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S5E3: Sanday, Orkney - Sanday, Orkney Islands
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Time Team S5E3: Sanday, Orkney - Sanday, Orkney Islands

  • Aired: 1998-01-18
  • Time: 17:30:00
  • Runtime: 60 minutes
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Overview

Filmed between 7 and 9 June 1997, the team travel to Sanday after some schoolchildren wrote to them saying they thought a local mound had Viking origins. The team are joined by Olwyn Owen from Historic Scotland, and Steve Dockrill and Julie Bond from the University of Bradford. Viking enthusiast Keith Prosser is challenged to make a 9th century bone comb.