Time Team Excavation Site Winchester

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About a mile in that direction is Winchester, it’s quite a sleepy place today, but it hasn’t always been like that. In the 9th century, King Alfred made it his capital and it remained a top city in Norman England until London finally overtook it. But while Winchester was thriving, not all of its citizens were enjoying the boom.
This field lies just outside the city boundaries and 900 years ago it was home to a community of Winchester’s outcasts. The men who lived here were united by a terrible bond. A disease that disfigured their bodies and condemned them, to a life of exile. A disease called leprosy.

Somewhere under here lie the remains of a twelfth century leper hospital. But this wasn’t any old leper hospital, it had living quarters, a masters house, a huge cemetery and this fantastic chapel. And Time Team have got just three days to find them.