Time Team S12E8 — Picts And Hermits: Cave Dwellers Of Fife - Wemyss, Fife

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Time Team•Season 12•Episode 8

Picts And Hermits: Cave Dwellers Of Fife - Wemyss, Fife

8.2/10 · 24 votesFeb 20, 200550 min

Ranked #7 of 13 in Season 12•+0.1 vs season avg

Wemyss Caves, on the shore of the Firth of Forth, have been a famous landmark for centuries. Legend has it that they were occupied by the mysterious Pictish people who scared the Romans into building Hadrian's Wall; that subsequently they were home to medieval Christian

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Picts And Hermits: Cave Dwellers Of Fife - Wemyss, Fife

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Cast10

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

Francis Pryor

Francis Pryor

Self - Bronze Age Specialist

Henry Chapman

Henry Chapman

Self - Surveyor

Raksha Dave

Raksha Dave

Self - Field Archeologist

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Episode Summary

"Picts And Hermits: Cave Dwellers Of Fife - Wemyss, Fife" is episode 8 of Time Team season 12. It scored 8.2/10 from 24 votes, ranking #7 of 13 episodes this season (season average 8.1). It aired on February 20, 2005.

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