Time Team · SEASON 7
In Search of the Palace of King Offa - Sutton, Hereford
Episode 10 · 2000-03-05
- Documentary
- Mystery
Episode overview
Time Team are in Freen's Court on the English-Welsh border. A recent aerial photograph shows parch marks. The kingdom of Mercia was ruled by the ruthless eighth century King Offa. Could this be his palace? All sorts of colourful legends are associated with the site. But they are having trouble locating the parch marks on the ground. As it's a protected monument, they must dig by hand under the watchful eye of English Heritage inspector Paul Stamper. There are some medieval remains but so far nothing Anglo-Saxon. They are joined by historian John Blair, County Archaeologist Keith Ray, and pottery expert Alan Vince. Phil helps experts Richard Darrer and Guy Apter to make a replica wooden cement mixer.
50 minutes
Season 7 episodes
1. A Muslim Port In Spain - Denia, Spain2000-01-02
2. The Mosaic at the Bottom of the Garden - Cirencester, Gloucestershire2000-01-09
3. One of the First Spitfires Lost in France - Wierre-Effroy, France2000-01-16
4. An Iron-Age Roundhouse and a Henge - Waddon, Dorset2000-01-23
5. Hadrian's Wall - Birdoswald, Cumbria2000-01-30
6. In Search of the Earliest Traces of Mankind - Elveden, Suffolk2000-02-06
7. The Missing Cathedral and the Diabetic Prior - Coventry, West Midlands2000-02-13
8. The Royalists' Last Stand - Basing House, Hampshire2000-02-20
9. A Bronze-Age Barrow and Walkway - Flag Fenn, Cambridgeshire2000-02-27
10. In Search of the Palace of King Offa - Sutton, Hereford2000-03-05
11. A Roman Temple in Sight of the Millennium Dome - Greenwich Park, London2000-03-12
12. Nuns in Northumbria - Hartlepool, County Durham2000-03-19
13. The Roman Fortress of Eboracum - York, Yorkshire2000-03-26
