The Hidden Secrets Of Green Island | Time Team | Timeline

Tony Robinson takes the boat to Green Island in the centre of Poole harbour to investigate what might have been a site of early mass production.
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[@susandombrowski7711]

Thanks to the pandemic and my retirement I have watched many, many, episodes in the last few months. So glad I "dug up" this series. Happy to grow old with them all. How wonderful! Love to Phil.... A man who loves what he does!!! Lucky Phil.

[@jesikebiking]

Have to agree with you about Phil

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

Phil is my favorite. I’ve seen about ten of these and he’s the best. Talks like an academic, works like a ditch digger, looks like an old hippie.

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

@@peekaboohidenseeken5722 Well, keep me posted. I’d love to know your plans to break him down. ;-)

[@Wolfe911]

Find the early episodes and Tony's look may rival Phil's.

[@rotties-rules]

@@leviayaan9884 soon to be ex girlfriend.

[@tweezerjam]

Indeed

[@marypasco2213]

My VERY FAVORITE! ❤️❤️❤️ Do LOVE that man! Saw him in an interview, away from Time Team! ❤️❤️❤️

[@jonrau5988]

Three days never seems long enough, but what you find reveals a lot of history.

[@user-wg3gc5uz1g]

Just when you think things are starting to get back to normal Tony Robinson jumps off a boat yelling, “WHY?? I’LL TELL YOU WHY!!!” Defying space, time, and the reaper in one of the greatest intros I’ve ever seen. Well done sir 🖖

[@toddterrell8798]

Thank you to the owners for allowing the work and invasion! This was a great investigation!

[@4Usuality]

Ive watched this episode 5 times on 5 different channels and I still watch it completely through

[@spiritualanarchist8162]

Average person :' Hummm ..just a pile of stones...' 😐 Archaeologist :WOW , It's 'A PILE OF STONES !! '😲

[@serenagrisdale6969]

Lol to 😄 funny!

[@brittoncooper1251]

One stone is just a stone. Two stones is a Norman castle!

[@nancyphillips2049]

Dryer sheets in your socks to help prevent ticks. Love your series.

[@maggsbufton1969]

Really? Does that actually WORK? If so...thank you so much for the tip! Any specific BRAND and scent of dryer sheets? Bounce regular? Unscented? Addendum: Does it help to use a lot of dryer sheets when drying your clothes? What is it about the dryer sheets that repel them? The fabric texture or the actual scent?

[@nancyphillips2049]

@@maggsbufton1969 actually, using dryer sheets in a dryer could cause a fire. So, I din't use them there. As for the ticks, I guess any scent would work; it's the active ingredient that ticks don't like the smell of. Also, stay out of pine needles - they harbor ticks, too.

[@laurahall5218]

Is using DEet products a problem of some kind? They work best for ticks, certainly better than getting lyme, spotted fever etc. Cover up completely and spray your clothes so you don't absorb so much if you are concerned. Dryer sheets contain more dangerous chemicals than deet. Bisphenyl a, b endocrine disruptors. They are not made to be worn!

[@rhondababiarz6678]

Thanks for posting.. Been watching Time Team for years😁 Great team.. Wonderful to see Mick..

[@cillyhoney1892]

Somebody should release a few guinea hens on Green Island. They would take care of the ticks.

[@Fush1234]

And make good eating.l.. call KFC

[@Isabella-nh5dm]

Aah...another possible ecological disaster waiting to happen.

[@elizabethmcheffey8699]

That would be a terrible idea

[@cillyhoney1892]

@@elizabethmcheffey8699 See my reply to Etta.

[@aicc1728]

@@Isabella-nh5dm yeah. Ticks are way better than an edible prey bird. Have birds ever been an ecological disaster?

[@benediktmorak4409]

Tony is like the Duracell rabbit. never runs out of energy...

[@tgbluewolf]

Energizer...? For real though, I'm in my 30s and wish I had his energy 🤣

[@joakimblomqvist7229]

"Finding them in the ditches, finding them on the beaches..." Sir Tony is doing yet another epic Sir Winston travesty here loool! Only lacking Blood, ticks and toes! 🤣

[@mark2tech]

This looks like a beautiful place. I wouldn't expect to see such a lush forest that close to sea water.

[@sirbader1]

Never been to the Pacific Northwest, I see.

[@mark2tech]

@@sirbader1 Cleveland is the farthest west I've been but visiting the giant Sequoias is on my bucket list.

[@sirbader1]

@@mark2tech a wise man, you are.

[@stephenhodges1688]

Haven’t you ever seen Giligains Island?

[@TrapperAaron]

A forest doesn't care about being near the sea. The problem is people have plowed under almost every sea side forest.

[@howardevans7384]

Tony never knew what a can of worms he opened when he said " shale is a soft oily rock found locally"! and Phils comment woooaah now thats a meaty pot is just classic

[@cdd4248]

Lovely Island...I live in the Southwest US Desert and can't even imagine living within all the beautiful green!

[@angelface925]

I understand the sentiment! However, the ticks... 😳😬

[@cdd4248]

@@angelface925 True! Lots of bugs in the luscious green!

[@TrapperAaron]

I'm really sorry to hear this. The desert has its own unique qualities but u should really go anywhere else.

[@DenisHuaHin]

In 2005 it sold for 2.5mil pounds , so expect to pay 4 mil up now. Get saving.

[@williamcourtland5945]

As much as the cores could be from bangles, the industrial purpose for a chase baring is far more likely. Pulleys, axles, and rotational posts, mostly for seamanship. Waterproof, non-swelling tiller seat.

[@muddhammer7834]

Ireally enjoyed the series this man and his father did!

[@stellaforstar1754]

7:33 looks like the bottom for a drop spindle... A piece of wood fits into the middle, wool or flax worked around the center pole in your fingers as the weight and spinning of the base pulls the fibers out...

[@terribethreed8464]

If I owned the Island I'd love to leave the digs open but covered to protect them from the elements & allow archiologists to continue their excavation.

[@Schmorgus]

To bad the island is marked as "SSSI", so they have to restore everything. Owner would probably have to pay massive fines if they didn't.

[@cindydintn]

After the Time Team leaves local archeologists carry on with what the Time Team found.

[@goldilox369]

@@cindydintn thanks for that... I've always wondered.

[@ianwilkinson5069]

@@Schmorgus I was kinda wondering why thy were worried about ecology when there is clearly a septic tank and leach field for the house and there's modern garbage buried there. Sound like a liberal thought that one up lol

[@salliegallegos918]

Regarding the jetties, I always imagine the labor that went into such projects. Exactly like their trenches. Impressive.

[@castlek8894]

I love these discoveries - it is a work that needs a lot of patience and experience - it is wonderful my dear friend - - Thank you and always happy to communicate with you and follow your beautiful channel - Greetings and appreciation to you - from Egypt

[@treed6038]

The one thing that strikes me the most is that everyone is ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that they can't make conclusions without more evidence. It is refreshing, to be honest; especially in today's world where everyone who's not a professional scientist is absolutely certain of everything with even less evidence.

[@peekaboohidenseeken5722]

Fantastic finds and........I JUST LOVE YOU......ha ha ha. Tony is such a big silly!!!!!!

[@rodchallis8031]

Is there anywhere in England one couldn't put a shovel in the ground and find *something*? It's like going to Canada and making a show about finding Tim Horton's.

[@rodchallis8031]

joking^

[@thefisherking78]

Huh

[@Sylinnilys]

@@sirensynapse5603 graystillplays

[@solojo928]

@@sirensynapse5603 it’s our favourite coffee. 🇨🇦

[@mikejohnson9118]

@@sirensynapse5603 It's like Dunkin Donuts in the US.

[@urfavwhtboy]

LOVE THIS CHANNEL!! THANK YOU

[@ginkarasu]

if you love this channel, why not follow the orginal channel from whom this channel licensed it's material? Time team classic, and time team official respectively.

[@urfavwhtboy]

@@ginkarasu oh ok, I'll look it up now, thanks

[@urfavwhtboy]

@@ginkarasu I found it and Subscribed 😁 thank you

[@urfavwhtboy]

I would test the shore areas, because the seas have risen over time. Some great finds are waiting in the waves and sandy areas!!

[@peekaboohidenseeken5722]

Of course there is! Right around that old walkway back in the day but currents have carried it deeper and farther.

[@ct1762]

@John Barber agreed. But i think automatic spelling has killed written grammar, too.

[@Vulturefist]

@John Barber I guess most languages ”devolve” nowadays. My own first language swedish, is getting more and more deluted because of a lot of old swedish words beeing replaced by english words. Or perhaps I should call them ”swenglish” words instead, since they are proper english words but pronounced in a swedish manner which of course makes them sound stupid. On a daily basis the world gets more or less bombarded with english by way of i.e. the Interwebz via social media, games, music and movies, so sometimes people seem to have an easier time coming up with the english word something they want to say rather then the swedish equivalent. It might seem a bit wierd, but to be honest, it happens to me too a lot. It’s like the english language is slowly replacing the smaller languages of the world one word at a time. At the same time the people slowly getting their own language replaced by english is writing stuff all over the internet in a way that’s based on the grammatics of our own languages. Which in turn means that we are spreading this devolved version of english all over the internet in some kind of a wierd and extremely roundabout way of getting even on the language that rules the world. 😀 Just look at my post in this comment section for instance. Here I am trying to give y’all some kind of a lame @ss theory on why I think the english language is devolving because english is in itself devolving all the other languages of the world, and while I’m doing it I’m butchering your language in a way that from a certain point of view could be seen as some kind of a proof for my lame @ss theory on this matter. Which I know it is not by the way. 😁 I’d like to apologize for a long and pointless post, but I just couldn’t resist helping in devolving the english language. As we all know, what goes around comes around. Muhahahaha. 😈

[@marypasco2213]

RI Outboards-My phone keeps trying to get me to use incorrect words, too. But, I pay attention and override it. Also, before I ‘Send’, I proofread!

[@ct1762]

@@marypasco2213 ha yes but i meant spellcheck... spelling words for you not replacing words.

[@EmberwolfXR]

i love this show, and there are years of it to watch.....1980s all the way to 2000,s

[@f.n.schlub2269]

Could you guys get a message to the owners of Green Island that they might want to consider establishing a large rookery of Guinea Fowl to address their tick problem. Vids about this use of these birds are readily available here on KZbin.

[@josephgallardo9796]

Awesome & cool show! I'm a fan!!

[@salobrena6442]

These are excellent films.

[@teresaames7902]

I wish I could find an island like this and move there! Honestly who owns a whole island? My goodness gracious. But, still I’m excited.

[@greensage395]

The Biden's own the Island next to Jeffrey Epstein's Pervert Island, and Biden's Island also has a Submarine Port, for moving the Goods!

[@crazya3466]

Great episode gentleman🖒.. cA

[@serenagrisdale6969]

Love 💗 it! ❤️ fron Ontario Canada 🇨🇦

[@evanz2704]

I enjoy this channel very much, thank you for doing what you do!

[@julieloucalcote1368]

Love y’all!

[@nipunthorat1985]

it impossibly unsubscribe this channel

[@timothysmith8667]

I like what you're doing because you're trying to figure out the history of it and I like that you discovered it and you saw what it was and you made out what it was it might not be somebody looking for a treasure chest which rather some were buried there or not and that's not even what the movie is about but your team and you guys are really good you figure out the real you look at them they're really serious stuff the good stuff and you figure it out what would it what was it there for what was it used for the history of it that's what's important and then you can document that keep the keep all that information so we know what it is what it was used for stuff like that that's awesome keep up the good work

[@993ti]

37:55 That's a good way to dry out the grass, lol.

[@CD-gh4oc]

I love this show

[@joeyr7294]

43:58 I was busy doing something and had this playing in the background. I could have sworn the guy in the white shirt sounded just like Daniel Ratcliffe lmao

[@kixigvak]

I support the struggle of the indigenous peoples of the British Isles to preserve their culture, identity, and history in the face of mass immigration from the world's failed states.

[@Handletaken4]

From The World's One Giant Failed Religion

[@josephmaurina3837]

This Documentary was really neat

[@larrylaing5339]

On these kind of excavations to clear top soil a small machine that is used to cut strips of sod about 2 inches thick. This machine can be brought over on a small boat and easily unloaded ashore to make sod removal much faster.

[@ct1762]

one of my favorites... but looks like a nightmare for mosquitos!

[@public.public]

Only three Daves to do it?!!!

[@taylorspuppets]

XD

[@HaiRuiDe]

These are the Dave’s he knows...

[@marypasco2213]

The main people in this series have other jobs. Three days away from their regular jobs is/was the best they could do.

[@alison__16]

This comment got even funnier when at 21:11 Tony started talking to Raksha Dave. So we've found one of the Daves already! 😁

[@znk0r]

Three is more than enough.

[@caroldorsett8170]

Great tick tool! Great site!

[@OrbitalAstronaut]

"This is a deliberate pile of stones"

[@dwaynekoblitz6032]

If I was Jo, I'd allow them to dig wherever and however someone wanted to. It's the ancient history of the beautiful, incredible, island that she happily owns. I'd definitely want to know.

[@tweezerjam]

I hovered over this place on google earth and theres a new larger home there now. Neat. Thats some piece of real estate. 👍🏼

[@kathleennorris4354]

It is probably a jail for the Elites

[@3PercentNeanderhal]

@@kathleennorris4354 if it isn't it should be

[@jamesagwe2981]

@@3PercentNeanderhal they should reopen alcatraz

[@kathleennorris4354]

@@3PercentNeanderhal it is bc if you have been following Trump, he once made a comment in his speech about Greenland up for sale. I believe it is bc I have heard that Hillary died in Greenland Prison from Kuru.

[@kathleennorris4354]

@@jamesagwe2981 Alcatraz is in to much disrepair. I believe that they will be tried, executed by military &/ or I have also heard they have been put on the back side of the Moon which I don't want to mind-blowing you, but there are black holes on earth that have access to outer space quicker, just like we have been on Mars for a few centuries.

[@SD_Alias]

Would be so interesting to survey scenes like that with Lidar to get a relief of the landscape without trees…

[@rmaxwell5957]

This makes me want to dig for a living

[@karenabrams8986]

My yard is full of Konocti obsidian. Could Phil please come make me something? That shale armlet is amazing.

[@oldmanjenkins38]

Just subscribed

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thanks.

[@DenisHuaHin]

After this I bet it's good interesting evening down the Local Pub

[@DigitalNeb]

Well that was fun.

[@IKEMENOsakaman]

This video really reminds me of a channel where two guys in the jungle builds amazing pools from mud and tree branches. Anyone know what I'm talking about? lol I know this video has nothing to do with it, but yeah, just was reminded of it lol

[@summertime9629]

YES! I swear I’ve never been so captivated by anything in my life and then when he walks to that watery river in ladder whatever grabs I don’t know what it was a leaf or something and it turned this like robins egg blue I was just like what is happening am I watching a magic show right now that is in a jungle?! LOL

[@proudreal868]

No..but u need a doctor asap.

[@kokane781]

Haha I know exactly what you tube channel your referring to. Some cool area perfect for an underground pool and two bedroom hidden sleep area !

[@MrBakedDaily]

Wonder how many beer tabs they found first.

[@abpccpba]

Talking about ironworking you showed a " hammer scale ". Looks to me like a new purposing of a woofer speaker magnet. Am I right?? : - ))

[@hatersgonnahateyo]

ive always known the best way to find and preserve history is to give yourself 3 days....

[@tokarukoro8196]

If they would not do it that way they would be stuck at ONE site and would not get to investigate the whole country. Others can follow and do their lifelong research on the found sites later.

[@samirasorchiaireland2133]

I want to live there!!!!

[@Trytocookthis]

HAHAHA. I thought the thumbnail was some sort of green flatbread.

[@shieldmaiden1318]

I thought it was pesto on a quesadilla

[@Melicoy]

awesome

[@artofwar4644]

it seems interesting, digging history, how to apply and work with these team?

[@JC-wv7om]

The Time Team aren't currently active (last I heard, one of them was trying to crowdfund a new season but most are currently doing other work), but you'd need a degree in archeology and/or anthropology to do this kind of work.

[@ashergoney]

Tropics and Summer's Polar Bears are usually active too

[@uncleray3354]

Is it standard procedure for the narrators (most documentary's) to walk as fast as they can towards a backing up camera?

[@josecarvalho4869]

nice..gift...

[@coppertopv365]

36 Ticks 😳 I sure hope not, I never had that many at one time on me

[@squidgert566]

Pretty old episode considering Mick passed away in 2013 and left Time Team in 2012. Thanks for uploading anyways.

[@markmullin4246]

2000 years ago!! Some of those small islands were probably hitched together!

[@DivergentDroid]

Yeah.. they had to get a divorce... you try staying with the same woman for 2000 years....

[@Lisahough4738]

Guineas would get rid ticks and fleas and red bugs (ciggers) ,and scratch up soil making island a beautyful place

[@shieldmaiden1318]

Damn I love that dudes a frame

[@DiamondSprinkles]

Why do they only ever have 3 days to do it? Why not 3 1/2 days? Or just an even week?

[@taylorspuppets]

Very exciting!

[@frankhoeppel2314]

Several intertwined reasons. 1. Cost - a multi-camera production that has to film on-location is really expensive. The fewer days they have to film the cheaper the episode. 2. The pitch was to keep the commitment small to push the urgency and keep the production manageable - Mick and Tim set up the show this way. 3. The folks that were included in the show have other jobs - several with teaching engagements - and they needed to accommodate their schedules.

[@angelapiccolella1491]

The scientists all have day jobs at universities, preservation societies, ect. So they are limited on the time they can invest. Plus the short time adds drama. They talk about the limits amount of time each member can invest in one of the episodes, but I cant remember which one.

[@chadbertrand1460]

Seems entirely due to TV production concerns. Archeology exploitation rather than a dedicated scientific endeavor.

[@taylorspuppets]

Nothing to add

[@DJRonnieG]

I wonder who the very last person or crew to operate that furnace. Did business merely slow down until one day the blacksmith said "I'm out of here, fuggetaboutit."

[@salliegallegos918]

Those finds, all finds, look spectacular to me.

[@X1GenKaneShiroX]

Sounds like a good channel

[@aparson2967]

I hate seeing you assault the soil with a team of shovels without a true detectorist.

[@kamodt]

I'm surprised they aren't using LIDAR from a drone to help with their geo-phys. Phil's my favorite as well.

[@HaHaroni]

If people 2000 years ago were so lacking in technology, can somebody explain star forts and pyramids to me?

[@DJRonnieG]

Yeah, I want a cohesive explanation for how the great pyramid was built too. The 3 smaller ones are obviously imitations. I can go for the "it was a public works project that spanned centuries l" but no single documentary has integrated all of the specifics One theory I saw a vid about involved using a system of locks that would allow them to to use floats on the bricks to move them vertically. It was speculated that the causeway was fill of water so stones could be transported from boats on the Nile and straight to the side of the pyramid where the water-locks would begin.

[@HaHaroni]

@@magnusdunning6113 you are believing the narrative. I am refuting it. I would refer to you as stupid.

[@Philip.Magnusson]

Thought I recognized the voice, hello Baldrick!

[@dallasstorm2073]

Do the people who own the properties get copies of the findings and diagrams?

[@ellenexmadden]

riveting, after three days some finds are known to merit much more. We know where to invest.

[@k.russell1713]

Invest in amc.

[@Cmcmillen77]

How can you own an island knowing there's ancient evidence and still be like no dont dig....wtf

[@Perktube1]

Next, the search for Hidden Valley, home of ranch dressing.

[@angelikaswainson777]

I love Phil‘s Dorset accent!

[@davidfiler5414]

Wiltshire.

[@angelikaswainson777]

David Filer , thank you! Well I‘m german, hence I have an excuse 😂

[@davidfiler5414]

@@angelikaswainson777 Of course, I doubt I could come anywhere near to discerning the nuance of German accents, so well done you.

[@angelikaswainson777]

David Filer , I actually lived in England. My better half was an officer in the Royal Signals. We lived in Shaftesbury and the very first time I heard a Dorset farmer, I thought he was from Texas! 😂😂😂

[@davidfiler5414]

@@angelikaswainson777 Can't imagine why Jim Lad. Aaargh!

[@shawnmillard2431]

They could ask the ghost lady walking into the woods at the 30:08 mark where the furnace was.

[@tegunn]

I have yet seen the use of GPR, especially when looking for evidence of structures..

[@maggsbufton1969]

What’s a GPR? Guessing some kind of Geo positioning Radar? I apologise for my ignorance in advance. Thx

[@tegunn]

@@maggsbufton1969 close...ground penetrating radar. Things show up much clearer.

[@JC-wv7om]

The geophys team did use radar sometimes, just not on most sites. Not sure why they didn't bring it out more often.

[@tegunn]

@@JC-wv7om yeah it's the best thing to look for old structures(mounded soil, old post holes, graves, etc) especially if there is a time constraint.

[@godgunsandglory]

It was nice of them to splurge and get a cameo of umma thermin.

[@winkieblink7625]

My first time watching...... I can’t believe I’m watching this. It’s good in a funny weird strange sort of way. Tics!

[@peekaboohidenseeken5722]

Well climb aboard were all addicts now. This one is a little different than most others. So like and subscribe.... so you don't miss out on the fun! Lol

[@mlopez6179]

Let me know when part 2 Is ready.

[@sammyvh11]

Thats heart attack digging

[@TheTonialadd]

5:00 minutes in and I’m wondering why they’re not using garden digging forks to get through that grass???

[@TermiteUSA]

On google earth there are three large circles next to the present day shore, they are south of the pier, across what looks like a drainage channel. Two are holes and the SW one looks elevated. Anyone else see this or have a guess? It's amazing to see film of site and compare it to what is visible from satellite.

[@zonabrown9241]

Sydney has the largest harbour in the world

[@Obliticus]

Do they not sell Permethrin in England? :)

[@coppertopv365]

Look on Furzey island, it was Connected once upon a time.

[@ginkarasu]

quite amazing how a lot of commenters don't know about Time Team or it's 3 day format...

[@ratulxy]

Why is it specifically 3 days?

[@omikronweapon]

Probably a reasonable compromise between several factors, likely hinging heavily on budget and filling an hour long show. It's primarily a SHOW, rather than an actual dig that just happens to be documented. You wouldnt waste time and resources shooting for four weeks, when three days will fill the hour already. The show needs to sell and to facilitate that, you try to make it as cheap as you reasonably can. There's also diminishing returns on most of these sites. They're never gonna find the grave of an unknown king complete with golden crown and treasure, so if you dig for three days you might find 20 sherds of pottery and although in four weeks you might find 200, they're still just bits of pot. To the general public, the appeal of watching the 200th piece of pot being dug up isn't very high.

[@georgedorn1022]

@@ratulxy Originally, so that everyone involved could film the programme over a long weekend and be back at their universities or commercial archaeology companies on Monday morning. And for reasons of cost - it was expensive to produce.

[@ginkarasu]

@@ratulxy It was Mick's idea actually. But look up "Tony Robinson on Mick Aston and Time Team | DigNation 18" here on youtube around 17:31 mark you'll hear how time team actually started, and why it had a three day format!

[@tsmspace]

were the bracelets some kind of ID card??

[@mencken8]

If secrets aren’t hidden, well, they’re not much good, are they?

[@marypasco2213]

Sir Joshua (sorry, can’t remember the rest!😕)-They can only take three days at a time out of their regular work schedules.

[@gowensbach2998]

Why not 5 days to do it? Or 7 days. 3 never seems like enough

[@p34rl20]

I agree!

[@eire187]

Weekends as most of them are actually professors at various universities.

[@gowensbach2998]

@@eire187 ahh, that makes sense, thanks!