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The BRP on Time Team!

As many of you may recall, Channel 4′s Time Team spent some time filming at Bamburgh Castle during the 2010 excavation season. The resultant episode will be aired on Sunday 24th April 2011 at 5.30pm on Channel 4 – get … Continue reading

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Looking Back at Chronicle

As most of you are aware, the BRP has featured a lot in the British television media in recent months. We’ve had spots on the BBC’s Countryfile and Digging for Britain, and we’ll feature in an episode of Time Team … Continue reading

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Trench 3 Update

 Along with the rest of the project,  Trench 3 spent the beginning of this week preparing for the arrival of Time Team. This preparation included the planning of the southern end of the trench following the discovery of a number of features … Continue reading

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Trench 1 Update

This week in Trench 1, we planned and photographed the entire trench so that we can start excavating several features within it. With the help of Matt Williams of Channel 4′s  Time Team, we put a section through a linear ditch that runs east to … Continue reading

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Anglo-Saxon Stone Chair in Progress!

This week we’ve been working in partnership with Bamburgh Castle and Channel 4′s Time Team to produce a reproduction of an Anglo-Saxon stone chair.  The reconstruction in based on a carved stone fragment that was found in the castle grounds in the nineteenth century, and … Continue reading

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Welcome to Team Time!

The BRP is welcoming the Channel 4′s Time Team to the Bamburgh Castle site today. They’ll be filming with us all week for an episode that will go out sometime next year. Former BRP student Georgie is making a return as part of the film … Continue reading

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