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My day 5 not the Archies which have done a great volunteering job, this weekend we had about 6 per day.
We have now finished digging all the features in the test trench & have come to the following conclusions;
The deeply buried wooden pole was put next to the 1930s Cricket Pavilion.
The Ridge & Furrow Medieval ploughing was flatted out in the 1930's to make the Cricket Pitch.
The deep drainage pipes were early 19th C & most of them in this area used Napoleonic Prisoners Of War to dig them.
Sadly no signs of the tessera floor, but we hope to find it elsewhere.
With the width of over a metre wide outer foundations with a large post hole, the construction looks mostly wooden but would have been 2 floors high.
It had painted Wall Plaster!
It had a large tiled roof & under-floor heating, with signs of a room that need water-proofing, so maybe a Bath-House on the side.
It had a lot of wealthy visitors & had gambling going on, we assumed it also had a place to drink beer, eat & sleep - like a hotel.
We need to analysis all the bones, but we can tell they had Oysters, Sheep, Cattle, Bird.
The most interesting piece of pottery to come out, which backs up my old theory that it had a Bar is a 'Peterborough Hunt Cup';
https://potted-history.co.uk/products/roman-hunt-cup
Above is a repro, but you get the idea - Running Dog after a Hare. It was found by a Russian member of the team. (We also had a Dane)
I did 1 hour with the Deus & 1 hour on Land-Mag's Nox;
6 Roman Coins
Tatty Hammered Penny
18th C Pewter Button
UPDATE:
Today they were meant to be filling in the trench by 15.00, they called us to pick up a Roman Coin found at the bottom of a Post Hole. We dated the coin to circa 270-80AD.
They also found 2 more big post holes, one of which had part of a broken Roman Glass Vessel, including a complete handle!
We have now finished digging all the features in the test trench & have come to the following conclusions;
The deeply buried wooden pole was put next to the 1930s Cricket Pavilion.
The Ridge & Furrow Medieval ploughing was flatted out in the 1930's to make the Cricket Pitch.
The deep drainage pipes were early 19th C & most of them in this area used Napoleonic Prisoners Of War to dig them.
Sadly no signs of the tessera floor, but we hope to find it elsewhere.
With the width of over a metre wide outer foundations with a large post hole, the construction looks mostly wooden but would have been 2 floors high.
It had painted Wall Plaster!
It had a large tiled roof & under-floor heating, with signs of a room that need water-proofing, so maybe a Bath-House on the side.
It had a lot of wealthy visitors & had gambling going on, we assumed it also had a place to drink beer, eat & sleep - like a hotel.
We need to analysis all the bones, but we can tell they had Oysters, Sheep, Cattle, Bird.
The most interesting piece of pottery to come out, which backs up my old theory that it had a Bar is a 'Peterborough Hunt Cup';
https://potted-history.co.uk/products/roman-hunt-cup
Above is a repro, but you get the idea - Running Dog after a Hare. It was found by a Russian member of the team. (We also had a Dane)
I did 1 hour with the Deus & 1 hour on Land-Mag's Nox;
6 Roman Coins
Tatty Hammered Penny
18th C Pewter Button
UPDATE:
Today they were meant to be filling in the trench by 15.00, they called us to pick up a Roman Coin found at the bottom of a Post Hole. We dated the coin to circa 270-80AD.
They also found 2 more big post holes, one of which had part of a broken Roman Glass Vessel, including a complete handle!
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