21 Season
239 Episode
Time Team - Season 4 Episode 2 Mystery of the Cornish Skeletons - Launceston, Cornwall
Filmed between 22 and 24 March 1996. A local landowner has discovered human bones while installing water pipes. It is known to be the site of a former leper hospital, and a major crossing between Devon and Cornwall. How much more can Time Team discover about it? Phil uncovers a complete skeleton which has received a Christian burial, and which Osteoarchaeologist Margaret Cox identifies as a young adult female. She also examines the bone fragments for signs of leprosy. Juliet Griffin makes a herbal poultice to dress the lepers' wounds. Robin Bush looks at the 13th century charter granted to the hospital.
- Year : 2024
- Country : United Kingdom
- Genre : Documentary, Mystery
- Studio : More4, Channel 4, YouTube
- Keyword : investigation, educational, british history, archeological dig, archeology
- Director : Tim Taylor
- Cast : Gus Casely-Hayford, Natalie Haynes, Carenza Lewis, John Gater, Stewart Ainsworth, Helen Geake
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