Time Team coming to a back garden near you?

The Channel 4 TV Programme Time Team is hoping to come to Cornwall this year and is looking for potential sites to excavate. We know the Caradon Hill area is bursting with archaeological sites, that have not been properly looked into, but Time Time have very clear guidelines which must be considered when recommending a site for them to explore.

Ideally it should be on private land (and have the landowner’s permission to excavate), not have been excavated before and have documents, mapping, crop circle or geophysical evidence of its existence.

If you know of such a site that is crying out to be explored, or would like to get involved in an community archaeology projects, please contact me with your details and any evidence we could use to persuade Time Team to come to the Caradon Hill area.

For details of the type of project Time Team undertake have a look at www.wessexarch.co.uk/timeteam/reports.

Iain irowe1@cornwallgov.uk