Time Team S15-E09 Saxons on the Edge, Stonton Wyville, Leicestershire

[@adamsjerome1839]

As a heavy mechanical operator I kneel at the skill of these drivers. They can skim an inch off of of trench with absolute beauty. I am in awe!!

[@nothingtonooneinparticular8500]

I wonder why the call ground "the floor?"

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

​@nothingtonooneinparticular8500 so when you go a bit deeper you have a new phrase "cellar"

[@Invictus13666]

You act as though bucket grading isn’t a thing. You’re no operator. Stop lying.

[@bobschenkel7921]

Phil telling Tony to "Get off MY land" is a classic Time Team moment, and it made me laugh out loud.

[@LisaMarli]

Phil Harding is a Time Team Treasure. I always light up when I find him in a program. So glad his DNA backs up his love of things ancient. It so fits him.

[@lizzy66125]

One of my favorite episodes. I have severe M.E and totally bedbound ,sofar a year now.I live in the dark completely with horrible pain and other difficulties.I can still watch Time Team sometimes on my phone for a little while. It is one of the only things I have left,so I am so grateful for these uploads Thank you Renee Zaaijer and of course Time Team itself.❤️

[@ISTEasnoneother]

Lost for words reading your comment, I am however gladdened that these episodes enlighten your heart and spirits from the inside… I too love seeing these episodes o Reijer Zaaijer popping up on UT- algorithm… Be Well and Spirited my fellow human..

[@lizzy66125]

thank you.

[@sgrannie9938]

I’m glad you found this. This and similar shows kept me sane the 3 years I was bedridden with M.E. and still help me get through the rough patches. I’m still quite limited and have to be vigilant, but am mostly able to enjoy this quiet life. Hold on to hope and don’t give up. Take good care.

[@lizzy66125]

@@sgrannie9938 thank you keep hoping❤️

[@lizzy66125]

@@sgrannie9938 thank you.💝

[@cinorjer]

The unsung heroes of this program are the bucket operators, who were regularly called upon to shave just an inch of dirt off the ditch floors. Highly skilled and had to spend hours just sitting and waiting to be told where to put the ditch.

[@Itsjustkat1003]

I forget which episode it was, but Ian, one of the diggers, spotted the archaeology before everyone else on site. he said he could feel the difference in the weight and noticed a slight color change of the dirt in his bucket.

[@iaindunbar1578]

yes, series 14 episode 4

[@lisakilmer2667]

The older digger driver Ian (the younger one is also Ian) was absolutely a master at his craft. He saved TT a lot of time and effort by being able to take off a couple of centimeters at a time, which would normally need to be done by hand.

[@tomthx5804]

The unsung heroes of this show are the retards from long ago that kept dropping pots, solely so people in the future could find them,

[@Everywhere2]

And here we are burying vast piles of plastic for Future Phil to puzzle over.

[@jmmt1968]

I love Phil's enthusiasm for his work and life in general.

[@sharonfarris1282]

Phil is such a joy. He loves his work. I so enjoy watching and listening to him. Wouldn't be TT without him.

[@michaelmccaffery2684]

I would love to share a pint with Phil

[@gambitbullet]

Phil for PM

[@jmmt1968]

@John Matrix yeah, they were always so bad, the short shorts weren’t doing him any favors, nor the scraggly hair.... but I love him just the same. We all have our issues.

[@jmmt1968]

@@tampanativeson I think due to the intermarrying of Royal lines from across Europe over the centuries, I’m probably more English than her as well!

[@cogidubnus1953]

Reijer Zaaijer...thank you so much for posting these...and RIP Mick Aston...a particularly sad loss

[@davidhunter6733]

cogidubnus1953

[@britters220]

"There's a few flies in your jam pot, mate" "Git off moy land" LOL, 10/10 banter.

[@lorrydodge5917]

Iv'e been watching since everybody looked young .Now were all getting old its wierd you guys have been on that long and I never get tired of watching.

[@englishmaninfrance661]

Raksha was brilliant once she joined the program . Unfailingly good humoured , always upbeat

[@cac2670]

I love her. She is very good and can find what she needs too. She is up there with Phil Harding. Two very good archeologists. The best I think!

[@joshschneider9766]

Last I heard she was running an outfit called dig ventures. Google them they do all sorts of community involved archeology

[@TheBlondeSunset]

I thought she was great, too

[@rick5793]

PLUS I believe she's kinda hot 🔥😊😊

[@ObeyCamp]

Raksha was always so awesome. I hope she's doing well.

[@WashuHakubi4]

You can almost picture a group of Saxons sitting around a fire, and one old-timer saying "Make sure you clean up after yourselves. We don't want to leave anything for Time Team to find".

[@anthonydaniels7712]

They sure in hell did a hell of a job too

[@Fangs4DaMemories]

Why did I read that with Phil's accent? :D

[@technopoptart]

the saxons were the first minimalists. they sure knew how to tidy up

[@laurachapple6795]

@@Fangs4DaMemories I dunno but I did too. Honestly after months of bingeing Time Team I just assume all early Britons sounded like Phil.

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

@@laurachapple6795 Actually the Anglo Saxons sounded like Me! Or as near as we can get kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5a7Y2SrnLiHbZI

[@eveinparadise4177]

I'm sorry I just can't contain myself any longer but I ADORE PHIL HARDING

[@paulbourdon1236]

Love that accent! Anyone know where he's from?

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

@alison webster : What exactly does ones age have to do with how adorable they are?

[@suecastillo4056]

Thank you for saying that!!!😂 I've wanted to say that for a long time!!! I just adore Phil Harding!!!❤️🤗🙋‼️

[@MelissaThompson432]

Doesn't everybody?

[@suecastillo4056]

Aylbdr Madison I think it was just a comment dear... let’s not go under the microscope with it?

[@upsydasyme3351]

As a true blue French Canadian I recently discovered, after participating in the National Geographic Genome Project, that my recent ancestors were from Northern Europe, with a bit of Danish (aka Viking) DNA mixed into it. I visited the U.K. many years ago and spent almost 3 months there. It was special time in my life and little did I know then that I was actually seeing the birthplace of those who immigrated to Canada just a few centuries ago. Thank you Reijer, as always, for sharing these wonderful programs.

[@Tsumami__]

Danes are now a long way off from Vikings, though...

[@judithkelly9865]

Upsydasy Me i

[@00BillyTorontoBill]

frankish dna ! je me souviens. Je suis nee a montreal

[@cathjj840]

Perhaps they were Normans.

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

Danish were Saxons with Longships! There are 2 versions of Norse. The Danish lot are basically Saxon. So the Normans were yet More bloody Saxons! Lol! Me and my late partner used to tease each other. Their father was Irish, their mother was Welsh, so we assumed that was Celtic. My maternal family would appear to be Saxon and my surname is Norman So we would call each other 'Bloody Ce¡t!' and 'Bleedin' Viking!' Stopped a lot of Rows! Lol

[@dogriffiths]

What a great programme this was

[@nothingtonooneinparticular8500]

The new one is crap, though..

[@desijrichert]

I just wish that we people in the United States had such a Rich history like you in the U.K. do. I'm so envious of you. It's great to see people are still working to preserve it. Congrats to you all. You are definitely a credit to your Country. Cheers to you all! I really love watching these shows like Time Team!

[@CliffordtheOrangeCat]

If you think about it, we do have a long and rich history; it is just that that history for many of us is in a different part of the world. Our individual ancestries and histories extend into the past beyond the point where our progenitors emigrated to America. When I watch these Time Team documentaries, as a person with a majority English blood (and with virtually all my ancestry from the UK), I am watching my own history as well.

[@PerryTribeMetalBaker]

the first nation natives certainly do

[@souloftheteacher9427]

(I wonder how many times I've said this): The Western Hemisphere has an unbelievably rich history, ca. 15,00 BC on. And before, if you love earth history. Get curious. Look under your feet. Visit a library.

[@marlenaamalfitano2727]

We do have a rich history of Native American, Spanish Vikings etc. We just don't appreciate it

[@chrisdooley6468]

Such a fun show to watch. I can only hope that it helped spur the appetite for archaeology amongst young people the twenty years it was on télé. Thank God for YT so we can continue to enjoy them - no matter what period history you’re interested in there’s many episodes for you

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

*Chris Dooley* It certainly inspired many youngsters in the *UK* as well throughout most of the anglophone world. Look up *DigVentures* here and you'll see some of it.

[@harbourdogNL]

41:50 Guesses at Phil's DNA makeup! Hands down the funniest thing ever on Time Team!!

[@wormwoodpearl1]

They have such great banter together.

[@davidhauge5706]

I have watched a lot of this type of shows and I don't know why but you guys are the most entertaining.

[@Bobby8451]

Darn i used to watch this show all the time. These guys are fun to watch. Love to get ahold of the the entire seasons.

[@Marie-or6hz]

Excellent video, chocked full of information. I love Phil's reaction to his ancestry. Rock on brother, mine too. :)

[@richardfagan5387]

The legend of PHIL HARDING grows as I've introduced my son to the memories and wonders of Time Team

[@boojay111]

I love the graphics and the back stage people who sit diligently at their computers and come up with these wonderful references to help understand what is going on

[@natalieg90]

Phil telling sir Tony to "get off my land" priceless

[@gailhowes9398]

I am amazed that they had sunny days for the whole dig!

[@angelitabecerra]

Right? I was expecting them to come back at the beginning of Day 2 to it "tipping down" as Tony so often says.

[@Tiger89Lilly]

3 sunny days in a row. That's a heatwave surely☀️😂

[@patriciaheil6811]

The landscape photography in this is as great as in for example All Creatures. That shot across the hills with the clear sky and the clouds is delightful

[@marthareis5873]

Yes, and so many episodes show beautiful scenery.

[@marthareis5873]

Yes, and so many episodes show such beautiful scenery.

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

I just read an interview with Phil, where he says he no longer carries a knife. He says it makes him feel like a thug, after all the knife crime happening. How sad that he has to feel like that .People Always carried knives, they are a multi purpose tool. I lived in rural Spain for 13 years and we All carried knives. You never knew when you were going to need one. From eatng to harvesting to fixing stuff. It is only the urban subculture that has made them 'offensive'

[@Tocsin-Bang]

When I was a boy, scouts all carried knives in sheaths on their belts with a 5 or 6" blade. In the case of Sea Scouts they wore a jackknife on a lanyard.

[@equaliser2265]

100% True, they assume everyone is a threat and a criminal. However if it's a folding knife, not locking. And the cutting blade is 7.62cm 3 inches,or less , it's legal.

[@emilychb6621]

@@equaliser2265 Yea that's what I use in Germany. Don't usually need a long blade for random stuff from opening letters, to packages, shrink-wrap etc. Though mine does have a locking blade and can be opened one handed. But at ~2.5 inches it hasn't yet piqued the interest of police officers the two times I was stopped and asked about potential weapons. (The being able to open it with one hand part of the law is kinda tricky, because I can also open a Swiss army folding knife with one hand, but those are clearly legal). Not that it really matters, someone carrying a knife as a weapon is very unlikely to be carrying it on a belt. They'll be carrying some kinda stiletto thing in their inside jacket pocket etc. Something purposefully made to be used as a weapon, and completely useless as a tool.

[@ludo9234]

When at school all the lads carried a knife.not one person was stabbed or threatened.i still carry a small knife.

[@icelandviking1961]

Sad .........you all sound like us Americans bemoaning all the bullshit gun laws. It is not the tool that commits the crime, it’s the person.

[@MissCattitude63]

Phil: "moind me post'ole!" Brilliant.

[@jeanneamato8278]

Raksha is one of my favorites.

[@haplessasshole9615]

@@stannousflouride8372 You're the most consistently-helpful commenter I see on the *Time Team* episodes. Thank you for all your contributions, Stan! (May I call you Stan? Typical US over-familiarity, there....)

[@deaniej2766]

I really enjoy seeing just how good and delicate most of the drivers of the big yellow trowels are. It really isn't easy to take just a skim of earth.

[@JonFrumTheFirst]

An American expert in Anglo-Saxon archaeology? Shocking! Nice job, Helena.

[@RosHaywood]

Haha! When Tony scrumples up the geophys results, you can see John in the background covering his eyes in anguish. Let's hope it wasn't the only copy...

[@haydne]

I think i'd like to be Ian, the digger, there are so many clips of him sleeping in his cab, and he is a master with a shovel!

[@philliplloydwright1867]

I have been blessed to work on some deep digs over London archaeology is fascinating

[@nothingtonooneinparticular8500]

I'm jealous...in a good way!

[@alexandrecosta2708]

Reviewing the fascination of discovery....great show.

[@johntierney7244]

Helen Geake gives lectures at the National Trust place, Sutton Hoo in Suffolk

[@vickywhitesell4156]

Geophys is good, but magnetic anomalies (19 th cen buried rubbish) are too frequent. I LOVE Stewarts top of the world (helo) "look see" analysis. And his out of the way bike rides. While everybody is fussing about where to drop a trench, HE is out doing his job! Well done Stewart, my main man. Next to Phil of course!

[@ChildrensSongStorytimeCorner]

Got to Love Phil Harding...he’s the best!

[@NC-ij9rb]

Wow! I didn’t expect Phil’s voice to be higher and lighter when he was younger 😂 kinda blew me away

[@johntierney7244]

Places to visit if you're interested: Jarrow Hall, Sutton Hoo, Museum of London, British Museum (Sutton Hoo treasure and finds), West Stow (Suffolk), Birmingham Museum (Staffordshire hoard), Stoke on Trent Museum (Staffordshire Hoard again)

[@carlruf9037]

No...she is not unattractive...but somewhat of a plain Jane. Nice but not ravishing.

[@cathjj840]

Carl, are you talkin' to Brian?

[@rodritchison1995]

It's amusing to see the change in attitude toward 'detectorists' over the seasons. They began as seemingly pirates and tomb robbers and have become valued parts of the team on many sites.

[@willwillis3440]

Forgot what a brilliant programme this was. I've plenty of time on my hands at the minute, so better watch more

[@lorrydodge5917]

I think phil has nice legs in shorts And i like how Tony gives him a hard time.They look like theyre having too much fun.Love all the time team guys.

[@SDOtunes]

I'm German and I laughed really hard at the VW sign and "ACHTUNG!" in the cartoon. :D

[@MelissaThompson432]

Victor never says much, but I think he's got a sly sense of humor....

[@haplessasshole9615]

@@MelissaThompson432 Oh, absolutely! Ambrus frequently draws Harding, Aston, and Robinson into his crowd scenes. He loves to depict Aston as a monk, partly because of his natural tonsure, but also because he was a vocal agnostic/atheist fence-sitter whose archaeological specialty was medieval religious sites. And a guy who lived in Hungary as a child during WWII can draw a funny Nazi, yeah -- that guy has to have a glorious sense of the absurd.

[@barbmcconnaughey3070]

Isn’t the “S” logo for Scandia?

[@veldawells2839]

Phil's à flint knapper and à Roman. Great episode. What a beautiful find - fishing net needle.

[@MossyMozart]

@veldawells2839 - He was told that he was NOT Roman, but a Celt. See 41:40.

[@deborahparham3783]

Phil is pure Celt and seems quite chuffed about. Gotta love that guy.

[@enyabroc1624]

Professor Phil, my DNA is also Celtic. Welsh Celtic, Scottish and Irish with Brittany too. Slainte'! 🙂

[@douglasruss2889]

Always enjoy ! Bravo !

[@nutjaywoody4132]

One off the best episodes !

[@martinscholes2023]

I’m a Leicestershire lad and (I may be biased) but it’s a beautiful, diverse, rolling, interesting county. Eye Kettleby is just around the corner from us at Melton Mowbray. Great episode, this one.

[@Bowie_E]

I would LOVE a "piddly little piece of Time Team pot"!!

[@SharpAssKnittingNeedles]

That'd be a great reason to support their Patreon! Tim Taylor take notice!

[@TechGameEras]

"One of the Wurzels" absolutely killed me.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

*Tech & Game Eras* *_Adge_** Cutler* rules! 🍻🇬🇧🙃

[@mattkaustickomments]

Tony missed perfect opportunity to come back to ‘finding the needle in the haystack’ at the close of the episode.

[@lukelee7967]

Remember when American television aired documentaries about history?

[@duckrutt]

Yeah, ended around the dot com implosion. I haven't been able to figure out the event that messed up MTV though.

[@janetrapoza4142]

Now You have to pay to see docs.

[@BalefulHead]

Now the only factual type history shows we get are wrapped in uneblievable theories and hunts (ghosts, crypto, aliens) and those two idiots who are butchering an entire island with oil derrick equipment and way too much time without a single true interest or spot of respect for the actual history of Oak Island.

[@erc475]

and now we have ancient aliens!

[@tooziefaloozie]

Now we get the "exciting" music in the background

[@jenna2431]

Watching in October 2020--family was from Leicestershire so this is interesting.

[@thomasandersen2534]

I’m hooked great stuff here !

[@ChristophersMum]

Oh boy!!.....Phil an I have the same woman as our ancestor......love from Scotland!!

[@radwulfeboraci7504]

Yaaay Phil, a true Brit. Some folks below seem to think DNA doesn't show in Brits. People should kook up a mini series called Faces of Britain hosted by Neil Oliver. Totally fascinating and surprising. DNA that is hard to find is Roman, Norman and Viking. There is plenty from the Celts and Anglo-Saxon/Jute. Need to watch to find out why.

[@rogerwilco2]

+Radwulf Eboraci Phill is probably living in a round house knapping pieces of flint when he's not digging.

[@Ana_crusis]

People have to remember that genetically we are all extremely closely related. The minute differences in our DNA only shows you some biological information about where some of your ancestors may have come from. An individual's DNA is not really that important. People always tend to think it conditions how they feel and think but it doesn't. You see crazy comments like " _I wondered why I always liked horses_ " . or " _so that's why I've always loved Irish music_ " That kind of thing. As if attitudes like that could be passed on genetically. It's nonsense of course. Much more important is culture. The culture you grew up in *does* have a huge influence on your attitudes, your language (of course), your likes and dislikes and so on. It has a big influence in forming our personality.

[@Tsumami__]

There may be plenty of Celtic blood in Irish, Scottish, welsh, and Cornish people but don't know about the English. And I don't know how Roman Norman or Viking would be difficult to find in the British population. Other than Angles and Saxons that's pretty much what they are. The celts were there first.

[@lupus67remus7]

@@rogerwilco2 Some say he survives on an exclusive diet of beer and goes to bed every night cuddling his trowel... Others claim that his sole purpose in life is digging... All we know, is that we call him Phil!

[@cathjj840]

The Celts were not there first. The earlier inhabitants, such as the people descended from Phil's maternal ancestor from the Dordogne, were already there and had been for a long time (don't forget that Britain's landmass was connected to the Continent until around 8000 years ago). The Celts had to come by sea. Traces of Early Europeans, like the Dordogne ancestor, are mostly found through maternal DNA , which is passed unchanged from mother to child, but only passed along through females. Early European Y's have almost disappeared, replaced by Celtic Y's, (and Germanic ones in Northern Europe, both groups originating in the area of Western Eurasia that also produced the Indo-European language group). How so? Remember what typically happens when people invade and conquer: they eliminate the local males and mate with the females. Khasab: there is a recent field of research called epigenetics. This relates to acquired traits that are passed down along with the genes proper. A sort of programming that determines how a particular gene will be expressed that is apparently pre-set by an indidivual's experiences and environment and transmittted to their offspring. This isn't immutable and can be changed under certain circumstances. Could very well explain certain predispositions that run in families and which are found even among certain relatives who were raised apart in completely different cultures.

[@stannousflouride8372]

The darker earth or stain that attracted the excavation id quite visible on Google Earth: 52°32'00.1"N 0°54'31.6"W

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks so much for posting

[@Palifiox]

Thank you for putting these on YT. Great series but it would have been better without Mr Bouncy hogging the screen quite as much as he did.

[@carolynwestlake2246]

Codenwarra Cove don't be rude about Tony- he's one of our national treasurers😊

[@spacewater7]

Phil so often reminds me of the moles in the Redwall series of books, especially roundabouts 10:40 'gurr, oi be'. Helena Hamerow with her American-ish accent was unusual too. Apparently it takes a colonial for good luck when Saxon hunting.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

*spacewater* *Helen Hamerow* is actually *English* but studied in the *USA.* But there many *USA* natives working in archæology all over the world.

[@57WillysCJ]

Anyone see the letters VW on the shield of the German Saxon ship?

[@michaelfotheringham7829]

Spotted it! Very funny :)

[@johnhorne6586]

The reason Anglo Saxsen sites are are hard to find is they just grew into the villages, Towns and cities we have today they mostly still have their Saxen names, As the prof says the blood of the Saxsens is less than 50%. you have to remember up to the time of Wellington armies grew larger as they went along gathering Women as camp follows or becoming wives The same thing happened here When a war band landed they would have had no woman with them. They would have been young fighting men. and would have picked up their woman as they went along. They would have had many children which would have made them half British but would have been brought uu as Saxsen with these names. That would account for these DNA figures.

[@paulbourdon1236]

I would guess war, especially from invading armies has been a real DNA mixer.

[@ciarandevaney385]

Geo phis are wankers

[@gregb6469]

If the Saxons built so much with wood, there must have been quite a few more trees in England then than there are now.

[@MissLizzy882]

As England's navy grew during the Tudor period, the need for timber began to seriously pick away at the woodland: from an estimated land coverage of 15% in 1086, England's forests and woods had dwindled to just 5.2% by 1905.

[@ancilodon]

A previous episode on the ship 'Grace Dieu' hints at that.

[@cambs0181]

Remember there were a lot less people!

[@RKHageman]

“Heart of oak are our ships...” Blame Bonaparte, and the Navy built to fight him, for that.

[@eartecathy7378]

This is fascinating to watch. I turned on the captions so I could understand some of your more learned phrases. But I now hope you can get someone to watch this with the captions turned on to make a simple edit. 7:00 "amazingly challenging tongue" (Should be time not tongue) 7:09 "evidence of a sex and community" (Should be Saxon not sex and ) There many more obviously mistaken captions. Is there a way I as a viewer can help clean up the obvious ones?

[@jennamakesbugs]

From now on when I lose a needle I will be thinking 'someone will find that in 1500 years'.

[@britters220]

man, I hope they get another shot of it... maybe streaming companies will eventually support documentaries... :) might be worth a shot to see if they would. *le sigh*

[@nothingtonooneinparticular8500]

The New Time Team is crap.

[@nothingtonooneinparticular8500]

Time to start up aboriginal rights organizations for people like Phil! Aboriginal rights NOW Phil!

[@jabow9999]

Always wanted to hear Phil Harding say "get arf my laaand!"

[@michellearohde]

Awesome episode!

[@underwaterlaser1687]

The term grub hut always make me wince. Must be my anglo-saxon ancestry. Love Time Team!

[@jonathanmonck-mason6715]

Comes from the German word to dig. Also related to the word grave.

[@tamonettX500]

Tony's favorite word is "frustrating". I've never heard anyone say it as much as he has Lol

[@areyouavinalaff]

funny that, because I thought his favourite word was "ephemeral"... heard it at least 4 or 5 times on another video... and I don't even think he knew what it meant tbh lol.

[@tamonettX500]

Lol Oh yeah!

[@HighDutchMan77]

@2m37 Nice Dutch-Army sweater Phil!...

[@greghelms4458]

Classic Phil. Every episode I’m mad these weren’t shown as filmed in America. Somebody screwed the pooch.

[@DragonFae16]

Living in Australia, watching this show makes me envious of how much archeology Britain has. We have basically none.

[@SharpAssKnittingNeedles]

Same here in the US. Basically time stopped in the Neolithic because we're both so far from the conquering people crowded on a tiny continent needing more land 🤔

[@perrykuehr5538]

Since its confession time (Brits plz ignore the papish reference)...I love when Helen Gaeke is in the episode : brilliant, competent and Hot!

[@kellydaniel16]

Many of us Brits are Catholic so we have no problem with references to confession - we’ll just ignore your misogyny, instead.

[@johnzook7533]

The Anglo-Saxon invasion would have made a good Monty Python movie. John Cleese and Graham Chapman as Saxon invaders??!!

[@tomthx5804]

Both dead

[@justjane2070]

Tom thx why would you say that? John Cleese is still alive (as of 21 May 2019)

[@suecastillo4056]

Brilliant!!! Although these guys all are pretty close already!!!😂 love the banter! Tony is really funny with his reactions, as are they all!!!

[@sallydarley9812]

@alison webster Weston Super Mare

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

We are the knights who say neet.

[@PatrickPoet]

26:25 -- that rim is SO EXCITing!

[@aimeebrass5266]

ROFL, poor John (Geo-phys), 30:24 Tony is crumpling the paper with the geo-phys readings on it. Looking in the back as he is talking to Mick you see John's reaction.

[@alexritchie4586]

It's ALWAYS Matt's side trench that makes the breakthrough :p

[@annaharding6084]

as a Harding myself, I wonder if I'm related to Phil :) Although my family came to the US on the Mayflower. I've heard I'm related to the Spencer family, wonder what Phil thinks of that?

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

And I know a *Doctor Phil Harding.* Mind, he's a mathematician!

[@kaarlimakela3413]

Get off moi land!

[@jdok1000]

Kaarli Makela yeah, that is the best line of the whole series. 😁

[@DavidJohnson-nq9iu]

Well said Phil!

[@lemming9984]

those shorts, though!

[@souloftheteacher9427]

@@lemming9984 Great shorts. We like them!

[@lemming9984]

@@souloftheteacher9427 ...Until he crouches down and they ride up. Just as well he's not "well built" !!

[@Ana_crusis]

There must be digs like these going on in the places the Angles, Saxons and Jutes came from. I wonder if they have compared finds from England with finds in those places? I suppose they must have.

[@janetrapoza4142]

All of these archeologists are teaching professors at some or other universities. Thank you Tony for bringing them together..

[@brianhaskard1042]

Ain't Helen gorgeous!

[@boojay111]

yes she is, and she is as lovely off screen as she is on

[@nutjaywoody4132]

She is !

[@philipnesbitt3334]

Beautiful voice as well.

[@Immopimmo]

41:33 gotta love all the alternatives on Phil's ancestry XD

[@billclisham8668]

I was reading an article from a Volcanologist that put forth the idea that they were refered to as the "dark ages" because of a super volcano (sorry but I forget which one he mentioned) that had erupted at the begining of the age that would have blocked out a good percentage of the sunlight for 150+ years causing the "age of darkness".

[@BoredCertified]

The Saxons excelled at hide and seek!

[@imapaine-diaz4451]

these old habitations are where they are for a good reason, and that reason does not change even though the people might do so. An elevated defensible site overlooking a meeting of roads and a river ford would be continually occupied over hundreds of years to control trade and travel. They ought to go down to the river and look for remains of a BRIDGE!

[@gregb6469]

If the river was shallow enough to easily ford, then no bridge would have been necessary until modern times.

[@zedwms]

43:24 Phil Harding, ancient Brit.

[@MelissaThompson432]

I love Victor's Saxons....

[@garychynne1377]

THANK U GARE

[@LarryThePhotoGuy]

First time I've seen Helen in sunglasses. Clearly, she is extremely intelligent and a true expert; but I wonder if she is as sweet and likable as her lovely appearance and manner make her seem. I'm in love!

[@colinoverton790]

Perhaps she was on the sauce the night before?

[@lorawiese5897]

I am sure her husband and three children love her and perceive that she is sweet, likeable and loving.☺

[@nothingtonooneinparticular8500]

I'm NOT in love (being a normal chick), but enjoy Helen immensely!

[@martinscholes2023]

Ah…the episode where Stewart takes Elvis for a drive in his Land Rover 😂

[@englishmaninfrance661]

;Gettoff moi land ' Phil's a classic englishman

[@GrahamCLester]

Manky is clearly Tony's favorite word.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

*graham lester* I don't suppose you wanted to be told this but it's from the *French* word _manqué_ which means _forgotten._

[@GrahamCLester]

@@philaypeephilippotter6532 That's quite interesting actually. I hadn't thought of it but it makes sense.

[@TVPiles]

Germanic tribes only lived in settlements when defense required it...therefore there are very few and very difficult to find, no matter if the Saxons or the Sueves.

[@greightaa8791]

Why does the pottery not appear so clearly in the record. Was saxon use of pottery limited? Was there a decline in the use of pottery generally, after the romans left?

[@johnzengerle7576]

gr eightaa that is correct. The made bowls and things from wood.

[@user-oo8xp2rf1k]

Nice big piece, broken, of storage vessel. But where did the rest of it go? It broke, why din't it get all get left in situ, and thus found .

[@si4632]

they probably did its just it takes more than three days to get every piece 🤣

[@horstlohner2055]

WOW the Boss shout ACHTUNG!He is from Hannover!Lower Saxony!

[@whoarewe7515]

Phil gets a tingle up his spine not the fizz that James may gets. Be nice to be in the company of both men.