Time Team S20-E09 The Lost Castle of Dundrum

Tony and the Team search for the remains of a renegade knight's Norman castle in one of Northern Ireland's most picturesque spots.
King John sent John de Courcy to Ireland in 1170 as part of his invasion force, but de Courcy rebelled against his king's orders, instead establishing his own small kingdom and building a fine castle to defend it. King John refused to tolerate his disobedience and sent the loyal Hugh de Lacy across the Irish Sea to defeat him.
De Courcy's castle was rebuilt, and much of its replacement is still standing. But the experts are convinced that some of what remains dates from de Courcy's time, and the archaeologists set out to find the lost structures.
As they survey and dig within the huge castle walls, the Team are in for a big surprise. It seems the site was occupied by tribal chiefs for many centuries before anyone had even heard of the Normans...

[@GrahamCLester]

Tracey Smith is another unsung hero. Digging away for years, usually without much recognition.

[@jeffburnham6611]

The Time Team keeps small village pubs from having to go out of business lol.

[@maeve4686]

Stewart really is a find. I've watched this series thru at least 7x in the last 15months. I'm now doing my watching in Reverse, starting at se20. In the first few episodes he's figured out its site placement & what the site actually is. It will be fun to see everyone grow younger...wish I could reverse my 67 years. Along with TT favorite "Digger Man", Dr. Phil Harding, Archaeologist & ale drinker...

[@tpseeker3367]

Started over on TT ch & went backwards there then I seen someone post this ch. Started off from the beginning. Funny watching them get young then old. Nonetheless I still seem to catch new things I missed before. Enjoy

[@Invictus13666]

You do understand he never earned a PhD, yes?

[@JeffreyAu1]

HAHAHA! Phil at 11:25 with Paul Blinkhorn. His verbal expression sounded just like Homer Simpson. :) Phil is my favorite regular of the show and Paul is my favorite specialist.

[@jeanneamato8278]

I can’t get enough of this. Bring it back. We need more historic and intelligent tv

[@rebelinreb402]

Shush up Nancy shush you're mouth besides you might actually learn something and that's completely unacceptable you are but a mere pleeb

[@pieternoordenbos]

Three weeks ago I had never heard of this program and now I have watched all the episodes in this playlist. Great television ppl.

[@makrsk09]

Addicting, isn't it?

[@dr.douglaswilde1155]

Stuart isn't only educated, he's intuitive. The 'Landscape Whisperer'... Now a Professor. Well done!

[@evilcanofdrpepper]

Fucking Stewart man, half the time he is full of crap though and can you honestly tell me you see that "mysterious curve" in Tracey's trench? The Geo-Phys is visible just after14:22 and then they draw the curve onto the map. I can see a triangle that is adjacent to the curve much better than the curve its self!

[@joshschneider9766]

Do you have a doctorate? Decades of practical field walking experience? If not... Sssshhhh.

[@quackaddict2203]

@@evilcanofdrpepper I dunno. I can totally see what they're seeing.

[@pieternoordenbos]

He is wrong most of the time. I fully agree.

[@penguine342]

I love how enthusiastic Francis is!

[@minimaker5600]

He's too manic at times for me :o(

[@alanparks7919]

I have no idea how many times I’ve toured Dundrum Castle, so this is fascinating to me. We’ve explored every part of it, wondering what it was like in its glory. Great video!

[@325aliceI]

I'm really craving a Guinness now...thanks Time Team🍻

[@WickedFelina]

I LOVE Phil. He and Tony are the BEST!

[@CaptainAMAZINGGG]

Facts. I quite adore Stewart as well.

[@poponachtschnecke]

Ahhh... so relaxing. Time Team got me through the end of my abusive relationship.

[@cathe8282]

I love how Tony's gone from "you've found nothing!" in earlier episodes, to actually imagining a whole building on the side of the guard wall based on the existence of a toilet hole ( 19:30 ish) They haven't even geophys-ed there yet but he is perfectly on board to believe there was a building. I love this newer, enthusiastic Tony and wished it came earlier.

[@ja-naihibbs7095]

I just found this series and I’ve been binging it since I can’t go anywhere right now

[@midqualitygaming3498]

hats off the ladies with the shovels. moving earth is deceptively exhausting.

[@DragonFae16]

Horses in the Norman period were only about the size of ponies. Still intimidating for people who had never face cavalry before, but nowhere near as tall as the horse shown in the episode.

[@dano4572]

Thursday.2/13/2020. beautiful people and show. i can't get enough of these videos!

[@valoberhofer621]

As an Aussie who accidentally stumbled on Reijer Zaaijer's site, l am so very grateful to him for making these shows available to us. Love, just love them! How I wish I had the opportunity to become an archeologist, but there's nothing to dig up in Australia! Maybe in my next life. Thanks Reijer.

[@CologneCarter]

What is it with all you people outside Europe with European roots? You may or be not in Australia on your own free will. But anyway you do live in a country with natives that left their marks behind. So there is stuff to dig up and study. And I bet there is a ton of stuff to dig up from the earlier centuries of European settlement in Australia too and there certainly is stuff to ponder and study. I can't imagine that everything is already dug up and recorded. Actually, I wonder if the large areas that are not inhabitable have been always that way or if there is stuff to discover.

[@MrHoot50]

CologneCarter Definitely lots of European stuff to dig up. Just out of my back gate are remains of gold diggings, mullock heaps etc for instance. Anything that is Indigenous Australian is usually considered to be a sacred site so digging is not allowed.

[@ellethekitten]

CologneCarter Perhaps you are just being quarrelsome. My mother grew up in Nevada and certainly there were arrowheads and burials that were occasionally discovered but it was frowned upon for white people to dig these sites up. The protocol was to inform a government department, who would inform the native tribes of the area to go and get it. There is nothing wrong with finding the different types of Archeology more interesting than others. I generally don't find per-historic archeology very interesting. That is not to say I value their culture less, I just like the artifacts of a different time period more interesting.

[@voberhofer4176]

CologneCarter Australia has a history of native aborigines only. They were hunters, gatherers, so almost nothing except rock drawings to see. Only aboriginals are allowed to touch anything belonging to them. Middens - shells,etc. Anything else is under 200yrs old.Thought your comment a little testy for a lighthearted comment!

[@EdwinHenryBlachford]

well yes Val.. sort of. But my digs of old Cobb & Co stopping points has been fascinating. One was manned by Chinese guys.. and I found iron water pipes providing irrigation from a spring to a market garden.. and the remains of what must be the first Chinese restaurant in Australia. A lot of Australian archeology is on Crown Land, so is not subject to legislation. In my work shirt, I was employed to dig up every siding on the old Ghan line and document it - which sites are protected by heritage laws. However, a huge deserted homestead in the desert was the most interesting, and this is available ( at this stage ) for amateur investigators. I recommend you get to your library and start searching.. in a big empty place anything interesting that happens is written about. For example, there are so many un-discovered shipwreck sites on the Australian coastal beaches that history is certainly being lost. But prepare well, for Australia is big enough to kill you just from remoteness

[@polara1se]

I absolutly love Phil´s dialect and his oh and ah´s

[@crinoid1919]

As a Chef who has worked in the film/TV production industry for many years I LOVED seeing the lunch line bit. That's what I did! :D

[@Pauldjreadman]

Yes, they have never said that before about reopening previous digs when there are restricted on a listed sight. You learn something every day.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

*Paul* I seem to remember *Mick Aston* making an elliptical reference to it but I certainly don't remember any other reference to it. But the archæologists must have known.

[@aaarrrggghhhh]

The geophys always looks like a QR Code to me. How they see such detail sometimes is highly impressive.

[@scottinWV]

Baldrick's cunning plan: Star in his own show for many years and be knighted!

[@meatfoot4803]

Scottie Johnson 👍🏼

[@animerlon]

And it worked! 😁

[@12412...]

26.45 Francis!! You've been ignoring me all day Francis!!! Omg i love Phil

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks so much for posting.

[@cjw2661]

I love this series !!! I think I've seen all the episodes a couple of times over. ALWAYS see something I missed

[@elizabethschaeffer9543]

Watching Time Team is like reading a classic book. Once is not enough.

[@getin3949]

I realize this program is no longer running but I find it unsettling that this team wasn't able to do more than just scratch the surface of many locations. I would have liked to have seen the team start a project and have a minimum of a year to complete an area of interest. To have to rebury a half discovered site must also be a bit frustrating for these people. I do enjoy this program immensely and appreciate the upload. Many thanks.

[@billsmith3042]

In reading about the show, it seems that in many places they dig there are “official” archaeologists who follow up when possible, but the main purpose of the show really ended up being to raise awareness of the rich opportunities in Britain for sites, and also fundraising. Its very expensive to do serious archeology. In these two areas the show has been successful.

[@phillgreenland2390]

None of these folks would be available for a long period of time.

[@robertcaffrey6097]

I completely agree with you, it was such a fantastic programme but only scratched at the surface of centuries of history. The powers that be should be making a new version of the Time Team and take the time to explore history in comprehensive forensic detail. Bring back Time Team.

[@canuzzi]

@@robertcaffrey6097 Well, it's quite more expensive to make a TV series over an longer lasting excavation. Not only Archology is expensive but also filming - you had to have huge teams over an extensive time at the dig - as you never know, when you will unearth the good stuff. The idea for the three day digs was exactly due to open up archology for the TV consumer - as they did know, you can get a lot in these three days together.

[@sheilaghbrosky]

Mick Aston wanted to expose archeology to the public. It is very expensive to dig holes all over the place. Time Team had the resources and experts to do so many digs. What they discovered could be used by other people to do more extensive work for less. Also they have found a lot of sites newly discovered and are protected now. In other episodes the team has helped other digs to add their expertise and knowlege as at Stone Henge and the site where the wounded military were digging as a therapy modality.

[@kimjameson7979]

What a hoot to watch and I've got to believe Phil would be a joy to work with. If serious archaeology can be fun, then I'm all for it. Slanja, or as I'm fond of toasting, "To today's companionship and tomorrow's reunion."

[@ronaldderooij1774]

Kim Jameson Agreed. He is a sriking character. I wonder where his accent comes from. Even his accent seems ancient.

[@Exiledk]

I think you'll find that's "Wiltshire". I was born in the next county, Somerset. The accents are very similar. Shades of what is known as 'Middle English', from the middle ages.

The best toast is "No witnesses".

[@vincerussett7922]

One Somerset toast I often use is..'Yur's to the hroof of thee wold house. May 'n never fall in, and may they woss under 'n never fall out!'. For non-Somerset speakers - 'Here's to the roof of your old house: may it never fall in, and may those dwelling under it never disagree!' It sounds good over hot spiced cider on a freezing cold winter's night...

[@triciabarr4620]

I miss this being on TV...thanks for the uploads

[@VikingRhys]

And right after this excellent programme when it was broadcast was "Deal or No Deal"............. and that's why we all come to KZbin so we can avoid the shit drying mundane of programmes like "Deal or No Deal".......

[@moxiebombshell]

Haha, just yesterday watched an episode on here recorded off TV that ended with the voiceover "Stay tuned for the Wife Swap grand finale!" 😅

[@spacewater7]

Or The Simpsons, Desperate Housewives, etc.

[@VikingRhys]

@@spacewater7 absolutely correct! Lol

[@joshschneider9766]

@@VikingRhys I have to admit sometimes watching that show on KZbin too. For me a moderate bit of brain Candy's ok. The brain is a muscle. Like it's counterparts it needs down time to rebuild and grow and evolve no?

[@Rbattam]

Can't believe how much that guy knows about identifying pottery, awesome from the materials and style of that 1 shard he could tell where it was from and what age. Awesome

[@Pauldjreadman]

Pauls bloody good. One of my favourite experts

[@Byrod1]

Well , I would like another expert to agree with his wizardry.If you would put each in two separate rooms give the shard to one ask to write opinion then give the same shard to the other then compare what they wrote, we all would be shocked and amazed as to what we would read, each of us from very different reasons ha ! ha !

[@joshschneider9766]

@@Byrod1 the ability to teach someone to be that good at ceramics archaeology is why all trenches must be documented in very careful detail and all spoil heaps are sifted and why sometimes hand digging is a must.

[@Byrod1]

@@joshschneider9766 You seems to know how good he is, not sure you responding to my point at all, you seems confused.

[@joshschneider9766]

@@Byrod1 my point is his expertise is directly derived from the consensus of thousand of people in thousands of different rooms over centuries of observational analysis.

[@MountainGram112]

Had to laugh out loud at Matt; they always get him doing such crazy stuff.

[@iDuckman]

I do wish Victor was still here to draw for us.

[@scarletfluerr]

The watercolor illustrations are Victor's work. Check the credits, he's there. He's just not on camera.

[@Axgoodofdunemaul]

What I like about this series is its emphasis on careful archaeology instead of "wow." Perhaps people who see it will refrain from messing up ancient sites.

[@cathe8282]

I agree! And the previous episode showed what happens when few of the questions are answered even when you have finds.

[@captaintyrrell6428]

29:00-30:00- Phill: The historical records show that medieval Englishmen were heavy drinkers but the Irish valued sobriety... Irishman:What are you trying to say?? Phill and company: Ha Ha Ha Ha! Gotta love the Time Team.

[@jenamyallen]

They do make me smile

[@marcblack1]

Time Team For Ever.... So many from T.T. being a great part of today's version of this show, kind kf hard to be watching season 20's finale episodes...

[@gregb6469]

Of course there is pre-Norman use of the site, because the advantages of the location seen by the Normans would have been seen by earlier Irish leaders.

[@rigidheddleweaving]

I miss Victor's sketches.

[@clipclop4658]

Reading the credits it says "Illustrations Victor Ambrus" So he was still there drawing those wonderful pictures that we saw throughout the episode. In 2013 he was coming up for 78 years of age so maybe he chose to keep more in the background

[@JuleyC]

@@clipclop4658 That is exactly it, he chose to remain at home and draw. Phil mentioned it in a Q&A at a DigVentures event.

[@hipcat13]

I bet Tony's got "a cunning plan"!

[@phyllisbowen3698]

I have been binge watching this fellows videos and they are so great. I love the guys with long shaggy hair. Waht an interesting place.

[@Lurker1979]

BBC needs to do an international version with Tony Robinson hosting it.

[@gregb6469]

No doubt there are dozens, if not hundreds, of sites all through Europe needing Time Team treatment!

[@susansmith7831]

Except this wasn't a BBC program, it was Channel 4

[@Anhorish]

@@susansmith7831 Like the BBC channel 4 is publicly owned television which is why such programming is possible.

[@flyingdutchman4794]

@@Anhorish As a diehard libertarian I hate to admit it, but you are, in large part, correct. The slow-motion auto-da-fe of the US History Channel is a sad object lesson.

[@richardphillips6281]

@@Anhorish I don't think C4 is publicly owned but a commercial station dependant on advertisers for their income. They took a big risk in creating TT but it worked well for 20 years and did a lot for the image and impact of archaeology in UK and other countries. Just a shame that the viewer numbers fell away in the last few series leading to the programmes cancellation. But the positive effects of TT are still being felt and a new TT together with Patreon are in preproduction for a new series.

[@TheBeetress]

In many other time team episodes they refer to 'myths' not just when they are refering to the Irish. I take the meaning as a verbal story that has been handed down (that has no documented written evidence). they are not implying that the myth was a fabricated story. In fact by the end of the dig they have pretty well proven that the myth of a meeting place/feasting hall did exist there.

[@getin3949]

Unfortunately much of history is still mere conjecture. Look at how incorrect people were about dinosaurs, from new information they are discovering today.

[@bevinbrush4822]

When Phil "How Lovely" Must have been a pint. Man after my own heart.

[@pattimartin7250]

sweet grey horse!!

[@Rbattam]

It's not an insult its a fact, when someone has better technology they are superior, not meaning they are better humans (this is not what they mean), they are talking about being superior in warfare in technology, which is true, metal beats cloth, its just fact here, no bullshit.

[@deberamorrisonhoward9545]

I enjoy this show.

[@CarlEastvold]

Always interesting:

[@jStevieO1]

One of the very few Round/circular Norman keeps in Ulster , overlooking where Brunels largest evermade ships stranding on Dundrums sandbanks

[@twstf8905]

OMG "While this is all very impressive, I fancy a cup of Earl Grey!" she said lol It's like the Director said, "Say something EXTREMELY British!" ☕

[@emilyche1101]

And then they have fish and chips for lunch... 😁

[@ExUSSailor]

now, that setting is what I call "idyllic"!

[@pixelpatter01]

8:36 Henry "stepped in, sending over Norman knights to restore order". Oh thank goodness! What would those Irish Kingdoms do without all the beneficial help from over the sea?

[@Morningstar-xz5bl]

now we have the marxist globalist elites stepping in and instead of spears they use lgbqtxyz as their weapon to guilt us all into sbmission and mass migration as the new planters, God Bless Eire, watch the Irish Patriot for the truth and fight back

[@Shaden0040]

Loving the fact you'ved used Tony Robbins as the host. Baldrick rocks on!

[@getin3949]

He was a dandy of a Dogsbody wasn't he. Hilarious series.

[@denisewaukau3478]

I got hooked on your videos..Love to hear your English accents..still though, the finding are interesting ..Thanks for including your Dis/ Veterans...We send our Native Veterans to sweet lodge to spiritually clean the War off their Mind, body, and Soul. Many caucasion Veterans are also .

[@beastshawnee4987]

Denise Waukau You accidentally spelled it sweet lodge rather than sweat lodge...but just so people understand you meant a sweat lodge (like a sauna with prayer)... ❤️

[@oni_goroshi]

@@beastshawnee4987 im glad you corrected that. im sure everyone struggled to decipher what she said. you saved the day.

[@MezMcG]

Go Team De Lacy. (My ancestors!)

[@christosvoskresye]

15:50 Their point is somewhat undermined by the claim that a man with no armor can pick up the crucifix off the altar and use it to beat 13 armored men to death.

[@mikkelnpetersen]

2:54 That little trick/rule that can be exploited with a smile

[@elizabethschaeffer9543]

I love Francis Pryor. I'd not want to be married to him--and my sympathy to Maisie--but from this distance his enthusiasm is charming.

[@aflashylege]

26:44 Phil at his best😂

[@stannousflouride8372]

The Norman castle is here on Google Earth: 54°15'44.8"N 5°50'43.4"W Dromena Cashel is here: 54°14'18.2"N 5°59'23.2"W And I was unable to find a published report but here's Francis Pryor's blog post about it (with some production details you may find interesting): pryorfrancis.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/time-team-series-20-my-first-episode-rig-day-20/

[@haroldraby]

Stannous Flouride; I am nearing the end of the series and I wanted to say thank you again. It is nice that I can just highlight the numbers and ask Google to show me the maps. After this I will watch all of the specials and other things that I have saved from these comments.

[@cjamthepatricianakabilldoo7852]

Matt’s life insurance must have been massive

[@raunothomas]

Raksha seems to have a really good touch. Mostly she has saved the show, when almost nothing have found. I am not commenting this certain episode/digg.

[@aurktman1106]

rauno thomas moss she has been awesome for this series!

[@NickRatnieks]

Henry II was not King of Ireland- he was termed Lord of Ireland as his position was supposedly granted by the Pope. When Henry VIII broke with Rome he then changed his title from Lord to King.

[@teutonalex]

I devour these like a hungry man his dinner

[@iamauntmeem]

What are those lovely red flowers everywhere?

[@glorialaverty8487]

The flowers are purple valerian, they are coastal wild flowers known locally as drunken sailor.

[@iamauntmeem]

@@glorialaverty8487 Thank you!

[@SedatedandRestrained]

Thanks for adding all these videos Reijer Zaaijer, I live in the States (let the jokes commence) and love the sheer history in Europe. Nowhere here can you go find something 800 years old built by civilized people. This is really an interesting show to me, Ive watched about 10 episodes already!

[@CologneCarter]

Did you just confuse civilized with sophisticated? There is enough ancient history in the US to keep archaeologists busy for a long time and it was built by civilized people who lived in village like structures like the people in long gone areas in Europe. They may not be your ancestors, but they did shape the part of the world they lived in a they left marks behind. Left to their own devices who knows what they might have achieved by now.

[@ellethekitten]

CologneCarter Living in Canada, I think I can agree with the original poster's sentiments. Certainly, there is archeology in Canada and paleontology too. But its not accessible to people in the same way as it is in England. Nobody steps outside into their garden here and finds an Anglo-saxon burial or a roman villa.

[@hilaryc3203]

Michelle Em m. ditto. Whilst there is first nations history in areas of Canada, unless you are of the First Nations, it doesn't hold your attention to long; there is no timeline of civilization development. In my first year of Uni my archeology prof had us making arrowheads and it was dead boring, but to go to Europe and stand where my antecedents were for thousands of years and be literally surrounded by tangible evidence of "my" developing civilization is fascinating. My UK relatives pulled all sorts of "treasures" out to their gardens and you could go stand in a 700 or 800 yr old building or in the midst of ruins that have been there for eons. I know if I climb the mountain peaks around Banff I will find fossilized sea critters, but that's not exactly accessible.

[@ellethekitten]

Interesting comment. Are you in Alberta. i studied at u of A 15 years ago. Im in Toronto now but I miss Alberta.

[@hilaryc3203]

Michelle Em m. No, I'm on the west coast, although I did live in Edmonton for a little while. It wasn't for me; too windy and too flat. I guess you always carry with you that love for the place in which you were raised, so back to BC I came. The only thing of Alberta I still have is an arrow from one of the Plains First Nations from the 1800s. Cheers.

[@lorenfulghum2393]

that knight is one of my people! get off my lawn!

[@MezMcG]

De Lacy or De Courcey? De Lacy's one of mine!

[@mch12311969]

I adore Cassie

[@FalconRiverArtemisArchery]

My sister lives in the village of Dun Drum

[@tylerfreeman5041]

33:34 "No Castle here," As she is surrounded by a castle and keep. This is why I miss Calgary.

[@BlackIjs]

Can see why it would take 5 years to capture the site. Impressive.

[@mikeburgess944]

At 46:50, doesn't that rock look like a face?

[@justpassingthrough9887]

Fascinating! I'd like to know..... what happens to the diggings once they finished? Are the trenches and earlier finds (like the newly discovered hall) reburied and filled in? It would be a shame if that was the case, with the earlier structures.

[@scarletfluerr]

Think about how much the technology in archaeology has changed in the last 40 years, think how it will change in the next 40 years. By preserving what they've discovered they will in fact be giving the chance for archeologists of the future to discover more.

[@richardphillips6281]

Recording, reinstatement and tidying up are completed on the Monday according to Francis on a link in these comments. Sometimes another organisation carries on the excavation but mostly the reports are filed with Wessex Archaeology for future reference.

[@tracewilliams616]

Get with it Tony! Hahahhaahaaaa....Regards, Phil.

[@animerlon]

"I'm going to give you a C12 lesson on. ...well, ... death" 😁

[@bethbartlett5692]

Emotional ... The findings of the deep History, the natural landscape, the early bone pen, and the wildflowers randomly scattered upon the ruins, each and more tugged at my heartstrings, reminding me of my Human lineage, and the feelings moved me to tears. Theres so little true History content, (that which I can feel as facts, free of Mainstream Academic influe for their Paradigm, the Political Influenced story, and the resulting residual energies of learned prejudices that are so evident through feelings of the attitudes, opinions, and observable through faces and time. ("Attitudes and actions speak so loudly, I cant hear a word you say." - Carole Cole) The most pristine of unveiled Archaeology: those gorgeous dry rock works, breathtaking, just stunning Mason type of craftsmanship. Beth Tennessee, USA Irish American, of County Kerry lineage. PS: Every Individual has a born tight to know who they are, their lineage History, the facts of the bloodline, their family, their Peoples and the true story of the past. It is a symptom of attempt to control, the forcing of a History/Ancient History "Paradigm" upon the present, one that is obvious in its ill fitting of the knowns, and alo not obvious in many instances. This is "Why" it is so bery important for Academics to follow the "Standards of Science and Research" (inc: "Mind fully Open free of any predetermined Beliefs, Theories, Opinions, allowing the Research Methodologies to extract the greater facts,", and to recognize ehen one is straying from the Standards, particularly when they feel pressured to do so, by the threat of Peers, and of potential loss of positions and reputation. This is a very real situation (around truth, facts), and it is far more than unethical, it has serious potentials of the very few, the 1% of the 1%, holding an influence that continues to degrade freedoms. It isn't Theory when Facts are evident, and the subject of common use of "Conspiracy Theory" used in an intentional manner of Judging one as inept or weak minded, it a News Media's created Judgemental Attitude that serves only the one whom wishes to continue their acts. It merely requires one to be free in their Thoughts, free of "what others think", for all of our power is fully found in our own Thoughts (ref: "Universal Law of Attraction") Know your worthiness, be steadfast in it.

[@michaelboyd3943]

A bout 5 feet down to the flat rocks in the stairs to the basement of this sight

[@Zyworski]

I've never seen anyone get so excited about finding a shit chute before. Although the guesses are educated pretty much everything they are saying about prior architecture is conjecture. The concept of siege warfare can be appealing to some people who have that hunker down mentality. Being in a secure location affords one the luxury of engaging ones opponents at the most inopportune of times. Watching all these castle videos makes me want to see an accurate motion picture portrail of siege warfare.

[@nickes6168]

No Neil ( so far )....I could dance a merry jig. In fact, I will. Get ready neighbors....It's the Francis Pryor jig.

[@Rbattam]

its actually hilarious that you get upset over medieval history hahaha. This period was a dog eat dog world , if you were soft, or if you didn't have the right technology to match the best armies, or diplomacy skills, you got dominated.

[@glutinousmaximus]

... "Help, Help, I'm being oppressed!"

[@spacewater7]

I find it ironic that the caschel Tony visits around 37 minutes now has a fence around it to keep the livestock OUT rather than in.

[@AD-kv9kj]

Why is it that when they find more of an ancient structure such as this that they just cover it all up again? Wouldn't it be better to uncover the entire site once they find evidence of more under the earth?

[@berthayling1032]

Well, I s'pose one argument for reburying everything is that it's protected from the elements by the layer of soil -- protected from erosion due to rain, airborne pollutants, cracking due to heating and cooling cycles, etc. Too, as Tony & Co have noted over the years, archaeology -- digging things up -- is by its very nature destructive, and there could easily be stuff discoverable in years to come with new technology that we just can't see or anticipate right now, so the idea is to leave some stuff for future archaeologists to unearth.

[@cathjj840]

Protection from vandals...and tourists, which is about the same thing, as well. Just keep watching this series and reading the comments. You'll find out all the why's and wherefore's.

[@gratefulchildren]

I wonder if there is a book one can buy of Victor's illustrations?

[@gratefulchildren]

Just checked Amazon and found several publications of Victor's illustrations. Yay!

[@Reneelwaring]

I would have sent divers down in the cistern to see what might have been lost down there.

[@jan-eriktrres3654]

I suppose the both bows would have gone farther in real life as the old archers would be better at it than these guys hehe ;-)

[@connorfullerton2626]

Slainte!

[@FalconXit]

The Irish would have called the knights horse dinner. Take down the mount, then mass the rider.

[@johnhayes8557]

Despite horse meat being taboo, "Geas" amongst most of the Gael. But then, perhaps another myth? One of my north Irish ancestors slew the Brown Earl "in fer fait," in other words, in a fair match. Though the Earl had plenty of steel, he had not the nerve or the moves, Alas, poor Norman.

[@jw9939]

Poor Matt😂

[@MrGoat47]

crap i thought the archer dude was mick for a sec

[@bethbartlett5692]

*Slainte'* 🍸 (Irish American - lineage: County Kerry) ...Murphy of course. 🍀🍸🍀

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

Cheers for that!

[@bethbartlett5692]

@@philaypeephilippotter6532 😉🍀

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@bethbartlett5692 My great-grandmother, whom I do just remember, came from the *Dingle* peninsula but my *USA* forebears came from *Scandinavia* and *Scotland.* Good job I like *Scotch* whisky, *Oban* for preference! 🙃

[@bethbartlett5692]

@@philaypeephilippotter6532 😘 I love Single Malt Scotch and Red Breast Irish Whiskey (Pure Pot Still)

[@nightlightabcd]

NO warier with two javelins are going to throw both of them at a distance at a horse mounted charging aggressor. they would throw one when the aggressor is near and kept the other for close in fighting, unless they also had sward, and even then might well use the sward and javelin as close in weapons, using the javelin like a sward! The warier on the ground with a javelin has some advantage because of the longer reach of the javelin and that he would impale the horse, bringing down the aggressor and then the defender would impale the aggressor while he was struggling with his mount! Also, the Irish arrows might not impale chain mail but could pierce the horse with no trouble then they would assault the aggressor! Of course, nothing is ever that straight forward or that simple, for example there would be mass knights supported by infantry and bowmen as well as masses of defenders as well with much the same weapons! At any rate, no warier with any sense at all is going to throw away his weapons, leaving him defenseless! warier that stupid deserves to die as well as his Sargent should be reprimanded for not training him better! If this is a example of how the Irish fought, no wonder they were slaughtered! Of course, one does not kiil horses needlessly, as horses are a valuable as booty, much like having Lear jet today!

[@dothedewinme]

Are they actually suggesting neither bow could shoot 100 yards...?

[@kevingee4294]

Jordan Zacher no,she was using meters

[@eimhingalvin8864]

Trow the java lín at the Mount

[@michaelstevens3479]

LOST? oh well finders keepers.

[@Kosmopoli]

27:29 "soize"

[@Kosmopoli]

@Roy Polloi Thank you for identifying the accent. I live in Wisconsin and have a different accent so it sounds funny to me, but very interesting!

[@chriswarren1618]

I see the Normans, in their Wisdom, didnt stay around here, very long. Like me, they found it boring, or rather Humdrum.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

Groan here.

[@benediktmorak4409]

and as usual -3 days only -....

[@harperoconnor5285]

Anyone know if John de Courcy was related at all to William de Courcy (1140-1185)? I'm descended through William's sister, Hawise (1135-1209), who married Robert de Courtenay.

[@harperoconnor5285]

I also have a Maud de Lacy in Ireland (married to Geoffery de Geneville) in that time frame in my family tree....

[@harperoconnor5285]

@Brian Wilson awesome, thanks for the info. Always helps in filling out that ancestral tree!

[@wamblipaytah1600]

Someday they will excavate Baldrick's trousers 😉😛

[@greenhorn6582]

Sounds like a cunning plan

[@MrBottlecapBill]

That whole battle scene thing was so bogus lol. The Irish used big long spears as well and they had mail armour and all the same basic technology. Heavy cavalry was a powerful weapon but easily countered strategically. The Normans eventually won because they had more money to outfit more men and to replace armies faster. Its really that simple.