I've seen that arguement
Its a real split opinion, Time Team is great because it gets people interested, helps draw attention to sites and does find some stuff. But it also is comedy archaeology and as you say rushes things badly only to cover them up again at the end quite often.
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HappyToast Groat froth,
Tue 13 Mar 2007, 9:02,
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because the landowners want to graze sheep on it or build a temple
to the great god Aldi or something
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bilbobarneybobs I'll be 14 in b3ta years soon.,
Tue 13 Mar 2007, 9:05,
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You ever see that one when they exposed a land owner as a fraud?
They even found a bronze age sword, but the idiot had put it on top of some barbed wire.
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riverghost servicing your mum since,
Tue 13 Mar 2007, 9:18,
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