Hunting the Romans in South Shields - Tower Blocks and Togas - South Shields, Tyne and Wear

Season 12Episode 1260 minMar 20, 2005
Hunting the Romans in South Shields - Tower Blocks and Togas - South Shields, Tyne and Wear

In South Shields, the Roman Fort at the end of Hadrian's Wall is a local landmark and the team embark on a quest to locate the site of a huge Roman military cemetery thought to be in the area. They search all nearby open spaces but come to the conclusion that the likeliest site of the cemetery is beneath a 1960s housing estate. A few tombstones and burials have been found in the past hundred years, but there must be a huge Roman military cemetery somewhere. Time Team use every spare piece of open space, have a look under the occasional pavement and enlist as much local help, young and old, as possible in their hunt for the site. It's three days of head-scratching mayhem before the answer emerges.

Hunting the Romans in South Shields - Tower Blocks and Togas - South Shields, Tyne and Wear has aired on Mar 20, 2005 at 5:30 PM
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