Archaeologists Unearth A Mass Grave Of Anglo-Saxon Warriors | Digging For Britain

As an American I followed Time Team closely, fascinated by the rich history of Britain. Now I've become an Alice Roberts fan. I love the sound of her voice and the quality of her presentations.

Seeing defence force veterans as archeologists as a form of therapy was very heartwarming. I’m glad there are opportunities like that for them.

This episode felt like a Time Team reunion party 😂 To have Alice, Matt, Jackie & Dani all in one episode was so awesome!

Matthew Williams, great to see you continuing on after your days on Time Team. Fantastic episode with Dr. Roberts!

Great to see you here with Alice, Mathew. Love these docs. Thanks so much for all the interesting stuff - great seeing the veterans involved.

What an absolutely splendid episode, and for me,a bit of a nostalgia trip, having been involved in one of the Roman digs ( in a very minor way ) filmed here, as a willing history PhD :). A late colleague of mine, a highly regarded forensic archeologist would barely contain his excitement when a dig presented evidence which required a significant shift of perspective in our understanding of late Roman - Saxon interaction, and this particular era of British history is constantly being re-evaluated and updated as the combined skills of a raft of interconnected disciplines advance our knowledge ever further. Terrifically well done, and beautifully hosted and presented by the highly respected Prof. Alice Roberts - thank you :)

I enjoy these programs so much I hope they continue until the end of my life.

Matthew and Alice make a super team presenting here

Have been working on a craft while the video is playing, so have been listening more than watching. What a pleasant surprise to look up & see Matt as one of the presenters. Especially after earlier seeing Jackie once again discussing bones. So great to see familiar faces from Time Team still able to share their passion with us through our TV screens.

I do not really know where to post. I worked for a company in the 90s on The Croft and leisure park Bromborough near Chester. I was only on this site as an engineer for a week. A year later I was working in Manchester and a shuttering joiner told me that when he was working on one of the corners of the building the excavation team for the foundations came across a mosaic floor surrounded by walls. He and another found vases with pictures on them which they took home for ornaments. I think it was Bovis at the time who were running the job. The agent at the time told the excavation team to bury the mosaic as quickly as they could as he did not want archeologist coming over and stopping the job. I cannot verify if this happened but I can verify the story was told to me. The lads at the time were told to keep quiet so that they would keep their jobs. I am glad that I have this out of my system.

Can't believe this is 10 years old already! I watched it at the time, love the combo of Alice and Matthew.

I love the format of seeing a dig, and then interviewing the archæologists who were on site. Fascinating episode!

It’s fantastic to see Jackie from time team here!

These documentaries are brilliant

love this! Want to add though, that it would be really useful to add in what episode and series it is/ what year this was recorded. :) as it's not too easy to look up and figure out.

Im no expert, but i put my money on the roman invasion being scary.

Another wonderful interesting video recap of digs around Britain. I'm glad these sites are about the south-west. Thank you Alice and Matt.

Using archeology as a way to help heal the military is an outstanding opportunity for the soldiers future and to use their skills in a resourceful environment

Love seeing Matt from Time Team. ❤

To me the great thing is in archaeology there are no losers everybody wins and these recovering military personnel are each winning big time.