Thirty-One Days of Time Team continues with The Druid’s Last Stand. This episode is from season 14.
In 2006 an aircraft flew over Anglesey. She was surveying the island and taking photos. He found something unusual in the landscape: it was made of earthwork. Anglesey is rich in archelogy and the site that was discovered may have had had something to do with the Druids. However, there was no clear documentation on the earth's works in Anglesey history. As usual, Time Team has three days to explore this site. They are in Wales on the island of Anglesey. It will prove to be a tough site. The site is windy. The site also has never been excavated before. The site is visible in the photos. Nobody knew that it existed. The Time Team pours over the ariel photo of the site. It is a puzzle that nobody had dug it before. Even a survey was done on the island only noted that it was just a ditch, mainly destroyed. The photo proves otherwise. The Time Team speculates about the site. The initial thought that it is Roman. Another suggestion that it is Iron Age. Dating the massive earthwork will be a challenge. If it is from the Roman Period, it will tell the history of Anglesey. A Roman army invaded the island and massacred the Druids who lived there. They destroyed the oak groves. Is this the site of the massacre of the Druids? What will the Time Team find out about this period in history? The possibilities of this site are unlimited. Geophysics had gotten to work before the Time Team arrived in the area. They put in three trenches. One trench goes in over the entrance. Another goes in to find evidence of settlement. The third goes in over what could be a stone rampart. The Ground is bone dry so digging will be a challenge. Then it starts to rain which makes the digging even tougher. Ian, the digger, has a keen eye for looking for features in the ground. He points out something Phil. He notices a different color in the ground. Phil examines the different colors of dirt. They may have found the entrance to the enclosure. Is it Roman? Is it Iron Age? Does it open to the last refuge of the Druids? Tony talks with someone from the Welsh museum. He questions the possibility of Druids. The Welsh Museum director explains that there were remains and artifacts found on Anglesey on the other side of the island. There was ritual throwing away of items. Tony comments that it must be frustrating to not find a Druid temple, something tangible. The museum director comments that it is a challenge because the sacred Oaks would have rotted away after burning. The Time Team examines what was thought to have been a rampart. However, it turns out not to be a rampart. It was outside the structure. It was a later stone structure built on the site. Stewart Ainsworth points out additional earthworks that hint at a complex. Mick believes that Stewart is right, and Tony jokes about it being hard for Mick to admit. The trenches are turning up empty. Will the Time Team find something linking the site to the Druids? Will they find the dating evidence they need? To continue to learn more about this site and the Druid’s Last Stand watch this episode. This would be a good episode to show when a class is learning about the Romans and how they treated the locals. This would also be a good episode for an independent study student studying Roman history in Britain.
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