Time Team · SEASON 12
Tower Blocks And Togas - South Shields, Tyneside
Episode 12 · 2005-03-20
- Documentary
- Mystery
Episode overview
In South Shields, the Roman Fort at the end of Hadrian's Wall is a local landmark and the team embark on a quest to locate the site of a huge Roman military cemetery thought to be in the area. They search all nearby open spaces but come to the conclusion that the likeliest site of the cemetery is beneath a 1960s housing estate. A few tombstones and burials have been found in the past hundred years, but there must be a huge Roman military cemetery somewhere. Time Team use every spare piece of open space, have a look under the occasional pavement and enlist as much local help, young and old, as possible in their hunt for the site. It's three days of head-scratching mayhem before the answer emerges.
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
