Thursday 3rd July 2014 All top soil is now removed from Trench 3, which leaves students to start troweling back. An unusual array of finds have been coming up, including working flint, pottery and modern wire. This shows just how much deep soil ploughing can affect the stratigraphy of features, making it hard to date… Read more » about Day 19 – Possible postholes and filming

Wednesday 2nd July 2014 Further work is still being done in Trench 3 today. Due to the topsoil not being removed beforehand, the students digging it have to remove it all by hand in order to be able to determine the features that lie under the top soil. The crossover of two ditches may be… Read more » about Day 18 – More ditches and flint knapping

Tuesday 1st July 2014 Excavations in Trench 3 continued today. Because the students are having to remove the top soil by hand it is taking a while to get don yo the chalk in order to identify any features within the trench. It is hoped that Trench 3 will reveal the turning point for two… Read more » about Day 17 – The sunken feature and washing ‘Pebble’

Monday 30th June 2014 The focus of Trench 1 now is primarily digging out all the sections of the square feature ditch. Miles Russell was hoping to get some dating evidence that we can use to date the filling of the ditch, but unfortunately nothing has yet to be revealed. No coins have been found… Read more » about Day 16 – Square ditch and lots of topsoil!