This is Fenland Falls near Peterborough and a few years ago an aerial photographer saw some interesting crop marks here and took some photos. This is one of them and these are the marks. They’re huge, about 200 meters across from here to here.
Archaeologists had a look at the photos and got very excited. They think that they’re evidence of a 6000 year old structure which they call a Neolithic causewayed enclosure, but agreeing on a name and agreeing that they’re very important is the easy part. Agreeing what they’re for is very different.
Is this evidence of a massive farm or some kind of settlement or a ritual site? Very few of these things have ever been done, so anything we find could help solve the puzzle, and we’ve just got three days to do it.
Episode credits:
Presenter
Tony Robinson
With
Phil Harding (Wessex Archaeology)
Carenza Lewis (Corpus Christi, Cambridge)
Francis Pryor
Stewart Ainsworth (English Heritage)
Geophysics
John Gater
Daniel Shiel
Claire Stephens
Survey
Henry Chapman (University of Hull)
Illustrations
Victor Ambrus
With thanks to
British Geological Survey Nerc
English Heritage (NMR)
English Nature
Peterborough City Council
Peterborough Museum
Woodwalton Fen
XIII Squadron & TIW at RAF Marham
Graphics
Raysan Al - Kubaisi
Neil Emmanuel
Maps
Landmark Information Group Ltd
Ordnance Survey
Cameras
Damien Eggs
Vaughan Matthews
Mike Todd
Sound
Steve Bowden
Roger Lucas
Steve Shearn
Dubbing Mixer
Ben Young
Camera Assistants
William Fewkes
Jonny Tyson
Lighting
Colin Holloway
On-line Editor
Paul Bates
Original Theme Music
Paul Greedus
Music
Steve Day
Editor
Jane Greenwood
Production Team
Jenny James
Andy Ryder
Location Co-ordinator
Richard George
Production Co-ordinator
Jay Parsons
1st Assistant Director
David Lawley - Wakelin
Production Manager
Melinda Smith
Research
Karen Kirk
Assistant Producers
Ros Ereira
Oliver Twinch
Archaeological Consultant
Mick Aston
Post Excavation Reporting
Wessex Archaeology
2nd Unit Director
Graham Dixon
Associate Producer
Tony Robinson
Executive Producer
Philip Clarke
Series Editor
Simon Raikes
Produced and directed by
Stuart Tanner
Series Producer
Tim Taylor
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