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In this podcast we're searching for the bones of a king.

One of only two English monarchs to earn the epithet

great, the soldier who stopped the Vikings in their tracks, a consummate planner and organizer, who defended his kingdom with skill and

care, a king who championed education, laying many of the practical and philosophical foundations that would

change these British Isles forever. I'm stepping out across Britain to discover 100 remarkable places that have shaped you, me, and the whole world.

I'm Neil Oliver, and this is my love letter to the British Isles. Hi Neil, last week you took us to Oxford to see a precious golden artifact that's

over a thousand years old, the mesmerizing Alfred Jewel. Where are you taking us this week?

We're still in the trail of Alfred the Great as it happens, but today it's more of a, what would you say,

it's a bit of a gruesome mission because we're trying to track down his remains, his mortal remains.

We're near the city centre in Winchester, amongst modern residential streets at the site of what was once Hide Abbey and

were looking for the missing king himself.

We're in Winchester, specifically what's known as Hyde Abbey. And Hyde Abbey is, well, as well it's a quite strange place to visit in that it hardly exists at all now

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