"{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} here in the village of Castor {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} in Cambridgeshire... {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} and it's one of the most beautiful {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} medieval churches in England." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} And yet it's what's under this {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} church's graveyard because beneath my feet" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} could be the remains of a mysterious {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Roman building." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} But it's not just one {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Roman building by itself. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} archaeologists have found {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} impressive Roman structures." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} This could add up to be {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} something very special. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} if I can ever get down again." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Castor is 5 miles west {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} it was right next to the important {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} a major Roman road that's still {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} visible from the air today." "archaeologists - {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} and even gravediggers " "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} have been discovering nuggets of {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Castor's intriguing past." "you've been here before." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} You're an old friend of William {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} and his gravediggers." "I know William well." "why did you keep coming here? {\cHFFFFFF}a mass of Roman material would come {\cHFFFFFF}out so it was obviously of interest" "{\cHFFFFFF}and something that I ought to {\cHFFFFFF}be concerned about." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} This kind of stuff? {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} but even I can recognise distinctive {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} Roman material like this. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} a piece of pilae - {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} Romans' hypocaust bricks." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} What's the stuff you got here?" "{\cHFFFFFF}the gravediggers called me to say" "{\cHFFFFFF}they thought they'd gone through a {\cHFFFFFF}Roman building in digging the grave." "obviously I wanted to have a {\cHFFFFFF}look and they actually lowered me which was {\cHFFFFFF}pretty unnerving and peculiar. {\cHFFFFFF}it was obvious that they had in fact {\cHFFFFFF}got something like a Roman floor" "{\cHFFFFFF}and I can just make out this {\cHFFFFFF}sort of thin band of Roman cement" "{\cHFFFFFF}and I would dearly love to {\cHFFFFFF}know what this was part of." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Are you happy about us {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} digging in your graveyard?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} Absolutely." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} It doesn't seem quite right." "there are no bodies buried here." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} What this strip along here?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} Absolutely." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} geophys will still need to scan" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} this narrow strip of churchyard {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} before we open any trenches. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} as this is where an intriguing {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} 19th century antiquarian" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} said he found some Roman baths." "here we are." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} He was a man obsessed {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} with Castor's archaeology" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} and he's buried right here. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} who died the 24th December 18..." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} It's pretty eroded." "{\cHFFFFFF}47." "in the...59th year of his age." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Edmund Artis had a remarkable {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} mix of talents. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} he wangled himself a job {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} working for landed gentry {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} in the Castor area." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} He then found he had {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} a passion for archaeology" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} digging all over the area" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} and illustrating his efforts {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} with beautiful drawings. {\cHFFFFFF}Artis borrows labour from the estate" "{\cHFFFFFF}and uses it for his excavations {\cHFFFFFF}into archaeological science." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} And he's going to have the blessing {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} of the landowner because he works {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} there." "yes." "{\cHFFFFFF}That's right." "really." "yes. {\cHFFFFFF}where all the workmen clear off {\cHFFFFFF}because it's too cold" "{\cHFFFFFF}but leave Edmund Artis digging {\cHFFFFFF}away to his heart's content." "{\cHFFFFFF}actually." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Artis also surveyed the village {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} and published this map in 1828." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} It claims to show the location {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} of lots of Roman buildings" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} in and around the churchyard." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} can be a bit unreliable." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} So we're going to test just how {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} much of what Artis says is here" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} can actually be found on the ground." "{\cHFFFFFF}There's a lot of commonality between {\cHFFFFFF}what he mapped and what's still here." "guys?" "what Artis mapped" "{\cHFFFFFF}in the early 19th century {\cHFFFFFF}so we can get some idea {\cHFFFFFF}of idea of where these features were." "{\cHFFFFFF}There are enough common features {\cHFFFFFF}to be able to roughly" "{\cHFFFFFF}work out where his buildings were {\cHFFFFFF}and their orientation and so on." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Are these Roman buildings?" "yeah. which is where {\cHFFFFFF}various bits of what he found these bits in yellow." "it doesn't." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} it seems to be more... you match on one side {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} and the other side's out. it just doesn't match." "{\cHFFFFFF}And this is pretty critical to {\cHFFFFFF}sort out the orientation" "{\cHFFFFFF}and alignment of these walls to {\cHFFFFFF}understand what's here." "Stew?" "there's only one {\cHFFFFFF}way to really do that" "{\cHFFFFFF}and that's almost kind of throw {\cHFFFFFF}away some of this stuff." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} And draw a new map?" "create our own map." "haven't you?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Stewart and Henry are going to {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} make their own map of Castor" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} and mark on it the precise location {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} of all the known archaeology... {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} A job made easier by the massive {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} chunks of Roman wall" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} still visible in the lanes {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} around the churchyard." "{\cHFFFFFF}I can see another large chunk {\cHFFFFFF}out the corner of me eye." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} That's more like it. this... {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} 'But the mystery of what lies {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} beneath Castor can only be solved {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} by digging.'" "I don't know what you pressed." "ignoring some underwhelming {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} geophys...'" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} So what are these blobs along here?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} '.." "Mick decides it's still {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} worthwhile opening a trench close to {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} where Ben" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} 'was lowered into that grave." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} 'And under the watchful eye of Phil {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} and Raksha...'" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} A little bit of toil." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} '..our digger gets trench {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} number one underway.' what we're getting is lots {\cHFFFFFF}of reflections close to the surface." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} 'John's a bit confused. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} 'but we've barely scratched the {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} surface and we've got archaeology.'" "without a doubt." "but then... {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} Just forget that." "{\cHFFFFFF}I am forgetting it." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} This is reality." "This will tell us {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} whether there's anything there." "{\cHFFFFFF}Is that Roman? are turning up.'" "William said you get {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} tesserae in the graves here." "now what's that?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Finally John figures out {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} where his geophys has gone wrong." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} We've got the Roman filter on." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} yeah. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} 'he claimed to have found staggering {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} amounts of Roman archaeology.' {\cHFFFFFF}he refers to walls {\cHFFFFFF}standing at considerably height." "a {\cHFFFFFF}newspaper report from Edmund Artis... {\cHFFFFFF}7th December 1821." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} So that's the local paper?" "{\cHFFFFFF}That's the local paper. {\cHFFFFFF}"the walls of which {\cHFFFFFF}are beautifully painted" "{\cHFFFFFF}"and from 10 to 11 feet high"." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} Wow." "{\cHFFFFFF}"But the floors are all destroyed"." "isn't it?" "actually." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} Yeah." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} it's now raining cats and dogs" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} 'on our archaeologists {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} in trench one.'" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} Thank you so much. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} 'this trench is turning {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} into a gold mine.'" "Paul?" "{\cHFFFFFF}We're getting loads of finds {\cHFFFFFF}out already. {\cHFFFFFF}something like that." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} What about this chunky stuff here?" "{\cHFFFFFF}We've got Roman as well." "4th." "{\cHFFFFFF}A bit of mosaic tessera." "Cracking {\cHFFFFFF}selection of finds already." "Phil." "Tony." "we are beginning {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} to get Saxon pottery." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} These are the first levels that {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} we're actually coming down onto." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} They could include Saxon {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} buildings here." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} This is really rather {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} extraordinary for us." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} We always have a problem finding {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Saxon on Time Team." "but then to {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} find it on a site" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} where we're looking for Roman {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} is a little bit more difficult." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} What will we find next?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Probably snow." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Afternoon of day one {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} where we're looking for" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} what could be some {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} very intriguing Roman buildings." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Phil's put in a trench over there" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} on the far side of the graveyard" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} and has come up with {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} some Roman stuff." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} But now we've moved on {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} to the old rectory." "why are we here? {\cHFFFFFF}there were Roman buildings {\cHFFFFFF}under the rectory garden. {\cHFFFFFF}which confirmed bits of wall {\cHFFFFFF}through keyhole trenches." "{\cHFFFFFF}So we know there's stuff under here." "{\cHFFFFFF}these are only tiny little bits." "{\cHFFFFFF}or further that way {\cHFFFFFF}this is what he found down here." "{\cHFFFFFF}on the right?" "can't you?" "yeah." "{\cHFFFFFF}it's quite a long way down. {\cHFFFFFF}and we can add them to that map {\cHFFFFFF}that we're creating of the site" "{\cHFFFFFF}to find out if this is one building {\cHFFFFFF}or a series of buildings." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} So we're going to open {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} our second trench" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} here in the old rectory garden. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} we've decided to put a third trench {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} in this corner of the school field. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} have explored. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} because he drew the remains {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} of this impressive Roman bathhouse" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} he reckoned he'd found here." "{\cHFFFFFF}One thing about excavating here is {\cHFFFFFF}we know exactly where we are." "{\cHFFFFFF}But it's never actually been {\cHFFFFFF}excavated at all in that direction." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} Right." "{\cHFFFFFF}So we might get any Roman remains. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} I'm getting a feeling that there's {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} something special about Castor." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Goodies for archaeologists {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} seem almost guaranteed here." "isn't it?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} And all from Peterborough Museum {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} and all found at Castor." "yeah." "{\cHFFFFFF}All from the Castor area." "{\cHFFFFFF}What's particularly interesting {\cHFFFFFF}is the collection of pottery here. {\cHFFFFFF}or dogs chasing... the hare." "sinuous hare?" "yes?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} But it's finds like {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} this painted wall plaster" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} that may be the key {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} to unlocking the secrets of Castor." "look... {\cHFFFFFF}Which appears to have some sort of {\cHFFFFFF}image of foliage on it." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} Hmm." "{\cHFFFFFF}With perhaps leaves being painted." "really opulent building." "yeah." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Artis marks lots of structures {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} to the north of the church." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Could this be a complex of {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} swanky Roman buildings?" "our trench in the old rectory {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} garden could be right on top of one. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} {\cH00FFFF} it's the north graveyard {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} so Jimmy's now geophys-ing here... {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} he's latched onto something." "you've turned up {\cHFFFFFF}just at the right time." "{\cHFFFFFF}Look at this." "{\cHFFFFFF}We've got {\cHFFFFFF}a really strong reflector here" "{\cHFFFFFF}and it's at least {\cHFFFFFF}five metres across." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} That's nothing like {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} anything else in the churchyard. {\cHFFFFFF}but they've looked like" "{\cHFFFFFF}or a slab-lined grave. {\cHFFFFFF}just beyond where this mess is." "this is where {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} the one building was meant to be {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} where they got this early mosaic." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} It's possible Jimmy's detected {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} this striking Roman mosaic floor" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} that Artis drew {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} in his book of illustrations. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} it makes sense that geophys {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} are getting a strong signal here." "isn't it?" "{\cHFFFFFF}Yeah." "It's been a bit of a challenge." "I'll leave you to it." "{\cHFFFFFF}Thanks. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} there's already {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} good Roman evidence turning up." "{\cHFFFFFF}you've got Roman tile." "{\cHFFFFFF}You've got a tiny bit {\cHFFFFFF}of vessel glass." "{\cHFFFFFF}I don't know where it's come from." "yeah?" "as far as I can tell." "{\cHFFFFFF}And there's a couple of Roman coins" "{\cHFFFFFF}which is late third century {\cHFFFFFF}or thereabouts." "{\cHFFFFFF}Most of the pottery is kind of {\cHFFFFFF}late-third to fourth century " "{\cHFFFFFF}any time within that span." "{\cHFFFFFF}It looks like a primary deposit " "{\cHFFFFFF}sort of thing." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} It may not have travelled far {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} but I've got an inkling" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} that we might be looking at {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} backfill here." "really?" "{\cHFFFF00} Yeah." "thick deposit." "I think we may be looking at {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} where Artis dug one of his holes." "{\cHFFFFFF}Really?" "{\cHFFFF00} Hmm." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} So Matt could be onto {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} a posh Artis building." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} it's chucking it down. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} searching for the Roman baths." "is that just a pipe you've {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} got in your trench or is it a wall?" "Tony." "this trench is turning into {\cHFFFFFF}a bit of a nightmare at the moment." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Why's that? this stretch here... {\cHFFFFFF}Everywhere else {\cHFFFFFF}Artis has just dug into it." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} It doesn't look like {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} I expected it to look." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} I thought it would be more {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} full of walls than it is." "{\cHFFFFFF}That's what I was hoping for as well." "{\cHFFFFFF}It doesn't." "No sign of walls as yet." "what is it?" "{\cHFFFFFF}It looks like demolition material." "{\cHFFFFFF}It may be that this is {\cHFFFFFF}over the top of something." "{\cHFFFFFF}It certainly has {\cHFFFFFF}painted wall plaster in it." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} then we know it's Roman? obviously." "{\cHFFFFFF}Lots of box flue tiles coming up. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} none of that nasty {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Anglo-Saxon stuff." "Tony." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Not as much as {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} the Venerable Bede here." "{\cHFFFFFF}(LAUGHS)" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} End of day one... {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} something's going on {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} behind the church." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} There must have been something here {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} for them to rob and raid to use it." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} What are you guys doing here?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} All the excitement's on the far side {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} and you're round the back." "{\cHFFFFFF}But we've been looking at all the {\cHFFFFFF}Roman stuff built into the church. {\cHFFFFFF}and the idea that it comes from {\cHFFFFFF}a huge Roman building" "{\cHFFFFFF}that's somewhere round near {\cHFFFFFF}the back of the church." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Artis had a theory" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} that all the Roman buildings {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} to the north of the church" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} were one giant structure." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} And Stephen thinks this {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} is how it might have looked." "Tony." "is 110 metres." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} Crikey." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} If it's that big it would {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} absolutely dwarf the church." "it would be two or three times {\cHFFFFFF}bigger than the church." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} So what could something that size {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} actually be?" "{\cHFFFFFF}he called it a praetorium." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} What's a praetorium? {\cHFFFFFF}he was used to digging {\cHFFFFFF}villas of fairly modest size" "{\cHFFFFFF}and this was the biggest thing {\cHFFFFFF}that he ever saw and ever dug implying its size." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} What does it mean?" "{\cHFFFFFF}It probably means a headquarters {\cHFFFFFF}for some state or military function." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Have you geophys-ed this area yet?" "Jimmy's done {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} over half of the graveyard" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} it's been an absolute nightmare {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} with all the graves." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} It's been one of the most difficult {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} surveys he's done." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} The problem I've got is" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} what we're not seeing {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} in these results" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} foundations or rooms." "in Phil's trench." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} If modern technology {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} doesn't see the archaeology {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} that you think may be there {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} the one thing to do is {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} to put a trench in and have a look." "yeah." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Can we dig the churchyard?" "{\cHFFFFFF}We can dig in this churchyard." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Yay!" "{\cHFFFFFF}We've got one day - {\cHFFFFFF}the diocese has given permission." "{\cHFFFFFF}we need to grab the chance." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} So we've got one day only?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} One day only." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} 'So we've got just a single day" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} 'to find this mysterious {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Roman praetorium" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} 'and not much evidence to go on." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} 'We're going to need {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} some luck tomorrow.' {\cHFFFFFF}and today we're faced {\cHFFFFFF}with a big challenge." "which" "{\cHFFFFFF}is a massive Roman building thought {\cHFFFFFF}to lie somewhere in this graveyard. {\cHFFFFFF}and hopefully our osteoarchaeologist {\cHFFFFFF}Jackie's going to be able to" "{\cHFFFFFF}is that nowadays a lot of people" "{\cHFFFFFF}feel far more sensitive about the {\cHFFFFFF}issue of human bones than at almost how will {\cHFFFFFF}we respond to those sensitivities?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} is that there's {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} we have to do everything by hand." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} everything we can see is either" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} late 18th or 19th century." "{\cHFFFFFF}So presumably there's going to {\cHFFFFFF}be bones under bones under bones." "and a lot of {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} unmarked graves." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} And there will be an awful lot {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} of material {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} people will have dug unmarked graves {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} and bones will have been disturbed." "{\cHFFFFFF}Disarticulated! {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} and that's one thing {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} we must make sure happens here " "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} everything we dig out {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} goes back in the ground." "{\cHFFFFFF}Our efforts will be concentrated {\cHFFFFFF}north of the church because that's" "{\cHFFFFFF}where antiquarian Edmund Artis marked {\cHFFFFFF}a series of mysterious structures." "then we could be" "{\cHFFFFFF}a very special Roman building." "Ben." "{\cHFFFFFF}What do you think" "{\cHFFFFFF}our overall strategy should be? {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} but I'm not so confident about this {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} sort of floating building here." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Is it attached to the other {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} buildings around it?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} What alignment is it on?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} We need a trench there to tie it to {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} the other buildings{\cH00FFFF} and sort out the {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} alignment." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Then I think we need to do {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} something similar in" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} the west part of the churchyard {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} just here." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Now a few years ago... {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} That's where you can {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} see that wall in the path?" "a few years ago I cleaned up {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} a bit of wall there and there's" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} definitely something there but I {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} didn't get much of a look at it." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Is that a big building {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} range as Artis depicts it?" "{\cHFFFFFF}So Phil's on the move. {\cHFFFFFF}to help Jackie dig a new trench in {\cHFFFFFF}the graveyard. {\cHFFFFFF}in the area that Ben's interested in." "might the Roman's {\cHFFFFFF}have chosen this corner of Britain" "{\cHFFFFFF}to build a Praetorium?" "it seems to have been in use {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} what else was going on {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} around here at that time?" "it's a very important {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} place in Roman Britain." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} Is it?" "definitely. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} but the significance of {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} Durobrivae is it has 400 acres {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} of suburbs with it. {\cHFFFFFF}an area the size of Roman London." "aren't we?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} That very important north/south {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} roadway that's become the A1." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} It's along that route that some {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} significant characters {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} and Hadrian's particularly {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} important because of the Fenland." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Hadrian was very keen on draining {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} places and we think that he actually {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} or at least works to make it {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} economically productive." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} So he might have actually come here?" "absolutely." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} This is not somewhere {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} insignificant or tucked away." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} This is somewhere at {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} the hub of Roman Britain." "Castor {\cHFFFFFF}was perfectly placed with Durobrivae" "{\cHFFFFFF}on one side and the imperial {\cHFFFFFF}Fenland estates on the other." "{\cHFFFFFF}It may have become the centre {\cHFFFFFF}of an economic boom area" "{\cHFFFFFF}and that could be the reason {\cHFFFFFF}why a Praetorium was built here. {\cHFFFFFF}but quite honestly I still {\cHFFFFFF}have no idea what it means." "we're {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} lumbered by what Artis or how Artis {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} as comparatively small structures." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} But look at the size {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} of that structure which is much bigger." "{\cHFFFFFF}So is he just using it {\cHFFFFFF}to mean a big building?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} he's simply saying this is {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} but it's clearly significant and" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} probably more significant {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} than the surrounding villas." "{\cHFFFFFF}But there are things called {\cHFFFFFF}Praetoria around the Roman Empire?" "they are normally associated {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} with" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} the residences of state officials {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} or even military officials." "have we?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} We reluctantly have to admit that's {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} the case." "We know we've got we know it's {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} surrounded by other Roman buildings" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} we're still struggling to put it a framework - {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} what did it do?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} still looking for clues." "down in the school {\cHFFFFFF}field... {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} What measurement do we have?" "{\cHFFFFFF}.." "Stewart has mysteriously {\cHFFFFFF}changed into period costume." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} 6 metres 60." "you look magnificent." "{\cHFFFFFF}the Colin Firth of Time Team." "{\cHFFFFFF}What exactly is it that you're doing?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} What we're trying to do is get {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} back into the mindset of Artis" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} when he mapped this site {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} in the early 19th century." "{\cHFFFFFF}So you are our Artis?" "and what I'm {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} going to do is to get myself back" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} into his mindset and the problems he {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} would have had linking all together" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} all these bits of Roman finds {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} and trenches into an existing map. probably his magnifying" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} and various bits of that sort of" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} surveying equipment to see how easy or what problems {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} he would have encountered doing it." "hang on a minute." "{\cHFFFFFF}your long suffering servant." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} Sir." "{\cHFFFFFF}what are you going to be?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} All the measuring was done {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} with these chains." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} We'd use these to measure across {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} the field and there was lots {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} so basically doing whatever {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} Stewart tells me to do." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} that is the term for his role." "{\cHFFFFFF}He's going to swan around and {\cHFFFFFF}you're doing all the hard work." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} I'll be legging it around {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} the fields." "{\cHFFFFFF}As Stewart and Matt go {\cHFFFFFF}to work antiquarian style... please." "how's it going?" "{\cHFFFFFF}.." "Phil and Jackie are searching for {\cHFFFFFF}a structure with a mosaic floor" "{\cHFFFFFF}that Artis claimed was {\cHFFFFFF}under the graveyard." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} We do actually have {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} a piece of the floor itself." "you can see {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} that that is actually made of {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} that's the surface that {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} they would have walked on." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} Looks a nice piece." "because we've got... {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Is this plaster?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} Wall plaster." "look. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} without disturbing the graves. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} that'll be a great relief {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} to all of us. {\cHFFFFFF}it's not going to be easy finding {\cHFFFFFF}any evidence for our Praetorium. we may be on to something." "Tim? {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} but it's very pebbly and not very {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} good." "{\cHFFFFFF}But you've got archaeology." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} definitely archaeology. {\cHFFFFFF}and my only explanation for that {\cHFFFFFF}can be is that this is" "{\cHFFFFFF}where Artis shoved his trench." "{\cHFFFFFF}And he basically took {\cHFFFFFF}everything away with him." "{\cHFFFFFF}Therefore that's why we've got {\cHFFFFFF}this line along here which I think" "{\cHFFFFFF}is a rubbed out wall." "{\cHFFFFFF}I need to find the depth for this {\cHFFFFFF}cos I'm hoping that he may have left" "{\cHFFFFFF}something at the bottom {\cHFFFFFF}like a hypocaust system or something." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} That would be good." "{\cHFFFFFF}I think there's a fair {\cHFFFFFF}bit more to do. {\cHFFFFFF}but there's still no sign of these {\cHFFFFFF}massive walls we're hoping for." "{\cHFFFFFF}Everywhere on this site {\cHFFFFFF}we seem to be following in" "{\cHFFFFFF}some of us quite literally." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} I need some measurements {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} from this line now" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} so I can put them on the drawing." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} I beg your pardon." "Matthew." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} I think the peg's come out." "Matthew?" "won't happen again." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} That's your wages docked." "Mr Ainsworth." "Matthew." "Mr Ainsworth." "{\cHFFFFFF}we're working in an area" "{\cHFFFFFF}where Artis drew this illustration {\cHFFFFFF}of his Roman bath house excavation." "Tracey?" "we're getting there." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} You've got walls showing now {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} which you didn't have before." "we've got {\cHFFFFFF}herringbone wall there" "{\cHFFFFFF}forming one side and another one on {\cHFFFFFF}this side and it's forming a channel" "{\cHFFFFFF}running up here to the remnants obviously." "doesn't it?" "{\cHFFFFFF}It does." "does it?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} There's a lot more {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} stonework and stuff there." "{\cHFFFFFF}I think the problem is we don't know" "{\cHFFFFFF}how long this was open after Artis {\cHFFFFFF}excavated it out." "basically." "yeah." "yeah." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} It probably didn't look like that {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} when Artis discovered it anyway." "for example." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} All the Pillae again {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} were this uniform height." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} I think he got large chunks {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} of this and has just" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} helped us to sort of visualise the {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} whole." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} I think it there's a slight amount {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} of embellishment going on here." "{\cHFFFFFF}but we don't yet know" "{\cHFFFFFF}the relationship between it {\cHFFFFFF}and what's up behind the church." "{\cHFFFFFF}Phil and Jackie are digging {\cHFFFFFF}carefully around lots of human bones." "{\cHFFFFFF}They've now only a few hours left" "{\cHFFFFFF}to get down to the floor of a {\cHFFFFFF}potentially massive Roman structure." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} We're definitely on {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} the site of a building but" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} of course what we're encountering as {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} we go down is lots of human remains." "{\cHFFFFFF}Are these individual {\cHFFFFFF}burials or are they" "{\cHFFFFFF}lots of bones on top of each other?" "turning up" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} but the difference here is you" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} can see we've got about five skulls {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} all dumped in together in one place. chucked these in {\cHFFFFFF}so that more people can be buried?" "basically it looks {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} like a charnel pit." "{\cHFFFFFF}But we do have a problem that we've {\cHFFFFFF}got lots of bones" "{\cHFFFFFF}but no structures whatsoever? {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} otherwise we wouldn't have {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} this sort of material." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} What we've got to hope is that {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} they didn't destroy all and" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} that they've left some of it for us." "{\cHFFFFFF}And that means digging deeper." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} That means digging deeper." "{\cHFFFFFF}Thankfully Raksha's trench at the {\cHFFFFFF}western end of the graveyard" "{\cHFFFFFF}looks to have got something more {\cHFFFFFF}substantial." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Hello.{\cH00FF00} How's it going?" "actually." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Put this trench in here {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} to find what we thought" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} was a wall coming through there." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} And lo and behold we have a huge {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} wall." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} That was actually poking out of {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} the ground before you started." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} We knew that was there but I didn't {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} realise how massive it actually is. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} and then where John is {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} so they should actually come out {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} and converge around about here." "this is the first time {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} we have seen anything like" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} the kind of monumental walls {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} that Edmund Artis saw." "this is the only trench {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} where we actually have huge walls." "hm." "{\cHFFFFFF}And it's our failure" "{\cHFFFFFF}that's becoming a major concern. {\cHFFFFFF}we haven't actually found much yet." "this is {\cHFFFFFF}a turn up for the books." "{\cHFFFFFF}We usually put you through about 24 {\cHFFFFFF}hours of hell in these re-enactments" "{\cHFFFFFF}but it's only been three and {\cHFFFFFF}you're practically finished. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} it really didn't {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} take very long at all." "{\cHFFFFFF}And what have you found out? {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} and got some bits of wall line {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} exposed where the roads cut through." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} What we've found out is that we {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} haven't got very many walls at all." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} And if you look at what we {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} actually know about this site from {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} these are the only bits in black {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} where bits of wall have been found." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} So how do you join {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} all of those together?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} It's actually extremely difficult." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} We're having to rely an awful lot" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} on what Artis put on his plans {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} and what he drew." "{\cHFFFFFF}I imagine that very soon {\cHFFFFFF}we would be able to paint this {\cHFFFFFF}beginning to disappear." "on our {\cHFFFFFF}Praetorium diagram" "{\cHFFFFFF}we're only certain of the black {\cHFFFFFF}bits." "{\cHFFFFFF}All the other colours depend on {\cHFFFFFF}our antiquarian's observations." "how reliable {\cHFFFFFF}do we{\cHFFFF00} now{\cHFFFFFF} think he is?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} One very interesting thing {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} to point out here with this it's completely which" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} raises a doubt about the orientation {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} of some of this theoretical stuff." "{\cHFFFFFF}Have these lines been looked at?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} John and his team have done {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} some Geophys and radar" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} in all this area in here and {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} there's no other" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} additional big wall lines to add {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} to that. {\cHFFFFFF}it's not always what {\cHFFFFFF}it's cracked up to be. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} I will defend him to the hilt. backed {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} up by beautiful general views and {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} especially as these red {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} Artis walls have often been" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} confirmed by more modern excavation." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} These are OK." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} having mapped the village and" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} he's come up with similar answers {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} in where he's positioned them." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} He's a good surveyor. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} we've got his plan and we're {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} beginning to find the walls. {\cHFFFFFF}but there's still a lot of other {\cHFFFFFF}colours here." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} I saw a wall fragment here as well {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} and it was only part of a wall" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} but it was a whacking great wall" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} and the Romans didn't build bits of {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} whacking great walls for no reason." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} This substantial wall must be {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} part of the bigger building." "which should be we've got that." "{\cHFFFFFF}And we've got just one day left." "guys. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} and we've just {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} had some fantastic news." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} The diocese have given us permission {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} to dig in the graveyard down there" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} for one final day. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} is a huge question." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} So we're spreading our bets today." "where {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} we're looking for what could be the" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} we now have two trenches." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} But our main hopes lie with {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} these trenches in the graveyard." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Raksha's at the western edge {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} and Phil's just north of the church." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Beneath these bones we're trying marked {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} as F on the plan that Artis drew." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} It's here that he said he found {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} a brightly coloured mosaic floor." "you know how I said" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} I was getting a lot more building {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} material and big blocks of tesserae? {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} and look what it's coming down onto." "good lord." "that looks like a floor." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} and this is an in situ burial." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} by the look of it." "that is good stuff {\cHFFFFFF}and I'll tell you what... {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Blimey." "We could be just inches away" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} from finally getting {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} evidence of a big Roman structure it's slap bang in {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} the middle of our praetorium plan." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Faye's getting really stuck in" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} and the sweat and graft {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} is starting to pay off." "this looks {\cHFFFFFF}a bit different to yesterday." "{\cHFFFFFF}You're well down." "but fantastically we've got {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} a huge great big section of wall." "isn't it?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} Without a shadow of a doubt." "{\cHFFFFFF}And we were worried yesterday about {\cHFFFFFF}the relative heights of all this." "{\cHFFFFFF}There's a surface {\cHFFFFFF}very much higher than the Roman wall." "which is basically this" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} line down in this section here." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} I actually think that level {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} there is where he was standing." "{\cHFFFFFF}Really?" "which is why it's so compact." "come on." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} You're so demanding!" "I haven't {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} got any footprints in there." "isn't it?" "{\cHFFFFFF}We can see where Artis was digging" "{\cHFFFFFF}for the first time and try and {\cHFFFFFF}understand how he unpicked the site basically." "So this {\cHFFFFFF}is actually a fascinating trench." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} And it's also a very {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} significant chunk of walling" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} on the eastern side of what we think {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} is one single enormous building. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} is a really good sign." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Maybe we can rely on our {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} antiquarian after all." "there's breaking news {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} from the graveyard." "trying haven't we?" "{\cHFFFFFF}We have got Artis's floor." "if you look down between that" "{\cHFFFFFF}pair of legs you can see a {\cHFFFFFF}mosaic floor actually in situ." "William. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} he might be right {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} about the praetorium." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Yesterday I think you were a little {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} bit disappointed with the attitude" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} of some of our archaeologists who {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} were slightly rubbishing the idea." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} Praetorium means a lot to a parson." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} I've got my Greek New Testament {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} here." "The word is used." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Show me." "to the praetorium." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} In Artis's day he would have {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} heard the word praetorium" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} when he went to church because {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} that was the word used to describe" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} where Jesus was arraigned {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} in front of Pontius Pilate." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} So he was tried in the praetorium." "{\cHFFFFFF}I was going to say this is so {\cHFFFFFF}important to what we're trying to do." "{\cHFFFFFF}We've now got the floor." "{\cHFFFFFF}You can actually begin to see some {\cHFFFFFF}sort of an alignment on the tesserae." "{\cHFFFFFF}We might be able to say exactly what {\cHFFFFFF}the alignment of that building was." "William?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} which he insisted was a praetorium." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} palatial type of building." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Finally our efforts in the {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} graveyard are being rewarded." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} If you take off {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} the more conjectural parts... {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} And the work of mapping our site {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} is nearly done too." "hasn't it?" "{\cHFFFFFF}I can see here you've had a new {\cHFFFFFF}dimension." "What are you trying to do?" "what I thought... {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Henry's 3D map of our praetorium but there's one {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} feature that stands out." "aren't we?" "{\cHFFFFFF}The buildings and structures {\cHFFFFFF}are on the skyline up there" "{\cHFFFFFF}and the bath house is down on the {\cHFFFFFF}lower slopes towards the river below." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} That's it. {\cHFFFFFF}whether it be one big structure" "{\cHFFFFFF}it's actually on the skyline." "wouldn't it?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} Whatever's up there would {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} be really visually stunning. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Raksha's found something stunning {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} as well." "this is awesome." "this is fantastic." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} It looks a lot different {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} than it did yesterday." "{\cHFFFFFF}It's a lot different." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Raksha's revealed a huge section {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} of wall and a step foundation." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} The classic herringbone style {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} shows that this is definitely Roman." "{\cHFFFFFF}People were a bit {\cHFFFFFF}sceptical yesterday." "{\cHFFFFFF}I talked about finding this" "{\cHFFFFFF}big herringbone wall and I suspect {\cHFFFFFF}that people didn't quite believe me." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} We did kind of think that you were {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} going slightly crazy yesterday! here it is." "there's this {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} huge wall coming through." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} We have this step foundation." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} What does this tell us about the {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} significance of the whole building?" "this looks remarkably similar" "{\cHFFFFFF}to what was found on the other {\cHFFFFFF}side of the church in the '50s." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} I've seen photographs of that." "{\cHFFFFFF}It's on a similar line and he {\cHFFFFFF}found step foundations like this." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} This is a photo of those step {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} foundations excavated at Castor" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} in the 1950s. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} but they're virtually identical {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} to those found by Raksha." "{\cHFFFFFF}I think we're looking at {\cHFFFFFF}something that was constructed basically." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} one large building rather than {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} several separate buildings." "{\cHFFFFFF}Same construction techniques {\cHFFFFFF}on a similar sort of line." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} Matching dimensions." "both of {\cHFFFFFF}that's pretty exciting stuff." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} To think we've been walking {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} across the floor of a Roman building 000 years is just astonishing." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} And as the last few hours the {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} news just gets better and better." "Faye?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Basically we have a Roman building {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} and actually down there we've got" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} a room with what looks {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} like a hypocaust system." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} So is this stuff that Artis {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} found that we've confirmed? {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} but the location of the walls {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} and the size of the walls aren't {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} entirely right." "in fact?" "it is." "And what's also new {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} is we've got that higher level {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} up there." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} We've actually got {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} a two level building. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} fill it in or cover it up and {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} then build something on top?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Or they had stairs that {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} took you up to another room." "right." "because the Romans" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} had to factor in the slope of a hill" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} here in the old rectory garden and {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} on the western side of the church." "our excavation of the" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Roman baths is coming to an end and {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} the finds are telling a good story." "got {\cHFFFFFF}a selection of finds here." "this ones from Tracey's trench {\cHFFFFFF}right down the south end of the site" "{\cHFFFFFF}and this is some of the stuff that's {\cHFFFFFF}been coming out of Faye's trench {\cHFFFFFF}at the north end of the site." "I'm afraid to me looks like" "{\cHFFFFFF}generic-issue Roman potteries." "{\cHFFFFFF}I think Steve's probably better... let's turn to our real expert." "actually." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} That's a terrible thing to say." "actually. like this large relatively local beakers." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} And it makes a real contrast {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} where you've got essentially a {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} 3rd and 4th century assemblage." "which means the baths" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} at the south end of the site" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} were almost certainly built at an {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} earlier date than the big building where Phil's {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} now finished in the graveyard." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} You gotta be pleased {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} with that mosaic. {\cHFFFFFF}but I think I'm more pleased {\cHFFFFFF}about the probable wall." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} What wall?" "We haven't got a wall. {\cHFFFFFF}but if you see those disarticulated" "{\cHFFFFFF}well when I actually got down to" "{\cHFFFFFF}"I wonder if it could be a wall?" "{\cHFFFFFF}I'll get Henry to plot out" "{\cHFFFFFF}"the position of Artis's building {\cHFFFFFF}on the ground from the mapping. {\cHFFFFFF}see our red pegs over there?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Here?" "that's one corner there {\cHFFFFFF}and then you see those red pegs the {\cHFFFFFF}two gravestones over there?" "all the way over here?" "{\cHFFFFFF}Right... {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} And all this is one building? {\cHFFFFFF}it puts the wall line {\cHFFFFFF}straight through here." "the alignment of" "{\cHFFFFFF}the tesserae is just slightly skewed {\cHFFFFFF}round to the alignment of the church exactly the same. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} we know that there was a massive so it looks as {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} though Artis was right after all." "yeah. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} just what have we learned?" "how do you think the {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} praetorium theory is holding up now?" "{\cHFFFFFF}villa's are surrounded by farming {\cHFFFFFF}there's nothing like that here." "grand building." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} What do we think {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} this building was for?" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} let's just return to Edmund Artis. perhaps" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} having official links with the state {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} and that's exactly what it is." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} How do you feel about Artis now?" "yeah that's... we found them are gorgeous... {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} they're pretty as well {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} as being informative." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} Everybody likes something to be {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} pretty as well as functional." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FF00} Like my hat." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} The massive Roman wall that Raksha {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} found at the western end of the {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} possibly three storeys high. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} this is the largest Roman building {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} Time Team has ever excavated." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} It would've had a vast red tiled {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} roof and bright whitewashed walls... {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} A truly astonishing structure." "I can't remember {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} another dig quite like this one. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} hasn't it?" "Absolutely fantastic." "I don't think any of {\cHFFFFFF}{\cH00FFFF} us could've dreamt of what we got." "to find this mosaic" "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} here underneath these bodies. {\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} the praetorium exists in my view." "wonderful." "{\cHFFFFFF}{\cHFFFF00} Absolutely." "{\cHFFFFFF}Subtitles by {\cHFFFFFF}Red Bee Media Ltd"