The Extraordinary Roman Artifacts Underneath A Dorset Pig Farm | Time Team

Pigs rooting in a windswept field in Dorset unearthed fragments including Roman mosaic floor tiles. In addition, a Bournemouth University excavation team located some burials nearby. The farmer, Simon Meaden, has asked Time Team to investigate further. Gradually a complex picture emerges of human activity here over thousands of years, including a heated Roman villa with bath-house.

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[KCsFunHouse]

It never ceases to amaze me that so much is still left so close to the ground surface we walk on every day

[paradoxxaudiovisualproduct]

Love the respect and care Sir Tony showed recovering that artifact.

[rachelkristine]

Phil seems to really love those is such a delightfully joyful fellow, especially when it comes to digging trenches! He is just so cute, & with that accent, he reminds me a bit of Eliza Doolittle's dad, from My Fair Lady! 🥰

[JessWLStuart]

I love how we're shown the strategy of the digging. It shows a dimension of archaeology we wouldn't see if the 3 day limit weren't imposed.

[christiandietz]

R.I.P. Michael "Mick" Aston, we miss you!💖

[willisgemutlich]

another great one, and with a great owner whose crops and topsoil you aren't spoiling! his pigs won't mind the help rooting about and his chickens are happy too! lovely I hope he finds more in the future and can set up a tourist spot with some little b&b spaces and paths near but not on top of the archeology. all too common the good stuff is underneath even better stuff that needs to be preserved as well. (catacombs etc)you can't rip out a church or a mosque to find what's under it... pig field is perfect, and good for him for letting them run around and root on their own. I'd recommend clover and fava or lima beans for breaking up the soil, fixing nitrogen, attracting insects and for fodder, but I don't know what fits in your climate. They're easy to plow in when time team gets back. Peas can work too. I hope to travel and see this place someday. I'll need a handy map you could put out of time team's previous digs and which ones might still be active for visiting. I still thirst for some "revisit" episodes of places people have continued. 3 days is ridiculous compared to thousands of years but I understand the studio and public are involved...

[josephgallardo]

Mick was a true treasure for Time Team! He surely is missed! How do I get a Time Team T-Shirt?? A fan from Vegas....

[workingguy-OU]

Hope that farmer and his family are still doing well!

[TheHeraldOfChange]

36:00 - Phil: "...but my trench is full of Chickens. lol!"

Chickens: "Ain't nobody here but us chickens, ain't nobody here at all..."

[whaddyamean]

"Will they fall in? Do they like archaeology?" Love you Tony

[joangordoneieio]

Just recently discovered Timeline. Thank you thank you thank you.. Y'all and "The Fall of Civilization's" content re Britain are really illuminating.History does come alive.

[jakemichael]

This was absolutely the most interesting pig field ever.

[silva]

Such beautiful countryside! I often try to imagine what it might've looked like when it was all forested, before humans reshaped the landscapes.

[pamlaw]

This one is fantastic I enjoy every dig then do I really like that Tony was allowed to dig the little pot out. I wonder what is inside of it.

[D.H.-mgcz]

My goodness, Baldrick is such a brilliant presenter! ❤️

[jodyshepard]

So many huge fields, so few farmsteads—who is doing all the work? Hardly ever see a tractor or harvester or cows or sheep. Seems strange to me. Love the series!

[whollybraille]

After dark, when the team has left for the night, the pigs and chickens come out and start planting "artifacts" in different parts of the fields.

[erinobrien]

Swine Team!! (A group of hogs are called a team) The farmer's Porcine Archeologists deserve a big round of applause! They located AND cleaned the tesserae! "That's some pig!"

[middleagecrazy]

It would be ignorant to presume that modern humans were the only ones on the same land. The land was used per generations and many chased off. I am impressed of the finds. Very informative of a highly used area for many different forms of living.

[johnhagemeyer]

I knew those chickens would have to help. They always help.