Time Team S16-E01 Beacon of the Fens: Warboys, The Fens

The skill of Ian ( the excavator operator) amazes me.

Brilliant--I love watching these researchers posit a theory, then test it out against discoveries. When the discoveries don't fit, they posit a new theory--and Stewart is in the background, ferreting out all the stories that the landscape can tell.

the eel trapper needs to sit and have a beer with phil, that conversation would be GOLDEN! his thing about the cat is awesome

An historic episode of Time Team, as the first episode in 16 years when Tony doesn't say "and we've got just three days" in some form or other to start the show off!

I came for the history but I stayed for Phil. And the history but I really like Phil.

beautiful people, and show. always luv to see the morning shots of Phil on his way to the job, toolbox,n, shovel. just sayin

"...dropped from the beak of a low-flying heron." Love Francis Pryor!

Mr Peter Carter Esq. is the best ever 'incidental' character ever to appear on Time Team. Priceless! 😂🤣😂

Lol the farmer and his ancestor has done taken all the stone buildings from the site to build their cottage. I Love The Time Team no matter what they find! Faye is beautiful!Francis know his prehistoric history, love seeing him on the show! And I miss Mic! R.I.P

I love how he has stone age axes in his pockets and some carved stone pillars just sitting on a car. "They found THESE" so cool, the best show and tell from Phil <3

A very educational series.  Informative and fun to view.

"I'd swear blind." = My new favorite phrase. Love Phil!

I am doing this stuff every day, thanks Reijer, still looking at this, thanks for the post up, Les.

"Everything but the kitchen sink" well it is a chapel ... Or so we think... Haha love this show

Tony makes constant references to the bitter cold in almost every sentence. He must have been freezing his brass off.

Oh I adore the eel fisherman! “Just bury it in the garden til the neighbors start moaning...” ❤️

May I suggest that before casting stones in glass houses concerning people on the show, check out there heritage and you may just find that those being attacked have much better academic qualifications and backgrounds and that their investigative experiences than those of the attacker.  Example, to those going after Francis Pryor, I ask have you the same academic record he has, have you extensive archaeological experiences, and how many publications do you have, and, finally, are you an MBE or hold an FSA?  If you can truthfully answer YES, then that is good.  If the answer is NO, then wait until you do before castigating another person.

This episode was particularly interesting. I loved the Cadfael series, and the mention of Ramsey Abbey and the conflict was played out in the series, so it was fascinating to hear and see the actual history behind it.

What shows on the aerial photo as a ditch may be a sort of beach line, as during some periods in history the hill was an island.

I always feel slightly sorry for Francis, being a prehistoric expert must be rough with so much occupation on top of the archaeology there's only faint traces of what he's looking for left on most sites