Digging for Britain: A Cornish Legend and an Ancient Wishing Well


8:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Thursday, February 5 on BBC Two HD (102)

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A Cornish Legend and an Ancient Wishing Well

Featuring a team of archaeologists looking for evidence that St Michael's Mount in Cornwall was the fabled trading hub of Ictis, as well as an analysis of 291 bodies from the long-lost Dominican friary of St Saviour's in Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire. Plus, two incredibly rare Roman cavalry swords discovered at a metal-detecting rally in Willersey, near Cheltenham, a look at how 3D scanning and printing are transforming the study of fragile artefacts, and a wishing well of coins found at a complex promontory fort in Pembrokeshire


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Alice Roberts (Presenter)
Tori Herridge (Presenter)
Ian Hunt (Series producer)
Susannah Zeff (Executive producer)
Edward Hart (Executive producer)
Rory Wheeler (Executive producer)

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Alice Roberts (Presenter)
Tori Herridge (Presenter)
Ian Hunt (Series producer)
Susannah Zeff (Executive producer)
Edward Hart (Executive producer)
Rory Wheeler (Executive producer)

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