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Days 11 and 12: The Final Week...
As we’ve moved into our final field-school week, attention has turned to identifying key areas of interest or unresolved archaeology....
Caroline Smith
Jun 25, 20192 min read
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Days 7,8,9 and 10: Part 3
The final instalment from this week's dig... Over the course of the week, there are two areas which have progressed excitingly. Read on...
Caroline Smith
Jun 23, 20192 min read
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Days 7,8,9 and 10: Part 2
Continuing on from Part 1, keep reading to find out more about our progress this week... Further excavation of the curtain wall has...
Caroline Smith
Jun 23, 20192 min read
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Days 7,8,9 and 10: Part 1
This blog post comes with an apology for the severe delay in posts this week. Late nights digging, visits from medieval building...
Caroline Smith
Jun 23, 20192 min read
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Days 5 & 6: Quick Site Update
So, last Friday was unfortunately rained off, so today was our first day back on site after a slightly longer weekend than normal. I...
Caroline Smith
Jun 17, 20193 min read
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Day 4: Wet and Windy
From the get-go, today was wet and windy. Not to be deterred, we persevered with the excavations until the threatening forecast of...
Caroline Smith
Jun 13, 20192 min read
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Day 3: Muddy Discoveries
Despite early speculation that digging would be called off today because of the rain, it stayed clear enough for us to be out all day...
Caroline Smith
Jun 12, 20192 min read
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Day 2: Walls, walls, walls...
You can’t walk across or around the trench without bumping into a wall somewhere. Today was mostly about continuing the cleaning effort...
Caroline Smith
Jun 11, 20192 min read
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Day 1: …and we are off and running!
Sunny and bright, this was the perfect start to this year’s summer excavation. After stripping the site (see last blog post) today was...
Caroline Smith
Jun 10, 20192 min read
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...and it begins (almost!)
Following the success of our excavations last year (see Daily Dig Diary 2018 for more) we are back excavating at Auckland Castle once...
Caroline Smith
Jun 5, 20192 min read
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