Kimberley has some dabbling visitors… Today we started
with bailing out the ditch we had been excavating which had accumulated some
groundwater overnight, luckily this didn't take long and we were able to move
on quickly. After this we continued to use mattocks and shovels to get deeper
into the ditch. During our break we were visited by some ducks which is always
a cute addition to the day.
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| A couple of mallards hoping to have a dabble [geddit?] at archaeology perhaps? |
Lucy had a
cracking day… Once I’d finally managed to get the hang of getting in and out of
the trench without falling back in, today’s task had me and Holly focusing on the
area alongside the possible Anglo-Saxon ditch. We were trying to find the cut of
the larger ditch and dig down to the same level, all while trying to keep the
water that kept seeping into the ditch at bay. One of the highlights of the day
was when Holly uncovered a pig jaw bone with
teeth still attached!! With cracking weather, never ending jokes and a few ice
creams, today’s been a brilliant day on site.
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| Lucy's route into the trench. |
David
appreciates new skills and good weather… The A Team had an interesting start to
the day, we learned how to mark the artefacts that we had washed beforehand.
The use of the fountain pens on the artefacts proved rather difficult for some
but it was a crucial skill that we had to learn. We had a nice time working in
the sunshine washing new artefacts and talking to the public about our finds.
In the afternoon we tackled the trench once more, team A made significant
progress in removing more of the fill and revealing the existing stonework
beneath the dusty surroundings. The weather was particularly nice and dry but
with nice cloud cover. Hopefully, the weather continues to be good over the
next few weeks.
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