The Buried Secrets Of Upton Castle | Time Team | Timeline

When Steve and Pru Barlow fell in love with pretty Upton Castle in Pembrokeshire they had little idea what they were buying. It was a romantic mystery. Is it part of the network of castles built by Anglo-Norman immigrants to suppress the Welsh, Britain's native population? Or is it just a Victorian folly? Tony and the team take their trusty trowels to try to find the truth.
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[@BellBarker]

This is what the History Channel was supposed to be! It went completely off the rails so I'm glad to see these shows.

[@bethbartlett5692]

Ideally, this and the facts based on the "Standards of Science and Research" = Theory may not be assumed nor yreated as Fact. A open ended, freedom to think and test all theories, without fear of accusations and defamation. Free to imagine and free to Research, guided by the "Standards if Science and Research" + the proven Research Methodologies bringing forth the greater fact finds. Imagine that, rather that the Egos forcing the teaching of theory as fact. Mankind would/will be well served *when we manage our Ego Mind aka Lower Mind with "Conscious Thought + applied Higher Mind".* This is Mature Minded Thought, where Wisdom resides, and should be a required measure of Academics, particularly those in charge/Administrative Positions. 🔑

[@claudiosaltara7003]

You dig but you find no mosaics nor Roman marbles? Then stop digging, nothing else is history except pre - Roman periods.

[@loniwulff1151]

You're kidding, right? Medieval isn't old enough for you? Lolololol

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[@oliviagreen7423]

I wish there was more shows like this nowdays👍 None of the sensationalist, reality show BS, and ancient alien theories to explain mysteries

[@Thoth_al_Khem]

Yet the Old Testament is a History of ANUNNAKI creating a SLAVE RACE-----YOU.

[@oliviagreen7423]

@@Thoth_al_Khem If you're going to believe in nonsense, at least be original enough to have your own delusions, pull it out of your own rear instead of believing whatever others pulled out of theirs like an ignorant puppet

[@michaelhendrix82]

@Napoleon Hercules is there a specific app to buy to watch British tv? I would love to watch all of the digging for Britain series or Britain’s lost battlefields

[@skiker6828]

@@michaelhendrix82 BBC. BritBox. Even try Amazon Prime. There are hundreds of documentaries and history shows.

[@srice8959]

@@oliviagreen7423 I’m so with you. I’ve literally quit watching TV. I haven’t turned on my tv in probably a couple of months, and it’s been like that for a few years now. The only thing I watch is The Peaky Blinders. I use to love when the history channel use to do actual history like this. Edit: This show has grabbed me from the get go, and I’ve always been a Huge fan of Tony the leader’s work!!

[@Chuckles..]

The little chapel has been taken care of for centuries. Thanks to all the people who took care of it.

[@DigginwithMamma]

I just discovered Time Team about a year ago. Working away from home during the pandemic and desperate for something really good to watch. This is such a great series! Most of the US shows are too sensationalized. Very well done!!

[@michaelburgess9707]

Well done. I liked everything about this episode. The owners are great sports and just the type of people to take on such a castle. The great room, (storage, stable) has so much potential. Miss you, Mick. Thanks for the posting.

[@bethbartlett5692]

I too find that those Owners truly must be the most awesome, fun, couple, with abundant Passions in History, Architecture, and the Living of Life!!!* These are such positive attributes and those don't require financial success, *"rather, they are what Creates Financial Successes",* and make for Best Fun Friends! ...(They manage their Ego with Conscious Thoughts + applied Higher Mind, aka it is know as having a "Mature, Mind and Emotional Development") 🔑

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[@joanelizabeth9322]

Time Team begins with a hypothesis of possibilities then.....slowly the ultimate prize unravels.....always worth the wait.

[@ARMAGODDEN]

You made a very enjoyable video. You guys are loveable characters, very funny. Thank you for not having commercials pop in every 30 seconds.

[@ellenl.5581]

Phil is so sweet I don't care if he talks about cooing noises, any one else in this day and age would have been drug before a magistrate.. Phil is one of a kind, he is loved and will be missed almost to the point of grieving.

[@rumanaazhar8585]

I wish I could live in such castle. Full of history around gives me chills

[@NickanM]

It is a LOT OF WORK... 😬 We took over a house/estate that has been in my husbands family since 1684, and it is beautiful, preserved fireplaces etc but it is a pain to maintain it all. However, it is worth it, to feel the wings of history is unbeatable (but expensive, we are not rich, just ordinary people)

[@Ikwigsjoyful]

@@NickanM Thank you for choosing to work to keep and maintain it. My early 19th century farmhouse takes a lot of work and money to keep up, so I'm sure your home is that much more difficult; but it always makes me feel good to find someone choosing preservation over destruction. I also quite like your comment about feeling "the wings of history!"

[@NickanM]

@Napoleon Hercules CONGRATULATIONS! _There is a atmosphere in old buildings. I suppose that you plan to stay long time in it? If so, it's worth the money...._ 😉👍 For me, it's about preserving history for future generations too.

[@MossyMozart]

@Rumana Azhar - I know what you mean, but living in such a castle really would give you chills!

[@rockwestfahl]

@@MossyMozartI’ve been told that you are literally correct. These structures are drafty, leaky and cold.

[@voyaristika5673]

As an American I'm always in awe of the antiquity of these finds. I majored in Anthropology and archeology fascinates me, but I didn't have the patience for digs so I appreciate others doing the work so I can enjoy the results. Thanks for posting!

[@ellielynn8219]

Same here, I’m from CA and while I didn’t major in those subjects they have captivated me my entire life. I love this show.

[@danpoole4915]

Thanks to the Barlows and time team. Wonderful!

[@etienll]

Guys, it would be so great if with every video the season and episode number were mentioned! Thank you for the great series...

[@MossyMozart]

@Eugene van Veldhoven - I concur.

[@MsKittyGirl2010]

What beautiful countryside

[@Cramblit]

My first take looking at the castle and situation, is that it was once a larger structure, but over time it was abandoned and some of it went into ruin. Then someone cleared the other part, and made a small "house" and then moved on, when this family finally picked it up in 2007 again.

[@52ponybike]

This is so interesting and a bit of a coincidence as last week I was looking on Google Earth the British Isles. I was looking for castles or at least their remnants. I didn't go far enough inland so I missed Upton. Just scouring the coasts you know. I always end up where my father was born and raised, near Fanore, County Clare, Eire. My Dad's family land extends into the Burren. There are the ruins of a castle on his land that I saw back in 1976 when we visited from Iowa, US. I know nothing at all about it's history and would be fascinated to learn anything about it. My sister did a genealogy of my Dad's side, back to the 1600's. Interestingly, we come from royalty! Bunratty was my ancestor's castle for a period of time, up until the damn O'Brien's kicked them out, lol. I'm sure no laughing matter back then. Uh, my metal detector yearns for Irish dirt but I don't see a trip abroad in my future. sigh

[@oldsmobileman1403]

So fascinating that you can dig anywhere in the U.K. and find incredible history everywhere. For instance, the Prittelwell Prince was a fluke of a find before road work needed to be performed.

[@maxpowers9129]

I imagine the same is true for places like China, France, and various other places. They have a very long history so their land must be filled with history, but we rarely hear about it. Possibly because of the language barrier in other countries.

[@vernonfindlay1314]

When these folks get together, just awesome. My ancestors were ftom Scotland, i being from Nova Scotia, sja new Scotland. One of the earliest graveyards/centuries first burial 1799.Blessings you all. Question, never keep this straight,a Church, a cemetery or graveyard.

[@lordcanmore87]

If there's a Downton Abbey, there must be an Upton castle.

[@t.c.thompson2359]

Most Uptons are well built.

[@jurtimmermans1486]

I would like to know more about Middleton

[@joanelizabeth9322]

I love Downton Abbey!! From small town USA.

[@drreason2927]

BRILLIANT!

[@415s30]

Maggie Smith smirking

[@gnarshread]

What a lovely home!

[@jeanfish7]

The owners were so supportive!:)

[@joanelizabeth9322]

Yes with all those ditches to fill in.

[@dominaevillae28]

@@joanelizabeth9322 it’s worth it to not have to shrug whenever someone asks the history of your castle.

[@ianchandley]

All these small finds are so cool to identify history. My cousin lives on a known Arawak (Taino) midden in south-central Jamaica. A few years back, my uncle dug around a little further and discovered a different style of pottery related to an earlier, less known group of people known only as “Red Ware People” that so far has generated little interest from researchers. Hopefully more interest (and funds) will be generated in the future...

[@kaioliverbohnke7294]

I like your documentations, they are well researched and full of this fine British humour.

[@StephanieElizabethMann]

That was brilliant. It must make the present owners very happy and glad they decided to investigate the life of their, now, home.

[@virginiajayhudgins8277]

One of the very best of the very best. Thank you to all Time Team members, past , present, and hopefully future TT members!

[@HeleneRMLace]

I love these docs and they do have lessons in them. And no bull and drama

[@bcfairlie1]

Really enjoyed this episode. One of the best results ever.

[@joanelizabeth9322]

Time Time is top of my list.

[@juliaelrod2154]

Can't get enough of history.

[@StoriesbyIrish]

Suzanne Lipscomb... one of my faves, I love her voice 😍

[@___LC___]

Me too! I watch all I can get my hands on.

[@felineboy1586]

Mine too

[@phillipcollins1103]

So maybe she does comb her lips 😂. Sorry hehe

[@StoriesbyIrish]

@@phillipcollins1103 That... was so bad it was actually funny 😅

[@Cheka__]

Quite smashable.

[@robertphillips6296]

Phil almost, always finds the good stuff!

[@wrexshunt]

Well that was splendid. Time team is a very comforting thing to watch for me. Many thanks

[@jodysanders6445]

Something wholesome informative and entertaining. Something us humans can be proud of. Comforting indeed...

[@dl7281]

Baldrick! It’s been too long for us in the States. So nice to see you.

[@realjettlag]

There are some 280 episodes of Time Team, plus Tony's other specials and series. It's an embarrassment of riches for us Tony fans. 😃

[@albertmccune2734]

Tony has a cunning plan to unravel the castle's mystery!

[@rick43pen]

As cunning as a weasel wot graduated with honours from cunning university?

[@julieortega4461]

I absolutely love this channel!! Thank you for all of the great videos ☺❤ When Tony got excited about the pottery found in the potato field so did I lol

[@crystallee2609]

Who doesn't get super excited about pottery found in potatoe fields?!!🤗

[@bulletproofpepper2]

For us in the USA it’s flint arrow heads and flint spear heads it makes all the old stores genuine. I can’t fathom finding something that could be dated to over six hundred years ago. To be able pinpoint someone’s 30th great grandfather or grand mother.

[@julieortega4461]

@@bulletproofpepper2 when I was a teenager my Mom and step Dad lived on a ranch in the Texas Hill Country and there was an Indian burial mound there. We didn't touch it out of respect but we would find all kinds of cool stuff in the river and around the ranch

[@davidvader687]

Phil almost, always finds the good stuff!

[@Jeffwaifei]

I love history...

[@PaDdOcKcHanNeL1]

Love British history

[@earlofsmeg]

It makes sense now with Margaret being buried closer to the altar. It's older part of the chapel. And William being buried in later built part.

[@machinemant4]

Loved every minute of this program.simply interesting

[@richardgrace4500]

Also in order to have stained glass windows the “chapel”would have had to have a SUBSTANTIAL means of income because stained glass back then was expensive af and you didn’t see it in you average everyday run of the mill chapel

[@joanelizabeth9322]

Excellent insight.

[@juttamaier2111]

Mick would have kniwn that, too. Miss him...

[@pageribe2399]

This is one of my favorite shows! Might have this one, but I'll enjoy it again!

[@charlotteralff769]

I just love listening to Sir Tony

[@ZYZZinVR]

love this stuff cant get enough of it

[@originalworldhealth]

This looks alot like my ancestor castle, chapel, Croft Castle in Hereforeshire, Eng. I am also related to the Uptons in Alabama, US., where I am from. The original part of it was built in 1055.

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[@auntyb6313]

Loved this episode!! If I lived there I wouldn't care if the castle was medieval or not. I wonder if they put those bones back with the rest of it?

[@reneem9353]

Miss Time team....such a great show

[@workingguy6666]

Thank you, Timeline, for the upload.

[@amysanchez3699]

Great episode. I've been to this area many times, Pembroke, Carmarthen, and it really is chock full of castles. Kidwelly Castle is a great place to visit also, though it's mostly ruins.

[@michellegomes2030]

Amazing content guys! Keep up the good work! ❤

[@Aristotelezz]

Thanx for the uploads! This is the great quality what I was waiting for!

[@pilierofq]

I'm bringing home a bumblebee!! He does look like the cartoon!

[@momof2momof2]

I would love to own and live in a place like that

[@Hillcapper1]

This is one of the best ones I’ve seen yet. Very interesting

[@thatswhatshesaid.literally737]

🙏😄 How amazing, resurrecting history like that!! 🤔 @15:55, They probably weren't able to see this at the time from their ground-level view, but there's absolutely no wear pattern at all on the bottom side of those drawbridge chain holes. More evidence to the fact they were simply for decoration and looks.

[@bobflendorg1064]

The drawbridge mechanism utilized pulleys within the masonry holes, so the chains didn't actually contact the bottom of the holes. You can see the visualization of the mechanism at 30:16 in the video.

[@bethbartlett5692]

*BTW, the Owners truly must be the most awesome, fun, couple, with abundant Passions in History, Architecture, and the Living of Life!!!* These are such positive attributes and those don't require financial success, *"rather, they are what Creates Financial Successes",* and make for Best Fun Friends! ...(They manage their Ego with Conscious Thoughts + applied Higher Mind, aka it is know as having a "Mature, Mind and Emotional Development") 🔑

[@MindPalaceASMR]

This is one of my fave episodes !

[@nathanpen1031]

Thanks for these videos ....

[@madvtecyo546]

Awesome video! And nice new discoveries

[@juliejjohansen1062]

I love the topics. Thank you for sharing them. 🤗

[@pandemicgrower4212]

This was a great episode!!!

[@the_rover1]

Dr. Suzy Lipscomb ist one hot history chick. Oh my gosh I'm in awe with her curly hair...

[@casperhunter6894]

I like her voice and accent as well. And she has good knowledge!

[@michelguevara151]

no a very good historian, no one calls ringmail 'chainmail', that was a victorian invention that was never adopted by historians, only chocolate box historians.

[@talosheeg]

@@michelguevara151 she's absolutely amazing at tudor stuff so she's no chocolate box historian

[@Psychlist1972]

@@michelguevara151 "ring mail" is even more inaccurate. It's just "mail". If you're going to use "ring mail" you might as well use "chain mail" In any case, I think her use of that says nothing about her knowledge, as you picked one of the single most often misused names out there. But at least your comment was about knowledge and not her hair. :)

[@matthewglass1764]

@@michelguevara151 come on.

[@whiskeytangosierra6]

It's pouring down rain, in Wales, and people act surprised. Are the English simply perpetually surprised when it rains?

[@Opti-Mystic]

Yes. In true Blackadder style, it's the only way of relieving the mindless tedium of it all. Now I live in New Zealand. Nuff' said.

[@manda4480]

😂😂😂

[@maryshaffer8474]

Its the same in North east US when it snows. Perpetual surprise and panic.

[@joejones9520]

when the rain comes they run and hide their heads, they might as well be dead...

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[@choirboyzcutleryoutdoors]

Love this!!

[@jeffbaxter8770]

Thank you, what a fascinating dig.

[@thomassrensenisilkeborgbyr6564]

How come they dont mention that the two doors in the church are early middle ages and are ment for women to go in at one side and men at the other.

[@poppyneese1811]

The way God meant it!😬

[@annazaman9657]

Missing Stewart and his insights

[@BruceRioux]

Also missing Mick.

[@elenavaccaro339]

It flabergasts me that no one is looking at land and tax records... Sure architecture and archeology are great, land records are another great source.

[@alexah3256]

Or The Domesday Book.

[@juttamaier2111]

Yes, Robin Bush is sadly missed

[@Mdaberk71]

I wish you'd do a show on a castle ruins I walked through in Italy. Built near a small town, some caves, and it had a round cobblestone circle.

[@jadenupton8689]

hey it’s my castle

[@Case2_0]

Lol

[@pentegarn1]

Ohhh Suzy Lipscomb......be still my heart. Castle? What castle?

[@Cheka__]

She's the only one I didn't hear. Her appearance shut down all but my lizard brain.

[@pentegarn1]

Hahahah :P

[@katerinakemp5701]

Lol lads I think Suzie is already taken🤣🤣🤣

[@pentegarn1]

:(

[@middleagecrazy4234]

I enjoy the history and really surprised that there is no paper trail anywhere. The English and area are known for there ledgers and historic logs of ownership of everything

[@michaelerdman2604]

Im pretty sure the drawbridge was real. It didnt cross a moat, but rather a natural stream that used to be there. Can see it clearly on the lydar scan at 13:30

[@Optimismus53]

i never understood this girl's dream of "im going to be a princess, and live in a castle". very interesting in daylight, very imposing buildings! but from the point when it gets dark, no thank you!

[@DavyBrando]

What a beautiful location.

[@seanjoy7131]

when did this take place, that is the 3 days of research? I love you Suzannah!

[@jockellis]

Unfortunately, my research during this video discovered a wedding ring on her left hand.

[@dougchance8891]

@@jockellis Keep hoping- married women have affairs- you could get lucky.

[@katerinakemp5701]

@@dougchance8891 lol so do married men🤣

[@daehawk9585]

If I owned that and I was rich Id want that grand hall above the entrance to be totally restored fireplace and all.

[@benediktmorak4409]

like the Duracell Bunny, Tony never seems never to run out of steam or energy! only recently discovered, i love these episodes!

[@rikulappi9664]

An extremely beautifully made documentary, thank you! About the chapel layout: there was neither a separate room for sacred objects and church linen nor an integral room for leaving your weapons before entering. The latter fact was the more surprising one. In all Swedish medieval churches I can remember there is an arms room at the right hand side entrance to the church, and a symmetrically constructed space for the clergymen at the left hand side entrance. The churches are not rectangular but form a cross. How common are arms rooms in Welsh and English churches? Did the Normans build churches more like the Swedes did?

[@lorrainearmstrong7587]

Apparently - NOT. I'm not a Brit, I'm from Canada, but I don't think arms rooms were very common in England

[@joshschneider9766]

It was 300 years after the normans. The man under the efigee is the 15 or 20x great grandkid of the one who fought with william. By that time chapels like this were just small private places for the lord and his retinue to take communion and hear mass. No idea if the Normans built as Swedes and it changed or if the ancient Danes built theirs different than ancient Swedes to begin with, or how that was impacted by French influences but that's how it was in Britain.

[@nope4454]

I bet the property value went way up after this lol

[@davidj.schulte7134]

Read Wikipedia. The original builder/owner is cemented in the home chapel next to his wife. Both were entombed wearing body armor. He was a Knights Templar Norman from France who emigrated to escape the wrath of the Catholic Church

[@nicolejosan6364]

What an interesting episode. I'd like to know which season and episode this is. And I wow, that I will never buy any old castle :)

[@grammiesawesomeadventures]

Amazing.

[@miketanner4822]

Lipscomb would make anybody want to dive into archeology!

[@joeysane416]

My aunt live in a castle in Northern Eternia, she inherited it and now lives in it, its absolutely amazing! It's a very grey castle

[@lindabrowne1155]

I think that this video was amazing

[@meherbabaisgodinhumanform3090]

Thanks, Dan!

[@Colin-Fenix]

Are you talking about Spam Dan?

[@toddprifogle7381]

Beautiful castle .

[@treacyinks3131]

My question is, after a quick dig, what happens later, dose the teams come back for more details and documentation for future digs, ??

[@rickcrippen5180]

Enthusiastic crew!

[@manuelramos3588]

My new favorite show..😊🤙🏼

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

thank you

[@joshschneider9766]

This is a case of a Victorian lord or his wife finding a semi ruined building next to a Chapel and completely redoing it to his own whim. Seems to have happened a ton throughout different periods of UK history.

[@TheRainblossoms]

Now that's a sick crib

[@tgbluewolf]

I feel heartbroken for the Malefants (and anyone else who died prior to the whole hullabaloo with henry viii)--they would've been having Masses said for the repose of their souls, and then suddenly in the 1500s it just...stops. Makes one wonder what their reactions would've been if they'd been alive at that time.

[@user-hy7zb2vl3t]

Like to keep your head, then tow the popular line.....😊

[@PRQdigest]

Very very interesting

[@jomama5186]

Beautiful castle :)

[@MrTorleon]

Interesting and informative, discovery so much history that can easily be lost - wonderful. The only distraction for me, is watching, with some surprise as people walked through this private house still wearing their dirty outside shoes - no respect whatsoever - not something anyone does where I live !!!!!

[@jonnyvassvag]

This is as British as it gets..brilliant !

[@torza2]

Great

[@daehawk9585]

Every time I watch this show I wonder why they dont simply use ground penetrating radar.

[@realjettlag]

They do, sometimes, but TT was produced in 1993-2013 on a pretty small budget. They usually didn't have access to very fancy toys.

[@bethbartlett5692]

Because it wasn't readily available at the time that many of these were filmed, and then it was cost prohibitive. When they use it, it likely also had specific funding for the process. Other types of radar are more appropriate for particular areas/finds. But a reasonable question due to its abilities.

[@SarahH-rh2jx]

I am a simple woman. I see Suzannah Lipscomb, and I am immediately 10x happier!

[@jpdj2715]

At about 17:40 in the chapel wall you can see a bricked up arch in that wall to the left of the bricked up door. What was the arch's function, why was it there? It does not seem like an architectural, engineering, design or construction necessity, so there must be a story to it. There may have been an undershot water wheel [ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_wheel#Early_Medieval_Europe ], or a grave cellar, or some mystical function, or low stable doors for pigs or cattle. Was Upton mentioned maybe even, as one of the over 6,000 mills in the 1,086 Domesday list?

[@workingguy6666]

I saw the markings of a rectangular object, but not sure it was an arch as much as an add-on room. It is strange that they just ignored explaining what they thought it was.

[@judithburke1539]

I don't recall that the creek ran close enough to power a mill where this complex is located. No mention of a pond, dam or waterway either.

[@thisisntsergio1352]

I met an Upton once.