The Intriguing History Behind The Iron Age Hill Forts In Oxfordshire | Time Team

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The Iron Age hill fort in Wittenham is an impressive monument. From behind its perimeter ramparts the hilltop offers commanding views of the Thames and the surrounding Oxfordshire landscape, but it is dwarfed and overlooked by a neighbouring hill less than 150 metres away. What did the Iron Age tribe use this second, much larger, hill for?
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@donnal.oglesby4806 3 года назад

Memory Eternal to Professor Mick Aston. He will always be there in spirit! I hope they bring this program back and start fresh and new...

@twobluestripes 3 года назад

It’s officially returning, airing original new programs on RU-vid! I’m a Patron, helping to fund it a little at a time.

@stackstheripper3056 2 года назад

@@twobluestripes when?

@TheGreenAnorak 2 года назад

I didn't know prof Aston had passed. r.i.p Mick.

@annarushlau9722 2 года назад

So sad to hear about Mick! I’m a new fan and I always love hearing his insights! Plus he and John seem to see eye to eye well on the geophys. Rest In Peace Mick!

@pollyg562 Год назад

i agree he was an amazing man how he went all those years with not a single punch up shows he was a master of people

@mrbrianc 2 года назад

Just being able to dig out a piece of pottery that hasn't been touched by a human in 2500+ years would be absolutely amazing. I'm not sure how many of these episodes I've watched multiple times, but I usually learn something new each time. One of the best shows that has been aired on television.

@lorrainearmstrong7587 2 года назад

I'm on my second go-around at watching them all. Used to just watch the ones on tv, and THEN I found this!!

@annarushlau9722 2 года назад

I’m a new fan and I’m OBSESSED!! I love the respect for the finds and area, and the research put into many of these digs, especially the medieval and tudor digs, is incredible and thorough! The straight forward programming without added “drama” is so pleasing! None of these manufactured “accidents” that are over acted minor mishaps in more recent programs.

@craemac 2 года назад

Time Team Reruns! Can't get enough...

@gilbert8162 3 года назад

I love watching these. Having binged The Last Kingdom and now binging the books, book 9 now, these videos really help me better picture the layouts of locations better. And makes me really want to go back to finish working on my advanced degrees in history.

@krunchieKyn 3 года назад

Me: another upload..yaay😍. Also me: it's past midnight. I'm sooo going to wake up late for work tomorrow😖

@user-hy7zb2vl3t 3 месяца назад

You must train yourself 😊

@roefane2258 3 года назад

The introductions are fantastic - “a problem with some newts” 🤣🤣🤣

@franciscodanconia4324 3 года назад

But it got better.

@OakCityGamers 3 года назад

“NO NEWTS IS GOOD NEWTS!” Lol!!!

@omarra6781 3 года назад

I burst out laughing at that. I was not expecting that, even thought I probably should have, which made me laugh harder.

@plookngo67 3 года назад

no newts is bad newts because they are rare and protected

@John-mh6mi 2 года назад

The history shared on this channel is absolutely wonderful, thank you.

@hajow9303 3 года назад

RIP Professor Mick Aston

@rutvikbalvally7682 3 года назад

Oh no. Didn't know. May he rest in peace

@aserta 2 года назад

Great man, and a massive loss for the historic community. May he rest in peace.

@bethbartlett5692 2 года назад

He must soar with the Stars and he now knows, our Souls really are Eternal Energies. He was the most endearing man. I know his Team, Family, and Friends miss him so, here in the Physical. God grant him eternal Abundant Positive Energies 💫

@JGrowl-er9md Год назад

@@bethbartlett5692 a beautiful sentiment, but he'd be annoyed. Mick Aston was a proud atheist, long before it became fashionable.

@ethanwilliam9944 2 года назад

It's really cool that they took the newt into consideration before commencing with the dig.

@LilieDubh 3 года назад

It's amazing how much history turns up in even one trench. This is why I love the UK.

@karlkarlos3545 3 года назад

Do people really believe the UK is unique in this?

@schizophrenia6402 3 года назад

@@karlkarlos3545 UK is nothng compare to egypt and china...

@cheetah6881 Год назад

And all this delivered by mighty Baldrick 😅

@garywall5769 3 года назад

"No Newts were harmed in the filming of this episode"

@bonniesaxe9460 3 года назад

😂

@firefox5926 3 года назад

well other than the one the mower caught...probably lol

@karinedaly2590 3 года назад

No newt is good newt !

@InquisitorMatthewAshcraft 2 года назад

@@karinedaly2590 Hey now! Newts great, especially as pets 😀

@grapeshot 3 года назад

That's one thing about Britain you don't have to go to Pompeii or Herculaneum to find Roman archaeological sites.

@oe3567 3 года назад

Yes

@bethbartlett5692 2 года назад

*Stewart is Boss!* That man is just so intelligent and he has an "Eagle-eye" for the Environment. *He really deserved/s a bit of Recognition for all his "saves"!* 🏆 Beth Tennessee, USA 🍀🇺🇸

@jek__ 3 года назад

archaeology has some of the best image analysis sampling techniques i've ever seen. Not their computers, but the digging itself. Essentially each trench is an image sample, and they really do as much forensics as possible to figure out how to dig the least amount of trenches and learn the most. Essentially, its an image recognition algorithm that minimizes data inputs while maximizing picture quality. Interesting to see how they aim for edges, places where there is a difference or a wall they can point to. I think theres something to be learned here, for computer image analysis efficiency

@Du-Masses 2 года назад

I love ❤️ watching them de-newt the land. I’m not sure what that says about me.

@Kmac005 3 года назад

A beautiful rainbow is present around the 31:00 mark on the right side of the screen.

@andreasleonardo6793 3 года назад

Nice video in researches of proving substance in lost irony age ...with clearly explaining history records behind

@karanfield4229 3 года назад

I love the nearly always present, big black cloud formations in the background in English digs!! . It gives an ominous mysterious twist. Can imagine Heathcliff and Cathy walking hand in hand across the moors....😲🕊 LOVE LOVE LOVE England. 😊

@barryeva9186 2 года назад

Thanks!

@kevinvilmont6061 3 года назад

“ No newts is good newts” instant classic

@noelpam 3 года назад

Gussie Finknottle lives!

@AnnaAnna-uc2ff 2 года назад

thank you

@kcrcbest 3 года назад

nice rainbow in the back round :) this is very interesting video

@Wisconsin.pikachu 3 года назад

That little village was used longer than the US has been a country 🤣🤣

@Tawadeb 3 года назад

And New Zealand!!

@woodchild2093 3 года назад

Well the UK wasn't either 😂😂

@carolnewton496 3 года назад

I think Tony had way to much fun with the word Newt.

@maxb4074 3 года назад

A million years of newt evolution said "get the heck outa here"

@gregoryrollins59 3 года назад

Nice dig. I enjoyed it vary much. Peace and agap'e.

@Alasdair37448 Год назад

I think this debate whether the walls of a hill fort were for defense or display is quite silly on of the key tenants of war is to impress your enemy, a bit of theater if you like. The walls around the hill fort probably did both they helped defend the fort from attack but also deterred an attack by being rather impressive. We do this today with things like helicopters and tanks. Often the presence of something like an apache helicopter is enough to dissuade the enemy from attacking without actually having to fight.

@johncassels3475 3 года назад

The "perforated spear" discussed around the 19-20 minute mark is clearly a device for digging out dandelions - I have several and they look just like it! Just kidding! :)

@barryeva9186 2 года назад

I think more of a newt catcher

@Go-Dawgs 2 года назад

We all forget how great Tony is in this show! He's so necessary for us!

@frankharrison217 Год назад

I h8 u time team!!! I love you

@user-hy7zb2vl3t 4 месяца назад

Yah hate what yah love my friend.....

@unclerojelio6320 3 года назад

“No newts is good newts” 😂

@barbaradyson6951 3 года назад

I had those newts in my garden fish pond. Newts also burrow into the ground. I hope I'm wrong but it looks like RAGWORT to me. The yellow flowers in the field.

@jamest2401 9 месяцев назад

Does anyone know of any life size recreations of a typical Iron Age Hill Fort anywhere in Britain? Just like 'Plymouth Plantation' here in the States, which replicates a typical 17th century New England settlement, I think a reproduction of one of these Hill Forts would be quite a draw for the public, not to mention educational and informative. I haven’t been to the UK for quite some time, but absolutely do intend to cross the pond again in the future, and that would be something I should very much like to visit.

@theUglyGypsy 2 года назад

Good newts everyone!

@415s30 2 года назад

Nice episode! Nice view of a nuclear power plant?

@ericteipen 2 года назад

Coming from a family of very large farmers here in the U.S. my big question is this. How do you compensate the farmers whos land you dig up and deny them use of? You blokes never speak a word about this. WHY?

@okienative4785 2 года назад

Because it's a dumb question. Obviously they have permission of the land owner. Which they state nearly every time. It's not like the farmer comes out and there they are, what a surprise. Invaded.

@damionkeeling3103 2 года назад

The couple of trenches they dig are minute compared to the size of the fields they're in and they fill the dirt back in afterwards. Sheep at most would be grazed on the hills here so the loss of pasture equivalent to a small suburban back lawn is negligible. A previous dig was done in some kind of crop field like wheat but again it was a tiny rectangle of actual damage that wouldn't even be 0.5% of the field.

@classicambo9781 Год назад

When they do cut into the crop they estimate the tonnage lost and compensate accordingly with market value. It has been covered in a few episodes before. A lot of farmers see themselves as conservators of the land, and are more than willing to improve their knowledge of and care for the land during their guardianship to pass on to the next generation as well. It's sad how individualistic the US culture is about land and knowledge acquisition.

@robd3747 3 года назад

The 300 year gap was when they were following the Grateful Dead tour.

@Spiritof48 3 года назад

I highly doubt that the tractor mover has a anti-Newt grinding system installed 😅

@choppareed6595 3 года назад

Alright alright alright 🍻🇳🇿🤙

@admiralpercy 3 года назад

What's the name of the guy leading the digs? The bald one who's in all these documentaries

@twobluestripes 3 года назад

Tony Robinson, he’s the host/presenter. (He’s not leading the digs)

@user-hy7zb2vl3t 4 месяца назад

He's a host presenter slash exc producer.....

@valiantredneck 3 года назад

How many day’s? 01:40. Oh. Shocker. Ahh, well. One can only hope for a little more. Maybe an explanation as to why only three days? All the best.

@delusionnnnn 3 года назад

Artificial timeline made for the purposes of television, not archaeology. It's always three days. Bad television, bad archaeology.

@yellowwoodstraveler 3 года назад

Because that's the premise of Time Team. How much information can trained archaeologists glean from a site in only 3 days. Kind of a weekend warrior approach to archaeology. They've been at it for a couple of decades now.

@yellowwoodstraveler 3 года назад

@@UncommonSense-wm5fd Yes, I know that. I was trying to keep my answer short. It is still the premise of Time Team. How much information can be gathered in 3 days. The question made it seem as if they were being restricted by the powers that be.

@yellowwoodstraveler 3 года назад

@@UncommonSense-wm5fd ok

@vnorvi 3 года назад

@@delusionnnnn huh? It’s fabulous. Your comment is like saying a doctor should not talk to non doctors on video, for education of non doctors. You miss the point entirely.

@s.b.7924 3 года назад

Looks more like a Knewtist camp.

@mohammadrezakhani2539 3 года назад

🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👍

@justdoingitjim7095 3 года назад

Here in the U.S. the only ancient pottery we get is Native American Indian, but it dates back a long way as well. Before they passed laws preventing us from picking up and keeping pottery shards, I used to build small shadow boxes and enclose a shard in each one. I attached a brass description plate to the front and on the back I included the whole provenance I had for it and it's history. They sold quite well. Now, thanks to government regulations those shards just sit there on the ground...weathering away, soon to be gone forever.

@CaponeCabin 2 года назад

I live in the United States.....if it's on my property..... I own it😁

@JonFrumTheFirst Год назад

The cut the grass to avoid the newts, but they do it with a tractor with wide wheels. Newt pate.

@kevinvilmont6061 3 года назад

Davis! Darn autocorrect

@anthonysmith778 3 года назад

She turned me into a newt!

@gina928 2 года назад

I got better!

@jakubj_ 3 года назад

No newts whatsoever I'm sad I was hoping to see one. :(

@cozysouth 2 года назад

No newts is good newts 😂😂

@kevinvilmont6061 3 года назад

I wish I were MR David. Who ever he is.

@kevinvilmont6061 3 года назад

Davis!

@mrsir5783 2 года назад

what's netflix???

@user-hy7zb2vl3t 4 месяца назад

Something I wish I invested in years ago.....

@rustythecrown9317 3 года назад

``No newts is good newts `.

@HypaBumfuzzle 2 года назад

I promise I know they are saying newts, but when I have it on quiet for background comfort I keep hearing nudes🤣🤣🤣🤣

@HypaBumfuzzle 2 года назад

No nudes were harmed' 'great hairy nude'

@michaelpettengill4789 3 года назад

One person one vote show your identification to vote just like everything else you saw your identification for

@drewandcharlie7583 3 года назад

I love this channel. Host guy bugs me but its just great content

@MarvelousPhilly 3 года назад

I'm pretty early too. That's a first for me. But not that kind of silly "First" comment.

@gonebytrain 2 года назад

The era you needed a helicopter to get overshots. How the world has changed.

@user-hy7zb2vl3t 4 месяца назад

Should see the size of the drone they first used in an episode flying over a neighborhood.....

@jnomoneeey3023 3 года назад

Yeehaw

@shitbag. 3 года назад

D-did Tony just say he'd murder a nan?

@wewenang5167 11 месяцев назад

WHAT THE HECK IS A NEWT????

@user-hy7zb2vl3t 4 месяца назад

It's an amphibian, but something you will get better from after you've been turned into one.....

@johnqpublic2718 3 года назад

These hemorrhoids are so bad that they look like a third testicle when I squat

@steveb1ish 3 года назад

Kate describes her trench to Phil and he decides to abandon it

@karanfield4229 3 года назад

No newts is good newts!🙊

@petekdemircioglu 2 года назад

Ahahaha 👏👏👏👏

@steveb1ish 3 года назад

Tony takes one more stab at Carenza's trench

@TheGreenAnorak 2 года назад

😂😂

@annk.8750 Год назад

Thank you, Carenza, for saying "oriented" instead of that poor mutilated verb "orientated".

@Father9 2 года назад

Archeology AND herpetology??? SIGN. ME. UP.

@user-hy7zb2vl3t 4 месяца назад

You need to go an dig ancient Egypt you'll have both.....

@robroy6804 3 месяца назад

25 mins,,,,beautiful coal fired power station in the background

@Stripedbottom 3 года назад

Wasn't it stupid to build the fort on the lower hill? All the enemy had to do was to camp on the higher one and then say: "It's over. We have the high ground"

@elizabethwoodley4340 2 года назад

(Late response but) my understanding of this period is that they weren’t worried about conquest or prolonged battles as much as smash-and-grab raiders. That’s why their walls were most impressive in the front, so visitors would have the impression of strength and not raid them. If raiders came by, the locals would just run in the fort (and bring as much stuff/animals as they could) and wait for the bad guys to move on. It wouldn’t matter too much to that kind of warfare if a nearby hill was taller. The shape/location of the hill could be more important in choosing it.

@Stripedbottom 2 года назад

@@elizabethwoodley4340 Elizabeth, this was actually just a lame and pretty worn-out Star Wars reference joke, but thanks for the explanation anyway. :)

@damionkeeling3103 2 года назад

@@elizabethwoodley4340 Entrances were bigger as that is where people went in and out of making them weaker points and therefore needing more protection. Same as castles having gate houses to protect the main entrance. That it made them more imposing was an added benefit.

@damionkeeling3103 2 года назад

We don't know a fort wasn't on the higher hill, the trees prevented a thorough investigation of the site but given the lack of artillery used by the ancient Britons what would holding the higher summit have achieved? The lower hill was 150m away, well outside what a javelin or sling could threaten and arrows don't appear to have played much of a role in warfare in Britain prior to the Romans.

@caseyjones831 3 года назад

Boom boom boom boom Boom boom boom boom BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@CaptainAmaziiing 2 года назад

I keep waiting for him to say he's got a cunning plan.

@GlamorousTitanic21 3 года назад

I’m early!

@chrisw9557 2 года назад

Are we just going to overlook the human bones/jaw and teeth?

@seren2646 2 года назад

It's actually going to be sheep or some similar animal bones, after studying archeology whenever it is human bones they have to be very carefully touched, always respected and not mixed up like in that bucket of pots, but if it's animal bones found with pots they tend to keep them together as some pots may have contained those bones for food or storage

@kevinvilmont6061 3 года назад

She would never b married to a guy who misspelled her last name. TWICE I’m Done digging. Pun!

@benjamingosselin7946 3 года назад

Are they growing corn... come on Francis corn comes from the Americas!

@angusgilfillan3615 3 года назад

Corn is generic for grain American corn is maze

@benjamingosselin7946 3 года назад

@@angusgilfillan3615 Oh that makes sense, I didn't know you could use it that way.

@darkdiddler1439 2 года назад

Thank god they made sure no newts were there If they had accidentally killed one all life would cease to exist

@user-hy7zb2vl3t 4 месяца назад

Lawsuit city.....

@tyquanfleming8554 3 года назад

👌 I’m out

@patwithers1448 2 года назад

I love Time Line but I do not like Cardenas she is a known it all

@giuseppe4909 Год назад

Dear God, why do brits not keep their fingernails nails neat and trim !

@AnnaAnna-uc2ff 6 месяцев назад

While digging?

@richardgrace4500 2 года назад

“They wouldn’t chunk babies out with the rubbish Iron Age people weren’t like that, people have never been like that...”... millions of dumpster babies and millions more of abortion babies would like to have a word in this conversation

@Andrea.S.Alvey12 3 года назад

I think it would be nice if they stopped using bc/ad. Those are religious in nature, but what the team is doing is science. BCE/CE would be more appropriate.

@badlaamaurukehu 3 года назад

The least important thing to be worried about atm.

@melaniecarver5719 3 года назад

@@UncommonSense-wm5fd Not believing in God or a higher power does not make one smarter. It is just a choice, or faith, or what have you. It does not elevate your intelligence if you are an atheist.

@dlschgo 3 года назад

Stop fearing words.

@Go-Dawgs 2 года назад

Carenza bothers me everytime. "A bit of school boy maths". Why just because she couldn't do the maths or she's relying on a map with an angle she could not figure? Show the other gals please, they're not know it all personalities.

@AnnaAnna-uc2ff 6 месяцев назад

"gals"?

@user-hy7zb2vl3t 4 месяца назад

@@AnnaAnna-uc2ffoops 😂

@robroy6804 3 месяца назад

@@AnnaAnna-uc2ff lassies

@fetus2280 3 года назад

damit.... not the Newt episode again, we need some Other episodes this ones lame .

@davidcollins9512 2 года назад

I misread your comment - I thought you said "we need some OTTER episodes..." !

@pollyg562 Год назад

#EXAGERATION just like today if you want a sponsor you dress things up, and these older digs were no different, the local priest wants to do the dig but needs cash so he tells the local bigwig there could be all types of treasure and when they dig they have to show something, even if they have to really dress the truth up then 100s years later we have to make sense of all this

@theScrupulousBerserker 3 года назад

his'story is NOT our story

@richardgrace4500 2 года назад

Tony is do pointless and annoying to this show... he knows nothing about archeology (because he is a career actor) and all he ever cares about is “how rare is it” ‘how important is it” ‘how many have been found” etc etc etc.... it’s like all he cares about is $$$ ratings and views kinda like a (dare I say it) corporate bobble head and an actor who only cares about money

@TheGreenAnorak 2 года назад

Yeah but it's Baldrick innit from Blackadder. Tale is told from days of yore he's a very very wise man.

@robroy6804 3 месяца назад

2000yrs ago the land would have been total covered in trees forest and woodland,,,not naked as it is 2day