Time Team · SEASON 16
The Trouble with Temples - Friars Wash, Hertfordshire
Episode 1 · 2009-01-04
- Documentary
- Mystery
Episode overview
Time Team has never found a Roman temple. But a 30-year-old photograph clearly shows double square cropmarks in a field. Surely this time they will strike lucky? The trouble is, the site may have suffered plough damage. Francis takes charge. Though initial excavations are encouraging, John and Stewart are puzzled by a geophysical anomaly. Including a tessellated pavement and a coin hoard, a picture gradually emerges of not one but four temples - in fact a whole complex of buildings. It proves to be one of the most important excavations in Time Team history.
50 minutes
Season 16 episodes
1. The Trouble with Temples - Friars Wash, Hertfordshire2009-01-04
2. The Wedding Present - Scargill Castle, County Durham2009-01-11
3. Heroes’ Hill - Knockdhu, County Antrim2009-01-18
4. Toga Town - Caerwent, South Wales2009-01-25
5. Blood, Sweat and Beers - Rise Hill, Cumbria2009-02-01
6. Buried Bishops and Belfries - Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire2009-02-08
7. Anarchy in the UK - Radcot, Oxfordshire2009-02-15
8. Mystery of the Ice Cream Villa - Colworth, Bedfordshire2009-02-22
9. Hermit Harbour - Looe, Cornwall2009-03-01
10. Called to the Bar - Lincoln’s Inn, London2009-03-08
11. Beacon on the Fens - Chapel Head, Cambridgeshire2009-03-15
12. The Hollow Way - Ulnaby, County Durham2009-03-22
13. Skeletons in the Shed - Blythburgh, Suffolk2009-03-29
