Time Team S11E7 — A Medieval Blast Furnace - The Old Furnace, Oakamoor, Staffordshire
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Time Team•Season 11•Episode 7

A Medieval Blast Furnace - The Old Furnace, Oakamoor, Staffordshire

8.0/10 · 28 votesFeb 15, 200450 min

Ranked #7 of 13 in Season 11•matches the season avg

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The team are revisiting the garden of Furnace Cottage in Churnet Valley, where the previous excavation of an Elizabethan blast furnace produced evidence of much earlier iron-making. Stewart surveys the landscape, to piece together a picture of water flow and other features essential to iron

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Saxon Burials on the Ridge - South Carlton, Lincolnshire

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The Roman Fort That Wasn't There - Syndale, Kent

An Iron-Age Trading Centre - Green Island, Dorset stillE6 7.9

An Iron-Age Trading Centre - Green Island, Dorset

A Medieval Blast Furnace - The Old Furnace, Oakamoor, Staffordshire stillE7 8.0Now viewing

A Medieval Blast Furnace - The Old Furnace, Oakamoor, Staffordshire

Rescuing a Mesolithic Foreshore - Goldcliff, Newport stillE8 7.8

Rescuing a Mesolithic Foreshore - Goldcliff, Newport

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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

Raksha Dave

Raksha Dave

Self - Field Archeologist

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Episode Summary

"A Medieval Blast Furnace - The Old Furnace, Oakamoor, Staffordshire" is episode 7 of Time Team season 11. It scored 8.0/10 from 28 votes, ranking #7 of 13 episodes this season (season average 8.0). It aired on February 15, 2004.

Next: E8 · Rescuing a Mesolithic Foreshore - Goldcliff, NewportBest of Season 11