
Digging for Britain — Season 11

In northern Britain, archaeological discoveries have unearthed a remarkable array of relics: a Roman emperor's forgotten bathhouse, the submerged riches of medieval pilgrims, and a powerful fortress commanding a Scottish peak.

In the heart of England lies a landscape steeped in history: an RAF airbase built upon the foundations of a Roman settlement, a secluded medieval nunnery now lost to time, a gold pendant unearthed from a 7th-century burial, and a pub whose …

The western reaches of Britain hold a singular collection of ancient places: a rare medieval cemetery, the fading traces of a Mesolithic world, an enigmatic Iron Age burial site, and the crumbling remnants of a Gothic masterpiece.

This year has yielded some of the East of England's most compelling archaeological discoveries. Dr. Roberts details a Roman dodecahedron, new insights into the hill fort of Boudicca, and the perplexing fate of the fallen at Waterloo.

In the south of England, archaeological discoveries have yielded Britain's oldest shoe, alongside the forgotten shipyard of a renowned warrior king and evidence of Britain's most clandestine defenses during World War II.

Excavations in western Wales have unearthed a long-lost fortress perched precariously on a cliff's edge. The find offers compelling evidence for the existence of Cardiff's earliest dwelling, alongside a Roman mosaic discovery that has aston…


