Friday, 5 September 2025

Life's a Ditch


One thing that archaeologists are is resourceful. When we had a busted leg on our gazebo, rather than just stand around in the rain, we had to think of a way of supporting the thing. This was our answer. It worked very well - for now. 


In the meantime, we have started, at last, to dig the ditch in the main trench! The rain had done its job. We were not disappointed. As we chased the edge, it came down on to a very clean fill, so we hope that as that material is taken out a very nice profile of the feature will be had. Also, it is the last of the fills in the base of a ditch where, generally, finds are to be had. Fingers crossed. 

 

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