Digging for Britain

Alice Roberts uncovers Roman writing tablets and a rare Bronze Age weapons hoard

Alice Roberts joins archaeologists in the North as they uncover writing tablets, swords and domestic items left by Romans at Vindolanda during a time of British rebellion, before finding traces of a long lost monastery and pilgrimage site on the Scottish island of Iona. Meanwhile in the east of Scotland, a weapons hoard belonging to a wealthy Bronze Age warrior is unearthed