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England’s Last Anglo-Saxon King and Scotland's First Whisky

The lost estate of Harold Godwinson, last Anglo-Saxon king of England, a completely intact 4,000-year-old cremation vessel and an unprecedented Roman whetstone factory.

Featuring the lost estate of the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, Harold Godwinson, a hilltop fort in Fife with an unprecedented wealth of discoveries linked to the Picts, the medieval ruins of Lindores Abbey, how Gloucester Museum is dealing with a nationwide archaeological finds storage crisis, a completely intact 4,000-year-old cremation vessel and an unprecedented Roman whetstone factory.

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58 minutes

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterAlice Roberts
PresenterTori Herridge
ExpertStuart Prior
ExpertMegan Russell
Series ProducerIan Hunt
Line ProducerVerity Quinn
Commissioning EditorDenise Mather
Executive ProducerRory Wheeler
Executive ProducerEdward Hart
Executive ProducerSusannah Zeff
Production CompanyRare TV

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  • Fri 30 Jan 202608:00

Digging for Ireland

Digging for Ireland

Outstanding archaeology from Ireland, including perfectly preserved Iron Age bog bodies