The Puzzle Of Picket's Farm - South Perrott, Dorset
Episode 10 · 2005-03-06
- Documentary
- Mystery
Episode overview
Time Team heads to South Perrott in Dorset, inspired by the intriguing discovery of Roman brooches and coins in a hilltop field. The Team are pretty sure they're going to uncover a Roman Temple, but the search gets off to a bad start when all the pottery turns out to be medieval and there's no sign of any buildings. Something has clearly been going on in this field, but it's not what they thought. The trenches gradually reveal their contents, painting a very different picture from a very different period. Have the Team stumbled across a Stone Age burial site that had, extraordinarily, been honoured for thousands of years right into Roman times? Prehistory specialist Miles Russell explains some aspects of Bronze Age features.
50 minutes
Season 12 episodes
1. The Manor That's Back to Front - Chenies Manor House, Buckinghamshire2005-01-02
2. The Monastery and the Mansion - Nether Poppleton, Yorkshire2005-01-09
3. The Bombers in the Marsh - Warton near Preston, Lancashire2005-01-16
4. Fighting On The Frontier - Drumlanrig, Dumfries and Galloway2005-01-23
5. A Neolithic Cathedral? - Northborough, Peterborough2005-01-30
6. In Search of Henry V's Flagship, Grace Dieu - Bursledon, Hampshire2005-02-06
7. Going Upmarket With The Romans - Standish, Gloucestershire2005-02-13
8. Picts And Hermits: Cave Dwellers Of Fife - Wemyss, Fife2005-02-20
9. Lost Centuries Of St Osyth - St Osyth, Essex2005-02-27
10. The Puzzle Of Picket's Farm - South Perrott, Dorset2005-03-06
11. Norman Neighbours - Skipsea, East Yorkshire2005-03-01
12. Tower Blocks And Togas - South Shields, Tyneside2005-03-20
13. Animal Farm - Hanslope, Milton Keynes2005-04-03
