Time Team S12E9 — Lost Centuries Of St Osyth - St Osyth, Essex

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Time Team•Season 12•Episode 9

Lost Centuries Of St Osyth - St Osyth, Essex

8.1/10 · 28 votesFeb 27, 200550 min

Ranked #9 of 13 in Season 12•matches the season avg

7th century Vikings sailed up an Essex creek. Legends tells hold they captured a nun who was offered her modesty or her mortality, chose death. The nun carried her severed head up the hill to her church and collapsed. A spring bubbled up. The nun

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Seasons25

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Season 12 Episodes13

The Manor That's Back to Front - Chenies Manor House, Buckinghamshire still

The Manor That's Back to Front - Chenies Manor House, Buckinghamshire

The Monastery and the Mansion - Nether Poppleton, Yorkshire still

The Monastery and the Mansion - Nether Poppleton, Yorkshire

The Bombers in the Marsh - Warton near Preston, Lancashire still

The Bombers in the Marsh - Warton near Preston, Lancashire

Fighting On The Frontier - Drumlanrig, Dumfries and Galloway still

Fighting On The Frontier - Drumlanrig, Dumfries and Galloway

A Neolithic Cathedral? - Northborough, Peterborough still

A Neolithic Cathedral? - Northborough, Peterborough

In Search of Henry V's Flagship, Grace Dieu - Bursledon, Hampshire still

In Search of Henry V's Flagship, Grace Dieu - Bursledon, Hampshire

Going Upmarket With The Romans - Standish, Gloucestershire still

Going Upmarket With The Romans - Standish, Gloucestershire

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

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

Lost Centuries Of St Osyth - St Osyth, Essex still

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Lost Centuries Of St Osyth - St Osyth, Essex

The Puzzle Of Picket's Farm - South Perrott, Dorset still

The Puzzle Of Picket's Farm - South Perrott, Dorset

Norman Neighbours - Skipsea, East Yorkshire still

Norman Neighbours - Skipsea, East Yorkshire

Tower Blocks And Togas - South Shields, Tyneside still

Tower Blocks And Togas - South Shields, Tyneside

Animal Farm - Hanslope, Milton Keynes still

Animal Farm - Hanslope, Milton Keynes

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

"Lost Centuries Of St Osyth - St Osyth, Essex" is episode 9 of Time Team season 12. It scored 8.1/10 from 28 votes, ranking #9 of 13 episodes this season (season average 8.1). It aired on February 27, 2005.

Next: E10 · The Puzzle Of Picket's Farm - South Perrott, Dorset Best of Season 12