About Who Were The Lords Of The Isles? | Time Team
The Team try to crack the mysteries of the Lords of the Isles on Islay in the Scottish Hebrides - where were these 13th-century Kings crowned and how did they live?
Who Were The Lords Of The Isles? | Time Team is presented by Absolute History. Its listed runtime is 47 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.
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