Time Team S17-E08 Tregruk

[@DanceCat7]

Reijer, I don't know what prompted you to post all of the Time Team episodes, but you are one of my heroes for doing so!

[@barnabyaprobert5159]

+Annette Pedersen Hear! Hear!

[@turbostoep]

Also one of mine ! Have been in hospital a month now , thanks to these uploads i can properly relax.

[@ObeyCamp]

Amen. I watch this Playlist every night as I go to sleep and have been doing so for about 4 or 5 years now. If I play an average of 6 episodes while I sleep each night, and have been doing it for 5 years, that means I've given him around 11k views by myself lmao.

[@CompetitiveAudio]

After having spent many weeks of pleasurable viewing of now 17 YEARS of episodes, I want to give a hat tip to one of the unsung heroes on the team. Time Team's talented machine operator, Ian Barclay. Ian can do just about anything with an excavator and is a master with his machine. He always takes the PERFECT amount of dirt off the top. Having used similar tools, I must say the man is an artist and a surgeon with his excavator...

[@fedraescuderohaldane6962]

+CompetitiveAudio Sadly, Ian Barclay passed away on May 13, 2014. He was their best machine operator by far. In some episodes you can see him telling Phil what's in the ground and in others, that he can feel the change in the dirt as he's passing the bucket over the trench. Very talented man and yet another loss for us if they manage to revive Time Team. RIP Ian.

[@CompetitiveAudio]

+Fedra Haldane That's sad news to hear about Ian. It was always a pleasure to see the interaction of the team members and the show was living proof of the old adage “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”

[@justaguitardude]

+Fedra Haldane that is sad indeed. iv always enjoyed ian interaction with the diggers ( phill ) in the episodes.. i remember one episode he saw something phill did not and phill was much impressed. my guess they trusted him more than some who dug with a hand shovel. laughs. r.i.p ian. i must say even tho this i a proven platform for a show and would work again in the future as its enough info/action for a tv show.. i just dunno if it would ever have the same chemistry as all these guys had together.. that is part of the shows magic i think..

[@fedraescuderohaldane6962]

+CompetitiveAudio The interesting thing is that I found out about it because Paul Blinkhorn tweeted the day after he died. That, to me, says that Ian must have been more involved with these guys than we ever saw on the show. And that he was much liked, for the pottery expert, with whom we've never seen him have a conversation, to express to the world his sadness in having lost Ian.

[@fedraescuderohaldane6962]

+Chris c Yep, that's the episode I was referring to. The one were Phil gets up on the digger and Ian shows him the feature he's talking about. To impress Phil must be one of the highest complements there is. I think we see some of the falling apart of that chemistry they all had in series 19 and 20. Show still worked, but it just wasn't the same 'I feel like these guys are part of my family' feel to it any more.

[@loganscofield2046]

Watching in 2020, some things are timeless

[@jmontgomery1178]

I'm a few days behind you. Loving the series.

[@lavillablanca]

Winston Churchill told his publisher in 1939 of History of the English Speaking People that it was a relief to focus on past centuries than the juggernaut headed toward England.

[@lilykatmoon4508]

I also find that I always learn something new or glean a new understanding every time I rewatch episodes.

[@joem2821]

Its March of 2020 and I have been binge watching these for a while now. Wonderful, wonderful series. Very informative and I'm enjoying them immensely.

[@DH007-w2d]

Moi aussi. Still, I wish there were some French translations as my English is getting away... Can't make the difference between a ditch and a pitch. And Phil's accent... Should have a couple of beers with him before watching.

[@tejjensen9402]

I love Sir Tony Robinson's archeology broadcasts. If only they were at least 720p. They deserve it.

[@HaulinWulf]

Watching time team in 2019 and so glad, Reijer uploaded them all! Thanks a lot!

[@kevinquist]

"whacken great wall' - lmao. Phil, you rock.

[@corneliawissing7950]

Sometimes also a 'sodding' great thing. You're right: Phil rocks.

[@charleswhite5713]

Mat is becoming another Phil. The Same Love of Archeology.

[@LordPubeck]

Excellent exhibition of expert 'eyebrows' 15:14

[@lonepilgrim83]

I just love Phil and his accent.

[@psychobartus]

Its quite astonishing how easily Phil Harding fits in as a medieval peasant.

[@emilytritle3603]

You should see the episodes where they do ancient sites. Flints are what make Phil tick.

[@thomaspatton4401]

Yet he still finds a way to stand out. Must be that winning personality.

[@psychobartus]

@@emilytritle3603 oh don't worry I've seen them all. I've also done a bit of flint knapping myself with an experimental archaeologist at university.

[@tifanimartin9683]

New to the show. Perfect for quarantine binge watching. Thanks from Oklahoma.

[@minimaker5600]

Thanks from Wisconsin!

[@ledichang9708]

Last time Tony Robinson was this close to bow and arrows Blackadder shot his #$%^ off.

[@thomasevans5467]

Phil's antidepressants had kicked in by the first day of this filming he was super happy about that pipe stem.

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

Well might if found a piece of pot, found part of a pipe later he's happy😅😊

[@jamesrivis620]

One of our ‘Houses’ at Hereford High School for Boys in the 1959’s was ‘DE CLARE’, the family which controlled the area of these Welsh Marches.

[@fatnsassy99]

@ don't be rude, there's no sense in it.

@@fatnsassy99 i'm not french so I am not being rude...i'm just being a dick

[@poptart6662012]

wow the mist makes the ruins sooo cool looking

[@bolwarracolt1]

Loved this one..... Australia had it on...glad its on youtube

[@joemich4633]

One oft Stuart s best moments!

[@DragonFae16]

Here's an interesting bit of information. Medieval artwork shows both bows with arrows on the left side, like how the guy in this episode shot, and on the right side. And because there were laws that stated every man had to practice with a bow for a set number of hours each week, those artists would have had personal experience with firing bows. Arrows being shot exclusively on the left side of the bow only really became a thing when archery shifted from warfare to a sport. So if someone tried to tell you you can't fire an arrow from the right side of a bow, they're wrong.

[@stannousflouride8372]

Also known as Llangbu Castle, here on Google Earth: 51°40'18.4"N 2°55'13.8"W The keep is still clear but the walls are mostly hidden under the trees.

[@teggwestbrook]

The face that the owner pulls after Phil fires his arrow is absolutely priceless. What a miserable toff

[@zachariasrenateb]

Thank you for bringing these episodes to us. Gap of 3-4 yrs for me minimum. Love these! How can I tell 'Team' how much I enjoy them?

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

Try their _new_ official website with a new(ish) project called *DigVentures.*

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting

[@lordleonusa]

The Welsh are wonderful people. some of the best in Britain

[@stevenholmquist723]

“No we’re not desperate yet, go and have a cup of tea.” - Mick Aston to Tony His way of saying “sit down and shut up”😂

[@boblugaluga100]

Watching in April 2020 during world pandemic covid 19

[@minimaker5600]

Me too! Saving my sanity!

[@corneliawissing7950]

February 2021: still Covid 19.

[@dano4572]

wonderful show and people!

[@jdfireworks1969jd]

Was that the Holy Hand Grenade? Hope there aren’t any killer rabbits nearby!!!

[@zoltanz288]

Rabbits?

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@zoltanz288 Rabbits came to *Britain* with the *Romans* so by the crusades they'd have been common throughout the island as essentially they're vermin. The *_Monty Python and the Holy Grail_* movie has _killer rabbits_ in it but unless you're familiar with *English* humour you probably won't have understood the reference.

[@zoltanz288]

@@philaypeephilippotter6532 haven't seen that. Is holy hand grenade from that movie too?

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@zoltanz288 I think so. It's a fun movie.

[@thomaspatton4401]

suicide hares maybe?

[@mjrussell414]

Totally unrelated to the archaeology, but I wish they would come up with a clothing line inspired by Mick's ubiquitous sweater as a tribute.

[@robinmoore7202]

Marilyn Russell I’d like to have one of the Time Team jackets or T-shirt’s. I’ve seen some for sale online but I have no idea if they’re legitimate sites.

[@Tiger89Lilly]

I have taken to knitting myself a colourful stripy jumper only to get half way through to find it looks just like Mick's by accident 😂😂😂

[@corneliawissing7950]

@@Tiger89Lilly , There was something about Mick's groupies who knitted and donated the jumpers.

[@Tiger89Lilly]

@@corneliawissing7950 it started with one time team was a bit foggy or something so they needed to pick mick out of a crowd so he wore I believe what was an old Christmas jumper his mum gave him one year and ended with loads of fans sending him all sorts of stripy jumpers, hats etc

[@corneliawissing7950]

@@Tiger89Lilly I saw him in one episode with striped socks and in another with striped mittens, too!

[@jamesrivis620]

At the 12fh C Cistercian Abbey at Rievaulx near Helmsley, N. Yorks (from where my Rivis name evolves) they built an amazing ablutions for the monks.In some ways similar to this one , it was built into a passageway, probably visually hidden by large curtains , the wastes fell about 20 feet into a flowing stream and out into the River Rye. Not great by our standards today but incredibly efficient for the 1120’s when the abbey was built !!!

[@barnabyaprobert5159]

How To Speak Hardingese: "Stoil" = "Style" Upon finding an oyster shell, "Wall, sumbuddy wus livin' in stoil."

[@johnemerson1363]

Is that like toity toid and toid street? In english, thirty third and third street.

[@corneliawissing7950]

@@johnemerson1363 , I love Phil's accent ... and his music.

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

. . ."how does it work ?" 🤗🤗🤗 What do you think, Tony ? You poop up there and it falls down here 🤗🤗🤗

[@rosiya189]

“A fighting fortress, or a mother of all gardens” 😂

[@elizabethsheffield6609]

....What is it?"........(puzzled archeologists)..."it's one of those!"

[@dfcvda]

RIP Mick.

[@JonFrumTheFirst]

Every time Phil says 'actually,' take a drink!

[@petenielsen6683]

It takes 7 PhDs in archeology to screw in a light bulb. 3 to agree that what they are about screw in IS a light bulb in the first place and another 3 to agree that what they are about to screw it into IS a lamp! The 7th one is to actually do the job.

[@lilykatmoon4508]

I would adore having a replica of Mick’s hat. I would wear that sh!t every dang day!

[@rider660r]

Did anyone possibly think that picture "Garden of Pleasure" may just as well been a painting of Tregruk when it was in use at that time? Sounds like Elizabeth has a good bit of time "Pleasuring",maybe she was the Madam of the "castle". Not one mention of all the holes in the walls nor any excavation along said wall/s.Hard to believe they somehow missed them...lol They had to have a purpose like a building (row of shanties to do their business in,brothels have a lot of rooms) or possibly bleachers or maybe a stage.

[@JETWTF]

The holes in the walls was from "scaffolding" as the walls were built, common sight on castles since most didn't bother shaping a stone to fit in the hole after the wood beam was removed.

[@corneliawissing7950]

Wish I had Stewart's knowledge of landscape. I tend to struggle the moment I exit by another door that the one I entered by ...

[@SandraNelson063]

There would be lots of music and story telling. I think that in a place like this the bards would be very welcome.

[@nothingtonooneinparticular8500]

Helen is so cute on trying to do the long bow. I went to Uni with stupid girls that thought when I told them "Men are stronger than women due to biological diferences." They'd get so angry they'd cry that what I'd said "Was a lie and a total Social Construct." lol Before I could explain about bone density, stronger attachments for ligaments and muscles....they told me their majors...Most were some sort of lesbian, unicorn, dance theory in Feminist History Studies...My major was Pre-Med...lol

[@semisophisticate63]

I would guess that from the lack of "finds" that the castle was dismantled and the masonry used for other purposes??

[@TheSWolfe]

Agreed - perhaps incorporated into the mansion over the hill? Dismantled parts of cathedrals & abbeys often become lintels, cornerstones, foundations, structural support, even decorative doorway & window-toppings for homes in surrounding villages, so it stands to reason the stonework from w/in Castle Tregruk might find itself repurposed in the manor house, neighboring cottages, & boundary walls.

[@thenewkhan4781]

Ah, Stewart, once again proves he's Holmes of landscapes.

[@WOLFROY47]

how come raksha dave wasnt offered the shizen hausen ? regular viewers will get it

[@karmicpopcorn6440]

That's what I wondered. I know she said it was her favorite type of digging because you find so much, but a really shit job. 😏

[@gregorys6074]

Why not grow/raise your own food in the middle,would take care of safety issues.

[@WOLFROY47]

its obvious, it was to impress the neighbors and confuse the enemy, if they were willing to take on something this size, you could sneak up behind them, from your real base, and trap them against the wall

[@ronaldderooij1774]

I could not quite get how many yards the archer's shot went.

[@fedraescuderohaldane6962]

+Ronald de Rooij 223 yards. Why they are using yards instead of metres is beyond me though.

[@charliebarracuda1251]

Their pottery expert here reminds me of the actor who played Bilbo Baggins in LOTR.

[@WashuHakubi4]

The mighty trowels of Time Team are unleashed upon... a "poo pit." Maybe they should search for evidence of wooden bleachers around the inner walls, the central area being a really nice football field.

[@AlohaMilton]

3000 nails is not a lot of nails. 3000 nails is about enough to make a small to medium small sized backyard skateboard ramp, or a few chicken coups and a fenced enclosure for the chickens. 3000 is small project not major castle. Typical family home can use 250lbs nail order, around 10,000 nails (filled in 5 lbs boxes of nails@200nails per box, 250/5=50 boxes, 50*200=10,000 nails rough estimate for framing and siding). but... maybe the nails are different? maybe for 'castle nails' 3000 is a large number? sort of hate ill defined variables... what does 3000 nails really mean!?!?

[@WOLFROY47]

do you sell nails by any chance ?

[@t.j.payeur739]

All right..another carpenter..I think that they may be talking about really big-ass spikes for large timbers...and all that the archs have to go on is the shopping list..which says "3000 nails"...

[@JETWTF]

@@t.j.payeur739 They didn't nail the framework of any structure together, mortice and tenon joints with a wood peg was how they were done. Nails were really uncommon before the 17th century and quite expensive.

[@nickrich56]

... Tony rubs elbows with the aristocracy so well its no suprize he was knighted.

[@WOLFROY47]

in hackney its called arse kissing

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@WOLFROY47 *Tony* was knighted for his services to archæology, not proctology.

[@phoule76]

Is that Faramir at 47:50?

[@Rebel9668]

I clicked on this episode just to figure out how the sam hill "tregruk" was pronounced, lol.

[@JayFe0]

I guess they seem to think that because they've never seen any evidence to think otherwise. It would be an exciting day if they found a Greek ship in the Hudson or a Roman grave but until that day I think it's safe for archaeologists to work on the assumption ("seem to think") that it didn't happen while being open to evidence if it comes up.

[@psychobartus]

???? Cannot parse this sentence

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

Roughly *_tray-greek_* in northern *Wales* but pronunciation varies a little throughout *Wales.*

[@haroldraby]

Leopararouen; At around 18:00 Phil has two 'Experts' looking at a stone and in a voice-over Tony asks 'How many PHDs does it take to ID a rock, More than 3!' I did not know that Phil has a PHD.

[@WOLFROY47]

never judje a person by their cover, some of the richest people dress like tramps

[@haroldraby]

True, Phil is my man and he always dresses like a prince. It is just that I have been binge watching TT for the last few months and in 17 years of the show I do not remember anyone calling him 'Dr.'.

[@lameesahmad9166]

So what Harold!!! Phil is an excellent presenter and the banter between him and the professionals does make the show come alive. I have seen presentations from boring professors and I can honestly say this series keeps me on the edge of my seat and they certainly do the best they can with the very limited period of three days. I am sure Maximilian that given the normal excavation time on an archaeological dig the team would have been able to give you much more. I have seen footage of digs that take several months or even years. Maybe you should offer up time and become a volunteer on an archaeological dig. I must say when I see the work these guys do I realise that they must be super fit. Actually the thought of doing this amount of heavy work seems quite daunting.

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

I think you mean TONY?

[@mikeowen657]

Many of us dislike the pretensions of people taking that title who can't heal others.

[@lameesahmad9166]

I might be wrong but don't these quick digs set a flag on very rich archaeological sights which can be properly investigated?

[@billie-jobenway8658]

I know that one of the two huge Roman Villas, pretty sure it was Turkdean, has been opened up for further excavation because it's a prime example of a villa that develops over time as finances allow, with new wings added at different times and new buildings built too. If I recall properly, some students are brought there to learn how to recognize and understand the different periods as shown by the archaeology. Turkdean First dig: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6C3gJxvf62lr7M Turkdean second dig: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZO9gGWnlteHsJo Another, Coventry's Lost Cathedral, was taken over by another group of archaeologists after they left and is still ongoing. It is a site of national importance and is incredibly well preserved. Coventry's Lost Cathedral: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIfYoqqwnLSIqM0 Return to Coventry's Lost Cathedral: (the other archaological team is working and Phil assists, Tony narrates. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIfYoqqwnLSIqM0 There are several others but these are the ones I can name right now. Every dig they do is followed up with a detailed report that is filed properly to ensure the information is available for others to work with and build upon.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

*Lamees Ahmad* Most of the *TT* digs _are_ exploratory digs as you suggest. Many of the sites have had long-term digs established and many others have been legally protected.

[@mojostyles1]

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[@henrybeenh7076]

Clells? Quails?

[@wadyano]

why would his family have demolished a 14th century house in the fifties

[@michellearohde]

I know! Sad, isn't it?

[@gregb6469]

It was probably too dilapidated to warrant repair, and too unstable and dangerous to allow to stand.

[@pauliacono6580]

E. Chava Rosenbaum The elites that owned it for many generations want us to think we gladly gave them the power over us. The TRUTH, they forced servitude on us by rape, pillage and torture. All from FRENCH families from Normans etc NOT Brits. NOW we have Germans running the place and look at what state that put us in too.

[@cathjj840]

And who were the Brits? Outsiders of Celtic origin - if you trace them far enough, back to the the west Eursasian steppes (now Russia/Ukrainish), bringing with them their language of the Indo-European family. The ones who replaced the hunter-gatherers who'd been there since the end of the last Ice Age.

[@martynnotman3467]

Inheritance tax was introduced post ww2. It made more economic sense to demolish the houses than pay a load of tax on them

[@areyouavinalaff]

45:42 ooh Helen.

[@Jobotubular]

yes, too bad the Robert Z'Dar look didn't take the world by storm

[@patriciaheil6811]

Knowing about Yr Wythgrug (Mold), I googled around and it means "the tomb mound". "Tre" means homestead or town as part of family names so Tregrug is "homestead mound"?

[@lameesahmad9166]

That would go with the idea of a pleasure dome. Probably the feminine touch. The medieval mansion Plas Newydd, near Llangollen, Ireland was refurbished in 1840 by two ladies. The "Ladies of Llangollen", Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, were two upper-class Irish women whose relationship scandalized and fascinated their contemporaries. They were both spooked by the institution of forced marriages and despite being hounded by their relatives shut themselves away from everyone in their beautiful home and lived together for over 50 years. I have seen footage of Plas Newydd and exquisite is the only description I can give of this home. The rooms are lined with beautiful carved oak paneling. it is elegant but comfortable and soothing not dour and forbidding. A home which was a pleasant retreat and not a statement of power and dominance. And yet the designs they chose for this home were very expensive they obviously had a lot of wealth. Despite the fact that they dressed themselves like the men of the time and scandalized the community they still lived in a home with the distinctive 'Feminine Touch'.

[@lameesahmad9166]

Sorry, I must correct myself. Although Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, were two upper-class Irish women they moved to Wales to live because of the harassment of their family and community. Plas Newydd, is near Llangollen in Wales not Ireland.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@lameesahmad9166 There are loads of places, mostly houses, called *Plas Newydd* in *Wales.* It just means _new place._

[@lameesahmad9166]

@@philaypeephilippotter6532 thanks phil

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@lameesahmad9166 You're very welcome. 😊

[@juliechi6166]

I am sorry just to be learning this. I always assumed he was also an archaeologist. He seemed to very knowledgeable and dedicated.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

Who?

[@juliechi6166]

Ian

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@juliechi6166 Two men called *Ian* drove excavators on *TT.* The older one, *Ian Barclay,* wasn't an archæologist but was one of the most expert excavator drivers in the world - _really._ He also did at least one *Time Team America* as his reputation for archæological work was well-known. The younger one, *Ian Powlesland* (he wears glasses), _is_ an archæologist and a very fine excavator driver too but mostly he's a field archæologist, digging by hand and trowel mostly.

[@jehansanzterre3956]

It rather looks as though the leg belongs to the red clad man behind the lady in question.It's shod with a man's shoe too.Cute reaction to Medieval plaisaunces though.

[@polarisworks]

a real myst-ery :)

[@roberttilson5547]

Is there any sute where you stayed longer than 3 days?

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

*Robert Tilson* The dig on *Nevis* was six consecutive days and a few overran by a day and some of the _specials_ were a bit longer.

[@JonFrumTheFirst]

Tony: How does it work? Camera points up. Did you really have to ask?

[@liztopete9150]

Tony es el jools holland de la arqueología!

[@thomaspatton4401]

If I deciphered that right; No, Tony is not a dutch archaeologist.

[@louisebabcock948]

Is there a 21 season or is it over?

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

Season 20 was the last regular season. A few _extras_ followed. Recently(ish) *_DigVentures_* and a few associated organizations, all crowdfunded, are doing the same kind of thing but in a different way. Just search YT for *DigVentures, DigNation, Time Team* and *TimeTeamDigital.*

[@barnabyaprobert5159]

Surprised that Scarlett is so dressed up to dig in the dirt!

[@cruisepaige]

Barnaby ap Robert she looks like a jackass

[@BushiM37]

Barnaby ap Robert Do think you her collars and cuffs match?

[@tracyroweauthor]

I clicked on this one cuz Matt Williams was in the thumbnail. I totally crush on him, even though he's married to Raksha (in joke)

[@scarletfluerr]

Looks like poor Phil clobbered a finger or two by day three.

[@WOLFROY47]

they keep saying that castles were redundant, but if you had castles with your own cannons, the enemy couldnt even get close

[@deborahparham3783]

The enemy did not need to get close. Just lay siege and starve you out.

[@benediktmorak4409]

Time Team will have to get Phil a new hat?

[@ehagendijk]

This made me laugh out loud! ^^ Sure it weren't Ancient Aliens?

[@cannnr]

Hedge maze?

[@lavillablanca]

This castle was built in order to “bug out” from the active warfare.

[@stevengerhart-rinaldo3366]

Hello too you... Yes indeed have I...! Fantastic historical edu of Great Britain... Lundinium... not many native brits even know the roman occupation was over three hundred years... amazing... the earth works from a Bronze Age trackway... to the roman straight roads and Hadrians walll.... excuse my poor grammar... terrible. Love Mic, R.I.P. I was fortunate enough to have stumbled across this channel 4 gem.. BBC brass must have shifted when this series took off... I'm sure there is still some I'll will between BBC and Ch 4. Tony.. now a sir... sir tony Robinson... watch the first season.. my how you can observe Tony's wardrobe and personal hygiene time warp ... first season... they all look like it was shot in the 80's not the late nineties.... ya...look... look.. The "Look" Mic's favourite words while he gets worked up over earth works from the air... You had to know things where going well when the Land Rovers and helicopters.... oh Mic, what he could have done with a drone...

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

*Organized Chaos* Just so you know, it's *Londinium.* No grief, just information.

[@richarddury1]

@@philaypeephilippotter6532 Early spelling was Lundinium, hence the modern pronunciation, but medieval scribes changed 'u' to 'o' when next to 'm', 'n', or 'v' (written 'u'), as in 'money', 'monk', 'love', to make words easier to read.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@richarddury1 It was rarely *_Lundinium,_* it was more usually *Londinium* as actual *Roman* writing shows.

[@richarddury1]

@@philaypeephilippotter6532 You're right, it was Londinium for the Romans, so any reference to the Roman city should be in that form. Your correction was right, while I deviated to later Lund- forms. This later history is not without interest. From the Wikipedia article on "The Etymology of London", It seems that Celtic (and local) Lon- (from which the Roman form derives) must have changed in its pronunciation to Lun- (the form found in all the Anglo-Saxon examples). The post Anglo-Saxon change in _spelling_ from Lun- to Lon- does not reflect a change back in pronunciation but is a medieval scribal change-like "munc" to "monk". Pronunciation remained unchanged until the 17th century change in the pronunciation of the vowel, but now (the language being standardized and spelling fixed) the spelling continuing with the medieval form independently of how people were speaking.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@richarddury1 I had the advantage of having seen legitimate *Roman* artefacts in *London.* For nearly sixty years I've lived no more that 35 miles from *Westminster Abbey.*

[@bitsnpieces11]

Can someone help me with this one? Where is England vs Britain vs Great Britain vs UK?

[@rogerwilco2]

+bitsnpieces11 (Great) Britain is the biggest island of the British Islands. England, Scotland and Wales are three countries situated (mostly) on this big island. Ireland is the second biggest island, it contains the countries of Ireland and and Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales together form most of the United Kingdom as they all have the same Monarch. There are a few more bits and bobs to the UK, like Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands. There are also a lot of smaller British Islands, the Isle of Man for example.

[@bitsnpieces11]

Fantastic. Answers my question perfectly and solves some problems I was having. Mucho thanks.

[@WOLFROY47]

typical, dont mention cornwall, as if it didnt have its own language border and culture, thats, like never mentioning the chinese who helped build the railway

[@cruisepaige]

LMGTFY

[@cruisepaige]

LMGTFY

[@Orxenhorf]

Nah, gotta disagree with Stewart. You don't put two entrances into your castle if you're trying to keep it secure.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

When your castle ceases to be defensive you find that a single entrance is extremely inconvenient.

[@brianhaskard1042]

What has happened to Helen's hair?

[@Jobotubular]

it's not just here; see earlier episodes for others just as bad if not worse

[@pozelenore880]

i think tony is yelling at me when he speaks

[@cruisepaige]

Poze Lenore yes! I love the show but sometimes I can’t take being yelled at by Tony.

[@thomaspatton4401]

Sometimes Tony gets a little excited and forgets to maintain his "indoor" voice. One would think that as a professional presenter he would have a bit better control. I would theorize that his actor side is causing him to be a bit over dramatic. But then this is only speculation.

[@WOLFROY47]

what i dont understand is, you have the owner standing there, he wants to know what happened on HIS land, so whos saying you cant dig ? bureaucracy gone mad, or as phil would say, get offa our land and wipe your feet when you leave

[@laurentf9848]

It's a 'scheduled monument', in other words, protected. Same principle as 'listed' buildings. Doesn't matter who owns it, there are rules governing what the owner can do with it, just as there are rules about what uses you can or cannot put your land to.

[@MylesNicholas]

Too bad the landowner couldn't spray the entire site with glyphosate 2 weeks before Time Team turned up.

[@teggwestbrook]

Seems a shame that they spent so much time looking for the entrance during the programme. Could have done it before and saved a lot of faffing around. In any case, that guy from English Heritage is really good at his job, and of course, Mick. RIP

[@joegill3612]

Tony, I know it's fashionable to slag the English off for everything especially at the Beeb but the de Clares were Norman I believe. Their language would have been French. They were not English. People like them didn't even start speaking English until about 1400. So give it a rest please. Call a Norman a Norman because that's what they were.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

*joe gill* It's a *Channel 4* production and most of the *Normans* in *England* and *Wales* could speak *English* well before 1400.

[@undeadtacticalsquad]

by god I think they've found camaleot

[@gaylewright5320]

Phil needs a new sweater.

[@cruisepaige]

Maybe she means Mick, who apparently only has one sweater.

[@deborahparham3783]

​@@cruisepaigeMick had several of those sweaters. One of them had vertical stripes instead of the usual horizontal. There were differences in color schemes and stripe patterns.

[@maddog2771]

Saw this in October 2019

[@uw1955]

In former episodes the tactic of many trenches might have worked out something . in the end. In the last ones I can't see any real good results. Instead of spreading the activities the should have concentrated them on two trenches and then dig carefully over these three days. That's not archaeology at its best, that is butchering the place and again too much talking about history. That should have been done at the end when something real interesting may have appeared in the trenches.

[@neonskyline1]

Series 17 really was the end of TT

[@skippyroo7597]

18 I say

[@readmycomment3157]

Agree, can't even watch them after 17. The music, exiting and new presenters ruined it.

[@jamesschaarschmidt7713]

5/2/2020

[@w.g.hunter1300]

5/2/2020 (2)

[@keeshoogtevrees-jv9ps]

​@@w.g.hunter13005/2/2020

[@島-o8q]

No, we re not desperate yet, go and have a cup of tea. classy way of saying just go chill out bro

[@theedrstrangelove]

Knock all this shit down and grow food for people to eat. Who cares about some family centuries ago who owned most people in their sphere.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

*theedrstrangelove* If a people don't learn from history then they die.

[@mver191]

This has been build by alien skeletons...

[@resistradio4489]

8:30 Attention Brits. Will you please open your mouths when you speak?

[@BJ-bi9xv]

yes tony you're not an archeologist, but you sure like trying to make them look foolish. Sometimes tony your sarcastic remarks are uncalled for and not nice!