Something for the Weekend (Tregruk Castle) | Series 17 Episode 8 | Time Team

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Tony and the team find themselves lost in the mists of a Welsh forest as they investigate one of the biggest castles in Britain. Their task is to investigate the castle's mysterious interior and find out how this impressive structure fitted into a network of fortresses built by powerful English barons 700 years ago. As the fog clears and the trenches deepen, it becomes apparent that this is unlike any castle ever investigated.
Series 17, Episode 08
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[@debbiew.7716]

One of my all time favorites! I have made my own version of this castle in my head I can escape to when very stressed out. In my mind, I am alone and have built gardens with a tree swing and forest for deer, rabbits and birds. A small stream flows through with a big oak tree. My safe place:)

[@johnyroach40]

I love how he's always walking somewhere really fast when he's explaining something. He's always on a mission.

[@georgielancaster1356]

A couple of people who worked with Time Team said Tony spent most of his time sitting in cars. Then they would find something and get him to rush over to ask enthralled questions. In reality, he spent most of the time sitting in cars, unimpressed.

[@rileyhoffman6629]

Bought my first book at ten years of age; it was on the Leakeys and the Olduvai Gorge. Went into art history (UCLA PhD), taught, am now retired and returning to my ten year old self's first love... thanks for these!

[@devonseamoor]

Phil is such a poet, haha.... when the sun broke through, raising his arm, exclaiming "Oh joy, the Gods have smiled..." Phil is a colourful character among the other colourful characters, forming Time Team.

[@kevinmccarthy8746]

YES, I love England and everything to do with her and her beautiful people. Your prodigal son the USA, love you.

[@lukeg2230]

I wish Phil was my grandpa

[@rca88]

Spotted! 1:35 Tim Taylor! 15:02 Naomi Sewpaul! 5:57 and 6:01 Ian the Younger and Ian the Elder! :-) Before the new TT revival, I had no idea who these folks were. I think this is the first time we ever noticed Tim or Naomi on the original show.

[@TheGirlKiba]

I never watched time team before. Thank you so much for the uploads. I've been binging for a week now on an off

[@barblc3202]

Super-interesting dig - also looks like a place where the Knights Who Say "Nee" would show up!

[@patrickwilliams6143]

For the sake of historical accuracy, I believe they now prefer The Knights who say "ekke ekke ekke ekke, ptang zoo boing"

[@michael200003]

I've been binge watching these, amazing show!

[@quelin1]

It is a crime they cancelled the show when they did.

[@donizett1578]

I can't believe I am binge watching. A great show

[@mymind101]

Im canadian and never heard of this show EVER! I love archeology so I have no idea why - I binge those videos for last 2 months! :) Back from work, open youtube start a Time Team and prepare diner. - So sad when I heard Mick was dead and the show cancelled.

[@jaynedavis4667]

I got covid, and I am rewatching every Time Team episode, lets face it if you are not binge watching Time Team when you are ill are you really ill?

[@audio6141]

​@@jaynedavis4667Ill in bed, binge-watching TimeTeam.. Thanks for making me laugh out loud 🤧🤣

[@bassmasta93]

I live a couple miles from here and like to go for walks, awsome place! Always makes me think of people from the past being there going about their day.

[@dishmurphy6539]

I’ve seen this one but it must not have been remastered because the clarity is so much better ✌️💚

[@RoseCarroll-pk6mt]

Thank you ❤

[@jasonhare8540]

You can tell which season of time team you're watching based on the number of pins Mick has on his hat . 🤣 *I'm going to start using clay pipes for my recreational activities just to throw off archaeologists of the future ... *Phils great great-grandson "but how the hell did a clay pipe get in here next to a cell phone and an Xbox 🤔🤣🧐

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

don't forget to get buried with an elephant tusk, just to confuse future archaeologists. And imagine what they think when they discover a museum of today. "Ah yes, mummies, mammoths, dinosaur bones, oh and what looks like musket balls. Must be ceremonial"

[@miken891]

It always surprises me when, in some episodes of TT, Ian Plowesland - who has a Phd in Archaeology - is to be seen driving the digger. It's an interesting example of multi-tasking.

[@paulinemegson8519]

Why? Someone has to do it, and that someone needs to know what to look out for and be able to use the digger to peel back layers without damaging any archaeology in the trench.

[@jdougn2255]

I get the impression that he seems to enjoy driving the digger!

[@aserta]

The best man for the job. I'm a few decision steps from getting my own PhD. I will still drive a digger just fine after, titles don't make people.

[@hardcorsD]

Loved time team. It was always a good watch on the TV back in the day

[@brothermaleuspraetor9505]

"We've put the first trench in, only 2000 more and we'll have covered the whole area!" - Tony Robinson.

[@kennethjenkins]

I was borne at rose cottage on ton road 13 02 1946, then moved into 17-ton road for the next 25 years, in the late 1950s early1960 we planted potatoes inside the castle ground and in the autumn, we had to rise them by hand as the ground was too wet for the tractor even then there was an Eary foggy day ,i remember the day the mansion house was blowen up as then in Llangibby school , the last time was in the castle was just after they planted trees inside the ground ,so to find the time team there seeing now today 2022 ,the castle back then was in much better shape..

[@RoseCarroll-pk6mt]

Time team best

[@Adam-Gates-Mudlark]

Love Time Team - always finding those pipe stem mudlarking!!

[@grannyweatherwax9666]

Yep and the odd bowl if you're lucky😊

[@RedneckForge]

I love watching these I watch everyone that I can and I would love to see more

[@Graeme408]

Time Team is always, always fascinating. I watch from the States, near Washington, DC.

[@tallpojjy]

This is a fantastic episode, I have not seen it before. Just wonderful, so interesting and everyone involved are really engaged in the exploration. One of my favourite episodes by far. Phil's enthusiasm for the door architecture is outstanding - and infectious!

[@veldawells2839]

Like Phil, I loved the doorway intricate stonework. That was beautiful, and the tower window room. Just stunning pleasance place.

[@janinebedfordl]

Thanks for these uploads, seen me happily through a period of post-operative downtime

[@matt_cummins28]

Absolutely fantastic episode, brilliant stuff. I had no idea that tree roots could interfere with geophys! And lovely to see so many experts all working together, bringing their different vital skills to a project. And yes, like Tony, this completely changed my idea of what a castle might be. Thanks so much for the upload.

[@anotherbrickoutthewall9237]

Ohhh arrre Tony new episode... Makes me feel young again, stone the crows!

[@UlfkilWardel]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJKqqaKAoNuieMk weerd i've seen this one once....

[@anything6398]

@@UlfkilWardel it's watchable in other countries now. You link is censored to me.

[@katerinakemp5701]

Old vid, although they may find new things or not???

[@theastronomer5800]

I love those kinds of ruins, hidden in the forest...

[@mikereilly7629]

Would be the joy of my life to study and work with these people.Brilliant

[@davetaylor812]

I live 5 miles from there and have done for 35 yrs and never heard of it and have certainly travelled the lanes around it.

[@kennethjenkins]

hi/David i guess you lived at Llandowlais corner ,, ken from ton road ..

[@alexhoe02]

Does anyone miss that classic intro

[@christophersmith5691]

Excellent stuff, keep it up as long as you've still got old episodes to show, we didn't get to see them all originally anyway. Never mind the naysayers, why shouldn't TT reap the benefit of that old work instead of uploading parasites who have created nothing themselves

[@TrophyNZ1]

totally , any old ones not shown would be awesome

[@katherineyoung5610]

Absolutely, I've watched these hundreds of times, and very happy each time! Some more old ones would be a real treat, please!

[@barbmcconnaughey3070]

‘Old relics’ 😀

[@anna_in_aotearoa3166]

Really interesting to see this apparently being the only(?) excavation at the site since it was abandoned, given they say it's one of the largest in the UK? I'm curious as to why - is this the first time the owning family have okayed it? Is there simply less archaeology done in Wales vs England? Or given the density of castle-building in Wales, are there just so many that it's taken this long to get to this one...? Incredible BTW to think how long descendants of the same family have been living on that land.... 🤯 And interesting how much of the documentation of what went on has still apparently been lost over time? I guess it just goes to show how much more ephemeral data are (in any format) vs. actual physical artifacts of a culture...

[@aserta]

In retrospect, watching this again, it's pretty clear that during the latest (or even before that, perhaps) reformation of the site (and this is before the manor was demolished), the site was completely changed and destroyed as an archeological land piece. There's barely anything left to scrape and very likely extensive evidence (in the center ) was completely lost. If i was a betting man, i'd say that a significant amount was used to make the house and that that's where it's likely at, if the ruins of the manor are still there. if someone were to dig up the site and find the stones, and among them, find stones with matching faces to the ones inside the castle or with the castle's walls, it would be a significant nail in the proverbial coffin. I don't particularly understand why that site is preserved as if some sort of magical method of archeology will pop from the generational bend, i think even before TT went in there, it was clearly barren and modified. If anything, it should've been cleaned in its entirety, with the intent to find as much of the original as possible. History serves nobody if it's hidden in the dirt, and while i understand other sites, where potential damage beyond repair is likely... this ain't it. This site's already been damaged beyond repair. If it weren't for TT, its original story would've still hung in question. Archeology is obviously a job of patient people, but sometimes, too much patience is bad.

[@martinmarsola6477]

As always, a great video. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😊👍🇺🇸

[@bassmasta93]

Don’t you mean 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿?? Not 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@martinmarsola6477]

@@bassmasta93 Yes, you are correct. The IPad typewriter screen is somewhat small. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 is correct! Thanks for the correction. Your the first to point it out. Cheers!

[@bassmasta93]

@@martinmarsola6477 I’m a Welshman you see! Those bloody English get all the attention! 😃

[@martinmarsola6477]

@@bassmasta93 Cannot speak to that, but have traveled years ago to Wales, Cardiff in particular to see a football game or two while in the United Kingdom. It been twenty or so years, but Cardiff and Newport were very nice places to visit. The citizens were always helpful to direct you to great restaurants and sites to see. Happy New Year to you, mate! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@bassmasta93]

@@martinmarsola6477 awsome! I’m glad you enjoyed it here! Happy new year to you to mate

[@kathycarlson7947]

I'm still binge-watching, too!

[@ZeroAnalogy]

Wow! As many as 1.1K+ viewers on the live chat counter 25+ minutes into the premiere. 1.4K+ to the end of the program.

[@Middle-Road.Kim.K]

If you pause it at 7:22, a stony skullface seems to be over Tony's left shoulder. The right "eye" even appears to be leering right at him! The Ghost of the Boghole...... oooOOOOOoooo!! 😱😆

[@patwithers1448]

Love from the old lady in Texas may God bless you always and forever

[@VincentGroenewold]

There must be some of the stones still around right? Can't imagine everything from such a big castle turned to dust.

[@krumplethemal8831]

Most of the internal structures were made of wood except the main hall which was probably dismantled to fortify for the civil war.

[@dlschgo]

Know when they say "Robbed out?" Well, they mean robbed--stolen by some locals looking to save a tuppence on cut stone for their building project.

[@VincentGroenewold]

@@dlschgo Yes, of course, so that’s why I asked if they still are around. In the houses nearby maybe, probably not.. as those are usually also undergone the same fate, but there must be some around still.

[@matthewcraver9917]

@@VincentGroenewold Remember them talking about the Georgian mansion that was demolished in the 1950's? That's probably where the stone went originally. The owners took down the old buildings and walls and towers they didn't need to build a fancy new house outside the walls and turned the ruins into a garden feature.

[@Ron2615]

love time team

[@graemebrumfitt6668]

I know they are repeats but had not see this one! TFS, GB :)

[@karlkarlos3545]

You could have seen it every day on this channel.

[@archstanton1628]

Capability Brown, and others of his ilk, should have had their knackers cut off. The amount of vandalism they did to these sites is always shocking.

[@PaDdOcKcHanNeL1]

When this castle was abandoned, they took everything.

[@elfIbeatz]

LOve TT but its actually the LADIES tower!!

[@OldMusicFan83]

Funny how these shows are now back in time now…

[@Lamoka54]

Love this series! Love this team! But, Gator's sour attitude gets annoying.The Phil-Mick-Tony trio is a saving grace!

[@FriedPi-mc5yt]

Castles to keep the Welsh in check? It must have taken quite a few castles. I met a Welshman once. He didn’t seem to be the “kept in check” kind of guy.

[@jammybizzle666]

Wales has more castles per square mile than anywhere in the world

[@trinkab]

5 min in and I think the owner is expecting them to remove all those stumps for him. He looks disappointed when they bring out the pottery but the stumps are still there.😄

[@888johnmac]

my main question .. who's is the series LR in the background from 36 to 36:30 ?? , so nice to see one in it's natural environment

[@TermiteUSA]

Cosmic reality speaks thru dirty fingernails. I love this show TT.

[@wayneclayton5426]

I would have watched this live, but I was watching another Time Team...Doctor Who.

[@kevinmccarthy8746]

I would think they would have a wagon underneath the poop tower to fertalize the peoples fields or his own fields. She, Rose, found this little plug for the door and this was after the guy, Phil, pointed out HIS door hole, a smaller replica of what she found as well or maybe it broke and she found the other half. But definitely a poopy wagon underneath. We had one in our horse barn my mother owned and I dove the tractor that pulled the poop wagon. Very good money for fertilizer our newest immigrants from Vietnam at the time loved to use in the gardens.

[@georgielancaster1356]

If I were the owner, I would have raided all that soil for my garden, long ago. It looked magnificent. Better not to use human poo for vegies grown in ground. They can take up a lot of nasty things from our poo. And poo of dogs, all the carnivores.... The Chinese were great human poo enthusiasts, too. But to be safe it really should be used for fruit trees, etc. Or used after a long time. We should only use herbivore poo - horse, cow, sheep, goat poo in vegie gardens. Plus chook - but chook poo can be too strong. Needs to be mixed with a lot of water or composted first - or it can burn plants.

[@georgielancaster1356]

That archway lower down looked like entry point for a dray. It would come in lower so the tray was at perfect height to sling poo and then drive away. I thought that as soon as the camera looked back. I'm wondering if owner is related to Simon Williams, the actor. They look similar and both have excellent hair.

[@andrewwheadon7183]

Love tt but why so many ads damn

[@phoule76]

my kingdom for a bowl of clells

[@Ron2615]

get so excited when they put a new oldie up 🤗🤣

[@1dkappe]

I guess they took it down and put it up again.

[@ceeej1290]

Love a wee capon for lunch

[@TKs3DPrints]

would have thought that since its so large there might been a wooden buildings in the main areas like barracks etc.

[@aserta]

I was hoping this one would get a reup, it's one my favorites.

[@patrickwentz8413]

And thus ended the tyme of Sir Phil Harding.

[@Damien_Clarke]

How old were the stumps that were left? Why were they there? Did they form any pattern?

[@Happyheretic2308]

Tea is the universal panacea.

[@geoffburrill9850]

I have a theory, could it have been a place for keeping many horses?? Hence little evidence of buildings??

[@___X___]

great a repeat

[@georgielancaster1356]

Is the actor Simon Williams related to this chap? They look very similar

[@claudiosaltara7003]

How interesting-they are digging a s…house.

[@daveseddon5227]

First aired 10th October 2010 UK

[@Benelech]

2:38 too soon for me, but lol

[@klondo]

A premier for a repeat?

[@lindahughes2289]

2024 march.thank u.

[@michaelcharlton8896]

Very enjoyable episode spoilt by WAY too many adverts!

[@tanyaroyredcar]

no ads here. UK

[@TheGirlKiba]

No ads here. I use an ad blocker

[@MichalRzeszutek1]

Ok, but how is this material different from this (full) episode? kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJKqqaKAoNuieMk

[@TG-nd9rj]

Simply that they've posted it with the proper series and episode numbers, and it appears to be better video quality as well.

[@karlkarlos3545]

more adwerts I guess.

[@DaPikaGTM]

Also, the original upload isn't available in some places for whatever reason

[@SteelWolf13]

20:45 turn on cc

[@ReverendHowl]

Tregrug? Llangybi aka the bog.

[@georgielancaster1356]

Which is the episode when Mick refused to tell Tony the result of something being tested, then left the show?

[@DS9TREK]

The Bridge Over the River Tees, iirc. Edit: that was Mick the Dig, not Mick Aston

[@dobwalls]

Too many ads

[@muhammadfirman4464]

Can anyone here tell me how to spell "Tregruk" correctly ?

[@sircharlesborrows7344]

From sir Charles borrows from UK xxx

[@tomkeal78]

why would they have demolished the mansion in the late 1950's !!

[@kennethjenkins]

it was unsafe ,and there was part left standing for some time after ,as kids we went their in school in the village when it was blown up at around dinner time ..

[@karlkarlos3545]

I'm really getting curious how many time you can repost the same videos over and over. And still calling it a "premiere"!

[@ZeroAnalogy]

Premiere on the Time Team Classics channel, but yes not an originally aired program as that would have been on a BBC channel over a decade ago.

[@ChristophersMum]

''Premier''...for this year!!😉

[@forsakenarkhamasylum8160]

as long as they can get away with this.

[@Case2_0]

It’s always called a “premiere” on KZbin and you can’t change that.

[@melthebell33]

People need to learn how youtube works before whinging, when you upload a video you can tick a box so its classed as a premiere and when it will be available, it can be any video it doesnt matter if its available anywhere else.

[@jacobbevers8171]

I don’t get it. It says new 3 hours ago but this episode has been out for awhile now

[@dirtyshizno8512]

Agreed, saw it a few weeks ago.

[@DaPikaGTM]

The original upload isn't available in some places for whatever reason

[@dinola3268]

How old is this episode?

[@dennisp.2147]

October 10, 2010

[@philjohnson1744]

Best, Most usless infamy of Mr Gater. If he did a a PIX4D scan of this would have given something really "Cracking"

[@westcommonroom9737]

Using software introduced in 2011 in a prog aired in 2010?

[@enaidsofren4299]

The Welsh were 'war like' according to Tony Robinson. I suppose the English invading and colonising their country were 'peace like'?

[@robertstallard7836]

He's basically correct. The Silures, for example, were a pretty aggressive lot.

[@enaidsofren4299]

@@robertstallard7836 Yes. they aggressively defended their homeland against the peacefully invading Romans... lol.

[@supportstaff1829]

Way too many adverts

[@dennisp.2147]

Ublock is your friend....

[@mercedes523]

Yayyyyyyyyy! Oh never mind. Rerun.

[@graceamerican3558]

Color me confused… but I thought y’all already did this one. 🧐

[@forsakenarkhamasylum8160]

Another premiere of a video that had been uploaded before. Good also to see that other videos are taken down again -- The Naughty Nuns of Northampton --, which means that further pointless premieres can be expected.

[@DaPikaGTM]

The original upload isn't available in some places for whatever reason

[@Neddoest]

Has anyone dug a trench in their yard just to see what you find….?

[@Trek001]

Yeah, me

[@Neddoest]

@@Trek001 did you find anything

[@Trek001]

@@Neddoest Yes I did - I found a crushed mini somebody buried there in 1984

[@juliaforsyth8332]

My country isn't old enough to find the stuff that would excite me.

[@bryanmcgucken7209]

I think the Native Americans who were lived where I am in centuries past were like thr Anglo Saxons in that a lot of their traces need an archeologists eye to pick out

[@Hoss_Delgado977]

That self promo in the middle was so terrible

[@darreno9874]

Please stop with the stupid Premier and just give us access to the full list of episodes. Because they are accessible in other countries

[@johnmoss6631]

Hmmmmmm, time to move to another country perhaps.

[@DavidM2002]

Which other countries ?

[@darreno9874]

@@DavidM2002 vpn that allow access

[@DavidM2002]

@@darreno9874 Yes, I understand how VPN's work. Which other countries ?

[@darreno9874]

@@DavidM2002 sorry I'm don't know, for me it would have to be trial and error

[@oneagentfrog]

Is Tony a Hobbit? He looks like a Hobbit.

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

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[@docinparadise]

If a strong independent lady had her way, she wouldn’t want a spooky old cobweb riddled castle ruin. She would take away anything that was masculine. She’d rip out anything wasn’t beautiful and romantic and add everything that was.

[@markgarin6355]

'solidity'? Nice Would assume, since they never address raw building materials in the area, that all of the previous buildings/structures were consumed to create the later buildings. Maker mark's indicate manufacturer, not costs. Nothing like an expert who doesn't apparently know anything. Interesting...clay pipe stem. Clay pipes had long stems in bar or restaurant settings as they were the first vending machine items...the tobacco that is. You barrowed the pipe, filled the bowl, smoked it. At some point, the previously used stem end was broken off for the next user (not sure if before or after), and the pipe was used til it had no stem. The stem piece looks like a broken off piece, he didn't find the whole pipe. Not sure one user would have a reason to snap off a used end.

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Your so smart. It mus be nice

[@markgarin6355]

@@AnnaAnna-uc2ff they are supposed to be the experts ..

[@hkitservices]

Second posting of this video :( Original video was posted on the 28th of August 2020: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJKqqaKAoNuieMk

[@alangarlic3660]

This is a old one

[@marcelovolcato8892]

It's getting to the point I will unfollow TTC, because you can't "premiere" an episode that's not already available on TTC...

[@sydneyhaydock7805]

Ass usual what would be a good episode , ruined by adverts

[@chattykathie7129]

I love watching this show, but they rarely find any major artifacts, mostly theory, assumptions and speculation. 😂

[@robertstallard7836]

The idea isn't to find "major artifacts". They're archaeologists not treasure hunters! The idea of archaeology to prove or disprove a question (or questions) that have been raised about a site. In this case (as Tony explained in the opening narration), it was to discover why the castle was so large and how many / what buildings it contained. They achieved their aim!

[@hannahalice1000]

Advert after advert after advert after advert after advert after advert and so on and so on and so on

[@ppotter]

Download it and watch it.