Time Team - Season 2
Season 2
Episodes
Lords of the Isles - Finlaggan, Islay, Scotland
Recorded between 24 and 26 June 1994, the team helps the National Museums of Scotland to search for the secrets of Finlaggan, the centre of the kingdom of the Lord of the Isles. Finds: Neolithic sites dating to 6000 BCE. Experimental demonstration: Scottish padded linen armor.
The Saxon Graves - Winterbourne Gunner, Wiltshire
Recorded between 6 and 8 May 1994, in "The Saxon Graves" the team excavate a Saxon burial ground in a Wiltshire village which is situated on a building site owned by developer, David Buckland. Until all the graves have been mapped he is unable to continue with the development. They are joined by osteoarchaeologist Margaret Cox, archaeologists Peter Cox and Helena Cave-Penney, and conservator Meg Brooks; while blacksmith Ivor Lawton forges a Saxon blade from alternate leaves of steel and iron. And the team get excited about possible prehistoric activity. Finds: Additional Saxon-era graves, Bronze Age cremation urn. Experimental demonstration: Saxon knife-making.
The Lost Villa - Tockenham, Wiltshire
Recorded between 23 and 25 April 1994, the team try to discover why a 15th century village church has a small pagan Roman statue embedded within its walls. The first two days were spent in conflict with English Heritage, so no significant finds were made. Experimental demonstration: Roman mosaic floor.
The Archbishop's Back Garden - Lambeth Palace, London
Recorded between 8 and 10 July 1994, in this episode the team try to determine whether the Roman road into London crossed the Thames at Lambeth or Tower Bridge, and if Lambeth or the City was the site of the first Roman settlement. Find: Roman road route rediscovered. Experimental demonstration: road-building.
Medieval Dining Hall - Hylton Castle, Sunderland
Recorded between 10 and 12 June 1994, the episode focuses on Hylton Castle, now in the middle of a Sunderland housing estate, and how extensive the castle originally was. Finds: Flemish floor tiles in situ, later 16th-century building that overlooked gardens. Experimental demonstration: life in medieval times.
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