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Middle Nene Archaeological Group

Nassington Dig, Day 1, 19 August 2017

Once again, the crop was off just a couple of days beforehand, but this time we hired in a slightly more powerful digger and dumper to deal with the topsoil stripping.

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All smiles after the struggle to put the tents up in blustery conditiions — Checking out the tents

A tea urn on a table in a field, powered by a generator underneath — Getting a brew on, MidNAG style

A tea urn on a table, in front of two tents — Some shelter and a drink station for the diggers

A small digger stripping topsoil into a dumper to be put on spoilheaps — Topsoil stripping at midday

People arranging tables and paerwork for administering the excavation — Beginning to sort out the admin

A row of people clearing topspoil off the terram (geotextile) protecting the site — Tidying up after the machine

Diggers clearing topsoil from the geotextile protecting the site — Near the end of the day, the geotextile over the site was cleared of soil

Diggers gathering up equipment ina wheelbarrow — Time to pack up

Diggers reflecting on a good rays work — Home time

A man barrowing equipment off the site — When clearing the equipment off the site, a barrow is best

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