Time Team S7E5 — Hadrian's Wall - Birdoswald, Cumbria

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Time Team•Season 7•Episode 5

Hadrian's Wall - Birdoswald, Cumbria

8.0/10 · 30 votesJan 30, 200050 min

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

The team carry out the first-ever excavation of a cemetery at a Roman fort. This one is a World Heritage Site on Hadrian's Wall, delineating Roman Britain's northern boundary. Dead soldiers would have been cremated, and Jackie makes an experimental funeral pyre with cuts of

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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

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Self - Historical Illustrator

Robin Bush

Robin Bush

Self - Historian

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Episode Summary

"Hadrian's Wall - Birdoswald, Cumbria" is episode 5 of Time Team season 7. It scored 8.0/10 from 30 votes, ranking #7 of 13 episodes this season (season average 8.0). It aired on January 30, 2000.

Next: E6 · In Search of the Earliest Traces of Mankind - Elveden, Suffolk Best of Season 7