The second week – Ally McCallum

Hello from Trench A! Week two on the project has gone well. The sunflowers are in full bloom and the heat is high as ever. Our three trenches have progressed significantly, with C and D hitting sterile dirt in parts of their excavations. Trench A continues into a refuse context from the medival era. This context seems to have disturbed and mixed the previous deposits beneath into one large pile, while seeking burried building materials. This has unfortunately erased the primary Roman context that was once there, mixing it with pre-history and medival remains. Our mountain of dirt grows as we have worked through this deeper context, with pottery sherds aplenty in our seive. We will see if anything remains underneath.

In the meantime, we will keep all our spirits high in the trenches with evening get togethers, the dj talents of Luca Saxobeat, and our adventures into salt mines from this Sunday.