Gardeners' World (1968)
S08E02 The Man Who Bought a Castle - Alderton, Northamptonshire
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Season 8
Episode 2
Episode Overview
Derek Batten acquired a piece of land marketed as a castle with a moat, but all he found was a tree-covered mound encircled by a large ditch. Seeking clarity, he enlisted Time Team to investigate. Due to the site's status as a scheduled ancient monument, they needed special permission from English Heritage for limited excavations. To add to the complexity, Tony must mediate a longstanding boundary disagreement. The team welcomes castles specialist Philip Dixon, while Phil Harding dons chainmail, portraying a Saxon foot soldier ready to confront a mounted Norman warrior on a Spanish stallion. Ultimately, they determine the site was a ringwork castle, constructed atop an earlier Saxon structure during the Norman Conquest era.
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Season 8 Episodes 13
1.
An Anglo-Saxon Cemetery - Normanton, Lincolnshire
2.
The Man Who Bought a Castle - Alderton, Northamptonshire
3.
The Celtic Spring - Llygadwy, Powys
4.
A Waltham Villa - Waltham Field, Whittington, Gloucestershire
5.
The Lost Viaduct - Blaenavon, Torfaen
6.
A Palace Sold for Scrap - Rycote, Thame, Oxfordshire
7.
An Iron-Age Roundhouse - Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire
8.
The Bone Caves - Alveston, Gloucestershire
9.
The Inter-City Villa - Basildon, Berkshire
10.
Holy Island - Lindisfarne, Northumberland
11.
The Leaning Tower of Bridgnorth - Bridgnorth, Shropshire
12.
Three Tales of Canterbury - Canterbury, Kent
13.
The Leper Hospital - Winchester, Hampshire
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