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After a wild week of wind, rain, and relentless digging, we’ve wrapped up Week 3 at Sutton Hoo!

It’s been a packed week full of activity: Jackie made her return to Trench 1, our amazing Patreon volunteers joined Carenza and Dani in digging test pits at River View Field, and Matt continued investigating the mysterious geofizz anomaly that still has us scratching our heads.

With so much happening on site, it’s hard to capture it all but we’ve done our best! Watch the video above for a full recap of Week 3!

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Week 3 Dig Watch - Sutton Hoo S2

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Caroline walker

I live in Perth Western Australia . I’ve always loved time team and the Sutton Hoo dig is exceptional ! I can’t get enough if it! Fascinating.. well done TT. Caz

Jo Barrett

Visited on Friday , what an amazing site! Spent quite bit of time watching them dig down in River view and wondering around the entire site it really is an incredible place!

Under The Bodie

Looking forward to finally getting back the the Hoo this week and seeing the team again in action. Hopefully I'll be able to convince some of them to sign my Time Team book I got back in January that I found in Lincoln. Eyes only....

Under The Bodie

Is Jenny doing the finds recording in Tranmere House again this year, she was a delight to work alongside?

Martin Young

I’ve been checking in the past couple of days hoping for an update… and it here it is!

Martin Young

Good hunting! I took my 2001 ‘Digging the Dirt’ book with me last week… managed to get signatures from Emily, Kerry, Matt, Dani and Helen! 👍

Cindy Cogill

Great to see the update. Far more excited about this dig than any other time team digs. I feel like I’m part of it and rubbing shoulders with people I have known for years! - Even though I’m all the way in Qld, Australia. My best investment ever.

Maurits

We’re planning to cycle the Wolf Way on our tandem MTB. And obviously I have changed the route a bit to cycle past the ongoing dig! I’m a decades long fan of Time Team from The Netherlands and it would be awesome to see Sutton Hoo *and* Time Team in action!

Eelco Kruidenier

Thank you! I can't wait for the full episodes of the dig. The little sneak previews in this clip promise a lot of cool finds.

Louise Burdett - TTTP3

You can also see some informal Patreon content from the week via the @time.team.test.pit.3 feed on Instagram. 🙂

Frank Pellow

Matt does seem to be hogging the umbrella 😁

Kerry Hennigan

Fantastic Dig Watch. I'm so curious about that boat/dock shaped object on the geophysics down in River Field. The regularity of the imaging certainly suggests something interesting. Depending on where the course of the river was in the Early Medieval period, might it be a dock from which a boat could be refloated sideways into the river?

Gill Sawyer

Fingers crossed that the boat shaped feature turns out to be something exciting. Thanks for the update.

Neil

It was so wonderful to be there digging Test pit 9!! Thank you for the opportunity.. Next time we need to ensure we give hommage to the Anglo-Saxon god of the weather.. The weather was atrocious! Still great 4 days spent digging :) - This video didn't show the huge squalls that kept on coming through :)

Jo

I visited on Friday of week 3, ie 2 days ago, and trench 2 was being filled in. Fortunately I was able to watch Jackie for a while as she undertook the micro excavation in trench 1 of the cremation burial.

A Bleese

I don't know if I've crossed the line from fan to stalker as I've visited the dig twelve times so far this year. It's fascinating, though, after 30 years watching Time Team, to see it all unfold in front of my eyes and at such an amazing site.

Wessex-Wyvern

I've wondered that, as so many narrowboats were launched side-on in by-gone days

Alana Tolstad

I would imagine it's all a bit surreal, being present with the crew after having watched the programs for so many years!

Simon Orchard

Having just spent much of the last fortnight in a very wet and claggy Roman fort ditch, with added bonus modern field drains and plenty of pumping, bailing and sponging of water, I can sympathise with Matt. Mind you, the finds made it all worthwhile.

Leanne

Great to finally see Dani and Matt! I had missed seeing them so far.

Ray & Christine Small

Was there for week 1. Have now returned for the beginning of week 4. Is the team there all week?

Martin Packer

We were very lucky test pitting last year: The rain held off entirely.

Martin Packer

Thanks for the steer. I see you got both Dan and I in some of your photos.

Karen Emrey

Thanks for the update. As they say wish I was there! Alas caring for my 94 year old mum in California who doesn’t understand why people like to dig in the dirt. At least I have digging in the dirt- in our garden - adobe soil… adding in new soil is my game (used to be a ranch). Can’t wait for the next update!

A Bleese

It is. I'd met Stewart and Helen and Henry and John Gater previously but have now met Carenza, Meg, Dani, Matt, Jimmy, Jackie, Meg and Sir Tony. Quite an amazing experience for someone who clearly remembers watching the Ribchester episode in January 1994 and pretty much every one since then.

wayne melberg

Would love to visit one day!! Thanks for the updates!!!

Patricia Amero

It's exciting to see the Patreon volunteers out in full force doing their thing... everyone on site still smiling despite the weather. I live in the Yukon, but for a few minutes, I'm in the middle of all the action at Sutton Hoo !! 😍 Thank you

Alan

Hello from Perth. I'm another TT subscriber here too. It's a long way from the digging action but always great to be able to watch the Sutton Hoo updates from a distance.

Alan McMillan

Coming vlose to finish time. For now! Well done, TimeTeam!

Janie Waters

I don't want to correct Helen, but drop spindles are still quite prevalent in the world of spinners and knitters. I have one. It's not stone, however, so .... xoxo

Susan Neff I

I have loved Time Team since the older gentleman in the colorful sweaters was in charge. I'm sorry that I can't remember. He was a generous, patient man. Matt had just come on board and several others. Imagine my surprise when everyone was getting Grey hair- me too. For two years my cable company didn't carry TT and I was disgusted. Suddenly it came on YouTube. I was elated! You people are wonderful. Wo