Diary Extra – Viewing the site from above
A selection of drone photographs from Professor Scott Pike. Click on any picture for an enlargement.
… Read more
Monthly Archive: July 2023
Diary Extra – Around Trench P
A selection of photographs from Friday, recording elements of some of Trench P’s structures.
For more information on any of the buildings featured, see the Structures section.… Read more
Dig Diary – ‘Dressers’, DNA and earlier buildings
Day Five
Friday, July 7, 2023
The end of week one already! Where does the time go?
Before we get into today’s events, for fans of Morph we received a… Read more
Dig Diary – ‘Structure Five really is turning into something quite special’
Clea and Sarah Jane at work in Structure One this afternoon. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)Day FourThursday, July 6, 2023What a glorious day.And how good to hear the gentle sounds of trowels… Read more
3d model of ‘dresser’ remains in Structure Five
Supervisor Paul Durdin’s photogrammetric model of one of the six ‘dresser’ features inside Structure Five.
Within the primary rectangular section of Structure Five we… Read more
Diary Extra – Pictures from day four
A selection of site photographs from today – hampered somewhat by the bright, contrasty sunshine. Click on any image for an enlargement.… Read more
Dig Diary – Extending Trench J, buildings beneath Ten and hundreds of visitors
Day Three
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
The excavation site opened to the public today and we are delighted to say they turned up in droves.
Over… Read more
Diary Extra – Uncovering the site
A few photographs from today. Click on any image for an enlargement.… Read more
Dig Diary – We did it! The entire site is uncovered ready for public opening
Day Two
Tuesday, July 4, 2023
We did it! All the structures, in all three trenches, are uncovered ready for a good spruce up tomorrow ahead of excavation resuming.
This… Read more
Dig Diary – It’s been a damp day shifting tyres, so here’s our plans for 2023
A chain of diggers and volunteers removing the tyres from Trench P. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)Day OneMonday, July 3, 2023I’m sure we say it every year but this time it seems… Read more
Back on site tomorrow for another seven-week excavation season
Where has the time gone! We’re back on site tomorrow with archaeologists and students from all over the world gathering for another seven weeks of fieldwork.
As always, our first… Read more
