episodes
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1.
Maryland, USA - St. Mary's City, Maryland, USA
Recorded between 17 and 19 May 1996, the team go to St. Mary's City in Maryland to work with American archaeologists to look for evidence of the city founded by English colonists in 1634. Different ar...
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Mystery of the Cornish Skeletons - Launceston, Cornwall
Filmed between 22 and 24 March 1996. A local landowner has discovered human bones while installing water pipes. It is known to be the site of a former leper hospital, and a major crossing between Devo...
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3.
Steam-Powered Mint - Soho, Birmingham
Recorded between 5 and 7 April 1996, this episode sees the team try to discover what remains of Matthew Boulton's Soho Manufactory, an important factory and home to the world's first steam-powered min...
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4.
8th Century Church - Govan, Glasgow
Filmed from 14 to 16 June 1996, in this episode the team try to find out why the graveyard of a 19th century church features large tortoise-shaped gravestones dating back to the Dark Ages. The team ar...
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Norman and Medieval Castles - Malton, North Yorkshire
Recorded between 5 and 7 July 1996, the team try to discover a medieval castle and a Jacobean mansion. Barry Scott (bladesmith) makes a sword using traditional techniques, and the Conquest Society dem...
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6.
Roman Villa - Netheravon, Wiltshire
Filmed from 2 to 4 August 1996, this episode looks for a Roman villa that was first partially discovered 90 years before by William Hawley. Part of the site - a former army barracks - is covered in co...