The Copper Mine Graveyard in Swansea | Time Team | Timeline

Two hundred years ago Swansea was one of the wealthiest cities in the country, if not the world. The Welsh port city once led the world in copper smelting, but today there's almost nothing to be seen of this unique heritage. As the archaeologists strip turf and shift tonnes of muck, they reveal the traces of this once-great industry and rediscover the story of the men who worked in it.
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[@ta2joe13]

Remembering Mick Aston, ...r.i.p.

[@NomadicCreator]

This comment sends me....before watching this particular episode I finally decided to do some show research to help understand the date of these digs/discoveries. Upon doing so did I discover his passing (and Robin and Victor) and just came back to say something. Then I saw your comment...how weird is that!!! However I also discovered that Matt and Rakshaw (sp?)are NOT married (hehe) and that they (TT) are back together doing new digs this year. Yay!!!

[@susanmasuoka630]

Mick Aston remembering

[@georgelillico868]

@@susanmasuoka630 m

[@sharonfarris1282]

He is missed. 🙏

[@violetdreams1799]

😔

[@Psychlist1972]

"You need to wear gloves. The ground will kill you" Phil brings a furnace brick to the pub.

[@matthewwillis5242]

Haha I was thinking the same thing!

[@MossyMozart]

@Pete Brown - Stupidity endures.

[@Dal606BBN]

Wow the resemblance to Francis and his 4×GreatGrandfather is uncanny! I love The Time Team! Another awesome episode! Miss Prof. Mick!!

[@silva7493]

That does seem uncanny. I have something similar I shake my head over, every time I see Stewart Ainsworth. It's probably a coincidence, but his hair is the same color and grows the exact same way as my grandfather's, my father's, mine, and my son's hair. But my last Ainsworth ancestor to be born in England was back in 1625 in Blackburn, and he died in 1680 in Massachusetts Colony. I thought when I reproduced that our child would probably have some glimmer of my husband's very curly hair, but It's as straight as pine needles.

[@beckyblack2333]

Francis, I have Quaker ancestors who came from England to Wales, I believe the Swansea area, then to America. I never heard about the anti-slave trade connection before. Now I want to search that subject more. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing!

[@grantmorrow8179]

@@beckyblack2333 "Knowledge is power". Whether it transpires to be good or bad may well depend n your interpretation. Go for it, because, either way you will have a clearer picture of your ancestry.

[@MossyMozart]

@Dallas Johnson - I also noticed the resemblance, but not "uncanny" - GENETICS!

[@lspthrattan]

That gentlemen's chorus was the perfect ending to another great show. Nice touch!

[@Jeremyramone]

The history of metallurgy never ceases to fascinate, thank you very much

[@silva7493]

I sure would've liked to have heard the entire song at the end, that men's choir was great!!

[@Overlord_Marishka]

I am crying a little bit. I lost a couple people and one of my friends who lost 40 pounds from the virus is finally on the road to recovery. This makes me so happy! Thank you so much for all the effort you guys put out. Nothing makes me happier then to learn.

[@kami3000]

When I read your comment halfway through the video I wondered why anyone would cry about this... then I heard the choir at the end and shed a tear too. Cheers!

[@markburden6912]

I was brought up in Landor in the early sixties and went to Hafod school, This place was our playground, lots of the building's were still in use, No mention of danger then.

[@bettygreenhansen]

Finally. Only the first episode I have seen with Alex Langlands, but I have been looking for either Ruth or Peter or Alex to show up on Time Team! Victorian Farm X Time Team!!!!

[@debbielb2325]

What struck me is that they referred to the connection to the black slaves, but if this hellhole was seriously a workhouse there were many poor people in there who I'm sure felt like they were enslaved to their situation.

[@Goldenhawk583]

Yes, I agree. they also spike as if the black slavetrade of that time, was the only slavetrade ever. They didnt say that , but it kind of shone through.

[@wewenang5167]

YOU ARE OVER THINKING STUFF@@Goldenhawk583

[@wewenang5167]

FELT LIKE A SLAVE BUT THEY STILL HAVE CHOICES TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, MOST OF THE POOR PEOPLE IN ENGLAND AT THAT TIMES THAT DIDN'T WANT TO WORK IN WORKHOUSES FLEE TO AMERICA. BUT THE SLAVE DINT HAVE THAT CHOICE.

[@K38rescue]

I love this show and their presenters so much. God bless you all

[@harridan.]

look up The Bells Of Rhymney, by Idrys Davies, an eloquent and bitter poem about the hideously unfair mining business in Wales. Pete Seeger put it to music and recorded it a few decades ago; it's extremely moving.

[@perlefisker]

Very interesting and informative. A successful combination of information and entertainment, I'll call it.

[@carlopton]

I missed Victor's art bringing the time period to life. Yeah, pictures, but they did not show the lives of the 1700's workforce.

[@MossyMozart]

@AdHocFuture - Even in the newest reboot episodes, computer-generated images are interesting and all, but Mr Victor's art really DID breathe life into the lives of the long dead. He made them into the real people that they were. He had enormous talent.

[@harridan.]

@@MossyMozart agreed

[@gespalder]

Gotta love the bike wheel on the spoil heap

[@williamharris8367]

This is what, only the fourth episode of the series to focus on an industrial site. Yay! My favorite topic.

[@kerrycontrary127]

Gimme a shovel and point to a spot!

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting

[@Zine2me]

7:40 I'll bet Tony knows which way up to wear a mask these days! Wonderful to see these shows.

[@marieanderson6311]

I would have liked to hear a bit more of those beautiful voices at the end.

[@maureenmoses4810]

This is one of the best episodes.

[@DaleDirt]

SO amazing . Great team beautiful people . I'm subscribed

[@jharnden7931]

Under the highway overpass in Denver, Colorado, is the neighborhood of Swansea, threatened again by highway enlargement. Several neighborhoods there were from the new smelters hiring huge town populations on the cheap from existing foreign places. So, Swansea provided...after awhile they wanted more money. The city was smelting some ores that were mixed. One recognized copper producer. Usually silver and lead. Early gold.

[@daveed467]

I appreciate this channel, never heard of Swansea before but Timeline makes learning about it irresistible

[@joshschneider9766]

Pretty much rural farmland now.

[@Morgan2XL]

Local Cymru trading centre and University town, up the road from Tata Port Talbot, largest steel works in the UK. The whole area was the heart of the UK industrial revolution with copper, coal, aluminium, steel and porcelan ware. Some of the earliest rugby was played in what is now Neath Port Talbot. The tech was exported around the world. There are several Swanseas around the world in Australia and the USA named after it. .

[@nos9341]

I live in Sudbury, Canada, we have a shared past between the two areas because Ludwig Mond set up a nickle copper refining complex near Swansea at Clydach ( we just call it the Mond refinery on this side ). I have never been there but like I said we have a connection. The ore was mined here at places like Frood, the ore was process into copper/nickel mat at Consiton works and sent in wooden drums by rail and ship to Clydach for final refining. There is still a large Carbonyle plant there today but it only process Sinter nickel into high purity battery nickel.

[@joshschneider9766]

JEsus. Twenty furnaces is a big facility today let alone 290 years ago. Much love to my smelting forefathers.

[@systlin2596]

No kidding. That was a huge facility, good lord.

[@kerrycontrary127]

Made tons o' $, killd rubes by da scores. Progress!

[@robertloe9017]

Please get a sound engineer that can keep the volume within reason. w hen i have speaking i have to turn it up then you have some music that wakes up my neighbor across the street.

[@kiwibird8441]

Lol sound engineer

[@theresasmuts9896]

I like this guy !

[@krishinrichs143]

Always so interesting Sir Tony !

[@patrichausammann]

7:43 Free tip, the mask works better if it is worn the right way round.😉

[@dr.ramondetorres4838]

At 8:39 he puts his mask back on UPSIDE down. lol.

[@cindymitchell6719]

yep....lolllo

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

thanks

[@CreamAle]

Legit thought "boy, James may really let himself go" when I saw the thumbnail.

[@JessRodr]

BrannDailor 😂😂😂

[@SSIKorea]

Recently, ESG (environment/society/governance) has become a hot topic in management, but in preparation for this, even SMEs and non-profit organizations, except for large companies and listed companies, still have what ESG is? You don't seem to know what to prepare and run. So, the May webinar was held under the theme of 'ESG, SSI and Digital Trust'. The Government of British Columbia, Canada, demonstrates a demo along with an explanation of how to manage and trust the data generated by the self-sovereign identity technology to reduce GHGs generated during various operational activities in copper mines. Please refer to the video below. ................. "No business is allowed on a dead planet." This message from environmental activist David Brower is, in a way, the best way to explain the origins of ESG. This is because if the market collapses due to the climate crisis and social problems, the company loses the ground to continue doing business. - One-book ESG class (Jihyun Shin, JoongAng Books) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHWzo4mQaNBkZpY

[@douglasjohnson4382]

Can anyone identify the song at the end?

[@rebeccagreenwood529]

Hot rugby players AND archeology? Yes please.

[@markuschampos5750]

...and Cassie Newland!😍😉

[@CanChikMay]

Secnd time i watch this one..!!

[@jlee111776]

Would you go to war over presious metal? What would you build to ensure your contribution to war?

[@c.nancynoonan4940]

Tony: you are wearing your mask upside down! The piece of metal goes over the bridge of your nose! 9:13

[@TeresaTrimm]

First aired February 26, 2012

[@jharnden7931]

Was the copper in Cornwall mined in earlier days?

[@chacdogful]

I don’t see how a Manila was worth anything. What would you do with it after the trade? Re melt it to suit your needs?? Or was copper as valued as gold back then?

[@PaulAmyes]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manilla_(money)

[@NajwaLaylah]

Copper jewelry would be my favourite if not for the, you know, greening of the skin.

[@Balthazare69]

7:40 sounds so normal these days

[@joshschneider9766]

12:10 God that waters horrendously polluted.

[@scotttilson8876]

You would think, that after only 200+ years there would still be a lot of buildings left.

[@peetyw8851]

Scott Tilson Dont know about their taxing system, but these days around here, if it cant be repurposed, it’s flattened. Less to be taxed on.

[@SpargurYarnCrafts]

Did they intentionally bury the buildings? They mentioned they didn't go out of use until the 1980s, so how are they already so buried?

[@DavidHuber63]

After learning the deadlyness of the area on new digs, you invite the Local🎶Chior and the Rugby team🤾 ? is this tradition?😂🙏❤

[@user-hy7zb2vl3t]

The choir is out of tune an that team lost last season 😊

[@willisgemutlich2608]

might have been for lead keels for the shipwrights

[@jesterboykins2899]

When I see Mary Ann I think, “the end of time team” 18 years of wonderful programming. Last 2... not so much. Except for Phil, and Francis, and Tony, and Stuart, and Matt, and raksha. I still like it, I’m just saddened it ended the way it did. Mic passing away and all... I see Mary Ann and I’m like ugh... 🙄

[@rafaeltorres4728]

I did read about it today.... sad that the show ended as it did and Mick died. Mick was super cool. He was Time Team itself. Its like a bad remake when you remove the best characters... things change anyways. The show made a great contribution to history. As a Brazilian I discovered Time Team in the Lockdown and thanks to KZbin. Binge watched almost every episode.

[@MrJeremySF]

Mick said he was upset at the increase in "faffing about" and unfortunately this episode does more faffing about than any other I've seen. I think he was right.

[@some______guy]

@@MrJeremySF Yes, but I struggle watching the older episodes because they are so full of faff. They are more ambitious, but lack focus and have this weird coke energy.

[@MossyMozart]

@@MrJeremySF - I agree with Mr Mick. Too much precious camera time was wasted on foolishness and barroom scenes. So unprofessional. He was well respected in the field of archeology itself, not just among "Time Team" fans..

[@susanmasuoka630]

Hallelujah cohen

[@johnaaron37]

Lmao they sounded SO enthused

[@KittyHerder]

The subtitles are hilariously wrong. I guess the captioning AI is not used to British dialects. For example, there is no such thing as "terrorist housing" (terraced housing)

[@joelhall3820]

Anyone else willing to pay tab for Phil just to have a pint or two with him?

[@nos9341]

Centre for Copper smelting eh? So that's why Mr Mond decided to set up shop there.

[@peterkoller3761]

haven´t we seen this one already?

[@kerrycontrary127]

Too much ain't never enuf! Slaincha!

[@m.asquino7403]

What was first Swansea, UK or Swansea, Massachusetts?

[@arjan0482]

Well, guess..... Hint: which came first, York or New York?

[@systlin2596]

The one in the UK. Swansea MA was named after Swansea in Wales by white settlers.

[@TheShootist]

Will watch no episode featuring Mick's Bane

[@MossyMozart]

@Scott McCloud - I'm sorry that you don't warm up to Mr Mick. I have a lot of respect for his intelligence and standing within the archeology field. Tell me - what is a "Mick's Bane"?

[@jwnagy]

What was the makeup of the ore being smelter? Was is mostly oxides...or was there a significant amount of sulfides in the mix?

[@maeve4686]

TT is so fun to watch. It was on for 20 seasons! I watch it every night. I hate commercials, so I watch these on Reijer Zaaijer's channel with no commercials. Click on his playlist & every episode is there , including all the special shows Tony did , the worst jobs in history,plus others.Free , no commercials, & be sure you tap your screen at the top for the continuous play feature. The first few seasons T,T. was just 4 shows. It will be a few seasons until they produced the 13 episodes per year. ENJOY! Stay safe. Plus, DISOBEDIENCE is a DEMAND for CHANGE...FJB

[@MossyMozart]

@Maeve - Have you tried an ad blocker? I do not see any ads.

[@mikeholton3914]

i dont mind the commercials, especially the ones about time team itself, if it helps perpetuate this great series i can certainly put up with them (gotta pee sometime...)

[@leepeel7129]

seen it already

[@ne0n1880]

tony is wearing his mask upside down, hah

[@peterh8253]

I must be smarter than Francis because even I recognised Phil had uncovered a floor...

[@paulgartner4619]

Phil should be wearing a mask

[@dl7596]

011422. Paul Gartner , "Phil should be wearing a mask".

[@MossyMozart]

@Paul Gartner - The mask should be a respirator-type, the kind that makes you look like a bug. They should also be showering off before leaving the site. And why weren't there representatives from the Wales environmental protection department onsite? This was very slipshod.

[@smacrossing4201]

I clicked because of the thumbnail lols

[@rriquelmy3522]

Very thick accents

[@kerrycontrary127]

Doncha just lov it?

[@dl7596]

011422. R Riquelmy, "Very thick accents".

[@lostpony4885]

When theres a will, theres a rugby team.

[@davemcmichael602]

I thought the thumbnail was Chris Jericho

[@ltkernel8019]

He put his mask upside down...

[@mariebrigitteapril2703]

Don't forget the pollution it did and the sickness or deaths.

[@jamiebizness1]

Somebody call osha . These Archeologists must be impervious to the cadmium and arsenic. Im uncomfortable with how smiley they are finding copper slave ship nails

[@stigakehilding6205]

🤗🌾🙏

[@MossyMozart]

They should have had representatives from their environmental protection department onsite. I shudder at the amount of toxic substances that are still mixed into all that soil. At one point, they mention that near-pure copper still contained arsenic! Even the coal dust, in addition to being a lung irritant causing asthma and emphysema, is a huge carcinogenic. And all that stuff ended up in the local water supply, too. Why were they not wearing respirator-type masks on this dig and showering off when ready to leave the site? As Robinson said, the life expectancy of the factory workers was less than 40 years. I wonder if that also applied to the local residents who were also exposed to all those toxic chemicals.

[@rickstanley9710]

To me, the second I see Mary Ann, I switch it off. Mick quit, and they fired half the team.....and hired Mary Ann. Nope.

[@sweettalkinghippie]

Always slagging off geophys. :)

[@stevebrown2583]

You would never catch American athletes doing that

[@CearaRed]

does no one appreciate the irony of the masks required for this show, when it was released in February 2012 (Series 19 | Episode 6)?

[@johnhall7850]

Be Genghis Khan. Laugh at "worst crime in history".

[@Bryan_Koala]

Bro I though the thumbnail was Donald Trump in a wig

[@nb8936]

TRUMP 2020!

[@sacredsecrecy9620]

Same! Wanted to comment about this, but you beat me to it 😄

[@stephenbriddon2796]

I hope watching the video showed you another UK TV icon. I’ve been watching these since I was a youngster (I’m 53).

[@HazeGreyAndUnderway]

He may as well have a wig now. That combover is comical.

[@realdjtoddthunder1323]

Fake blonde hair flaps....think of the applications for that....prolly just one...for hulk hogan

[@miguelmorales9255]

Noice

[@binkolney196]

Time Team just ain't what it used to be ... sad ...

[@dbfi01]

SO, you apparently guarentee the people involved, free healthcare. How does that fit with the amount of asbestos and arsenic you have found? Havent people been sick enough for you to close down asebestos mines? What about the arsenic? Have you forgotten how sick your crew got from that?

[@margaretmathis4775]

Mask is on upside down…..🙄

[@chacdogful]

This must be old bc there’s a new show on tv and Mary Ann is a lot older. She’s young and hott here ha

[@peetyw8851]

Garrett Poppell Now, Now. 🙂

[@chacdogful]

Peety W don’t worry I still wouldn’t touch here with YOUR junk lmao

[@peetyw8851]

Garrett Poppell. Now, see here!

[@chacdogful]

Peety W what does that mean?

[@peetyw8851]

Garrett Poppell My comment was like saying “please keep it clean. More fun for all,” in a light hearted way. Sorta like a posh older lady might have responded back in the day. Keep smiling!🙂🕺🏽

[@thereginacarpenter2230]

The thumbnail looks like Donald Trump with long hair and a cowboy hat

[@rzecznikprasowypatologii6730]

Donald Trump ?

[@doyouevennaturebro4593]

What’s Trump doing in the thumbnail?

[@johnbrocato3337]

Is he president?

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@johnbrocato3337 Is he a card?

[@Thomasdeadman]

HOW ABOUT NOT COWTAIILUNG TO THE FREAKING COMMERCIALS

[@diogoteles9667]

came here for the Trump thumbnail

[@Dimythios]

Another gated program to make money off of old product. Time team has been gone for how many years now?

[@systlin2596]

Dude this is a free video what're you on about

[@kerrycontrary127]

Interesting point but still a valuable peek. Wales is prime.. gawds country!

[@thebl4ckt00th]

Anyone else think the guy in the thumbnail looks like Donald Trump?

[@lindahughes2289]

This.show.is a.horror.!!!

[@rriquelmy3522]

Practically unintelligible

[@MossyMozart]

@R Riquelmy - As you are to the Welsh.