Digging for Britain
Season 11
2024 · 6 episodes

1. The Roman Emperor’s Bathhouse
2024-01-02 · 54m
Digs in northern Britain reveal a Roman emperor’s lost bathhouse, the sunken treasures of medieval pilgrims and a formidable fortress perched on top of a Scottish mountain.

2. Anglo-Saxon Gold and Rebellious Nuns
2024-01-03 · 58m
In central England, an RAF airbase with a Roman past, a forgotten medieval nunnery, a gold pendant from a 7th-century grave and a pub with a very long history of hospitality.

3. A Norman Panic Room and a Mesolithic Fish Trap
2024-01-04 · 59m
In the west of Britain, there's a rare medieval cemetery, a disappearing Mesolithic landscape, a mysterious Iron Age burial and the ruins of a Gothic masterpiece.

4. A Roman Mystery and Waterloo’s Disappearing Dead
2024-01-09 · 59m
Roberts reveals the most fascinating archaeological finds this year in the East of England: a Roman dodecahedron, the secrets of Boudicca’s hill fort and Waterloo’s disappearing dead.

5. 3000-Year-Old Shoes and Giant Axeheads
2024-01-10 · 59m
Archaeology in the south of England unearths Britain’s oldest shoe, the lost shipyard of one of England’s greatest warrior kings and Britain’s top-secret WWII defences.

6. Forgotten Fortresses and Lost Villages
2024-01-11 · 58m
Digs in the West of Britain reveal a forgotten fortress teetering on the edge of a cliff, evidence of the oldest house in Cardiff and a discovery at a Roman mosaic that shocks the experts.
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