Good morning, we are working through Thirty-One Days of the Time Team. This time, the Time Team is exploring some interesting archelogy on the farm and it’s not from Old McDonald. The episode is called Animal Far and the run time for this episode is 48:35.
Carved stonework, posh bits and bobs, coins, and a horse bit are among the finds that brought the Time Team to this farm. A photograph of the field shows some pretty interesting lines in the landscape. Amateur archeologists took to the site and found something. They are on a search for a grand Norman Hunting Lodge. However, it does not take long before their findings point in a different direction. Why were there so many grand finds on this farm? Over 800 years ago, England was torn apart by civil war. King John was going after the nobles to try to restore order back in England. It was at this time, a noble family the Morwicks owned the land the Time Team is investigating. A grand building was erected on the site and then suddenly abandoned. So did King John destroy this estate during this civil war? Time Team has three days to find out. Amateur archeologists uncover a building on the site, however, these archeologists reached out to the Time Team for further assistance in learning about the site. Trench one goes in over the original excavation to document and measure the finds. If this was a grand manor lodge it would have been t-shaped. However, it could potentially be a hunting lodge or it could be no more than a cowshed. Geophysics takes to the field and will use magnetometry to examine the site. Earlier finds that were discovered have been identified, location determined, and dated. Helen Geake catches up with Paul Blinkhorn, a pottery expert about the discovered pottery finds. There was a range of pottery shards found that show how long the house was lived in. In fact, the house was occupied for a short time, shorter than what the Time Team anticipated. Why was the home abandoned? Tony catches up with a historian, who talks about the Medieval kings of England. England had strong kings, however, there were two weak kings. Henry I, Henry II, and Richard the Lionheart were considered strong and could impose their will on the barons. Weak kings meant that barons could run wild. The Barons pushed back against the rules of the king. The family that owned the farm had been granted land by William the Conqueror. However, under King John, they grew fed up with the King and wanted to press their ownership of the land. The work continues on trench one and the walls are providing a puzzle to the archeologists. Are the walls a sign of a two-story building? The dig is starting to look promising. In the meantime, the geophysics results come back and they are not finding a second building on the site. They head out again to do more research. However, Stewart Ainsworth is throwing a wretch in all of Time Team’s theories. The Time Team back at Trench one is rapidly coming to the conclusion that they are not digging into a potential two-story building. Is this a low-status building? Why are there so many high-status finds? The Time Team will have to turn back to the records to find the answers. What was this area called? Were there grand houses nearby? Was this area part of a royal forest? Stewart and Dawn do some research into the records of the land. However, this is not a straightforward task for this pair. Tony looks over the posh finds that were discovered on the site. There was a carved stone discovered at the site that could have come from a variety of buildings on the site. The stones are proving that something was there, but the archelogy is proving otherwise. Day One and everything is confusing to Tony. Will the Time Team be able to detangle the archeology? Tune into the rest of this episode to find out. There were a variety of theories to test in regard to this site, so this would be a good episode to show in a science class because of the application of the scientific method. I would show this one to a history class just for a history fun day.
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