The Lost Iron Age Capital Buried Under South Wales | Time Team | Odyssey

Time Team investigate Caerau Hillfort, a huge hill near Cardiff that may be immensely significant; is it the long-lost Iron Age capital of South Wales? Geophysics shows multiple circular marks, indicating several roundhouses. However Francis is initially having trouble locating these structures in the ground. But there are finds a-plenty including a rare early Iron Age cup. They are joined by Iron Age specialist Niall Sharples, who explains that a hill fort's function is primarily domestic and social, rather than military. .
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[@janagrc]

To other Americans confused when they were talking about “grinding corn”: In the UK apparently the word corn can refer to any cereal crop. This includes wheat, barley, millet, etc. Americans usually only use corn to mean maize, which is a new world crop and would not have been available in iron age Europe.

[@trimbaker1893]

Thank you. I was just talking to the screen saying "what do you mean corn...they did not have corn...corn is a grain of the americas...they did not have corn...well, if they had corn, they had ships that took them to and from the americas, to get corn." : )

[@Anaris10]

Thank you, Jana, I am Native American and fully cognizant of "Corn" meaning other crops. My own Miwok people in California used to grind Acorns for soup and bread. Up at Chaw-se, also known as Grinding Rock has HUGE rock slabs with dozens of grinding holes used over thousands of years. Nice clarification for others.

[@bethbartlett5692]

A worthy point.

[@J4n37r3n0]

Thanks for the clarification!

[@Minalkra]

I explained this to my slightly puzzled wife. Corn in Ye Olde Aenglish meant 'grain crop.' It was only when maize became a huge staple in America that we started to use it for that one crop and it lost its meaning in American English as a reference to other grains. It's still used as a general term for 'grain crop' in the UK though that might be falling out of favor due to American influence.

[@joekunedo]

The whole team is amazing, but Phil always makes me smile when he's on screen. Guy's a legend.

[@biancacastafiore383]

I love Time Team, it calms me, it always leaves me absolutely content when they pack up their tools on the eve of day three. It is strange, I watch TT to forget all the gruesome things that occupy my mind everyday like senseless wars, pandemics… but the people of the past often died of exactly these reasons I try to forget for awhile.

[@mariancroome1478]

I'm SO happy to see my favourite boy joking and bantering with each other. YAY, to Phil still wearing his lucky hat. However, I do miss Mick and Vic with an ache in my heart. Love from South Africa. 💕

[@KCsFunHouse]

I always wonder how many of the kiddos they feature in this show went on to become archeologists because of this show… it only takes something like this program coming along to let them put their hands on everything and let them learn!

[@benediktozon930]

I remember watching this show since I was a kid or teenager (and previous to that "Blackadder" :) ) and have always found their work fascinating. If I ever have kids I'd love to watch this series with them :)

[@richardtorz2164]

This episode was all about community and bonding together as a community as a whole. Good work time team for making all of us smarter and more informed of our past this episode.

[@cjpmedic]

Would it be weird to have this team come to the US and dig the Cahokia mounds? 🤔 I’d fly down from Alaska to help!

[@jollytom09]

As a St. Louisan I would be so hyped for that!

[@bartonbella3131]

Definitely would be great, before they disappear. In Alabama, Walmart found mounds in the Trussville area and literally just wiped 1 of them out completely.

[@jollytom09]

@@bartonbella3131 Similar thing happened in Fenton, MO - to build the first Walmart SUPERCENTER

[@NickanM]

@@bartonbella3131 Capitalism at its finest. So incredibly sad. 😔 I am not a leftist, but when I hear about companies disrespecting history belonging to us all, I get angry.

[@socialisttrafficregulator2015]

@@bartonbella3131 that's what barbarians do. They may be wealthy, but nothing says that barbarians can't be wealthy.

[@darcycoderre3236]

I watched part 1 of the reboot. I miss Tony and Phil and the sheer enjoyment they brought to the digs.

[@itsjust_Q]

Where did you watch it?

[@darcycoderre3236]

@@itsjust_Q on KZbin. I've seen all three parts of the 1st episode.

[@Spartan265]

@@itsjust_Q Yeah it's on the official Time Team channel. While I miss Tony and Phil I still really enjoyed it and the new presenters are still enjoyable to listen to. And plenty of familiar faces do come back.

[@JamesSmith-fz7qk]

And Mick…

[@poletooke4691]

@@Spartan265 They couldn't get Phil???? Phil's the soul of the show though :(

[@jerryblainii1208]

I love this dude that hosts the show he brings me comfort and calm

[@patriciajob7829]

Thank you for this joyfull programm. Too often seeking for proof of our past is shown as a hard work with no place for humour or Joy to be toghether to make a jump forward for humanity. Thank you for beeing so alive and happy to do what's you are doing...and discovering. Thanks to time team to do archeologie différently. Look forward to see others from your team. God bless

[@lizzy66125]

Tony and Francis having way too much fun on that 'go cart'🤗

[@Psychlist1972]

They were unusually cinematic with the music and shots in this one.

[@sayntfuu]

TGIF with new Time Team!

[@bethbartlett5692]

That Copper completed, just Fabulous.

[@shri081]

The Phil and tony banter totally brought this episode home for me 😄😄

[@baldrickt.adder-slayer287]

Did anyone else notice at the 36:30 mark, Tony walked right passed and ancient coppice?

[@vetgmacatmomfl2055]

Cheers to history!!!!👏👏👏👏

[@bethbartlett5692]

The Welsh are their own unique awesomeness. Fortitude, focused, and not easily bent to another's idea, They held and still hold their own identity and traditions today. *Frank Lloyd Wright comes to mind, the Genius Architect of Modern American Design that made such a desirable mark, he will be known 2000 years from now, his MidCentury Modern remains the Modern desired design.*

[@promiscuous5761]

Thank you..

[@chrisbassett8996]

What i would love to know was how did they work out they could make flour and then what to do with it. think about it there were so many firsts in our ancestry.

[@nefertiti2009]

thank you

[@Green_Roc]

"Last Ditch Effort" Oh! I wondered where that saying comes from. Last Ditch, How literal! I enjoy these shows.

[@ryanlingo2372]

That's a single person cup at 41:30 😂😂

[@denislacroix9503]

I love the original Time Team. The new one, not so much. I do get a giggle, when watching these shows, and seeing them complaining about how freezing it is when there isn't even any ice. :D How cold does it get over there? Anywhere near -30 c.?

[@keithstudly6071]

Question: What were these people so afraid of that they decided to live on a fortified hill? It was a difficult place to live if for no other reason than they had to carry all their water, except for what they could gather from the rain up a steep hill. That included water for their live stock. It takes a lot of fear to decide to live like that. Modern conveniences like automobiles and water systems tend to make us forget the price that past generations had to pay for a hilltop view.

[@bethbartlett5692]

Whales information is like a magnet, I'm drawn to the Energies of Whales, why? I'm Irish (the Basque Irish, County Kerry) American. ☘️

[@ciaranmcguckinhasfun4334]

Yeah!!!! The passion for history. :D

[@ElizabethDMadison]

I don't think I've seen this one and I've seen lots.

[@ivanolsen7966]

44:34 ...... why would it ( the pot/s ) be in a post hole and not just buried

[@Jborgzz1]

31:02 one of the most British moments in this series

[@elizalee4807]

You know you have watched too much time team when you dream Tony is trying to cuddle with you.😂😂😂😍😍😍😂😂😂

[@bob.fagg-bois657]

these programs have been re-run so many times, i now know the script before tony say`s one word.

[@jansenart0]

22:30 Sharing lol. No, that ting was what you drank in one sitting, Kathleen!

[@einienj3281]

Baldric?

[@Anaris10]

Shhh!. It's part of a "Cunning Plan".....

[@DOTTYTIME]

Why would they have deserted the site?

[@krazyhorse448]

Guessing "Pitcher" used for pouring never came to mind? How do they think the wench delivered beer to thirsty patrons? BTW beer then was at best 2% proof so you would get full long before getting pissed. That's why the made Spirits

[@johnisaaco8795]

Why are pot sherds found in post holes, were they put there in construction to stabilize the post?

[@NitraKing]

NO GUNS

[@boredgrass]

Hysterical background music drowns narration and dialogue and makes it unwatchable for a lot of people with impaired hearing! Why this self-sabotagege???

[@NickanM]

Why not use the CC ? I always use it, since I am hearing impaired.

[@chrissibersky4617]

Fun fact: The host is also the singer of Iron Maiden, a British heavy metal band.

[@bartonbella3131]

Shout at the Devil, Iron Maiden??

[@paulinemegson8519]

Tony Robinson? Here’s an even funner fact…..you can’t believe everything you hear on the internet.

[@chrissibersky4617]

@@paulinemegson8519 Yes and his stage name is "Dick-in-son". 😂

[@NickanM]

The singer of Iron Maiden is Bruce Dickinson. Period.

[@valiantredneck]

Let’s guess again. Is it 3 day’s. 1:26 Oh for FU#K’s sake…

[@jamiebizness1]

4 pints = pitcher

[@coppertopv365]

Iron Age. . An no metal detection

[@BrianYoungauthor]

His Welsh is so bad it took me a while to understand that he was saying Caerau...ugh.

[@poletooke4691]

Go away Jean Man

[@alaskaforever3879]

Who is getting rich off history hit tv? Who owns it? Who is pay walling history?

[@coppertopv365]

Francis just bugs me. Good enough chap, but dont like his "work." Wish he never got brought on full time.

[@skildude]

NO No NO Tony. Corn is a new world seed. They were likely grinding barley, oats, or wheat.

[@baldrickt.adder-slayer287]

Corn is a more modern term for "kern" (where we get our word kernel from). All grains were considered "korn" in the Old World. What is grown in the Americas is "maize", not corn. Corn in the Americas is a generalized "hick" marketing term for maize- so as not to confuse the simple people. Not MY definition, but marketing terms designed by large land owners, corporations and marketing firms that has come to define a single, hybridized, profit-maximized commodity "yellow field corn".

[@Jerbod2]

If you knew anything you'd realize Corn is probably meant for something different than maize (as the whole world calls it but you) as this is the old world, and maize is indeed from the new one. In Dutch it's called koren, corn in English. Education is key, dont be a smartass when you don't even know the basics.

[@skildude]

@@baldrickt.adder-slayer287 Thanks for the pedantic slap in the Face at America. Corn is Corn and Maize is corn. It is and always will be. What you define as corn are Grains. Wheat, Oats, Barley etc are grains not corn. Check the Oxford English dictionary. Funny how they seem to think you are incorrect. Clearly It is your definition of some fool with Dunning-kruger working for them. All other grains are not considered corn. They are cereal grains. Just because some backwater british Cliff Clavin claims that grains are corn doesn't make it so. the B was intentionally left lower case for irritations sake. Here's another slap at your ego. Kern means CORE in Dutch and in English denotes typesetting in printing. Would you care to go another round on your wheel of foolishness.

[@baldrickt.adder-slayer287]

@@skildude Clearly someone who thinks that 20th Century United States is the center of ALL planetary intelligencia. First mistake most american high school students make. The rest world DID exist before you were born. And continue to develop according to THEIR experiences and histories, and not YOUR ethnocentric contexts. The rest of the world does not define itself according to your limited and delicate sensibilities. Dictionaries have adapted and changed as cultural and linguistic norms have changed; and they have done so ever since Dr. Johnson wrote the first one. You might want to try taking a history, anthropology or archaeology class that's not written by political ladder-climbers.

[@bartonbella3131]

@@baldrickt.adder-slayer287 yes, yes, because no one from the old world ever came to the new world....yes corn did refer to other things but it's dumb to think the people who emigrated from the old world and grew kernel corn or maize, didn't also grow the other types of corn over in the old world. They didn't need "Hick" Terms for the simple people when it's just the natural linguistic changes that happen over time. No need to make yourself sound so pompous. It's just the natural progression of common words transferred through a mixture of wide swathes of different people and language. Remember, Alabama and England are the same size and the UK could fit in Texas about 5 times. There were huge populations from all over the World intermingling to create a new group of languages and colloquial terms. Kind of like, cigarettes and fags or torches and flashlights, chips and fries etc.

[@christopherforsyth5284]

It's NOT a " Militaristic Fort " as in defending non- combatants , it's a symbol of look at how proud we are ??? What "WOKE " crap !!!