Digging for Britain

Season 11

2024 · 6 episodes · 5h 47m in all

Episodes

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   1. The Roman Emperor’s Bathhouse

   2 Jan 2024 · 54 min

   Digs in northern Britain reveal a Roman emperor’s lost bathhouse, the sunken treasures of medieval pilgrims and a formidable fortress perched on top of a Scottish mountain.

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   2. Anglo-Saxon Gold and Rebellious Nuns

   3 Jan 2024 · 58 min

   In central England, an RAF airbase with a Roman past, a forgotten medieval nunnery, a gold pendant from a 7th-century grave and a pub with a very long history of hospitality.

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   3. A Norman Panic Room and a Mesolithic Fish Trap

   4 Jan 2024 · 59 min

   In the west of Britain, there's a rare medieval cemetery, a disappearing Mesolithic landscape, a mysterious Iron Age burial and the ruins of a Gothic masterpiece.

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   4. A Roman Mystery and Waterloo’s Disappearing Dead

   9 Jan 2024 · 59 min

   Roberts reveals the most fascinating archaeological finds this year in the East of England: a Roman dodecahedron, the secrets of Boudicca’s hill fort and Waterloo’s disappearing dead.

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   5. 3000-Year-Old Shoes and Giant Axeheads

   10 Jan 2024 · 59 min

   Archaeology in the south of England unearths Britain’s oldest shoe, the lost shipyard of one of England’s greatest warrior kings and Britain’s top-secret WWII defences.

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   6. Forgotten Fortresses and Lost Villages

   11 Jan 2024 · 58 min

   Digs in the West of Britain reveal a forgotten fortress teetering on the edge of a cliff, evidence of the oldest house in Cardiff and a discovery at a Roman mosaic that shocks the experts.