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Colchester >
Special produced in 2005 entitled ‘Britain’s Lost Roman Circus’ wherein the team uncover what appears to be the only Roman circus ever to be discovered in the UK illustrating the importance the Romans placed on this historic city.
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Ely >
This special produced in 2001 entitled ‘Island of Eels’ followed a 6 month excavation of an area of land the size of 2 football pitches from the banks of the River Ouse to the centre of Ely with some startling revelations of Ely’s maritime past.
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Flag Fen Archaeological Park >
Series 7, Episode 9 (200) ‘A Bronze-Age Barrow and Walkway’ filmed at this location, one of the most important Bronze Age sites in Europe.
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Huntingdon & nearby >
Series 14, Episode 6 (2007) ‘A Port and Stilton’ filmed at Silton in Cambridgeshire following the discovery of an almost complete ceramic Roman cheese press. This proved to be 1 of many finds in the area. The team were challenged this time by having to dig through around 2 meters of silt before they could actually excavate the roman site below.
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Ipswich >
Series 11, Episode 11 (2004) ‘Back-Garden Archaeology Revisiting a Roman Villa’ was filmed at Castle Hill, Whitton, a large housing estate on the outskirts of Ipswich. The children from the local primary school invited the team to find out more about the area as it was supposedly the site of a large Roman villa. Much of the excavations actually took place in the local resident’s back gardens!
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King's Lynn >
Special produced in 1999 entitled ‘The Mystery of Seahenge’ and followed the rescue of the wooden ‘henge’ from the sea at Holme-next-the-Sea.
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Lavenham >
Series 3, Episode 6 ‘Treasures of the Roman Field’ filmed at this location.
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Mildenhall & roundabout >
Series 7, Episode 6 (2000) ‘In Search of the Earliest Traces of Mankind’ filmed at Elveden Forest Centre Parcs. The team actually stayed at Centre Parks during the dig. The site was the oldest at time of filming that the team had excavated. Filming took place at 2 sites: the main one on in a Victorian claypit on land belonging to Centre Parcs; and the 2nd in a clay pit at nearby Barnham.
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New Hall School >
The grounds which are now home to the magnificent New Hall School have a distinguished history. Time Team spent 3 days excavating specific areas to uncover the former Tudor Palace of Beaulieu or New Hall which had been built by Henry VIII but demolished in the mid 1700s. The only part of the former mansion that remains is the North Wing.
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Peterborough >
Series 12, Episode 5 (2005) ‘A Neolithic Cathedral?’ was filmed Northborough in Peterborough given the large circular cropmarks which are only visible from the air which the team thought could be 6,000 years old.
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St Albans >
Series 16, Episode 1 (2009) ‘The Trouble with Temples’ filmed at Friar's Wash near St Albans where they unearthed a complex of Roman temples following the emergence of an aerial photograph showing cropmarks.
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St Osyth Priory >
Series 12, Episode 9 (2005) ‘Lost Centuries of St Osyth’ was filmed at this location. Legend has it that in the 7th century Viking ships sailed up an Essex creek and killed a nun St Osyth. The site of her death was turned into a shrine and a community began to build around it. Recently decaying timbers were find sticking out of the mud in the nearby creek. The team began to investigate.
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The Fens >
Series 16, Episode 11 (2009) ‘Beacon of The Fens’ filmed at Chapel Head as the team try to discover if this remote Fen had been the site of a medieval chapel.
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The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads >
Series 6, Episode 8 (1999) ‘Bombers in Reedham Marshes’ was filmed at Reedham Marshes. In 1944 two American ‘Flying Fortresses’ crashed into each other on their way back from a raid. One crashed into Reedham Marshes and became buried in the peat. The team were therefore charged with excavating the 30 ton plane from its resting place.
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Thetford Grammar School (not open to the public) >
Series 6, Episode 3 (1999) filmed at this location; title unknown. It seems likely the local grammar school was used for filming. The team attempted to find out if any traces of a Norman Cathedral remained on the grounds which are now home to the school. The students were enlisted as helpers during the excavation.
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West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village >
Filming occurred at this location for the 2000 Christmas Special. There were two episodes aired: ‘The Real King Arthur’ and the ‘Mystery of Mine Howe’. As the latter is located in Orkney, West Stowe seems likely to have appeared in ‘The Real King Arthur’.
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