Time Team Series 1 Episode 1: The Guerrilla Base of the King
Time Team Series 1 Episode 2: On the Edge of an Empire
Time Team Series 1 Episode 3: The New Town of a Norman Prince
Time Team Series 1 Episode 4: The Fortress in the Lake
Time Team Series 1 is in Time Team Episodes.
Time Team Series 1 Episode 1: The Guerrilla Base of the King was filmed between 16th April 1993 and 18th April 1993. It was originally shown on 16th January 1994.
Location: Athelney Abbey [Map].
Category: Time Team Early Medieval.
Time Team:
Tony Robinson [aged 47], Presenter
Mick Aston [aged 47], Bristol University Landscape Archaeologist
Gerry Barber, Bristol University Environmental Archaeologist
Phil Harding [aged 43], Wessex Archaeological Trust Field Archaeologist
Carenza Lewis [aged 30], Royal Commission on Historic Monuments
Robin Bush [aged 50], Archivist
Victor Ambrus [aged 58], Historical Illustrator
John Gator, Chris Gaffney, Geophysics
Gerry McDonnell, Archeaological Scientist.
Base: George Hotel [Map] in Wedmore.
Techniques: Field Walking, Excavations, Magnetometry, Resistivity, Soil Coring
Sources: Life of Alfred by Asser, Assers Life of Alfred 878.
Historical Figures: King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex, Guthrum Viking.
Events: Battle of Edington.
Outcomes: Plan of Athelney Abbey [Map], possible site of original Saxon church, Anglo-Saxon iron slag indicating iron working; the furthest west found at the time.
Time Team Series 1 Episode 2: On the Edge of an Empire was filmed between 3rd September 1993 and 5th September 1993. It was originally shown on 23rd January 1994.
Location: Ribchester Roman Fort, Lancashire [Map].
Category: Time Team Roman and Iron Age.
Time Team:
Tony Robinson [aged 47], Presenter
Mick Aston [aged 47], Bristol University Landscape Archaeologist
Carenza Lewis [aged 30], Royal Commission on Historic Monuments
Phil Harding [aged 43], Wessex Archaeological Trust Field Archaeologist
Robin Bush [aged 50], Archivist
Victor Ambrus [aged 58], Historical Illustrator
John Gator, Chris Gaffney, Geophysics
Adrian Olivier, Lancaster University Archaeology Unit
Ermine Street Guard
Techniques: Excavation, Resistivity, Magnetometry
Sources: Publius (or Flavius) Vegetius Renatus' "De re militari"
Historical Figures: Brigantes, Queen Cartimandua, King Caractacus of the Silures, King Venutius of the Brigantes, Vellocatus.
Events:
Outcomes: Broken Roman Quern, Decorated Samian Ware, Punic Ditch, plans of Wooden and Stone Forts, location of bathhouse.
Time Team Series 1 Episode 3: The New Town of a Norman Prince was filmed between 9th April 1993 and 11th April 1993. It was originally shown on 30th January 1994.
Location: Much Wenlock, Shropshire [Map], Wenlock Priory, Shropshire [Map].
Category: Time Team Late Medieval.
Time Team:
Tony Robinson [aged 47], Presenter
Mick Aston [aged 47], Bristol University Landscape Archaeologist
Carenza Lewis [aged 30], Royal Commission on Historic Monuments
Phil Harding [aged 44], Wessex Archaeological Trust Field Archaeologist
Gerry Barber, Bristol University Environmental Archaeologist
Robin Bush [aged 50], Archivist.
Victor Ambrus [aged 58], Historical Illustrator
Oliver Butler, Geophysics Specialist
Mark Horton, Local Archaeologist
Dan Miles, Dendrochronologist
Bob Milligan, Geophysics Specialist
Techniques: Excavations, Dendrochronology, Radar Scan.
Historical Figures: Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury.
Sources. Charter of King Stephen granting a three day fair, Domedays Book [Map], Document stating in 1231 King Henry III visited Much Wenlock.
Outcomes. Location of Great Hall, burbage plots, 1254-1299 Dendrochronology date, 12th-13th Century Pottery.
Time Team Series 1 Episode 4: The Fortress in the Lake was filmed between 16th September 1993 and 18th September 1993. It was originally shown on 6th February 1994.
Locations: Llangorse Lake, Breconshire [Map], St Paulinus' Church, Llangorse [Map].
Category: Time Team Early Medieval.
Time Team:
Tony Robinson [aged 47], Presenter
Mick Aston [aged 47], Bristol University Landscape Archaeologist
Carenza Lewis [aged 30], Royal Commission on Historic Monuments
Phil Harding [aged 44], Wessex Archaeological Trust Field Archaeologist
Robin Bush [aged 50], Archivist.
Victor Ambrus [aged 58], Historical Illustrator
John Gator, Chris Gaffney, Geophysics
Damian Goodburn, Ancient Woodworking Specialist
Mark Redknap, National Museum of Wales
Techniques: Magnetometry
Sources: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 916, Book of Llandaff Chapter 4 Section 7: Llan Cors, Book of Llandaff Chapter 8
Historical Figures: King Elised of Brecknock, Æthelflæd Lady of the Mercians.
Outcomes: Reconstructed Iron Age boat made from 3.5 tonnes of oak; a copy of an original discovered in Llangorse Lake in Brecon Museum. Metal working on site, shale ring. Boundary Ditch.