Time Team · SEASON 13
The Taxman's Tavern - Alfoldean, Horsham, Sussex
Episode 12 · 2006-04-09
- Documentary
- Mystery
Episode overview
Time Team travel to Alfoldean in West Sussex to uncover a Roman mansio or stopping-place, and hence the story of the whole settlement. The dig takes place in ploughed fields on both sides of the A29, or what the Romans knew as Stane Street. But atrocious weather and the sheer scale of the site push the team's resources to the limits. They are joined by Roman Sussex specialist Miles Russell and archaeologist Mike Luke. Phil gets a new hat. They are visited by pupils from the nearby Christ's Hospital School. Farrier Cliff Barnes uses the school forge to make hipposandals - precursors of the modern horseshoe.
50 minutes
Season 13 episodes
1. The Bodies in the Shed - Glendon, Northamptonshire2006-01-22
2. Villas out of Molehills - Withington, Gloucestershire2006-01-29
3. Rubble at the Mill - Manchester2006-02-05
4. The First Tudor Palace? - Esher, Surrey2006-02-12
5. The Boat on the Rhine - A Roman Boat in Utrecht - Utrecht, The Netherlands2006-02-19
6. Court of the Kentish King - Eastry, Kent2006-02-26
7. The Monks' Manor - Brimham, Harrogate, North Yorkshire2006-03-05
8. Castle in the Round - Queensborough, Kent2006-03-12
9. Sussex Ups and Downs - Blackpatch, near Worthing, Sussex2006-03-19
10. Birthplace of the Confessor - Islip, Oxfordshire2006-03-26
11. Early Bath - Ffrith, Flintshire2006-04-02
12. The Taxman's Tavern - Alfoldean, Horsham, Sussex2006-04-09
13. Scotch Broch - Applecross near Skye, Scottish Highlands2006-04-16
