Nassington Dig, Day 1, 13 August 2016
The crop was off just a couple of days beforehand, and we were lucky to have the free use of a small digger to remove the topsoil, which was very tough and clayey.
Gallery
![The location of the site is measured from a plot of a geophysical survey](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2016-tn-02.jpg)
![A surveying instrument sited over a tape measure along one edge of the filed](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2016-tn-03.jpg)
![Man pointing to a spot on the ground for a digger driver to start excavationg](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2016-tn-04.jpg)
![Topsoil is stripped off by a small digger](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2016-tn-05.jpg)
![Man checking what the machine has uncovered by careful spade work](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2016-tn-06.jpg)
![A group of people joking about how a gazebo should be erected](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2016-tn-07.jpg)
![Man in fluorescent jacker watching over the topsoil stripping](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2016-tn-08.jpg)
![A gazebo shelter for the diggers is nearly erected](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2016-tn-09.jpg)
![A woman holding onto a pole for a gazebo](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2016-tn-10.jpg)
![A text being erected](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2016-tn-11.jpg)
![A group of people discussing the progress of he exvacation](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2016-tn-12.jpg)
![People sitting under a gazebo having a picnic](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2016-tn-13.jpg)
![People using spades to make a clean edge to the excavation](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2016-tn-14.jpg)
![A discussion takes place as the excavted area grows](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2016-tn-15.jpg)
![Woman holding buscuit tin](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2016-tn-16.jpg)
![Close up of biscuits in a biscuit tin](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2016-tn-17.jpg)
![Brushing down the area stripped of topsoil](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2016-tn-18.jpg)
![A kite (bird of prey) hovers above a drone while it photographs the site](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2016-tn-19.jpg)
![An aerial view of the site](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2016-tn-20.jpg)
The crop was off just a couple of days beforehand, and we were lucky to have the free use of a small digger to remove the topsoil, which was very tough and clayey.