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Scargill Castle, County Durham
First screened 11 January 2009

In this section: Scargill Castle home | What they found | Q&A | Find out more | Gallery | More 2009 programmes ››



Mick, Helen, Phil and Tony enjoy a brief ray of sunshine on an otherwise bitterly cold shoot



Mick, Helen, Phil and Tony enjoy a brief ray of sunshine on an otherwise bitterly cold shoot.
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Mick, Helen, Phil and Tony enjoy a brief ray of sunshine on an otherwise bitterly cold shoot.Aerial shot of Scargill Castle's gatehouse and the surrounding farm. You can see the route of the medieval road leading up to the gatehouse in the foreground.The gatehouse (left) and surrounding farm buildings – many of the standing walls are built on top of earlier, possibly medieval, wallsThe area of the Tudor hall. The fire place that Phil excavated is at the top right. But could some of the other walls revealed belong to an earlier building?
Mick was really excited when this was found, believing it could be part of a mediaeval grave slab. When cleaned up it turned out to be a nice piece of stone with a fossil attachedAlmost all the pottery discovered, such as this piece of Cistercian ware, dated to the 16th centuryEvery piece of pot uncovered was analysed to discover if it pushed the date of Scargill castle back into the medieval periodPieces of animal bone uncovered on site – the post-medieval burial of a cow
One of the manor's two outer walls discovered beside the gatehouse – not believed to be defensiveThis one in Matt's trench was thick enough to belong to a, possibly medieval, defended manorMick and Stewart wrap up warm against the biting wind. Scargill's owners, Niall and Caroline, can be just seen in the backgroundMatt tackles yet another wall that looks like it could possibly, maybe be a medieval wall – sort of
For years the Team have recognised the therapeutic properties of yoga, especially when the evidence doesn't add upJimmy from geophys ponders the best way to carry out a radar survey of a hay balePhil and Tony laugh in the face of adversity as the thermometer once again hurtles towards 0Niall and Caroline's gatehouse – one of the cosiest incident rooms ever on Time Team, especially when the fire was lit
Tony rehearsing a scene at the end of day one in the Tudor fireplace that has been excavated by PhilIan Powlesland digs while Stewart looks on – neither of them aware of the bizarre burial they're about to uncoverJohn and Jimmy use the excuse of checking out the latest geophys results to escape to the warmth of the incident roomPhil Harding spots an interesting stone
3D graphics reconstruction of the towersPart of the king's entourageIan finds traces of a dead cow
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