Leiston Abbey

Season 2: Episode 9

With only three days to go things are hotting up. As the Venturers near the bottom of their trenches, Mike and Joan get the wet sieve out while Time Team's Paul Blinkhorn detects evidence of medieval trade in our ceramics.

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The excavations at Leiston Abbey were part of a four-year project to unearth the untold story of Suffolk’s finest medieval ruins. Over the years, more than 500 crowdfunders have helped us carry out in-depth excavations, and start piecing together the story of what happened here 700 years ago.

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