Good morning, we are working through the Thirty-One Days of the Time Team, and this time we are going to look at an episode from Series 14. The Time Team is leaving no stone unturned in this episode and the episode is called No Stone Unturned.. The run time for this episode is 47:14.
This time the Time Team arrives at a field in Cheshire where metal detectorists have made some fascinating finds. The finds may hint that the field may have been home to an active Roman settlement. However as the Time Team digs, they are not having any luck in making discoveries. What were these metal detectorists discovering in the field? What will the Time Team find on this dig? Or will this be the first dig where the Time Team finds nothing? What will happen in three days is anyone’s guess. In 1998, there were a series of chance finds and these finds encouraged local enthusiasts that the Romans settled on these lands. There was loads of medal work and other types of archeology found on the site. Local archeologists believe they had found a small Roman fort, however, the artifacts do not have a military origin. What is going on at this site? For this dig, the Time Team is joined by Mike Neville, University of Manchester; David Shotter, Roman Historian; Robert Philpott; Liverpool Museum; and Andrew Lacey, Archemetallurgist. Tony looks over the finds that were discovered at the site including coins, broaches, and metal objects. Tony is skeptical of the site and the finds. Local archeologists dug a trench in the area and found a ditch that was a potential trap. Francis Pyror believes that instead of being a military site, the site could be a farm. The Time Team is off, Stuart is studying the landscape and a troop of field walkers goes out in the fields. The land is surveyed. Geophysics works on the site as well. Trench one goes next to the trench that held the defensive ditch. Is there an actual ditch on the site? Was there an actual Roman fort on the site? The field walkers are having a field day and discovering many little finds. Trench one is not having much luck and Phil is finding enough sand for a sand castle. Francis believes that he sees the ditch. As the finds are cleaned, there are many modern finds that are being found. However, there was a fragment of a storage pot was found. John Gater provides worse news because of all the sand of the field, geophysics cannot make heads or tales of the grounds. Trench two goes across from Phil’s to locate another fort’s wall. Trench Three goes in another potential location of the fort wall, this will help the Time Team determine the size of the fort. You can feel Tony’s despair through the screen. As the experts believe the Time Team is working on a small Roman fort, Stewart shoots down that theory. He points out that the ditch that Phil is working on is a farm hedge line. Bridget has been working on trench two and has made no finds in that ditch. The work continues on Trench One, Trench Two, and Trench Three. Eventually, one long trench is formed and they come together. It was one of the longest trenches the Time Team dug, and it was the trench where nothing was found. Why is the field producing so many finds of 8,000 years of human history? However, the Time Team is not despairing. Trench four goes in over a site that hinted at burning and metalwork. So maybe the Time Team is not working on a fort site. Trench five goes in over a place down the slope. Perhaps, in this trench, the Time Team will be able to explain the plethora of Roman finds. The Time Team will have a piece of jewelry made using Roman methods. What will the Time Team find in three days? Tune into the rest of this episode to find out! Tony’s narration was fascinating during the whole episode and it was building up to the fact that nothing was found on this site. This would be a good episode to show on April Fool’s Day in a history class.
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