Good morning, we are continuing with the Thirty-One Days of the Time Team and we are finished with Series 13! Based on my list, I have series one, series two, and series three done. Four seasons down, sixteen to go, and hopefully I can dig up some more Time Team Specials! This episode is called the Monks Manor and the run time for this episode is 47:56.
The Time Team travels to Yorkshire to meet Chris and Barbara Bradley. They own a farm and there may be remains of a monastic settlement. The buildings on the site hint that something is going on in the site. The stones hint that there was a big and important building on the site. Chris Bradley wants to learn more about the site before he and his wife head up off into the sunset. The Time Team has three days to find out what was going on at the site. In the 1960s there was some archelogy work done that hints at a structure on the site. Photographs of the dig survive and Mick goes over them with Tony, John Gater, and Mark Newman. Mark Newman is a National Trust expert. This original dig discovered high-quality tiles. Chris, the farm owner, talks about the dig and points out where the original trenches were put in. There are many large stones found on the site, so the Time Team documents them before removing them before they put in new trenches. Jonathan Clarke, a buildings archaeologist looks over the stones with Phil. From the evidence around, it is clear that there was a substantial building in the area. The first task for the Time Team is to relocate one of the trenches from the 1960s Digs. Trench One goes in and stonework is immediately discovered. This wall could have been the wall found in the 1960s. In the field next door, Chris shows Mick a piece of wall that was found by the cows. Geophysics works in this field. Is this a wall? Tony looks over the farm buildings on the site. There are blocks that have Medieval graffiti on the site. Mick theorizes that there was a structure that was taken apart and the building materials were reused on the site. He believes that the farm was a site of a monastic grange. A monastic grange was a farm that belonged to a monastery. This farm would have produced the goods that would have kept the monastery going. Evidence shows that the nearby Fountains Abbey had a grange nearby. It is here that the Time Team turns to the documentary evidence to learn more about Fountains Abbey and the grange. The evidence is hinting that the farm was a monastery grange. Fountains Abbey was six miles away from this grange. However, the news that this site was a monastery grange is both good and bad news. The good news for narrowing down the time frame of the site, the bad news is that there is not much known about the granges. There were no written plans for granges, so even if the Time Team finds a building they will not know what it is. The Time Team concludes the day with a special pint. Tony catches up with Mick in regard to what is going on at the site. He is concerned that there is a lot of work that needs to be done on the site to learn more about it. Mick shows Tony the finds that are coming out of the trenches. The finds and other evidence is pointing to a monastic grange. Mick points out that they may have to dig up the farmer’s garden, which thrills Tony to no end. What else will the Time Team find on this dig? What will geophysics show? What will the landscape tell us about the grange? Tune into the rest of this episode to find out more! Well, this was a very interesting episode of Time Team because it demonstrates that even the Time Team continues to learn new things over the years. You never stop learning! Tony’s narration was excellent and humorous as well. It was funny as to how Tony just volunteered Matt to live the life of a lay brother. This would be a good episode to pair with the Tudor Monastery Farm series and is excellent for a history class and independent study students.
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