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Trackway and ditch July 2011 |
The north corner of the enclosure August 2011
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West Ditches, terrace and Mussel pit August 2011 |
West Side pits and gully August 2011 |
The site looking north August 2011 |
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West ditch and gully August 2011 |
Working on the dig 2011
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Ditch Junction and adjactent trackway 2011 |
Very deep section drawing October 2011 |
Pottery from Rocky Clump November 2011 |
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Saturday in November 2011 |
The ditch junction appears November 2011
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Vertebrae and ribs November 2011 |
Those last few metres December 2011 |
A ritual deposit December 2011 |
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Cuts appearing, a chronological sequence December 2011 |
A double rainbow December 2011
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Both trenches looking south
March/April 2012
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Cleaning back to reveal those features
March/April 2012
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Removing the top soil March 2012 |
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The west ditch and possible pits March/April 2012
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A possible ditch or grave cut
March/April 2012
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The magnetometry survey results March/April 2012 |
Levelling in those features
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Good Statigraphy
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Digging on a Sunny Day May/June 2012 |
Long bones of cow and horse appearing May/June 2012 |
Bones galore May/June 2012
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More Bones May/June 2012
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Obvoiusly a good find May/June 2012
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Rain Highlighting the Features May/June 2012 |
A Good Roman Ditch May/June 2012 |
Seeking the North Ditch May/June 2012 |
The north ditch found at last May/June 2012 |
Into the depths of the north south ditch May/June 2012 |
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Looking for the Ditch edge May/June 2012 |
A new Middle Ditch, ditches galore May/June 2012 |
The new East to West Ditch comning into view May/June 2012 |
John and Mark discussing the next stage of the dig
Misc Pictures 2012 by John Skelton |
Young Archaeologists at work
Misc Pictures 2012 by John Skelton
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The middle East to West ditch revealed
Misc Pictures 2012 by John Skelton
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A nice sunny day
Misc Pictures 2012 by John Skelton |
A possibble flint packed pit in the middle West to East ditch
Misc Pictures 2012 by John Skelton |
The West ditch revealed
Misc Pictures 2012 by John Skelton
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The Southern East to West ditch
Misc Pictures 2012 by John Skelton
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Exploring an intersection of ditches
Misc Pictures 2012 by John Skelton |
Carefully removing the top layers
Misc Pictures 2012 by John Skelton
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Vertabra partially excavated
Misc Pictures 2012 by John Skelton |
More bone
Misc Pictures 2012 by John Skelton |
A small piece of Samian found in the top soil
Misc Pictures 2012 by John Skelton |
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Bone deposit in Context 315 First stage
Misc Pictures 2012 by John Skelton
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Bone deposit in Context 315 First stage detail
Misc Pictures 2012 by John Skelton
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Bone deposit in Context 315 Second stage
Misc Pictures 2012 by John Skelton |
Bone deposit in Context 315 Third stage
Misc Pictures 2012 by John Skelton
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The baby burial layer
August 2012
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The lower east west ditch
August 2012
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A Large mandible
August 2012 |
Cow skull with horns
August 2012 |
Finger Ring from Rocky Clump
August 2012 |
The north south ditch
August 2012
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Working on the upper east west ditch
August 2012 |
Coin and finder
Sept 2012 |
A double cut ditch
Sept 2012 |
Excavating the baby burial
Sept 2012 |
Finding a nice collection of pottery
Sept 2012 |
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The various ditches getting deeper
Sept 2012
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Good numbers coming along to dig
Sept 2012
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Planning and recording
Sept 2012 |
The curious fill of the middle east west ditch
Sept 2012 |
The interesting fills in the lower east west ditch
Sept 2012 |
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Uncovering a possible 'floor'
Sept 2012 |
A Trackway or Floor
November 2012
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And More Bones
November 2012 |
Bottoming out the ditch
November 2012 |
"Floor" Area 343-5
November 2012 |
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Recording the Ditch Sections
November 2012 |
Interesting Pits
November 2012 |
More Floor Investigations
November 2012 |
More new Features
November 2012
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Opening up new areas
November 2012 |
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The Floor and Causeway
November 2012 |
The Lower East West Ditch Completed
November 2012 |
The Curious North West Corner
November 2012 |
The Dirtch Junction again
November 2012 |
Ditch Junction
November 2012 |
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The New Area being Opened
November 2012 |
The North West Corner
November 2012 |
Protecting the features at Rocky Clump 2012 |
The back filling now complete at Rocky Clump 2012 |
A wet and windy start to the season May 2013 |
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Opening up new trenches at Rocky Clump May 2013 |
The arrow head from Rocky Clump May 2013 |
A typical day at Rocky Clump June 2013 |
Lots of stake holes June 2013 |
Scorching and burning June 2013 |
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A collection of oyster and snail shells June 2013 |
Almost down to feature level June 2013 |
Removing the top soil at Rocky Clump June 2013 |
Lunch time at Rocky Clump June 2013 |
A visit by the YAC's in June 2013 |
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Recording the hearth August 2013
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Ditches, layers and post holes August 2013 |
Getting into those ditches August 2013 |
Good numbers at Rocky Clump August 2013 |
Plenty of ditches August 2013 |
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The middle east-west ditch August 2013 |
17 YAC'S in a trench at Rocky Clump November 2013 |
A nice 'v' shaped ditch November 2013 |
Excavating the features November 2013 |
Iron Age pottery November 2013 |
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Seeking the barn wall November 2013 |
Levelling in the features November 2013 |
Nice Stratigraphy November 2013 |
Opening the extension November 2013 |
Rocky Clump pottery November 2013 |
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Very deep ditches November 2013 |
The shallow snail shell ditch November 2013 |
The clay fill in the middle east-west ditch November 2013 |
The ditches getting deeper November 2013 |
The barn north wall December 2013 |
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Rocky Clump excavations looking SE December 2013 |
A pit full of burned sandstone and bone December 2013 |
Everyone removing those lower fills December 2013 |
Excavating the fire pit December 2013 |
Getting into those deep ditches December 2013 |
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Yet another pig skull to record December 2013 |
Now thats what I call a ditch December 2013 |
Now where did I put my trowel December 2013 |
Rocky Clump baby burial 2013 December 2013 |
Rocky Clump excavations looking East December 2013 |
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End of the day December 2013 |
A busy day on site May 2018 |
Finding features near the enclosure entrance April 2018 |
Lunch time on site April 2018 |
One of the very large ditches April 2018 |
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Some of the diggers April 2018 |
Some dumpy level training April 2018 |
A visit by the YAC's in July 2018 |
The site at the end of July 2018 |
Ditches, pits and post holes all over the place July 2018 |
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Interesting pottery July 2018 |
A cow bone found in the lower ditch July 2018 |
A pit with post holes and stake holes in the fill July 2018 |
The upper east west ditch July 2018 |
Digging out stake holes and post holes July 2018 |
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Sestertius coin 060618-2 July 2018 |
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