Time Team S16E5 — Blood, Sweat and Beers - Rise Hill, Cumbria

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Time Team•Season 16•Episode 5

Blood, Sweat and Beers - Rise Hill, Cumbria

7.9/10 · 16 votesFeb 1, 200950 min

Ranked #7 of 13 in Season 16•+0.1 vs season avg

Time Team visits the Yorkshire Dales to investigate the Risehill camp settlement, inhabited by the Victorian railway navvies during the construction of the Settle-to-Carlisle railway. On a wind- and rain-swept Yorkshire moor – 'the most exposed site Time Team has ever dug on,' according to

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The Trouble with Temples - Friars Wash, Hertfordshire

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The Wedding Present - Scargill Castle, County Durham

Heroes’ Hill - Knockdhu, County Antrim still

Heroes’ Hill - Knockdhu, County Antrim

Toga Town - Caerwent, South Wales still

Toga Town - Caerwent, South Wales

Blood, Sweat and Beers - Rise Hill, Cumbria still

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Cast9

Tony Robinson

Tony Robinson

Self - Presenter

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

Helen Geake

Helen Geake

Self - Anglo-Saxon Specialist

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

"Blood, Sweat and Beers - Rise Hill, Cumbria" is episode 5 of Time Team season 16. It scored 7.9/10 from 16 votes, ranking #7 of 13 episodes this season (season average 7.8). It aired on February 1, 2009.

Next: E6 · Buried Bishops and Belfries - Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire Best of Season 16