Digging for Britain

In the west of Britain, finds include the lost WWI training trenches on Salisbury Plain and Britain’s first “double henge” - discovered just down the road from Stonehenge - where the evidence suggests long-ago ancestors feasted and made sacred offerings as part of a visit to the ritualistic Stonehenge landscape.

The north of Britain offers evidence for the first Roman siege on the island, including the biggest cache of Roman bullets discovered anywhere, as well as Britain’s most famous monastery, Lindisfarne, rediscovered for the first time since it was violently sacked by the Vikings 1,000 years ago.

In the east of Britain, archaeologists discover the theatre where Shakespeare premiered “Romeo and Juliet” and “Henry V,” complete with sound-effect props and evidence that Shakespeare’s original audience was much rowdier than you might expect.