Time Team S14-E13 In the Shadow of the Tor, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall

Ten thousand years ago, Bodmin Moor was completely different to the barren, windswept landscape of today. It was wooded and temperate, and Mesolithic hunter-gatherers roamed at their will up to 10,000 years ago. By the Neolithic era, from about 4500 to 2300 BC, people were claiming the terrain for their own, clearing the trees in order to settle and farm the landscape and burying their dead in barrows and cairns.
Ancient communities continued to thrive there right through the Bronze Age. More than 200 settlements have been recorded, with their enclosures and field patterns, but we don't know when exactly all of these were occupied, how they relate to each other or when and why they were deserted.
English Heritage and the Cornwall Historic Environment Service invited Time Team to examine and date some of the major standing monuments in the vicinity of Rough Tor. In a new departure for Time Team, this involved harnessing some of the latest science used in environmental archaeology alongside the Team's usual excavation and investigation techniques.

[@beaudyk]

I live in the US, and the only way I can see wonderful shows is old on KZbin. I tend to binge watch this series! Thank you.

[@CruellaDeMille]

It’s like crack. Sweet archeological crack.

[@johndubya707]

Just a FYI to others in the US, about half of the seasons and specials are available on Amzn Prime (most are better resolution)... it's missing quite a few seasons though, so that's why I'm glad I found them on YT.

[@guinevere4365]

Yes I live in the US as well and adore Time team and this is one of my favorites! I must have seen all of them 4 or 5 times. These guys are all my family. Francis is just so in love with archaeology it’s wonderful. If I had seen this series 40 years ago my life would have been totally different-I would have definitely been digging holes and loving it!

[@traveler804]

same here

[@bethbartlett5692]

Its fun, I do as well. Tennessee, USA *Its a shame that Mainstream Archaeology holds the power over the "History Story", b/c there quite a lot if Archaeology right here in the USA. But the Mainstream's Dogmatic behaviour around the Darwin Theory, meaning the apply a belief to it, like a Religion, and they established a Paradigm/Story and Timeline *(based on a Theory)* which is in opposition to the very "Standards of Science and Research", which forbids such. Further, the DNA and Geology Studies/Research have actually proved them inaccurate. Be that as it may, they ignore so much of the accurate History, like seafaring between Europe and the USA and other facts that place more people here in the era around the Bronze age (they were after tin) and even earlier Archaeology, all of which they ignore and resist because it doesn't fit within their Story. In the next 2 years that will be push aside by serious data that they won't be able to ignore any more. Will be some Exciting Archaeology facts and that will be such fun. 🇺🇸

[@JH-lh9hr]

I'm also in the US. I love this show so much. It helps me a lot with my anxiety and depression. It distracts me from my own worries. And the history is amazing!

[@lindawitherspoon446]

Absolutely love Time Team. In these times of craziness in the world, this show takes me away from the depressing reality here in the states.

[@MamaKitty-rs7kp]

Here in 2024 and whole heartedly agree ❤

[@qbones7]

Whoever killed Time Team should be publicly flogged. I still watch it over and over and love em all. Each member has such a fascinating skill set and bring so much to make it a real Team.

[@lindalee7322]

All I know is the complaints I read about the last two years being ruined by the woman and man that were the new main narrators and interviewers during the last two years of the program. These comments were generated mostly by the Brits who had also watched the series on TV. When I finally worked my way through the first 18 years and began seeing season 19 and 20, I had to agree. I tried to watch them, nut found them rather bothersome, too. I've watched the first 18 seasons many times now . I don't watch 19 or 20 at all. So, I'm guessing that lack of public support by the television viewers and decreased ratings would have killed the show. It's the producer Tim who you want to flog. He had full say in everything including all the on site narratives, introductions, discussions between the archaeologists and specialists, etc. Even Tony's introduction of each show was written by Tim. I saw how the show was produced in one of the 1 hour specials. You can also see Tim's involvement in the Time Team Digital videos on KZbin -- each of which are only a few minutes long.

[@00BillyTorontoBill]

yup...if you liked and respected Mick for 18 yrs...then his decision to leave says a lot ! moral of the story... If it aint broke dont fix it.

[@electric_kool-aid]

It was actually Mick who decided to leave and everyone else didn’t want to bother continuing.

[@lettersandnumbers81]

@@electric_kool-aid mick left because channel 4 wanted to reduce the amount of archaeology in the show

[@thomaszaccone3960]

I think its just a dumbing down of general programming in the media to reality show nonsense.

[@StephiSensei26]

One of the best episodes of te series. Mystical, Magical and transporting us into another time. Phil is a laughing genius! And, seeing Tony get his hands dirty is just great!

[@silviac221]

I've been watching them in order during the pandemic and, so far, this is the one I liked best. I love finding out about people who lived so long ago and the impressive things they built.

[@elizabethschaeffer9543]

Agreed! This episode is a classic. Inspiring. deeply significant. and a portrait of the crew that is heart-warming.

[@Timotei75]

It's almost as much of a joy to read the comments as it is to watch the show. Sensible people having sensible debates, in the main. Shockingly civilised for KZbin!

[@michelegyselinck5400]

Yes, I guess it depends on what you watch.

[@CruellaDeMille]

HOW DARE YOU!

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@CruellaDeMille is a pseudonym of *_Julie Coolibah!_* 🙃

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@michelegyselinck5400 If you want to read stupidity try any of the decent videos about the pyramids!

[@corneliawissing7950]

Fully agree! Thank you to both Time Team and those who watch it! You're educating me.

[@sheilaghbrosky]

This is one of the better shows. Phil is in archeology heaven.

[@monicacausey1889]

I love Phil’s knowledge, his dogged determination, and his laugh.

[@michaelmelen9062]

I wish the show had identified the diggers and sifters who participated in the archaeology. They identify the main characters both during the show and in the credits, but the rank-and-file workers/enthusiasts are largely anonymous. Occasionally one will make an observation and occasionally they are credited by name. Mostly they perform hard work in all kinds of elements, and are uncredited. Their contributions are much appreciated, except seemingly by the producers.

[@basstrammel1322]

I wonder if that was an british thing? Or is that part of the credits edited out at some point after the first airing?

[@silviac221]

I couldn't agree more.

[@maeve4686]

Phil is so attuned to his passion, that he is visualizing houses and people actually living there thousands of years ago. Ever wonder why he always finds the good stuff? I think he's psychically linked to what he loves. This and , well ok.... pubs.

[@JMeixsell]

His ability to see the tiniest pin or piece of pottery while the digger is still moving is absolutely amazing!

[@BlancoDevil]

The people in this show are delightful to watch.

[@WOLFROY47]

look at phils face bless him, hes thinking, not a pub in sight

[@pappyreeves6988]

@Little Dorrit_Lisa ``absolutley..there are several in Bodmin..plus Jamaica Inn of course !

[@motaman8074]

I love how excited Francis always gets. (Phil too)

[@paulbriody297]

lovely, i really don't know why i find this show so engrossing, but i do.

[@johnanthonyfingleton2954]

I'm watching every episode, and will probably rewatch again....it makes me feel humble to be alive.

[@jamesstrachan6167]

Much respect for you all for keeping going through the initial rain until the skies cleared

[@obscurazone]

How incredibly moving this was. And what an indictment of modern "civilisation" and how completely backwards we are when it comes to respecting and revering the natural environment. It feels like people living 6000 years ago were far more intuitive.

[@veldawells2839]

Can't stop watching The Time Team. Thank you for the collection of these wonderful and compelling series. What an enigmatic find. Truly spectacular. Seeing the cross-section was amazing. ❤️

[@lizzy66125]

One of my favorite episodes for many reasons.

[@dcdogs1]

Frogs don't bite unless you happen to be a passing fly. And yes, Meggan, that was absolutely darling.

[@DMLand]

One of the best Time Team episodes that this US citizen has seen. Much less faffing around making silly jokes about the personalities of the team, which is always a mark of a substantial Time Team episode. I came here from the Rough Tor ep. by The Prehistory Guys, who obviously admired this episode.

[@mysterioussquirrel4456]

This looked like a cold wet and miserable experience. The enthusiasm of the team shone through.

[@lorawiese5897]

I love the beauty and solitude of the area. How lovely to be able to live there.

[@ofeliamay3442]

I love Time Team! I sit and watch these on KZbin all the time - it's a really nice way for me to keep my archaeology knowledge fresh. I really liked this episode in particular, because I've actually been to the Bronze Age houses on Bodmin Moor on a field trip while studying abroad in the UK. It was one of my favorite things I did while there, and it was thrilling to see an actual excavation of the houses!

[@lucygray6162]

I went to Bodmin Moor because I had read "Jamaica Inn," and was fascinated with the history. I was thrilled to find the Inn still in existence, but the thing I remember the most was that God-Awful fog. It came over the hood of the car like a white sheet. I couldn't see the road, or a mailbox, a house light, Nothing. We were afraid to just stop and risk someone hitting us, but I was panicking at the thought of winding up in a bog. I was so glad to see the Inn lights finally rise up through the fog. I'm twice as old as when I went on that trip, and still have never seen fog like that again.

[@carlanthonyholmes2162]

People talk about deforestation today, but bronze/iron age brits did it seemingly on a large scale in Britain.

[@Hurricaneintheroom]

Britain has so much history that it boggles the mind. Such a great history too. Being from America, it's wonderful. America has a historical history of Bronze Age, etc but we have Native American histories which are interesting.

[@stevennault5447]

You can hear the passion in their voices, the love of the quest...

[@alicelong6086]

This was absolutely fascinating. I was in Cornwall last May, but didn't get to the Moor. Thank you for the terrific professional people who explained the site in terms for an ordinary person to understand.

[@hazbiggun]

Cant stop watching these. Thank you ^__^

[@LawsonMcLaren]

I love Time Team, I love the British countryside. It's so cool that they've linked up with Francis Pryor, my Grandma and I really enjoyed his documentaries.

[@shnops]

How about that Francis Prior ?!! What a delightfully charming chap ! Such a passion for archaeology ! He brings knowledge and humor into the show with a mix of charm and wit ! 'Luv him !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@arlenegage9873]

Iv truly enjoyed the TimeTeam Digs!!

[@1andonlylynda]

I am with Phil. would love to live there. Beautiful area. :)

[@sleeperawake9818]

I'd never seen these before and in the last week i've watched about twenty of them!

[@katajha831]

+Sleeper Awake found it over a year ago. watched all of them 3 times now. lol

[@cathjj840]

Join the club.

[@guinevere4365]

Time Team is like my family. I’ve watched it for years and probably seen most of them 3 or 4 times. I don’t watch regular tele only documentaries or other films of interest to me. I haven’t seen a commercial in years so I can keep my mind from being brainwashed. Thank you Time Team for being a true companion to me. Love you all.

[@guinevere4365]

Time Team has connected me to the whole of humanity. Thank you thank you all.

[@Tiger89Lilly]

Welcome to the crew you'll never have an early night again cos they'll always be just one more time team

[@mastrofnone8025]

I don't know how the Brits would feel about me visiting the UK but this show definitely made me want to go . Not to visit London etc. but the rest of the country? absolutely

[@davidorf3921]

Go with the policy of leaving nothing but footprints and take nothing but photographs and the vast majority of Brits will have no problems with anyone who wants to visit the UK

[@LindaTCornwall]

Highly recommend visiting Cornwall, it's our Eden on Earth. And if you want some recommendations of places to visit (the places only us Cornish now lol) I'd be happy to share!

[@Tiger89Lilly]

Everywhere except London. It's so nice to see tourists outside London. It's like me going to Times square and saying I've been to the US

[@johnholmes6428]

3 days is hardly enough time to come up with any decent hypothesis about anything. It was worth every second. It was a great show that I miss tremendously. What a bunch of characters!!!

[@animerlon]

What fun to have TT do experiments in your kitchen, lucky family. Just imagining Roman 'tourists' having a picnic on the tor.

[@xeniabrunel4552]

Love Doctor Phil Harding in Time team

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks so much for posting.

[@lorilea3188]

hello from the land of the Ho Chunk, oak hazel elderberry prairie savannah, people had been magaging the landscape here with fire and relatuinship with bison. no cattle sheep nor goat herds, no war horse before europeans. facinating.

[@CAnon-mg1xm]

I just LOVE this stuff!!!!!!

[@slayerkhan]

Totally addicted to Time Team. I'm going to dig up my back yard and see if I can find some archaeology! (j/k Cindy)

[@BryonLape]

My backyard has tons of sea fossils. They are all over the place in the shale around here.

[@umpump11]

Do you have a car park? Or a really nice lawn?

[@slayerkhan]

Jim Schroeder I rent a room from my cousin, and she doesn't want me digging up the yard, although I might get away with a 2'x2'x2' trench. ;)

[@sherryelliott4795]

I want to dig up my yard too!⛏

[@ellicooper2323]

Tell her you're putting in a water feature. When you are done, tell her the soil wasn't right. Or put in the water feature.

[@brettb.7425]

Wow look how green that place is especially by that creek. Absolutely beautiful.

[@bokhans]

A lot of wet people kneeling in muddy holes in the ground. What’s the beauty in that? I don’t know but I am hooked and have seen some 40 episodes. Just can’t get enough. 😊

[@SindreGaaserod]

Time Team is amazing. Fantastic(!!) episode!

[@lindalee7322]

At 36 minutes, Brigid is "struggling with her first find of the day". What a funny event! I couldn't help but laugh at her reaction. I've watched Brigid dig up and handle skeletons in other episodes with no qualms. To see what made her squeamish and cringe was funny and cute. :o)

[@elizabethschaeffer9543]

"Do frogs bite?" LOL.

[@lindalee7322]

@@elizabethschaeffer9543 yep! It's so hilarious !

[@MaximvsDread]

What made it so attractive? Trees. Why is it so inhospitable now? No trees.

[@mikefox1591]

LOL- agreed. Life is 4 D not 3 D

[@cathjj840]

Those prehistorics were a pretty misguided lot. This is far from the only example of both the landscape and the climate being changed forever by their practices. The Fertile Crescent in the Middle East, where agriculture began,also wound up becoming practically treeless and much dryer over the thousands of years since it started through tree cutting for firewood and construction. Little by little most of the wood in houses had to be replaced by masonry solutions. For grand projects, they started importing even in very ancient times huge tree trunks from Lebanon until their forests dwindled as well. To be sure, no one was educated in ecology (or anything else) at the time and the changes were so gradual as to be difficult to discern. There must have been old legends featuring forests that might have seemed somewhat incongruous to the more reflective among later listeners.

[@michelegyselinck5400]

@@cathjj840 It sounds like the reverse story of The Man Who Planted Trees. In that story the plain where the man is planting the acorns that grew into oaks is a desert, but decades after he's gone the place is unrecognizable. That story was made into a short animated film by Frederic Back who drew all the pictures with Prismacolor pencils. Each and every single picture ( can't think of the proper term) that made the film by hand. If I'm not mistaken that film had won an Academy Award the year it came out.

[@cathjj840]

It should be noted that deforestation is not inevitable, even before awareness of ecological concerns. France today has much more forest thant at the lowest point reached in Medieval times. The trees are not always the same ones or in the same mix as occurred naturally, but they're there and are now subject to regulations and management. During the shah's time, Iran had a vast program to plant trees in their northern mountain range in the hopes this would influence the climate by inducing more precipitation. Don't know if the concept is valid or if the program got very far. There are other efforts and initiatives in Africa, whereas Brazil seems to want to go the route of full-on disastrous exploitation of the Amazon rain forests. sigh

[@michelegyselinck5400]

@@cathjj840 Of course, it isn't, but it's clearly what happened there. And in the program Tony Robinson says that the ground has become too acidic for anything else to grow. Maybe they could try evergreens. They make the soil pretty acidic so they might grow in that environment, and they would break the wind. Besides the farther north you go before you reach the tree line the. more likely you are to find only evergreens anyway and better that than nothing.

[@robertlemasters3395]

I should also think that people using wooden poles banging them down in unison on the stone "processional way" would have made an impressive sound . Chanting and rhythmic noise making to welcome the seasons or call attention to themselves or even to awaken the ancestors or Gods.

[@tinahedge5569]

#940👍!..... 29👎??..... What are you 29 ??! WHO could even CONSIDER giving a thumbs down to the Time Team crew for GAWDSAKES??!! YOU, are hereby BANNED from any and ALL Time Team vids!! You are not WORTHY! Thumbs up, 👍 if like me, YOU think Time Team is an AWESOME way to learn regional history, be highly entertained while it's happening, and wish they'd end up in your backyard for three days, digging away, being funny while digging up history, and available to toss a few pints down with you at your favorite pub after a good days digging?!! 👍👈👏👏👏✋☮

[@mick7even]

“From the middle Bronze Age to be precise….from 1500 to 1000 BC…” Love the precise hyperbole! Much love much respect, TimeTeam.

[@happmonkeyballs]

I live less than a mile from Roughtor, it's truely an amazing place. Sunsets from the top are incredible. Ive found some very interesting andbold things up there. It's an incredibly ancient place. Ive camped at the top alot over the years. It's my humble opinion that people also lived at the top of Rough-tor and the lower land was used for farmland with most of the local people living along the ridgeline of Rough-tor.

[@harbourdogNL]

This makes sense.

[@TheShootist]

5000 years ago the planet was 4-6C warmer (holocene thermal optimum) and the British Isles to Shetland and the Western Isles were forested (as had been Doggerland before being inundated by rising sea levels).

[@davidsradioroom9678]

One of the most fascinating shows on television. Only 25 "thumbs down' as apposed to 816 "Thumbs up" kind of tells of the quality programme this is!

[@WashuHakubi4]

The 25 Thumbs Down are probably Saxons who resented having their pottery dug up.

[@swindonwhite8413]

Time Team was by far the best tv show in the uk. Interesting, good presenters, entertaining and now what do we have......... love island, it’s a joke. I’d love Time Team to be back on tv.

[@lindahughes2289]

Hello 2/2024 and thanks, Linda + David

[@WeeeWriter]

I miss Mick Aston xox

[@haplessasshole9615]

6:46 -- Ah, the lovely pitter-pat of fat raindrops on rain jackets and Phil's hat! I'll bet the sound tech adored working around *that* background noise.

[@MrTorleon]

Very interesting episode. My only comment would be about the rather simple explanation of the wooded past. Wood was essential for heating and cooking. There are many examples around the world where early habitation was abandoned - the reason being that as trees were removed, the distance to gather wood to the habitat became unsupportable. The process might take centuries, but would be a major influence for continued habitation - still, great episode !

[@saintboudreau1545]

I believed that is what they said?

[@gregb6469]

They switched to burning animal dung.

[@hiccacarryer3624]

People burnt furze (gorse) on the moor and peat up until early modern times - its very smoky but adds a distinctive flavour to the beer clotted cream and other foods such as bacon that early writers often noted.

[@StephiSensei26]

Spectacular!

[@barbaraettles1865]

this is an amazing place.

[@saveusmilkboy]

Phil doing hard manual labour: "Oh. Bliss." And that, class, is what happens when you manage to get into a career you truly love...

[@Idellphany]

I am so absolutely crazy for the show 😀😍watch it before bed every night

[@biancacastafiore383]

Beautiful landscape!

[@JoesZone2]

I love this episode so much. The music after the intro is great - it makes me feel as if I'm living in the past...... wish there was a complete soundtrack of it. :) thx for upload edit: i found it! yay XD

[@FeatherCharm436]

what is it?!?! I'm need that music in my life

[@MrHoot50]

I wonder what proportion of rainy days to dry days the Team has. It seems to rain all the Time!

[@nunya7502]

This show does seem to support the world view of Britain as the land of the umbrella.

[@lindalee7322]

There is actually a time team special at the end of the series. It goes into the history of the show. They even talked about how many total days they did digs, and the small number of days that were without rain.

[@MarkGeraghty]

Yep, they were known as Rain Team by some.

[@Galerak1]

15:33 Tony using a trowel. I don't remember this. Good job it was captured on film for prosperity lol

[@deborahparham3783]

Tony got in on the digging a few other times. The others teased him about it.

[@tonyoliver6797]

I went to Dartmoor last year, wonderful place full of mossy cairns and old drystone walls. It is really a mystical landscape that literally goes on for miles and miles.

[@LindaTCornwall]

That's Devon :D This is bodmin moor, Cornwall.

[@oldtimer5283]

@@LindaTCornwallvery bossy aint ya 🙊🙉🙈

[@waslias]

@@LindaTCornwall You're right! But what Tony said is also right!

[@bevanpope7924]

Kah-ooze for cows and doongha for dung... cracks me up every time!.... And a “what great hole? “ Thucking or sooking? Gad, I miss England!

[@darrylwithrow293]

Love seeing Tony with a trowel!

[@NorthworthySagasStories]

Cool episode!

[@stannousflouride8372]

Hard to see in the jumble of stones but the round house area is here: 50°35'57.4"N 4°37'29.7"W And the much easier to see causeway with Phil's trench quite visible, is here: 50°36'20.2"N 4°37'32.5"W

[@Jenalgo]

What is one supposed to do with these numbers? Copying it into google maps does nothing. Why is it not a hyperlink to something useful?

[@lindalee7322]

If I'm right, you may only get Google maps website. I'm not sure if it allows copying of links. ???? . I think Stannous is very good with google earth or uses a better location mapping program.

[@CookingWithCows]

Maybe links are caught as spam in comments. I'll try posting one :D

[@CookingWithCows]

www.google.com/maps/@50.6046479,-4.6237564,1490m/data=!3m1!1e3

[@DickHolman]

Use an online tool to convert them to a format that Google recognises. Or, search for Rough Tor. (Although this is standard notation, so, ideally, Google should recognise it as the default.)

[@megganking2595]

"do frogs bite?" am I the only one who thinks that was cute? I must be since I appear to be the only one who has watched this from here...lol

[@lindalee7322]

So true!!!! Her entire reaction was cute and funny.

[@guinevere4365]

Yes I had a good laugh too! You’d think they’re all so used to everything having to do with dirt and mud!

[@haplessasshole9615]

@@lindalee7322 You can always count on Brigid to be able to laugh at herself. Of course, we're talking about a woman who mucks around in the dirt and gives every appearance of liking it. But it makes me wonder -- don't they have frogs in New Zealand?

[@teresatoft3512]

Thank you Reiger for posting Time Team! Happy I subscribed to your channel.

[@rosemary4033]

I like matt!! I just found time team on youtube, wish it was on our tv in USA it's been off for some years, same but fun to watch and learn history through other people's eyes!!😀

[@BryonLape]

"Which we know was probably" isn't a statement that builds confidence.

[@CelticSaint]

Bryon Lape Yes, there seems to be an awful lot of guesswork in this episode. What am I saying... in every episode!

[@nunya7502]

+Bryon Lape It's not an exact science. 'we know was probably' is about as firm as you can get (unless you're fooling yourself).

[@stuffandnonsense4690]

Lol!

[@barnabyaprobert5159]

+Bryon Lape Oh, Byron, you're just annoyed by the lack of camera time spent on Helen in short-shorts.

[@steerpike1359]

And how can you "know" something that is only a probability ?

[@kc3718]

there's a neolithic row like that one on Ruabon mountain on the Welsh border, it also points east and uphill although it is not as long as this one, it is perhaps in an even more delightful setting surrounded by a bronze age relic landscape and some Roman mining, and now remote and rarely visited or recognised. There is also one on Dartmoor.

[@droolies7079]

"Sucking huge stones!" I've needed that exact term so many times in my life.

[@nancydaly5414]

Socking huge stones I believe

[@JamesPetty-sb5gf]

It’s kinda scary when Stewart and Francis agree.

[@johnoverstreet6689]

I live in the United States too. I love this show about the history of the mother of the United States. Love the United Kingdom of Great Britain

[@aimeebrass5266]

Francis is really animated.

[@robertlemasters3395]

Sound, the mysterious roadway or processional way had a definite purpose. Of importance it was constructed to amplify sound. where the dancing of the people or marching, the sound would be amplified made louder, more significant and even melodic. In a way it was an architectural musical instrument in stone and rubble.I would have liked to know the alignment of the way to the rising and setting of the sun.

[@stuffandnonsense4690]

So true, re sound. There are sound rocks- rather like stone drums- in a very, very ancient prehistoric pre-ice age once-thriving settlement out in the Kalahari which were found by archaeological seekers almost by sheer accident that had been exposed by shifting sands. The sound that those stone drums produce is both delicate & dulcet, yet can be heard perfectly from many, many miles away. The importance of human-made sound throughout our human existence cannot be underestimated.

[@erepsekahs]

Go and visit it.

[@goranhassel9021]

Jolly good

[@lindasue8719]

I often wonder why this well-understood Deforestation of great parts of Britain are not constantly pulled up as a cautionary tale - like that of Easter island. At the very least, why aren’t these areas being reforested?

[@martynnotman3467]

Because the soil is now heavily acidic and trees wouldnt grow well.

[@sisuguillam5109]

There was a lovely piece in The Guardian (I think last week?) discussing just that... it was called 'Rewilding will make Britain a rainforest nation again'. Very useful!

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@martynnotman3467 Also in places like *Bodmin Moor* there is now too little subsoil to root trees.

[@darlenekovach7983]

A p at on the shoulder and a kiiss on the cheek to each and every member of this dig!

[@voovvoov7590]

Such an entertainment ❤️

[@dinx556]

Excellent TT, I wonder if the people who built the houses and processional way actually built Rough Tor as well!

[@SDOtunes]

"In the shadow of the Tor Only seen by the kings Of the dawn of the first millenium Upon the thrones In the shadow of the Tor Cleansed like the air in the night World without end" Anyone? ;D

[@doctorfairlight2792]

(we've become) a race of the cursed seeds For five united forces In the eternal dawn The kings that held (their) heads high

[@burtbackattack]

Bananarama? (Nailed it!)

[@cindydintn]

Phil, I sure understand what you mean about being outside. I like a few more trees (well, I'm from a wooded area in the States) but I don't work and play well with others. I much prefer to be with my critters in the woods than in the fanciest mansion in the world.

[@slhughes1267]

No mater when these guys go, there's no *trees*. After prolonged viewing of this series, I'm about to scream for the lack of trees.

[@peterscrafton5592]

I believe that there were red deer on Dartmoor until the Second World War, when they were shot out to meet the need for meat. I think that I am right in saying that there has been no, or no major attempt, to reintroduce them I agree with others, though, these places are places of wonder and mystery; and it is, perhaps, a shame, that something could not be done to encourage deciduous woodland to grow, once again - but perhaps the soil is now too acidic?

[@gregb6469]

Since it has been quite a few years since people have been living on that moor in large numbers, if trees could grow there they would likely already be doing so.

[@iaindunbar1578]

the trees don't grow back because of the sheep. they eat the young shoots and so they cant get established.

[@Fox1nDen]

the 500-meter wall thingy could have been a dam to prevent moor waters from reaching the living spaces. rain isn't draining off well now, and it wasn't back then either, that's why it is on the cusp of a moor.

[@lindalee7322]

I agree with you. As you probably know from watching the series, Francis is deeply into "ritual". Also, the dig wasn't on top of the hill which would normally be a factor in his claiming the site to be ritual.

[@mrdanforth3744]

No one would build such an elaborate wall for that. They would dig a ditch. Also there is a wall around the settlement. That was probably for livestock.

[@annk.8750]

I was wondering if there were natural geologic features in lines that might have suggested the causeways, later enhanced by early residents.

[@turbostoep]

A Dutch timeteam fan here, just wondering why Phil has a dutch flag on his green sweater arm. I assume he just bought the sweater that way and has no real significance but still , would be nice to see my favourite time team member has some ties to The Netherlands.

[@garyrobinson2409]

Hi Tubostep, Phil buys his works clothes from army surplus stores of which a few still remain in the UK (there used to be one in almost every big town) and the ex-military unused or time expired clothing comes from all over Europe as well as the UK. You'll see other members of the cast wearing sweaters and shirts from Belgium and Germany in other episodes. Ex army clothes are usually cheap, hard wearing and designed for outdoors use which ticks a box for these people.

[@turbostoep]

Thanks for the reply History Fanatic, We call them dump shops here in holland. Used to buy army boots there when iwas younger.

[@cromby620]

+History Fanatic If you are going in Belgium, the Gandensis/south-Zealand should be a very interesiting place to dig. We still need to find more historic evidences about the Menapii there. I'm thinking about the "Maritima" area. I'm afraid that many have been destroyed by dragging the mouth of the Scheldt but on its south side, there shoud certainely have something. In Ireland, the Menapia trading colony was dating from -216, so traces from before may be found there. A genetic approach here: translate.google.com/translate?hl=fr&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fmenapii.forumactif.be%2Ft2-quete-d-une-origine-anterieure-a-jules-cesar&sandbox=1

[@nevyen149]

He's "native" through and through, and particularly proud of it. It's is frequently joked that he has always fancied himself as a "modern" primitive, with his flint knapping and shaggy looks. In one episode they take a DNA sample to trace his ancestry. They tease him that he's Roman, but in the end it comes back he's mostly Celtic. He then claims all the countryside, and tells the rest of the to get off "his" land. Not that it matters, but my great grandmother was from Boskoop.

[@lindalee7322]

He was heavily involved in learning from Dutch shipmakers in one or two episodes. He had been to the Netherlands for those episodes.

[@Fox1nDen]

alrighty then, Tony finally reqalizes they are not going to find everything they hope to! Good on ya, Tony!

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

Reqalizes?

[@TONGATONGA-cr4qm]

What does Phil say over in Trench Three...? "Oooo, aaaarrrr, ehhhh...?"

[@colinwalsh6447]

Pool,ehhhhhh aarrrr

[@brandymulvaine]

Does anyone know what this music is? It starts at 1:35 when Tony is talking about Cornwall. I'm from the U.S. and love Time Team! The difference between U.S. and British archeology is funny!

[@Griexxt]

+brandy mulvaine As far as I can tell this is music that they use all the time in the show. So I'm guessing this is what is referred to as "Original theme music" in the credits, and if so it's written by someone named Paul Greedus.

[@ilsesmith9493]

Try this link. You may find it there. soundcloud.com/smallroom/sets/time-team-incidental-music

[@WOLFROY47]

those two rows of stones would make a good place to funnel water like a canal or a fish pond ? just look at those trenches full of water

[@adamsjerome1839]

I wonder if Phil's battered and bruised tool box contains a pint or two as well as his archeological kit.

[@user-hy7zb2vl3t]

It's easier to keep warm on a dig. Robin carried a hip flask😊

[@lburns7952]

I'm going to have to do a detailed Google search on moors. I don't know what one really is, but I thought they were boggy and wet. We don't have them here in the US (to my knowledge). Love this series.

[@KuptisOriginal]

@bigwaverider moors in this show's case refers to the land and not the people. Moors in the UK like the Bodmin moor and the Scottish moors are "Chiefly British: an expanse of open rolling infertile land".

[@peggyjenkinson4514]

Would it have rained this much 4000 years ago? There should be some reference to this. It's rained everyday. How could they build that great wall in so much rain?

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

Even in *Manchester* it doesn't rain every day.

[@georgedorn1022]

Settlement of upland areas such as Bodmin Moor, Dartmoor etc. declined (approximately) after the end of the Bronze Age. Climate change is thought to be a major factor - upland areas were more suited to habitation in the past.

[@benediktmorak4409]

to me this was one of the best Time teams i have seen. i mean these poor people up there must have been freezing cold! and must have been -hell- even more for the camera and sound team. to get at least SOMETHING together, with all the wind and rain. it is indeed an -old -show, and i do wonder is there more archaeological activities going on up there. or was it closed down after the Time Team was there? Kudos to everyone who makes, or in this case better, made these episodes so successful. I know the show goes on. but i nmz opinion it is now more like a -roadshow-, with people all over the place, people deciding what and where to dig. Tit is sad that manz a great person is digging in heaven now. others have left because their own full day work wanted or demanded it. and in my opinion Tony Robinson was made - SIR - not for nothing. it is still good to see some from the old team, more grzy now, more wrinkles, of course the men only,the ladies are as gorgeous as ever. and that i have still zears to come to watch theses -old -episodes. what actually surprised me though, when watching the new Time Team, it never came up more on the thumbnails. this episodes, as soon as i click o none, all the thumbnails show only -Time team- nothing else...

[@maddog2771]

Was here in October 2019

[@mynamename5172]

Nov 2019

[@ttaibe]

What are we going to do here Francis? We are going to dig, speculate and find all sorts of of ritualistic artifacts.. Now going to watch it :P

[@perrykuehr5538]

Haha..Tony asked the woman at the microscope if she could narrow down what KIND of animal deposited the dung..she says "..sure..large herbivores like cows or sheep or goats.." I think she got them all..ha.