Time Team S08-E02 Alderton, Northants
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- A couple of years ago, local man Derek Batten was driving through the village of Alderton, near Northampton, when he was surprised to see a sign advertising a castle and moat for sale.
He was intrigued because he didn't even know there was a castle in the area. He decided to find out more - and ended up buying what was believed to be the remains of a Norman castle, now almost completely covered by trees and vegetation.
Unable to discover very much else about the site, he contacted Time Team. The Team's task was to find out who built it, when, and how much of it remains.
RIP, Victor Arbus. Your gifted talent gave us the only cha3ncd a visualising the magnificent Neolithic Britains, early to late Bronze age to the iron age, the Roman soldiers, their forts, villas & what fhey looked like , horses, tmheir communities, Viking Anglo Saxons & Vikings. His art will truly be missed. Thankyou, Victor.
He was such a major part of the team, one of the non-diggers, but his presence was essential!
Best thing about this episode was the landowner naming his three favorite things during the end credits. :)
Phil is such a great sport. Either in a trench or dressed in a Anglo-Saxon/Norman armour, he's up to every task and he's having a time of his life each time :D
got to love it when time team solves a long standing border feud by offering the obvious compromise ... and can back up it up by digging the border and surveying it all in at the same time lol
I am always so impressed by the beautiful artwork by Victor, he is marvellous !
He is truly amazing,
He was already ‘famous’ in illustrator circles and had won many awards before joining TT.
Read up on his student days in Hungary.
And so calmly prolific!
Tony is a good mediator. He knows when to quickly redirect the conversation :)
He is!
Come on Tony. You cannot tell how excited the bloke from English Heritage is at the beginning of your video? He is over the moon excited!
What i found rather odd is that if a "site" is on land owned by a "normal" person, there are restrictions by the dozen, yet when a big conglomerate wants to flatten everything and dump yet another grey shopping mall atop, its green lights all the way ...
Sorry, but in England that isn't so. Well... Working in local government as an archaeologist / planner, I worked with people doing little house extensions, up to applications for thousands of houses to be built. Generally, the planning regs are pretty fair, but some things come down to local democracy. What I could do was to *advise* my elected councillors, but in the end, they were elected to make decisions, and I was not. Outside of places that are legally protected (like this castle), planning decisions were down to them, and that is how it should be in a democracy.
What I see as odd is that the land is protected, yet still able to be owned by the general public, who really can't do anything with it. I guess it's done so that taxes can still be collected, even though it's basically useless land.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵
"An Englishman's home is his castle". A romantic aspiration, especially when government bureaucratic "planners" insert their personal opinions and waste everyone's time.
Could not agree with you more. I also don't understand that if it is a protective site HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW WHAT IS THERE AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. That seems VERY SILLY to me
Yet another one where Phil gets to be awesome 😍💜😂 I'm not sure he FELT awesome, but facing down that gorgeous horse took courage!
Is this the first time Jenni Butterworth has been listed as Doctor? In any case, good for her. She's become a regular on the show over the past few seasons so it's nice to see her advancing.
I find it amusing that Derek, the owner of a Norman castle, is standing there at the end wearing his "Little Big Horn Battlefield National Monument" t-shirt.
Victors drawings really are quite good
I really missed Victor later on. His drawings, unlike computer graphics, added humanity to the rocks and ditches and bits of buildings. A graphic can't impart the reddened cheeks of cold people or add that touch of mischief that lightened the mood. Man was good at the job. :) Man also had an interesting life: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Ambrus
I'd use the word awesome to describe them. :D
Had some horsey friends that got invited over to the UK for the Hastings re-enactment some years ago. They got to be Normans. Despite a ban on recording the event, somebody got one out and we all got to see how it looked from the English pov: an entire doubled line of armored cavalry literally charging down a hill into a mass of infantry. Impressive--and scary--as all get out. Great time was had by all.
Loved the "as all get out."
Gotta be American.
I really like this series a lot.
Gorgeous horse!
The metal bit at the point of a scabbard is not to prevent the blade from poking out but to prevent the scabbard from being damaged when the point bumps into things. The scabbards were wood core covered in leather, the leather was to prevent the glued together wood from separating. The only way for a blade to poke out the bottom would be for the blade to grow 2-3 inches.
And I learn a little more, today! Thank you.😊
Phil demonstrates why the Saxons lost at Hastings. Mounted Norman warrior whomps Saxon warrior on the head, Saxon warrior responds with... "Hey, you didn't tell me about that!"
GIGGLE
Actually, the Saxon Shield Wall held up well against the Normans until the Normans faked a rout, and the Saxons lost discipline and organization in a premature charge. Bear in mind, also, that the Saxons force marched all the way to York, fought a major battle with Scandinavian invaders then force marched all the way back to Hastings. They were tired, and, in addition, were basically just the full time core of the Saxon army, the militia who would add mass to the effort were not able to mobilize in time, and Harold did not wait either to rest his troops or to build up the militia component.
@@jameshorn270 All too true.
I would be dead because I could not have stabbed that beautiful horse.
@@jameshorn270 I disagree on them being tired though. Exhausted is more like it. They marched as soon as the battle with the Scandinavians was over with no time for respite at all.
That was King Harold's mistake, not resting the troops and allowing the militia to form up then break the Norman supply chain before engaging the core Norman army.
Love the medieval ones!!! Better than Saxon Graveyards (with grave goods) or Roman structures in London...I’ll take a simple medieval manor house to castle to a monastery buried in the back garden!
"seeing the amount of beer that Phil Harding can put away in a short amount of time." haha
Am I the only one who looks forward to seeing Jenni Butterworth? She's so awkwardly cute and I love her voice.
Nothing awkward about it 😃
You're not the only one and I, too, enjoy listening to her.
@@eboracum2012 Yes, listen. I close my eyes and listen good.
czcams.com/video/kNuA1mH_Agw/video.html&ab_channel=TimeTeamOfficial
@@00BillyTorontoBill Thank you so much for the link. Was a wonderful interview with both Dr. Butterworth and Mr. Taylor the creator
of Time Team.
wow! did Tony use the Jedi mindtrick on the castleowner and the neighbors? This is not the disspute you are looking for..
I was impressed as well.
Happy?
Yes we are now Happy
Phil is the best. I love that guy.
Phil makes a very attractive Saxon!
I like them all but Phil's laugh just makes me laugh and makes a brighter day.
@@ndotgwNot a Saxon. Phil is a Celt and proud of it.
Our little Jenni's all growed up
There's nothing visible of the castle through the thick canopy of trees but the adjacent back yard (and its new patio) are here:
4 Church Lane
Towcester, UK
52.116184ºN, 0.920460ºW
One of my all-time favorite episodes.
I had to chuckle when Tony asked the English Heritage bloke if he as excited about the cast,e dig. He thought for a moment, as if thecwird “excited” was a new concept for him and then said, “ Well, I think I probably am.” He must have been some fun on his honeymoon. “ Darling, did you climax?” “Uh...well, uhhh...I think I might have done.”
is our English Heritage inspector excited?
"I think I probably am" XD
The most British thing I've ever heard.
@@laurachapple6795 I thought he was going to reply with a simple, "quite"
Bery understated!
Very!
What an Awesome Cooperation between Landowners! I love Mature Minds and Harmony!
God Bless them special.
Phil is such a good sport :)
Time team solving another dispute! Not the first I’ve seen them sort out.
The episode on the fake archaeological site is awesome.
Land owners disputes for 2 years solved. That’s fantastic!
Dr Jenny Butterworth @ 12:00
again @ 13:40 sounds so much like *"Penny",* S13 E4 *"First Tudor Palace"* a spectacularly fun lady (landowner), that everyone adored!
OK call me crazy but I could listen to Paul Blinkhown talk forever...
Nice voice, eh? I like Francis Pryor and Guy as well, though not for the voices but for the enthusiasm. The way they talk shows they really love what they do.
Don’t forget Mike Parker-Pearson, or Damien (the carpentry guy).
Very interesting and his speech patterns cause you to listen hard.
Also, Robin Bush!
Who would have thought at the time that a fragment of pottery could so precisely date its use more than a thousand years later? It makes you wonder what archaeologists of the distant future will examine.
Martha Reis cell phones LoL. My kids are amazed at my “old fashioned” cell phones I saved. You could get a pretty accurate year with cell phones.
Styrofoam. And non-biodegradable plastic. Now prohibited in many places, there will be a dateable end to it's era.
"We've found many of these triangular shaped objects that appear to be able to turn around the centre. This one once was coloured silver, so high status for sure. The purpose of these objects is unclear, but the current hypothesis is that the object is ritual in nature, perhaps a way to communicate with the gods."
- some poor archeologist, describing a fidget spinner, 2000 years from now.
brilliant, as always. thank you for posting!
Phil is just adorable!
What an excellent way to get the bureaucrat onside, ask him what he thinks of the find and everyone agrees. You almost see his chest puffing out.
Phil Harding is the type of incredibly smart person who is too busy to fool with hair and such -- I adore him. The smarter the person the messier the hair
In that case mick was even smarter than Phil!
Phil didn't need to worry about his looks. That man in his prime was drop dead gorgeous.
@@deborahparham3783. Oh, yeah, that man is sooo nice to look at!😁. And he was completely self educated in archaeology and flint napping.
Q: "Is our English Heritage Inspector excited?"
A: "Uhhh, I think I probably am."
A quintessentially English reply!😃💗
34:57 English Heritage: power-mad petty bureaucrats who do everything they can to thwart the advancement of archaeology and understanding of the past.
Archeology, by it's very nature, is destructive, in that you have to take apart a site to understand it. So digging is a tradeoff, where there are some things you can only learn by digging, but the very act undermines the integrity of the site itself.
Time Team, solving neighbour disputes.
Is it just me or does it rain EVERY episode? :)
Basically.
thats Britain for you ^_^
@@PerryTribeMetalBaker Or the *Caribbean.*
Yeah, this is a show set in Britain , where it rains or snows far too much of the time! At least for an American’s point of view.
I can't believe Tony said he was conned...then Mick said "No he wasn't "....but I do believe Tony was absolutely right and the gentleman WAS conned. Maybe it should have said "partial castle" somewhere on the property with moat, but you have to find it first😂
20:21 The Time Team mobile dining room. I want to eat there.
I wonder if Mr. Batten knew he wouldn't be able to actually do anything with the property when he bought it?
42:31 very droll to hear an archeologist say "it all goes to pot" 😊
Bless those snooty Normans and their castle. I like this episode. How exciting for the family to have Time Team find all that pottery in their back yard? I don't know what English Heritage's problem was? Whats wrong with an archaeological dig that that the tax payer didn't have top pay for? I really wanted to know more about the interior and if there was a grave yard, where it was? Seems the Saxons did a lot of business selling pots to the French!
English Heritage? A government bureaucracy with too much power and sensitive egos as big as a castle. Try building a shed without permission!
Hint: The grass is always greener over the septic system.
That is so true! Loved the reaction to the odor emanating from the hole!
30 January 2021 - could we ask the TT to find a compromise between Iran and the rest of the Middle East?
Jenni has her Doctorate. 😃
No Carenza?
abit of a safety issue I would think at 17:15 , Phil being in that hole with a machine on a slope ,above Phil in the hole! , if that machine ever slid or rolled back :O , becareful there boys n girls, great show though ,so don't hurt Phil please :)
Still and always.
English Heritage... We don't need to know what's down there, we know it's there. That's good enough for us.
EEJITS...
superJenni!
'Kay, can anybody else tell me why this show is so addictive??? XD (or maybe I'm just a nerd...) Aw who gives a f**k?! 8)
One of its charms is that there is no bad language...
It's addictive because the team works beautifully together, they've all got huge personalities, and the behind-the-scenes work to vet each site was spot on. They knew their research would bear SOME fruit, even if it wasn't what Tony expected.
@@victoriaeads6126 I think it was the people working on the sites. There is just something so endearing about Mick, Phil, Stuart and the others and Tony was so good at putting the thoughts together, asking the questions the audience at home might ask. I think it was also the good nature ribbing of each other, you can tell these people liked each other. Also, if you are interested in the past, that was the cherry on top of the cake!
The battle scenario had several flaws . Trained infantry were able to withstand cavalry if they held formation . The Normans actually rode
A formation of 1 doesn't seem able to stand just like Phil 😊
Yet another site which was abandoned not too long after the Black Death hit England 🙁 In 2020, that becomes even more poignant.
shout out Mick the Dig
Its the same thing in Every Country, all want to know something but no archeologist is allowed to dig
They couldn't figure out a 50/50 arrangement themselves?
By this time, they were probably barely being civil to one another. And in the beginning, it probably got out of hand much quicker than expected. Or someone said something that was taken wrong, and…. I am just happy the issue was resolved, and pleased the disputants were willing to be on camera when it happened.
Isn't the bar sinister (the line across the coat of arms) a demarcation of whoever wore the shield being illegitimate?
+Fedra Haldane I thought so too but it is a common belief that is not true. After some searching I found this on an SCA page about heraldry:
46. A bar sinister, a bend enarched, a bend sinister or a bendlet sinister on a coat of arms shows that the bearer is a bastard.First, there is no such thing as a "bar sinister" in heraldry. A bar is a narrow horizontal stripe, so there is no way for it to be sinister. Second, there was no set general pattern in any armorial system to designate bastardry. Neither a bend enarched, a bend sinister nor a bendlet sinister denotes bastardry. Although some acknowledged bastards of the French crown, did use a "bendlet sinister couped overall" (also called a baton sinister) on their devices.
Stannous Flouride
The SCA -- Society of Creative Anachronisms is no authority on heraldry. They may know more that I do but that does not mean they are correct in this.
If the bend or baton (what has become commonly know to the general public as a bar) sinister does not denote bastardy, then why did the Duke of Grafton, illegitimate son of King Charles II have one on his coat of arms?
I looked at several sites before that one and there doesn't seem to be a consensus.
But how about the legal authorities:
Today, the College of Arms in England uses a bordure wavy to mark an armiger as illegitimate. The Court of the Lord Lyon in Scotland uses a bordure gobony to denote the same.
Here's Wikipedia's item:
Heraldic charge [Bend/Bar Sinsiter]
It is a diminutive of the bend sinister and constitutes a narrow strip that runs from the upper right to the lower left of a coat of arms. Sinister (meaning left in Latin) is merely a directional indicator, and does not carry the negative connotations of the word in modern English.
It is commonly believed to be an indicator of an illegitimate birth in the family line, and is used in this way in literary contexts. For example, the hero of John Buchan’s historical novel, John Burnet of Barns, set in the sixteenth century, on being told that he is the son of Lady Eleanor Percy, was reassured that ‘there is no bar sinister on your shield. You were born in lawful wedlock, a second son.’
However, in medieval England, there was no single mark of difference for bastardy. Until the late fourteenth century, the same marks of cadency were used for both illegitimate and legitimate children, but thereafter the arms of some bastards took the form of a plain or party field with their fathers’ arms on a figure such as a bend, fess, chief, chevron or quarter.
The baton sinister can be seen in the arms of the Duke of Grafton, descended from an illegitimate son of King Charles II of England.
btw-the bronze tag they found had a bar dexter.
Stannous Flouride
Thanks for looking all that up. I see now that it is a literary misconception that has some basis in reality. And a confusion of terms to boot.
And yes of course the black line on the bronze coat of arms was indeed a bend/bar dexter. But then again if in the medieval age there was more than one way to indicate illegitimacy, maybe this was one. It's strange that a coat of arms should have a great black line running right across it. It can't mean something good.
I wonder how many men our knight would have had to field.
Anyone?
30:54 Make mine a Builder's. Cheers. Oh, and could you bring it to me in a chipped mug with all dark stains in as is proper. Ta.
Is geophiz ever optimistic about their results?
I can’t remember the episode/s, but occasionally, John Gater has been known to display a certain amount of “glee” in revealing the geophiz results to Tony and the Team. Fun to watch! Of course, too many times he has to explain that the terrain has completely bumfuzzled his equipment, and he gets ragged on by the Team. But most of the time, geophiz makes the archaeologists’ job a lot easier!
36:20 Well then answer your bloody phone or leave additional contact info. Git.
indeed!
English Heritage were aware Time Team would be there those 3 days and that it involved some of the best archeologists un the country, highly qualified and responsible professionals. They wanted a call. They did not make themselves available, they did not answer the call. And they did not apparently have any plans themselves to explore or explain this site. Disappointing to say the least
I remember spending my nights with a couple of friends getting baked, watching TT, taking turns playing CS 1.6, and talking about the hot bone expert. Anyone remember what season she joins the team? Redhead in her 20s, drop dead gorgeous.
Her name is Alice Roberts and yes she is perfect. Even today she is still beautiful. I seriously want to fly across the pond (I’m American) just to have the chance to bring home a lovely English woman. The accent alone is tremendous
@@thomasandersen2534 Wow, Alice is crazy attractive. Wish her the best, she certainly has worked for it.
"An Englishman's home is his castle" until planners with sensitive egos and disproportionate government power try to block serious experts and archeologists from providing real and obvious explanations of our heritage. This one little bureaucratic bloke nearly shut the archeology down -- thereby preventing everyone from learning and being inspired by our history.
24:21
Anybody else bothered by that tight rein on that horse? Thing gonna develop an iron mouth and run away with someone
Horse was definitely asking for more rein. Looks like a good-natured Arabian though, probably not going to run away with anyone--though many horses would do just that.
i have found lots of stuff hunting with metal detectors and i kept some of it hoping to get it sorted out
19:54 31:51 37:40 44:26 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Why does English Heritage get so upset when one of their sites is studied? Do they prefer to remain ignorant?
+Greg B Because archeology is by its nature destructive. Once things have been removed from their context, not much more can be learned from them. Earlier archeologists were interested in walls and treasure and were very crude and a lot of information has been lost. English Heritage is trying to preserve the site for future archeologist who may have different questions and better techniques, but they would need to see everything undisturbed and in context
Alan Macphail -- Yes, but with that attitude, nothing will ever be done, for there will always be more advanced methods in the future. Also, a lot of stuff will simply disappear if not dug up soon, especially organic material. Time Team was not a gang of treasure looters; EH should have loosened up some.
Yes and buried archeology also has a tendency to rot away. It's all very well being pompous and saying we should keep it for future generations with better methods BUT we can see the state of most things dug up now..imagine another 200-300 years and not much will be left. English Heritage are good in Siem respects but have a big snobby stick up their backsides on there as enough money will ever be available and as we move forward and have more and more social pressures even less.
The EH guys attitude is a bit arsey, no need for that attitude, I understand his sentiment and let's face it British "archeologist" have been responsible for practically grave robbing around the world, but come on its TT.
It was plain old human nature. HE had the authority to decide and felt shoved in the face with the fait accompli. But he was able to get over that bit of pique and make a decision for the general good. Not all are capable of it, preferring to spite their face rather accept feeling they may have lost any.
English Heritage, the true villains of so many Time Teams 😢
This is a fascinating series, However I find the arbitrarily applied three day time limit designed to create a false sense of urgency and drama to be annoyingly transparent and manipulative.
It's NOT NEEDED.
The discoveries themselves create the drama. The excitement of the diggers as they unearth some artifact that hasn't seen the light of day in 3500 years, That is the drama.
And honestly you will NEVER convince me that they would abandon, for example, the Saxon cemetary in Lincolnshire after only THREE DAYS....
Such an idea stetches cedulity well past the breaking point.
Good show, No sign of "Salting the sites"... Just let the history tell it's own story.
It wasn't set to 3 days to create drama, as you say. Mick Aston - who co-developed the program, Phil Harding, Carenza Lewis, & John Gater (geophys) all had regular full-time jobs, this was the team chosen by Mick Aston. All of the programs were filmed on 3 day holiday weekends. The digs themselves were what is termed an 'evaluation dig', to determine whether or not a larger dig was warranted on the site. Many of the sites in the early years were later picked up by universities as full digs. Some even continued on for many months afterwards because they were so good, i.e. Coventry Cathedral was one. Unfortunately, when the economic downturn happened, a lot of archaeology ceased due to the lack of funding. Time Team became one of the leading funders for archaeology at all during those years. If you want more information into the origins of Time Team, I would suggest that you watch the special episode, "Ten Years of Time Team".
@@deetsy4jesus I hope you will pardon the scepticism of my original comment.
There has been a disturbing trend in recent years to "Sex up" content in documentaries, giving them more the appearance of reality TV shows, and sacrificing fact in favor of showmanship. Several years ago, on a reputable documentary channel, there was aired a pne-off archaeology documentary involving digs in the vicinity of the great pyramids. The show featured active input by a rather well known egyptologist [I can only assume it was to give the show cred]. The disappointing thing about this documentary, was the recovery of the SAME disarticulated human skull in three different locations [ not to mension in lifting those "Finds" I've seen more care used un supermarkets by people selecting cocoanuts]. That was probably the most egregious example of recent trends in television documentaries.
Again let me offer my praise to the Time Team for not taking this low road, HOWEVER, they DO, for the sake of television halt or delay the uncovering of a find until the cameras can be brought to witness [eminantly logical, and necessary, and I have never seen the team unearthing an obviously salted artifact] as well as staging some conversations for the sake of exposition. Example, the return to a dig site where a massive trove of roman coins [ I think they said 40,000, but I don't remember precisely] was unearthed. Tony and Phil Harding [I love Phil, he obviously loves what he does and takes a lot of joy from it] are sitting on a hillside above the dig site discussing the original trove find.
Phil does a "Guess What" for Tony and reveals he was part of the crew that unearthed the trove. Tony: Shock and delighted surprise, Yet a few moments later, TONY presents Phil with a photo of the crew from the original dig inthat includes a younger Phil. Continuity error, Happens all the time in TV and movies and most people don't notice but when they do it blows the illusion.
I am absolutely certain this sequence was reflective of one or more actual discussions, and there was no intent to mislead in any way.
It's TV, and given the modern trends in documentary television, I think my cynicism [and i fully acknowledge I WAS being cynical] IS somewhat justified.
I stand corrected in my assumptions regarding the three day limit, and double down on my praise of the quality of the show.
@@deetsy4jesus. Many times, I have explained why the 3 day time limit. You have done a great job of giving the information. If I remember correctly, the television company also had a reason for the 3 day limit, but I can’t recall what it was, but they were also involved.
@@Voodoomaria. What a gracious statement. I was rather upset about your original comment, but it takes a strong person to come back, and give a positive reply, rather than phrasing it in a defensive tone. This is a fascinating program, and I have watched over 90% of the episodes. At 79 years of age, my memory is not as reliable as it once was, so I have created a 3”wide three ring binder of the program, beginning with Season 1 all the way to Season 20, and have begun on the second TimeTeam programs. (I have the brain of a librarian, so each episode is cross referenced in every possible way.)😁
@@leecarlson9713 I've watched the entire series, and become quite a fan of Phil Harding.
His deep and abiding respect for human remains irrespective of age for example.as well as his extremely reliable instincts that often trump the geo-phys results [one cannot beat experience].
The series it's self is fascinating.
In later seasons, Raksha and her enthusiasm for mucking down in middens, and stool-pits to gain full perspective on the ancient human inhabitants.
The crew were a colourful, and interesting lot, full not only of personality, but great knowledge of their specialties.
And not ONCE in the run of the series did I see any evidence of either salting a site or fudging results.
I still maintain the three days limit was arbitrary, and served ONLY to add an unneeded air of urgency
Completely unnecessary given how fascinating the show was, one could do well without it.
The music is SO EFFING OBNOXIOUS
Has anyone ever wondered if the English Heritage people ever watch these reruns, and check to see what the viewers are saying about them? I am surprised their ears aren’t blistered by the comments!
Holy crap that poor horse!! He's awful horseman
He's definitely using the wrong bit. The Romans used bits with joints at the top of the shank. It allowed them greater freedom with their shields but was still very humane. TT did an episode that demonstrated this aspect, tho I can't remember which.
Can't help imagining the crew and some team members standing with their roles prepared waiting again for TR to do his little fake breathless jogging entrance and 'piece to camera' etc.
Funny that the "Norman knight" spends 5 minutes telling Phil how important it is to attack shield side out and then does totally the opposite - 3 times! czcams.com/video/DjFSAM8ScGk/video.html A few more like him, and William probably would.have lost. Also finally an episode without the annoying Carenza.
Katie was so rude to Tony! I don't think she should ever be invited back on this show.
As Time Team ended ten years ago, I strongly suspect she won't be LOL
Tony was usually really quit rude to John. There is a later episode where I thought John was going hit Tony and he would have deserved it. You don't jump into a trench without asking permission. Archeology etiquette. You don't know what the archeologist is working to preserve.
JUST BECOUSE YOU PUT A HOUSE ON A F#@KING HILL DOESN'T MAKE IT A CASTLE
MY KING IS BETTER THAN YOUR`S. Just because you capitalize every word does not you stand out. Well it does in one way, and it’s not good.
I know someone named Katherine whom I absolutely hate, every time I hear Katie here her voice makes me cringe. What season does she disappear?
so you're shallow enough to hate people based purely on name? Good lord, I pity you.
The English Heritage chap is extremely annoying, typical of his EH type. The whole site has a group of people with far more knowledge and sensitivity of history and preservation than he could ever provide
I agree, 100%
what is this inspector good for? where was he when for years and years nothing was done? when there was a dispute about borders? THAT is one thing English heritage could have resolved? I think these guys are only around when TV is around.Trying to play the big shots. Or people like from Time Team....
The same kind of bean counters, just the name is different, are crawling all over the place when and where no one needs them, in Austria and Germany.
I mean Time Team is not some sort of - black digger - establishment. This guy just should bug off.