https://timeteamdigital.com:443/lost-medieval-abbey---dorset<p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: #ffffff; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Time Team are joining Dr Hugh Willmott from the University of Sheffield, with the Cerne Abbey Research Project, as they embark on the rediscovery of a lost Medieval Abbey in Cerne Abbas, Dorset. Destroyed at the Dissolution and hidden for nearly half a Millennia, it lies only 500 metres from the feet of the Iconic chalk hill figure, known as the Cerne Abbas Giant. Could these two incredible landmarks be connected in some way? Time Team help to uncover the richness of this incredible abbey and explore the landscape around for clues to this question. </span></p> <p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: #ffffff; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">A preview of an earlier stage of this dig from 2023 is also available to watch <a href="https://youtu.be/ctpRkJvZUvo%20" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></p> <p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: #ffffff; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Bonus behind-the-scenes content, including interactive 3D models of finds from the dig are avaiable to <a href="https://www.patreon.com/collection/1728154" target="_blank">Time Team Members on Patreon</a>.</span></p> <p><img src="/Media/Default/Blog/Cerne%20Abbas%20Floor%20LR.png" alt="" width="1000" height="561" style="caret-color: #ffffff; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></p> <p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: #ffffff; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><img src="/Media/Default/Blog/Cerne%20Abbas%20Drone%20LR.png" alt="" width="1000" height="561" /><br /></span></p>https://timeteamdigital.com:443/lost-medieval-abbey---dorset/new-episode-cerne-abbas-secrets-beneath-the-giant-dorset-2025<p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: #0d0d0d; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Time Team are joining Dr Hugh Willmott from the University of Sheffield, with the Cerne Abbey Research Project, as they embark on the rediscovery of a lost Medieval Abbey in Cerne Abbas, Dorset. Destroyed at the Dissolution and hidden for nearly half a Millennia, it lies only 500 metres from the feet of the Iconic chalk hill figure, known as the Cerne Abbas Giant. Could these two incredible landmarks be connected in some way? Time Team help to uncover the richness of this incredible abbey and explore the landscape around for clues to this question. </span></p> <p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: #0d0d0d; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">A preview of an earlier stage of this dig from 2023 is also available to watch <a href="https://youtu.be/ctpRkJvZUvo" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></p>Sat, 08 Nov 2025 19:00:00 GMThttps://timeteamdigital.com:443/lost-medieval-abbey---dorset/new-episode-cerne-abbas-secrets-beneath-the-giant-dorset-2025https://timeteamdigital.com:443/lost-medieval-abbey---dorset/trailer-%7C-cerne-abbas-secrets-beneath-the-giant-dorset-2025<p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: #0d0d0d; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Time Team are joining Dr Hugh Willmott from the University of Sheffield, with the Cerne Abbey Research Project, as they embark on the rediscovery of a lost Medieval Abbey in Cerne Abbas, Dorset. Destroyed at the Dissolution and hidden for nearly half a Millennia, it lies only 500 metres from the feet of the Iconic chalk hill figure, known as the Cerne Abbas Giant. Could these two incredible landmarks be connected in some way? Time Team help to uncover the richness of this incredible abbey and explore the landscape around for clues to this question.</span></p>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 19:00:00 GMThttps://timeteamdigital.com:443/lost-medieval-abbey---dorset/trailer-%7C-cerne-abbas-secrets-beneath-the-giant-dorset-2025https://timeteamdigital.com:443/lost-medieval-abbey---dorset/dig-preview---search-for-the-lost-abbey-cerne-abbas-dorset-2023<p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: #0d0d0d; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">The Cerne Abbas Giant looms large over the Dorset countryside. While the Giant's origin has been a source of debate for centuries, an even greater mystery is what happened to the Medieval abbey that once stood somewhere at the foot of the hill. Now, a team of archaeologists, led by Dr Hugh Willmott of the University of Sheffield, have launched an investigation to relocate the structure that disappeared following Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries. </span></p> <p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: #0d0d0d; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Time Team has been covering the action as it unfolds, and we sent Dr Lawrence Shaw to meet Hugh to find out more.</span></p>Sat, 04 May 2024 18:00:00 GMThttps://timeteamdigital.com:443/lost-medieval-abbey---dorset/dig-preview---search-for-the-lost-abbey-cerne-abbas-dorset-2023