Having been in the classroom for the last 6 months it was quite tough getting back into the physicality of fieldwork once again, but once the blisters have healed and the muscles have warmed up it all feels good again. It rained heavily for periods during last week which made the archaeology hard to distinguish but once you do a bit of cleaning back it becomes a bit clearer and the features can be excavated in sequence. So far I have been excavating a series of Medieval and Roman pits around about the large gravel quarry pit in the centre of the open area. A few beers after work on Friday was a good chance to get to know a few of the people I hadn’t worked with before and unwind a bit; the sunshine this week has made it all the better.

postmedieval, 42 Photos

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Context (2034) Context [1555] - a mysterious brick-lined feature Detail of [1952] a mysterious brick-lined feature Context (1308) Context [1973] Context (2000) Context [1444] Urn in [2008] Context [2008] possibly a ditch with an urn Context [2013] - a pit Zone 4 facing North Context (2000) another mysterious feature Context (2029) - a truncated inhumation Context [2008] Tomasz excavating a post-Medieval pit Soak-away (1713) Soak-away (1683) Gary's post-medieval soak-away 1676 where the gun flint was found Detail of horn-core pit Jon at the top of a soak-away Gary is actually kneeling at the base of his soak-away Liz and Adrian recording the horn core pit Detail of horn core pit Horn-core pit (1578) from above Horn core pit (1578) Gary starting to dig a soakaway 1676 Fergal has not quite got to the bottom of it yet This is where we keep Liz at night Jon continues to enjoy the horn core pit (1587) Another soak-away.  What fun. Context (1095) if you were interested. ?20th Century post medieval walls - part of South Tenter Street Post-med soak-away Context (575) Looks like a well or soak-away to me Greg and Tom digging out another soak-away Tom and Greg just can't get enough good soak-away action Sara and Tom cleaning the Post Medieval basement floor Tom's post-medieval pit Gary and Fergal at work Georgian brick vaulted cellars Foundations of Victorian Building Foundations of Victorian terrace house Georgian Cellar