Time Team · SEASON 11
A Medieval Blast Furnace - The Old Furnace, Oakamoor, Staffordshire
Episode 7 · 2004-02-15
- Documentary
- Mystery
Episode overview
The team are revisiting the garden of Furnace Cottage in Churnet Valley, where the previous excavation of an Elizabethan blast furnace produced evidence of much earlier iron-making. Stewart surveys the landscape, to piece together a picture of water flow and other features essential to iron smelting. But John is convinced that there is strong geophysical evidence for a furnace a mile away at Eastwall Farm. It could even be water-powered - a major discovery. They build a medieval style bloomery. They are joined by historian Pete Brown, and archaeologists David Cranstone, Bill Klemperer, Deb Ford, Gerry McDonnell, Tim Young.
50 minutes
Season 11 episodes
1. In Search of the Brigittine Abbey - Syon House, London2004-01-04
2. A Roman Bath House and Edwardian Folly - Whitestaunton Manor, Somerset2004-01-11
3. The Crannog in the Loch - Loch Migdale, Scottish Highlands2004-01-18
4. Saxon Burials on the Ridge - South Carlton, Lincolnshire2004-01-25
5. The Roman Fort That Wasn't There - Syndale, Kent2004-02-01
6. An Iron-Age Trading Centre - Green Island, Dorset2004-02-08
7. A Medieval Blast Furnace - The Old Furnace, Oakamoor, Staffordshire2004-02-15
8. Rescuing a Mesolithic Foreshore - Goldcliff, Newport2004-02-22
9. Fertile Soils, Rich Archaeology - Wittenham Clumps, Oxfordshire2004-02-29
10. King Cnut's Manor - Nassington, Northamptonshire2004-03-07
11. Back-Garden Archaeology: Revisiting a Roman Villa - Ipswich, Suffolk2004-03-14
12. The Lost City of Roxburgh - Roxburgh, Scottish Borders2004-03-21
13. Brimming with Remains - Cranborne Chase, Dorset2004-03-28
