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.
Episodes in Season 11
In Search of the Brigittine Abbey - Syon House, London
50 min
A Roman Bath House and Edwardian Folly - Whitestaunton Manor, Somerset
50 min
The Crannog in the Loch - Loch Migdale, Scottish Highlands
50 min
Saxon Burials on the Ridge - South Carlton, Lincolnshire
50 min
The Roman Fort That Wasn't There - Syndale, Kent
50 min
An Iron-Age Trading Centre - Green Island, Dorset
50 min
A Medieval Blast Furnace - The Old Furnace, Oakamoor, Staffordshire
50 min
Rescuing a Mesolithic Foreshore - Goldcliff, Newport
50 min
Fertile Soils, Rich Archaeology - Wittenham Clumps, Oxfordshire
50 min
King Cnut's Manor - Nassington, Northamptonshire
50 min
Back-Garden Archaeology: Revisiting a Roman Villa - Ipswich, Suffolk
50 min
The Lost City of Roxburgh - Roxburgh, Scottish Borders
50 min
Brimming with Remains - Cranborne Chase, Dorset
50 min
