Archaeologists Excavate A 17th Century Shipwreck | Digging For Britain
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- Archaeologists uncover the remains of the 17th-century warship, the London. Discover how this flagship, packed with gunpowder, met its tragic end and how its perfectly preserved artifacts provide a unique glimpse into maritime history. Watch the team battle the elements to recover treasures from the depths, revealing stories of naval life and disaster.
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Really nice to see I’m not the only one who gets excited at a confirmed Phil Harding sighting ❤
Good old Phil long missed .
Yes
An elusive Phil sighting confirmed, it is nice to see him still doing what he loves.
This was broadcast 2016, so it's an 8 year old sighting. ;)
He's still working on the project though. I think it ends this year.
Phil is old AF now and put on a ton of weight. You can see him In the new time time podcasts and such but he dosen't dig any more.
Yep, great to see phil
9:16 I love that Phil Harding popping his head in on such a cool dig, this seems like a perfect dig for Phil. But Phil would probably be more happy if they went down past the Waterloo Layer and find some flint objects then it would be an absolutely dream dig for Phil. I need more Phil Harding content in my life.
He has been part of the Waterloo Project since its start. That is why he isn't around on the revamped Time Team
Flint is Phil's passion
@@kevinfoster1138 Always was huh :)
I remember when Alice (with pink hair) and Matt were young archaeology students working with Phil on time team.
We love Brittain
I was so excited to see Phil from Time Team on this show. I would like to have his address so I can write him a fan letter.
Try via Essex Archaeology?
The pain suffered by that Royal Navy man with all those painful injuries. Broken clavicle, broken ribs, broken femur broken wrist. Unbelievable pain.
Lower class men exploited to enrich the aristocracy and elites. It really was an awful time.
I bet he developed a healthy opium habit to live with ongoing pain
😂 I’ve had those injuries but the clavicle was by far the worst. (Not the worst pain I’ve felt, those were uterus related but worst pain with broken bones) The doctors were saying they’ve never seen a break overlap that much. They were like Holy Shit! When they saw it. I was 15 and it took a brace to pull my shoulders back but they still fused overlapping together. I was in pain for YEARS. (Judo)
Broke my rib
Broke my nose twice
Concussions
Broke a bone in my foot
My eyeball popped out (kneed in the face continuously while I was blacked out drunk so don’t remember it just woke up in pain looked in mirror and saw two black/blood filled eyes with one out 😂)
Oh and my back is killing me idk if it’s my bed or because I fell off a 3 story scaffolding. Could be both. The new bed and work incident happened around the same time so..
I get told I’m too pretty for these injuries but eh. Shit happens.
Oh and broke my chest bone what’s that called? Not from an injury but open heart surgery when I was 30. That’s a bitch to heal but not bad. I would make the nurse wipe my ass though because I was mad and wasn’t supposed to reach behind me anyway. They like break it and pull it apart to get to the heart. My boobs hurt for weeks after that. But again, been through MUCH worse. I’m now 35. Hopefully that chaotic 7 years of injury filled adulthood is over.
@@rachelkoiksJesus how many mirrors did you break !!… 😪☹️
@@madlenellul3430 I’ve literally asked myself that too I remember when I broke a hand mirror by accidentally stepping on it and thought, “Oh no.. Did I just add 7 more years?!” Because there was a literal shift in my life where everything was smooth/normal and suddenly it wasn’t anymore. Weird, like I was a star on my own version of The Truman Show.
Professor Roberts, you are the best and the teams that do the work are spectacular.
I met Phil when I took part in Waterloo Uncovered in 2017. I think I upset him when I said I thought he looked taller on the telly. He said grumpily, " Thats because Tony (Robinson) is really short!"
Wellington was known for building infrastructure around his preferred battlefield. At the battle of Bussaco he built secret roads behind his line on top of a ridge to rapidly deploy artillery where it was needed most. Then of course he famously managed to build the extensive defensive lines and roads of Torres Vedras without the French knowing, they couldn't get through and eventually had to leave Portugal to Wellington.
So I am not surprised Wellington had roads prepared at Waterloo for rapid troop and supply movement, battlefield preperation was often a large part of his success as a general.
Phil Harding and his iconic hat are on the scene!
My grandfather fought aswell a proud Rhodesian Air force ❤
Rhodesian African Rifles
Fascinating programme, one of many. Thank you ❤
This is such a great series. Please post more!
Matt Williams seems like an authentic guy. I have enjoyed seeing his work for years now..
The Spitfire had a great deal more eye appeal than the Hurricane...Wonderful bit about the Battle of Britain...
We all know that a certain Colonel Sharpe single handedly won the battle of Waterloo. Real soldiering.
Ja 😂 and the Irish Sir Wesley - aka Wellington 😅 Kings German Legion 🤔 Prussian Hussars 🤔 No Bluecher 🤔
@@mrkus-nc7od ... They are just facts. But we all know the truth.
I love Phil Harding. rock on Phil!
I’m glad that you added the last one in this video. Everyone played a part in that awful war
48:25 what a beautiful sight to see!!
Phil Harding!
Engelbert Humperdinck!
Thomas Crapper!
@@imwelshjesus you obviously don't known who Phil is.
What!@@ianscott9396
Why!@@ianscott9396
The illustration of the London show 2 not 3 masts which is a surprise!
The conversation suggests that the gunpowder was not in the magazine where it would be relatively safe!
No Linstocks would have been lit unless they were fireing their guns
Right, rubbish drawing; whoever sketched the rig knew bugger all about it. And all they would have had to do to get it right is google up any van de Velde drawing of that era's vessels.
I hope Phil knows how much he's loved!😊
The locals stripped stinking bodies, pulled out teeth and then buried them? After Waterloo, more than 27K tons of human/animal bones from the Napoleonic battlefields were imported through the port of Hull to be processed into fertilizer. The young soldiers had good teeth and these were used to make dentures, these were called "Waterloo teeth". The British were called the vampires of Europe at the time. The 20K skeletons mentioned date from the Roman era up to the mid-19th Century, I wonder if this technique was used before in England.
Absolutely fantastic comment on the cruelty of what was done to the brave dead . I'm Irish and as you know we as a nation suffered horrific times under the British . Sadly it has been documented that an Irish lord , who bent to the will of the crown ... He would send severed heads of people who were fighting against the rule of the monarchs. I apologise as it just escapes me the exact names and times , .
It's things that we when young kids doing history for our finals in secondary school , we just got the standardised version .
Thank you for sharing that information .
@@josephcarney1905 This is not only valid for the dead from Waterloo but also for the heroes from The Charge Of The Light Brigade. Sources from the 1860s report that bones from the Crimean War (1853-1856) were transported to England as well, and in 1881 a newspaper reported that skeletons from the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) were found in a shipload of bones in the port of Hull. Historians from Belgium and Germany have evidence that even World War I graves were looted. They are currently writing a book about their discoveries.
I find this stuff really interesting as I was in England october 1996 and found my surname at Canterbury cathedral monks walkway , west gate Canterbury and Rotchester cathedral, returning to England is on my bucket list and to Ghent , Belgium. 🤔
Fantastic video, thank you from an Aussie ❤
It is very surprising to me that so much of our history are in museums, and yet there is so much more history yet to be discovered. Some through building projects across the world would have been lost forever. The fact this aircraft and the story it tells is so amazing. to the untrained eye someone who would have found this and thought it was a piece of a car or farm machine and just got rid of it along with other parts of the aircraft. How do you know where a plane went down? How did you know that this was a fighter pilot from Poland flying this machine when it went down. I mean i know they all had squadrons and they all had call signs but pinpointing one pilot in a single aircraft is totally amazing to me. I am happy for the family members that came out to the dig sight to see them uncover this artifact but hundreds of planes were shot down during the battle of Britain and this was an amazing find. it is heart warming that this mans Daughter and Grand Daughter got to see it and connect with their father and grandfather again one last time, The coin stash was another amazing find how much was the find worth and who go the recognition for the find did he get rich on the find or did he loose the artifacts to the museum of antiquities. The ship find was also an incredible find i know they are trying to clean up the Thames river but that ship went down on its way out to sea so i am a bit confused why there would be people on board that were going up river further into the Thames and on a military vessel, i find this really strange and a little confusing. all of the finds are truly amazing finds and i am sure there have been finds that others have found but kept it to themselves. these are the artifacts that end up being sold at auctions or they are just thrown away as junk kept by a deceased parent who found it years before they died and is now sitting in a landfill somewhere or melted down as scrap metal. I believe History is a story teller but history has shown us that somethings dare not be repeated as the outcome will end in the same way if the message gets lost somehow. we are supposed to learn from history. I have never really been a fan of history until i watched Baldric on time team. I never pegged that man for an archaeologist. Sorry the name thing for me is terrible, Tony Robinson and i remember Phil Harding from Time team. I have to say congratulations to Dr. Alice on becoming a Dr. in Archaeology. and becoming a presenter on her own now. Way to go girl. I don't know maybe i am becoming some kind of nerd but this history thing i think has me hooked lately. You have to know history to understand it i guess. I just hope history doesn't repeat itself too much that is the scary part for me anyways. That being said i enjoyed this episode on this channel and i look forward to more. As a British subject living in Canada i know some of our history but clearly not all of it. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your insight into more history of Britain this was very enjoyable to watch. God bless.
Phil Harding (the Governor), Alice and Matt the apprentices. Thats archaeology complete. Great show.
Very much enjoyed thnk you.
Professor Robert’s is a British National Treasure!!!!
The Polish piolets had the luxury of training in peace time, for a longer period so they had more experience. With war in Poland and France then Britain. And all of this made them better. and were probably more motivated in the actual killing of Germans. That's why they had an incredible record. TY Poland.
And as was mentioned a hatred for the German forces as did most french , Czech , including united Soviet state of Russia . But Stalin should've known as with chamberlain never trust a man whom only plan is world dominion. Total I read somewhere he even wanted to take over Asia from the Japanese Which I find a little hard to persieve.
Many of the Polish pilots had ten years flying experience before the war began. Lots of the young RAF pilots were straight out of flying school, they had to learn the hard way. Brave men all.
Didn't Wellington pass through the area years before the battle and recognise the perfect defensive position?
12:45 Several sources, including some archaeological surveys a few years ago, suggest that a lot of the mass graves at Waterloo, but also on other battlefields, were used as a source for bones a few years later, with the bones being ground as fertilizer. I'll try to find the video and come back with it.
The Waterloo finds, shot in tree trunks, brick dust encrusted brings events closer by an extra dimension.
Phil!
I would love to discover every season of Digging for Britain! Anyone able to direct me?
I hope that isn't Phil's waterloo...
I found one them coins on a school trip in Dundee 27 years ago my auntie does readings if you believe in that sort of thing but said about the Viking who got a spear to the thight and bled out was the holder of the coin amazing story as she's not clued up atoll on history it was at the Broughty ferry castle outside the grounds in Dundee, we think they made it this far and came in this way as castle is right on the Tay surrounded by water. I've had the coin for many years now don't think I'll ever forget that day digging in the sand and rocks at the castle and finding this! It's definitely been in the water not sure if it's like limescale of barnicals that were starting to grow from it
Interesting that the hoard had both Ethelred and Cnut minted coins in it… I presume that means both sides had their own currency, but also that (if the assumption that this was ‘bugger off’ payment is correct) there was trade between the two sides.
Potentially the saxons were selling grain and produce to people in Viking held lands, only to find they were feeding their adversary! (An other option was a Viking hid their appeasement money, along with their own currency during some affray, and it was lost).
I’d love to hear others thoughts!
The Polish Air Force at the time had a much higher standard when it came to teaching their pilots to fly. Almost akin to a university education. This made them realise quite early on that the distance required to shoot down a plane with the .303 machine guns was 100yards and not 400yards as was the norm for the RAF pilots.
What an emotional moment when the hurricane flew over!
@29.41 I think we Dutch have a slightly different view on this 😄 but apart from that, love this channel
Would be relavent to mention that this episode originally aired in march 2016. Episode 2of Season 4 of digging for Britain.
Sometimes YT shows a text that they can't show the video because the up loader of the video made the video unavailable in my country(Dutch) so i can't watch your video and the commend section in those video's is turned off. "Cloud Ladder Hall:" is such a video.
Will there be a Dame Alice Roberts someday?
Oh, please don't start a TH-cam Dame Roberts campaign. It's just too cringeworthy to witness.
Oh, please. With all the crap flowing through TH-cam, please do not start a TH-cam campaign for this. It's just too shoddy a venue for that. Absolutely cringeworthy.
@@ingridseim1379yt campaign? Is... That how it all works? I don't find someone who wrote a cringy comment twice reliable regarding either cringe or how yt works.
Alice got her facts wrong about the Lenborough Hoard......no gold coins.
The Waterloo Uncovered stuff is from 2015
That woman's vanity included part of a tooth from a presumed slayed elephant, perhaps that should have been mentioned too
Poor analysis on the Polish pilots.
303 were to some extent a naturally selected elite. Most of them served against the Luftwaffe for both the Polish and French airforces, and managed to survive that in inferior aircraft.
The first Spitfires mainly went to auxilliary squadrons comprised of experienced pilots who served part time before the war.
The highest fighter vs fighter tally in the Battle of Britain went to 603 squadron who were auxilliaries flying Spitfires. Some historians who have analysed Luftwaffe records claim 603 had the most victories overall as well, although nobody wants to be seen to be putting the Poles down by saying so loudly.
Either way, 303 and 603 are definitely well up there as the most effective squadrons. The three things they have in common are:
1. They had more flying hours under their belts than most pilots involved in the battle.
2. They both entered the battle at the end of August 1940 after it had already been raging for 7 weeks - the Luftwaffe lost most of the aircrew shot down - if they weren't killed, they would be captured. Therefore, 303 and 603 faced a Luftwaffe already stripped of some experience.
3. They entered the battle after the RAF had improved the punch of the 8 Browning .303 machine guns in the Hurricane and Spitfire by changing the convergence pattern of the guns. At the start of the battle, the recommended firing range was 230 metres, with the guns set so the bullets would arrive in a "box" about 12 feet wide by 8 feet high - therefore, even a well aimed burst of fire at 230 metres would see some bullets miss if aimed from directly astern, and a dispersed pattern of damage even if many hit. The theory was that more bursts would cause a hit of some sort. Top pilots capable of accurate shooting hated this and disregarded the instructions to experiment with changing the alignment of their guns. Eventually the RAF listened, and ordered that the guns be set to fully converge at 230 metres instead. The results of this began to filter through in September 1940, right after 303 and 603 joined the battle.
These are the reasons for 303s success, not being more cross with the Germans.
That is a great metal detecting scene, so much history, and beauty. And "sound money" i.e. silver and gold is always a pleasure to see, before the times of "the great taking" through "money" printing and fractional reserve banking. Thankfully my stack is a reasonable size.
I thought the sunken road was no secret? Private Brewster....the bloody courageous legend who galloped up and resupped the lads with ammo from his limber
9:18 PHIL!!!
Why is Alice Roberts describing dental work as 'vanity'?
These days we regard dentistry as essential!
She didn't.
@@imwelshjesus she did, also whilst entirely entitled to her opinions, some of those 'opinions' are a little 'unusual' & open to debate in a nation which relishes debate.
Dental work however crude & ineffective remains Dental work & replacement teeth might have been obtained from some other animal such as a sheep.
Wooooosh! @@pcka12
I do not understand where they get the idea that the coin showing the christian symbolism is a plea to the vickings. It might be just this years design. To much speculation.
Hougomont was defended by the Coldstream *and* Scots Guards. Possibly more Scots Guards since they outnumbered the Coldstreamers according to the order of battle and, going by the numbers deployed to the farm during the day, they roughly match the sum total of both.
Of course only the Coldstreamers get the credit in much the same way Waterloo is considered a "British" victory despite the fact only a third of Wellington's army was actually British. Even less if you don't include the Irish.
Bluecher's victory at Waterloo... Where's the Prussian expert on this battle? Without them, Wellington loses, runs back to Brussels, Antwerp and then sails back to Britain! BTW, I thought I heard Phil Harding's voice! Hey Phil! Lookin' Good buddy!
The Hurricanes in the BOB were better suited to attacking German bombers than to go toe to toe with German fighter aircraft like the Me-109-E. Despite the fact that these poles really just exchanged one dictator for another, Hitler for Stalin and never returned home again his familily no doubt led a better 1st world life in the UK than the life they likely would have have had living in Poland for the next 50 years under the Communists. This was the collective story of Central and Eastern Europe and WW2 generally. It never really gained Poland much at all until Communism fell and fighting that war beyond July of 1940 just ended with the loss of the British Empire and the bankrupting Great Britain. Historians have known for a very long time that there was never any serious thought given by the Germans to launching an amphibious landing/attack on the UK at all. The peace terms offered to the British demanded nothing except an end to the fighting. This is why the details of the German peace offer remained hidden from the British public until 2008. Most Britons today remain under the illusion that they saved Europe from NS Germany by coninuing the war. It wasn't like that. The only winners were the USSR and the USA, everybody else lost. This WW2 opinion is not a popular one but after 50 years of studying it all, it's mine. Ah, but nobody can predict the future! I enjoyed the show, especially the parts with the old "Time Team" Superstar members. Phil, Matt and yes Alice too! Keep it up.
Weren't Bluecher's unbeatable Prussians defeated by the French days before Waterloo? 😂
@@teviottilehurst Yup, then the French let Bluecher slip away and show up at Waterloo at exact;ly the wrong moment to win the battle for the Allies.
@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217 win??? 😆
Would point out that had the allied army not held the ground until late afternoon the Prussians would have arrived too late to do anything -no one section of the allies won single-handedly but it was a combined effort.
@@mariantaylor7109 Had it not rained the night before the French would have won handily. The Allies were beaten when the Prussians arrived.
That 5,252 coin hoard is all together because someone was collecting property taxes. Returning to their keep, highway man [hypothetical] run up upon them, but not before the could bury them.
Vikings....nobody ever explains WHY Britain was so comparatively wealthy?
Primarily tin.
What a beautiful woman ❤❤❤
Confirmed Phil sighting!😊 Good to see Matt. And Dr. Roberts gets to wear a nice dress.
Yes, the Romans were THUGS.
It's such a pleasant surprise, seeing a Time Team member pop up in the sidelines of some of the digs in this series. Even though the first sighting of Phil was from behind, & he wasn't wearing his particular Time Team hat, it was instantly & unmistakably him. After repeated watching of every episode, over decades, the team is permanently imprinted on my brain. 😄 I'm quite sure i'm far from being the only one that can immediately recognize a Time Team member from a stance, a few steps or a voice. 😀
As the outcome showed, in the end, the British balls were certainly bigger! MB.
😄😆😂 Priceless comment. 👌🏼
That many coins, I hope he got paid for finding such an amazing collection
That's 20 thousand graves robbed!
Hard to watch the amateurs dig through those coins like pirates.
Why would a French victory have been inevitable if the French had taken hougoumont? It had little tactical significance, was simply an advance post to break up the French advance. Had the French taken it they would still have had to take the British right and centre that was heavily defended anyway.
Im gonna dig for Antarctia.
Curious how everyone forgot to mention how GB fd the 303 squadron up the ºss when the war finished
Removing personal belongings from graves is deeply disrespectful
I respectfully disagree. No matter what they believed while alive, after death I believe one is no longer concerned with earthly possessions.
What is a higher goal is for modern people to gain knowledge and understanding of the lives lived in the past.
@@margomoore4527 we agree to disagree!
John
Thats 20 thousand skeletons that should be buried and not placed in a box.
I don't believe that about the London people back then had alot more common sense of people of today especially working around powers like that they weren't daft! Look more towards the weather first how hot it was that day to if was full sun or cloudy having all that on deck exposed to the elements is more likely to cause an accident! Modern health and safety though see a cigarette automatically think that's it!
Suprise they did dig around the coin container first
You -tube Esperance Stone Henge Western Australia. A replica to scale of England's ancient stone structures stands for all to experience
So British balls had the advantage, as the young lady has noted.
The ditched ship
🥰 oi oi oi
How old does a grave have to be before you can call it archaeology and not grave robbing? This is a bunch of Ivy League grave robbers calling it archaeology. Instead of letting this happen and letting these people make their own rules, there should be laws against digging up remains and taking their treasure that was buried with them. This should not be celebrated.
Wowman wool 🦙
BOOOO to Bonaparte! 👎😡😠
30.18 Nayone nays what caused that explaysion. Bloody diction is atrocious
What is it with this thing about archeology and grave robbing? Why in the world should anyone care if people who died 200 or 2000 years ago are exhumed and studied, or just placed in a box, which is where they were anyway? I will grant that the thought of robbing the newly dead is grisly to my delicate modern stomach. If you have feelings, for Heaven sake use them for the living, not old bones!
Nothing to do with a war ship!!!!
Its not even about the ship. barely mension it. the title is bollox😂
ah! the English had bigger balls!
Is it archeology...
or is it grave robbery and defiling the dead?
...I am disturbed by that question.
I wish we had really old history here in America the only ancient thing we have is Joe Biden 😂
What is she doing with her vowels?
Trying. 😂😂
My theory is her almost permanent smile creates a lip shape which makes it easier to ‘almost lisp’ (Michael Moseley has the same tendency in smile and speech!). Try ‘smile speaking’ and you’ll find it easier to get their sounds.
Totally unsubstantiated theory, from an Aussie who was told as a kid that our accent was partly cos we keep our mouth almost shut when talking to keep out the flies!
She comes from the Bristol area
Oh good, more women talking😂
Surface level bull crap.
Lady, if it was one of YOUR front teeth, would you call it vanity?
Too much talking at the beginning. Three mins in and still rambling. Get on with it.
The woman who introduced needs to go back to acting school and lose the overdone excitement
There's no britian anymore,now its britanistan a muslim country,sad.
Stop talking rot. Population of UK is 67 million. Muslim population is less than 4 million. Since there are 2 billion Muslims in the world that’s way way lower than the global average. And if all of those were in London it means that London with a population of 17 million still has 75% of the population who are not Muslim. And they aren’t all in London by any means.
You are just an islamaphobe
The are half a million Jews in the UK of a population of 16 million Jews world wide. That means a FAR larger percentage of the world population of Jews live in the UK than Muslims. 1/32 th of all Jews live in the UK but only 1/500 th of all Muslims. Not a problem to me for either but doesn’t mean there’s a take over going on…
Silly bigoted nonsense, sad.
Move on chook.
oh boy this is just excellent
Interesting how thin those coins are, pennies I assume, but with verdigris? Was there copper in the silver?
Oh what beautiful coins at 21.30.
NOt sure about the bodies being disposed of by farmers, blood and bone is great fertiliser as has been well attested by farmers for aeons.
We need lady comments, the make sense :)
Not sure who this woman is who thinks Waterloo was just French and British. Not even an amateur historian, does she have any education?
23:04 I find it interesting the suits of those chaps, and shirts, look rather expensive. I assume they are public employees? Surely we can pay them 50% less, the charlatans (like climate religionist psychopathic profiteers) will go away and we can have genuine enthusiasts? Who work for love, not money?
That's a wonderful hoard Len. I wonder why women don't metal detect?, is it because it is too difficult, boring and dirty. Yep, get back into those offices where you can invent pay gap myths instead of being down the mines or on oil rigs.
i'm a woman and I metal detect....