Time Team S19E01 · Dig by Wire - Gateholm Island, Pembrokeshire

Air date: 2012-01-22 50m

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Tony Robinson and the team visit a tiny windswept island off the coast of Wales. The only way to get to it is by rigging a 500-metre zip wire way above the wave-lashed rocks.

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  1. 1 1. Dig by Wire - Gateholm Island, Pembrokeshire2012-01-22 · 50mTony Robinson and the team visit a tiny windswept island off the coast of Wales. The only way to get to it is by rigging a 500-metre zip wire way above the wave-lashed rocks.
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