Time Team · SEASON 5
Aston Eyre Farmhouse - Aston Eyre, Shropshire
Episode 6 · 1998-02-08

- Documentary
- Mystery
Episode overview
Filmed between 27 and 29 June 1997, the team go to Shropshire and search for a complex of medieval buildings in Aston Eyre, where the only remaining building is a farmhouse that used to be a gatehouse. They are joined by archaeologist Mark Horton and archivist Paul Stamper. Tree rings expert Dan Miles tries to get some dates from beams in the gatehouse. Ian Pritchett demonstrates a traditional lime kiln. Finds: potential earlier structure found at end of day three, but time ran out before they could determine what it was.
50 minutes
Season 5 episodes
1. Richmond Palace - Richmond, Surrey1998-01-04
2. Bronze-Age Trackway - Greylake, Somerset1998-01-11
3. Viking Graves - Orkney, Scotland1998-01-18
4. Roman Villa - Turkdean, Gloucestershire1998-01-25
5. Copper-Age Settlement - Mallorca, Spain1998-02-01
6. Aston Eyre Farmhouse - Aston Eyre, Shropshire1998-02-08
7. Cathedral Hill - Downpatrick, County Down1998-02-22
8. Deserted Medieval Village - High Worsall, North Yorkshire1998-03-01