Good morning, we are working through Thirty-One Days of the Time Team. My focus has been series thirteen and after today we will have two more episodes to finish up and then series thirteen will be done. This episode is called the Court of the Kentish Kings and the run time for this episode is 48:11.
The Time Team makes their way to Kent to search for a lost Anglo-Saxon Palace belonging to a Kentish King. They have discovered one potential site and two potential sites for the Anglo-Saxon Palace. For years, the village in Eastry, Kent has been revealing a variety of Anglo-Saxon fines. The villagers are curious to see what was going on during Anglo-Saxon Times in this village. One intriguing find: a broach, seems to hint that there was something special about this site. What will the Time Team uncover in three days, tune in to find out! Eastry is in Kent and the villagers have discovered an Anglo-Saxon burial in one backyard, another burial with a large number of finds, and a site with some very interesting finds. Each of these finds seems to hint that someone with money lived in the area. According to documents, Eastry was an administrative center during the Anglo-Saxon times. One of the locals believes that there was a palace that was at the center of the administrative center. Even the old maps hint and aerial photos show that something is going on at the site. Geophysics go to work to see what was going on at this site. Trench one goes in over a potential enclosure. It will be one of the longest trenches that the Time Team has ever done. At the top of the hill trench two goes in. The Time Team also brings in a large number of metal detectorists. They make the first finds on the site a piece of a brooch with a garnet. Why would there be high-status finds on this site? Who would have these finds? What was his position in the area? Was he a king or a rich man? According to 8th Century documents, there was a large residence for a ruler. This ruler was known as the King of Kent. His home would have been his official residence and the center of the community. If this was the home to the King of Kent, this would fit the description of a high-status individual. Trench two yields some pottery finds from the Anglo-Saxon period. One expert suggests that there could have been an Anglo-Saxon settlement with a few huts on the site. Mick and Tony head onto a potential second site for the living quarters of the high-status individual. The home is a Grade I listed mansion in Eastry. The owner believes that this home is the key to understanding the Anglo-Saxon presence in Eastry. The homeowner shows off timbers from the 1250s and talks about the documentary history of the house. The original home was torn down before the 1250s and a new one was built. The documents talk about the land being occupied and home to a grand hall. Was this the real site of the home of the Kentish kings? The hall of the Kentish kings would have been visible for miles. It was a large building. However, nothing has been found of this size from the Anglo-Saxon age in Kent. So where is this palace? Was it on the hill or was it at the house? The Time Team splits up to continue to look. One unusual find seems to throw even the Anglo-Saxon experts off. Does this object hint at a burial site on the hill? Helen is intrigued and opens up a third trench on the site where metal objects were found. The metal detectorists0998 are discovering more finds. So where was this court of the Kentish King? Was it on the hill or was it at a house in town? What else will the Time Team discover in three days? Tune into the rest of this episode to find out more! This was a cool episode with the largest trench the Time Team has put in. The finds were intriguing as well. This would be a good episode for a history fun day.
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