Two Men In A Trench II: Uncovering The Secrets of British Battlefields

In our second campaign of investigations into British battlefields we visit six major sites, ranging in date from the medieval period, with the battle of Bannockburn, right up to the twentieth century, with the exploration of the battle of Britain airfield at Hornchurch.

These now peaceful fields once echoed to the sounds of conflict: the clash of arms, the cries of men and the roar of the engines of war. Using our archaeological techniques, which are really the closest thing we have to a time machine, we travel back to these bloody episodes in British history and shed new light on the darker side of our past.

In every sense this work is ground-breaking - digging provides many a vital clue, but these projects also represent the first archaeological investigations on sites which, although until now ignored by archaeologists, have played such a pivotal role in defining who we are today.