Day 3 Wednesday 20th July
Craig from NAA shows the team how to wield a mattock
Unhindered by scorching conditions, today was a prime time for some heavy stuff!
Mattocks were out and soil was flying out of both trenches as we tried to find the base of the road deposits and any potential roadside ditches.
Big shout outs to Persy, Jess, Sarah, Aiden and George who made light work of some pretty solid clay!
Sarah shows Persy and Craig she know how it's done
George gives it a go too!
Elsewhere, work was underway to reveal the extent of the surviving cobbled road surface. A beautiful job was made of cleaning the metalling in trench 2.
Professional archaeologists struggle with the patience it takes for such work (so Holly says, anyway, speaking for herself!) so we have nothing but admiration for our volunteers working steadily and sticking at it without complaint.
Big thanks to all our volunteers today - we had 12 people along in the 2 trenches: fab work everyone!
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