THE story of Herefordshire’s iron age past will be aired next week on national television.

Three county sites and a Hereford museum will appear on Time Team this Monday evening (May 19).

The Channel 4 programme has been uncovering the secrets of iron age hillforts in the UK, for a special edition titled Swords, Skulls and Strongholds.

The compilers literally had a field day in Herefordshire, which has more hill forts than any other county.

Archaeologists made superb finds at Croft Ambrey and Sutton Walls, uncovering early iron tools and a grinder.

Time Team presenter, Phil Harding, and Judy Stevenson, of Herefordshire’s museum service, will discuss the items during the episode at 9pm.

The producers came to Herefordshire last September to coincide with excavations at Credenhill Park Wood, site of one of the largest hillforts in the country.

The dig, overseen by Peter Dorling, of Herefordshire Archaeology, revealed new evidence on the Iron Age occupation of the site, and confirmed that occupation continued under Roman Rule.

Excavations will continue this summer, and open days will be announced shortly.

Artefacts uncovered are on display at the Museum Resource and Learning Centre in Friar Street, Hereford. A display featuring Items from last summer’s excavations at Stretton Grandison - where a Roman coffin was discovered - is also planned.

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