Time Team S14-E04 The Druids' Last Stand, Anglesey

In early 2006 an aerial photographic survey of Anglesey produced a remarkable image. On the slopes south of the town of Amlwch approximately four miles from the island's north coast - a large pentangular earthwork could be seen.
The earthwork, known as Y Werthyr, has long been known about - but until the photograph was taken nobody knew its full extent. It had never been excavated, nor properly identified.
If comparisons with other sites on the island are correct, however, Y Werthyr is one of a small group of pentangular or polygonal enclosures that date from the middle to late Iron Age. This was the time when, according to classical sources, the island of Anglesey was the centre of the ancient Britons' druidic priesthood.
Y Werthyr presented Time Team with a rare opportunity to excavate a large, previously uninvestigated, site. And perhaps, too, a chance to catch a glimpse of one of the bloodiest events in British history - the Roman suppression of druidic Anglesey.

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  • @christinag8782
    @christinag87823 жыл бұрын

    I love how excited Francis gets. What a great group of people!

  • @cs_fl5048
    @cs_fl50483 жыл бұрын

    Ian is amazing. He could scrape a dime off a sandbox without taking a layer of sand... and he can feel the soil and from his higher vantage can see the change.

  • @venust.4119
    @venust.41194 жыл бұрын

    Victor is a very talented but modest artist of the show :)

  • @dewimama1
    @dewimama13 жыл бұрын

    It's funny how time zips by as I watch these. As its ending, I think ' already?'. Love the history and archeology.

  • @StephiSensei26
    @StephiSensei264 жыл бұрын

    Glad to see Ian getting some recognition! He's an unsung hero of TT.

  • @mwheape

    @mwheape

    Жыл бұрын

    Wasn't that amazing! Loved seeing Ian get a bit of his own.

  • @janicehill5605

    @janicehill5605

    Жыл бұрын

    Be nice, appreciation goes a long way.

  • @iamme6773
    @iamme67733 жыл бұрын

    I always wish they had more than three days! Love these guys ❤️

  • @georgehenry76
    @georgehenry764 жыл бұрын

    After 30 years of watching, I feel part of the family.

  • @robwalker7575
    @robwalker75754 жыл бұрын

    Watching in 2019....Mick is still a legend and sorely missed, RIP.

  • @thehelluvaparty563

    @thehelluvaparty563

    Жыл бұрын

    Ditto in 2022.

  • @alidapurdy

    @alidapurdy

    10 ай бұрын

    Same in 2023

  • @raygodwin68
    @raygodwin686 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful Time Team. It is criminal that they axed it.

  • @robertmusacchio9409
    @robertmusacchio94095 жыл бұрын

    love the animated re-constructions, really fleshes out the finds, for example, the wall, the house, the grave

  • @bettytimberman8210
    @bettytimberman82103 жыл бұрын

    I would buy Phil a drink and I don't drink. Love watching him he really loves to dig.

  • @janetpercell3989
    @janetpercell39894 жыл бұрын

    I think ive watched just about 20 yrs of time team..most enjoyable too. The dug for 3 days to see if it would be a big enough discovery to bring in a whole team of archialogists to open it completely. They found so.e really great finds that way..and technology keeps advancing to make it easier.. id love to be on their team..

  • @taylorlibby7642
    @taylorlibby76424 жыл бұрын

    It's interesting how similar tribal peoples are worldwide and throughout history. I live in an area of the U.S. with many many native archaeological sites. Some of them have circular communal dwellings very close to the roundhouses in design.

  • @chattykathie7129
    @chattykathie71299 жыл бұрын

    they get so giggly its like Christmas morning. LOVE to see there excitement.

  • @beardyface8492

    @beardyface8492

    4 жыл бұрын

    *their

  • @bnipmnaa

    @bnipmnaa

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@beardyface8492 and *it's

  • @diannkelley3481
    @diannkelley34813 ай бұрын

    God, I love this show and look forward EVERY night to see an episode or two!

  • @maeve4686
    @maeve46864 жыл бұрын

    I wish I could turn back the clock and become an archaeologist!!!

  • @zeroDOTjon
    @zeroDOTjon4 жыл бұрын

    Phil is such a character. bless him

  • @JanicePhillips
    @JanicePhillips4 жыл бұрын

    I wish this show would film for three months at each site instead of just three days. I'm always left wishing for more information.

  • @joh1109

    @joh1109

    4 жыл бұрын

    Janice Phillips same

  • @IOxOI_art

    @IOxOI_art

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's a trick, so you keep watching the show ;)

  • @mermeridian2041

    @mermeridian2041

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same. I get it - the main people on the show have their own regular jobs and etc., but surely they could switch out amongst themselves and the plethora of other archaeologists, historians, etc. living and working especially in Britain. If nothing else, each site where the team has made "amazing discoveries" - especially on Day 3 - should have spin-off specials of their own. I'd love to have seen that kind of thing. Excellent show - could be more!

  • @stevenleslie8557

    @stevenleslie8557

    3 жыл бұрын

    Or even three weeks

  • @charlesharper2357

    @charlesharper2357

    10 ай бұрын

    It's a matter of money. The crew is roughly 100 people...wages, accommodation, food, permits, machinery rental...

  • @tphvictims5101
    @tphvictims51015 жыл бұрын

    This series is/was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

  • @Boaty5
    @Boaty58 жыл бұрын

    We've got just 3 days to find out... I have a *cunning plan*.

  • @t.j.payeur739

    @t.j.payeur739

    6 жыл бұрын

    Are you still using that poor beaten-up hackneyed phrase..what an unoriginal fuck...I've only seen it 15,000 times on other Time Team commentaries..yeah..Robinson was Baldric..we know...

  • @javierguzman5451

    @javierguzman5451

    4 жыл бұрын

    Now go get your shinebox!!!

  • @garypulliam3740

    @garypulliam3740

    4 жыл бұрын

    Artificial deadlines add drama.

  • @hamarbiljungskile8953

    @hamarbiljungskile8953

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@t.j.payeur739 Who hurt you?

  • @optophobe
    @optophobe4 жыл бұрын

    What I learned from this series it that you cannot walk anywhere in the UK without stepping on a grave.

  • @neferanubis4749
    @neferanubis47497 жыл бұрын

    that guy named Phil is hilarious I'd drink a beer with him

  • @WashuHakubi4

    @WashuHakubi4

    6 жыл бұрын

    He would make a joke and while you were laughing he'd drink your beer also.

  • @louiscyfer6944

    @louiscyfer6944

    5 жыл бұрын

    no way i would have a beer with him.

  • @JanPospisilArt

    @JanPospisilArt

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's a common reaction.

  • @RandomPlaceHolderName

    @RandomPlaceHolderName

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@louiscyfer6944 Live a little.

  • @louiscyfer6944

    @louiscyfer6944

    4 жыл бұрын

    randomplace, i don't drink beer, it is horrible.

  • @badabing9234
    @badabing92345 жыл бұрын

    I got the impression that the gentleman talking to Tony about druids being hippies in white might actually be a druid himself lol

  • @patrickwalls1407

    @patrickwalls1407

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bada Bing , if they are artists poets music and such where is the result? any civilization that has these people shines them into history. nothing but tokens in swamps? I am not buying a peaceful artistic people at all.

  • @staghornthedruid957

    @staghornthedruid957

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, he looked pretty insulted lol

  • @HelloAllegro

    @HelloAllegro

    4 жыл бұрын

    Probably just a Bangor uni historicist Marxist

  • @athenac2696

    @athenac2696

    4 жыл бұрын

    Being of mostly Scotch/Irish/Welsh ancestry, I've studied the Druids history. They were highly spiritual people with musical/artistic ability being common in most families.

  • @athenac2696

    @athenac2696

    4 жыл бұрын

    Including my family of singers, musicians, poets.and artists.

  • @missbeebutt
    @missbeebutt5 жыл бұрын

    impressed at Tony's ability to not laugh at 24:58, 'grotty as' beforehand: "Don't you say it" "I'm gonna say it"

  • @caravan300
    @caravan3009 жыл бұрын

    Ancient copper mines at Parys Mountain just next door... blank copper discs probably to be expected in the area. Too bad more cultural materials were not found. Great show.

  • @goodnamesareallgone1
    @goodnamesareallgone16 жыл бұрын

    I am grateful for the episodes, but also a little sad knowing the Time Team are no longer poking about the English countryside digging holes and sipping brew at local pubs.

  • @robinanna5531

    @robinanna5531

    5 жыл бұрын

    Uhm, British countryside! This is Wales!

  • @georgetempest9627

    @georgetempest9627

    5 жыл бұрын

    Time Team was a pain in the arse with their set time limit of 3 days. Why not leave the findings open and preserve them for younger generations to learn from? Very typically British, cover up and forget, we don't really give a toss about history, all being just about some broadcasting corporation, making money... And the shit they creates here outside Camelford at Slaughterbridge was a typical disaster!

  • @Arkantos117

    @Arkantos117

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@robinanna5531 Wales is in Britain.

  • @robinanna5531

    @robinanna5531

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Arkantos117 Yes, but not in the English countryside as the original comment stated. 🙂

  • @Arkantos117

    @Arkantos117

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@robinanna5531 Ah yes, sorry, clearly my reading comprehension at ~4am is terrible. :P

  • @stannousflouride8372
    @stannousflouride83728 жыл бұрын

    The signs of the excavation are still visible on Google Earth here: 53°24'19.7"N 4°23'42.8"W

  • @VCYT

    @VCYT

    6 жыл бұрын

    An if you put those numbers into a PC it stops an island exploding.

  • @vermontvermont9292

    @vermontvermont9292

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@VCYT I'm in a band called driveshaft.

  • @VCYT

    @VCYT

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@vermontvermont9292 I bet your music drives... People crazy. That's what the others tell me.

  • @simracingwales4997
    @simracingwales49974 жыл бұрын

    Still watching on 29/02/2020 love it !!!

  • @chriswalsh6140
    @chriswalsh61405 жыл бұрын

    This is one of my favourite episodes, RIP Mick ❤️

  • @ccharms60

    @ccharms60

    3 жыл бұрын

    Which one is Mick sorry new to this series

  • @chriswalsh6140

    @chriswalsh6140

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ccharms60, Mick is the one with the white hair 👍

  • @ccharms60

    @ccharms60

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@chriswalsh6140 thank you I'm new to this series and I wish I would have went to school for archeology😜

  • @dollyjeanstevens
    @dollyjeanstevens4 жыл бұрын

    My all time favourite programme, nostalgic Sunday memories here..

  • @jaytay8637

    @jaytay8637

    4 жыл бұрын

    YES ! That time of the week was sacred .

  • @garypulliam3740
    @garypulliam37404 жыл бұрын

    They need to start at the southern tip of England and do a rolling archeological excavation all the way to the northern tip of Scotland.

  • @arthurrosch5378

    @arthurrosch5378

    3 жыл бұрын

    That would take forever. There's SO much under the soil.

  • @hippiedachshunds1632
    @hippiedachshunds163210 жыл бұрын

    My new favorite show. Thank you for the uploads!

  • @SkywalkerExpress
    @SkywalkerExpress3 жыл бұрын

    i was hoping they would find the remnant of the sacred grove there. But it was a quality content as usual by the Time Team. Love it very much.

  • @brianhaskard1042
    @brianhaskard10426 жыл бұрын

    Best TV show ever! Bring back Time Team & put Helen in charge.

  • @InquisitorMatthewAshcraft

    @InquisitorMatthewAshcraft

    5 жыл бұрын

    No... You need BOTH Helen & Rakshah

  • @joegill3612
    @joegill36127 жыл бұрын

    I find it hard to believe the Romans would be horrified at anything least of all human sacrifice given what they got up to.

  • @saemushailstorm3135

    @saemushailstorm3135

    5 жыл бұрын

    generally their policy was 'hands off' via local practices , but Druids REALLY put them off !

  • @carolinebarnes6832

    @carolinebarnes6832

    5 жыл бұрын

    Considering that crucifixion was a common punishment for even minor crimes, yes, I doubt it was human sacrifice that would have scared the romans so much. It was more likely they were afraid of the druids spiritual power.

  • @nikolaus2688

    @nikolaus2688

    5 жыл бұрын

    Or a history of India written by Brits...

  • @carolinebarnes6832

    @carolinebarnes6832

    5 жыл бұрын

    Using human sacrifice as an excuse for later atrocities is an old and timeworn tactic, too, (just thought of it) the spaniards used the same justification , after the fact, for their genocide in Central and South America.

  • @carolinebarnes6832

    @carolinebarnes6832

    5 жыл бұрын

    @ajsimo222 I guess you could make a case for Suttee,(burning of widows alive on their husbands' funeral pyres) as a form of human sacrifice, but that is only women so I expect it doesn't count. Historically speaking, none of us have clean hands.

  • @baongoc9889
    @baongoc98893 жыл бұрын

    I picture a scene of 2 Roman soldiers hammering a poor guy on a cross, casual chatting while the guy is crying and wailing in pain. "Have you heard of the druids? I mean they're soooo cruel." "Yeah... how could you do such thing to a human being. Btw, are you going to the amphitheatre tomorrow? I heard they're gonna let some lions maul some guys to death."

  • @barnabyaprobert5159
    @barnabyaprobert51598 жыл бұрын

    It's important to realize that the *ONLY* claims about cannibalism by Druids...was reported by their enemies the Romans.

  • @Philrc

    @Philrc

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Barnaby ap Robert That very true. The people they ate couldn't complain!

  • @Philrc

    @Philrc

    5 жыл бұрын

    There is evidence on bones found etc of cannibalism

  • @kennethcrane9848

    @kennethcrane9848

    5 жыл бұрын

    source?@@Philrc

  • @Philrc

    @Philrc

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@kennethcrane9848 do your own research. It's on the net

  • @snibradaigh7583

    @snibradaigh7583

    5 жыл бұрын

    The victors are the writers of history

  • @Marty933
    @Marty9338 жыл бұрын

    I am so jealous of the quality shows Brits get to watch. You all get Time Team and Restoration Home and we're stuck with the jiggling stupidity of Snooki , J Wow, Jersey Shore and the Simpsons.

  • @MrTeneric

    @MrTeneric

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Marty933 If you watch the trailers and teasers at the end you'll find all of those shows on BBC too. A great deal of the crap we have here starts in England first and sent here for American remakes. Europe aint that much more "smart". State run TV is just as bad.

  • @fingal42

    @fingal42

    8 жыл бұрын

    I miss it. Time Team was scrapped a few years ago, and there's nothing quite like it. I felt like I knew Dr Aston and Phil, which is the sign of a great programme.

  • @MrTeneric

    @MrTeneric

    8 жыл бұрын

    fingal42 I am still watching the series in order and was horribly shocked about Mick's death and now to find out the series was cancelled! So sad to see reality shows "win"

  • @jelkel25

    @jelkel25

    8 жыл бұрын

    Watching ''stupid'' TVs not compulsory (yet), TVs have off switches on both sides of the Atlantic, your viewing is only as stupid as you make it.

  • @SniffMyDeadwax

    @SniffMyDeadwax

    7 жыл бұрын

    we are inundated with crap too believe me. There used to be so many wonderful progrzmmes, thankfully we still have a good selection but theres a lot needs ditching.

  • @gregparker3255
    @gregparker32554 жыл бұрын

    Got to Love Bridgid !!!!!

  • @rosyclaire
    @rosyclaire4 жыл бұрын

    Oh how I wish they'd bring back Time Team.

  • @Libbathegreat

    @Libbathegreat

    4 жыл бұрын

    They have a show now called Digging for Britain. It's interesting but not nearly of the same calibre.

  • @christosvoskresye
    @christosvoskresye8 жыл бұрын

    38:50 It would have been worth bringing in some metal detectorists to probe the ancient shoreline closest to the enclosure.

  • @barnabyaprobert5159

    @barnabyaprobert5159

    8 жыл бұрын

    +christosvoskresye Plus their wives would appreciate not having them underfoot at home.

  • @janskeet1382

    @janskeet1382

    4 жыл бұрын

    You can’t put detectorists with archeologists. No lad, blood would be spilt. They would fight like cats with their tails tied, and hung over a washing line. Best not even think about it. (Thanks for that Libba the Great, I was just gassing, heh, heh, heh)

  • @Libbathegreat

    @Libbathegreat

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@janskeet1382 They have metal detectorists helping on this show all the time. There are metal detectorists, and there are nighthawks. Metal detectorists report their finds responsibly, and help identify unknown sites. Nighthawks just rip stuff out of the ground and flog it.

  • @peggyjenkinson4514
    @peggyjenkinson45147 жыл бұрын

    John deserves more credit.

  • @Libbathegreat

    @Libbathegreat

    Жыл бұрын

    💯 I used to think he was a bit bitchy. With repeated viewings, he's really grown on me and now I think he's my favorite of the core team. I especially like that he always does right by his geophys team, gives them due credit. And he has quite a sense of humor. Still quite bitchy though lol

  • @lindasue8719
    @lindasue87195 жыл бұрын

    Every society, including ours, gets up to horrors that many take part in without a thought, but which many others can't stomach. We are no better. And humankind has a long way to go.

  • @tomcrowell6697
    @tomcrowell66975 жыл бұрын

    I still love this video. ❤️

  • @gordonweare308
    @gordonweare30810 жыл бұрын

    ABOUT TIME ANGLESEY GOT SOME ATTENTION, LONG LEFT OUT. BUT YOU TAKE CARE OF MY ISLAND.... signed - The Weare twins.....

  • @musicguy20
    @musicguy205 жыл бұрын

    Romans always losing their coins 🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @hobbscoblin1313

    @hobbscoblin1313

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yep, I have Roman coins myself from Bath England

  • @FlyingAxblade_D20

    @FlyingAxblade_D20

    4 жыл бұрын

    have you seen the guys that expose the coins and even STAMPS forgery? pretty intense. you'd think that flying dragons with claw fulls of coins leaked millions of ounces metal, billions of tiny pieces of paper all around the World.

  • @starleyshelton2245

    @starleyshelton2245

    4 жыл бұрын

    Roman coins were found in Texas at the bottom of an Indian mound in Round Rock. The mound is dated at approximately 800 AD. In 1957 near Phenix City, Alabama, a small boy found a coin in a field from Syracuse on the island of Sicily and dating from 490 B.C. www.liveabout.com/history-mystery-ancients-in-america-2593550

  • @stiannobelisto573

    @stiannobelisto573

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@starleyshelton2245 come on, you know better than going to sites like that

  • @pattyaaron2759
    @pattyaaron27594 жыл бұрын

    I think this one is the best I've watched so far

  • @MrRyguy2112
    @MrRyguy21123 жыл бұрын

    Brigid, a very cheeky introduction!

  • @lindasue8719
    @lindasue87195 жыл бұрын

    I'm constantly boggled that they can discover the shapes on the ground, and that they haven't disappeared over the millennia!

  • @MalaksMessage
    @MalaksMessage8 жыл бұрын

    God damn I love this show

  • @kevinmccarthy8746
    @kevinmccarthy874611 ай бұрын

    WOW, I swear to god I noticed that GO? was taking on a much welcomed and valuable perspective in the show. I perceived this change and think it will be a great introduction to it`s value through Stuarts expert help. So now I know when I first saw this new for me, capability. Thank you.

  • @nikkikessler748
    @nikkikessler7484 жыл бұрын

    The whole wicker man burning is like what we have here in the states in the middle of a desert, a festival called Burning Man. I've always wanted to go! Anyone else still watching in 2020??

  • @stephanieh.777
    @stephanieh.7775 жыл бұрын

    There are burning effigies as traditions even today, here in Switzerland, to do with the harvest seasons...

  • @scarletfluerr

    @scarletfluerr

    4 жыл бұрын

    America we do it to celebrate art, alternative lifestyle, get stoned and drunk and basically have one hell of a wild weekend!

  • @IOxOI_art

    @IOxOI_art

    4 жыл бұрын

    Really? I would love to witness that! Can you tell us more about it?

  • @scottclinton2061
    @scottclinton20619 жыл бұрын

    The British sense of humor (from the episode editor at the very least). 9:21 Quote: "...exposed stones..." [key shot of chick in tank top].

  • @dbn52

    @dbn52

    9 жыл бұрын

    Scott Clinton I watched this with my husband before reading your comment. You men think alike. He laughed at exposed stones and I didn't get it until I read your comment. Thank You.

  • @Seeker386

    @Seeker386

    9 жыл бұрын

    Scott Clinton I've watched a lot of this show and the camera men are quite "cheeky"!

  • @dbn52

    @dbn52

    9 жыл бұрын

    Totally

  • @barnabyaprobert5159

    @barnabyaprobert5159

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Scott Clinton If the weather is warm there's always some heart-warming down-blouse shots.

  • @AvaT42
    @AvaT425 жыл бұрын

    That was a really good episode!

  • @JamieHumeCreative
    @JamieHumeCreative6 жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed that thank you.

  • @mariansmith7694
    @mariansmith76944 жыл бұрын

    Druids would live lightly on the land.

  • @ivanj.conway9919
    @ivanj.conway99194 жыл бұрын

    I really, wish we had a better, understanding of the Druids and what they REALLY, were all, about. After all, how many of us today, may have been descended from them. Right? My Best. Out.

  • @allmendoubt4784

    @allmendoubt4784

    4 жыл бұрын

    They probably got the pick of the maidens for sure.

  • @Philrc

    @Philrc

    4 жыл бұрын

    No the druids were a priestly cast. We may be related to the people of that time, some of whom became druids.

  • @elizabethwilliams1523
    @elizabethwilliams15234 жыл бұрын

    I love I'm Anglesey. Never seen this episode before. Love this series.

  • @charleylhankins
    @charleylhankins4 жыл бұрын

    Excellent episode!

  • @mikibrits3462
    @mikibrits34625 жыл бұрын

    Wouldn't it be wonderful if the oak groves were replanted?

  • @theshamanarchist5441

    @theshamanarchist5441

    5 жыл бұрын

    That is a Roman myth. The Yew was the most sacred tree of ancient Gaels. The Celtic foreign invaders of which the druids were the administrative financiers would have been more into worshipping severed heads and other Barbarian Germanic practices.

  • @rogerwilco2
    @rogerwilco28 жыл бұрын

    If it takes three days to build such an effigy, and those branches snap that easily, I don't think you can keep someone tied up in there until it's time to set fire to the thing. Unless you keep them unconscious the whole time. My conclusion is that the burning effigy might be true, but having living people burned inside it seems unlikely.

  • @deadhorse1391

    @deadhorse1391

    8 жыл бұрын

    Don't you think they just left an opening and put the people in , sealed it shut and then lit the fire

  • @rjnemoyer

    @rjnemoyer

    7 жыл бұрын

    Don't confuse the place of execution with the place of confinement. We kept people in jail before they were hung.

  • @caroleannmc3897

    @caroleannmc3897

    7 жыл бұрын

    Willow can be dried and stored, then soaked before use. Then it's flexible enough to weave very tightly and the results can be pretty strong. Think of a giant wicker basket.

  • @karenjohannessen8987

    @karenjohannessen8987

    6 жыл бұрын

    The willow was especially dry this year because of the weather - 28:30.

  • @minky182

    @minky182

    5 жыл бұрын

    Imagining this made me giggle. Why would they try to build it around them?! "Right, you stand there and don't move" **Starts frantically weaving willow**

  • @jigold22571
    @jigold225714 жыл бұрын

    Fabulous, ThankU.

  • @venust.4119
    @venust.41194 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful England. Playing frisbee on a field, turns out there are dead dudes right below your feet. So much history around every corner! Here in the US I only find rusty nails and bottle caps with my metal detector :(

  • @SkunkApe407

    @SkunkApe407

    3 жыл бұрын

    You're obviously not looking in the right places then. I'm a land surveyor in Florida, and have been a part of several archaeological digs. I've personally uncovered Meso-American sites, Spanish and English colonies, and long abandoned villages and settlements built by freed slaves. And that's just what I've been a part of in the state of Florida. I've also been to the Midwest and Pacific Northwest to survey dinosaur digs, and hope to be a part of an expedition to search for Mesolithic sites in South America in the near future.

  • @ANTINUTZI
    @ANTINUTZI9 жыл бұрын

    ... I shall *very* probably *greatly* regret this, but ... *WICKER KNICKERS!!!* 29:12

  • @gregb6469
    @gregb64698 жыл бұрын

    How much archaeology was destroyed when they built those windmills?

  • @mrspone1000

    @mrspone1000

    8 жыл бұрын

    none . because the land owner would have been required to do a survey of the site before construction.

  • @mrspone1000

    @mrspone1000

    8 жыл бұрын

    none . because the land owner would have been required to do a survey of the site before construction.

  • @areyouavinalaughisheavinal5328

    @areyouavinalaughisheavinal5328

    7 жыл бұрын

    windmills?

  • @DougKoper
    @DougKoper4 жыл бұрын

    Really fascinating

  • @bethbartlett5692
    @bethbartlett56925 жыл бұрын

    Best ending of all of the series shows!!! 💥

  • @StormLaker
    @StormLaker5 жыл бұрын

    Ian cracks me up, love his accent....what part of the UK is he from?? My wife's uncle is from the south (of England), and has more of a standard English accent. We always love it when he comes to see us here in the States'.

  • @mikesummers-smith4091
    @mikesummers-smith40916 жыл бұрын

    I think that Different Degrees of Destruction may have recorded a Peel Session in the late 90s.

  • @janskeet1382

    @janskeet1382

    4 жыл бұрын

    As I recall, it sounded like someone banging on a biscuit tin lid with a spoon for three minutes. Peel paused for five seconds at the end and drawled “Seminal! But he is Belgian and living in a basement squat and dying of TB”

  • @deadinteresting8905
    @deadinteresting89054 жыл бұрын

    Francis Lynch.. what a legend for North Wales archaeology!

  • @izzzzzz6
    @izzzzzz64 жыл бұрын

    Would love to see a year in Africa with Time Team!

  • @kacy940
    @kacy9405 жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately, the TT really didn't find anything on this dig. I think the professor at the end is a druid himself.

  • @janskeet1382

    @janskeet1382

    4 жыл бұрын

    He wanted to put the Time Team in the Wicker man and put a match to it. Robinson pressed his buttons.

  • @melaniecarver5719

    @melaniecarver5719

    3 жыл бұрын

    It was annoying how he was repeating "intelligentsia". Tony got under his skin by making a good point.

  • @AvaT42
    @AvaT427 жыл бұрын

    That was good. I enjoyed it

  • @themysteryofbluebirdboulevard
    @themysteryofbluebirdboulevard6 ай бұрын

    That one local advisor is definitely a secret modern druid, the way he goes on about it.

  • @juttamaier2111
    @juttamaier21115 жыл бұрын

    During this whole episode I was thinking that Mick Astons' colourful cap probably had a more interesting history that the earth mould...

  • @meemurthelemur4811

    @meemurthelemur4811

    4 жыл бұрын

    😂😂

  • @nneichan9353
    @nneichan93534 жыл бұрын

    Halfway through and i'm itching to know what the circular bits of the field are. Who of the cast was selected for the wicker man?

  • @philbarnes6678
    @philbarnes66785 жыл бұрын

    I am always surprised at the way this genocide is portrayed.

  • @HO-bndk

    @HO-bndk

    5 жыл бұрын

    I know right, those drawings are completely inaccurate. It was Batavian and Tungrian auxiliary cavalry not line infantrymen who slaughtered all the Celtic taliban.

  • @karendavis7988
    @karendavis798810 ай бұрын

    Love Mick’s hat! ❤

  • @samcockcroft7951
    @samcockcroft79513 жыл бұрын

    The windmills seem to suggest that we haven't lost touch with the importance of the area and that we still see it as a place of power and significance. Literal bloody power.

  • @radwulfeboraci7504
    @radwulfeboraci75044 жыл бұрын

    So we can assume the guys putting up the windmills never looked down.

  • @eleveneleven572

    @eleveneleven572

    4 жыл бұрын

    You'd be amazed at the amount of archaeology deliberately ignored to avoid interfering with building projects.

  • @ThePorkupine73
    @ThePorkupine7310 жыл бұрын

    I agree on the 22:30 comment. And this, too, is my new favorite show.

  • @cindyhilt9371
    @cindyhilt93714 жыл бұрын

    There is a huge party called Burning Man Festival in the USA desert every year. Must be seen to be believed. This was an interesting video as always by the Time Team. I wish they had more time though.

  • @MamaKitty-rs7kp
    @MamaKitty-rs7kp3 ай бұрын

    7 years later and im in complete agreement with you

  • @beaconrider
    @beaconrider5 жыл бұрын

    You could always stuff a few politicians into that wicker man.

  • @WashuHakubi4

    @WashuHakubi4

    5 жыл бұрын

    Just a few?

  • @Headwind-1

    @Headwind-1

    4 жыл бұрын

    the political remoaners?

  • @sarran1955
    @sarran19555 жыл бұрын

    So, the wind turbines, late Iron Age domestic, or early Roman import??

  • @KossolaxtheForesworn

    @KossolaxtheForesworn

    5 жыл бұрын

    nah, its just wild wind turbines in their natural habitat minding their own business.

  • @ellicooper2323

    @ellicooper2323

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@KossolaxtheForesworn my first real belly laugh today, and I've got the belly to do it. Glad I put my tea down.

  • @StuffOffYouStuff

    @StuffOffYouStuff

    4 жыл бұрын

    German or Swedish

  • @markreeter6227

    @markreeter6227

    4 жыл бұрын

    Future archeological discovery 2000 years from now - 21st century humans were wind worshippers.

  • @gorymarty56

    @gorymarty56

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha

  • @therealbadbob2201
    @therealbadbob22014 жыл бұрын

    From what I deduce, the farmers are growing rocks. Very prodigious harvest, by the way.

  • @cobrasvt347
    @cobrasvt3474 жыл бұрын

    Damn you time team. It’s 1 in the morning and I gotta go to work at 5. And still got 30 mins left on this episode.

  • @radwulfeboraci7504
    @radwulfeboraci75049 жыл бұрын

    It is truly ironic that the sociopaths with engineering skills - the Romans - would feign indignation at the practices of the Druids. They who considered a lovely day out to toddle on down to the forums across the empire to watch people being murdered in every way possible. They did this to up to a million individuals by some estimates. Not for spiritual reasons, not to provide any true sense of judicial process, but because they thought it was FUN watching people die in agony. Would have been a good opportunity to point that out here.

  • @si4632

    @si4632

    7 жыл бұрын

    thats what pagans do lol

  • @ebenclukey7293

    @ebenclukey7293

    5 жыл бұрын

    I wouldn't let it ruin my day. They also brought advancements in line with the Greeks, Egyptians and Chinese. Though it seems to be the bitch du jour, it's ridiculous to conflate practices of thousands of years ago to contemporary norms. Or maybe we should talk about reparations.

  • @Philrc

    @Philrc

    5 жыл бұрын

    Radwulf Eboraci They also left their own unwanted babies out on the municipal rubbish dump to die. Celtic tribes would have found that abhorrent

  • @nikolaus2688

    @nikolaus2688

    5 жыл бұрын

    Actually they didn't. For Romans, the most important duty was keeping the family and the ancestor cult going after their death, so leaving a baby at the forum was an act of desperation and gave it a relatively good chance that someone else would pick it up.

  • @Philrc

    @Philrc

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@nikolaus2688 Well it is commonly said to be the case

  • @nutsaboutnames3805
    @nutsaboutnames38058 жыл бұрын

    I am shocked at how many comments there are about Brigid's behind. FFS, can't you say something nice about her mind or archaeological skills as well?!

  • @genx7006

    @genx7006

    8 жыл бұрын

    I blame the producers/directors of the show. They framed her behind in the scene quite well, when they didn't have to. And just to let you know, it is entirely possible to respect one's academic mind and appreciate their beauty as well. As one of the previous commenters posted...DAYUM. She is doubly amazing in my book. Brains and beauty.

  • @kokeshkokesh

    @kokeshkokesh

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Unknown Mgtow it is hard not to show her behind, as it is visible in almost any episode.

  • @doniellestenson5231

    @doniellestenson5231

    7 жыл бұрын

    Many men are hellaciously horny. Rather sad really. They spend their lives spilling seed only to shrivel like a spent husk. Imagine ogling a stranger's derriere' for recreation.....

  • @Timotei75

    @Timotei75

    7 жыл бұрын

    @Donielle Stenson - I bet you're a laugh down the pub. Messy divorce?

  • @WashuHakubi4

    @WashuHakubi4

    7 жыл бұрын

    Just imagine if she sat on the muddy ground for a moment to rest, and left a nice imprint of her buttocks which hardened and was preserved for posterity (posteriority?). Then imagine archaeologists 2,000 years in the future digging it up and trying to piece together our ritual practices.

  • @blackdog.6398
    @blackdog.63984 жыл бұрын

    Put it in some wet paper towels so it won’t dry out till you can replenish it’s oil and a little wax to seal it and bond it’s monocular properties ,,,it’s a beautiful-coin the Romans,,,Thank you for your videos we love the team The kids are cutting wholes in the fool thang !lol good luck 🍀👍 🐺⚔️BLACK DOG OUT⚔️🐺...

  • @NajwaLaylah
    @NajwaLaylah4 жыл бұрын

    Time Team: "Could be worse... could be raining." Wales: Watch *this*.

  • @PagnDad2
    @PagnDad210 жыл бұрын

    As a Druid myself, I am happy to see our perspective presented in a more balanced manner than usual.

  • @senortonyful

    @senortonyful

    10 жыл бұрын

    Youre not a druid.

  • @PagnDad2

    @PagnDad2

    10 жыл бұрын

    senortonyful You don't even know me in real life. It is never wise to make statements about which one has no real knowledge. Fact is, I am a Druid, and have been an active part of the pagan community in New England for many years.

  • @danh6720

    @danh6720

    10 жыл бұрын

    PagnDad2 Yeah… You're not a druid.

  • @yvonnethompson844

    @yvonnethompson844

    9 жыл бұрын

    Dan Hixson couldn't help it, needed to chime in on this, how do you know he hasn't been trained in the surviving stuff that was from ages past? Like they said, these were the sages of their villages the keeper of knowledge. We had to go underground and even train the next generation in secret with each person constructing their own books of reference for herbals and for the rules of nature/men when these who labeled us "backward country folk" started taking over and acting like they were the only ones that knew anything. That unreadable book? The one voinich brought to the world attention? That's one of ours its full of herbs and how to use them as well as astrology. We wrote in code later on as a way of protecting ourselves. We didn't disappear completely, we never will. We were and still are in some places, the people that others come to for help. In a way, all doctors and judges and even police men are druids in spirit

  • @senortonyful

    @senortonyful

    9 жыл бұрын

    Yvonne Thompson There is essentially no surviving evidence of what the druids did, their rites, or even the exact role they played in society. The majority of our knowledge about the druids comes from the fairly unreliable source, in terms of reporting on his enemies, of Julius Caesar. All we know, and we don't even know this for certain, is that they venerated oaks and performed human sacrifice. You're neo-druids, which is a Victorian era made up religion.

  • @sstewart18761
    @sstewart1876110 жыл бұрын

    Excuse my spelling but I believe the last Celtic chieftain was Caracticus Torquatus (Torque taker) who was killed with the druids at Anglesey...

  • @sstewart18761

    @sstewart18761

    10 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the info, I stand corrected. :)

  • @mrkmt49gmail
    @mrkmt49gmail6 жыл бұрын

    well at 5 mins i think the earth works under the wind farm looks and sounds like a block of iron piritys was used for the model

  • @tamashiranai1091
    @tamashiranai10914 жыл бұрын

    "we're relying on the highly sientific between the 4th and 5th tree method" im dead

  • @whylogicalthinking
    @whylogicalthinking6 жыл бұрын

    I love the comparison between British historians and archaeologists with American construction workers in that when you drive by there's only one person on the construction site doing something and 5 people just sitting around doing nothing. If you can read between the lines...

  • @ellicooper2323

    @ellicooper2323

    5 жыл бұрын

    20 people watching if the one working is female, just sayin

  • @user-ht4gb2fw4e
    @user-ht4gb2fw4e7 жыл бұрын

    Why hasn't a rich Welsh person re-planted the Oak groves?..It's a matter of Cultural Pride! I say do it!

  • @dapperdanman1956

    @dapperdanman1956

    7 жыл бұрын

    acerb45666555 the grove weren't grown biblically judges tells of cutting and striping the tress and re planting the posts, as if to undo what grew and re doing what was grown! Stonehenge's look. true or not. x ing out god and crediting mans achievement. true or not?

  • @robinanna5531

    @robinanna5531

    5 жыл бұрын

    Oh don't worry, there are sacred groves on Anglesey. They just aren't publicised. Quite wisely.

  • @stevedingman474

    @stevedingman474

    5 жыл бұрын

    I’m quite sure I can gather the acorns of the proper oaks here in Iowa , USA I believe we have all the oaks represented here and people hate the acorns all over there lawns!!! A good year a 75 year old tree can dump 10 bushels of acorns .... used be we had the deer too clean up every oak circle but now no ... insurance companies aka corporate America insisted on killing them off .... But I’d gladly ship them for free uprovide the Dixie cups dirt and water and sunshine 🌞

  • @robinanna5531

    @robinanna5531

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@stevedingman474 This plan is flawless, except for the sunshine element, sunshine and Wales are irreconcilable.

  • @FredBTs

    @FredBTs

    5 жыл бұрын

    The local farmers would not be very happy having people planting oak groves in their fields.

  • @SocialBurrito3
    @SocialBurrito34 жыл бұрын

    The landscape looks like Washington State U. S. A. At least the eastern half of it. The wind and windmills are everywhere.

  • @cwmbran-city
    @cwmbran-city5 жыл бұрын

    Try Miranda Green's books, she's immense at deconstructing archaeological, classical literary & early Irish/Welsh mythological sources.