Day Twenty-Seven in pictures…
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Category: Excavation
Dig Diary – Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Day Twenty-Seven
More axes from opposite ends of the site
There is something about polished stone axes. We know that many of them were utilitarian items, something like the Swiss… Read more
3D model – Grooved Ware pot from Trench J
The pot found and excavated by Ray in the Trench J extension on Monday afternoon.… Read more
Video – From the trenches
A shorter than usual offering today – things got rather busy, once the rain had cleared.… Read more
Day Twenty-Six in pictures…
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Dig Diary – Monday, August 6, 2018
Day Twenty-Six
Two new structures named
Orkney weather never plays fair.
It can lure you into a warm, relaxed fuzzy-type of feeling, then swiftly biff you in the back of… Read more
Day Twenty-Five in pictures…
Better late than never. Click on any image for a larger version.
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Dig Diary – Friday, August 3, 2018
Day Twenty-Five
Axe find raises rain-dampened spirits
Today started eerily quiet.
A flat calm descended on the lochs which flank us and, across the waters, drifted the ghostly wails of… Read more
Dig Diary – Thursday, August 2, 2018
Day Twenty-Four
Structure Eight bling, site finds and a cry for help…
One of the abiding difficulties of writing diaries day after day is to seize the attention of you,… Read more
Day Twenty-Three in pictures…
Evening all. As usual, click on any image for an enlargement.… Read more
Dig Diary – Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Day Twenty-Three
The trials and tribulations of Trench Y
There can be no doubt that Trench Y has been something of a trial.
The search for the enclosing wall on… Read more
Day Twenty-Two in pictures…
A short selection of images from today. Click on any image for a larger version.… Read more
