Time Team

Season 4 Episode 2: Mystery of the Cornish Skeletons - Launceston, Cornwall

Filmed between 22 and 24 March 1996. A local landowner has discovered human bones while installing water pipes. It is known to be the site of a former leper hospital, and a major crossing between Devon and Cornwall. How much more can Time Team discover about it? Phil uncovers a complete skeleton which has received a Christian burial, and which Osteoarchaeologist Margaret Cox identifies as a young adult female. She also examines the bone fragments for signs of leprosy. Juliet Griffin makes a herbal poultice to dress the lepers' wounds. Robin Bush looks at the 13th century charter granted to the hospital.

Genre:

Documentary, Mystery

Seasons:

21

Episodes:

246

Actor:

Gus Casely-Hayford, Natalie Haynes, Carenza Lewis

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

1994

IMDb:

7.3