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Week 21; Aug 20 - Aug 24
Topic Started: Aug 21 2012, 07:23 AM (762 Views)
Justin-T
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Intriguing pieces of a fancy column in a ditch today in Justin's tweet. Can any of this week's diggers shed any light on them, or any of the other trenches?
Edited by Justin-T, Aug 21 2012, 08:42 AM.
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SacoHarry
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Thanks for the new Wk 21 post -- I was remiss in getting that up!
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Terry S
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Visited site today and Pauline took some photos. These are on the way to Harry. Lovely dry day, perfect for excavating. Already looking forward to the next batch of pix in April 2013, or thereabouts.
Merry Christmas to all our readers.
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Terry S
Aug 21 2012, 02:26 PM

Merry Christmas to all our readers.

Steady on Terry, looking forward to an Indian summer first! Can't wait to see the upcoming photos.
Edited by snowglobe, Aug 21 2012, 04:04 PM.
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Terry S
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Hi Pete.
I fully expected that my last missive would be the final one this year - hence the future festive greeting to all the We Dig viewers. It would be lovely to get an Indian summer, hopefully over this week and next, when I believe the excavations finish and complete the current SMC. Back to the fort next year and some nice deep digging to look forward to. See ya next year!
Ta ra for now,
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Terrific pictures Terry! What a year, as the site still continues to grow. The pictures really give a look at all that's been done in just really a few short months. Moreover, they've helped me flesh out a new plan for where the digging is, which had gotten a bit out of date. Here's the updated plan first:
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The new area, 11, is site of Justin's tweet of the big masonry & the Period IV (Hadrianic) east-west ditch.
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On to Terry's pictures. First batch:

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Area 4c from extreme southeast looking north

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This is old Area 1 off to the east; standing on the N/S path looking east. Now a convenient backfill site! It looks like the huge N/S wall has been pointed & preserved for viewing.

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This is standing at the northernmost end of 4b, looking south across backfilled 4a in the foreground and the new work extending area 5 to the south to meet the old storehouse (Site XI in Justin's tweets)

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The water tank in area 7, pressed back into service after 1800 years

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Western edge of area 7/8 looking south, at the newly expanded trenches connecting 10 to 8
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And the rest of Terry's:

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More of a close-up of the join between areas 8 and 10, looking south. Looks like tons of drains & ditches, but can't make sense really of what's going on.

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Great overview of all of 7/8 from the NW looking SE. Again, tons of ditches, etc. (Have tried to put the most prominent ones in gray in the plan above)

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Area 9 right next to the temple, from NE corner looking SW. Another apparent aqueduct/drain/ditch in the middle, running E-W.

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The new area 11, from the NE corner looking west-ish. Very large Hadrianic (Period IV) ditch running E-W through it, with a later(?) N-S rubble wall/foundation in the near end.

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Excavation of area 11 in progress. From east looking west.

Terry, thanks so much for these and for all the photos & updates throughout the year. They've been brilliant! For those who would like to see this whole album, including high-res versions, please visit http://opa.cig2.canon-europe.com/s/m/EUGGnxueEDt.
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Can I add my thanks, great to see the site in sunshine, amazing progress. I note a sighting of Nigel there on site!
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From this member sitting on the other side of the world i would like to add my appreciation as well. After a lack of images for the past 2 weeks it is great to see how much the site is progressing since I was there in May.
Thank you Terry
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Ave Terry!
The armchair archeologists of the known world salute you!
What a difference technology has made in recent years.
T. Wolter
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Claire_M
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Ooh great to see what's going on thank you ever so much for posting :)
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I'd like to add my thanks for posting this excellent series of photographs showing the current state of play. I also find the site map very useful. I was having trouble placing what is now area 11, as I didn't realise it was on the other side of the path. It's now clear where things are being found. I am surprised at how much has been done since I left at the end of Week 18! I wonder now, what the current thoughts are regarding the use of the area near the temple, now the trenches have been joined up? I am also curious as to the plans for the spring, i.e. will this be backfilled or left as a feature?
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Chiming in to add my thanks for the photos. Good to be able to follow it all after leaving :)
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the week 21 gang. Well done folks, extremely hard work this week as the site was once more soaking wet, will this soggy summer never end?

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