Time Team · SEASON 21
The Sutton Hoo Dig Part 3: Lost Treasure Rescued!
Episode 21 · 2025-05-03
- Documentary
- Mystery
Episode overview
In Part 3, The Dig Jackie McKinley rejoins the team as the Dig reaches an exciting climax in the middle of a heatwave as they discover the source of the big metal detecting signal. Tony explores some of the more extraordinary medieval execution burials found in the Royal Burial ground. The program focusses on some of the developments in Anglo Saxon craftsmanship. Hilde meets the Sutton Hoo Textiles group who are using experimental archaeology to recreate some sumptuous Anglo Saxon textiles. And the man who recreated the Bromeswell Bucket explains how it nearly hospitalised him.
58 minutes
Season 21 episodes
1. Cornwall - Boden Iron Age Fogou (Day 1)2022-03-18
2. Cornwall - Boden Iron Age Fogou (Day 2)2022-03-19
3. Cornwall - Boden Iron Age Fogou (Day 3)2022-03-20
4. Oxfordshire - Broughton Roman Villa (Day 1)2022-04-08
5. Oxfordshire - Broughton Roman Villa (Day 2)2022-04-09
6. Oxfordshire - Broughton Roman Villa (Day 3)2022-04-10
7. Knights Hospitaller Preceptory: Day One2023-03-24
8. Knights Hospitaller Preceptory: Day Two2023-03-25
9. Knights Hospitaller Preceptory: Day Three2023-03-26
10. Anglo-Saxon Cemetery: Day One2023-06-30
11. Anglo-Saxon Cemetery: Day Two2023-07-01
12. Anglo-Saxon Cemetery: Day Three2023-07-02
13. Modbury Community Dig: Day One2024-04-05
14. Modbury Community Dig: Day Two2024-04-06
15. Modbury Community Dig: Day Three2024-04-07
16. Secrets of Wytch Farm: Day One2024-05-17
17. Secrets of Wytch Farm: Day Two2024-05-18
18. Secrets of Wytch Farm: Day Three2024-05-19
19. The Sutton Hoo Dig Part 1: Searching for the Origins of Sutton Hoo2025-04-19
20. The Sutton Hoo Dig Part 2: Another Buried Boat?2025-04-26
21. The Sutton Hoo Dig Part 3: Lost Treasure Rescued!2025-05-03
22. The Sutton Hoo Dig Part 4: Bromeswell Bucket - The Inside Story2025-05-20
23. Knights Hospitaller Preceptory (Halston, Shropshire)2023-10-28
24. Anglo-Saxon Cemetery (Winfarthing, Norfolk)2023-12-02
25. Castles, Cavaliers & Cowboys (Modbury, Devon)2024-09-07
26. Secrets of Wytch Farm (Dorset)2024-10-26
27. The Sutton Hoo Dig Series 12026-12-31
28. Brancaster Geofizz Challenge2026-03-21
29. Digging For Disney (Norton Disney)2026-05-30
