Time Team S10E8 — Back to Our Roots - Athelney, Somerset

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Time Team•Season 10•Episode 8

Back to Our Roots - Athelney, Somerset

8.0/10 · 26 votesFeb 23, 200350 min

Ranked #6 of 13 in Season 10•+0.1 vs season avg

Time Team revisits Athelney Abbey, the hideaway of Alfred the Great, and also the very first site investigated by the team one hundred programs earlier. Ten years of technological advances in the meantime has significantly enhanced their geophysical survey methods and changes in heritage management

Previous episodeE7 · Death in a Crescent - Bath, Somerset Next episodeE9 · Looking for the White House - Kew Gardens, London

Seasons25

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Season 10 Episodes13

Garden Secrets - Raunds, Northamptonshire still

Garden Secrets - Raunds, Northamptonshire

Mosaics, Mosaics, Mosaics - Dinnington, Somerset still

Mosaics, Mosaics, Mosaics - Dinnington, Somerset

Peak District Practices - Carsington, Derbyshire still

Peak District Practices - Carsington, Derbyshire

The Giant's Grave - Fetlar, Shetland still

The Giant's Grave - Fetlar, Shetland

Joust Dig It - Greenwich, London still

Joust Dig It - Greenwich, London

Digging Liberty - Merton, London still

Digging Liberty - Merton, London

Death in a Crescent - Bath, Somerset still

Death in a Crescent - Bath, Somerset

Back to Our Roots - Athelney, Somerset still

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Back to Our Roots - Athelney, Somerset

Looking for the White House - Kew Gardens, London still

Looking for the White House - Kew Gardens, London

Rescuing the Dead - Leven, Fife still

Rescuing the Dead - Leven, Fife

Not a Blot on the Landscape - Castle Howard, Yorkshire still

Not a Blot on the Landscape - Castle Howard, Yorkshire

A View to a Kiln - Sedgefield, County Durham still

A View to a Kiln - Sedgefield, County Durham

Jailhouse Rocks - Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria still

Jailhouse Rocks - Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria

Cast8

Tony Robinson

Tony Robinson

Self - Presenter

Carenza Lewis

Carenza Lewis

Self - Field Archaeologist

Phil Harding

Phil Harding

Self - Field Archaeologist

John Gater

John Gater

Self - Geophysicist

Stewart Ainsworth

Stewart Ainsworth

Self - Landscape Investigator

Mick Aston

Mick Aston

Self - Landscape Archaeologist

Victor Ambrus

Victor Ambrus

Self - Historical Illustrator

Henry Chapman

Henry Chapman

Self - Surveyor

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Episode Summary

"Back to Our Roots - Athelney, Somerset" is episode 8 of Time Team season 10. It scored 8.0/10 from 26 votes, ranking #6 of 13 episodes this season (season average 7.9). It aired on February 23, 2003.

Next: E9 · Looking for the White House - Kew Gardens, London Best of Season 10