Thirty-one days of Time Team continues with the Time Team going to Jersey Island, one of the British Channel Islands to explore Hitler’s Island Fortress.
Time Team explores Jersey Island and Hitler’s Island Fortress. The island castle is the oldest on the island and was where the British could defend their Channel Island. The terrain will prove to be a challenge for the Time Team and geophysics. The steep sloops will prove to be a challenge. The castle was important strategically. However, there are some mysteries about the castle that needs to be resolved. Warwick Rodwell has worked on the castle for thirty years and still understands that some mysteries need to be resolved. The castle grounds are relatively unexplored. There are lumps and bumps in the ground that indicate something. There may have been earlier structures on the site as well. The Castle was built in the 13th Century and it was on the frontline of the power struggles between Britain and France. The sloops are a challenge to climb and for geophysics. Phil finds a visible section of the wall and immediately puts in a trench. Does the Tudor Wall sit on an earlier wall? Phil is hoping that it is the 13th Century Wall. There are plenty of health and safety issues in regards to geophysics in the castle area. John, the geophysicist will concentrate on the lower level as well. Mick is interested in the earlier history, in a time where the castle was not built. Will they find earlier history? John and Tony go over the geophysics results. They are not getting clear results due to the bedrock. However, there is something in the ground, and that a second trench will go into the area. They are looking for a ditch that helped the castle defenses. If they are lucky then that ditch could date back to the time of King John. The Islanders sided with the English and so would need a castle to defend itself. The landscape archeologist looked around the castle and discovered an earlier tower to the castle. Phil in the meantime is struggling with finding dating evidence. He found a water pipe and it was a possible relic from the German occupation. He talks about how the locals are always finding relics from the German occupation of Jersey. In trench two, there is no evidence of the 13th Century either. Stewart thinks he may have found another ditch. So after the weeds are cut back, they geophysics the site. He talks with Mick about his reasons for why there is a second ditch. It may have been part of the 13th Century defenses. It was the weakest part of the castle. Trench number three goes in. Stewart climbs up the castle wall to see if he can find the 13th Century wall. This is a ditch-crazy episode. However, as Mick points out, ditches were an important part of the castle defense as well. They are also finding a lot of World War II finds. Phil and Mick give Tony a hard time over Tony’s insistence on finding 13th Century items. It was a challenging dig for the Time Team and it was fascinating to see them overcome those challenges. This would be a good episode to show in both a history class and an agricultural class on landscaping. Stewart took the lead on discovering new things about this castle by studying the landscape of the area in the castle. You could show this class in a technology class too as the Time Team heavily relies on technology to record their finds. This would be a good episode to show as part of Early English History.
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