The Lost Norman Motte And Bailey Castle Of Alderton | Time Team | Chronicle

When amateur archaeologist Derek Batten bought a plot of land advertised as a castle and moat, there was little sign of a castle other than a leafy mound surrounded by a ditch. The team uncover the truth about the site's past and even discover a link to William the Conqueror. The team is joined by castles expert Philip Dixon. Phil Harding gets kitted-out in chainmail as a Saxon footsoldier, facing a mounted Norman warrior on a Spanish stallion.
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  • @badbiker666
    @badbiker66611 ай бұрын

    I cannot quite wrap my head around the fact that so many roads in rural England are still following, or nearly following, the paths of roads laid down and used by the Romans nearly 2000 years ago.

  • @greghelms4458
    @greghelms44585 ай бұрын

    I love the fact that they always involved the locals and especially the children of the locals to further the love of their heritage.

  • @kaoskronostyche9939
    @kaoskronostyche9939 Жыл бұрын

    I wish you would give the original publication date for these old films. I mean, Tony Robinson can actually jog and has not developed his distinctive enormous belly yet. This film itself is archeological gold.

  • @cleverusername9369

    @cleverusername9369

    11 ай бұрын

    Google search tells me it aired January 14, 2001

  • @charlesscheuring

    @charlesscheuring

    4 ай бұрын

    @@cleverusername9369that sounds about right

  • @gleann_cuilinn
    @gleann_cuilinn8 ай бұрын

    Look at Tony, solving boundary disputes between landlowners. He has the makings of a great king!

  • @anodizedpanel9245
    @anodizedpanel9245 Жыл бұрын

    A: Are you excited? B: I think I probably am! There you've heard it! Ladies and gentlemen, he is PROBABLY excited. Absolutely electric atmosphere here as this bearded man extemporaneously contemplates his previously unconsidered feelings. Back to you.

  • @shri081

    @shri081

    Жыл бұрын

    This right here is a prime example of why I go through comment sections…for comedic gold like this… 7:36…for context on what we are on about…😂😂

  • @seanpaula8924
    @seanpaula8924 Жыл бұрын

    The food bus is slick!

  • @charlesdavis9937
    @charlesdavis9937 Жыл бұрын

    My ancestors castle in England was called Shipbrook. He fought in the battle of Hastings with William the Conqueror. The Norman castle isn't there anymore. His name was Sir Richard DeVernon, was DeReviers.

  • @josmclaren4328

    @josmclaren4328

    Жыл бұрын

    Pp

  • @FuckfreysLuvfamily

    @FuckfreysLuvfamily

    11 ай бұрын

    Wow! It must be great to know that much about your ancestry. Only thing I know about my last name is that it's from 17th century.

  • @robertbowers9856
    @robertbowers9856 Жыл бұрын

    "Oooo, that chainmail feels so good against the face," says Sir What Ever's steed. You witnessed a horses reenactment from the Middle Ages.

  • @CH3FFI3
    @CH3FFI3 Жыл бұрын

    7:43 the poor fellow is beside himself with excitement

  • @TechGorilla1987
    @TechGorilla1987 Жыл бұрын

    I've been friends with Norman for many years. He distinctly remembers leaving his motte here back during a uni binger. He's wishing you luck!

  • @RatelHBadger

    @RatelHBadger

    Жыл бұрын

    I hear his old mate Bailey had a fair bit to drink at the time.

  • @maulwurf62
    @maulwurf6210 ай бұрын

    This might’ve been the most Jenni ever spoke in an episode of Time Team. I wish they had included her more often.

  • @joelledurben3799
    @joelledurben3799 Жыл бұрын

    Please put the year of the dig in the description - as each dig informs future digs and research, it's helpful to know what year we are in

  • @AAO342

    @AAO342

    Жыл бұрын

    Look at the lower left side of the screen in the last few seconds : "Channel 4 television corporation MMI " . MMI is roman numbers for 2001 ;-) .

  • @katarh

    @katarh

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AAO342 That explains those computers! Haven't seen CRT monitors quite like that in a long time.

  • @dotcassilles1488

    @dotcassilles1488

    Жыл бұрын

    In Wikipedia there is a list of each time team episode and its date

  • @TihetrisWeathersby
    @TihetrisWeathersby Жыл бұрын

    Love the Norman content

  • @kendorsey5894
    @kendorsey5894 Жыл бұрын

    One of the better episodes. Thank you.

  • @georgepurdy7823
    @georgepurdy7823 Жыл бұрын

    20:26 Now that is some craftsmanship! A very pretty key.

  • @Lemmamoon
    @Lemmamoon Жыл бұрын

    One can guess the age of this video by the amount of hair left on Tony's head.

  • @layalabi1667
    @layalabi1667 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant!!

  • @milliebanks7209
    @milliebanks7209 Жыл бұрын

    One of your more interesting digs!

  • @70stunes71
    @70stunes71 Жыл бұрын

    Fascinating. I lived in england 3 years... Love the history there...

  • @williamjeffersonclinton69
    @williamjeffersonclinton69 Жыл бұрын

    A not so new *TIME TEAM* Woooooooooo. Let's go! I don't think I have seen this one yet. Can't wait for some Unlce Phil and Ms Raksha. Sadly no Raksha...this is my edit.

  • @123bgmiller

    @123bgmiller

    Жыл бұрын

    If you have Prime Video they have all of the episodes. They used to anyway. It's been a couple of years since I watched but there used to be 20 seasons I believe.

  • @vanishingfolklore
    @vanishingfolklore Жыл бұрын

    Great video

  • @megelizabeth9492
    @megelizabeth9492 Жыл бұрын

    It’s not a motte and Bailey, castle. It’s a ring work. They even state it in the opening of the episode.

  • @michaelmccaffery6798

    @michaelmccaffery6798

    Жыл бұрын

    Most likely the Motte and Bailey is a reference to the original advert for the property. Also, often the TT are called to investigate one thing only to find out it is something completely different. Remember the episode with the property filled with Victorian follies? That said, be the pedant you are and have a wonderful life!

  • @megelizabeth9492

    @megelizabeth9492

    Жыл бұрын

    It's more it's just addressed in the episode! Tony asks if it's a Mott and Bailey, and Mick tell him that it's a ringwork.

  • @thomasbell7033

    @thomasbell7033

    Жыл бұрын

    @@michaelmccaffery6798 Getting one's terms right is not pedantry. Archeology is as much science as art and should be communicated properly.

  • @Ubique2927
    @Ubique2927 Жыл бұрын

    English Heratage have forgotten the whole idea of a scheduled monument. They were not intended to forbid Archaeological Inspection. They were supposed to stop unscrupulous owners and developers destroying them. Not allowing Archaeologists to work on the sites defeats the whole point of protecting them.

  • @southeastcoastalphotography

    @southeastcoastalphotography

    Жыл бұрын

    You can see the English Heritage thoughts change though the years watching this show from not hardly digging Scheduled sites in the early seasons to allowing quite a lot of digging in the later seasons

  • @RikkSpencer

    @RikkSpencer

    9 ай бұрын

    Part of the reason they don’t allow for entire sites to be dug, or the same site to be dug multiple times in frequent intervals, is to allow for time to pass such that technology can develop. The “geophys” stuff, for example, lets them find stuff without even needing to dig it up - leaving more in the ground when technology develops even further.

  • @VvpandoravV

    @VvpandoravV

    9 ай бұрын

    @@RikkSpenceriirc, Richard II was found in the first try due to geophys.

  • @aaronsaunders6974
    @aaronsaunders697413 сағат бұрын

    psychopathic tendencies 😍 that’s a good one, mate

  • @MrSteamDragon
    @MrSteamDragon Жыл бұрын

    Geez, the lunchtime tucker looks good 🍲

  • @nevillemignot1681
    @nevillemignot16814 ай бұрын

    John Gator seems to be as he is in most Time Team digs always telling everybody that this site will be a 'Nightmare' for him to Geophys, this episode it is all the tree roots that will spoil things for him.

  • @shelbynamels973
    @shelbynamels97310 ай бұрын

    Even tho nobody ever came out and said so, I realize now that England was a pretty turbulent, violent and unsettled country save for the last 300 years.

  • @carlosdelsol76
    @carlosdelsol76 Жыл бұрын

    Defended this quite a few times on mount and blade: Warband multiplayer

  • @johnwanderin3872
    @johnwanderin38728 ай бұрын

    Sometimes it seems like English Heritage gets in the way of proper, meaningful archeology and discoveries

  • @TechGorilla1987
    @TechGorilla1987 Жыл бұрын

    @3:22 - That's not a digger - that's a hydraulic teaspoon.

  • @koningbolo4700
    @koningbolo4700 Жыл бұрын

    29:25 Phil has (as it is known in the industry) his Saxon *ss handed to him...

  • @davidwalk9266
    @davidwalk9266 Жыл бұрын

    Why you only get 3 days to muck around the castle

  • @BarrySuridge

    @BarrySuridge

    Жыл бұрын

    The Time Team format is 3 days only for digs which is the charm, and the challenge, of the series.

  • @anthonytroisi6682
    @anthonytroisi6682 Жыл бұрын

    After the Battle of Hastings, the Normans took over the land. As a result, did the Saxon aristocracy slip down the social scale into the "lower class"? Did they still retain gradually smaller and smaller amounts of land or were they automatically displaced? Obviously, some of the Saxon knights might have gone abroad to offer their services to foreign lords and some Saxon nobles went into the church, what happened to the general Saxon nobility? How many generations did it take to go from Saxon nobleman to working man?

  • @JohannaKarlssonFromHultsfred
    @JohannaKarlssonFromHultsfred Жыл бұрын

    Valkyria saknar dig min varg min vikingarman jag slåss mot både båge och man. Min älskade jag längtar efter din famn kom kom och håll av min hand 😇

  • @70stunes71

    @70stunes71

    Жыл бұрын

  • @NoName-hl8wb
    @NoName-hl8wb Жыл бұрын

    These has to be the 90's after seeing the computers they working with 😂

  • @thomasschofield516
    @thomasschofield516 Жыл бұрын

    ive always wounder way the soldier thats on the ground just dont drop to one knee cover them self with the shield and take out the horses front legs. Maybe its easier said then done.

  • @alexisdespland4939
    @alexisdespland4939 Жыл бұрын

    why was it abandoned.

  • @aricgoetz910
    @aricgoetz910 Жыл бұрын

    The way that blonde girl at 13:10 gets up and scampers off is funny. She is like oh crap im in their shot, i got to get out of here now.

  • @NedKelly1967
    @NedKelly1967 Жыл бұрын

    Why is Huge Lorrie in a helmet on the front pic lmao

  • @69Jackjones69
    @69Jackjones69 Жыл бұрын

    I'm conflicted about the Normans. On the one hand, they were excellent warriors and were efficient at establishing law and order and on the other hand they were often quite bloodthirsty and cruel. A lot of Norman blood flows through my veins and I don't know what to do.

  • @honeycrispTV

    @honeycrispTV

    Жыл бұрын

    Become a chef!

  • @69Jackjones69

    @69Jackjones69

    Жыл бұрын

    @@honeycrispTV 🤣 I already work in a kitchen!

  • @honeycrispTV

    @honeycrispTV

    Жыл бұрын

    @@69Jackjones69 cool! I used to enjoy being a line cook at one point, stressful sometimes but I have always enjoyed cooking.

  • @marcusroele

    @marcusroele

    Жыл бұрын

    Oi! What if we get the boys together and invade England?

  • @lindahughes2289

    @lindahughes2289

    6 ай бұрын

    Live on, u are u

  • @janerkenbrack3373
    @janerkenbrack3373 Жыл бұрын

    Did you ever think to just ask someone who was around back then? They could tell you what the castle looked like.

  • @BastiatC

    @BastiatC

    Жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately Betty White died earlier this year

  • @janerkenbrack3373

    @janerkenbrack3373

    Жыл бұрын

    @@BastiatC True, but she was pretty young when that was built anyway.

  • @mortsirk

    @mortsirk

    Жыл бұрын

    Keith Richards?

  • @janerkenbrack3373

    @janerkenbrack3373

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mortsirk Lol.

  • @70stunes71

    @70stunes71

    Жыл бұрын

    Biden for sure...probably even was in the battle of hastings, fought with the Roman's, sailed with the Egyptians, and traded spices in the middle east. Just ask him...😅

  • @stargazer5784
    @stargazer57849 ай бұрын

    The overprotective attitudes inhibit discovery. As long as qualified professionals are doing the work, let them dig to their hearts content.

  • @suzannehartmann946
    @suzannehartmann946 Жыл бұрын

    Always ask the military why. Both the British and American military have a lot of experience as occupying forces and we put priorities on rebuilding roads, communications then civilian hospitals, schools and providing food. I believe in the past a monastery or a place for nuns might have been the equivalent to a hospital? Regardless of access to roads or rivers, if you are an occupying force you MUST have a presence every so much distance in order to "keep the peace" (prevent simple mayhem and banditry) and prevent uprisings without you detecting it. No castles or troop barracks, then you have no means to detect or break up massing of local militias. If you, even an occupying force, do NOT perform the basic functions of government by keeping the peace, keeping roadways and rivers (another means of transportation) freely usable and safe you will have uprisings. If you are successful you will have loyalty although maybe not expressed quite that way. Robin Hood will either be considered by the citizenry as an outlaw who preys upon them or their savior depending on how the government meets their needs or preys on the citizens (think Taliban). Taxes therefore need to be seen as maintaining infrastructure citizens use and keeping the peace or it will be seen as predatory. The USA has reached that tipping point and especially with the corruption in the White House and its cronies in the larger administration. Which is why in desperation rather than give up their bribes and do the right governing thing suddenly they want to provide free lunches to all students in schools across the nation even for families who do not need free food. The present can tell you a lot about the past, successes and failures.

  • @shelbynamels973

    @shelbynamels973

    10 ай бұрын

    You made a good and valid point, however, you lost me in the final stretch.

  • @edwardspencer3906

    @edwardspencer3906

    8 ай бұрын

    What was that?

  • @MrMAC8964
    @MrMAC8964 Жыл бұрын

    whats with these heritage types ! ours here are old biddy fops that just like power. considering there not doing any digging says there not experts so they should be told where the experts are going to dig (because its all buried again after.) and be thankfull they`ve got jobs.

  • @adelajdaszulc2295
    @adelajdaszulc2295 Жыл бұрын

    The eagle looks Polish.

  • @t.c.thompson2359
    @t.c.thompson2359 Жыл бұрын

    Thumbnail looks like Ben Affleck.

  • @FryNOR
    @FryNOR Жыл бұрын

    What is the point of promoting these videos with clickbait?,. Time Team have their own official YT channels, at this point this is just stupid. I did pay for a subscription for History Hit but it's not worth it, 20 minutes podcasts with Dan Snow and shorts that are cut down from other series.

  • @WatcherAsher
    @WatcherAsher Жыл бұрын

    Imagine how little we will ever know due to the unwanted disturbance of dirt....totally dip shit thinking.

  • @stepstar6187
    @stepstar6187 Жыл бұрын

    Norman=Vikings with French accent and horses

  • @robertbowers9856

    @robertbowers9856

    Жыл бұрын

    "I blow wy nose in your direction, you English dogs." Quest for the Holy Grail.

  • @jasminespencer3992

    @jasminespencer3992

    Жыл бұрын

    Norman Fell=Mr. Roper

  • @CV_CA
    @CV_CA Жыл бұрын

    18:33 Cute girls

  • @adanedwardspencer6891
    @adanedwardspencer6891 Жыл бұрын

    😂How would they know? They are all dead!

  • @tunguskalumberjack9987
    @tunguskalumberjack9987 Жыл бұрын

    I love history. It’s better when presented by someone NOT doing their day’s jogging.

  • @aubreymellor1293
    @aubreymellor1293 Жыл бұрын

    why always "Three days"? please explain it or stop saying it.

  • @Ikwigsjoyful

    @Ikwigsjoyful

    Жыл бұрын

    My understanding is that the “three days” was the hook for the series: see how much history can be discovered even in just three short days. It also enabled experts with jobs at universities, English Heritage, or wherever to become much loved regulars on the show, because it was an additional job they could do on the weekend. The digs were proper archaeological digs following the usual protocol, though, with having a plan and permits for what they were digging and why, and the information they gained was written up and made available to other groups who might then plan a longer, more in depth dig at a site. It is perhaps best to think of the Time Team digs as exploratory digs assessing an archaeological site; and us viewers get to come along for the fascinating, educational, and entertaining ride!😁

  • @absentmindednewsnetwork733
    @absentmindednewsnetwork73311 ай бұрын

    Wtf...so if you buy a property in Britain you don't actually own it.... no thanks

  • @aubreymellor1293
    @aubreymellor1293 Жыл бұрын

    i wonder why they bother with geophysics as it must be the most useless science in existence. i have been watching for years and mever found geophics evem remotely useful. in fact it always wastes everyone's time

  • @TomBombadil73

    @TomBombadil73

    Жыл бұрын

    Not true. Geophys is a crucial part of the show. And I’ve seen all the episodes on KZread, some episodes more than once. On the Roman villa sites, and many other sites, Geophys came through with important data. Over and over John and his team put the dig teams on countless targets that paid off. You should probably watch some more episodes.

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