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2022 Site Contenders List – EXCLUSIVE UPDATE
🕑 Added 2022-05-18 17:36:11 +0000 UTC
We’re delighted to share our updated 2022 Site Contenders list!
While research is still ongoing, we've narrowed it down to those that still currently look viable this year, while adding some very exciting new entries. (Several earlier options will remain in contention for future seasons, pending further R&D.)
Having investigated prehistoric and Roman sites in our Series 21 return, we would like to contrast and complement these for Series 22 with sites centred on other key periods of history.
Many of the 2022 Site Contenders bring us closer to pivotal moments in British history – the transition from Roman occupation to Anglo-Saxon settlement; the Norman Conquest; the rise of Medieval chivalry and knightly military orders; and exploration of the New World.
Another theme is to include sites that actively involve the local community through classic ‘back garden archaeology’ – what we call the Dig Village model.
New Poll and Site Wrestle Sessions
We'll be following up shortly with an opinion poll to get your initial thoughts on the updated list.
Then, the Site Wrestle sessions will begin – delving deeper into individual sites and providing an opportunity for you to leave more feedback.
Site Contenders
Site A: Anglo-Saxon site in Norfolk
This East Anglian site in the early Saxon heartland has revealed a number of interesting Anglo-Saxon artefacts, including several beautiful and intricate personal items on a par with some of those found at Sutton Hoo. This site, with evidence of burials, presents the opportunity to test our state-of-the-art surveying technology and post-excavation techniques to help shed new light on often-elusive Anglo-Saxon archaeology. Evidence of a possible Roman settlement adds an additional layer of intrigue to the site’s history.
Site B: Medieval priory site in the Midlands with links to the US
An intriguing site with links to the Knights Templar near an imposing Medieval castle, with its origins stretching back to the Norman Conquest. Somewhere in the United States, there is a Medieval priory, originally from England, that might just have a link with the church that claimed to be on the site of a late Roman building containing a fragment of the True Cross. Time Team want to go back to that original site and see what is left, so the priory in the United States can be linked to its original church and graveyard.
Site C: A Knights Hospitallers preceptory in the North of England
Introducing a previously un-investigated Knights Hospitallers preceptory. Although recorded in historical documents, its exact site and extent has never been firmly established. Working with the local village group and the landowners, we will be hoping to find out what an extensive complex series of mysterious earthworks are hiding. We would also like to unlock the secrets of the church there, a building itself which confuses the experts as to its date – does it contain any hidden parts of the original preceptory chapel?
Site D: Roman building beneath a housing development in Dorset
The notion of ‘history on your doorstep’ couldn’t be more apt for this site. A modern housing development was built quite literally on top of a Roman building, with evidence of mosaics. The wider area is steeped in history and has been a popular and rewarding location for classic Time Team episodes over the years. The locals have taken keen interest in their neighbourhood’s history, making this site a great contender for a ‘Dig Village’ style community test-pitting strategy.
Site E: Village community test pit site in Suffolk
Reputedly the last resting place of a Viking king defeated by King Alfred, the village also has connections to early Colonial settlers of North America. This village site offers a window into several key phases of British history and the development of villages, while being an ideal project to involve the local community in discovering more about the history that surrounds them.
Site F: A multi-period ancient Greek settlement
An incredible opportunity to lend Time Team’s support to an ongoing research project in the heart of Greece. Our friends are investigating a strategically important ancient city and stronghold, which is gradually being revealed through modern archaeological techniques. Test excavation has revealed stone structures of multiple phases, and there is the possibility of monumental archaeology on site. This is a unique chance to take Time Team overseas, collaborate with international colleagues and learn from shared practices.
Comments
Rod & Sheila King
Site E sounds fascinating to me. I am particularly interested in Site E because my ancestors came to from Suffolk to Boston in 1634. I would love to learn what connections Site E has to early colonial settlers of North America.
Helen L Robinson
1.Site C - as it hasn't previously been investigated, 2. Site F - I think it would be fabulous for the team to be involved in the project in Greece, 3. Site E - I love anything to do with King Alfred & the Vikings.
Elizabeth Neill
I'm so glad, as after A, E also gets my vote.
Catherine Anderson
Site E gets my vote
Marilyn Holloway
Site A please then C and E
J CROW
A, D, F!
Christopher T Bush
From the descriptions; sites B, C, and E are the most intriguing. Thank you for all your hard work to uncover and preserve history.
Sarah Holloway
Site D and then E
Thomas E Small
Second choice C, third F
Michael Stiers
Second Choice: A
Tom Stringer
Sites D,A, then F (in that order)
Zoe Propper
Anglo-Saxon all the way.
Patricia G Gerresheim
United States A, followed by B, E, and F. I love it when whole communities get involved in discovering their history.
Gabriele Sarter
Hi everybody, I like 1 second best and 3 as number 3
Arnstein Birkeland
A, C and E look rather interesting. But you're likely to get as many different combinations of suggestions from us as there are winning options on a Lotto ticket.
Steven Pryce
A, C and F
Val Sharpe
B,C and F
Sally Ramey
B, D and F!
Fern Wilcox
Well, isn't this a fine list! I am unable to make a choice, each is appealing. Well done on narrowing it down and good luck you final decision makers!
Joel Murdoch
Tough choices indeed.
Elaine P
I'm just glad I'm not one of the final decision makers, too difficult!
bil Jeschke
Too many awesome choices!😁
Stephen Brown
History of humans in the Americas now back to more than 30,000 years so there are fascinating discoveries to be made. Here in Victoria BC, my wife found a beautiful point at least 2000 years old in our garden. Probably lost just as the Romans were eying up Britain.
Sarah Rees
Its great to see a varied list of sites.
Lacy Oden
How do I possibly narrow it down from ALL OF THEM 😂 this phase is so far always so exciting and full of potential
Mark Howell
Ditto ditto ditto.
Richard Moss
A and C grabbed me the most. I'm very tempted by Greece if there's a third dig, but just wondering whether it might bust the budget. If so E as a third option. I'd be happy to follow any of these though.
Cindy Masek
C&D we're contenders also. C because it's always exciting to find something about which little is known. And though you risk not finding much, as Phil Harding always said, not finding something is also a meaningful discovery. The other great thing about it is the community involvement. That also makes it more interesting. Seeing the interest and excitement they have just adds to the TV experience. It is so amazing to live somewhere that you could just dig in your own yard and find history, potentially, from a thousand years ago. Here in the US, in most yards the oldest thing you find might be 100 years old at best. I envy your accessibility to such history. D is just a personal interest. With English ancestors that immigrated at a couple different time periods, it's just personally interesting. And anything about Alfred the Great is a hot topic given the popularity of the "Last Kingdom" series, however historically inaccurate it may be.
Gregory Taylor
D, F, and A for me.
Sarah Carolan
I’m loving C, but I’m a big fan of MR James’s Oh Whistle & I’ll Come To You My Lad. Just make sure nobody blows any whistles you unearth 😉
Daniel Gray
A very nice selection of history to view .... personally I think that Sites A, C and E would give a very wide stretch of historical development.
Molly Housego
A, C & E sound really interesting.
Denise DuBois
B,C,A
James D Speckart
I'm glad to see a list has emerged. Any one of these could be very interesting if the finds are plentiful and the narrative framework is juicy, so I don't have any particular choices myself. I hope that we see Jonathan Foyle again even if his particular favorite choice looks like it won't work out for this year. Maybe he can just stop by to be interesting, like coming to talk about housing development landscape architecture with a fellow architectural historian for site D. Site F is interesting as a chance to do a 21st century social media-savvy international archeological dig. What does that mean? I'm not sure, and maybe Time Team can help show what our new options can create.
Cathie Kozik
Love A, C, and F!
Ryan Sloan
They all look great!
Matthew Bohan
Sites A and E have my vote.
Owen Terry Shaw
B & F sound interesting to me as they seem to expand the norm.
Carol Overrill
A, B and C for me. I would save the back garden and overseas digs for when we have an 8 - 10 episode series.
Paul Dent
If there are to be only 2 episodes, I'd vote for "A" and "E." Both cover aspects of British history where our knowledge-base is far from complete. And both are also key to helping us understand both early Anglo Saxon history and then how the de-mobbed men from Guthrum's army settled down to become farmers.
Jeff Cole
Sites B and E have my vote.
Susie Stockton-Link
B, C, D or E for me. I'd prefer the see the Team stay in the British Isles myself.
Time Team
Get ready for the opinion poll coming shortly...
Matthew Adams
Great sites one and all. I'd love to see what Time Team's battery of technology can do with A, and what is Time Team without the back garden test pitting of E? If we do get a third Site - I'd love to see the team go to Greece, especially if it is cheaper than getting to Aberdeen!
Steve Mikre
Site B & C have my vote...🇬🇧
