Time Team
Season 6 Episode 3 - Dominican Friary Church and Norman Cathedral - Thetford, Norfolk
Time Team have been invited by pupils of Thetford Grammar School in Norfolk, to investigate the remains of a Dominican friary church and a 1,000-year-old Norman cathedral, in their playground. There is much interest from the pupils when the team excavate human bones. Ecclesiastical historian Janet Burton describes the origins of the Dominican Order. Stonemason Simon Williams gives a practical demonstration of medieval wall-building using knapped flint and lime mortar. Stained glass expert David King confirms medieval dates for fragments from the friary. The junior school makes a timeline frieze, complete with felt bishops and monks. It all ends in an open evening for parents.
Episodes in Season 6
Wedgwood's First Factory - Burslem, Stoke-On-Trent
50 min
Back Garden Roman Finds - Papcastle, Cumbria
50 min
Dominican Friary Church and Norman Cathedral - Thetford, Norfolk
50 min
Cooper's Hole - Cheddar Gorge, Somerset
50 min
Medieval Plympton - Plympton, Devon
50 min
Tudor Dockyard - Smallhythe, Kent
50 min
Golf Course Roman Bathhouse - Beauport Park, Sussex
50 min
Bombers In Reedham Marshes - Reedham, Norfolk
50 min
Back To Turkdean - Turkdean, Gloucestershire
50 min
Field Cropmarks - Kemerton, Worcestershire
50 min
Ruined Norman Church - Bawsey, Norfolk
50 min
Montravers Estate (Part 1) - Nevis, West Indies
50 min
Montravers Estate (Part 2) - Nevis, West Indies
50 min
