The Renegade Knight's Castle In Northern Ireland | Time Team | Timeline

Tony and the team search for the remains of a renegade knight's Norman castle in one of Northern Ireland's most picturesque spots. King John sent John de Courcy to Ireland in 1170 as part of his invasion force, but de Courcy rebelled against his king's orders, instead establishing his own small kingdom and building a fine castle to defend it.

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[amethyst]

When Phil says "OooOOOOooo!" it's the best thing ever!

[CodonQuixote]

I don't know who I am, I don’t know why I'm here, All I know is that I must watch every Time Team episode ever made.

[dancingwithnature]

Co. Down was my home until I went to university. While it was sad to have had so little of our own history taught in schools in the 70's, it is brilliant to be able to watch Time Team unravel some really interesting bits of our past!

[scburkhardt]

Beautiful landscape and beautiful archaeological reportage. Adds to the urge to visit Ireland. Anything that sustains, enhances, and/or advances the truth brings people. And of course the Irish are renowned for the philosophical and poetic way in which they bring comely truths to life.

[harbourdogNL]

43:23 Without a doubt, Stuart Ainsworth was one of the most brilliant and insightful members of TT.

[alanle]

I love the enthusiasm for archaeology and history. So positively uplifting.

[scottbaron]

I've been on 2 digs. I LOVE how they edit this series. An ACTUAL dig is 98% boredom, sweat, mud, rain and non-sense. The other 2% is extreme exhilaration. Time Team edits out the 98%!

[annarushlau]

I love how Tony didn’t know that opening someone else’s trench doesn’t count towards your allotted amount of digging space 😂 and I love even more how excited he got about it 😂😂😂

[jeanabeana]

I love Time Team!! Every episode is so educational and enlightening!

[aprilcoursey]

Also the De Courcy/Coursey family held everything South of the Bandon for hundreds of years including Old Head of Kinsale. The Premier Baron of Ireland is a Coursey.

[petershim]

Is it just me? I bet not! Tony Robinson makes the Timeline - World History Documentaries very exciting... full of exuberance!😄

[spunkygmahappy]

I really enjoy that this episode was a lot calming, felt less scripted

[KCsFunHouse]

I’m honestly amazed sometimes at how shallow they end up digging prior to finding evidence of past civilization, it feels like so much time has passed and it should deeper.

[FeedScrn]

This vid is different in that there are many more people coming over and getting involved - discovering and identifying this multi-layered site. All in all, it looks like a lot of fun.

[jayfelsberg]

What would a dig be without Phil? My favorite member of the team!

[birnamagnusdottir]

I absolutely love how they describe the garderobe and the sound they accompany it with...

[benjaminrowland]

I love old castles though I've never seen one. Keep up the great content time team!

[SamtasticSam]

I just love how they are excited about EVERYTHING they have around them

[NorwayT]

I think the needle Phil found is made from Horn rather than Bone. The outer part of Horns are tightly bundled Proteins. Bones dry up and gets brittle, but horns are amazingly flexible and lasts much longer. The use of Horns as Tools, Cups, Instruments and for Decoration stretches back almost as long as Humanity itself. The uses of Horn (or Hoof, which is also made from Proteins rather than Mineral Rich Bones) are many and varied: Buttons (still in use), Musical Instruments, Shoe horns, drinking horns, (Gun) Powder Horns, Knife, Axe & Sword Grips, for making boxes, snuff boxes, combs, framing for glasses (spectacles), hairpins, rings, brooches, walking sticks, shafts and cane handles.
Some horns being semi-transparent were sometimes cut into thin sheets, fitted together to use as windows. Although you couldn't really see through them, they would let daylight in, while keeping the cold wind out.
Many of the dices found on Time Team, if not all, are made of horn.
Being a Real Live Viking myself, it annoys me no end seeing Vikings represented with Horns on their Helmets, purely because a popular cartoon strip illustrated the Viking characters with horned Helmets. Horns were used on Helmets in several Cultures. In Europe, the Celtic Tribes from France in the East to Ireland in the West sometimes used Horned Helmets, but it is believed that these were Ceremonial Head Gear, seeing as having such big and heavy decorations aren't very practical in a Combat Setting.
In Asia, Chopsticks are very often made out of Horn. Horns have sometimes even been used as hammers and knives.
Horns are also sometimes used as Medicine. Horns have, especially in Ancient Chinese Medicine, but also in other Medical Schools, been used as Medicine.
Horns and Hoofs were the go-to plastic (malleable) Material before all the various Plastics became available. Horns are still in use today, mostly as Decorative Elements, such as inlay in crafted Wood. But with the ease and myriads of types of Plastic, with varying Physical and Chemical Properties, Horn and Hoof products have had to give way for the more Convenient Modern Equivalent: Plastic.

[EdEditz]

I feel so lucky to live in Europe with so many old castles and other sites so near by. :)