The weather conditions have not improved so there is no excavation on site today for first year students. The second and third years as well as some volunteers have therefore spent the day in a laboratory on the university campus cleaning and processing finds. There were so many finds from last year’s excavation that not… Read more » about Day 6 – finds processing

Today has proved difficult in the fact that the rain has made the site extremely muddy. In conditions like this, too many archaeologists really can ‘spoil the broth’ and the site can easily become very crowded, dirty and mucky again, something we ideally would like to avoid especially after spending a few days cleaning it…. Read more » about Day 5 – rain stops play

Over the four day jubilee weekend, the wet weather has obviously had an effect on the site with many features that were already outlined becoming even more distinct against the white chalk. While the features are easier to see, it is important to just tidy the edges, defining the exact location of the feature in… Read more » about Day 4 – features standing out from the chalk

Once again the weather has been on our side today as we have continued to clean back the surface of the site exposing the clean white chalk, which contrasts against the dark cut archaeological features. We are fortunate in that many first years have experienced finding at least one item with many artefacts being spotted… Read more » about Day 3 – two burials and more finds

Today we have continued to clean the site and have completed the straightening of trench edges. The first year students experienced some trowelling this afternoon, cleaning back the soil to reveal the white chalk surface and exposing the archaeological features. The clean chalk clearly shows the ploughing damage that the site has undergone, which unfortunately… Read more » about Day 2 – cleaning off and weeding