Time Team · SEASON 12
Norman Neighbours - Skipsea, East Yorkshire
Episode 11 · 2005-03-01
- Documentary
- Mystery
Episode overview
For years Time Team fan Frances Davies has been collecting finds from the field outside her back door in Skipsea in East Yorkshire. She has uncovered Neolithic, Roman and Saxon items, but her best finds are medieval pots dating from the Norman Conquest. It's clear that there was some habitation in the area 1,000 years ago, but a geophysics plot of the site reveals incredible results, far beyond the team's expectations. Could Frances have had a whole Norman village in her field, a village lost to the records? And could there be a clue in nearby Skipsea Castle, the seat of power of the Norman overlord of the whole area? The Team have three days to find out.
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
