Monday 25 April 2022

ECW Dig on telly

The Great British Dig, on Channel 4 this week covered an archaeological dig in Kings Lynn in Norfolk (eastern England). The objective of the dig was to discover more about the extensive earthworks around Kings Lynn, which at the time a coastal port, on the edge of the Parliamentarian heartland of East Anglia. Kings Lynn had briefly been held for the King.

If you haven’t seen this series before, the USP of the programme is that a lot of the archaeological trenches are in suburban gardens. Consequently during the course of the dig they uncover artefacts from recent times like plastic toys, early 20th century coins, the usual pottery shards and flint tools from pre-history.

Anyway, this week’s episode has much to satisfy the aficionado of black powder artillery fortification. Those in the UK enjoy! Those outside might have to see if the programme appears on YouTube.
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3 comments:

  1. Steve J.26 April 2022 at 07:59

    Thanks for the 'heads up' Chris. Where my Mum was born (Earith), there is an ECW earthwork guarding the river Ouse. At the time it was not a period I was interested in and didn't know it was there, until years later seeing it in an Osprey book. The place used to flood regularly in Winter, which is all I can remember of it. Maybe one day I will go past there again and check it out.

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  2. Anonymous26 April 2022 at 11:09

    Cheers for the heads up mate!

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  3. Amtmann B.27 April 2022 at 16:07

    That sounds very exciting even for me as I can't watch Channel 4 in Germany.

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