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it was quite emotion taking the last shot of site after the days hard work before packing up and carrying the equipment no longer needed back to the vehicle it has been a fantastic and memorable few weeks where i have had the pleasure of working alongside some of the most enthusiastic volunteers i have met this is what community archaeology is all about bringing everyone together well i truly hope i see you all again in the near future debbie p s keep an eye out for adams update where he will fill you all in on details of both long house close and also tongue house b bob s blog day 15 of the dig was going to be another hot one fifteen diggers including our metal detectorist john nichols gathered in the seathwaite parish room in the now traditional manner and prepared for the rigours of the day first task was to load up 2 x five litre bottles with drinking water to ensure there would be plenty of emergency supplies just in case dehydration became a real issue for any of our company at the gate we signed up stephen grindrod our sixteenth volunteer had arrived direct there from ambleside via the passes today our digging team was joined by amy ratcliffe and tom ferrero from barrow as well as john trippier from bolton together with josh murray they spent much of the working day being introduced to archaeological excavating activities for all the rest of the volunteers this was the day when excavating ceased and back filling was the order of the day under the direction of the professionals ken day marked out the cross passage of the longhouse or is it really a shieling and in filling commenced large rocks first small stones next and then soil as alan bennett said history is just one thing after another and so it was for all the volunteers for the rest of the day as our path smoothed the team was able to introduce more advanced technology the bucket chain was replaced by a wheelbarrow system of in fill delivery which speeded the process no end as the sun began to take its toll so the volunteers slowed in proportion to the unremitting rise in temperature there is not too much shade at longhouse close though the shady side of the tardis toilet has become a place of refuge for some of the herdwick sheep the livestock have derived some benefit from the dig then there were 3 visitors to the dig including mother and son christine and william from millom they had seen the dig at an earlier stage and this was an opportunity for william to take part he succeeded in unearthing some quartz rock he may have a future in geology as well as archaeology stephen grindrod kindly rewarded our youngest visitor for all his efforts because of the dangers of heat exhaustion the team finished at 3pm for those able to stay on light refreshment was taken at the newfield inn the professionals were able to assure all present that the job was half way there following the sterling recruitment efforts of ken day the treasurer of the history group was happy to receive the application of oan archaeologist debbie lewis as a new member and her 10 annual subscription the company observed that this brought a happy smile to the treasurer s face with the goodwill and the labour of all the volunteers the back filling should be completed on schedule despite the continuing bad weather forecast of unremitting summer sun so far this has not been accompanied by a high humidity reading and fingers crossed this will remain the same on the final day bob bell share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook like loading posted in uncategorized leave a comment day 13 the end is nigh posted on june 29 2018 by oanorth debbie s blog i never tire of the walk up to site in the morning today again the sun was shining and the track welcomed us for another day of work alan linda and brian continued work in the two test pits opened yesterday on the southern side of site these were placed a short distance from the rough stone surface in an attempt to locate where the surface ceases interestingly the test pit that linda and brian were working in contained a decent depth of soil rather than a stone surface it does seem apparent that the area the north of the tents may have been cleared of stone at some point which is where these test pits are located we are going to take a monolith a column sample from the west facing section for further analysis by our specialist alan just clearing the last areas within one of the southern test pits this is the test pit that we will take a monolith from tomorrow as you can see it is much deeper than any other deposit that we have seen on site so far alan brian and linda meanwhile within the area of the stone surface len finished removing an area of stones to see if any other surface was visible below i did not manage to check in with him at the end of the day but it did not seem any other surface was apparent within the visible section he created i must say len well done on the section as it looked great the stones were removed to reveal the natural philip finished off cleaning the north east outer surface ready for the drone flight later in the day i think you have missed a bit philip stephe was kept busy today around the curbed revetment wall at the lower western end of site our aim here was to collect a sample from within this area in an attempt to obtain a c14 date he managed to obtain four 10l sample tubs worth of a sealed context it would be great to be able to at least give a date to this area even if we can not give a definite purpose i am still keeping my fingers crossed though that we can solve the mystery of the bronze age structure jeremy was working in the two test pits that were opened on the northern side of long house close which again had been opened yesterday for the same purpose as the southern side it does appear that there is still stones within this area but as to there purpose it is not certain as of yet jeremy looking happy in his work i managed to sample and complete the feature that i was working on within the area where we had obtained the iron age dates last year the sample i took of the main deposit contained large chunks of charcoal so i am hopeful the curved area of stones on the surface after excavation did appear to be in situ around the top of the possible pit sadly i have not got a picture at present but will add one tomorrow after all the survey work was completed i did the final flight with the drone i have to say the site looks fantastic thank you for all your hard work to get the site to where it is today and i hope i see many of you tomorrow to cover it all back in isn t archaeology a crazy game lol we spend two weeks digging it to just fill it back in i do appologise if there are any spelling mistakes or errors as i wrote this after a lovely evening of beatiful food and wine at the cove residence thank you to you both for the invation fantastic job everyone who would have thought we could achieve this in two weeks see you all tomorrow for the back filling debbie p s thought i would add a sneaky a picture of jeremy in today bless him he is all worn out stephes blog before we even started this morning we got a good example of the quality of our volunteer team with everyone watching a car backed into the gate at the parish room everyone leapt to help and the driver was more concerned about the gate than the vehicle that seems to say everything to me today was a clean up and a last ditch attempt to get to the bottom of things sample box after sample box was filled for oan to find the elusive evidence once it gets to lancaster everything was carefully labelled and recording and surveying went on apace with barrows and volunteers constantly standing between debbie and the staff held by lesley the pile of many samples ready for taking back to oan office get out of the way brian and linda came to an arrangement for sharing their test pit one squatting inside while the other lounged on the end and reached in in a typically decadent roman pose good knees bad knees len lifted out all his stones into a tidy pile that had to be moved before the drone was flown over we only moved them a short distance from the trench edge as they will all have to come back again where not to stack your rocks mary came up at lunchtime for a last bit of brushing up having spent the morning ready to drive south and leave the valley behind tomorrow brushing up skills the children s test pits have been back filled and re turfed as an example of what we will all have to be doing over the weekend a lesson in finishing off it may just look like a gap in the wall but look at all those stones waiting on the bank to be resettled for the next five hundred years a hole in the wall barbara has joined the list of walking wounded having a broken collar bone after the neighbour s dog pulled just too hard on the lead she joins a distinguished list of those with a cast iron excuse for the weekend if you have no excuse and time on your hands we ll welcome anyone who can come along to finish off the dig for us stephe share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook like loading posted in uncategorized leave a comment day 13 steady away posted on june 28 2018 by oanorth eleanor s blog it was great to be back out on site at the duddon dig my annual digging day it is always a pleasure to spend time with the volunteers frances mike christina chris liz roger joyce faiqa ken len alan b craig and alan w who are such a lovely friendly bunch group photo of all the volunteers and staff involved today despite the extreme heat there were a few volunteers not naming any names ken mike roger and alan b who were eager to crack on and started mattocking 4 new test pits two were located on the northern side of the enclosure and two to the south the idea was to see how far the cobbled area extended and whether the arc of the putative ring cairn could be found by the end of the day there were no obvious floors in the southern area but a possible wall in the northern one this will i am sure be excavated more tomorrow test pits opened on the southern side faiqa found the only find of the day another iron nail in her trench and everyone else worked really hard in extreme conditions to excavate their allocated areas the day was improved when frances handed around her lovely carrot cake to celebrate mike and christina s birthdays thank you frances much earned energy to keep us going i am afraid we had to call it a day early due to the heat but we had to persuade joyce to finish as she was extremely keen to carry on there is just no stopping joyce eleanor debbie s blog well i would just like to say it was lovely to see eleanor from the lake district national park on site today i would also like to thank her for her blog and pictures today for me was a busy day so i did not manage to wander around and chat to people i sometimes forget i am working when i am at the duddon dig as i have so much fun again the heat did takes it toll on us all but that did not stop everyone working hard i know i have said this before but i have to say bravo to the amazing volunteers that have attended the dig this year not only for their hard work and devotion but also for making this job so much fun no matter what the weather you have all turned up with smiles on your faces and eager to help uncover the secrets of long house close i do not think there is much more i can add to eleanor s account of today s events except to tell you a little about what kept me occupied jeremy definitely had everyone s attention during his talk this morning it seemed to motivate everyone even in the heat as all were eager to get started as i mentioned yesterday i had began to look at a possible feature within the area where we obtained an iron age date last year well i am pleased to say that it definitely appears to be a man made feature the profile in section and on the surface suggests a possible pit also there is a possibility of an area of curved stones that may have formed an oval feature around the possible pit you can kind of see them in the picture in the area around the scale of course these could just be random but hopefully i should know either way tomorrow the possible pit is located between the inner and outer wall on the northern side of long house close it does appear to cut through the bronze age surface that was uncovered last year i have drawn the section that is visible within the photograph above and also an over head plan we generally draw sections at a scale of 1 10 and plans at 1 20 the section gives us a view in part of the archaeological sequences through illustrating its profile and stratigraphy this is a very important step when it comes to the interpretation of the feature during post excavation we always need to produce an accurate and thorough record of any archaeological remains discovered as excavation often results in the destruction these contexts a section line is put in place to record the elevation and stratigraphic sequence after i have finished my recording tomorrow i will hopefully be able to fully excavate and obtain a sample from within the deposits of the possible pit fingers crossed we have enough charcoal from these samples to obtain a c14 date as we all know though this site is full of surprises so who knows what date we may get well i will leave you with of picture of everyone hard at work d taking a well earned rest from the sun can not believe we only have one day of excavation left have to say i am feeling a little sad thank you frances for the beautiful carrot cake i tink everyone appreciated your delicious offering see you all tomorrow bright and early debbie share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook like loading posted in uncategorized day 12 hot hot hot posted on june 27 2018 by oanorth debbie s blog well i know we should not complain but wow the heat today was something else jeremy decided that we would all take regular breaks to get out of the heat if needed and re hydrate the new tent was a god send and the volunteers that wanted some shade made good use of it after the mornings debriefing from jeremy all volunteers headed off to make a start on their designated areas it was lovely to see three new volunteers joining us today colin suzanne and jeanette although they had not been involved in any archaeological project before they all set about their tasks with great enthusiasm colin and suzanne worked on the area of the rough stoned surface to see if they could locate and edge they cleaned back the area that was uncovered using trowels when it appeared the surface was still continuing they extended further and continued cleaning back lets hope we can uncover that edge tomorrow well done to both of you today suzanne set to work on the rough cobbled surface on the north east side of long house close she was in safe hands as she 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