4 more digging days

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Grace, Rhiannon, Jen, Tom, Matt, Tony, Steven, James

Today we celebrate the fact that 8 of my Trainee site staff have been offered jobs with Oxford Archaeology – to start on Monday! The link between Silchester Trainees and Oxford Archaeology continues to flourish – and I am very proud of them all.

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Happy days!

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Revealing more of the round house in Hen’s area

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The cesspit in Hen’s area with stake holes cut into its base

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Half -sectioning the clay hearth in Nick’s building: the clay is set on a bed of flint cobbles

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Planning the ceramic pot hearth in Nick’s building: Patricia’s pride and joy!

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And look! Continuation of the south wall of the Iron Age hall…this building gets bigger by the minute….44m long and counting!

And we are touting for backfill week…we need all the help we can get to put this site to bed!

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