[classic Time Team]Lindisfarne's 'Palace' Exposed: Tudor Naval Brew House on Holy Island | 48:44
Deep Dive History Channel | 40 subscribers | 10,204 views | November 7, 2026
Posted on 11/09/2026 8:44:52 AM PST by SunkenCiv
On Holy Island, a field called "The Palace" hides a story no one expected. Time Team digs into Lindisfarne's past to learn whether this plot belonged to monks, soldiers, or something stranger.
Armed with a 1548 plan, geophysics and local archives, the team chases clues from a chamfered plinth and cobbled yards to twin circular structures that point to a very different "palace." A debated cannonball, boundary stones that redraw the Priory line, and an eerie butchered horse burial twist the plot. Then a Neolithic cup-marked stone surfaces from a medieval pit, and a Charles I coin keeps the dates honest. As Phil helps cooper a kilderkin, the big reveal takes shape on the shoreline once lapped by tidal water: bread, beer, barrels… and a northern naval supply hub.
Was this really a bishop's residence, or a Tudor-era brew house powering a coastal defense? Watch as the case for a busy 16th-century depot overtakes the monastic myth, one trench at a time.
Watch now to see how maps, masonry, and malt unlock the secret of Lindisfarne's "Palace."
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[classic Time Team]Lindisfarne's 'Palace' Exposed: Tudor Naval Brew House on Holy Island | 48:44
Deep Dive History Channel | 40 subscribers | 10,204 views | November 7, 2026
I visited there decades ago, and it was chilling to feel the dread of the Norse massacre while standing by the ruined priory.
This one left me a little suspicious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLICSFhSCwl-ax2hw2WAcuq8408cM05Idd
Given the recent attempt ot rehabilitate the Vikings, it was surprising to actually hear “that early monastery is destroyed by the Vikings in the 9th century along with so many others.”
mark
Was it ALIENS? 🙄
Is such a thing even possible? Yes, it is.
Fighting aliens since 1964!
My husband watches that alien garbage. He’s an intelligent man; why he wastes time on that nonsense is beyond me. I guess he’s looking for proof. I think they’re demons.
Recently watched a new documentary titled "Secrets of a Viking Ship" narrated by Bettany Hughes. I downloaded it from a torrent site. The program covers the finding of two ships in 2008 and 2010 holding the bodies of about 40 mutilated male bodies. Through radiocarbon dating, the find changed the date for the beginning of the Viking Age. DNA testing showed the men were from Sweden, and that three of them were brothers. Speculation is that they went to Estonia on a raiding mission, and that because they had time to drag the ships ashore, and bury their dead with personal items, they may have been victorious in their raid. No specific battle in that area was documented.
Vikings in Estonia: How the Island of Saaremaa Changed History
Wow! Thanks!
You’re very welcome.
I'm a 79 year old woman. I don't watch anything about UFO's or aliens. I only care about illegal aliens in this country. Must have seen too many flying saucer alien movies in the 50's. I also don't give a crap about Bigfoot sightings or other mythical creatures, I steer away from those programs too. If I'm watching a TV show, and a segment goes to any of those topics, I fast-forward through it.
I used to a know a guy (friend of a friend) who claimed to be a subscriber of the Weekly World News (you probably remember that ridiculous tabloid, it’s long gone), joking that it’s the only newspaper you can trust — because the whole thing is BS from beginning to end. 😁
You mean Bat Boy isn’t real?
If he’d been able to use the TV Show theme song, he’d have been as real as Batman!
I was just watching an old X-Files and some low-ranking guy in the Government’s “publishing office” was smirking at the “Lone Gunmen” looking at an old article in the New York Times or something.
“What are you smirking at?”
“That article about the reported triangle over New Jersey - that was my idea. I even made a model of it so we could keep our description of it straight over time. You guys, along with everyone else are such suckers! And the headline article about Saddam? He was my idea too. He was a butcher in Queens and a part-time actor until we made him famous!”
"Roswell was a smoke screen, we've had a half-a-dozen better salvage operations".Is such a thing even possible? Yes, it is.
Does he view it as documentary or comedy?
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