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S11, E4: The Time Team investigates a possible 5thcentury cemetery in a plowed field where they find a metal shield boss One male skeleton is holding a drinking vessel There are hints of much earlier activity including a Bronze Age barrow Using authentic tools they fashion a Saxon shield and then demonstrate how the shields were most effectively used in battle
Documentary · Jan 25, 2004 · 48 min