Time Team S05-E02 Greylake,.Somerset

In Iron Age times, the lowlands of Somerset were marshland, with occasional high ground supporting human habitation. Boats couldn't cross the expansive swamps so, ingeniously, wooden walkways stretching for hundreds of yards were built.

Time Team have just three days to find out if early, vague 1920s reports of excavations will re-reveal peat-preserved remains, (peat is one of the few mediums that, because of the water content keeps wood from rotting) of one of these walkways, now buried under drained agricultural fields. Tony Robinson and Phil Harding lead a small team, armed with the type of tools of the time, on a practical exercise to build an exact replica of the walkway.

Видео Time Team S05-E02 Greylake,.Somerset канала Reijer Zaaijer