Excavation

Diary extra – pictures from day twelve

Wednesday, July 10, 2024 (8:09 PM)

A selection of images taken yesterday, under gloriously blue skies, from Jo Bourne and Lucy Carr-McClave. Click on any photograph for a larger version.

Sigurd excavating a pit in Structure Twelve's north end. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Sigurd excavating a pit in Structure Twelve's north end. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Sigurd excavating a pit in Structure Twelve's north end. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Sue in the north-eastern corner of Structure Twelve. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Sarah excavating Structure Twelve's north-western recess - to 'slow cooker' area. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Jan planning an ash dump in Twelve's southern end. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Ray and Ceiridwen in Structure Eight/Seventeen. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Alice completes the photo register in the paved passage outside Structure Ten. (📷 Jo Bourne)

UHI student Noora and Dr Ben Elliot study the remains of Structure Two re-emerging from the south end of Trench Z. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Annie, Noora and Clare, three of the UHI Archaeology Institute students, at work in Trench Z. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Annie, Noora and Clare, three of the UHI Archaeology Institute students, at work in Trench Z. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Sigurd outside Structure Ten during the 11am tour. (📷 Lucy Carr-McClave)

Visitors on the 11am site tour line the trenches around Structure Ten. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Rowan and Jo in Structure Ten. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Jackson shows five-year-old Thomas, a visitor from Ketly, the incised stone he found outside Structure Ten. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Chris Gee offloads another barrow of midden from the top of Structure Twenty-Seven. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Ceiridwen and Chris on midden-removal duty in Trench T. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Chris, Ceiridwen and Tom removing the midden from the north-western corner of Structure Twenty-Seven. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Dr Antonia Thomas recording decorated stone from the trenchside. (📷 Lucy Carr-McClave)

Trench J bathed in sunshine. (📷 Jo Bourne)

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