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A Cornish Legend and an Ancient Wishing Well

Tantalising clues to the ancient origin story of St Michael’s Mount, rare Roman cavalry swords with hidden secrets and a wishing well of coins at a promontory fort in Pembrokeshire.

Featuring a team of archaeologists looking for evidence that St Michael's Mount in Cornwall was the fabled trading hub of Ictis, analysis of 291 bodies from the long-lost Dominican friary of St Saviour's in Haverfordwest, two incredibly rare Roman cavalry swords discovered at a metal-detecting rally in Willersey, near Cheltenham, a look at how 3D scanning and printing are transforming the study of fragile artefacts, and a wishing well of coins found at a complex promontory fort in Pembrokeshire.

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58 minutes

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterAlice Roberts
PresenterTori Herridge
ExpertNaomi Sykes
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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