Digging for Britain (2010)

Episode Overview

Her adventure spans from Orkney to Devon, traversing land, sea, and air. In Norfolk, new discoveries of flint tools extend the timeline of human presence to nearly one million years ago, a leap of 200,000 years earlier than previously thought. Meanwhile, in Orkney, an ancient farm reveals insights into the earliest spiritual practices of our ancestors, with cattle skulls interred in walls and small household deities. Finally, in Devon, we uncover one of the oldest shipwrecks known, alongside a Bronze Age burial that holds a poignant mystery and evidence of grief that has resonated for over two millennia.