Time Team S06E06 Smallhythe,Kent
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- Smallhythe is now a small village amid the fields of east Kent, the nearest body of water being the Reading Sewer, a drainage ditch, and its peace only disturbed by the bleating of sheep. However, in the 15th and 16th centuries, it was the site of a bustling shipbuilding industry right next to the mile-wide River Rother.
Time Team came to Smallhythe to see if they could find any traces of the medieval shipwrights who built, among other craft, Henry V's 1000-ton 'Jesus'.
Seeing Mick talking about Tudor bricks while holding a glass of wine is just perfect. I could sit there for a lifetime just listening to him, he left us too quickly.
After watching about 20 of these, through many seasons, I'm coming to the conclusion that Stewart and his landscape archeology is completely awesome! If they were smart they would always send him in 24 hours before they start digging.
Kate I agree but many people don’t understand that. I read a comment that he didn’t contribute anything to this show, some people are pretty ignorant but I guess we knew that before.
Next to Geophys, Stewart is probably the 2nd most important person there for solving the dig site.
Oh yes, Stewart knows his stuff. Mick Aston was a landscape archaeology pioneer, he and a colleage actually coined the term. So no wonder there's a knowledgable one like Stewart there.
@@bokhans Even in other fields it is important to understand the previous land use. My Silvaculture professor drilled that into us as it was important in coming up with a use plan.
Fully agree,his “reading “ of the landscape is spot on and often the only lead to the answer!
There just isn't anything on TV today in the UK or the States (where I am) that compares to this series. This was an amazing group of people, with great chemistry, bringing archaeology alive for people around the globe. Vale Mick Aston...I didn't know you, but I miss you...✌🏻️
Gotta love how Tony and Phil razz and play with each other. Always a great show the personal relationships shine through every time. Extraordinary information revealed by extraordinary people. LOVE IT.
36:45. I love that. 6 series in, for Phil, the archaeology and preservation of the site remained what was important to him. Fuck the cameras and getting Tony in shot. He's a national treasure.
I have watched so much of this series in the past few months, since I found it on you tube. My family thinks I'm addicted to Tony, Phil, Mick & all the others. Lol I Am! This program is absolutely the best thing ever on TV & now TH-cam.
I binge watched them all last year and now I watch a show every now and then. I really like that show
I'm hooked now to keep my sanity in 2020.
Actually, I have now started in archaeology at uni and gotten into a trench. Much because I have always wanted to. This is a hard work but very rewarding. What they are doing in the trenches is very real, I attribute it to watching Time Team all over again that I finally did it and just went for it. Im 55 and had an office and driving career before besides being educated as a prescool teacher. Im bloody happy with myself now.
@@birnamagnusdottir5189 WOW that's amazing! Very inspiring!
It's so hard to pick any favorites on this show. Everyone is so unique in what they contribute to Time Team, both professionally, and with their personality. I love the nonsense that Phil, and Tony get into together haha.
Got hooked on this amazing series during COVID lockdown and have thoroughly loved every episode! After a while it's so very easy to feel that I somehow "know" these fine, talented people (even though of course I don't which is a sadness all its own). Makes me wish to return to a place I've never been. I'd love to have been able to share an after-dig "recap and unwind" bender with the lot of them.
Ditto here
Hireath. Top re return to a place or long for a place you've never been. It's like a home you've never seen. There's no real English translation but thought I'd share
I believe that that coloured pullover should be given a show of its own. Most of us watch this programme for the antics of that pullover. It has seen more antiquities than most of us. At least give it a knighthood.
It’s amazing how Stewart can read the land.
Any experienced Land Surveyor can do that. It comes with the trade. That said, Stewart works with some of the most fascinating landscapes on the planet.
It’s magical the way he can project the ancient landscape in his head from the remnants of the past.
@@lilykatmoon4508 no, it’s really not. Many can do it. Ffs
@@Invictus13666 well, it’s magickal to me, and I shall keep been delighted by him. Blessed be.
@@lilykatmoon4508 someday look into who wrote the textbook and designed the program stewie learned from.
Watching this just before going to bed … Tony is spraying 3 lapped boards with Phil ducking behind... Tony sprays Phil and next is Tony running away and phil grabbing a hose while in chase... So much for going to bed... I get to see Tony and Phil having a water fight in my mind.
So once again Stewart nailed it.
Cute pun :-)
I love Phil...
When they showed the King the new ship, it was so large that all he could say was "Jesus!". And thus......
lol
The North river, between Boston and Plymouth USA, was once a major sailing ship center. When I drove down there to scout out fishing sites, it looked just wide enough to turn around a rowboat. It looked like I could wade across without getting my belt wet. I just couldn't picture big sailing ships there, even knowing that it was done. And that's only since the 19th century.
Nice to see some of the finds from this dig in Tenterden Museum today
Thankyou for posting these episodes. Had no idea this show existed, but am totally hooked. It is an awesome show.
Susan Shock I just discovered the series by accident several months ago. I’m hooked. Love the show and the team.
Susan Shock Check out Timeline Documentaries, and also check out Dan Carlin's podcast Hardcore History (this one is absolutely unreal.) If you like this show you'll love the Timeline channel, and if you like history you'll be addicted to Dan Carlin's affinity for historical narratives. He's one of the greatest storytellers alive today.
When Tony sprayed Phil was so funny! Sometime around 44:19 I think.
Wystyria Yes, you can see it on Sir Tony's face. He had a cunning plan.
Lol poor Phil, always getting picked on by Tony. Their playful banter is so funny XD
+Wystyria (puritygrace2015)
Tony,such a big child :)))
I saw it coming but i still laughed like mad when it happened XD
@@sircalculus1448 the anticipation doesnt reduce the hilarity of it. I had the same experience.
"A drain cover..!"
"That's 'grate' to know.!"
Awesome, love it.!!😎👍😎
And the two men I admire most
Mick and Tony and the Holy Ghost
Boarded a copter
and headed for the coast
The day the music died.....
Who knew Tony was an Olympic quality sprinter with Phil in pursuit!?!?!?! LOL!!!
I have watched a boat load of these videos on u-tube and absolutely love them.
Honest T.V. RIP Mick. And Time Team and Time Signs.
The way Mick giggles/chortles at about 8:23 should be a popular isolated sound bite and meme.
Thanks for posting
Damian Goodburn has got to be the coolest recurring guest expert.
ha ha, cant believe Phil fell for that
@44:54 I'm sure I hear Phil question Tony's parenthood as he chases him out of the yard ?
Not for the first or the last time... ;-)
Been to Smallhythe Place once. Not because of medieval shipbuilding but because the property was bought by the actress Dame Ellen Terry, a well-known 19th century actress who died there in 1928. The property also includes a Barn Theater that Terry's daughter for some years.English Heritage took possession after Terry and her daughter passed.
28:40 Carenza's trench is more likely a refit and repair dock, not a breaker yard. Probably used to repair battle damage, replace rotted planks, and such. Highly unlikely to be a breaker yard because they'd be farther away from the building yards. Repair docks would be closer to the smithys and woodworking shops.
River surveys, like what they did in the first 10 minutes or so of this program, always make me a bit sad for the "Old River" that was tamed. It always seems brutal to the landscape.
Kate I feel exactly the same
Am I wrong or did Tony say "a damn great sledgehammer"? I love that line.
Gee-o-Fizz!
I think I love you. So much time team!!
Damian is a true carpenter!
It's always three day limits. I keep waiting for the day when I find an episode where Tony comes in, visibly excited, explains the site and the concept of the episode and then tells us "...and today is like Christmas because this time we have an entire FOUR DAYS to do it! Four! Can you imagine?!"
They did a four-day one--I think Coventry Cathedral. They found a body late on the 3rd day and had to excavate before the developers moved in.
I think it's because so many had other jobs. Mick lectured at university and I can imagine that he had no lectures on Friday, so was able to devote that day and the weekend to Time Team.
I like it how the snobs refuse to have their cultivated lawns dug up and instead direct them to a swampy load of sludge. Quite funny, actually, and the way Tony says to Phll: 'But you do realize it's near the end of day one and we still haven't found our shipyard.' 'Yes, that's true' or something like it. I like the clunky getting to work backgound music. I must have watched a near on backlog of twenty years of episodes in a matter of weeks! Oh, and the hosepipe scene. Very funny!
400 yr old door. Still in one piece and functional.
Wtg shipbuilders !
On the door bottom a sign says: "Made in China"!!!!
and we have just 3 days... and i still love it!
Carrenza is smart!
Carenza tries to take over other people's ideas and rarely adds anything interesting.
sour grapes you w. She's N°2 in rank
@@wbrewer5352 Cite evidence, Brewer? You've got a problem (it's called sexism) and the rest of us notice. We wonder if you could accomplish even a fraction of what Carenza does. And if your life has felt so disappointing to you that you need to take down someone else in this way.
fun fact on the name Carenza: in italian means shortage,
and she obviously has no shortcomings in any field
@@souloftheteacher9427 Sexism? I just find Carenza annoying as a human being regardless of her gender.
The slipways may be the crop marks on this Google Earth view:
51.037791N, 0.697235E
MVP!
Best episode- biggest excavator. ( JCB, or even "mechanical digger")
Joseph Cyril Bamford - see www.jcb.com Such a success that It's practically generic for "construction machine" in the UK.
"Trust me I'm a TV presenter" thank god it was a channel 4 programme and not BBC, wonder if that was why it was so good....
I believe it's BBC4.
@@sheilaghbrosky no there was no BBC 4 it was Channel 4 --a commercial channel.That is why it differs from BBC documentaries of the period.They have done a lot of production work to attract a wide range of viewers.I'm not going to join the debates about sexism and 'dumbing down' but there is evidence of a style and feel aimed at viewing figures.
I like reading wiki/websites on the areas after watching these episodes... eg. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/smallhythe-place/features/shipbuilding-at-smallhythe-place (The Jesus was commissioned four years after The Marie (Mary) which had been commissioned by Henry V's father. So the name kind of makes sense.)
"I shall buildeth a great vessel capable of slaying scores, nay, hundreds of men and instilling an unabiding fear in all others."
"What wilst thou calleth thine ship, Sire?"
"The Jesus."
Just when I think I've seen all the available videos, I find another. I have asked Santa for the 20 season box set!
There is a possibility that the "delft field" may have been built up in order to be a dry staging or work area for the building of the ship "Jesus". The area directly to the west of the field may have been where the ship was built as it was clearly under water when the whole area flooded while the "delft field" was dry.
Apparently, the correct spelling is "Delf". See www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Pub/ArchCant/123-2003/123-16.pdf
Watching the Geophysics team wading through those high weeds, I have to wonder - do you have deer ticks/lyme disease in England? I'd be very concerned in that kind of environment if that was a possibility.
At least they wear long pants. Also, better not to sit anywhere.
It’s funny them calling Damien Goodburn the “medieval wood expert”. Later in his career he’s the guy the figured out Stonehenge. Haha
Mike.Parker Pearson figured out Stonehenge, although he and Damien do look alike.
What about the other side! hilarious!
'What about the other side?' 🌊🤣
Scurrying Tony again…heehee
What about where the wood came from. How many oak are left nearby or whatever.
"Shchewart"
Here they are digging out scoops full of muck that is decade vegetation and looking for evidence? Am I the only one who noticed the difference in the soil? Building ships in a dock is new. Ships were built on slips. Slips were a structure where the ship was built on dry land then slid down when the ship was finished.
Their old ton would weigh 2016 pounds of liquid, plus the weight of the actual barrel it's in.
Henry V slept here.
Great finds here. This large wooden boat/ship was called 'Jesus', not, what 'The Jes..'?
Its like incorrectly calling Victory, The Victory. The Hull painted name, would reflect this.
The Greeks still build their fishing boats on slipways.
The ship was actually originally supposed to be named after the King’s daughter. But everyone who stopped by the craft under construction said “JESUS, that’s a big boat!!!” And the name stuck.
tonns are different now? it made me curious. a ton or tonne = 2204 lbs. so then 252 gal = aprox 2016 lbs. plus the weight of barrels holding the wine it probably weighed more than now or darn close. any thoughts any one?
Not ton...tun.
A "English" or non-metric ton is 2000 lbs, which is very close to the weight of the tun at 2016 lbs. 2200 lbs is a "metric ton" or 1000 kg.
Someone wiser than me, told me to assume "a pint is a pound" and extrapolate. Perhaps using Robin as a visualization was inaccurate. He's almost a cubit and a half too tall.
+achtungcircus A "ton" is a measure of weight. A "tun" is a cask or a measure of liquid capacity.
"Jesus" was the name of a slave ship. "Grace Dieu" and "Holigost" were the names of King Henry V's ships.
Was this tommy shelbys spot?
I'm not buying carenza's ship find. Mick was scratching his head too, saying "ehh?" Sorry Carenza!
Delven is to dig out in Dutch.
Trusting the Producer, sad mistake...
7mins in and im asking 'where's the LIDAR and Stewart....
I just searched and found the UK has free public access to all the LIDAR now.
environment.data.gov.uk/ds/survey/index.jsp#/survey?grid=TQ82
becuase this aired in 1999. use of lidar for archaeology wasn't a thing for quite some time yet.
I dug up lots of old tin cans and bicycle wheels when I was a kid. 16:50
So exactly how old does something have to be to call it _archeology?_
Technically - yesterday.
hmm,money spent ? maybe only in the records...we do that in America...a local woman embezzled 53 million for a small town and nobody noticed until she went on holiday and a sub found out...she got some 53 million dollars U.S.
Why would he name his ship THE JESUS after Jesus or that’s just what he named it ⁉️⁉️
Its GESTA not "guesta". Don't hire that captioner any more.
And Henrici, not Henrica.
What I have learned from watching Time Team is that much of human history disappears very quickly and folk lore is very iffy and often more wishful thinking than anything else.
Welding leftovers with on a magnet?..... before electricity and/or gas fueled torches? there has to be a different explanation.
Have you never heard of forge welding,? A technique that's nearly as old as the iron age itself; I do it as a hobby.
Look at a Damascus barrelled shotgun, or indeed, any gun made in the Victorian era and earlier. These are, of course the highest examples. Each piece of barrel length (about 4") was made of bundles of square steel wire and forged around a mandrel then the pieces were forge welded together to make up the full barrel length. Damascening itself is an example of forge welding too.
Just about anything that, today we'd weld by arc or gas was forge welded., it's just a matter of the right heat (straw colour) and then pounding it so that the metal literally flows together. Hard work but satisfying. You might want to look on YT, I think there is a video of a bloke making a pistol barrel, though not Damascus. I've got a W. H. Watson 12 bore made for my grandad in 1884, it's got the most gorgeous Damascus barrels and I still use it; although originally proofed for black powder only, my dad had it nitro proofed in 1970. Strong evidence that Damascus and forge welding is not only pretty but strong.
I'll take some pictures. Most of my work is rather crude; for instance just joining wrought iron gate parts without rivets and barrel hoops for wooden buckets, iron tyres etc, though I did make a copy of a Saxon sword which took me nearly a month. email me at:thelimey 39@gmail.com
You must be a real artist and craftsman and I envy you. The only real casting I've done was a quarter scale cast iron 9 pounder cannon and for that had to use a friend's home foundry and green sand mould though I made a rather nice wood pattern, if I say so myself.
What ancient weapons do you use? I might want to make some.
Enjoy your day and continue with your arts and crafts. Perhaps you might invest in an anvil and tools, iron and steel are very easy to work with and bloody good exercise.
I'm a retired old fart so have the time to mess around and make things. Very satisfying as you obviously know. I'd love to expand my skills and hope you can help me. I might be able to help you with smithing in exchange.
...rather see Sue Francis and Carenza having a water fight than Phil and Tony but it is a family show ...
Phil is so funny and charming at the same time😊
@FESERFACE over your feser to begin with. You wouldn't stand a chance with a wart infested crone with poor eyesight. Your face being festered and plauged as it is. Why the put down of these archaeologists?
Tony and his running about 😜 in every episode is just too much sometimes. I guess the producers think its important for him to keep doing that to keep up the attention of the audience?
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boatyards not only constructed ships but they also broke them apart