Day Twenty-Three in photos…
A few more photographs from today from Jo and Sigurd.
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Monthly Archive: July 2019
Trench P from above…
A few shots from this afternoon, courtesy of Professor Scott Pike. Click on any of the images for a larger version.… Read more
Dig Diary Extra – Trench X pottery spread
Some more images of Ceridwen painstaking excavation of a massive spread of broken pottery at the top of Trench X today.… Read more
Dig Diary – Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Day Twenty-Three
‘Grandaddy of all drains’ reaches 30-metre mark
Tell someone that one of the greatest highlights of this excavation season is a drain and you will get some strange… Read more
Day Twenty-Two in pictures…
A random selection of shots from today’s activities on site. As usual, click on any image for a larger version.
Photographs by Jo Bourne, Paul Durdin and Sigurd Towrie.… Read more
Going underground – pictures from the discovery of a massive drain beneath Structure Twelve
(Photographs by Jo Bourne)… Read more
Dig Diary – Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Day Twenty-Two
It’s a . . . drain – but an incredibly big one!
So here we are again. And the world waits with bated breath for news of yesterday’s… Read more
Day Twenty-One in pictures…
A small selection of photographs from across the site today. Pictures by Jo Bourne and Sigurd Towrie.
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Video – Day Twenty-One: Around the Trenches
A brief snapshot of what was a busy day on site.… Read more
STOP PRESS – An exciting discovery…
Just as work for the day came to an end, an exciting discovery was made in the “Central Midden Area”, between Structures Eight and Twelve, and at the intersection of… Read more
Dig Diary – Monday, July 29, 2019
Day Twenty-One
‘It’s just another manic Monday…’
Being a Monday, today is suitably manic. A large number of new recruits arrived on site this morning bright, eager, and in some… Read more
3d model of possible standing stone outside Structure Twelve
The annexe outside the eastern entrance to Structure Twelve, complete with possible standing stone. (Jim Bright)… Read more
Day Twenty in pictures….
The half-way mark was reached yesterday – just four weeks left of the 2019 excavation season. Pictures by Jo Bourne and Sigurd Towrie.
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Focus on finds: bone pin
(📷 Ole Thoenies)This strange worked bone, probably the shaft of a polished pin, was found in Structure Eight on July 22, 2019.We say “strange” because the artefact is very dark… Read more
Focus on finds: arrowhead
Arrowhead fragment (📷 Ole Thoenies)The Early Bronze Age barbed-and-tanged arrowhead found in the outer passage of Structure Ten in July 2017. (📷 ORCA) On July 9, 2019, the tip of… Read more
Links from the Art Hut…
At present we have three artists in residence-on-site.
Here are links to their blogs/websites etc:
Karen Wallis – website
Karen’s blog – featuring her drawings, sketches and paintings created on… Read more
