Day 13 and we’re determined to get to the bottom of that ditch…

Robert and team C continue to dig deeper… today we tried to find the bottom of what might be an Anglo Saxon ditch. We had many interesting finds such as Roman pottery some of which may have been from an incense burner and containers, there was also plenty of animal bone. Although the soil was difficult to take out of the ground, the sun was shining and ice lollies were provided at the end of the day so on the whole it was a great experience.

A well deserved ice lolly at the end of a hard days work!

Edward reports for the A-Team… today we were tasked with taking height measurements or ‘levels’, and drawing plans of areas of Trench VIII. I also took part in excavating a suspected post-hole. There were also large groups of visitors at the site today, including some from a school, all of whom seemed interested in the site’s history, and what we had found. The rain water that had collected in Trench IV was needed to make the trowelling more easy, but the nice weather made the day quite enjoyable.

Excellent work going on in Trench 8 to plan and record features before they are excavated.

Abigail and group D continued their finds sessions… In this session we looked at recording finds and the physical characteristics of artefacts and how particular characteristics help define what kind of artefact something is, for example, different types of pottery. We then continued to do some, oddly therapeutic, finds washing 😊.

Recording a selection of bone, pottery and building material from one of the deposits excavated this year.