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Wow, it was HOT today, I had to take off 2 layers!
Started the day quickly covering the new spoil in the Archie Trench. Typically they found a big Iron Age Storage Pit at the 11th hour & they never got to finish digging it all out, so filled it with rubble until the next dig. I only found a small piece of lead, but at least now we know the pit didn't throw up anything date-able.
The title is a little mis-leading as we spent the first hour of the day trying to track down a Roman Site, from a 1920's resource. Meant to have been pits & Roman Pot Shards found! We have tried this area twice before with no success, this is now 3 strikes & your out - now struck off the list!
We then returned to the Medieval field for 4 hours of gridding various spots. We had some success but no hammered. So those are in the lower bit of the field where we have now proved the houses were.
Rose Farthing
1721 Geo I 'Dump' Halfpenny
17th C Button
2 Tudor Strap-ends
17th C Halfpenny Token (thought it was a Jetton)
Medieval Horse Harness Pendant.
1st C BC-1st C AD Iron Age Terret Ring (Celtic Chariot Reign Guide) - Type I need.
13th C Annular Brooch - Shows how plain these normally are, not like the last one we had.
PS. We were doing this field whilst the tractor drilled the Spring Crop - so all the options are quickly drying up.
Started the day quickly covering the new spoil in the Archie Trench. Typically they found a big Iron Age Storage Pit at the 11th hour & they never got to finish digging it all out, so filled it with rubble until the next dig. I only found a small piece of lead, but at least now we know the pit didn't throw up anything date-able.
The title is a little mis-leading as we spent the first hour of the day trying to track down a Roman Site, from a 1920's resource. Meant to have been pits & Roman Pot Shards found! We have tried this area twice before with no success, this is now 3 strikes & your out - now struck off the list!
We then returned to the Medieval field for 4 hours of gridding various spots. We had some success but no hammered. So those are in the lower bit of the field where we have now proved the houses were.
Rose Farthing
1721 Geo I 'Dump' Halfpenny
17th C Button
2 Tudor Strap-ends
17th C Halfpenny Token (thought it was a Jetton)
Medieval Horse Harness Pendant.
1st C BC-1st C AD Iron Age Terret Ring (Celtic Chariot Reign Guide) - Type I need.
13th C Annular Brooch - Shows how plain these normally are, not like the last one we had.
PS. We were doing this field whilst the tractor drilled the Spring Crop - so all the options are quickly drying up.
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