Episode guide
Time Team: Season 8
13 episodes · premiered Jan 7, 2001
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- Episode 1: An Anglo-Saxon Cemetery - Normanton, Lincolnshire Jan 7, 2001 · 49m The team are intrigued that an Anglo-Saxon cemetery should contain Roman pottery. They are joined by archaeologist Naomi Field, Maggie Darling (Roman pottery expert), Martin Welch…
- Episode 2: The Man Who Bought a Castle - Alderton, Northamptonshire Jan 14, 2001 · 49m Derek Batten bought a plot of land advertised as a castle and moat; but there is little sign of a castle other than a tree-covered mound surrounded by a huge ditch. So he has asked Time…
- Episode 3: The Celtic Spring - Llygadwy, Powys Jan 21, 2001 · 50m In deepest Wales lies an extraordinary site, with a Megalith, a Neolithic tomb, a Norman watchtower, early Christian symbols, and a natural spring. From this spring, the landowner has…
- Episode 4: A Waltham Villa - Waltham Field, Whittington, Gloucestershire Jan 28, 2001 · 50m Time Team want to paint a picture of a family living in a Roman villa in the Cotswolds almost 2000 years ago. So they decide to dig a site near Fosse Way, only a few hundred metres from…
- Episode 5: The Lost Viaduct - Blaenavon, Torfaen Feb 4, 2001 · 50m Time Team attempt to find what is reputed to be the first railway viaduct. Built in 1790, to move coal efficiently from the mine to the Blaenavon Ironworks, one mountain over, horses drew…
- Episode 6: A Palace Sold for Scrap - Rycote, Thame, Oxfordshire Feb 11, 2001 · 50m The owners of Rycote House live in a lovely converted stable block, but they believe that the extremely grand house that once stood on the property and which hosted Tudor royalty burned…
- Episode 7: An Iron-Age Roundhouse - Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire Feb 18, 2001 · 49m The team are on Salisbury Plain, over 38,000 hectares of land in South West England owned by the MOD. Though the whole area is rich in ancient remains, they are concentrating on Beeches…
- Episode 8: The Bone Caves - Alveston, Gloucestershire Feb 25, 2001 · 49m A pile of bones has been discovered in a narrow cave. They include cows, dogs and a human skull, which have been dated to the late Iron Age Celts. Local archaeologist Mark Horton is keen…
- Episode 9: The Inter-City Villa - Basildon, Berkshire Mar 4, 2001 · 49m While laying Brunel's Great Western Railway line 50 miles from London, navvies discovered mosaic floors indicating a Roman villa. The mosaics were broken up and the whole site ignored…
- Episode 10: Holy Island - Lindisfarne, Northumberland Mar 11, 2001 · 49m The team look at a wide range of historical deposits on the iconic Holy Island of Lindisfarne, including evidence of military activity in the 16th and 17th centuries. They are joined by…
- Episode 11: The Leaning Tower of Bridgnorth - Bridgnorth, Shropshire Mar 18, 2001 · 49m All that is left of Bridgnorth Castle is the 70-foot Norman tower. The team are in the park, trying to piece together what it looked like in its heyday, 900 years ago. They must dig…
- Episode 12: Three Tales of Canterbury - Canterbury, Kent Mar 25, 2001 · 49m In highlights from a previous live dig, the team visit the ancient city of Canterbury to investigate three separate sites, all connected by their religious functions. There is a Roman…
- Episode 13: The Leper Hospital - Winchester, Hampshire Apr 1, 2001 · 49m Outside of the city boundaries of Winchester, in what is today known as Hospital Field, once stood the St Mary Magdalen Leper Hospital. Probably founded in around 1140 by Henry of Blois…