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The trench expanding
April 2015 |
The trench moving northwards
April 2015 |
Resistivity Survey at Ovingdean 1991
April 2015 |
Ovingdean geophysics 1999
April 2015 |
Busy in the south trench almost down to natural chalk and feature
level May-July 2015
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Flints more flints and now daub, all quite fascinating May-July 2015 |
Levelling off to the surrounding surface May-July 2015
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Big John planning May-July 2015 |
Alison planning in the north trench May-July 2015
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A tumble of flint but an edge appearing May-July 2015 |
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Having found a double post hole looking for some more May-July 2015 |
Having removed some of the loose flints down to the layer below
May-July 2015
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Ovingdean 130615 post hole May-July 2015 |
The gully through the flint floor Aug-Sept 2015 |
Removing the upper fills from a trench cut in 2002 Aug-Sept 2015 |
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Recording the Flint Floor Aug-Sept 2015 |
Working in the north trench in July |
The Ovingdean Spur Aug-Sept 2015 |
Another ditch coming into view in the north trench Aug-Sept 2015 |
Below the chalk mound and into the Saxon layer Aug-Sept 2015 |
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Post holes being revealed in the south trench Aug-Sept 2015 |
More post holes and another gully Aug-Sept 2015 |
Central sondage and post hole Oct-Nov 2015 |
Finding a nice rib bone Oct-Nov 2015 |
Finding a robbed out wall Oct-Nov 2015 |
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A large pit or possible well Oct-Nov 2015 |
Post holes in all directions Oct-Nov 2015 |
Some nice medieval pottery Oct-Nov 2015 |
The boundary ditch Oct-Nov 2015 |
The east sondage down onto a soft loamy soil Oct-Nov 2015 |
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YACs finding lots of bits and pieces Oct-Nov 2015 |
The north end of the beam slot trench and a wall in section Oct-Nov 2015 |
Total station training Oct-Nov 2015 |
Uncovering a large padstone Oct-Nov 2015 |
Layers of flints March 2016 |
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Removing the upper layer of flints March 2016 |
A busy north trench March 2016 |
A ditch full of daub March 2016
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A nice chalk footing, for a
building or something March 2016 |
A rich soil layer below the flints March 2016 |
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Layers and layers March 2016 |
Below the mortared flint wall
another 2 layers of flints March 2016
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Finding, pottery, bone and
oyster in the north sondage March 2016 |
The sondage in the north trench June & July 2016 |
The mortared wall in the south trench now very clear June & July 2016
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Very in the new north east trench, loking for the ditch June &
July 2016 |
A large group of YAC's along at Ovingdean June & July 2016 |
An interesting stratigraphy June & July 2016 |
Clives collection of daub charcoal and oyster shells June & July 2016
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Examining the flint layers in the south trench June & July 2016 |
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Some of Carols finds 2 whetstones and a latch June & July 2016 |
Lots going on in the north trench 2, June & July 2016 |
Working on the north boundary ditch Sept 2016 |
Working on the Saxon layers Sept 2016
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The east section now being removed flint wall and all Sept 2016 |
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Planning a possible detached kitchen area, loads of pottery Sept 2016 |
A pit and other features in the south trench east facing baulk Sept 2016
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A pit packed with charcoal Sept 2016 |
A real mixture of daub and charcoal Sept 2016 |
Large chalk blocks being exposed Sept 2016 |
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Removing the top soil in the new area Sept 2016 |
Removing the west block with charcoal and daub in the lower levels
Sept 2016 |
Section drawing and planning all part of the recording Sept 2016 |
Section drawing and planning, al part of the recording (2) Sept 2016 |
Sectioning the possible well Sept 2016 |
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Some planning training going on Sept 2016 |
Field walking at Ovingdean 8th Feb 2017 |
A winter walk at Ovingdean February 2017 |
Ovingdean Site April 2017
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Inroads into the kitchen trench April 2017 |
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Deturfing and sorting who goes where April 2017 |
Neil working in the well cleaning up the feature April 2017 |
Pottery eroding out of the daub layer 2, April 2017 |
Down the well in a harness April 2017 |
The north east trench with flint appearing is it a floor April 2017 |
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The well north wall of chalk blocks April 2017 |
A robin at Ovingdean May 2017 |
On Site May 2017 |
Ditches and floors appearng May 2017 |
The well in the process of excavation may 2017 |
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Planning the oyster shells June 2017 |
A busy YAC trench June 2017 |
Some people digging in the north east trench June 2017 |
Focused in the trenches June 2017 |
Getting down into the well June 2017 |
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Alarna drawing a section July 2017 |
Ovingdean - pits and post holes all over the place June 2017 |
Ovingdean the well getting deeper June 2017 |
Ovingdean oyster shells in the well June 2017 |
Planning and section drawing training June 2017 |
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The south trench July 2017 |
North trench 2
August 2017 |
A dark layer in the well
August 2017 |
An area of daub and fire-cracked flint in the south trench
August 2017 |
The north trench full of gullies, pits and post holes
September 2017 |
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Some very deep pits
September 2017 |
Cutting test pits around the field
September 2017 |
Training and surveying on site
September 2017 |
Another busy day on site
September 2017 |
The well nearing completion, or least our maximum depth of digging 2 metres
September 2017 |
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The pit filled with charcoal
October 2017 |
The BHAS team sheltering from the sun at tea time
October 2017 |
Defintely the bottom of the well that we can dig
October 2017 |
Pits post holes and ditches going in all directions
October 2017 |
A large stone block eroding out of the baulk, near the possible
kitchen location
October 2017 |
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