There was a celebratory atmosphere on the site today with the news in the morning that it was Shauna’s birthday and Craig had kindly brought along a gorgeous McCloskey cream cake for the occasion. Much digging was needed during the rest of the day to compensate for that early sugar rush. We also heard the …
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Day 13 – “Rain”
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 …
Day 12 – “Hello, Goodbye”
John Mc Cullen has very generously provided the team with a steady supply of reading material from his back catalogue. John has always believed that Beaubec is a special place and we are the fortunate people that are able to unearth its amazing story. Matt and Billy spent the day recording the sections and planning …
Day 11 – “With a little help from my friends”
There was a great buzz around the site today with new volunteers Comhal and Ethel arriving and old friends and colleagues paying us a visit. At time it was as energised as a Cidernauts concert. All Cuttings were fully staffed. We all got very excited when Penny, who was wet sieving soil samples from the …
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Day 10 – “What goes on”
Cutting A(bbey Road) continues to attract much of the attention with the revelation of a possible medieval drain that contains medieval pottery and small animal/bird bones. James helped out in this cutting today. Local resident environmental archaeologist Nikolah Gilligan called in with her son Túán and was very tempted to join Penny in the waterlogged …
Day 9 – “Revolution 9”
Our newest volunteer is Malcolm from Liverpool (brought into this world by the mother of Paul McCartney. Malcolm named and worked in our newest Cutting D(on’t let me down). We hope this cutting won’t let us down. It is positioned to find the full extent of the possible corn-drying kiln and perhaps get the turn …
Day 8 – “Eight days a week”
In Cutting C(an’t buy me love) Alan and Andy have uncovered a rough cobbled surface that is part of the Avenue that ran up to the Pearsons house (1720). Meanwhile, Deirdre, Craig and Eddie have come down on the foundation of a wall. Peter, Eric and Lennon battled on with the very, very wet and …
Day 7 – “Wait”
We were all so delighted for the crew in Cutting B(eatles for Sale) as good things come to those who “wait”. The patience shown by Peter, Lennon and Eric in Cutting B(eatles for Sale) over the last few days, emptying out a very wet and heavy ditch fill, was finally rewarded today with their discovery …
Day 6 – “All together now”
We climbed back into our trenches this morning and proceeded to uncover more of Bey More’s past. Cutting A(bbey road) caused the first stir of the morning when Sadhbh found part of a beautiful jug (possibly French) with a strap handle. Tom revealed more of the stone wall identified in the geophysics. At the other …
Day 5 – ‘Things we said today”
It was a mellow day at Bey More, taking stock of all the week’s discoveries and catching up on recording. Matt and Lennon put a sondage (exploratory trench) through the west end of Cutting B(eatles for sale) to find out whether we had reached the bottom boulder clay. This trench showed that the material below …
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