Tristan Hughes

Well, this is the big question.

And also, that source that you mentioned, you have to type in this like E Gododdon or Y Gododdon, isn't it?

In that regard, I mean...

Does the archaeology seem to affirm this idea that these communities that endure along Hadrian's Wall over time transform into the W word, into like war bands, into these little kind of kingdoms?

Because it's got the fortifications.

It's a fortified settlement.

I was going to say weapons.

Do we see weapons?

Right.

And do we think, actually, no, let's focus on the archaeology a bit more, first of all, with these wooden structures that you also see because you've got the stone foundations, you've got the fortifications from the Roman period, but they're not building fresh new pieces of architecture out of stone now.

Are they building them out of wood going forward?

Yes.

Do we think, this feels like this is very much in the world of debate and theory once again, that these communities who endure in these forts, you know, kind of the equivalent of a hill fort, these war bands, these small kingdoms ideas, we'll get to the warlords in a moment.

Do we think there is a continuation for at least decades that they would have still, if it's the same people, considered themselves Roman?

The idea of Roman-ness is still there.

It can shift so easily.

Completely.

And it's so interesting when talking about this kind of period, the fall of Hadrian's Wall or the end of Hadrian's Wall.

I can appreciate it seems like the purpose of Hadrian's Wall has clearly shifted and is very much transformed with the communities and how they're living as you get to the 5th century.

My question to kind of align with the fall of Hadrian's Wall, even at that time, is we've talked about how the forts keep being in use and keep being centres.