Watch Time Team Extra online: Episode 3 Extra. Orkney, Scotland

For centuries, this lonely headland on the northern most tip of Britain has been a sacred place. Last week Time Team came here to uncover a unique piece of Viking Britain. A series of small mounds which are all that remains of the graves of Viking warriors, who lived here a thousand years ago. Hello, and welcome to Time Team extra. I’m Robin Bush and each week, I’m going to tell you a bit more about the history surrounding the archaeological sites that Time Team are excavating during the current series. With me this week is Professor John Hunter of the University of Birmingham, who’s an expert on the history of Britain during the period of the Viking occupation. For last weeks programme, Time Team went to Sanday in the Orkneys, to investigate what we hoped would be a series of Viking burial mounds.

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