And we are half way
there! 2 weeks down, 2 to go!
Though this new week
has meant that we have had to say good bye to some of our old team (hopefully
will see them again next season) we have also had 26 new members join our merry
band!
Also sorry there has
been no blog post for a few days, a few of us ‘nipped’ down to Dorchester
(staggering 7 hour drive) for the weekend, but very much worth it, as we
celebrated our first Thornton couple’s wedding! So congrats to Bre and Chez!
Anyway back to the
archaeology….
So A few days filled
with grey skies and rain hasn’t stopped our team from cracking on with their
progress!
(Trench N)
In Trench N they have
had a lovely few days continuing work on the NW, SW and middle sectors of the
trench. Out of which they have had a variety of lovely finds ranging from some Norman/Saxon
pottery sherds to a lead amupula. This ampula was found in two crushed halves
and they would have been carried often around the neck of an individual potentially
a pilgrim and filled with anointed liquids to be used when required (See picture
below).
(Ampula from Trench
N)
In other news in
Trench N, they have also spent some time training up people on the total
stations, or as they have now been nicknamed the turtle stations!
Over in Trench U,
they have spent one day 3D modelling the 19thsC structure that they exposed (see
the dense point cloud below) following this they then carefully removed the 19th
C structure.
(Dense cloud
reconstruction of Structure in Trench U)
They have also
recorded and removed the soakaway structure towards the middle north section of
the trench, and after removing more rubble they have exposed the walls further
of what is thought potentially to be Skinners House! (See photos below)
(Trench U)
In Trench P they have
spent one day cleaning back the areas to see what contexts are lurking beneath,
and then planning and leveling these contexts.
Then following this
they finished excavating the cobble path and uncovered the pebble pathway in
the NE corner of the trench. In the SE area of the trench there is also what
appears to be a lead smelting area with related structural post holes.
(Cobbled pathway next
to wall in Trench P)
(Lead smelting area
in Trench P)
The surveying team
have been released into the world with their brand new shiny Bartington and
following their surveying success Trench W has now been opened up in the south
field so stay tuned to find out more on that!
(New Bartington)
(Trench W being
de-turfed)
And finally we have
also been very busy with slowly 3D modelling the whole site, a mammoth task but
one very worthwhile doing and producing some fantastic results, here is a
sneaky glimpse into one of the 3D landscape models.
(Dense point cloud of
the Abbey remains).
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