Time Team - Season 11 Episode 6 An Iron-Age Trading Centre - Green Island, Dorset
Green Island in Poole Harbour has already shown that it was a significant centre of Iron Age activity, with evidence of industrial activity and trading to and from the continental mainland. But it has never been properly excavated. Two huge jetties - now buried - indicate either a port or a defensive structure. The island is a SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest), which means hand-digging only, and replacing the topsoil. Very soon the finds start to multiply. Of particular interest is evidence of shale working for jewelry, and iron smithing. They are joined by Project Director Eileen Wilkes, archaeologist Miles Russell, Iron Age specialist John Collis, and metallurgist Roger Doonan. Experimental archaeologist Jake Keenan demonstrates shale working with primitive tools. Geomorphologist Vincent May explains that in prehistoric times the water level was two metres lower, and Green Island was much bigger.
Year: 2024
Genre: Documentary, Mystery
Country: United Kingdom
Studio: More4, Channel 4, YouTube
Director: Tim Taylor
Cast: Gus Casely-Hayford, Natalie Haynes, Carenza Lewis, John Gater, Stewart Ainsworth, Helen Geake
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First Air Date: Jan 16, 1994
Last Air date: Apr 07, 2024
Season: 21 Season
Episode: 239 Episode
Runtime: 50 minutes
IMDb: 7.10/10 by 14.00 users
Popularity: 18.967
Language: English
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In Search of the Brigittine Abbey - Syon House, London
A Roman Bath House and Edwardian Folly - Whitestaunton Manor, Somerset
The Crannog in the Loch - Loch Migdale, Scottish Highlands
Saxon Burials on the Ridge - South Carlton, Lincolnshire
The Roman Fort That Wasn't There - Syndale, Kent
An Iron-Age Trading Centre - Green Island, Dorset
A Medieval Blast Furnace - The Old Furnace, Oakamoor, Staffordshire
Rescuing a Mesolithic Foreshore - Goldcliff, Newport
Fertile Soils, Rich Archaeology - Wittenham Clumps, Oxfordshire
King Cnut's Manor - Nassington, Northamptonshire
Back-Garden Archaeology: Revisiting a Roman Villa - Ipswich, Suffolk
The Lost City of Roxburgh - Roxburgh, Scottish Borders
Brimming with Remains - Cranborne Chase, Dorset