A TELEVISION programme is set to uncover some of Gwent's lesser known history.
Channel Four's Time Team, presented by Tony Robinson, have spent the week excavating Harold's Field, in Portskewett.
And the crew have already unearthed some exciting archaelogical finds , including the remains of a medieval manor house and some pieces of Roman pottery.
However Kate Smith, a local doctor of archaeology, said what they really want to find is some evidence King Harold visited the area in the tenth century.
"According to the legend he visited Portskewett in 1065 and built a hunting lodge," said Dr Smith, 37, of Church Row, Sudbrook, who wrote to Time Team in November asking them to visit.
But so far they have not found anything directly linked to King Harold, who was famously killed by an arrow through his eye in the Battle of Hastings.
The site, behind St Mary's Church, became a scheduled ancient monument site in 1928. The television crew arrived on Monday and were due to leave tomorrow.
