Time Team S15-E01 Hunting King Harold, Portskewett, South Wales
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- Опубліковано 18 бер 2013
- Harold's Field in Portskewett, Monmouthshire, has long been rumoured (and referenced in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles) as a site where Harold Godwinson, later to become King Harold, built a hunting lodge in 1065 after defeating the Welsh.
Before that, this same hill may have been the location of a Welsh royal palace reported as having been built in the 6th century. As if that isn't enough, pottery finds nearby suggest the hill may also have been utilised in Roman times too.
The Time Team have three days to unearth the secrets of Harold's Field.
We have “hells own difficulties”… what a great descriptive phrase.
Steve “our pottery expert,” has the most radical mad scientist eyebrows I’ve ever seen!
I love that this episode runs out the entire credits sequence so you can see Mick's university and Phil's company and all the affiliations of the specialists like Helen and Stewart. Victor's drawings and watercolours evidently helped Tony explain to the villagers the significance of the finds in their scheduled fields.
Phil, when someone asks "Well, what can you do?" you answer "Supervise."
Just discovered this awesome Time Team series and can't stop watching. I love history and when you add in such a perfect blend of passionate professionals you create the most entertaining way to learn! Thanks for sharing.
This show is addictive,love to watch this before bedtime and dream of another time.
well said Gregory, my thoughts exactly!
Gregory S ?
Or dig up my back yard
@@Baaweh no good in my back yard. i live in western Canada
@@kathysmith6413 Prehistoric Sasquatch burial mound?
Thank you, Reijer, for posting each season with episodes in chrono order. I am loving them all!
Those watercolour paintings are really cool. That man is a great artist.
Victor Ambrus has a back story that reads like a novel, and two walls full of awards.
I remember seeing this dig take place as I live a few minutes from here. Caerwent village also has alot of ruins still standing. Thank you to everyone who works on uncovering the mysteries of our past. The pride we feel truly is indescribable.
Alok 269 reading this comment makes me envious
@@gmg9010 there are endless ruins scattered all over the country/world. In some places you can just look over a field and see the change in the grass. We have a pub that's grounds run along a wall that god only knows how long it's been standing. We have a wood called Slade's wood which used to have huge thick trees trunks that had landed fighter pilots initials carved in to it. At the site is also some soft of stones ruin, all the same stone around the area.
Alok 269 well I’m from the states and we don’t have as much history as you do only about 3to 400 years
@@gmg9010 I dont really know alot, if anything about American medieval history but we are very lucky to have what remains. It's just incredible. Artifacts lost in raids ie Egypt, is just devastating to our history. Atlantis and all sunken cities, I wonder what world will be left in a few hundred years and what will lay beneath the seas then.
Alok 269 well there is that sunken city I. China
I've watched every episode beginning to end and now on series 15 for the second time and never knew Stuart was with English Heritage. That man is a savant.
Every episode is like a detective story. I guess that’s why it’s addictive.
The pace makes it quite dramatic! I always fear I'll miss something, so I'm glued to the screen.
Tony is a marvelous host. The experts sometimes take it for granted we know what the significance of the finds are (like truly brilliant people do), yet Tony draws more information out of them with careful questions and humor. He's respectful without horning in (hear that, American "journalists"?) What a pleasure to spend time with these intelligent people who work methodically for answers, instead of ranting speculation. I love this show. I've been lucky enough to spend some time in Great Britain, and the antiquity there reminds us we're just cheeky upstarts across the pond.
The 14,500 year old human remains they found here in Florida say otherwise. So do the Norse ruins in Newfoundland. In fact, if you stepped back from your Euro-centric point of view, you'd see that the Americas have a history that is just as rich as that of any European country.
The field being a scheduled monument since 1920's was a blessing in disguise. It protected the site against from the surrounding housing from being built on it, ruining any archaeology that remained.
Thanks so much for posting.
This show is an incredible insight into the world of the ancients of northern europe and the roman empire. If only they had the funding to still have live episodes and not just specials, now and again!
If only Time Team was still being produced, at all, having been canceled after 20 years. Vale Mick Aston...
Amen, its one of the best shows ever!
+Brenden Couch In its day it was averaging 4 million viewers per episode.
I am just glad I can watch episodes on UA-cam. I never knew Time Team existed as I live in the U.S. The episodes are riveting.(Minus a couple). They even did a couple of episodes in America, The Wild West and Custer's last stand. It's a shame after 20 years it was canceled but it must have cost a fortune to do this series.
it collapsed because the damned tv company changed the format, brought in 'new blood' and Mick Aston left as the seriousness was being taken away and 'new blood' brought it. Idiots, they ruined a wonderful programme. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, should be nailed on these producers walls.
One of the best episodes. They are clever to analyse the field and surrounding area and come to the conclusions that they do. All team work and experience. Excellent stuff.
love the artwork by Victor Ambrus.
I've ordered some of his books. He's one of the best parts about this show.
Love from the old lady in Texas God bless you
That pottery guy looks like Thufir The Mentat from Dune. If he had purple staind lips i would swear it was him. Long live the fighters!
Phil’s clothes are clean and spotless... shoes shining!
He wasn’t digging on this episode.
Matt´s looking good. Could we not have a new series with Phil, Helen, Matt, Bridged, Steward, and John? Oh, and Carenza and Raksha of course!
I miss them.
They are having way too much fun...wish I was with them
What a gorgeous older gent that is at 14:33 - local historian Mr. Knight. He was really struggling not to explain stuff later, and let Mick do the talking.
Also at 21:36. He is lovely, isn’t he?
This show is so awesome! Love it!
Incredible illustrations!
Phyllis Hamilt
I want a 3 day vacation to the time team museum
And once again, Stewart was right from the start, by pointing out the dam and pond.
He always figure it out. I do believe he has very limited time on screen because of this. Maybe he is edited back and forth through the timeline as well, just so he doesn't spoil the ending?
Gosh, I wish I lived in a place where the archeology was so rich! Thre are just so few Norman castles or Roman villas where I live on Turtle Island!
The maya are what you want.
I love this show. I am a history buff, but started watching the show because of Tony. Been a fan of his since his role in Black Adder. lol
I love when they make him wear period garb on this show. Half expect to see Atkinson digging in a trench.
Black Adder is on Prime Video right now. Just FYI.
I've been watching this show for a few months now starting at the beginning. My ancestors are from Shropshire and I'm fascinated with history. I had thought about getting into archaeology when I went to college but regrettably didn't. Hopefully someday I may be able to get to visit my homeland. For now I'm stuck in Arizona. This is one of my favorite episodes.
Scott Bentley go online and search for archeology vacations! They have people with an interest help with the digs. Also, in Arizona I bet there's plenty going on that you might not be aware of… Maybe search that too, even ask the universities if they know of programs where amateurs/the general public can be involved.
Archeology was my first love, as a little kid. Like you, I didn't go into that field. Now I'm later in life with aches and pains that would prevent me from doing that, so I say to you: go for it! 🙂
Scott Bentley Get back to Shropshire Scott.
I am from Cape Town South Africa and lived in Bishops Castle, Shropshire for a good while. Such a magical county.
I even worked on the Hopton Castle episode.
Susan reminds me of my favorite secret agent - Agent 99.
I love the fact that the locals brought their dogs along. Also, no one in their right mind would consider King Harold Godwinsson a loser. He won far more than he lost.
Not if you know his history, but the 1066 Norman invasion overshadows his successes.
deaconsmom2000 always keep an eye out for enemy arrows.
I hate that he called him a loser, I Hope most people take the time to read up on Harold and his father
cpmenninga Apparently he used the wrong eye.
@@cpmenninga I figure that some knight near at hand shouted, "Your Majesty! Look out!" So he did. Guy should've hollered, "Your Majesty! Duck!"
This show is fantastic, I really enjoy history and it's great to see the way you folks go about getting the facts. It's very interesting, thanks
I have enjoyed the show. - from Texas.
And me from Alaska
Upstate New York here lol
Enjoying with a beer in Wisconsin.
Drinking sweet tea and watching Time Team in Missouri.
Mickey Maus A cup of coffee and my maps of the Isles while watching TT is my idea of a perfect evening here in Texas!!
Proud to see a NEW HOLLAND piece of equipment - Born and raised a NEW HOLLAND kid- 3 generations of my family have worked in the New Holland pant in New Holland Pennsylvania USA 😀
So you're a Ford fan then?
@@SkunkApe407 - I've driven -Fords - Case and McCormick- liked all of them
@@juliehenry6421 fair enough. I only ask because I'm a bit of a tractor buff, and was wondering if you knew that New Holland is Ford.
@@SkunkApe407 it is now Case NH with a division of Ford
@@juliehenry6421 yeah, but literally all of their parts are made by FMC. My granddad had me rebuilding hit-and-miss engines, or hiss-pops as they're sometimes called, as a kid. We actually found the actual water pump engine from The Yearling in a crate at some estate sale years ago. After a full refurbishment, we sold it for about $20k, to a fellow collector. We also had a few dozen steel wheeled Farm-All tractors, and a ridiculous collection of International Cub Cadet lawn tractors from the mid 1900's. Granddad passed away almost 15 years ago, and we're STILL selling bits of his collection.
Is the old chap talking about tides with Phil on the skiv a Dutch/Welshman? What a cool cocktail mixed accent!
If I lived in the U.K. my property would be a mess.
Pretty much. USA natives didnt leave much other then pottery,but Europeans made sure to be buried with everything.
Start a trend. One of the episodes they talk about what things people used to think were important to be buried with. Or dig a hole and stick some pennies in for someone to find in years time
@@Tiger89Lilly when I was at junior school in the 80's we buried a time capsule with loads of stuff from that time in it, they're digging round that area now. I think for new houses, can't help wondering if they found it.
MarkoRollo when I worked as a contractor I tried to leave some fresh coins before closing up a project.
hey Phil, if you don't stop doing what hurt yer wrist your eyesight will go soon. lol I know easier said than dun. maybe it twas the old saxton handle on me pint. as I was typing this Phil says hey I can use me left hand. you are the best brother Phil. time team rocks and you are all bad ass, a very good mesh.
Love stuff about King Harold. As I'm a Godwin I feel a royal connection!
Glad they put Phil on the pill. That was good thinking by the folks on the hill.
One of the most exciting episodes!
It almost hurts to hear Tony call King Harold a loser, he had an amazing life from what I’ve read about him. What would England be like today if William lost?
Concur! I felt exactly the same way. Harold led his army on a forced march from London to Yorskshire, defeated one invading army, then wheeled around and made it clear down to Hastings in a month and came within an arrow shot, as it were, of defeating another invader. Gratifying to see a younger person taking an interest in this and coming up with their own analysis.
@@wlwd2 and why did he have to run the stuffing out of his men, and lose a lot of the men he was counting on against William?
Because those traitors Morcar and somebody (his brother?)from I think Mercia did absolutely nothing to prepare for Harold's brother Tostig and what's his name from over the water, when everyone knew they were coming.
Addictive viewing indeed!!!
4:38 Phil getting in a dig at Tony, can't pass up a good opportunity!
Im British love the show so glad to see so much of the uk
i first heard "port screw-it" and thought, "wow, that's so welsh!"
I like the evolution of their trench maps over the seasons
There's more than one Harold. It'd be funny if they said ...and I'd like you to meet 'arold" and some old bloke shuffled up. " Ello. yeah this is my field alright..."
Blimey an optimistic Tony! Did he take his medication or something?
I live less than a mile away from here
I've heard that the Tesco warehouse in Chepstow where I worked as a student has gone. Shame if so-true?
Paul Hodder yeah you’re right there, it got converted into a film studio and was used in a BBC drama programme about Jason from Greek Mythology (the producers messed up though because apparently Ancient Greece had modern brick walls 😂) and it’s been used for Doctor Who many times too! You
not far from the seat of the kings of Glamorgan and Gwent.
Victors art work is excellent ! Wish it could be purchased ! Always enjoyable ( Time Team ) wish they could come to the USA and do RIV War, War of 1812 sites. Custer Battle site. ?
I would have loved to see mr Baldrick as Nobby nobbs
There is a lot of difference in UK old and US old. Love this show.
A difference between America and the UK: to Americans 100 years is a very long time ago, and to a Brit 100 miles is very far away.
If I were a millionaire I'd love to get the team back together again. Minus a few I know but they'll still be there in spirit. ** Telling Tony what's what 😁🤣🕵️
I'd like to see you dig Harold's estate at Wilting 😉👍 wilting was really close to the sea as well, with access from the old port of Hastings.
9:20 You juust need yur oiyzzzz...
Sam reminds me of Stephen Fry.
I think that every time he shows up.
OWIE! Poor Phil.... Please be more careful!
Champion the Wonder Horse!!!
-- or Lassie ... fair do's ....
My husband is a Godwin so I feel a little connected to this episode
Holy crap Phils hand was swollen! What happened!
Kate Smith is gorgeous, I'm in love!
What an interesting accent from the guy with Phil looking at the Severn pill, Neederlonds?
It certainly sounds like Nederlands to me. Perhaps he emigrated to the UK. I can't imagine he comes here just for the sailing.
Definitely Dutch or Flemish
Yep, Nederlands (not Flemish, different accent)
I thought to hear a dutch accent as well. But his name doesn't sound very Dutch: Colin Lee
@@AnneliesSiero Colin Lee´s the dude with the hat. The guy with the Dutch accent doesn´t seem to get his name mentioned.
I cant recall an episode Phil wasnt in ... I seriously dont think Phil missed a single time team dig ...
lol all the springs dried up with the severin tunnel .. more like the changed the water table with the tunnel and made them move elsewhere ....
He didn't miss any of them. Even when he was injured. One episode he was brought to the site in an ambulance. He couldn't dig but he was there.
Location can be found at
51°35'20.34"N 2°43'29.83"W
Did anyone notice that the old guy in the boat with Phil has an accent that sounds Dutch?
Brian Vittachi
I did, Dutch/Welshman
Reverend Green? In the conservatory? With the lead piping?!
Well, if we're going to be hunting King Harold, let's at least be sporting and give him a head start.
WashuHakubi4 : Is 953 years enough head start?
@@nordahlgrieg2738 Not if it's Time Team.
Heh...very clever pun. ISWYDT
Look here !
The Piltdown woman !
Oh Phil admit you where drunk down at the pub and fell off stool and hurt your wrist
🤣😂😂😂🍺🍺🍺🍺.....and there is naught wrong wit tha....He does 'ave 2 hands. One of my favorite Time Team members.🍻🍻💋💝
I suspect his hand slipped off the end.
He didn't fall, Gravity unexpectedly had it's way with him! He was gravitationally compromized.
Saxon, Saxon, Saxon, always the bloody Saxons
“There isn’t a spring here now because they all dried up when the Severn tunnel was built” Wow.
Ya know, Harold had a very high tolerance for pain. He had the shaft removed without pain meds presumably and continued living.
Stewie usually brings something to the party.
Wish they had longer then 3 days. Wouldn't mind multipart segments on an in depth excavation owo
It exploratory archaeology, 3 days is enough to determine if a site has potential for a larger dig. Or in some cases such as sites that were scheduled without a dig to determine if it should be scheduled or not. This is standard procedure when funds are tight, you need to know whether it's worth the $$$ and time to dig, especially in a place where you have so much history and so many sites.
I'm wondering if they used the stones from the destroyed buildings to construct the church? Which could also be why the stones have the same dressing.
Most likely. Brick stones were expensive and were used else where when a building was demolished.
Go time team
Thats it, im dying my eyebrows black,and brushing them neurotically, then never again will I make direct eye contact, with anyone.
Real_ Dream_BoZo
Lol..I just saw him! BAJEEZUS!
Real_ Dream_BoZo twit- twoo the pottery specialist?
Loser is the last word I'd use to describe Harold Godwinsson, King of England.
From the *Norman-French* point-of-view he was.
10:40 : OOOOOH , CAPTAIN HOOK'S HOOK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why do they always have only three days? Seems rather brief to undertake an archaeological excavation.
+fishhead06 Time Team only do general overviews of sites. After they leave, the 'real' archeologists come and build upon what Time Team learned.
Always a good idea to watch the very first episode from the first series then follow it through. You'll find that any questions that you have about Time Team will have been both asked, and answered for you.
Primarily, it's because all of the archaeologists on the team had other full time jobs with various universities, museums, and government agencies.
the easy answer is because this is television and three days already costs a fortune - the point isn’t to do all the archeology they could at each location but to do an initial dig and evaluation leaving the more in-depth archeology for others -
fruityrudy21
Time team are real archy’s they just need a recipe for the tv show. Makes for good tv and with limited budget.
Now I know who started the trend for whacky eyebrows 👀
Love them! They look like little wings!
28:15 Those bloody Dutch are literally everywhere... even in flipping Wales...
koning = king ?
@@kc3718 Yes, It is good to be the King... ;-)
❤
I wonder how many artifacts they scrap up with the backhoe and never realize it?
@Allington Marakan To be fair when I see archaeologists use a metal detector its usually something from the 80s-90s and I've never seen them use a DD (Double Depth) coil on one.
@Allington Marakan I know the video is pretty old, but I mean in general when I see archaeology videos they are usually using old or cheap equiptment which have worse depth than some of the things released in the last 10 years.
Having said that, more and more people are taking up metal detecting as a hobby so it could explain why they have developed so much in recent years.
That first piece they found, the hook was from a pirate hand..not Harold.
What happens to the sites after the Time Team moves on?
They put everything back after they record it for more archeologists to find a hundred years from now. A few pieces are donated to local museums for dating and who put it there ,lifestyle and history of the area. Very cool I think.
All these old dudes look like different incarnations of Dr Who
I've always thought Sam should have been an incarnation of the Doctor. (He has the look for it.) Probably the one right after Tom Baker (Bless him!) I wonder if he, (Sam) has ever been asked about this or been approached By the producers of Dr. Who about it. It would be fascinating to hear the answer.
I'm trying to correct information on IMDb (plot summaries do not agree with the listings here) , but since I don't have the DVDs I can't be sure if they've got it wrong, or if RZ has identified series 15 episodes incorrectly. Can anyone advise?
+Thus far this is the third one. I'm going according to the listing in Wikipedia.
Ilse Smith good idea! Thanks!
The Wikipedia listing shows the original Channel 4 broadcast order/dates for the UK. When shown on other networks in other countries, the order may have been different.
my bet is that wooden vessels don't rot.....when they no longer serve their purpose, I bet they get used as firewood
why is that lintel NOT level at the blocked up door?
It’s a medieval OCD therapy door.
The thing I'm most interested to know is at what point does this Kate Smith appear that I've seen mentioned in a couple of comments? Lol
In hindsight, I'm surprised that a thin scatter of stone artifacts doesn't show up at virtually every dig. Unless they have been buried by sediment they should be there.
It does, they just don't mention it unless it's relevant.
Does anyone know what 'privileges' the guy that lived in this house had? Timber boot? Hay boot? Fire boot? I used captions and still couldn't tell what he was saying.
Timber to build =Timber boot
Hay for feeding live stock = hay boot
And the right to cut types of trees to use for firewood = fire boot
I hope that helps most normal people didn't have those rights.
Was Dec 2019
You forgot the _here!_ 🥴
anybody else see the face in the picture of the topography developed by Henry?
Why is it always only three days?
The diggers all had other jobs in archæology.
It exploratory archaeology, 3 days is enough to determine if a site has potential for a larger dig. Or in some cases such as sites that were scheduled without a dig to determine if it should be scheduled or not. This is standard procedure when funds are tight, you need to know whether it's worth the $$$ and time to dig, especially in a place where you have so much history and so many sites.
That is all the longer that they could negotiate for the weekend.
Why do you always have only a few days to dig things up
Most of them work during the week as professors etc.
New episodes really need Tony 😩 😅😂 !! 2023, he's 77 years old !
Why is it that you can only work for 3 days on a site.
The diggers all had other jobs in archæology.
That is all the longer that they could negotiate for the weekend.