In this episode of Digging for Britain, Professor Alice Roberts, Dr Naoíse Mac Sweeney and the team investigate a series of extraordinary finds. Archeologists explore a fortified Roman settlement in East Sussex, an 8,000-year-old mesolithic settlement submerged underwater off the Isle of Wight and an Iron Age burial near Dorchester. 00:00:00 Roman settlement 00:08:36 Underwater […]
Archaeologists uncovered a mass grave near Thornton Abbey in North Lincolnshire containing the remains of 48 individuals, including adults and children. DNA analysis confirmed the cause of death as the Black Death, marking the first plague pit found in the British countryside. 00:00 Bronze Age Siege 12:30 Plague Village 21:50 Stone Age Loch 31:37 Lindisfarne […]
Pitchford Hall in rural Shropshire is an immaculately preserved half-timbered house, lost by the family in 1992 but reclaimed 25 years later through the efforts of the family. The land was first deemed sacred by the ancient Romans who discovered a natural spring of pitch oil, giving the home it’s name. Restoration efforts involve repairing […]