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OVER THIS AUGUST

BAN K HOLI DAY WEEK ­
END, Time Team goes
live, broa dcasting an
archaeological dig 'as
it happens' and against
t he clock.

An enigmatic ruined
Norman church on a small mound in t he middle of Norfolk
farmland is the focus of t his year's live broadcasts. Aerial
photographs have revealed a large ditched enclosure around t he
site, and metal detectorists - working closely wit h th e local
archaeolog ical unit - have uneart hed a staggering amount of
finds, ranging chronologically from t he Bronze and Iron Ages to
Roman, Sa xon and medieval. The most unusual of these have been
large quantiti es of Saxon coins and high-st atus artefacts, and
because of t hese rare discoveries, this site has been described as
'horrifically signifi cant'.

No one is sure why such a church was built here. Once it would
almost certainly have been surrounded by sea. Did t he present one
replace an even older one? Who used it and where is the
graveyard? Local leg end has it t hat plague victi ms were buried
here. The enclosure and the finds suggest that t his place was once
very important - but why?

Bringing to bear all its many resources - geophysics, metal

detect ing, fieldwalking, landscape survey, rectified photography,
computer recon st ruction, excavation - Time Team has j ust three
days to discover what secrets lie beneath these peaceful fields.

Alongside the main action, there will also be a virt ual recreation of
a Saxon villa ge, inclu ding house building and explorat ions
of a variety of craft s su ch as clot h- making, metal-working
and cookery.

Presenter Tony Robinson and t he rest of the team - joined by our

very own Viking Sandi Toksvig and Hugh Fearnley-Whittin gstall ­
will broadcast live from t he site at least twice a day. And there will
be an hour-long round-up on Monday evening.

Yo u can plot the team's

pr og r ess over the
we eke n d using the
map, grid and tim eline
on the following pages.
And in between th e
broadcasts, you can
catch up w i t h t he
lat est news via th e
Channel 4 web site,
4-Tel and a dial-and­
listen telephone service .
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HOW TO USE THE MAP, GRID AND TIMELINE

With this map, grid and timel ine, you can take an active part in Time Team Live.

The map shows the area that wi ll be invest igated. It w ill give you some idea of the topographical
context of the Time Team's finds.

The grid - marked with 25 x 25 met re squares - is exactly the same as the one t hat will be used on
the programme during t he August Bank Holiday weekend. When you hear team members refer to
grid references for t he locati ons of fi nds, geophysics, t renches and so on, you w il l be able to plot
th em on your own grid. In additi on, you can:

• PLOT TH E FIRST FI D
• PLOT TH E FIRST SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF POTIERY OR COIN
• TRY TO PREDICT WHERETHE TRENCHES WILL BE DUG, BASED ON SURVEY AND GEOPHYSICS
• PLOT THE KEY FEATURES OF THE SITE AS THEY ARE REVEALED

Over the three days, you can gradually build up a pict ure of th e site that will give you a permanent
overview of the work being done t here - a useful tool that will help you keep track of progress as
the focus of the invest igat ion changes.
Using the timeline will give you a way of predicting the period(s) of the site. By plotting on it the
estimated dates of the various finds as th ey are discovered, you will create a chronological profile
and will be able to suggest when the site was in active use in the past.
 To obtain an application form to join the new Time Team Club, send a large SAE to:
Time Team Club, PO Box 4000, Cardiff CF5 2XT.

Published in 1998 by Channel 4 Television, 124 Horseferry Road. London SW1 P 2TX

Produced by Broadcasting Support Services t o accompany TIME TEAM LIVE

(a VideoText Communi cations /Picture House production for Ch annel 4), first shown on Channel 4 in August 1998.

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Ed itor: Paula Snyder Editorial consultan t: Nancy Duin
Design: Neil Dell/9th Planet Map: Nick Pearson Printer: ISP (Luton)
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