Good morning the Time Team is heading to the Highlands and exploring a prehistoric man-made island. The run time for this episode is 47:28 and is called Crannog in the Loch. This episode comes from series 11 and we are continuing with our Thirty-One Days of the Time Team for October.
The Time Team is in Loch Migdale. There seem to be indications that people occupied this land during the prehistoric period. The site is an archeologist’s dream. The Time Team is excavating a henge as well as a man-made island. It could prove to be historically significant to the history of Scotland. What was going on in this area 4,000 years ago? Will the Time Team discover a henge? There are three days to find out. Tony catches up with Francis Pryor and Miles Russell who talk about the potential of the site. Francis is confident that there is a henge on site, while Miles tempers down that enthusiasm. The first job of the Time Team is to remove the peat and then geophysics the henge site to see if there are features below the henge. A henge was usually a place of worship or burial during the Stone Age and was the center point of ritual. They could come in any shape or size. Another feature that the Time Team is excavating is a man-made island, which could be a crannog. A crannog was a place where people lived and took refuge. They were created by piling layers of rocks and then sticking stakes into the bedrock to build the house on top. It was joined to the land by a wooden causeway. Some were large enough to hold communities, however, the one the Time Team is looking at is small and would have been the size for a single family and their animals. Tony talks with Nick Dixon. (Who seriously looks like shipwreck expert James Delgado.) Based on first impressions, he does not seem to believe it is a crannog. However, upon further examination, the bases are not natural. Phil and Nick will have to dive and shift stones to determine whether or not is a crannog. This area is famous for the variety of prehistoric finds discovered. The Migdale Hoard was discovered on the site. It was discovered in a granite quarry. Carenza will have to look at the local records to learn more about the Migdale hoard. The owners of the land where the crannog and henge are found talked about what they knew about the land when they bought the estate. They were aware of what was found on the site and the Migdale Hoard came from their land. This hoard helped date the site. Two trenches will be over the crannog site. Before Phil dives in on the crannog he needs to learn the digging techniques. The Scottish James Delgado talks about the differences between digging on land and digging in the water and teaches Phil what he will have to do to look at the site. The divers will be facing down in the water and digging with their hands. They will shift rocks to learn more about the crannog. Back on dry land, John presents the results of the geophysics survey. He is not getting any areas of burning however there are no rubbish deposits in the henge site. So there was no domestic living in the henge site. However, Stewart hates using the word henge, because when someone talks about henge for the most part they mean Stonehenge or something big. In the prehistoric period, Stonehenge would be comparable to a cathedral while the Scottish site would be equivalent to a parish church. Stewart will be calling the henge an enclosure for the time being. Stewart is looking at the landscape to see what ties the enclosure to the crannog area. What was this site? Was Stewart right in calling the henge an enclosure? Will the Time Team discover a crannog on the site? What will the Time Team learn about this site? Tune into the rest of this episode to find out about the henge and the crannog. This would be a good episode to show to a history class because of the archelogy that was present on the site as well as the debate over henge vs. domestic site. Tony was thoroughly amused as well with Stewart. I would include this on my list to show to a history class.
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