Holy Island, Northumberland
4 March 2001
Finds and photo gallery

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Lindisfarne Castle provided a scenic backdrop to the dig.

Trench 1, which turned out to be the site of a 16th-century brewhouse.

The excavation of Trench 1, including the circular structures thought to be the sites of the brewing vats.

Phil gets carried away with the beer barrel he helped make.

Series producer Tim Taylor gets serious.

Time Team was at Holy Island for the summer solstice, when the sun barely set.

Cannon ball.

Maya's map of ports.

Coin bearing the letters CAR, for Carolus or Charles – dating from 1625-49.

Reconstruction of how tidal water reached Palace Field (bottom left) in the past

Maya's reconstruction of 17th-century decorated tankard.

Victor's reconstruction of a 17th-century drinker.

Maya's reconstruction of a 13th-century ridged pot.

Raysan's and Victor's brewery reconstruction.

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