Archaeologist Ben Robinson visits the tiny Hampshire village that had a huge role in building ships for Nelson's victorious fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar.
In Hampshire, archaeologist Ben Robinson investigates how a tiny village, originally meant to be a free port to process sugar, became a bustling naval shipyard.
Ben learns that three ships built here would lead Nelson to victory at Trafalgar. Then, in an almost untouched 18th-century labourer’s cottage, Ben gets a feel for just how basic life was for hardworking rural families 250 years ago.
