At the Hanscombe End of Shillington this weekend investigating whether there was much occupation of this area. The conclusion being there was probably some.
Didn't find alot which in itself tells you something, but what we did find was very interesting. Just a few sherds of what looked like Medieval greyware pot, and some reddish coloured as well the rule of thumb being any more than 6 sherds from one pot suggests occupation, and a very nice sherd of possible Tudor pot (photo'd) this will be confirmed by the pottery analysis by Paul Blinkhorn later in the season.
One day one we got down to 0.6m with all the finds coming up on this day. Alot of clay once again. Day two didn't yield any finds at all so the context to 0.8m was just halved and all agreed we were at natural so that was it game over, back filled, then lunch then to the Musgrave Arms for the final de brief of this weekends dig. ( sounds much too clever- we just went to the pub & had a chat!)
Timothy Taylors 'Landlord' ale was the guest ale this week & very nice it was too.
Another great weekend of digging.
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| Trench dug to 0.8m. |
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| Dug to 0.8m in the far half of the test pit. |
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Derek,Kevin,Nigel, Alison & Ivor in action!
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| The inevitable 'selfie.' |
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| Finds from contexts 4,5 & 6. |
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| Possible Tudor pottery. |
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| Med pottery. |
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| Back filling. |
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