The Mystery Of Glasgow's Dark Age Brittonic Graveyard | Time Team

The Mystery Of Glasgow's Dark Age Brittonic Graveyard | Time Team | Chronicle

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10 ай бұрын

Time Team explores a graveyard in Scotland containing ancient gravestones dating back to the Dark Ages, along with hogback tombstones associated with Vikings. The team aims to solve the mystery of who was buried here and why, with the help of archaeologist Anna Richie. They suspect there might have been an early Christian church in the area due to the rounded boundary of the graveyard, typical of early Christian enclosures. They investigate possible connections between the site and nearby political centers, including Dumbarton Rock and Strathclyde.
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@lindasue8719 4 ай бұрын

The woman accompanying Tony has such a lovely voice and a beautiful way of speaking. She should be a narrator in her own right❤

@literallydarheel3234 10 ай бұрын

Woah woah woah, don't you guys know history is all about aliens, pawn shops, skinwalkers, Alaskan truckers, and swamp people? Did I mention aliens? By that, I mean: Thank you so much for making a channel that focuses on, you know, history.

@hannahbrown2728 10 ай бұрын

The U.S. used to have good educational programming, then TLC got scooped up and started network decay😮‍💨 I hope youve caught some of Time Teams new digs, some of the finds are spectacular!

@johncarmon9528 9 ай бұрын

don't forget swamp alien truckers oh wait thats just wishful thinking 😅😅😅

@hannahbrown2728 9 ай бұрын

@@johncarmon9528 Not gonna lie Id watch that.

@colleens1107 7 ай бұрын

I’m fairly certain the ancient alien guys don’t believe ancient people did ANYTHING without extraterrestrial help. Plus the Greek dudes hair kept getting taller

@philipmcdonagh1094 10 ай бұрын

Sir Tony's hair has definitely become the subject of archeology.

@SugarandSarcasm 8 ай бұрын

🤣 My mom was chuckling at the shorty shorts being worn herself lol

@kirbybot8370 5 ай бұрын

i love time team so much. Nothing gives me more joy than to see the old team all together

@lindasue8719 4 ай бұрын

When I first discovered the show on KZfaq a few years ago I binged on it, and then binged on it at least two or three more times! I haven't really watched it for a year or two, but as soon as I hear that music and see those old familiar faces I feel like I've come home❤ Somehow, I've never seen this episode, though! A new joy! ❤

@MissBlueEyeliner 10 ай бұрын

Oh my god the intro 😭 I’ve been transported to the 90s

@LuvBorderCollies 10 ай бұрын

It doesn't seem so long ago but the video and mirror don't lie. 😃

@tracyjozefiak9931 2 ай бұрын

90s were awesome! I miss that time!

@bobjackson4720 10 ай бұрын

This is a very early one, everyone is very young.

@rebeccaenlow7395 10 ай бұрын

Tony has hair

@znsink 10 ай бұрын

Young and pretty!🤩

@gordonhodgson8403 10 ай бұрын

I was 3. Im now 30 😅

@zuzuspetals38 10 ай бұрын

I wish they would post original air date 🤷🏻‍♀️

@mordeys 10 ай бұрын

@@zuzuspetals38they talk about the 1996 football/soccer game on the radio. So 1996/97.

@allisond2689 8 ай бұрын

I absolutely adore Tony Robinson. WHat a fun team he had to work with on this amazing adventure into the past!

@lecolintube 10 ай бұрын

This is awesome! Thank you! Love seeing *new* episodes (well ones I haven’t seen yet). Thank you so much for posting this one! A new favourite!

@Reneelwaring 10 ай бұрын

I always enjoy learning about the times my ancestors lived in and knowing that I can trace my family tree back to a time older than the graveyard is very interesting to me. Thank you.

@Val.Kyrie. 9 ай бұрын

Yeah I’m in actual shock I had no idea about where my ancestors were buried. They were always just a general idea, but to come face to face with the burials of men I’m descended from, is mind blowing.

@FreeFallingAir 10 ай бұрын

What a treat, time has truly flew by.

@danielrowsey7667 10 ай бұрын

So many channels share Time Team videos that it’s hard to keep track. I get excited when it says it was posted 11 hours ago but then when I watch it everyone looks 30 years younger.

@mordeys 10 ай бұрын

1996/97. 26 yrs. Yep so much younger.

@iamperplexed4695 10 ай бұрын

You will only ever see anything new on Time Team Offficial.

@AshesAshes44 10 ай бұрын

It's that 'originally aired' vs 'posted on KZfaq' that I'm forever forgetting is a thing!

@MossyMozart 9 ай бұрын

@danielrowsey7667 - Do the "Time Team" producers get any of the fees made by these "rogue" channels or are they contracted from the producers? I would hate that copyright violators make any money.

@nzlemming 10 ай бұрын

It took them so long to understand that Stewart is usually right.

@benharris3949 9 ай бұрын

He always asks the best questions. Long live landscape archeology!

@stephanieyee9784 9 ай бұрын

Invariably.

@dfjtobin 10 ай бұрын

Why is the priest at 6:26 saying the image of a man on horseback represents man dominating the forces of nature? seems a very odd interpretation from an unscientific perspective. the image more likely represents a warrior or the person buried under the stone.

@MossyMozart 9 ай бұрын

@dfjtobin - Yes! Back when the carving was created, it is not like men on horseback were unusual or anything!

@2btpatch 9 ай бұрын

But …man loves dominating nature, instead of listening to it. I find this priest’s observation a bit specious.

@udalimb384 9 ай бұрын

I'm always so awed by young people on site. I wonder if these young ones are now at University studying archaeology.

@giljensen1132 8 ай бұрын

Given how old this episode is it is very possible that they are now working for the university

@dbwhab4150 8 ай бұрын

The main guy is 77 already, as are many of his colleagues from the video I imagine

@elizabethfairlie8296 10 ай бұрын

I used to love knotting Arran jumpers. Some of the patterns represent different families. Seem similat to yhe standing stones.

@adidnac 10 ай бұрын

4th season, 4th episode, 26 January 1997

@mordeys 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@jeanpeuplu5570 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! More from season 4, please!

@MossyMozart 9 ай бұрын

I would have thought that they'd learn to pay attention to Stewart Ainsworth's observations FIRST. He was very much the landscape whisperer!

@TteokbokkiKing 3 ай бұрын

My favorite thing is Mick on a landline in the garden. Nostalgic nowadays.

@3Girliez 2 ай бұрын

Better than Phil in his high tight shorts 😂😂

@Celtopia 3 ай бұрын

Fabulously interesting,...thank you.

@jonathaneffemey944 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for posting.

@lonestarbellepk 9 ай бұрын

Thank you I've never seen this Time Team and it's very interesting.

@3Girliez 2 ай бұрын

Oh my word, a young Tony and team... Euro 96. That was nearly 30 years ago...

@scottgalloway345 2 ай бұрын

This is not too far away from my Grandparents house. My dad was trained at British Polar engines just up the road & my mum was from Pollock so I found this fascinating, right in the middle of my ancestral homeland. My parents moved to New Zealand in the 60's,so we have a disconnect with our heritage that this has somewhat eased

@alexhayden2303 9 ай бұрын

The Hump Back stone that I've seen is that of King Cnut's little daughter, in Bosham churchyard.

@joyavanessen3704 Ай бұрын

Look at Tony on his best behavior. It's charming lol😊

@nickim6571 10 ай бұрын

That drawing is an anatomical heart!

@pattiwhite9575 10 ай бұрын

Well this is an older episode. Have they gone back since? Any continued study?

@juliajs1752 10 ай бұрын

The pastor is really trying hard to not have to change his opinion on his church decoration...

@hunterventures2101 10 ай бұрын

He is really trying work it..stay in your lane vicar

@kamilaferens682 10 ай бұрын

Pastors / priests usually have problems with changing opinions, even when confronted with all the possible evidences...🙃

@kingkenny2797 10 ай бұрын

@@kamilaferens682😂😂 classic.

@joanrankin2827 10 ай бұрын

That priest is just silly.

@tjgelliott 8 ай бұрын

Pastor may be uncomfortable with the archeologists pointing out he has a blatantly pagan monument inside his church. Which they are quite delicate about, but "I don't see any crosses" was not that subtle.

@lecolintube 10 ай бұрын

18:05 😂 I’ve never seen Time Team contend with this! Ah what it takes to do ‘modern’ archaeology!

@maryosborne9952 9 ай бұрын

😊 6:28

@jeremymatthies726 5 ай бұрын

Well this was done back the year I grad'd. And Tony had hair lol. Always a great production to watch.

@HeyRetodd 9 ай бұрын

I can't decide which is more manly. Phil in his Daisy Dukes or Tony with his sweater and earring

@cw4608 4 ай бұрын

Daisy Dukes on men, a style I hope never comes back.

@paulapridy6804 10 ай бұрын

Had not seen this one. Thought I knew them all.

@martihetrick609 9 ай бұрын

The drawing looks like a heart

@matthewanderson2002 10 ай бұрын

Went and broke his leg looking for a holy well? I know this all occur a number of years ago and I have enjoyed time team for many years, but I have never seen this episode

@timothymcdougall6232 8 ай бұрын

Time team archaeologists worked on the show on their weekends, around their day jobs. It was one reason for the 3 day limit. The other reason was that 3 days is enough to establish if a bigger project should be run...

@653j521 7 ай бұрын

Did he find the holy well and did that heal his leg?

@3Girliez 2 ай бұрын

You are looking at nearly 30 years in the past, given Tony talked about Euro 96. How is that for archeology... 😂

@josephhenry4725 9 ай бұрын

It is on the convluence of the clyde and Kelvin . Of course it was a medievial settlement....i remember taking rubbings on the stones in the graveyard when i was seven .....in 1958.

@diannahorne5254 8 ай бұрын

@12m: there is an aerial shot of the top of the stonemason wall, it is at what they declare “is the pointy end of the pear”. If you look at the masonry is totally different around the top of the curve. I am a 3rd gen dedicated mineral prospector- who is hands on myself, picking, mining and digging other cherished items: and often perceive a kinship on archaeological digs, I’m also fascinated by and very respectful of, ( my training of belief, hold that archaeology trumps minerals, and I will not disturb sites that I find archaeological finds on. In fact, I report them like right now.) They are discussing that they are looking for a prominent subterranean wall or fence. I suggest it’s behind them above ground at this point and possible that she did right below there. I just found this channel tonight and I’m really excited keep up the good work it’s very interesting. Thank you. Berkeley, CA. USA

@diannahorne5254 8 ай бұрын

PS: my name isn’t Dianna..,I’m Nicole Teague, if it matters.

@diannahorne5254 8 ай бұрын

Okay. Wow. OK. I always promote educating children and including them on such things as this.. but this child is not the one to be scabbing brusquely on 800 year old pieces of pottery. I was somewhat shocked that he was doing it and his technique. I think that there is plenty of work for him and he appears to be around 10 years old or so and he can be educated in a way that won’t scrub off any paint that could be on that pot Because paints that were created in the 14th century were made of natural mineral compositions. Minerals will not stand up to a hardware sold brush, or a scrubbing like that the compositions just . ..the chemistry’s not there. I adore that the child is participating. But I was horrified that she handed him an 8 to 900 year old piece of pottery to scrub like a dirty engine.

@diannahorne5254 8 ай бұрын

Above occurs at 24:01

@3Girliez 2 ай бұрын

You are in for a treat if you watch the Time Team episodes

@benjamindejonge3624 8 ай бұрын

Nice shirt mate

@jillberry2802 10 ай бұрын

Oh goodie, one I have never seen before, lucky me.

@robin222 10 ай бұрын

Baldrick visiting his childhood home?

@kurtbogle2973 10 ай бұрын

Maybe he's being depicted cattle rustling. Thay was a huge hobbie in Scotland.

@kellysouter4381 10 ай бұрын

Everyone should have a hobby😄

@mouthforwar17 10 ай бұрын

That priest's interpretations are a bit of an overzealous stretch...

@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164 10 ай бұрын

They all want some sort of Holy Relic or a Saint-Somebody-or-Other associated with their Church. It gives them clout.

@MossyMozart 9 ай бұрын

@@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164 - And donations!

@robertcgage 10 ай бұрын

How long ago was this film shot? Everyone seams much younger.

@mordeys 10 ай бұрын

They talk about a football/soccer game of 1996 so i assume 1996/97 season.

@laris2328 Ай бұрын

I love how the geophys is poke and plod. Not too long after that came the pushcart style.

@nhansen197 10 ай бұрын

And why can't they be both? No reason a religious site and a castle of a king couldn't be right next to each other.

@deborahfedge3823 10 ай бұрын

I agree. I thought that Kings and Queens were considered religious leaders or at least divinely placed in those positions as protectors of the Church. I would love to hear a summary of more recent work at this location.

@NothingToNoOneInParticular 9 ай бұрын

I always loved Robin Bush, RIP.

@archangel807 10 ай бұрын

Stuart....YES!

@Jet_Rod_94 8 ай бұрын

Season 4 Episode 2- 8th Century Church

@h2energynow 10 ай бұрын

Why didn't one of the conclusion be the river changed its course. It could have been very marshy at one time in its history. Not dry like now.

@MrUSO36 6 ай бұрын

Since my Ancestors were some of the first to settle in England I feel like I might be related to these early people here at the church.

@tapsars7911 3 ай бұрын

Why was the murderer so over confident that he would not be traced and caught ?

@susanwolf1321 3 ай бұрын

Robin’s clothing reminds me of Dr. Who.

@noreenmadden3028 6 ай бұрын

Wow Tony was young way back when Noreen Australia 🦘

@EarlyMusicDiva 8 ай бұрын

Wouldn't you have just loved to have Mick as your professor at university??

@user-vj7el2wg9b 6 ай бұрын

Maybe those humpback stones were unique in Scotland back in 1997, but there are gravestones in Blairlogie kirkyard that have now been dated to the same period.

@jamesatherton1853 10 ай бұрын

Their interpretations of the guy on horseback on the grave seem a bit far fetched... I feel like it's not THAT deep. Maybe the guy who was buried just liked hunting or something

@annemiekevaneijkeren4486 10 ай бұрын

people just didn't happen to have horses and hunt, that was the privilege of the rich. And you had to be wealthy to have a horse, let alone be allowed to hunt. So you are talking at least a wealthy noble, more likely a regional king / warlord.

@Mr69BlackDragon 10 ай бұрын

Remember all the wild animals were considered to still be property of the King or regional Lord. So to be hunting on your gave tomb means you were very important in life.

@jamesatherton1853 10 ай бұрын

@@annemiekevaneijkeren4486 ok, so it's a rich guy who liked hunting

@pattiwhite9575 10 ай бұрын

I thought the guy on horseback looked Roman, a metal helmet with a feather on top. What do the other symbols represent?

@dfjtobin 10 ай бұрын

I agree, it was a very odd interpretation from the priest, more likely a warrior or the man himself on horseback.

@janetmackinnon3411 10 ай бұрын

Good grief!

@aariley2 10 ай бұрын

Don't they all look so young!:)

@citizendavid 10 ай бұрын

This must be 20 or 30 years ago ... Look at Tony .... Young again

@IamwhoIam333 4 ай бұрын

The map looks like a human heart

@Gary-zq3pz 10 ай бұрын

Probably the graves of some of my ancestors ( maybe yours,too).

@gijsv8419 10 ай бұрын

Finding bones at lunch, concluding one can carry on.

@conniemcfalls4357 6 ай бұрын

so young

@andrewlisk7992 10 ай бұрын

Dude's shorts are 12:09 waaaaaay to short for the 90's

@malinlindqvist3455 10 ай бұрын

DUDE???? That's Phil! And his Daisydukes are legendary.

@LuvBorderCollies 10 ай бұрын

That's a Phil Harding Signature line of famous sportswear!! Seriously, better than the 1970s fashions

@deborahparham3783 10 ай бұрын

Nope, not too short. There is a photo of Carenza, Mick, Tony and Phil in which Phil is wearing a pair of swim trunks. The 5 inch stripe of very white thigh on display says those shorts cover a lot more Phil than y'all think.

@carisaunders2346 9 ай бұрын

He's still wearing his daisy duke's!

@deborahparham3783 9 ай бұрын

@@carisaunders2346 And he still has great legs.

@kevinmccarthy8746 7 ай бұрын

A flat tire on a machine like that and, on such a clean ground, no recent building for a long time so more clean. Because of this clean area you are certaintly not going to get a nail in that tire. If they just picked it up from the yard, it is possible the tire got flat in their construction yard.

@wolfdog7265 10 ай бұрын

Another 30 year old rerun episode of time team of which I’ve seen every episode at least 4 times.. Yay.

@roykrossin8343 10 ай бұрын

Then turn the channel as the rest of us are happy to watch again --“

@jordangrice3565 10 ай бұрын

Cool story bro.

@elenchus 10 ай бұрын

this is one of the best episodes

@motojunkie8348 10 ай бұрын

Get a life?

@Mr69BlackDragon 10 ай бұрын

You might have seen it dozen of times but this is the first time I've seen it and I'd enjoy watching it a dozen more times

@RM-zu2nh 10 ай бұрын

They look a lot like rhunestones.

@patriksjogren6041 7 ай бұрын

For the Vikings the place to govern (ting) was equally a place to meet (möte) so maybe linguistics have played in

@synsrfem4428 4 ай бұрын

I wonder what he means by being different from the other similar ones found in scotland to create his own problems of them being the only ones.

@amethyst42 8 ай бұрын

Original Air Date Sun, Jan 26, 1997

@smack80 6 ай бұрын

Start of a long pattern: John is wrong, Stewart is right

@cynsi7604 7 ай бұрын

Oh geez, could Phil’s short shorts BE any shorter (as I say in my best Chandler Bing voice)? 🤭 But seriously those are some short shorts. Has to been in the early 90’s.

@JulianneTure 5 ай бұрын

This was series 4, so 1997.

@cynsi7604 5 ай бұрын

@@JulianneTure Wow, that’s pretty late to wear shorts that short. Well, it was here in the States. But fashion does have a mind of its own, and men certainly don’t follow it. 😎 Thanks ✌🏻

@peggyellenday3096 9 ай бұрын

Sometimes people should just enjoy the knowledge instead of insulting the way they dress

@anthonyberry9132 9 ай бұрын

Meitheil is an Irish word for Community, cooperation or neighbours building their own church. So it was most likely built by immigrants bit by bit as funds and labour came available.

@archangel807 10 ай бұрын

Ghosts of Scots are fierce!!....

@hankhicks1108 5 ай бұрын

Tony used to have hair? Who knew?

@crapmalls 10 ай бұрын

You can't fill a grave with 14th century pottery until the 14th century. A cunning plan

@ccatldy5021 9 ай бұрын

The lady hauling her bloody purse in & out of trenches drives me nuts for some reason.

@PtolemyJones 10 ай бұрын

Meh, he could have been made a saint after his death and burial, that happens. They could have built a motte atop the moot, that would make sense.

@itorca 10 ай бұрын

When I die chum me out to the ocean so eventually my proteins will make it back inside humans and I can once again corrupt them

@robinstuyvesant7187 10 ай бұрын

Govan stones are stones the ancients got in their Govans. Much like kidney stones only more mythical.

@carisaunders2346 9 ай бұрын

I dont why the pastor thinks he knows more than the expert in to take Micks place.

@2btpatch 9 ай бұрын

The priest has a very Christian stance on the burial stones, despite their lack of a cross or any Christian symbol.

@fireofhislove3395 10 ай бұрын

Let's put a Glasgow smile on that face.

@noeraldinkabam 8 ай бұрын

I hope GB comes back to or Scotland joins the EU. I always wanted to go to Scotland once. This is a place I would not want to miss.

@johnandre2962 8 ай бұрын

You can still visit countries that are not in the EU 😂🤣😂 Why would they re-join? They are free now.

@noeraldinkabam 8 ай бұрын

@@johnandre2962 I’ld have to get a passport.

@653j521 7 ай бұрын

@@noeraldinkabam And because you are in hiding, you can't?

@noeraldinkabam 7 ай бұрын

@@653j521 Money.

@PtolemyJones 10 ай бұрын

Who wears short shorts...

@THINKincessantly 6 ай бұрын

GIVE DAN JONES A HAND 👏 HE MADE QUEEN ANNE Boleyn an African….SHOVED IT DOWN YOUR THROAT! Great Englishman eh?? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@clf8668 8 ай бұрын

I just don’t understand are they moving these Graves to make room for something else I need to put them in some type of storage or a barium somewhere else if not why not just leave them where they are so they can sleep in peace

@nancytimmer9026 3 ай бұрын

They wanted to find more of these stones and who was buried there. The priest was very interested in this. There were excavations from 1994 to 1997 in that graveyard and the bones were probably reinterred. The stones they found by the wall would have been recorded anew since they were obviously lost if you saw how thick the sod on top of them was.

@CreachterZ Ай бұрын

Phil should not wear those shorts. 😢

@gmtegirl 2 ай бұрын

Am I the only one that gets annoyed when Carenza lectures Tony?

@djb3500 8 ай бұрын

That priest just makes shit up.

@annwilliams6438 10 ай бұрын

What is a Catholic candle doing with the Celtic pagan tombstones? I’m sure the makers of the stones and those buried with them would HATE the idea of having a Christian candle burning for them.

@angelwings1979 10 ай бұрын

They say in the episode that people buried there are all Christian by this point in history. So they wouldn't have minded since they were Christian too.

@annwilliams6438 10 ай бұрын

@@angelwings1979 In 900 to 1000? I doubt it. I just don’t like the idea that Christianity should continue to stamp over other religions….

@angelwings1979 10 ай бұрын

@@annwilliams6438 I agree that one religion shouldn't trample on another. However, that's not the case here. The "Vikings" began converting to Christianity in the 8th century. The first Viking King was Harald Klak who lived in the mid 800s. So by the time of this graveyard, while there might be a few outliers, they were all Christian.

@alicemilne1444 7 ай бұрын

It may have escaped your knowledge, but Scotland's oldest Christian Church dates back to the year 390 CE (Whithorn), founded by St Ninian. And Glasgow, of which Govan is now a district, was founded by St Mungo who was born in 518 CE. He is also sometimes known by his Old Cumbrian name Kentigern. He was made its first bishop. But he himself was mentored by St Serf who is associated more with Fife and especially the upper reaches of the Forth Estuary. Practically all of mainland Scotland was Christianised between the mid-500s and the 800s. Incoming Viking raiders adopted the new religion. So by 900 or 1000, the Govan area had been Christian for around 300 years at least.

@alicemilne1444 7 ай бұрын

44:00 Tony Robinson in his usual ignorance of things not English calls the minister of the church a "vicar". There are no "vicars" in the Church of Scotland.

@lauralahaye7699 8 ай бұрын

Oh boy .... why even ask the priest?! "Proofs indicate this" "Well, let me force my faith unto you anyway" .... "Interpretations" ... that's their big excuse for everything!

@dalecarpenter8828 10 ай бұрын

The idiots destroyed the sie ???

@xenaluck 10 ай бұрын

Every Child Matters

@pppl6664 10 ай бұрын

RIP to the host, Pee Wee Herman.

@Naomi_Thornock 10 ай бұрын

Um no the host of Time Team is Sir Tony Robinson and he is still very much alive and well.

@pppl6664 10 ай бұрын

@@Naomi_Thornock I was joking, duh. He looks like Paul Ruebens aka Pee Wee Herman.

@SkyeSage17 9 ай бұрын

Roman his-tory....😢

@seanfaherty 8 ай бұрын

I think that preacher should stick to Jesus because his historical theories are less than probable

@rogerf3675 10 ай бұрын

I'm wondering on some of these episodes..........why bother ? The history is important, sure, but if you limit yourself to only 3 days then call it quits.....imagine all that you haven't discovered.

@TrappedinSLC 10 ай бұрын

The problem was that stuff wasn't being excavated at all, and there was concern about sites being lost entirely, whereas if they do a 3 day show they drum up interest in the area, which makes it easier to get funding for a bigger project. Supposedly it greatly improved things overall in England for archeological research since there was more public interest to justify funding.