Monthly Archives: August 2014

Starting with Insula IX: a photograph of the ditch  running alongside the Iron Age street, extending into the distance beyond kneeling Tom. Edoardo and his team have brilliantly revealed the extent of this curving street beneath the east-west Roman street, … Continue reading →

The End is Nigh….I can feel it getting closer, so I am wrapping myself in a bubble of unreality so I don’t have to think about it….. Luckily I am busy enough…so not much time for retrospectives. What happened today? … Continue reading →

It is Week 5. And we have 32 new people on site! The countdown continues……a lovely hot day with visits by our English Heritage Inspector Ben Jervis, Professor Norman Hammond, the Times Archaeology correspondent, and our renowned colleague Professor Richard … Continue reading →

Lots of visitors today…a sunny day drew the crowds. Over 300 general visitors, which kept Zoe and her team on their toes! Mike and I spent time with friends and special visitors, including lovely Nina Crummy and her husband Philip. … Continue reading →

It rained today! Key several pictures of a rainy excavation – a rare sight in 2014….. Today we hosted a visit from the 3 winners of the Young Archaeologists’ Club competition: Q. What was the book written by Rosemary Sutcliff … Continue reading →

The days are going by in a blur for me! Not only do we have a large number of booked in groups and visits, but each day sees more and more people from the excavation’s past arriving for a final … Continue reading →