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Secrets of neolithic artificial island revealed

May 12, 2026 · 39 min

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Helen Geake and Martyn Williams find out more about a crannog in a Scottish loch which has been hiding a secret about its construction. Dr Stephanie Blankshein from the University of Southampton explains the findings from exciting new research.
You'll go behind the scenes of a conservation lab at Birmingham Museum where ancient objects are restored to their former glory.
Jacq Barnard from the Sutton Hoo Ship's Company gives an update as work continues to reconstruct an Anglo-Saxon ship.
Ahead of the release of a classic episode of Time Team, you'll learn more about a stone age tsunami which could have been partly responsible for making Britain an island.

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