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More than is expected is found in the remains of a house thought to be the childhood home of Lady Jane Grey. Plus the graveyard of a Victorian workhouse sheds new light on the Great Famine of 1845.

The remains of a Tudor house in Leicestershire were thought to be the childhood home of England鈥檚 forgotten queen, Lady Jane Grey. But when archaeologists excavate, they find more than they bargained for. In Northern Ireland, the graveyard of a Victorian workhouse sheds new light on one of the most traumatic periods of modern Irish history, the Great Famine of 1845.

A team from Sheffield University want to understand the lives of people who occupied a village near the famous caves at Creswell Crags in Nottinghamshire. But could the clues - tales of superstition, witches, and the occult - be hidden in plain sight?

Near Lincoln, a return to an Anglo-Saxon site proves rewarding with the discovery of a spectacularly well-preserved bronze and enamel Roman bowl, carefully laid into a grave. And, on Rousay in the Orkneys there鈥檚 tantalising evidence of an undiscovered Viking longhouse.

58 minutes

Last on

Tue 25 Jun 2024 03:00

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Alice Roberts
Reporter Naoise Mac Sweeney
Executive Producer Eamon Hardy
Series Producer Paul Olding
Producer Gareth Sacala

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Digging for Ireland

Digging for Ireland

Outstanding archaeology from Ireland, including perfectly preserved Iron Age bog bodies