Saturday, August 11, 2012

The next two test pits get ticked off...

The next two pits were less exciting than the others have been so far so I've grouped them into one post.

Our first was done at the start of the week and was in an area where we were expecting nothing...and nothing is exactly what we got.

Although there were some young residents of the garden who were fascinated none-the-less...



...even if our best efforts couldn't produce a fully armoured and armed Roman Centurion. All we found was a disappointing plank of wood that looked suspiciously like a scaffolding plank...


...and it was obvious to us the garden had been built up, probably during the construction of the house, and we couldn't go deeper than we had due to health and safety requirements. That doesn't mean to say there isn't anything buried underneath the built up ground though.

Our next garden was just as devoid of archaeology. We started off digging up the vegetable patch...


...and found a piece of carpet!..


...but what was more surprising was what was underneath the carpet...


...and that was the remains of a pet dog! It's in the edge of the section and I have decided to leave it in peace. Other than that the trench was very similar to the previous one with built up ground full of modern detritus.

Never mind, we have more on the way!


...to be continued...



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