Old Sarum - Hill of Deep Time 

Sarum sounds Roman, and It was on the Port Way, which was a major Roman road from London over to Wales, I think. It was called Sorviodunum. I was just popping by because there was another program on the place, and I wanted to add a few things I know from things that were told to me about William's occupation of the place. One of my ancestors William Longspee held it as an earl. He was the son of Henry II and Ida De Tosney (later Bigod.) William didn't pay off his debt for the conquest for a long time, though he may have sold lands and borrowed through people in the lowlands and northern France to pay off some people earlier. He was paying his troops and suppliers back money for his entire rein, and only under William II were the debts mostly repaid. There was a hall in the castle on top of Sarum. It was on an upper floor with a window at the end that looked out on the back of the church apse. It had a bunch of benches in it where William I and his lords did a lot of their business. It seemed like he ruled more like the captain of a football team, with his lords a bunch of old friends. That's not what we think of from the movies portrayal of kings and lords.

I read that book Sarum very good book

WHY DO THEY ALWAYS MAKE THE MUSIC LOUDER THan the narration??!!!!

Wonderful space. Wonderful vision for future work. May it all come to pass.Superb video

You can read Rutherfurd´s book "Sarum" and get a very good idea of the origins of this place...

Must be wonderful to live in a place where every square foot is loaded with archeology. Fortunately the English are a people that embrace their past, unlike other parts of the world.

Old Sarum as a Sacred site goes back at least 4000 years and probably back to the late stone age as many sites retained their Sacred uses from the old time.

Very informative..thanks all

I need to visit this again

Brilliant

Edward Rutherford 's book was a lot to take in, but, this is a tactile experience.

Awesome!

If you in this part of Wiltshire then I recommend Old Sarum castle as a much more interesting and rewarding visit than Stonehenge.

Old Saruman. So this must be the site of Isengard.

My ancestors Roger Bishop of Salisbury, Father of Richard fitzNeal Bishop of Ely, Treasurer of England, Uncle of Nigel(Neal) also Treasurer of England and to Alexander of Lincoln

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I heard a lore that an archer pointed his bow and shot as far as he could, and the landing point is where Salisbury Cathedral sits? Is this 'true'?

William the Conqueror is not the beginning of English history,but of French invasion.

A real life Minas Tirith

Only God knows

Look at those earthworks! What a bunch of garbage came out of this guy's mouth lol.