The Medieval Secrets Of This Channel Island Fortress: Excavating Mont Orgueil In Jersey

The Team visit Jersey to investigate the origins of Mont Orgueil Castle: a fortress that came to symbolise the Channel Islands' bond with Britain.
The massive castle that dominates the shore today is a Tudor structure built on earlier foundations, and it's that early castle, built by King John, that the Team are looking for.
Unfortunately everything is built on top of a rock outcrop with the steepest sides the archaeologists have ever encountered, and they have to employ mountaineers to help get them and their equipment up the sheer slopes; it's not an excavation for the faint-hearted.
As the dig continues, shadows of that original castle are discovered and a story emerges of how Mont Orgueil came to symbolise Jersey and the Channel Islands' peculiar relationship with Britain and France.
It was fought over, lost and won back again for centuries, but the massive stone walls that the Team uncover ultimately proved futile against the might of gunpowder.
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[@shri081]

Phil acting absolutely despondent at the Shelly mortar bit had me in stitches…at that moment I’m sure all he wants is a cosy pub and a pint 😂😂

[@brianfuller7691]

I'll say it again. Tony Robinson is a solid presenter . Great narrator, great voice and great host.

[@omikronweapon]

he's also got this natural air of "I know what I'm talking about, but I'm also clueless". Not sure how he pulls it off. If he states something you believe him, but you also know full well he isn't an expert.

[@lisakaz35]

I like to fall asleep to his voice.

[@lawrencetyler9398]

I can listen to him 24/7

[@warwickmarlow4423]

Corner of a round tower.. Very solid..

[@7timsch]

"So this shelly mortar is from the 13th century, but this shelly mortar is not from the 13th century, and if you have shelly mortar, it's definitely from the 13th century...I'm losing my will to live" God I love Phil

[@joshschneider9766]

Crushed shell was used in the 13th century. While shells started being used about a century lstrr. It's as verifiable as a fingerprint

[@DavidSmith-yx7kn]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lameesahmad9166]

Stone the crows

[@Celtic2Realms]

And mortars with shells in them are possibly 1940s German

[@peterh8253]

Mick: "But it isn't Roman..." Phil: " Call this a site? Where's all the crackin' bits of flint I expected to see"? Francis: "It probably has some ritual purpose." John: "So far the geophysics haven't given us anything other than what appears to be a dark smudge. It could be a wall, but is probably the natural rock, or it isn't". Stuart: "I know it looks like human activity, but those bloody moles get around everywhere".

[@davidlawrence503]

An all - time favourite with everyone adding knowledge to the story

[@graemenicholls2836]

Thank you for uploading my favourite TV programme!

[@frankschroth4038]

Very funny Stewart , ha ha!! Stewart:" FIRE!!!!!!!! " Loooool ;)

[@Electronic424]

RIP Mick, losing him was a great loss to this field

[@devin234]

"I'm losing the will to live" Same TBH

[@christinemoir5510]

Really interesting episode. Tks for posting.

[@testtestesen9702]

Well made documentaries. Pure quality from filming to script. I remember still the episode when diving and excavation should be carried out. The guys was up to late at the pub and could not complete in the morning. 😂 And they don't hide it and let the us know honestly that it had to be postponed because Phil was very drunk. Honest and awesome tv 😊

[@qiviutqueen5705]

Great, been watching this show since the start. TT is so interesting !

[@gjsterp]

Love ALL the videos on the "Timeline" series!

[@thesoutherngoth6246]

This video is great! I love castles.

[@gaius_enceladus]

I **LOVE** "Time Team"! As a New Zealander (with our very young history) I'm **hugely** envious of people in the U.K. who can just dig up their back yard and find bits of **Roman pottery!**

[@deniseadkins2901]

Same with the US.

[@MRALAN1947]

Same in Australia

[@ArcanumV]

Oh, GeoPhys. Most of the time you struggle to find a wall, and here you have giant walls, so you look for ditches.

[@johnnyblade6088]

Kind of ironic

[@AdamosDad]

2:24 That's how we used to mow the lawn in front of the house our family had on Hillside Avenue in Cincinnati Ohio, USA.

[@kenshores9900]

Very good. Well put together.

[@BryonLape]

I'd sure like to sit and have a few beers with Phil. I'll even make the beer to drink.

[@joshschneider9766]

I got honeybees let's make mead

[@elizabethchamberlin1763]

He's a funny guy who loves his beer. But what a great archeologist 😀

[@joshschneider9766]

He maintains an office at Wessex archaeology and there's even a life sized statue of him hoisting a pint at the entrance to the Salisbury museum.

[@N71403]

the whole series is just terrific

[@mariansmith7694]

Good Show, very interesting. Thank you.

[@Emmenie]

«I’m losing the will to live» 🤣🤣😂🤣😂😂😆😂 Phil Harding at his best.

[@garywilson818]

Our FAVORITE KZbin Channel !!!!!! We wish we could have the TEAM at our farm (Colorado) for a cookout ! That would be a "dream come true" (one impossible item checked off the "Bucket list").

[@joshschneider9766]

Time team has its own KZbin channel called time team official

[@joshschneider9766]

They're even producing new episodes

[@bonniebrock5109]

"Fred FLINTSTONE". LOL That guy is well known for being into finding flints on these Timeline dig videos. And his assistant Ian "Barney Rubble" whos digging in the rubble on this episode.

[@joshschneider9766]

Ian was a master machine operator that worked for Phil and many other people at Wessex archaeology. He could and did on camera unscrew a bottle cap with his machine. The guy was also known to spot things even before Phil due to being higher off the ground. He was no man's assistant. May he rest in peace.

[@bonniebrock5109]

That is what either others on that show called them or they did themselves if I remember right. Flintstone as in flint finds on various Timeline shows.. I don't need all that extra info on them now!! @@joshschneider9766 And I heard he assisted the other man on this find. Rewatch it and listen better and stop thinking I am type insulting them!

[@christophloewen174]

Awesome Stuff!

[@tonvanderzalm4612]

I've said it before, but I love 💕💕 💕 this, please keep them coming 🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍🤗🤗😊😊💕💕💕

[@limafive]

wow just found you guys here, missed you all a lot time team

[@fedos]

7/10 Needs more cliffhangers.

[@duckworthburela6172]

17:40"It looks like it is a corner of a round tower". My question is, did round towers have corners and why if they were round?

[@armyofshea7941]

I think it’s a metric thing. Must have been a metric round tower

[@Catasros]

why did you highlight this? I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT IT.

[@cpmenninga]

duckworth burela because large sections of the round tower have fallen away, leaving cross-sections of tower that have corners. Imagine eating a pizza and the corners that exposes.

[@joshschneider9766]

Round towers were built on square foundations. Function of physics of stone.

[@nickes6168]

From a vertical view, A flat wall, intersecting with the bulbous D shape of said tower would roughly make a 90 degree corner.

[@hissyhonker220]

What is it about Tony.. great narrator and host, love his voice

[@kempoficht]

He sure is. Great energy level with real hones intrest in the subjects and time settings

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thank you.

[@elizabethschaeffer9543]

Interesting to watch this together with "Bergerac" series with John Nettles sited also on Jersey.

[@elisabethpalsson1615]

I am from Sweden and i Love to see your program 💕❤️

[@TOMAS-lh4er]

THESe GUYS !! have to work some "Monte Python " into these shows . its perfect for it !!

[@cabbking]

Am I the only one that wishes you would dig more? More arrowheads please!

[@thetawaves48]

what a great story.

[@warwickmarlow4423]

Corner of a round tower.. Love from Fiji

[@michellehessman3683]

Good show

[@Kimmy-pw8tm]

Tony Robinson could make anything interesting to watch. I can see into your future Tony, you'll be doing a 2 part series traveling the globe by train.

[@antoinefenech8342]

it happen in 1565 at Saint Elmo fort the hill gave the advantage over the fort.

[@dalepoulette]

Is this Castle Bay in Nova Scotia Canada?

[@michellezoe4596]

Omg...no one can just answer Tony with a "yes". Its always gotta be "absolutely, Tony!" 😖

[@mariansmith7694]

Lol, Accents/ Stewie reminds me so of Monty Python ...

[@cpmenninga]

“The four Yorkshiremen” sketch. Stewart’s the best.

[@harisisrarkhan4320]

this slope is too steep how are we going to run the machine on this???? Baldrick: "I have a cunning plan"

[@lipmouth5633]

Why didn't they show us the inside?

[@fedos]

Because they were there to look at the northern approach.

[@0351nick-ch8ee]

Can't forget to include a set of Lee press on nails, to imitate phil , with the game.

[@josiahwright5859]

It's Baldrick!

[@FD_Stalker]

yeah he had been doing this for a while

[@raeperonneau4941]

😂 I love Phil.

[@christineqz1533]

I'm confused - I watched this episode in TT Series 18, why is it now under Timeline?

[@joshschneider9766]

They license the right to upload episodes to their streaming service and KZbin channels from the series owner. They do have their own channel called time team official it's even doing new crowd funded digs and everything.

[@Kid_Kootenay]

It's funny I've been watching Alex who just free soloed el cap and then I see time team donning ropes helmets and harnesses to Crest a little hill lol

[@johnnytank944]

'Health And Safety', production company rules and demands from insurance companies. Also, they wear helmets when getting in relatively small trenches on flat ground as well - especially if there is heavy machinery nearby.

[@riaanshaigh1338]

I miss the old team. Rip Mic. Yabadeedoodah Phil.

[@joshschneider9766]

Fred Flintstone said yabba Dabba doo silly goose 😂

[@Possiblyabandaid]

@30:50 - Oh, don't be daft Phil. Poor man.

[@mace8873]

Apparently, Phil is the only one who manages to get dirty on these digs, but he gets dirty enough for all of them, and nobody can sweat straight through a hat like him...:-D

[@laurachapple6795]

Stop looking at the camera while you're driving, Tony!

[@marcusjohnbondurajr]

Not really sure why Stewart thought it a good idea to scream at the top of his lungs directly into the radio to fire the cannon? He didn’t need to scream at all considering he was ten feet away from the guy firing it lmao… If anything he should have warned anyone not standing there through the walkie but it was a blank anyway lol. Weird he seriously gave it everything he had in his screeching.

[@barrettjones2453]

Tony got dead eyes lol

[@AbdullahAhmed-df2ps]

Is that Baldrick?

[@christianperea7441]

2:08 if that is not friendship I don't know what is

[@arcadia5607]

I enjoy listening to Tony.

[@r3tr0nic]

@26:08 - LOL reminds me of the girl in my shop class, I used to stick a pencil down there, knowing damn well she wore her trousers and short shirt just like that on purpose

[@glendamears3618]

I hope Mick got his cake😊❤

[@krishinrichs143]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NEED TO POST THE DATE THIS WAS BROADCAST

[@lisakaz35]

Fred Flintstone...LOLOLOLOL.

[@drfranklippenheimer8743]

I still don't get it. But it's a grand island for sure.

[@CanuckPlay]

Sure are a lot of ads.

[@bettygreenhansen]

Canuck Play Try subscribing to KZbin Premium. It scrubs the adverts

[@terrydamron4770]

Brits.. TV DOES IT THE BEST... BRAVO

[@larrycherrington7338]

No corners on round towers

[@cpmenninga]

Yes there are, if a substantial part of the original tower is missing, exposing the edge of the walls. A broken plate has corners.

[@joshschneider9766]

Also since arches don't work horizontally stacked the bases were always square to spread load outward and do so evenly

[@guttormurthorfinnsson8758]

nice cut 9 min.

[@ksolveig7263]

You forgot the a in archaeology

[@TOMAS-lh4er]

NOW that I know the spelling police are over here , I'm going back to a few other channels and leave replies while it's safe , !! ha,ha .

[@omikronweapon]

@NEAR TERM EXTINCTION - HUMAN gotta love the guys that bother to make their trolling themed... Are you one of those that actually have some misguided quest, or just the "I choose to spend my time doing this for laughs" one?

[@0351nick-ch8ee]

There aught to be a card game based on this series It's an awful lot like "go fish"...

[@Dawnlighter]

38:32 nope, he should read again on musket effective range.

[@vrisbrianm4720]

Stewart was standing at about a 100 metres away from the castle. Early musket was effective up to that range.

[@joshschneider9766]

Effective at killing what was hit sure but good freaking luck hitting what you aim at regularly. even muskets made in the 1800s at the end of muskets weren't reliably aimable at that range.

[@vrisbrianm4720]

​@@joshschneider9766 Battle formations were a lot tighter back then, which increased the hit probabilities of the muskets if they were fired by ranks.

[@joshschneider9766]

​@@vrisbrianm4720yeah well Stewart was one man and not fifty standing line abreast now wasn't he?

[@joshschneider9766]

​@@vrisbrianm4720don't assume someone that knows the entire history of muskets doesn't understand battle formations from multiple centuries too. It's rude.

[@FD_Stalker]

lol online survival games people build box houses and great mansions, I build medieval castles... but... but why do they have cars running on a tiny island?

[@cpmenninga]

Because the Underground system was destroyed in the War.

[@joshschneider9766]

Also because it's the twenty first century lol

[@omikronweapon]

also because this is real life, not your fantasy.

[@professorsogol5824]

The further off from England the nearer is to France

[@grayelmore9425]

O luhk af find a poice of potry !

[@lucyosborne9239]

I have the answer to all these questions: because it's what people expect. Patients walk into a doctor's office wanting a diagnosis and a cure in the form of highly touted pills put forth by the pharmaceutical companies who spend trillions of dollars making sure we take their drugs for the rest of our lives. I'm also a CCRN and I've seen stuff done by the medical industry that has literally taken someone who was only moderately ill with a problem that would be easily treated with a vacation and some decent sleep and kill them with medical treatment.

[@corinatudor9765]

I like Wold historia

[@joshschneider9766]

Other than pedantic KZbin posts are you actually doing anythi mg about it?

[@joshschneider9766]

@NEAR TERM EXTINCTION - HUMAN nope depends on your own. And clearly the answer is no.

[@bkokohut1980]

Need to run word definitions for translation from British to American. (Yes I know it's English, this is a joke please don't bombard me with the dumb responses)

[@lachchuar501]

*Talk about Keezhadi civilization (600BC)*

[@blomkillen]

This show still exists?

[@cpmenninga]

No rip 2014.

[@RRVVWW73]

Do you exist?

[@blomkillen]

@@RRVVWW73 i hope so

[@blomkillen]

@@RRVVWW73 or do I?

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

No but _all_ the episodes and specials are on YT. Check out *DigVentures* too

[@ajjameson154]

Other than to TRY to be more exciting, why do they always only have 3 days? They aren't even done digging till the last hour. 1: What if they've started finding something, they just going to stop and leave? 2: Are they going to just leave it all uncovered? They're out of time!!!1

[@joshschneider9766]

QBecause everyone involved in the team had weekday nine to five jobs, because these dogs are actually really expensive, and yes to add drama. The digs had pre episode scouting and preparation as well as post dig documentation and reset. It varied by site but was mostly just filling the holes back up. The reports of record as required by law were filed by and are available from Wessex archaeology. Which is where Matt and Phil work to this day coincidentally.

[@margomoore4527]

It’s a TV show. It has a budget. Simple.

[@lameesahmad9166]

Wow!!! Once again the peasants become cannon fodder. Shame it must have been a really terrible place to live. It reminds me of how the local folk suffered in The Battle of The Somme in France. What can we commoners do? I can just say thank God I was not there.

[@drfranklippenheimer8743]

Wut?

[@thetawaves48]

don't they have a drone?

[@JaimieAnne]

marte thompson There was some drone footage for intros/ transitions.

[@joshschneider9766]

This was recorded from 1994 to 2013. There was no drone footage used in this series.

[@3rdsmite766]

who funds all these diggings?

[@happyhappyjoyjoy2154]

Partially all those little yellow dots on the stream..

[@cpmenninga]

Channel 4, a privately run television channel in the UK, produced and paid for these programs. Not “your tax dollars.”

[@3rdsmite766]

@@cpmenninga idk why you're being butthurt, i'm just curious. not even from uk xoxoxo

[@joshschneider9766]

Well if you count all the times English heritage put work in there's alot of tax money spent but so what? It's a good spend

[@omikronweapon]

@@joshschneider9766 same. I'd actually prefer stuff like this to be funded with taxes than privately. Shouldnt leave historical programmes up to for-profit companies.

[@TheDarthSoldier]

The cake is a lie

[@brandonblackwater3196]

France

[@Mujangga]

"No wonder they're not popular." I'm pretty sure the French are more popular than the British.

[@DorkKnight99]

Where are YOU from?

[@JaimieAnne]

Why should they be popular to the people of an island that was constantly attacked by them? Perspective...

[@DorkKnight99]

Britain had the largest colonial empire in history, abused its territorial subjects, and was basically history's villain until a century ago and they're STILL more popular than France. What does that tell you about the French?

[@cpmenninga]

Make it simple, which sunset empire do you think Germany likes better, La France or the United Kingdom. That should be an unbiased opinion. Or so biased it’s unbiased.

[@joshschneider9766]

It tells me all of you forget that William the conqueror was French and the current royal family real name is saches goethe. The royal families of Europe are a thousand year old incest fest. Get over your backwards ideas of national identity ya yahoos

[@phoenix1810]

I love how the Brits use our 🇺🇸 language but put their peculiar spin on it. ☕😁

[@mk-mt9yv]

You mean THEIR language that your ancestors brought to the usa ?

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

*Phoenix* *Winston Churchill* - _Two nations divided by a common language._ *English* is from *England,* hence the name.

[@pinuuturner7777]

Lol. English is from England!!

[@joshschneider9766]

Are you smoking drugs or something? They totally invented the language ya weirdo.

[@Scotto6977]

Mick🌈sweater✔️

[@josemanuelrosmunoz5546]

Castells of Spain : 1. Alcázar de Segovia 2. Castell of olite 3. Castell of peñafiel 4. Castell of ponferrafa

[@techfixr2012]

Absolutely useless dig. The comments are ok.

[@marcusjohnbondurajr]

Ugh I cringe every single time Rony Stony Tony uses the word “we” a couple dozen times each episode whilst he helps not even a tiny minuscule bit. We we we and he’s helped dig a combined 2 to 3 minutes all episodes combined which is more than 200 episodes. His incessant whining about what he’s completely ignorant about is irritating aswell. Wonderful news that he’s not returning to the new show.

[@elizabethschaeffer9543]

I agree completely!

[@joshschneider9766]

You do realize voluntarily watching it only to complain is the behavior of a childish git right?

[@joshschneider9766]

It's not like anyone is forcing you childish brats to watch.

[@josemanuelrosmunoz5546]

Spain has better castells...

[@Lyle-xc9pg]

castle has better spains

[@fedos]

Spain may have better castells, but I doubt they have better castles.

[@josemanuelrosmunoz5546]

@@Lyle-xc9pg Castell alcázar de Segovia Castell of olite Castell of butron Castell of ponferrada Castell of peñafiel Game of trones was set in the Spanish castles to shout the serie...

[@yassine96554]

The ancient moorish castles of Spain are indeed more beautiful, popular and advanced.

[@josemanuelrosmunoz5546]

@@yassine96554 European Christian castles are much more beautiful (fairy tales). Moorish castles are horrible and have not artistic aesthetician in comparison...

[@johnkoster462]

I'm loosing the will to live, hahaha brilliant!