The Beaubec archaeologists certainly made up for lost time today. John’s team have uncovered the outside edge of the moat in Cutting J. The test cuttings in search of precinct/building walls have hit a re-deposited boulder clay. In Cuttings E and F Billy has been carefully exposing the mouth of the kiln flue while Laura’s team have exposed the surface of the post medieval avenue that lead up to the Pearson house. Excitement is mounting in Cutting H within the tower where levels are dropping fast and Craig and Andrew identified a charcoal rich deposit which was sampled by Penny, our onsite environmental archaeologist. She has already begun to sieve and process environmental samples. Catriona has been busy cataloguing the finds. Our first distinguished visitors to the site were Peadar and Marie with their dog. All are welcome if socially distant.
Father and son team Craig (right) and Andrew excavate the floor of the gate tower (photo: Billy Sines).
Environmentalist Penny Johnston is already processing samples
The exposed top of the possible precinct wall (photo: Billy Sines).
The team in Cutting J reach the top of the moat by close of play (photo: Billy Sines).
The cobbled roadway leading up to the eighteenth-century house (photo: Billy Sines).
Co-director Matthew Stout holds one of our Covid safety sticks as he shows Peadar and Marie around the excavation. Both had volunteered on the excavations at Bective 2009–12 (photo: Billy Sines).
Beaubec Excavations 