Hole Pots

These two holes in the ground may not immediately grab your attention, but they may suggest that there was an earlier settlement on this site before the medieval DMV. The pottery indicates this, but we will have an expert examine the evidence and thus give us a date for these features.  

This pottery fragment, however, is medieval, with internal glaze and nice little indents along the external edge.
 

Shining a Light on the Past

 More interesting finds from our metal detecting surveys. The two buckles add to our collection and the candle  holder is a nice little thing, that connects to our village inhabitants in a very intimate way. 

Stone me, buckle up!

 

Our first day digging the D2 trench and here is our portable HQ. All our paperwork and kit under one roof! Also good for keeping off the drizzle, if we ever get any. 

The 10m square D2 trench is very dry at the moment. As the ground is clay, this is a problem, as it is nearly impossible to get a mattock into it. It's a case of chipping away gradually. We pray to the rain gods to bring us a bit of moisture. 

However, our resident DDCAG metal detectorist has come up with two nice buckles, a fragment of something (?) and a bullet! The buckles are comfortably within the life of the DMV. 

One bonus of detecting is this stone pad, probably used to sit under a vertical post that may be structural or for a door. 

So, along with the pottery that has been unearthed all is going well, and we have just started! The next post will be images of the features.