Bronze Age Runnymede: Excavations at Runnymede Bridge

Before the M25 was built in this stretch of Surrey, archaeologists discovered one of the greatest Bronze Age sites in the UK. Now a Scheduled Monument, the area of Runnymede Bridge was once the Glastonbury of its day. Hear from archaeologists, curators and experts in this documentary, and view original footage from the excavations carried out in the 1980s. Directed by Bill Thisdell and animated by Simon Clarke. Thank you to the British Museum for permission to use their 1980s footage of the excavation Funded through an 'Our Heritage' Heritage Lottery Funded project.