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8 Episodes 2004 - 2004
Episode 1
48 mins
The team travel to the river Wye to investigate a strange formation that only appears at low tide. Conditions are a terrible combination of sucking mud and extreme tides. The team's goal is to confirm the formation they can see is part of a bridge built by the Romans during their invasion of Cornwall.
Episode 2
48 mins
The team travel to the Shetland Islands to visit a remote outcrop, known as the Kame of Isbister, that has a series of enigmatic structures. They are the first archaeological team ever to investigate the crumbling headland, and with the fast rate of erosion, possibly the last. They hope to prove the settlement was either a Monastic retreat or a leper colony. What they discover surprises everyone as they fight appalling weather and a crippling time frame.
Episode 3
48 mins
The team travel to Culzean Castle in Scotland. Built on a headland, the castle stands over a series of caves whose occupation and use remains unclear. The team discover human remains, and the old legends of cannibals inhabiting the caves resurface. Undaunted, the team continue their work; eventually unraveling the story of the remains, and the source of much of the human activity evident in the caves.
Episode 4
48 mins
The team travel to Parys Mountain on the island of Anglesey. There they will investigate if a connection between two bronze aged copper mines can be found. Their efforts will be complicated by the crumbling nature of the workings. Only recently pumped dry the expectation is the whole Bronze Age mine operation will collapse in on itself in a matter of months. This is the ultimate one shot expedition. Whatever the team find and recover may ultimately be the only evidence ever retrieved from this important site.
Episode 5
48 mins
Tintagel, a rocky outcrop on the Cornish coast, has long been associated with the legends of King Arthur. The team needs to negotiate the rocky cliff faces to discover the truth about the site. Can they find evidence of inhabitation between the occupation of the Romans, and the medieval conquest by the English?
Episode 6
48 mins
In south west Wales, the chance discovery of ancient coffins weathering out of a cliff face entice the team to examine who the graves belong to, and how many people are actually buried in the area. As evidence is uncovered, many of the team go through strange emotions as the truth about the site is revealed.
Episode 7
48 mins
The team returns to the Shetland Islands, this time to investigate an iron age fortress known as Burgi Geos. Just getting the site proves a nightmare as the crew crosses some of the deepest peat bogs in Europe to reach the remote site. As the team begins investigations it becomes more apparent that the site was far more than a simple fort. But why was there a community to protect in the first place
Episode 8
48 mins
The team investigates a cave system recently discovered under the Forest of Dean on the border of England and South Wales. They are looking for ways to identify and date a series of bones possibly dating to the last ice age found over the last 13 years. Conditions are arduous and the expedition soon takes a heavy toll on a number of team members