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Day 13: 2 days left!
As we enter the latter half of our last week our minds have all become focused on trying to finish and understand some of our more...
Caroline Smith
Jun 21, 20183 min read
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Days 10 and 11: Big Discoveries and Brand New Trenches...
At the end of last week, some big discoveries were made which have impacted upon the trajectory of the excavations as we move into our...
Caroline Smith
Jun 19, 20182 min read
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Day 9: New Trenches and New Finds...
Although Storm Hector was determined to halt progress on the dig so far, we battled on despite a few buckets flying around. Read on to...
Caroline Smith
Jun 14, 20182 min read
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Day 8: Rooms are taking shape and ditches are getting deeper...
The sun has been shining all day and we have been making some real progress. In Trench 2, rooms and features have been cleaned up and are...
Caroline Smith
Jun 13, 20183 min read
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Day 7: Ditches and Fills
After the flurry of activity over the recent major finds, today was far more focused on understanding some of the subtler features on...
Caroline Smith
Jun 12, 20182 min read
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Day 6: Birds and Buttresses
Following the successes of last week, we were hoping for more of the same. Today was a no less exciting day in terms of progress. Read on...
Caroline Smith
Jun 11, 20182 min read
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Day 5: Unearthing new treasures and revisiting old bodies...
Friday welcomed the end of Week 1 and signalled a third of the way through the dig. It is therefore apt that on this day we made some...
Caroline Smith
Jun 10, 20184 min read
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Day 4: Drones and Drains
The sun has been out and spirits are very high on site. Today, we have had lots of new finds and have progressed onto photographing and...
Caroline Smith
Jun 7, 20183 min read
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Day 3: Areas of burning and areas for sampling.
As we dig down further we are beginning to unearth some really interesting finds and features. Read on to find out more about some of the...
Caroline Smith
Jun 6, 20182 min read
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Day 2: Pottery, bricks and mortar...
Today we spent most the day continuing to clean back the site ready in order to gain a better understanding of the archaeology we are...
Caroline Smith
Jun 5, 20183 min read
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Day 1: Starting on site and spoil heap finds...
Today we welcomed 72 level 1 undergraduate students and volunteers on site at Auckland Castle to begin excavating our two trenches. For...
Caroline Smith
Jun 4, 20182 min read
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Pre-dig: Prepping the site for the student arrival and making discoveries...
The digger has been in, the topsoil and turf has been stripped away and the preparations for students arriving on-site on Monday are in...
Caroline Smith
Mar 20, 20181 min read
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