Time Team S11-E09 Wittenham,.Oxon

The Iron Age hill fort in Wittenham is an impressive monument. From behind its perimeter ramparts the hilltop offers commanding views of the Thames and the surrounding Oxfordshire landscape.

But it is dwarfed and overlooked by a neighbouring hill less than 150 metres away. What did the Iron Age tribe use this second, much larger, hill for? Was it a ritual site where they buried their dead? Or did the people who built the fort live on its slopes?

After some initial setbacks and a bit of trouble with the local newts, the Time Team find the answer in a surprising place, gradually piecing together one of the most extensive Iron Age landscapes ever discovered in Britain.