Hidden Histories - Episode 2: Celtic Cultural Capital

Long before the Romans conquered Britannia, Leicester was already an important town in its own right - A tribal capital and a cultural hub. This video explores Iron Age Leicester and the surrounding county to understand why it was such an important target for the Roman invaders.

[stewartpilkington]

Watched both episodes Jim and as a non-history sort of bloke found myself fascinated by the history literally beneath our feet. Look forward to more episodes.

[johndean]

As a teenager in the 1970's I used to earn small amounts at the weekends caddying at Leicestershire Golf Course (I lived a short distance away in Knighton) - I never imagined I was walking above an Iron Age hillfort! What puzzles me about this revelation, though, is that I remember the golf course being on a hillside, sloping down from a ridge to the North - here in the SW, where I live now, all our hillforts (e.g. Maiden Castle, Ham Hill, Eggardon Hill, and Hambledon Hill) sit on hilltop plateaux, providing good defensive locations and commanding views over the surrounding countryside from ALL sides. I don't recall Leics. Golf Club being like that.

[martinchildsmusic]

Brilliant Jim. I was born in Leicester (Braunstone) and now live in Perth Australia. This is fantastic work mate! Get it on Netflix, Stan, and Amazon Prime! A lot of good production work here. Thank you!

[carolineskipper]

Another fascinating watch! My parents used to take us up to Borough Hill in the '60's and '70's for 'healthy walks' and tried to interest us in the history of th the place (sadly with only limited success at that time )

[Toadonthehill.]

Very interesting and thought provoking. Thanks for opening my eyes 😎.

[andrewmarch]

As in the first video excellent and informative. These should be shown in every school in the county.

[andymurday]

Great video. Would be great to know of anything beneath Highfields.

[earth]

This was fantastic. Learned a lot about the Corieltauvori. You took us with you on a journey to all the important sites where the evidence was found. Thank you, Jim!

[salmaanabubakar]

Brilliant series thanks for sharing! There was a settlement at castle hill country park too.

[johnspencer]

Well done again Jim; I am enjoying your tours

[pamelabriggs]

So interesting. I would love a time machine to go back and experience all of it. Thanks James.

[augustineriley]

Jim - another gem! Many thanks, the Celtic influence fascinated me, I'm glad you highlighted the "creativity" aspect, which is an area I'm particularly interested on. Looking forward to watching the next episode. Peace, Gus

[pravinparmar]

Another rich and informative episode 👍

[seamusgrant]

Fascinating, have learned more about Leicester in these first episodes than living and working the last 25 years in the city

[AquarianStarr]

Excellent, I moved to Leicester just over 2 years ago and recently walked the line of the wall like you did in video 1. More please.

[kc]

having unknowingly walked on that hillfort during my only visit to Leicester, and also cycled to the Borough Fort, I found this wonderful, thank you.

[TouchGloves]

Thanks again, I'm loving this series on my hometown and you actually mentioned my birth place Enderby which back when I was born was a tiny village, all fields, very few shops and a tiny school! How times change but happy memories 😃 All the best and please keep them coming, great work from a local lad, 👋 Yvonne 👋

[RuthieDuthie]

I don't know Leicester at all but I am very interested in history and archaeology so I have found the two episodes to date really informative and fascinating. Thank you, Jim.

[jakeymadball]

Many thanks for this Jim. As someone who is hugely interested in the culture of the Corieltauvi this talk has some gems of information in it and has opened my eyes to some of the archeology of the city centre that I was unaware of. Subscribed!

[catherineturnell]

Thank you for shedding more light on the Corieltauvi and their settlement of Leicester.