We continue with our 31 days of Time Team for March. Today’s episode will feature the First Tudor Palace. It was the vision of a Bishop, taken over by the Tudors and then pulled down in the 17th Century. What will the Time Team find?
The Time Team explores a long-lost Tudor Palace. It was owned by a bishop and taken over by Henry VIII. How much of a palace survives underneath the ground? The Palace was at the heart of the Surrey commuter belt. All that remains of a palace is a tower. A drawing shows an extensive palace complex. How big was the palace? What could its remains tell us about the people who dwelt in it? The palace has been lost for 300 years and the Time Team has three days to find it. The Time Team was called by the current owner of the tower. She had been doing extensive research on the palace complex and wanted to bring in the Time Team to further that research. The palace was a day away from London. They examine a building plan from the late medieval period. The gatehouse was the only piece of the palace that survives. An architectural historian looks over the gatehouse. He is surprised to see how big the tower is and wondered why a bishop would build a big gatehouse? There are arrow slits around the tower. They discover a shadow of a wall. There is also evidence of a bricked-up doorway. Mick discusses where to put the trench in. The owner is enthusiastic about Time Team putting in trenches around the property. Tony is thrilled with the prospect. The first trench will go into the front garden to find evidence of the wall. The Bishop of Winchester originally owned the property and was one of the largest landowners in the country. Henry VIII and the Drake family also count among the property’s owners. The Time Team continues to geophysics the site and make plans for where to put in the trenches. They want to discover more about the palace that the Bishop had built. The wars with France inspired the Bishop to build his palace using the materials they used. However, the gatehouse was not all the Bishop’s work. The current gatehouse was added on by someone later. The palace was taken down in the early 17th Century. The Time Team gets the geophysics results back. Even though they are showing a building there is a problem. There are trees in the way. The Time Team will have to figure out a way to work around the tree. In the first trench, they are discovering some good archeology. In the meantime, more members of the Time Team are examining the building plans. The plans are providing a good start for the Time Team. These plans will help them discover the Bishop of Winchester’s vision for the palace. There are forty years of records to go through. What will these records tell the Time Team about the history of the building? So what will the Time Team find? Will they find the Bishop’s vision? Or will the Time Team fall flat on their face exploring this building? Continue to watch this episode to find out. This is a good episode for an independent study student. Tony is thrilled to go digging around the gardens. The Time Team is coming up trumps when it comes to learning more about the palace. The building owner is thrilled with the Time Team digging up her yard. They even incorporate her family into the dig and show what they are doing.
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