Time Team

Castle in the Round - Queensborough, Kent

Season 13    Episode 8
March 12, 2006    50m    TV-G
The team investigate the remains of Queenborough Castle on the Isle of Sheppey, built by Edward III for Queen Philippa during the Hundred Years' War. The Time Team excavate the castle mound, and opinion is divided whether this unique circular structure was built for defence or as a royal bolthole from the plague. They are joined by archaeologist Oliver Creighton, medieval historian Sam Newton and architectural historian Jonathan Foyle.

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Cast of Castle in the Round - Queensborough, Kent
  • Tony RobinsonSelf - Presenter
  • Carenza LewisSelf - Field Archaeologist
  • Phil HardingSelf - Field Archaeologist
  • John GaterSelf - Geophysicist
  • Stewart AinsworthSelf - Landscape Investigator
  • Mick AstonSelf - Landscape Archaeologist
  • Helen GeakeSelf - Anglo-Saxon Specialist
  • Victor AmbrusSelf - Historical Illustrator
  • Francis PryorSelf - Bronze Age Specialist
  • Henry ChapmanSelf - Surveyor
  • Raksha DaveSelf - Field Archeologist

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