A Cumbrian town well known for its archeological finds and sites of interest is set to feature in a BBC series in the new year.
Archeologists and detectorists from Millom will feature in a January episode of Digging for Britain which sees Dr Alice Roberts examining the findings and research of British archaeologists.
The episode will focus on Millom and District Local History Society’s Community Archaeology Dig that took place in early summer as well as other important discoveries made in the town.
Millom detectorist Josh Carr, Dan Elsworth of Greenlane Archaeology, Ulverston and expert Dot Boughton were among the people interviewed when crews came to visit, along with other volunteers featured.
Josh, 29, who works for construction company D&M Ross was interviewed about his amazing discovery of six bronze socketed axe heads, which he and his brother unearthed in January 2023.
Josh’s brother, Stephen (left) and his nephew Ashden (middle) with Josh (right) (Image: Josh Carr) According to expert Dot, socketed axes are the most common type of tool in the late Bronze Age and were often deposited together.
One of the six axe heads also had two dried-out pieces of a Bronze Age sword inside.
Millom and District Local History Society believed the artefacts to be around around 3,000 years old.
Josh said: “I have been interviewed before by ITV however I’d say this is the biggest thing I’ve done so far and it was quite nerve-wracking to be interviewed in front of all the cameras.
“Alice was lovely to talk to however and we got on really well. I was asked a little bit of my background, how long I’d been detecting and how I felt when I found the axe heads.
The six axe heads and two sword handle bits discovered by Josh (Image: Josh Carr) “Discovering them was exciting but I’m a fan of the show so being interviewed about them is even more exciting and it’s great to have Millom featured.”
The six-part Digging for Britain series will start on BBC2 at 8pm from Tuesday January 7.
The Millom episode will air on January 14.