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Stewart Ainsworth's thoughts on Kielder site (bonus) (Patreon)

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2026-05-26 05:30:05
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In the latest episode of the Time Team podcast you saw what happened when Lawrence Shaw and Stewart Ainsworth visited Kielder in Northumberland. The site was once home to a collection of medieval buildings. They were there to carry out a site recce to find out if further investigation by Time Team might be beneficial or logistically practical.

Could Kielder, in a remote part of the Scottish borders, be the site of a lost medieval building? Was it once a shieling, a temporary camp used for farming the site in the summer months?

Stewart Ainsworth takes a moment to gather his considered thoughts and share them with you in this exclusive video for Time Team members. Does he think the site is too remote and difficult to access? Could a smaller Time Team dig further our understanding of the site?

Hear Stewart's thoughts and then give us your own opinion. Is this a site Time Team should investigate further or do the risks outweigh the rewards? Let us know in the comments.

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Steve Mikre

I just love listening to Stewart Ainsworth's insight and analysis...

Alan McMillan

What were the medieval used for? A farm, or something more substantial?

Brian M

As always, a pleasure and joy to hear Stewart’s raw and immediate thoughts delivered in just an excellent and warm manner . Worth the patron fee alone. These snippets from all the experts offer differentiation from anything else out there. Excellent

Cindy Cogill

Smacks of cattle wrestlers hideout

Gill Sawyer

Fantastic, it's always a pleasure to listen to Stewart Ainsworth's thoughts and ideas.

Peter Horsam

Stewart has the power of Common Sense. No so common, as we Yorkshire folk would tell you.

Sarah Brown

Very inciteful! I hope we see an x-crew dig in the future.

Constantijn Prijs

It is always a pleasure to listen to Stewart Ainsworth analysis of the landscape of a (possible) archaeological site

John Workman

My question would be, were all the structures built at the same time or if they are only a summer residence whilst looking after cattle as Stewart suggested, did they use one or two for a few years then build new rather than continueally repairing each year?

Julied123

Brilliant video, I always love listening to Stewart💜

Bill Dodds

Thanks. And so succinct. If summer pasture, would all those structures be necessary unless for people? As opposed to animals? Unless physical resources being mined? If summer pasture, where was winter base? Feel so much to understand as Outlined rather than reconstruction of structures.

David Boon

Amazing observations and questions. It will be interesting to see what might be required to answer them. Dating the site as a whole and then looking at how those dates connect to different styles and sizes of structures will be a fascinating story to follow.

the polish dude

Always interesting, I realley enjoy your talks .

steve

Some good points, which i am sure the team will ask as well. We do not know what these structures actually are yet, or if the use changed over time. The scale of them might point one way rather than another ie towards stock enclosures rather than habitations. presumably seasonal habitations would be quite small or maybe leave no real traces. All remains to be investigated. I am sure some surprises will crop up

Anja Adam

As always, Stewart's explanations are very interesting. But a thought just popped into my head: Is it really certain that these "buildings" originally date from the 14th to 17th centuries? Couldn't they also be reused buildings? I'm asking because some years ago I visited the Jernaldergård Museum in Stavanger. The buildings there are similar in size and layout of the "rooms," with thick stone walls and turf roofs. The three buildings were dated to around 500 AD. I don't say the Kielder site may be from the Viking age, but I think it would be really interesting to find out the original period of these structures. I, for one, am keeping my fingers crossed for Lawrence that this site will be investigated! Vennlig hilsen fra Norge =)

Marj Roul

How many sites on average are rejected for further investigation at that time because of logistics of the site?

Willow Grace

Interesting commentary, as always, by Stewart. I have two questions. One, what is a shieling? Second, in the 12th century what would be the difference between a group of families living together in this remote place and a village? Surely, by the size and number of buildings outlined, this appears to be more than a temporary or seasonal “camp.” Very interesting site. Hope to see more.

Kathryn Cadwell

Limited exploration, please! Fascinating site. Thank you for your insights.

Bill Dodds

Since my surname is Dodds, think some of my ancestors have been around the area since the middle ages, so a glimpse of their possible lives will be fascinating.

Pam

Fascinating as ever, love the bleak uplands of Northumberland and stories still to be uncovered.

Erin Ostrowski

So maybe an X Team site, but otherwise best left alone. I love listening to Stewart ☺️

Tony

Fascinating, as always from Stewart

Elaine P

Would love to see this on TT, but per Stewart's very rational thoughts, it does seem like test pits might be the way to go for TT. If a full-fledged excavation were somehow possible, considering the logistics of getting people and equipment there, perhaps a long-term project would be more worth it as opposed to TT's 3 days. It's a fascinating sight, would really enjoy seeing this dif type of site. And I really appreciate Stewart being willing to share with us his thoughts and rationale, always a pleasure!

Simon Orchard

I've just finished my yearly fortnight of excavations with the Vindolanda Trust at their Magna Roman fort site. We spent half of Friday making the excavations as clean and tidy as possible ready for Adam Sandford to do some drone work this weekend. It just dawned on me why he was up in this neck of the woods.

gavin smith

Love when a TT piece is close to home, I spend a lot of time in kielder as I’m fortunate enough to live near,

Olivia McGerty

I find what Stuart does amazing! What he looks for and what he sees are so entirely different from my archaeological experience in the Pacific. More please!

Charles Samwell

Stewart’s talks are always fascinating, through his considerable knowledge, decades of experience and vivid descriptions he brings the archeology of the landscape alive so much so one is able to be transported back in time to the period under discussion.

Shannon G

Stewart’s knowledge of the world immediately around us is exceptional. Always a treat to hear his insights.

Winfield E. Johnson

Brilliant observer, I love to hear him talk about his work.