Chronicle Medieval History

Is King Henry V's Massive Medieval Shipyard Buried Under This Field? | Time Team (2023x20)

Air date: Apr 05, 2023

Looking for evidence of a 15th-century dock, the team are in Smallhythe. The dock was once next to the mile-wide River Rother but its location is now an overgrown field, ten miles from the sea. And early excavations reveal nothing more recent than wood from a prehistoric forest. Medieval ship expert Ian Friel explains that the dockyard used to have high naval significance, and was visited by Henry V.