Anglo Saxon Burial - Gloucestershire

Remarkable Anglo-Saxon sword and burials discovered | Time Team Podcast

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 06:00:00 GMT

THIS PODCAST CONTAINS SPOILERS! Make sure you've watched 'Return To The Princely Burial' first. Archaeologist Dr Helen Geake and co-host Martyn Williams explore the world of archaeology. In this episode Richard Osgood, from Operation Nightingale, reveals what it was really like to excavate at Time Team's latest dig; the princely burial at Cherington. You'll also meet the conservator tasked with bringing an Anglo-Saxon sword back to life.

Return to The Princely Burial: The Sword in the Stones? | Time Team Special

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 19:00:00 GMT

In the last hour, on the last day of a dig investigating an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Gloucesterhire, a metal detectorist discovered a mystery iron object in a wooden casing. With no time to investigate, the team has no choice but to leave it in the ground and return another day. Speculation was rife - could they have found a sword and a Saxon warrior’s burial?

This is the story of that return visit, when the team headed back to site with one clear mission - locate and identify the iron object. But as is often the way with archaeology, it wasn’t that simple. From the off, things weren’t quite what they seemed. The team encountered many challenges and unexpected plot twists over a wet and wild weekend. And only after a lot of head scratching and painstaking excavation, were they able to finally make sense of the object and piece together its story. And that story was so much more exciting than they had dared hope!

TRAILER | Return to The Princely Burial: The Sword in the Stones?

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 19:00:00 GMT

The Princely Burial | Time Team Special

Sat, 21 Dec 2024 18:00:00 GMT

Time Team join forces with Cotswold Archaeology and the military veterans of Operation Nightingale to investigate an extraordinary Anglo Saxon site in Gloucestershire. But what starts out as a straight forward excavation of a 1400 year old cemetery, takes an unexpected turn, dialling the clock back several centuries and leaving the team scratching their heads about what exactly they are unearthing. A must watch this Christmas. Photos - copyright Harvey Mills by permission Operation Nightingale

DIG WATCH PREVIEW: Time Team investigates princely burial with Operation Nightingale

Sun, 07 Jul 2024 18:00:00 GMT

July 2024 - we're thrilled to be joining forces again with our good friends at Operation Nightingale and Cotswold Archaeology. Catch up on our Daily Dig Watch diaries live from the field on the investigation of a 7th century site in the Cotswolds, which has exciting geophysics and produced a princely burial.

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