I never even made it to site today, having got stuck at work. However, I write armed with feedback from our magnificent trench warriors. PUBLIC NOTICE: I have been asked to mention that numbers were down to just 7 today so anyone who wants a go, should come on down sometime after 10am. You know it makes sense!
Now, the story of the three trenches is as follows...
Trench 11 at the bottom of the slope produced bloomery slag, as expected (see photo). There is an industrial beauty in wet slag, exposed to the air for the first time in 700 odd years. Trench 12, the middle one, hit natural ground, though not without coming across bright orange stains (see photo) which some think are the remains of crushed iron ore. The trench has now been back filled. Trench 13 at the top of the slope was excavated down from the clay and stones of context 2 to even more stones at context 3! (see photos) However, our eternally optimistic excavator tells me that, last year below this context there was Medieval pot. As if to prove the point, a body shard was found under this layer of stones today.
With the very loose interpretation allowed for Bloggers, it seems we have signs of habitation at the top of the slope, possible signs of ore crushing halfway down and slag at the bottom. Simple really!
Btw, don't miss the cute baby swallows at the bottom of the page.
Trench 13
Trench 12
Trench 11
Baby Swallows
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