Last weekend we worked with the Charmouth History Society to undertake the 'Big Garden Dig'. Several garden owners volunteered their gardens to have a 1m square test pit dug, which they either did themselves or allowed other village volunteers to do so.
This test pit uncovered a stone drain running at the front of the property.
Charmouth
This is a 13th century wall that runs behind the original garden plots. Although much rebuilding has been done, it still has a good percentage of original material. This trench was looking for the foundation. A 1:10 scale drawing will be made to record the exposed fabric.
Exposing the foundation.
This test pit was producing lots of finds.
This is the village hall HQ for processing the finds.
All the finds were put into bags with the house details written on them. After analysis all finds will go back to the property owners.
It was a busy weekend and despite the heavy rain on Saturday afternoon a lot was done in the morning. Sunday was cloudy but warm and the work progressed very well. All who took part enjoyed themselves. This weekend we will be digging at several more gardens.
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