This manor house was extended into a palace prior to Henry V111 first visit in 1534. But less than half of it remains. The current owner since the 1950's wants to know what it used to look like.
Although mentioned in the Domesday Book, was this an Anglo-Saxon village? Residents help the team uncover the origins by digging many test pits in their gardens.
Cropmarks were seen in 1996 suggesting a Neolithic causewayed enclosure, but the site has never been dug. Modern farming has drained the land making the dig easier. Evidence emerges of a Neolithic village built before Stonehenge.
Grace Dieu was Henry V's flagship. Deliberately beached in the mud of river Hamble, upriver from Bursledon. Divers dig across the stern to discover length and size of the ship.
A pot fragment is found. Is it Roman or Iron Age? Evidence of a roundhouse or a villa is needed. Can the team find evidence of Roman occupation or Iron age farming?
Jonathan's Cave, Sloping Cave and Well Cave at Wemyss have had continuous use since Pictish times. They dig through many layers of occupation. Is there a passageway between Well cave and MacDuff castle above?
A variety of places are dug, revealing medieval pottery and occupation, showing St Osyth village was an active port. A wharf is dug between tides. The adjoining field shows industry along the creek. Inland finds support this theory.
Paid by a local fan, geophysics get a head start at dawn on the site. Many trenches are dug and finds come quickly. This site has never been dug. Will these reveal who discarded them?