freedom and acceptability to try different things, think differently, and not be afraid of the unknown, or minor failures.

[@tinachristopherson1163]

O. O gic

[@tinachristopherson1163]

O. O gic

[@valiantredneck]

Let’s guess. Three days? 1:35 Confirmed.

[@workingguy6666]

Thank you, Captain Obvious.

[@PtolemyJones]

Everyone seems on edge this episode. How odd.

[@cameleonfleuri]

That's true, I noticed that too...!

[@khadijagwen]

It is gratifying to see Women becoming intimately involved with this project.

[@choppareed6595]

Absolutely 🍻🤙🇳🇿

[@zmitch88]

Good :)

[@robertneven7563]

the only man how works, is the man with the hat lol lol lol lol lol

[@CH3FFI3]

When did Tony become the site manager?

[@kevinvilmont6061]

Roasted ore, Yum!

[@MontyDotharl]

Pretty sure you already posted this episode in December of 2019?

[@angelnight2129]

They probably did, Victor the guy that did all the artwork passed away last month sadly and I think it might be like some of the episodes where he was featured a lot in them

[@3mate1]

Looking at the computers 41:32 I'm guessing early 2000's, when did this episode first air? Is Time Team still making new episodes? If not, when did they stop?

[@SaltyVibrations]

time team 2004 s11e7. 1994-2014

[@bethany424]

Despite viewership, the show ended due to issues with the TV company. The original team of archeologists have their own KZbin and patreon. They are working on bringing TimeTeam back with less restrictions.

[@bradwalden546]

Not try to tell you what to do... this show has hours n hours of run time! Watch from episode one ... till! I can’t text the wonderful time you’ll endeavor!

[@joshschneider9766]

There's a channel here on KZbin called time team classics, run by the series creator, that is part of a patreon funding drive for new episodes. Time team forever!!

[@3mate1]

@@joshschneider9766 Yeah I watch that every night. I used to catch episodes when they dropped on TIMELINE but having Time Team Classics puts all that material right there. SO MANY awesome episodes to watch!

[@nadiarogo4511]

Someone needs to make a compilation of all the times Carenza was cut off, interrupted, talked over, ignored, overruled and got things mansplained to her on this show :(

[@nadiarogo4511]

not just this episode

[@Theravadinbuto]

But she who laughs last laughs longest…

[@skiker4560]

😮

[@kersebleptes1317]

Wow. Look at Carenza's shoulders c.3:05! She looks pretty strong.

[@directone1601]

Any videos on the Tartarian empire?

[@andreysavin1931]

just watch some RT

[@directone1601]

No want to hear it from them

[@andreysavin1931]

I dont think british people should visit that part of the world, because that part of the world keeps poisoning her majesty subject with some novichok,

[@LadyNicky007]

@Timeline - World History Documentaries I’m on this video which is your latest...to ask where I can find Mary Magdalene’s cult in Europe... I’m pretty sure I saw that documentary on your channel 1 year ago... I hope for a response... Thank you!

[@urdnotdank2642]

day 2 of getting high and binge watching time team

[@tyquanfleming8554]

It’s 6:06

[@markgarin6355]

They make a bloomery, then don't put bellows in to get it hot enough.

[@tracidvoyager]

Is that Baldric in the thumbnail? I have a cunning plan...

[@tyquanfleming8554]

Tyquan vs piers wish me luck

[@ConfusedClimbing]

The exclusive offers never going to work dude.

[@jpavlvs]

Are there Roman blooms? They needed a lot of Iron just for their hobnails.

[@joshschneider9766]

Yes bloomery furnaces were how it was done in the roman empire

[@JamesBiggar]

Time Team needs a proper foreman on site to keep everyone on the same page.

[@derrickguffey4775]

Why a foreman? It not a construction site. It's an archeological dig. And I'm pretty sure Mick Aston filled the roll of man in charge

[@creestee08]

Look man. Would you be able to provide your exclusive contents in curiosity? I really dont plan to have more subscriptions.

[@sockeye8839]

And here I am working so I can eat.............Take my money ...dig holes

[@bradmiller2329]

So stop watching!

[@drjanitor3747]

The Industrial revolution would have occurred much earlier if not for the Protestant reformation.

[@warrenborders5148]

No it was the catholic church burning peaple for engaging in science

[@warrenborders5148]

The protestant reformation caused the industrial revolution, the industrialists were protestants

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

Imagine how much more global warming we’d have now, then.

[@drjanitor3747]

@@warrenborders5148 yea i heard they’re hiding Bigfoot too.

[@mammouth2727]

@@warrenborders5148 They were trying to find a cheap and sustainable source of charcoal

[@disgustedvet9528]

That's a cottage ?

[@joshschneider9766]

Compared to the estate properties surrounding it sure is.

[@evensgrey]

In England, a 'cottage' is defined more by the status of the people it was originally built to house than any specific feature of the building. Cottages were rental housing for working class people, a name used for centuries for such homes. It was even used for what we'd now call townhouses, row houses, or terraced houses built to house working class people (often as part of an overall development project for a town, with the terraced cottages being built to house the workers of a new mill being built nearby).

[@derrickguffey4775]

Well it's far too small to be a manor house. And some cottages can be one and a half to two stories

[@derrickguffey4775]

@@evensgrey are you from England? I'm curious as you seem to know the definition perfectly. Not trying to be insulting in any way

[@evensgrey]

@@derrickguffey4775 I just looked up the relevant definition for England. I knew it was something like that, but best to be sure.

[@bradwalden546]

Anybody tired of seeing Dan Snow....? F!

[@annekabrimhall1059]

Tony is wearing clothes fit him!

[@tracishea5053]

As an American, I really hope Tony has quit using the expression "come up trumps." 🤣

[@Craptastic760]

Yes, yes... everyone should be concerned that you might be offended by something so very important

[@derrickguffey4775]

As you should well know it is in no way a reference to president Trump. It's an old British expression and nothing whatever intended as a political statement. You may have hated Trump but oh well. The British should not have to change their expressions just to please us. That's nonsense

[@tracishea5053]

It's a joke, folks. Didn't mean to trigger ya.

[@bradmiller2329]

@@tracishea5053 Wasn't funny.

[@philroberts7238]

@@bradmiller2329 I've heard a lot worse...

[@Colin-Fenix]

I don’t appreciate that Timeline has added these History Hits advertisements with Dan to all their videos and I am considering canceling my subscription since I pay extra for Premium KZbin to avoid ads. I am not interested in Dan’s new channel and I consider his ads a waster of my time and am offended that they have gotten around the removal of ads to Premium subscribers by adding ads at the beginning of every video. Sure, I can and do fast-forward past Dan, but I don’t appreciate it and therefore every video, regardless of quality of content, will get a thumbs down from now on.

[@MarceldeJong]

Also why are they advertising while the Time Team series cannot be found on historyhits' website? At least I can't find it

[@wj6842]

Geophys is so horribly inaccurate that I bet the real reason they want to do that tiny space is so they could finally get a result and claim success.

[@seriousblakk]

Lol

[@3mate1]

If I were Phil, I'd sit back with a pint and just watch those girls dig. ;)

[@chrisbanbury]

Nobody throws shade like British amateurs.

[@andreysavin1931]

yooho, first comment, may be 🤪

[@seriousblakk]

I think you got it

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

Yes indeed. Good show.

[@imtired2983]

Tony really gets into your personal space, and makes you feel uncomfortable.

[@danwolfpack1]

This intro sucks. I understand dan... or whatever his name is.... is hired to introduce the videos... but why not allow them to stand alone? There's already 40 minutes of adveryisements.

[@imtired2983]

😂. I thought I was the only one. I skip

[@philroberts7238]

@@imtired2983 It's his bloody channel! Do you always expect something for nothing?

[@pedenmk]

Great program Blokes. I volunteer to come help Mrs Lewis. She's far better looking than all of you Blokes.

[@timtrainor9720]

Unsatisfying.

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

wrong

[@206stonner]

way to much speculation on this episode.

[@Fritter70]

Always a few fine females on these digs. That would make the work much more bearable. 👍🏻😀

[@hayderk2792]

Please, please, we are a group of Arab viewers. Please add Arabic to the videos

[@derrickguffey4775]

If you were to suggest how it could be done it might be possible. However it also depends on KZbin's regulations. However I believe there is a way to choose what language is spoken in the settings either in Google or KZbin

[@robertrootes]

Tony Robinson is annoying and makes watching this always unbearable

[@philroberts7238]

Well, I always find this type of gratuitous personal criticism extremely annoying and it often makes reading the comments on here unbearable - whether they be directed against participants in the earlier programs or those who have featured in the more recent iterations. And anyway, Mr Bestselling Author, it's SIR Tony Robinson to you and me!