A new episode of the Time Team to kick off the 2024 edition of the Thirty-One Days of the Time Team? Yes, yes, yes! I for one, am glad that the Time Team was able to come back and further our understanding of history. This series is not only a valuable resource for the history classroom, but I see applications in science and technology classrooms as well. Without further ado, we will kick off our first of the 31 Days of the Time Team with an exploration of the Knights Hospitaller Preceptory. The run time for episode one is 34:43, the run time for episode 2 is (35:54) and the run time for episode 3 is (37:03).
Stewart Ainsworth has been very busy studying the landscape. The Time Team is at Halston Hall in Shropshire and it is here where a lost Knights Hospitaller preceptory may be found. A wooden chapel is set in a landscape garden. Its appearance may hint at a medieval history. Records suggest that there was an important Preceptory, a settlement used to raise funds for the Crusades. On his walks, Stewart has been convinced that the lumps and bumps on the ground hide a Medieval Preceptory. The chapel is on land that was owned by the Knights Hospitaller. Stewart Ainsworth was surveying the land for another project and noticed something about the landscape. He catches up with Gus Casely-Haford about what he found on the site. He shows images of the lidar scans of the site. This is a section I wish Phil Harding was around, he would have gotten a kick out of what Stewart told Gus. John Gater gets to work and geophysics the site. He goes over the results with Stewart, Gus, and Matt Williams. There are plenty of targets to look at. The Time Team sets to work and trench one goes in before the weather closes in. Immediately there are finds discovered in the trench. There were bits of brick and glass discovered in the trench. One of the finds was a piece of plaster that could have been on the ceiling. There are bits and pieces of a building, but would this date back to the Medieval period? Matt will continue to clear the debris from the trench to see if a building could be found. The Knights Hospitallers were both monks and knights who fought in battle. The preceptory was established in the 1100s. An inventory from the 1300s is looked at to see what should be found in the area. Trench two goes in over another feature in geophysics. there are bits of brick found in this trench too. The chapel on the site is wood and unusual. Richard Morris, the buildings expert is back for this episode and is taking a look at the building. There are some features in the building that hint at an earlier date of the building. One of the features was a stone tomb that would have belonged to a Knights Hospitaler. Perhaps there was a man buried in the tomb. In addition to the Time Team, there were seven groups that went to dig test pits. These test pits will be used to learn more about the site to learn. What will these test pits add to the story of this site? What will the Time Team learn? Will they discover a lost preceptory? Tune into the rest of this episode to find out. Did I mention how much I love Doctor Gus Casely-Haford narrating the Time Team? I hope that we can get a joint Gus and Tony-narrated episode one day. Also, wow holy cow with all the new technology featured in this episode! The Time Team has come a very long way even last year with new technology. I got a kick out of the Time Team virtual museum and it made me wonder what Tony would put in his virtual Time Team Museum. I liked the nods to Victor Armbus with the drawings featured in this episode. This would be good to show in a history class and with the three-episode format you can show it over a period of a few days. Additionally, I would want to share this with an independent study student.
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