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Living with the Ancestors

Episode 5 of 6

Julian Richards travels to the home of a couple who discovered that their bungalow was built over a 5th-century graveyard.

Julian Richards travels to the home of a couple in Winterbourne Gunner, near Salisbury, who wanted to build a garage next to their bungalow - unaware that it was built over a 5th-century graveyard, and would soon be invaded by a team of archaeologists. The programme follows the excavation of the skeleton of a 30-year-old man, and the quest to resolve whether the man was a Saxon or a native Briton.

29 minutes

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Presenter Julian Richards

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