Thursday  - 17 October

Our penultimate day and a very select gathering – only 3 of us and Roger. As it was a beautiful day  - warm and sunny, our first task was to dismantle the tent and lay it out on the field to dry – a much easier job than it was to erect it!

We then continued with further excavation – Peter & Lynne in the top of the bank and Ruth in the trench on the southern side of the wall. As it was the last day of digging and finds always appear on the last day, Roger had explicitly stated "No finds today!"  So Lynne & Peter thoroughly enjoyed themselves throughout the rest of the day finding large pieces of bone, suitable for dating. I don't think Roger was too upset, though!

Happy as a dog with a bone!  (c) photo by Ruth Spencer

Ruth meanwhile had to make do with cleaning down to the natural grit at the base of the trench, which proved very elusive. 

Archaeology with style and nonchalance  (c) photo by Lynne Primmer 

Roger later joined her to expose even more stones, but still very little grit.

Packing up  (c) photo by Ruth Spencer

The day finished with us sorting out equipment and packing it into the land rover – our last day tomorrow, so planning and back-filling to look forward to ............  

Ruth Spencer