Time Team · SEASON 8
A Waltham Villa - Waltham Field, Whittington, Gloucestershire
Episode 4 · 2001-01-28
- Documentary
- Mystery
Episode overview
Time Team want to paint a picture of a family living in a Roman villa in the Cotswolds almost 2000 years ago. So they decide to dig a site near Fosse Way, only a few hundred metres from two previously excavated villas, in an area unusually dense with Roman remains. They are joined by Neil Holbrook, Roman specialist Richard Reece, and Finds specialist Alex Croom. Phil helps Peter Reynolds reconstruct a tribulum, a Roman threshing board. And the experts conclude that the villa was built very early after the Roman invasion, but abandoned – possibly for financial reasons – quite soon after.
50 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
