Time Team To Uncover Island's Secrets [ Isle of Man and Manx Christianity ]

Isle of Man Today ^ | Thu July 20 2006 | unattributed

[SunkenCiv]

A team of more than 40, including a few well-known faces, will spend three days trying to get to grips with an important area of Manx history... The excavation will be overseen by respected archaeologist and Time Team regular Professor Mick Aston and Phil Harding, whose West Country accent, hats and eccentric hair have made him a favourite with fans, will also join the dig... 'We're going to be investigating a keill -- an early Manx chapel -- that could date as far back as the 7th century, but may also contain evidence of the Viking presence in the Island. Almost every keill in the Island, well over 100, was investigated, dug or fiddled about with by antiquarians in the early part of the 20th century... The keill we're looking at is one of the very few that was untouched by the antiquarians, so it's a unique opportunity to use all the modern techniques at our disposal to investigate the chapel and put it into the wider context of Manx life before, during and after the Vikings came to the Island.'

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[mass55th]

Thanks for posting this article. I love Time Team. Unfortunately, the Discovery International Channel stopped showing reruns of the program a couple of years ago, but I manage to keep up on the program via friends in the UK and through this website:

Warpo's Unofficial Time Team Website I bought a region-free DVD player so I could order the Time Team DVD sets offered via Amazon.co.uk. I've also ordered several of their books too.

[SunkenCiv]

Interesting.

[Bob J]

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[wildbill]

Those MANX cats were cool dudes, chillin' out on an island and roving, looting and stealing women in their spare time.

[6323cd]

Time Team bump!

[SunkenCiv]

Stealing women? Hey, they stole the whole ISLAND of Woman.

[Sawdring]

Do you think people of the future will call today's archaeologists and anthropologists antiquarians? Hoping the folks from way back with their crude techniques left the sites untouched?

[SunkenCiv]

Oh definitely. I just finished up "The Future of the Past", written by a German geoarchaeologist, who looks at current practices and their deficiencies, and takes a stab at what may arise to replace it, as well as suggesting what perhaps should happen.