All ten of us (including
my unwitting parents), worked very hard to finish off the dig and tidy up all
our effects. When we had finished it was as if we had never been there at all. We even managed to finish off what was left of Alison’s cake and ate it enjoying
the sunshine and the glorious view.
The test-pits had
their final exploration, finding more charcoal and tooth, plus burnt stone
inside the dwelling that encompassed trench 2. After digging two other
test-pits around hot-spots, this was somewhat irritating, finding precisely
nothing, except a small piece of red stone, in two weeks.
Backfilling - Photo by jennifer Stearne |
It was a great team
effort to plan, topograph and backfill the remaining trenches, but eventually,
with David’s trailer filled once again, and with our ‘buckets and spades’, we
set off back down the hill for the last time, only the sheep seemed glad that
we had gone.
Jennifer Stearn