Full steam ahead!
It was most definitely full steam ahead on site today after Monday’s storm-related disruption.
Undeterred by the blustery, but bright, conditions, when we got back in the trench the first task was to continue cleaning back the material in the new south-eastern trench extension (more on which later).
Then it was back to deturfing and removing the infill overlying the protective covers placed over the structure in 2018. Although we’re still some way off reaching the archaeology, good progress was made today.
Now we jump back across to the southern trench extension, where, to Professor Colin Richards’ great delight, the outer face of the Bronze Age building’s southern wall has started to appear through the soil.
In 2018, the curved, western end of the structure emerged but the trench wasn’t wide enough to expose its southern wall. So to find it in the extension today saw one of this season’s dig goals fulfilled.
Also appearing at the southern side of the Bronze Age building are architectural features that strongly suggest another structure outside. It’s too early to say how this building relates to its Bronze Age neighbour, but watch this space…
