The Massive Roman Villa Hiding Under A Quiet Cambridgeshire Village | Time Team

Time Team explores Litlington, a quintessential English village in Cambridgeshire, believed to hide a large Roman villa, potentially one of the biggest in Britain. Unfortunately for the team, the last people to excavate the site were 19th century antiquarians, and all they left behind were some unreliable maps which the team have to decipher in order to pinpoint the villa's exact location. But with more digging and investigation, could they find the large Roman villa described in old texts and maybe even something better?
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Time team such a jem. Best part of lockdown was finding this show. Been obsessed ever since I’ll support any channel that spreads this

[@tonitemperance9960]

Ditto ❤

[@DT-ep3lz]

Tony is awesome, the perfect host.

[@glenbogger1873]

3 days is never enough in all episodes

[@Jadzla]

Yeah I’d love to see them see through the whole dig to the end

[@toriwilson6961]

Raksha and the tiny little boy were the cutest ever.

[@malahammer]

If I had a chunk of a Roman Villa under my garden, I would keep it fully exposed and protected.

[@Jadzla]

Sounds like an oxymoron, exposed and protected 😂. I do know what you mean, I’d put a glass around it so we could see it and protect it

[@malahammer]

@@Jadzla you're right it does :)

[@davidcroft9289]

Excellent point about data storage. Pencil on paper will far outlast any digital medium.

[@dougalbrown1964]

Are they not rather obvious cropmarks shown in the aerial view at 23.40?

[@deborahduthie4519]

I'm sure if it isn't a Bath House, it is quite possible that such a grand House would surely have a Sauna as well.

[@mikewaltering1240]

You guys should use lidar

[@beanzieobeanz2955]

they do now, this made 20+ years ago

[@KenZchameleon]

This is season 17, ep 11. October 2010

[@logan5824]

Gonna ck my yard in Iowa for some this stuff too

[@dcl505]

28:54 poor kids be like "what the f are they doing, absolute madness''

[@user-qs7gx7rp7m]

Please help . . . What becomes of sites after the Time-Machine leaves. Does serious archaeology continue 'off-screen' ?

[@fepeerreview3150]

I found a website called Wessex Archeology which has a more detailed report on Litlington. So I gather there was some follow up. Google "Litlington roman villa" and it should be among the top results.

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