The Man Who Bought a Castle - Alderton, Northamptonshire
Episode 2 · 2001-01-14
- Documentary
- Mystery
Episode overview
Derek Batten bought a plot of land advertised as a castle and moat; but there is little sign of a castle other than a tree-covered mound surrounded by a huge ditch. So he has asked Time Team to sort it out. Because the site is a scheduled ancient monument, the team have to get permission from English Heritage for strictly limited excavations. To complicate matters further, Tony has to adjudicate on a long-running boundary dispute. The team is joined by castles expert Philip Dixon. Phil Harding gets kitted-out in chainmail as a Saxon footsoldier, facing a mounted Norman warrior on a Spanish stallion. The site is finally identified as a ringwork castle, built on a previous Saxon structure around the time of the Norman Conquest.
49 minutes
Season 8 episodes
1. An Anglo-Saxon Cemetery - Normanton, Lincolnshire2001-01-07
2. The Man Who Bought a Castle - Alderton, Northamptonshire2001-01-14
3. The Celtic Spring - Llygadwy, Powys2001-01-21
4. A Waltham Villa - Waltham Field, Whittington, Gloucestershire2001-01-28
5. The Lost Viaduct - Blaenavon, Torfaen2001-02-04
6. A Palace Sold for Scrap - Rycote, Thame, Oxfordshire2001-02-11
7. An Iron-Age Roundhouse - Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire2001-02-18
8. The Bone Caves - Alveston, Gloucestershire2001-02-25
9. The Inter-City Villa - Basildon, Berkshire2001-03-04
10. Holy Island - Lindisfarne, Northumberland2001-03-11
11. The Leaning Tower of Bridgnorth - Bridgnorth, Shropshire2001-03-18
12. Three Tales of Canterbury - Canterbury, Kent2001-03-25
13. The Leper Hospital - Winchester, Hampshire2001-04-01
