Well, the Time Team is into now. They are in Sherwood Forest. This is the place where legends were born. Robin Hood gave King John and the Sheriff of Nottingham fits. Local legend holds it that King John had a palace at the edge of the palace. Tony is excited about the possibilities of this site. However, they have their work cut out for them. Are they on the verge of discovering a lost palace?
There are ruins in a farmer’s field. These ruins could be the hunting lodge of King John. For generations, the residents of Old Cliptson village believed that the ruins were King John’s palace. The Time team is looking for evidence to prove this belief right or wrong. Geophysics gets an early start on the site. They are finding some good evidence about the site. Phil and Mick discuss where to put in the first trench. Mick is teasingly skeptical about the potential for the palace. Phil is excited about the possibility. The Time Team puts in the first trench. Everyone is hopeful that they are going to find a palace. The radar indicated that there is something there. To convince Mick that they are working on a palace, there will have to be some high-end evidence. Mary Anne Ochta talks with the owner of the farm about the piece of evidence they found. It is a carved stone that came from the wall. The quality of the stone is high. The farm owner discusses that they want the area preserved and protected when the Time Team finds evidence that it was a palace. Phil, Mick, and Tony talk about the demolition rubble from the palace. The archeologists are carefully excavating the site around the wall. They do not want to damage the walls underneath the soil. They discovering glazed roof tiles, carved stones, and glass. It is clear from the quality of what is being found that it was a high-status building. Phil finds more blocks of stone in the ground. The stone was high quality and Phil points outs Mason’s mark left on one of the blocks. King John hunted in the Sherwood Forest. He and his courtiers partied in the palace and would spend the day hunting. The party attracted some unwanted attention. While King John hunted, the peasants could not access the forest. Poachers were attracted to the forest. Alex Langlands and Mary Anne learn about the history of poaching. In the meantime, trench one is proving to be a disappointment. They are not finding a wall. They are only finding demolition rubble in the trench. Tony said that they would not find anything in the trench, and Phil asserts Tony was wrong about that assertion. The wall is gone, however, the locals reused the stones in some other building. Tony and Mary Anne sum up the activities of the first day. They put in a second trench to see if there is an intact section of the wall. Mary Anne goes into the royal archives to discover how much was spent on the palace. With a local historian, she categorizes everything to demonstrate that there should be archeology on the site. It was clear that King John spent a lot of money on his palace. Will they find a palace on the site? Why are there so many high-status finds in that area? Keep watching to find out more about King John’s Lost Palace. This would be a good episode to show in an English or English Literature classroom because it talks about the legend of Robin Hood. You can also show this in a history class.
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