11 March 2019
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River Hunters
TV presenter Rick Edwards will team up with river detectorist beau Ouimette to search the River Trent at Newark for Civil War relics, in episode 3 of River Hunters.
TV presenter Rick Edwards will team up with river detectorist beau Ouimette to search the River Trent at Newark for Civil War relics, in episode 3 of River Hunters.
River Hunters on History UK Channel follows Rick and river searching expert Beau as they visit historically significant sites across the UK through the waterways that have remained untouched for hundreds and even thousands of years.
In episode 3 the pair head to the River Trent and site of one of the greatest strongholds of the English Civil War - Newark Castle. Here on the banks of the waterway in 1645, the forces of King Charles I were trapped in a bloody siege by Scottish forces from the North and Parliamentarian armies from the South. In the first official search of the waterway, the River Hunters hunt for lost Civil War relics that reveal the secrets of this brutal battleground.
The River Trent: a vital waterway
(image courtesy of HISTORY® UK)
