MidNAG Nassington Excavation 2017

Nassington Dig, Day 2, 20 August 2017

Derek started the day with an explanation of the different features we found last year, with the help of a coloured sketch map. We continued cleaning backward towards the eastern edge of the excavation, which had been extended from last year, so we could see what was going on around the entrance. We kept the site sheeted as much as possible during the hottest parts of the day, and overnight, as the clay soon baked hard in the sun, and was even harder to dig.

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Explaining last year's findings — Derek explains last year's findings

A group of diggers on hands and knees lined up across the site trowelling back — Ten o'clock and sun is blazing down on the diggers

Buckets upturned and digging equipment neatly stacked as the diggers retir efor morning tea — 11 o'clock and time for tea already

Shovelling soil from the site, stright onto the spoil heap — David shows us how soil should slip off a shovel, all in one lump

A kneeling row of smiling diggers — Sharing a joke, dunno what they're laughing at though

The photographer being photographed — Oh, may be it was Gill, snapping me

Three trays of freshly washed pottery and bone finds out in the sun to dry — The first trays of finds out to dry

Two diggers standing, appraising their work so far — Just another few metres to the baulk

Diggers huddle around a find tray to see the latest find — The inevitable huddle around a find

Plastic sheeting covering most of the excavation trench, held down wth large stones — Keeping the site covered

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Middle Nene Archaeological Group

Nassington Dig, Day 2, 20 August 2017

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