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.
Gallery
![Explaining last year's findings](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2017-tn-17.jpg)
![A group of diggers on hands and knees lined up across the site trowelling back](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2017-tn-18.jpg)
![Buckets upturned and digging equipment neatly stacked as the diggers retir efor morning tea](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2017-tn-19.jpg)
![Shovelling soil from the site, stright onto the spoil heap](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2017-tn-20.jpg)
![A kneeling row of smiling diggers](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2017-tn-21.jpg)
![The photographer being photographed](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2017-tn-22.jpg)
![Three trays of freshly washed pottery and bone finds out in the sun to dry](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2017-tn-29.jpg)
![Two diggers standing, appraising their work so far](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2017-tn-30.jpg)
![Diggers huddle around a find tray to see the latest find](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2017-tn-31.jpg)
![Plastic sheeting covering most of the excavation trench, held down wth large stones](i/midnag-nassington-dig-2017-tn-34.jpg)