Time Team

Season 12 Episode 12: Tower Blocks And Togas - South Shields, Tyneside

In South Shields, the Roman Fort at the end of Hadrian's Wall is a local landmark and the team embark on a quest to locate the site of a huge Roman military cemetery thought to be in the area. They search all nearby open spaces but come to the conclusion that the likeliest site of the cemetery is beneath a 1960s housing estate. A few tombstones and burials have been found in the past hundred years, but there must be a huge Roman military cemetery somewhere. Time Team use every spare piece of open space, have a look under the occasional pavement and enlist as much local help, young and old, as possible in their hunt for the site. It's three days of head-scratching mayhem before the answer emerges.

Genre:

Documentary, Mystery

Seasons:

21

Episodes:

246

Cast:

Gus Casely-Hayford, Natalie Haynes, Carenza Lewis

Quality:

HD

Duration:

50 min

First Air:

1994

Rating:

7.4