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In late summer 2006 we excavated a mixed period site at Gillow. This
was an
interesting project and we are extremely grateful to the
farmer, Philip Watkins, for access to the site. |
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The entire side of a medieval pot
found towards the end of the day - 19th September 2006 |
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A section
through the Romano-British enclosure ditch. |
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Excavation progressing - 1st
September 2006 |
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A barbed and tanged arrowhead
found on the surface of the field
photo Les Phillips |
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Machining the ploughsoil off the
site |
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Initial excavation of upper layer |
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...and on another
part of the site |
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Excavating a length of the
Romano-British enclosure ditch |
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...and going deeper |
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another length of ditch |
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...with Romano-British pottery |
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Work
progressing - August 16th 2006 |
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Thursday August 17th 2006 |
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...was not one of our best days |
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The next day |
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but then..... |
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Tuesday 22nd August the site progressing |
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Anne and
Martin Roseveare of
Archaeophysica doing a magnetic susceptiblity survey of a
section through a ditch. |
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Adam Buckley showing
a remote
controlled aircraft used for photography |
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conventional
planning |
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This electonic
distance measuring device or total station was used to record
the 3 dimensional positions of ditches, layers and finds. |
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holding the
reflector on the position of a piece of pottery |
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taking samples
from a thick layer of burnt material |
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taking a
column sample through the fill of a ditch |
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