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Knockdhu, Co Antrim
First screened 18 January 2009

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Tony and farmer Campbell Tweed – the man with a prehistoric mystery on his land



Tony and farmer Campbell Tweed – the man with a prehistoric mystery on his land
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Tony and farmer Campbell Tweed – the man with a prehistoric mystery on his landThe Knock Dhu promontory – cut off from the surrounding land by massive ditches and banks visible in the foregroundThe trench across the ditches and banks – were they defensive? Were they even constructed at the same time?Director Adam Warner breathes a sigh of relief as the fog clears to reveal stunning views across the County Antrim landscape
Alison Sheridan, an expert in prehistory, with just some of the previous finds from the County Antrim coastAlison and Phil with the flint finds from the Time Team dig – analysing these became vital in dating the siteTime Team osteoarchaeologist Jackie McKinley – more used to dealing with bodies, but equally happy with this prehistoric scraperRaksha Dave at the bank and ditch trench – overnight heavy rain turned it into a very small swimming pool
Stewart and Henry plot the locations of roundhouses discovered by Stewart onto the 3D map of the siteMatt describes the hearth in the centre of the roundhouse he's excavatedWe know you're in there somewhere – heavy fog meant diggers, camera crews and possibly even Stewart occasionally got lostTime Team's Ian Powlesland celebrates finding his trench
The trench across the banks and ditches revealed that parts of it had been in use for centuriesCampbell Tweed and Emma from geophys – by now the trench had revealed just how imposing the enclosure ditch wasAnother detail of the hearth in Matt's trench – this is where the scraper was foundFrancis at the trench over the 'gateway' to the site
Queen's University's Colm Donnelly investigating if the current field wall follows the route of an earlier prehistoric boundaryTony and sound recordist Steve Bowden discuss who has the best hat – Tony's wins on seniorityRoundhouse positions highlighted3D reconstruction of gatehouse
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