Time Team S12-E04 Drumlanrig, Dumfries

Twenty years ago, the Duke of Buccleuch discovered that the remains of a Roman fort might lie a few hundred metres from his home, Drumlanrig Castle near Dumfries. Time Team start digging.

[@catharinethomas5797]

I adore Time Team. They are my friends!

[@robertjpercival6386]

Wow! A Roman fort in Scotland! I actually had no idea the Romans got all the way up into Scotland! I thought that’s what Hadrians’ Wall was all about. - Thanks for the History lesson Time Team!

[@cjsmalley5506]

Not an expert but I read that the Romans got up into Scotland, got their ass kicked in, then retreated and built the wall to keep the scary 'Barbarians' out of Roman land. There are forts near the wall on the Roman side and TT has even excavated a rare Roman cemetery at the wall in another episode.

[@lilianevanfrankrijk7490]

And bless their hearts for doing 20 seasons of uploads. For one thing, they helped thousands of people keep their sanity during covid lockdowns.

[@karenabrams8986]

You tube keeps bringing me here and I keep not leaving. I love this. Didn’t realize how interesting people digging holes in dirt could be.

[@MacFurdith]

RIP Mick Aston... I have loved Time Team over the years. Thank you for all of the wonderful programs.

[@rmaddendesign]

Oh my gosh, I had no idea he'd passed. How sad, he was truly a treasure. So glad he gave his time to this show to educate us and take us along on these adventures! He seems like a truly sweet man, and must have been a fabulous professor.

[@angelitabecerra]

Victor is the rock star of Time Team. Always enjoy his drawings 🥰

[@shnops]

I can picture a rousing evening after a day's excavating with Phil , Guy , and Brigid , telling tales and trading quips and witticisms . The end result being Brigid drinking them under the table ! What a sight !

[@stevenjohnson2273]

I think Phil and Brigid would go unconscious trying to drink each other under the table.

[@dalekundtz760]

Imagine that...Sir Tony being skeptical on Day 1. Will miracles never cease? I am so glad that we have archeologists like Phil, Mick and Francis who are here to help us find the important things that the properties have to offer. I love the program!

[@PtolemyJones]

I would so watch a TV show about Phil doing archaeology and solving crimes. Gater could be his bumbling side kick.

[@cookiesshorts6118]

Helen Geake with her first mention at the top of the rolling credits

[@janicehill5605]

Excellent archeologists 😀

[@shnops]

I'm amazed at the endurance of the archaeologists' backs . Sore or strained backs must have been as common as gravel . Imagine 40 years of hoisting dirt and rubble ! Phil must need regular large doses of 'liquid' pain relief !

[@lindasue8719]

I think I'm in around week two of binge watching… It is so cool to watch the technology develop over time. The CGI mock ups of the locations that they are doing more and more, is a lot of fun!

[@christinahardgrove1938]

I know what you mean about the tech development. I'm semi binge watching. As much as I can while homeschooling 6. I love this show. Love the dynamic among the group

[@Pauldjreadman]

If I recall they used TT to showcase the growing technology they were using from the very start.

[@PtolemyJones]

I'm watching them out of order, as KZbin offers them up and the titles interest me. The fun thing for me is watching Tony's hair change. I was a bit startled to see him blonde yesterday!

[@jamesrivis620]

....contd. When I managed to escape a horrible childhood and find my own way of speaking, the Yorkshire started to emerge, enough that people picked up on it. I then went full out reconnecting with my mother's family (she died when I was 4) , tracing her family back to the 17th Century. I also reconnected physically, visiting aunts and cousins. Not that my full accent totally regained it's place but my ear totally took it back in that now, aged 74, and living alone, I often slip right into it. It's totally authentic. Maybe he likes the sound of it too ?

[@jamesrivis620]

One of the most informative Time Team programs I have seen !!! I had no idea that a second defensive wall was constructed between Glasgow and Edinburgh !! My only issue with this recording was that there were noticeable, periodic 'gaps' in the transmission.

[@et4751]

🙂 "i'm like the surgeon who's left being Dr behind and is now Mr.".. Correct Professor Mick Aston, you've earned the accolades. 🙂 I do miss Robin Bush. Having an archivist or historian to Put in context what happening in wider world helped back up the finds.

[@SigEpBlue]

I always love these episodes where they have some _seriously_ knowledgeable re-enactors, truly dressed for the parts, and totally into what they're doing. But I do wonder whether that weird whistling noise was making that horse run just a little bit faster. :)

[@Northernlad_uk]

You always know it’s going to be a good episode when Phil’s got his hot pants on !

[@joannkennedy3563]

Found a time team I haven't seen whoooo hoo wheeee

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks so much for posting

[@00BillyTorontoBill]

"How the hell should I know that Tony" ....lmao

[@deviwolf3365]

That whole sequence with Phil, Tony, and Mick was funny. Mick: "You're telling us to go away, aren't you?"

[@219043204]

Dumfries is a very interesting city. We used to go on holiday every year in Dumfries, definitely a city full of history.

[@benediktmorak4409]

it always amazes me how much these people know from just looking at some - humps and bumps -, seeing a shard as small as a fingernail, or a - stone - in the ground. suppose here comes the years of digging and evaluating and seeing and, sometimes, guessing to good use.

[@jonb6417]

Helen Geake looks absolutely irresistible in this episode. Yay!

[@shnops]

Guy sure has the gift of gab ! He could have been a success in used car lots !!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously, he's one of my favorite contributors to this series !

[@AAD2698]

Personally I was impressed with that horse!! A noise like that just over it's head and it just kept running along!!

[@lindasue8719]

although this one may not be up to the editing finesse of previous episodes, I can accept a few hiccups when someone has done me the immeasurable service of uploading 20 seasons worth of episodes.

[@Pauldjreadman]

It's really bad.

[@blkmgk16]

He only had 3 days

[@uncasist]

This is truly a great show on many levels. I find it truly fascinating! The English have it way over on us Yanks for Culture.

[@APIEngineering]

LOL In Britain you can hardly throw a rock without hitting some archaeology. And the rock you threw was archaeology.

[@VJBlues]

Well ... Not exactly, the reason id that " political correctness " did have taking control of every sphere in our culture. A good example is " Secrets of the Dead ", an excellent series with a professional historical and scientific content; once it was produced here everything changed.

[@scottpool4777]

Fascinating thank you very much thumbs up to this channel👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@paulbriody297]

Love the Draco!

[@erikwignes7777]

Wish there was there was a version of Time Team for the US. We don't have the same history, but I would like to know more about our Mississippian culture (mound builders)

[@johnzengerle7576]

There was Time Team America. It has a couple of seasons, but I do not like the hosts. Search on You Tube and Netflix.

[@VisionaryGardener]

Reijer Zaaijer has the TT America episodes too. The first season host is an annoying overconfident hipster dude who's a bad illustrator, and the second season host is a woman who, I think, used to be a host for MTV or something, a million years ago. She's not as bad, but just kind of not quite the right fit for the role.

[@sharimullinax3206]

There is a lot of info on line. There is a program on youtube, History channel. Quite a few hits on google, too. There is so much more available than the first time I visited in 1983.

[@judeirwin2222]

The instantaneous answer about the source of the Roman army’s olive oil was “Spain, from the valley of the Guadalquivir, where the big olive groves were.” But Baetica and Lusitania we’re both olive oil sources, and the oil coil have come from modern day Portugal. There were major stores of supplies at cities such as Conimbriga, where sprawling excavations over many decades have revealed an amphitheater, baths, the Forum, streets, many houses with gorgeous mosaics, shops, storerooms and so on. From a logistical viewpoint, it would make sense to source from the nearest place, which is also less than an hour from the coast and good ports. Spain/eastern Baetica would lengthen the supply chain considerably for troops in Brittania.

[@jaymac1067]

idk Mick had passed, Thanks for your wisdom and entertainment.

[@levisjmar8147]

Love the bs photo shop I saw before clicking this show .. great work 👍

[@kikufutaba1194]

I love this show. It is sad there will be no more.

[@MsLeebee2]

so sad to hear mike aston passed away 2013 rest well tfs

[@Schmorgus]

His final journey was really majestic :)

[@Pauldjreadman]

In my mind, it was a sign that the end was near for the series.

[@freedomstonemycology9894]

It's 2019, Just found out, He's been with ME til now & far beyond that knowledge!; I'd say rest in Peace but I've Just come from the pub & Nudie bar LMFAO :D!!

[@georgedorn1022]

@@Pauldjreadman Mick died three months after the final episode of Time Team was broadcast.

[@joek600]

Phil is the Lemmy of archaeologists

[@louisedolloff836]

My ancestors would have been either doing business or harassing the Romans in this area between the two Roman walls

[@Reijack]

Tony has a goatee and I can't get over it

[@jamesrivis620]

My point. I think it was deliberate.Accents don't just change as we get older, they solidify.

[@douglasg8827]

Drumlanrig, means fort of bishop Rig, likely from the 5-6th century.

[@daveminor1058]

Luv Phil's shorts

[@Timeren2010]

I always cringe and feel bad for Victor, when the others smear their fingers across his pencil drawings.

[@ici_coop]

I love everything about Time Team except that and when Tony is insulting or pessimistic. I wonder if it’s written like that?

[@JRandallS]

I wonder if they checked any of the stone work in the nearby castle for some hint of the stone from the robbed out walls?

[@Shaden0040]

Good question! I was wondering that, too!

[@michellearohde]

Wow, it's unusual to see Mick working on a Roman site!

[@nickrich56]

Micks' test pit strategy pays off again ... is that the shovel Phil keeps under his bed at night?

[@martinh1437]

The river will be packed with Roman stuff, rRomans loved their river gods.

[@profaneangel0842]

While the fort might never have been attacked, this episode's soundtrack certainly was 😏

[@gwendolynfish2102]

Great episode!

[@tomhenderson1952]

Mick was the Daddy! RIP!

[@dancingwithnature5303]

Little lumps and bumps are what dreams are made of!!! (apologies for ending sentence with preposition 😁)

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

Don't worry. As *Winston Churchill* said _Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put._ Of course he _might_ have been serious. 🙃

[@conniekinbc]

The editing of this episode leaves something to be desired. There are skips in conversations. Sort of reminds of vinyl records or DVDs which skip when there's a scratch or two. I keep wondering what I've missed.

[@0623kaboom]

the actual important bits were chopped off actually .. saw the full episode on another channel ... where they edit just after the commercial leader and follower ... and dont actually chop out any of the content

[@lindawitherspoon446]

Great episode.

[@bethbartlett5692]

What a likeable group of Brits. Mick was truly a find himself. Stewart literally tied the Whole of the various specialities together and Tony with abundant energies was truly the Host and Narrator that was Time Team's Cap-stone. I'm only sorry they didn't do any digs in Southern Ireland, Kerry being the place of my lineage. Mary Beth USA not Irish (Chicago) 🍀 Tennessee, USA

[@jeannineg1350]

Skipping getting to you? Try the Stefanie Harrell version of this episode - no skipping.

[@kongkjetil]

i just loov that funky music

[@PileOfEmptyTapes]

44:17 A chunky Dell Inspiron 8000, 8100 or 8200 series "desktop replacement" - probably one of the latter two by the date this was filmed, so either a Mobile Pentium III-M (Tualatin) or Pentium 4-M inside. Classic early-2000s mobile computing :)

[@nigelprosser5692]

Yawn, Zzzz

[@Cutondogor]

I'm finding this one rather jumpy - eg at 34:14, it's as if there's been about 15 seconds lost, which means they've gone from Bridgit in mid-sentence to John in a helicopter. Any ideas?

[@sliewood]

Cutondogor Yeah...it's really pi55in me off. Seems someone has gone to some trouble to exorcise big chunks for no apparent reason. Bit unnecessary.

[@lindasue8719]

This one is not up to the usual editing standards, but I'm assuming there's a good reason for that. I'm watching 20 seasons of a series I've never seen before (and been inspired to buy as many DVDs as possible) thanks to a person who made the effort to upload them. #NotMyPlaceToB**ch

[@annk.8750]

I'm guessing this was a recording of a recording, one that skipped a bit. But the length is sill almost exactly the length of other shows, so it can't be more than a few seconds missing overall.

[@lucygray6162]

My dog did NOT like the dragon noise. Growled and barked for ten minutes.

[@TeddGCM]

He does a great job, but all I hear is Baldwick from Black Adder!

[@brianpeck4035]

Listening to the Scottish owner reminds me of how my face feels when speaking english or spanish. Hard to explain but my mouth and cheek muscles feel too tight. This guy sounds as if he's moving his mouth as little as possible when he speaks. That feels natural to me and my mom's maiden name is Scott. I bet it's in the genes.

[@AKSnowbat907]

Seems to be something wrong with this episode. It's skipping around like partially cut scenes.

[@yanikkunitsin1466]

31:55 - "beautiful...". Those parade cavalry helmets are indeed creepy as hell, like Ribchester one for example. But full horse armour would be more appropriate for hippika gymnasia.

[@darrylwithrow293]

Love Mic

[@christosvoskresye]

20:20 Of course! It's in Scotland, home of Mac this and Mac that -- MacDonald's, or rather, McDonald's! And what is the emblem of McDonald's? A double arch! This proves they are as old as the Freemasons -- maybe even the same organization! Wheels within wheels, man! (Sorry. I couldn't help myself.)

[@nigelprosser5692]

Yep McDonald's, are great, love their burgers, 😆😆👍

[@phoule76]

Tony said "bog standard", finish your drink!

[@unwindedcom]

who designed those wheels on the resistance machine ? not very efficient ...

[@javamann1000]

When considering Scotland, did they never think about the manor of the Bruce, at Cardross?

[@00BillyTorontoBill]

its not at cardross ... www.theguardian.com/science/2009/feb/22/robert-the-bruce-palace-remains The reason is they probably werent asked and didnt have permission

[@bitsnpieces11]

That noise at 40:13 does sound like what I might imagine a real dragon might make racing across a battlefield to attack me.

[@janethvaldez4138]

imagen hearing that at 3am

[@bitsnpieces11]

@@janethvaldez4138 Yikes, I would flat need some new underwear.

[@barnabyaprobert5159]

I'd let Dr. Helen order me around anytime!

[@barnabyaprobert5159]

+Barnaby ap Robert Her perfect complexion, that sexy pout, that sweet little bum...

[@mrhockett1]

And with a name of Geek.. You just know she is... :)

[@stevenjohnson2273]

She seems like the whips, chains and leather type to me.

[@lameesahmad9166]

I think the DStv advert tor the African festival is wonderful. For probably the first time I don't click Skip Ad I watch it until the end.

[@phillipburke9522]

Nobody told Tony how bad that goatee is? The real Time Team mystery.

[@johnmoss6631]

Get over it.

[@phillipburke9522]

@@johnmoss6631 You really can't get more cringeworthy than a serious response to a month old joke post on a history documentary, on youtube. Congratulations, people like you with comments like this make me wonder how you Forrest Gump types don't walk into oncoming traffic on the regular.

[@deborahparham3783]

Tony is an actor. The facial hair was necessary for a role he was playing on a different program he was working on at that time.

[@phillipburke9522]

@@deborahparham3783 True. That would be likely it. I hope a knighted gentlemen would not be seen in public so ridiculous! lol

[@Shaden0040]

a stone building that holds water at a conjunction of two streets? Could it be a watering trough for a lot of horses? Or could it be a communal bath for the soldiers to use with warmed water?

[@GreenFlash1790]

They should have announced a warning for us sensitive types who were terrified at the sound and vision of that dragon thing. Nightmares tonight for sure, just like my ancestors must have had!

[@00BillyTorontoBill]

google maps : Drumlanrig, Dumfries @55.2710563,-3.8042723 durideer marching camp @55.3252213,-3.7310899

[@knailstheman]

The Time Team Classics official youtube channel has recently posted an undamaged copy of this episode.

[@k.russell1713]

Weird jumps in this video. Still amazing content though.

[@MichaelS-pq1ep]

What the heck is going on with the music at 31:57....beautiful?

[@Timotei75]

An odd choice.

[@Xtant-audio]

They use it earlier in the episode too

[@VisionaryGardener]

Yeah, it's pretty weird. I think they were trying, unsuccessfully, to update the music of the show? They need something different from that though, perhaps without any random words.

[@ian_b]

It's the fort that counts.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

Can I stop groaning now?

[@8BitHawlucha]

I wonder if John Gator has a daughter named Alli 🤔

[@user-hy7zb2vl3t]

Rolling eyes and groaning 😅

[@jessew5152]

Tony should have grown a big beard.

[@MoeElliot]

9:25 ah the lovely Raksha

[@Johnny_Tambourine]

So am I the only one that screamed at the screen to tell them the annex was the corral for the cavalry?

[@CanChikMay]

Too bad the video and audio keep skipping…otherwise great episode

[@vickireynolds4055]

That dragon thing sounds like a banshee! Just sayin'!

[@AquaFurs]

Lots of jump edits in this episode.

[@rm2ken]

At 40:43, he's looking through a turned-around 50mm lens as a magnifying glass. It would have been cheaper to get a 8x magnifier loupe, works just as well. I was very surprised about the bronze dragon head that would make an erie sound. First time I ever heard about that.

[@sablatnic8030]

I've done the same. Had the lens, but should have found and bought the magnifying glass. Cheapest and fastest to use what I had. A bit like using a wrench to hammer in a nail, because the hammer was in the shed, and I needed the nail hammered NOW!

[@sablatnic8030]

Celto Loco So right! I can tell, that to day I have used a normal old AM-radio to find cut in a perimeter wire for a robotic lawn mower! You use whatever tool you have!

[@CompetitiveAudio]

Celto Loco The weirdest improvised tool tale I ever heard was where a model airplane builder and new amateur radio hobbyist didn't know how to solder so he used airplane glue to assemble a 2,000 watt RF power amplifier kit. It actually worked...for a while. This person was dealing with over 2,000 volts in this kit too!!! Weird how people "think" sometimes. He's lucky his ineptitude didn't put him on the 6 o'clock news the hard way...

[@CompetitiveAudio]

Celto Loco OMG...and I thought Bondo was bad. I'll bet that was a royal pain in the a.. to deal with. If I was the guy leasing it, I'd have parked the dang thing in the plate glass window of the dealership after finding that out...One more reason to bring a magnet with when car shopping

[@CompetitiveAudio]

Celto Loco Nothing worse than a botched bondo job and lousy filler too. I've seen window screen used to replace ENTIRE rocker panels. With all the effort required to do it wrong, they could have cut new metal in with half the effort and have a heck of a lot fewer ripples and orange peel...

[@Schmorgus]

31:51 - Romano Stig? O_o

[@PerryTribeMetalBaker]

Stigovax of Gaul!!

[@MichaelTheLibertarian]

Very choppy. Can we get a better edited version?

[@ralphturner3798]

How come you have only 3 days to "solve the problem"? [I think on other episodes you've also had only 3 days.] Is this a self-imposed deadline to add urgency and excitement to the video?

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

No. It was the constraints of the archæologists time. They were all working archæologists with full-time jobs in archæology who had to get back to them on *Monday.*

[@yeoldegunporn]

They let Tony dig? I don't think I've ever seen that before, lol.

[@flitsertheo]

With a small tool only. Damage control.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@flitsertheo Actually *Tony Robinson* was _then_ an experienced amateur archæologist of over ten years standing.

[@johnmorris5965]

😉

[@89ludeawakening1]

The Roman Draco didn't have a whistle inside it, it was hollow. It was used as a wind vane for archers.

[@wynwilliams6977]

That would not be reasonable.. they had plenty of standards and banners that would clearly show the wind direction

[@johnlord8337]

Chinese dragon sounds like a Bigfoot screaming ...

[@DragonflyenAmber]

Something is wrong with the video, it keeps skipping

[@angelitabecerra]

The editing of this video is so strange. Makes it hard to understand what's happening.

[@desslokbasileus571]

39:48　😍😍😍😍😍

[@iDuckman]

Dang thing skips.

[@markkmiecik9797]

Why do you only have three days? Why not take as long as necessary and do an adequate job instead? Does the owner come back in three days and you don't want him to know you've been there? The artist doing the sketches is phenomenally good. The stone wall with a clay lining is probably the wall of a bath.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

The archæologists were all professionally employed as archæologists elsewhere, 3 days is quite common for exploratory excavations and the programme was otherwise very expensive. After the dig they usually stopped, recorded everything and shut it all down. In some cases the investigation was carried on by others, either amateur or professional, in others that is planned and in a few cases they found pretty well all there was to be found. They _always_ wrote a full report and that can usually be found easily in pdf for free (look at www.wessexarch.co.uk or local archæological society websites). Most finds were given to local museums for study. Skeletons were studied and then reburied in consecrated ground unless there was a _very_ pressing reason not to (and that would need government permission).

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@Bill Seabrook A little, sure, but not on-site. Pre- and post-production were normally done by the TV company itself with material assistance from professional archæologists and historians.

[@cynthialindsey6975]

Awesome to see the name Maxwell!! This is where my Maxwell ancestors come from!

[@Marimilitarybrat]

Why just 3 days for the dig? It seems so reckless. Why not do a complete inVestigation?

[@Bazanadu]

It's the whole point of the show... that much can be learned in a short period of time about the past... Time Team. Besides, almost all of the experts you see have regular day jobs with universities and archaeological organisations. Much of what they did, as in this case, was to give public bodies without much resources a comprehensive assess of a site.

[@RKHageman]

It’s not why they’re there. And It’s not reckless. *Months* go into the preparation for each location. But the purpose is to do an investigative excavation to assess the site so the local teams can follow up more extensively.

[@georgedorn1022]

As Bazanadu said, everyone had regular jobs and also the costs had to be kept manageable. Time Team was shown on a commercial TV channel and therefore had to make money. Following on from RKHageman, Time Team conducted archaeological evaluations rather than full-scale excavations. They would categorise the nature, extent and state of preservation of the archaeology and other units/organisations may undertake follow-up work if it was deemed necessary.