A wet start to the day didn’t deter our brilliant team who worked on regardless. We were all delighted to have our pottery expert Rosanne Meenan back with us. In Cutting C(an’t buy me love) the famous ditch team Peter, Eric, Lennon and Richard have exposed and emptied a gully which probably pre-dates the stone wall and Geraldine has been emptying a stone-filled pit that probably held a a large timber upright. We extended this cutting east and south to capture the external face of the stone wall and ground floor entrance (?) with the help of Ailish and her two students buddies Luke and Nathan. Cutting D(on’t let me down) is looking particularly impressive with a curving section of wall and Billy’s stone lined kiln. Cutting D(on’t let me down) also incorporates an intriguing carved sandstone mullion. Burnt wood as well as a lot of burnt cereal is coming out of this feature.
Rosanne Meenan joined the excavation team today. She is shown here holding a handle sherd fond today in Cutting D(on’t let me down).
The baulk between Cuttings A(bbey Road) and D(on’t let me down) was removed during the course of the wet day.
After the removal of the baulk, by the end of the day, the kiln is coming into clear view and the wall with its slight curve extends to the west.
Ailish, Luke and Nathan de-sodded the extension to Cutting C(an’t buy me love).
Laura is seen in the photo surveying the wall in Cutting A(bbey Road).
Beaubec Excavations 