Time Team S03-E01 Prehistoric Fogou (Boleigh, Cornwall)

A 2000 year old Iron Age underground chamber - a fogou - takes the Time Team deep into the far west of Cornwall.
Using the maps of a Cornish antiquarian who ended his days in a local lunatic asylum, the latest high-tech survey equipment and Tony's newly acquired skill at dowsing, the Team have just three days to unlock the fogou's secrets. What was the chamber used for, is there another underground passage in the area and did an Iron Age Settlement exist on the site?

[@bopeep8205]

Mick's face while he's watching the dowser is so priceless!! Such a kind soul

[@Sister325]

Thank you for continuing to show these, intact, credits, sorted and all. I very much appreciate these. They have become classics and are still very educational, and fun.

[@allisonmarlow184]

I discovered this series during the Covid pandemic and am hooked. British history is fascinating. As an American, the US just pales in compare. GREAT series! Love Tony, Mick, and the crew. Thanks for uploading the series.

[@eventyraren]

There exist an american spin off, it only got 2 seasons.

[@PlatinumIrishrose]

We have loads of history. Native American history and prehistoric history.😊

[@erikwignes7777]

I love how young everyone looks in this episode. I started with so many of the later episodes that this feels like going back in time....with the Time Team.

[@corneliawissing7950]

Is happening to me too ... then, I'm 78 and now have the feeling that I shouldn't blink, because every blink swallows a whole week.

[@GreenFlash1790]

I've recently found this series and have been watching every night, with a glass of wine. I'm here in New England witnessing the discovery of my ancestors in Old England. Very interesting and deeply meaningful. Thanks for uploading all of these.

[@LindaTCornwall]

I love that visual image you've created, the New England, Old England! Cheers.... enjoy your wine!

[@jenniferholden9397]

Green Flash Bottoms up from England, I'm rewatching it for the umpteenth time. Love it.

[@aronsnell9469]

Common mistake but Cornwall isn’t anything to do with England apart from being next to it, Cornwall is a Celtic crown dependency of the UK, it is a much older nation than England and its people are Celtic, rather than Germanic like the English

[@TerryTerryTerry]

@@aronsnell9469 the genetic makeup now shown to be little different between English, Cornish, Irish & Scottish. Anglo Saxons a fashion rather than major invasion component

[@aronsnell9469]

terrybriody that’s because many “English people” have Celtic blood, however there are still major differences between all of the ethnic groups in Britain, especially the difference between Celtic Britain and Anglo-Saxon Britain

[@SandraNelson063]

Having serious pain issues. This channel is helping me cope.

[@thomasandersen2534]

I hope you are feeling better !!

[@allisonmarlow184]

I use this show for the same reason. Doesn't quite replace my PM doctor, though. Darn this pandemic and CDC's new guidelines for treating longtime chronic pain in the US, right.

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

Pain killer then watch makes it better trust me😊

[@haplessasshole9615]

@@allisonmarlow184 Found this show during the initial Lockdown Era of COVID, and it held me spellbound. Luckily for me, there were loads of shows to binge-watch. As for pain management... _what_ pain management? The new CDC guideline is, "Let 'em tough it out. Doesn't matter if the addiction and illegal traffic problem lies between the manufacturers and distributors. Let's just make it tough for the people who actually _need_ relief." I'm fortunate. My state has had medical cannabis for several years, and just went full legal. It doesn't fix my migraines, but at least the pain subsides some. Still can't drive because of the visual thang, but at least I can walk to the john instead of crawling.

[@MrAlumni72]

Our first "New Age" trench. I love how this show never takes itself TOO seriously. the humor and the rapport they all have together are what really make this show enjoyable for me.

[@aimeebrass5266]

Indeed! I love that. Most Shows/Movies have way too much drama which is quite a turn-off

[@boffeycn]

Than they tried to emulate US shows and went downhill.

[@Invictus13666]

@@boffeycn that’s not what happened.

[@boffeycn]

@@Invictus13666 It is.

[@Invictus13666]

@@boffeycn you’re incorrect.

[@djrise0]

Robin having a crafty smoke. Haha. Phil and Robin are my favourites.

[@eboracum2012]

Unfortunately, I think he passed away from lung cancer. He was great. I particularly enjoyed that first Athelney episode when he was quoting lines from a saga. You could see how amused the elder Mr Morgan was!!!(the father of the man who wrote and invited them.)

[@bobbymaldonado7129]

I like Phil and cerenza

[@Skyfire_The_Goth]

@@eboracum2012 All the news articles said was he battled a long illness. However what I heard was he had alzheimer's disease and his mind was gone long before his body died. So, if true, Robin was dead long before the meat sack that held him stopped functioning, cancer might have been the cause of the physical bodys death, but, whatever caused his body to die, the man himself was long gone by then. Again, it's what I've hard and read posted by others but cannot confirm it, so take it with a grain of salt.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@Skyfire_The_Goth It doesn't matter. He left a wonderful legacy both on film and in print and that's truly important. And for decades at least someone or other will have a drink and a joke with him. Could he wish for more?

[@Skyfire_The_Goth]

@@philaypeephilippotter6532 Oh, no doubt he left a great legacy, and I'm glad that there are recordings of him telling history, the way he told the history of places on time team was unique, no one could talk history like he did.

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting.

[@albertmiller3082]

What a breathtaking part of this planet-- Cornwall's fougous are so perfectly atmospheric & compelling constructions...mysterious yet, despite the scientific investigations. At the end they acknowledge it may well be a sacred, an ancient sacred space. I could not agree more. Cornwall has magic top to bottom, front to rear & inside too! Very nice.

[@LindaTCornwall]

Beautifully put, glad you love our Cornwall as much as us. By the way it's actually fogou :D

[@susanlegeza7562]

It is just one of the best , enjoyable shows ever!!! Watching it since decades over and over !

[@shnops]

The more I see of Phil Harding the more impressed I am ! I love his informal accent and his self- confidence ! If I wasn't 3 years older , he'd make a good uncle !!!!!!!!!!!

[@moogiealways3016]

He has been my archeologists crush forever. I just adore him.

[@jehansanzterre3956]

Looked up fougou or fogou and it's Cornish for 'cave',comparable to the Welsh gogof,and Breton kogoun.It's that whole P Celtic/Q Celtic thing again.Cheers and thanks for sharing these!

[@cojones8518]

36:00 "Why were they still making bronze if they had iron?" We're still using bronze today in the silicon age. It's still a good material with a lot of uses.

[@dragoon3359]

Bronze doesn't rust

[@chrissmith7669]

Makes great bushings for iron bits to reduce friction.

[@boffeycn]

The question was to allow education of ignorant viewers, as so many TT questions are. It was a cunning plan.

[@thefunkosaurus]

For: Most Gratuitous use of the word "fogou" in a television program ....... Time Team!!!!!

[@uw1955]

First person I thought off when I saw Tony coming out that Fogou was Baldric! Great episode again! Greetings from Berlin.

[@SDOtunes]

Ah, ich bin offensichtlich nicht der einzige deutsche Time-Team-Fan.. :3

[@MrBungee9]

Nee, Bottrop ist auch anwesend ;-)

[@uw1955]

Noch jemand aus der Heimat. Ich wohne nur in Berlin.

[@meemurthelemur4811]

Schöne Grüße aus Pennsylvania! Bin ich auch finde TT toll! Es tut mir leid meine Deutsch is nicht sür gut.

[@karphin1]

Yes, Baldric....”I have a cunning plan!” Loved that series, too. I love this one, I am learning something with every episode.

[@AudieHolland]

Wow, tin, the most valuable metal in the Bronze Age, was only found in two or three places, one of them was and still is Cornwall. And here they literally scrape it off the bank of a stream.

[@dougg1075]

Lime wash in the hair to spike it is an interesting tidbit that makes me wonder what other interesting tidbits there are.

[@chrisedy9116]

I have been watching every day From CA USA as my Ancestor William Eddy Vicar St Dunstan's Church England So cool to see all the History there

[@aronsnell9469]

Rachelle Brooke Common mistake but Cornwall isn’t anything to do with England apart from being next to it, Cornwall is a Celtic crown dependency of the UK, it is a much older nation than England and its people are Celtic, rather than Germanic like the English

[@willowscarclan]

"We're all under a learning curve." ~Magnanimous Mick

[@corneliawissing7950]

Literally so, for me! I struggle to keep up: am definitely not on top of the curve ...

[@dr.douglaswilde1155]

@ 38:28, Phil renders such an unfeigned & exemplary, short speech. Kudos.

[@WOLFROY47]

the team eat well, thats good country cooking, and thats, home made wine, pretty potent stuff

[@LindaTCornwall]

lol should be Cornish scrumpy! One pint of that at it's bed time haha...

[@boffeycn]

@@LindaTCornwall No such thing until recently. On the other hand mead is traditional

[@philipsidney7941]

These comments seem to be missing the point that the dowser appears at the landowner's behest. See 5:02. By featuring the dowser, Time Team is being gracious to the landowner. Time Team is always careful to promote public relations in similar manners, as later in the episode, when some local children are featured. Asides from public relations, the dowser is added for local color and a bit of fun. There's no need to object to the dowser, just as there's no need to object to the children.

[@losttribe3001]

Philip Sidney Except that dowsers have been scientifically proven (see James Randi) as nothing but charlatans that charge money for their services. Fine; if you want to part with your money then that’s your business. But they take advantage of ignorant people and that’s an unethical and immoral act. It’s a con and should be illegal.

[@SunburntHands]

13:20 "If I hold them like that I can't possibly turn them, right?" Because he is not touching them with his fingers- BUT, if the handle moves a fraction of a degree from perfectly vertical, the arm will swing dramatically. This is how they work- they can amplify an invisibly small movement, either intentional or not. Very easy to make the arms cross on purpose.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

*Joe McLaren* And very easy to make them cross accidentally.

[@shnops]

Fogou is now my favorite word ! How young everyone looks ! Tony looks like a mini nature boy !

[@keeshoogtevrees-jv9ps]

I m fogouing for years now, still like it

[@cornwallgeezer]

My all time favourite programme. Nice episode near my home town of Penzance. Splaan,Meur ras!

[@meemurthelemur4811]

I can just see Mick dressed as a Modern Najor General lol!

[@Longboardsinglefin]

Thanks for posting - still a pleasure to discover this.

[@voodoochild5440]

That douser trying to come up with an excuse was hilarious.

[@lindapeters2724]

They look like most food cellars in Scandinavia.

[@chriswalsh6140]

Someone needs to count the amount of times the word fogou is mentioned in this episode of Time Team 😂😂😂

[@four_swords]

Robin having a crafty smoke! Haha

[@readmycomment3157]

That was a mistake, he's dead now

[@mver191]

Love this blackadder episode

[@ledacedar6253]

Phil looking so young & The only show I ever saw him wear a pony tail! He looks gorgeous in it. Why did he never wear one again, when all that wet sweat coated hanging locks of hair could of been eliminated to promote his gorgeous face & jaw line!

[@eboracum2012]

Good heavens, woman. Remember yourself! No, really, he caught my interest in the first episode I saw. Mick, as well, may he rest in peace, had such a personality, his mannerisms and quips. My Uncle, although now enjoying the happy hunting grounds, would be a combination of Mick and Phil. Can you imagine? When I was little, I asked him to wait until I grew up so I could marry him.

[@barbmcconnaughey3070]

S4-E6

[@readmycomment3157]

This is a bad day to have eyes

[@cookiesshorts6118]

43:00 First appearance of artist Sue Francis (later Breeze), although she and Steve (Breeze) have been credited since series 1.

[@chrissmith7669]

In the states before we dig the utilities come out and put out little flags to point out where one shouldn’t dig. I’m amazed at how many TT episodes have them running across hidden cables and mains.

[@richardphillips6281]

In the UK utilities only identify their underground plant up to the customer connection point. The owner of the house/site is responsible for the rest.

[@chrissmith7669]

@@richardphillips6281 interesting difference. I didn’t know that. Over here they tell you not to dig in your own yard before having them come out and mark it or you could be liable for an outage and all costs to repair the damage.

[@davidhume6352]

Fogou, Cornish for wine cellar...!

[@tonyfeuerhelm]

....I'm from California ....archaeology...consists of a handful of thousand year old arrowheads no structure at all the local Chumash Tribe lived in nature, with nature. Very fluid mobile at the same time remaining along the Pacific Ocean (also eroding). Must be cool living in a area with a story....a History....PS strange seeing these guys much younger than I'm used to, been at it for a while....A.C.Feuerhelm

[@tomcrutcher3045]

The Fogou Fighters.

[@allisonmarlow184]

Fugou it!

[@Bonesiethecat]

Tony Robinson with HAIR!

[@timhazeltine3256]

With his wee cap he looks right out of Lord of the Rings

[@allisonmarlow184]

DARK hair at that!

[@Nosmaclear]

-Mick, having both the intellectual and--as the show's producer--authoritative high ground, could afford to be magnanimous in the face of ridiculous men with bent rods.

[@ELCADAROSA]

@Allington Marakan I watched a dowser operate a few years ago. His accuracy was better than the local surveyor. Amazing!

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

*Nosmaclear* Of course he was since the landowner himself wanted the dowsing done.

[@jrmckim]

Being half Japanese.... every time they say fogou I cant help but think of the fish 😅 thats one massive Fugu hehehe

[@johngore5127]

Man, the assumptions that archaeologists use to guess what they've got is just a bit much sometimes. Like when they build an entire dinosaur from a toe bone.

[@michaelexman5474]

A very nice hat that seems to have been digitally crisped up. I used to hear a bit of a drum like hollow sound in the back yard of the house on Annapolis street by the flower bed which the ants seemed to absolutely love!!!!

[@paulcollins9397]

A single, narrow, confined entrance is easily defended... from inside!

[@akinohikari1000]

"it's too complicated to be a simple fridge!" they say, as if proper food storage wasn't the difference between life and death for hundreds of years

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

Rephrase it to *_it's too complicate to be simply a fridge, it must have had other functions too._*

[@stannousflouride8372]

The site of the digs, lat. & long, here: 50.071385, -5.583042 St Buryan Cornwall, UK

[@MrAmptech]

"I'm not making excuses...." continues to make excuses....

[@AlohaMilton]

Don't eat 2000 year old petrified pufferfish! jk ;)

[@jenniferholden9397]

AlohaMilton I associate Fugu with Homer Simpson and now Time Team.

[@farnorthweaver7793]

These Fogou's, appear to more of a hiding place, than it does for storage. At differing points in time, I would think there would be need for such places.

[@VictorRochaGaming]

Mick isn't buying that dowser nonsense.

[@chrissmith7669]

Victor Rocha he doesn’t tolerate much foolishness on a good day

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@chrissmith7669 If only *Mick* knew as much about dowsing as I do. Actually he probably did and I'd guess my opinion mirrors his.

[@nickrich56]

... one might imagine putting in a huge effort to build a fogou if there was also a practical purpose ... vermin and weather resistant food storage comes to mind ... Mick mentioned it probably had numerous use

[@sqike001ton]

funny I use dousing/witching wires to locate water and sewer lines all the time its the only way we haver to locate plastic pipe burred in the ground in the 90s mine are made from little metal flags we use to make our water and sewer lines i can find ground water as well as i have issues find lines in areas with alot of ground water

[@shnops]

Phil Harding - the quintessential toastmaster !

[@ANTINUTZI]

... Ooooh, they'd best be *very* careful. Fougou are extremely highly (very) neurotoxic. Only especially licensed archaeologists are allowed to excavate 'em.

[@TeachingandLearningOnline]

Thomas Cervasio Mick Aston and the other professional archaeologists on the team were well qualified for the work they were doing. I was just looking up fogou a minute ago and I think now it would probably be called a souterain. Does anybody know if that's the case? (I'm a research psychologist and educator and not an archaeologist.)

[@lekre8421]

+Teaching and Learning Online en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fogou. Give that a look if you haven't already. As best I can tell, very similar to Souterains, but localized specifically to the Cornwall area? It's all pretty amazing

[@ANTINUTZI]

... Too hip for the room. *Again :)*

[@stannousflouride8372]

+Thomas Cervasio I got it but I think they need a Homeric reference: www.hulu.com/watch/33383

[@katieboo4211]

+Stannous Flouride d'oh!

[@richardjagoe8626]

I have watched quite a few TT episodes, now. And even this older one, has Mick wearing the same sweater. Does anyone know why?

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

He has others but it maybe his signature one 😊

[@lisakilmer2667]

Really interesting episode.

[@NothingToNoOneInParticular]

I love Mick's accent (RIP Mick...) where is his accent from? Yes, I know UK, but what part? Anyone know?

[@Chubachus]

I don't recall seeing Mick help digging at a site before, but I've still only seen a fraction of the episodes.

[@eboracum2012]

Or Tony. Carenza isn't usually found actually digging either. She's directing traffic.

[@karmicpopcorn6440]

Storage makes an awful lot of sense. Can't let some food get frozen in winter. Don't want to trip over piles of food in the round house.

[@oldtimer5283]

Tony in the tunnel wishing he hadn't that second half a shandy 😂😂😂

[@paulmckenna9492]

Ahh Fogouaboutit!

[@scottpool4777]

The whole team awesome very good detective work you guys know what you’re doing very niceGuys and men and women awesome

[@joelnolan7642]

13:00 Carenza hulking out and breaking the shovel. Not only looks, not only brains, she has brawn too???

[@SuperKristinG]

Is it weird that I find Phil attractive in these old episodes?

[@allisonmarlow184]

I won't tell. I actually find Tony rather fetching in these older episodes with his long dark hair. (But don't tell anyone!)

[@ronc7743]

Tony looks like Mr Bean in that hat! 14:25

[@bobbymaldonado7129]

How cool the made tin!!!

[@joesantos7085]

Im wondering if they were the entrances to the village and the wall was completely solid.

[@cs_fl5048]

I'm mot sure I would call dowsing "new age" It has been around a long time... It's ancient age, not new age.

[@catpurinn]

He was being facetious. ;-)

[@Tom-uv7ry]

Its also complete and utter bollocks

[@Angelbach1995]

This skeptic needed to find my leach fields for my 100 year old house. It worked for me.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@Tom-uv7ry Almost. A study a few decades ago found the dowsers were wrong significantly more often than they would have been if pure chance were at work!

[@boffeycn]

@@Angelbach1995 So?

[@Seeker386]

Man I'd like to explore that fogou.

[@jimdille6015]

Season 3 ... new music!

[@mercedes523]

There are A LOT of egos among the experts. It’s interesting to watch each of them buck up when their theory is questioned. As the episodes went on throughout the seasons they all seem to become more comfortable with each other and accepting. Comical!

[@paulcollins9397]

It reminds me of the megalithic “Serapium” of ancient Egypt. The end of the “ice age” catastrophe called the Younger-Dryas we now celebrate as Halloween. A bomb (meteor) shelter!

[@yvonnethompson844]

dowsing is autonomic.. your muscles do the twitches and you dont think about it. you get what you expect for the movement.

[@dianadrb]

Yvonne Thompson but it is still fun to do after everyone has a few drinks.

[@dawngriffin3550]

I’ve always admired Phil’s nice legs !!!

[@jdemo7167]

The problem was you need to have a registered dowser. Contact me for licensing and have registration fee on hand. Thanks for uploading this great series!

[@Tsumami__]

Wait, was that a joke? Or are you just a scammer?

[@jdemo7167]

Just a joke.....haha.

[@Orxenhorf]

I'm really surprised they ever learn anything new with "scheduled site" plastered all over. They could have just dug on the other side of the boulder plugging the side passage and started there.

[@LindaTCornwall]

You'll note with the douser he actually lifts his arms slightly which would be enough to move them lol...

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

*Linda T* I doubt he was intentionally causing the rods to move. Most, maybe all, dowsers actually believe it all works.

[@susanhuntley9262]

This is at least my 5th time through the series. I still wish that once they'd imagined what they saw through working class eyes. I wish lol

[@kathmorris6011]

You people are amazing, or to put it as my 2 3

[@aronsnell9469]

He means none have been found in England as Cornwall isn’t apart of England

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

Actually *Cornwall,* or *Kernow,* _is_ part of *England.*

[@aronsnell9469]

Phil Potter do some research before you comment, Cornwall has never been declared apart of England, on the other hand there has been laws made that still legally stand that Cornwall is a self governed Celtic crown dependency, all you have to do is look this up and you will find it

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@aronsnell9469 I have looked it up. There is considerable doubt that *Cornwall* has any legitimate claim to any form of independence and the _status quo_ is that it is part of *England.* I have no quarrel with the aspirations of the *Cornish* for some kind of independence - I think it unrealistic and a little foolish but that's mere opinion. If persuasive evidence of *Cornish* independence is found it'll get no argument from me. I like *Cornwall, Wales* too. Sadly true economic independence for either is not a realistic prospect at the moment. *Plaid Cymru* are very clear on that for *Wales.*

[@h2energynow]

I would think if they had used ground penetrating radar, they would have learned the Fogou size would have shown it was a lot bigger.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

I doubt that the GPR of the time would have worked properly over *Cornish* granite.

[@shnops]

I notice that Stuart is heavier and hairier and still grins at Tony like he's an annoyingly amusing amateur !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@maddog2771]

Was here Nov 2019

[@readmycomment3157]

This was a great episode, but they are wrong about date. This was most likely victorian so 1750s and for farming purposes like breeding moles for food.

[@evelynmoyer9069]

Perhaps the fogou was an ancient "bomb shelter" to survive an episode of cometry debris.

[@deetsy4jesus]

That thing looks almost exactly like my ex-mother-in-law's root cellar. It wasn't quite as big as that, but she already had refrigeration when it was built. She kept all of her 'root' garden produce and her home canning in it. I personally know several people here in Wisconsin that have root cellars... what's the big deal?

[@wagoneer81]

One reason it's a 'big deal' is that your local root cellars aren't in excess of 2000 years old and built by a people that we know little about...

[@katyanachristenson8028]

+Donna Perez A root cellar is a small stone or earth room built for just that reason, storing potatoes and other items to keep them cool. A Fogou is a stone tunnel built to go from one point to another underground.

[@zarasbazaar]

That's why you're not an archaeologist. Just because something seems similar to a modern feature doesn't mean it was used the same way.

[@paulholmes542]

Donna Perez please phone me Paul

[@tomthx5804]

Donna, you are exactly right. Some of the people answering your comment are dumber than a box of rocks. Chris Eddy's comment is dumb, because you are saying that they just found a fancy root cellar, and he is saying your root cellar is not two thousand years old. But you knew that. Katyanas comment is dumb because she does not understand that the archaeologists themselves said that a fogou might have been used for storage, and the most like food that would need cool storage is food. Zara's comment is stupid because she does not recognize that things are needed by humans no matter what the time period, and people in Wisconsin on farms, people that make and preserver their own food, would have much in common with the ancient farmers who did the same things. Boy, on youtube you say something eminently sensible, and the clowns come out of the woodwork to attack. Donna, you are exactly right. It is within, the enclosure, it is of little use for defense, however it would be a good root cellar.

[@t.j.payeur5331]

26:27. Ahh, those bare midriff 90s...

[@kallehaaa1998]

The word fugu makes me want to punch my screen and eat 10 fish with the same name, every time.

[@CStuartHardwick]

Dowsing is self-delusion, the ideomotor effect. It always fails spectacularly under careful study, usually to the genuine surprise and dismay of the dowsers. It's utter bilge.

[@ELCADAROSA]

@@JohnSmith-uz1ip I watched a dowser operate a few years ago. His accuracy was better than the local surveyor. Amazing!

[@Justquitalready]

My grandad started a well drilling company for well water. He never knew a dowser who got into drilling, cause they know they pettle lies.

[@leifvejby8023]

I don't believe in it either, but it has worked the few times I've tried it - don't know why!

[@AudieHolland]

It was a prehistoric air raid shelter

[@katyanachristenson8028]

farmers have used dowsing rods for years to find water sources.

[@stauffap]

And it never actually worked. When it did, then it was pure coincidence.

[@lameesahmad9166]

Although the footage labels the art of Dowsing as New Age, -although it is certainly practiced in rituals performed by New Age movements- it is far from that it is actually quite ancient. The Ancient art of dowsing has been practiced throughout millennia, although the names used to identify it may have changed in different cultures and eras, the techniques have not. This practice was used in ancient Greece, Egypt, China and was even known to be practiced by King Nebuchadnezzar of Biblical fame. The sight of those copper rods or twigs moving independently would certainly give you an eerie feeling and make it easy to imagine a supernatural force present. In this case the practice of dowsing rods was probably passed from grandfather to father to son. As you say Leopararouen who is it hurting? It may be strange to us but maybe there is a science such as electromagnetism behind it. The human body itself has an electromagnetic field around it as do most living things. Likewise, a lot of rocks such as granite also have an energy around them. Where there is energy there is an electromagnetic field. It is all about the flow of electrons. But if the behavior of the Dowsing Rods are influenced by electromagnetism, this phenomenon itself could be influenced by an interminable amount of variables which would make it very speculative as to what is influencing it's behaviour. Hence, the amount of times this practice fails to achieve a set goal. I find the dowsers far less irritating than those New Age Druids who go and invade sites and cause trouble for archaeologists. I have a penchant for blaming the influence of the 'Beetles' and the drug imbibed 'Flower Child Age' they spawned for the majority of the converts to the New Age Druid movement.

[@lameesahmad9166]

My comment was edited I will repeat the edited sentence: Although the footage labels the art of Dowsing as New Age, (although it is certainly practiced in rituals performed by New Age movements) it is far from that it is actually quite ancient

[@kevingee4294]

Lamees Ahmad I worked construction years ago with an older man who always referred to it as "Witching it out" as I was a backhoe operater installing electric lines it was important to find underground water lines. whats more is that after the witching rods cross, that by backing up until one rod straightens out will determine the depth!!! It seemed to work more oft than not........whos to say??

[@lameesahmad9166]

Hi Kevin I agree. Who's to say? You know when it comes to the natural world I am always impressed with how truly complex it is. Often I see scientists work out a problem but when they think they have the answer more problems appear. Strange how the old peoples saying 'Solve one problem and you will find ten more' is often confirmed. We just have to sigh and say, 'Kaye Sera Sera'.

[@66kbm]

@ 13.00, did Carenza say Fuck?

[@michaelexman5474]

A place to hide from extreme weather if a bunch of people died in an extreamily harsh winter they may have moved into the fogou

[@yiasemi]

Or a great place for a crafty smoke, though it was pipe weed from Hobbiton in those days.

[@bigbearfuzzums7027]

Time team before they went pc and killed itself!

[@LettersAndNumbers300]

26:27 Phwoaaar....

[@patrickwentz8413]

Could they have grown mushrooms in the fogous? Asking for a friend.

[@LindaTCornwall]

lol... magic!

[@mykingisbetterthanyours4346]

Phil would make a great hunch back of Notre Dame

[@michellestevens4749]

I love the r

[@tphvictims5101]

20:50 ignorance is bliss.

[@brian554xx]

Anybody else distracted by the repeated mentions of Carenza's trench?

[@LettersAndNumbers300]

Yes! Had to scroll further down to find this than I thought!

[@OUigot]

Yeah, it's very annoying, it shows people working in "Carenza's Trench" while she pissed off to the incident room....she only comes back out when the cameras turn on and she shows everyone what she found in "her trench."

[@UNMHonorsPreviewNight]

@@OUigot Apparently you were there? Wow. In 1996. We're all impressed.

[@OUigot]

@@UNMHonorsPreviewNight - Thanks!