Time Team

A peaceful waterside field beside the oldest bridge over the higher reaches of the River Thames in Oxfordshire poses the perfect setting for an assault. Their mission? To uncover what looks like the remains of a large medieval castle buried under the grass. Could this be all that remains of a long-lost fortress built during one of the bloodiest episodes of English history: The Anarchy of the 12th century?

Category

Documentary / History / Science

Original air date

2009-02-15