Dig 2012 Articles from July 2012
Day 14 - The End?
Posted by Lachlan - 23:17 on 29 July 2012 | 2 comments
I can hardly believe fourteen days of digging have flown by. The last day was a busy one, as always, with some last minute recording. This involved dr...
Day 13 - Drawn Again
Posted by Trish - 21:55 on 28 July 2012 | 1 comment
Today was another big learning day for me down at the dig. The lesson today was a practical session in drawing. This involved setting up a string righ...
Day 12 - Time Team Time
Posted by Lynne - 20:30 on 27 July 2012
Here we go. The final three days commence. Luckily we have had a great team working hard to get the final excavations and recording underway. Ok so we...
Day 11 - Sun, Sun, Sun
Posted by Catriona - 21:51 on 26 July 2012
Ideal dig weather, dry, some sunshine and a slight breeze to keep the midges and flies at bay. Ten people on site including Lachlan and Lynne. Two v...
Day 10 - Digging Deep!
Posted by Allan - 21:41 on 25 July 2012
Wednesday turned out to be a super day for digging. The wind had dropped and the sun occasionally popped through, just enough to keep our spirits up ...
Day 9 – Blown Away
Posted by Lachlan Mckeggie - 20:16 on 23 July 2012 | 2 comments
After yesterdays rush of around 50 visitors (thank you to all those who came along) today a kind of calm returned to the Foulis dig. However, while ou...
Day 8 - The Open Day
Posted by Simon - 21:02 on 22 July 2012 | 1 comment
The Open day was upon us before we knew it. A specially made notice by the roadside attracted several dozen eager Mound Hounds to our site. All arrive...
Day 7 - YAKity Yac
Posted by Karen - 21:50 on 21 July 2012 | 4 comments
A memorable day in the trenches. The Young Archaeologists Club (YAKs) visited the Old Archaeologists Club (OAKs) ie those already on site and we...
Day 6 - A new perspective
Posted by Trish - 22:34 on 20 July 2012 | 1 comment
Well I now know what an archaeological dig is, how it’s run and what a volunteer does.
I spent most of the time in trench 3 troweling soil, of ...
Day 5 - Cleaning mud
Posted by Lynne - 21:22 on 18 July 2012 | 1 comment
The main task for today was to get Trench 4 in the field cleared of the last of the plough soil and cleaned up for a photograph – this involved ...
Day 4 - Just a bit potty
Posted by Bob - 20:19 on 17 July 2012
Life in the trenches goes on. Help was on hand today with an increase of bodies and progress was made across the site. The weather remains on our side...
Day 3 - Anyone lost a button?
Posted by Kirsty - 17:54 on 16 July 2012
Today on the hill trench (Trench 3) was a day for cleaning the loose dirt off with trowels, to show the stones underneath more clearly for photos. Sma...
Day 2 - Onwards and Downwards
Posted by Lynne - 19:00 on 15 July 2012 | 1 comment
Another great day of digging. Both trenches were fully up and running today - work continued in cleaning up the trench on the mound to reveal the tumb...
Day 1 - Off to a flying start!
Posted by Lachlan - 17:20 on 14 July 2012 | 1 comment
Delve 2012 got off to a fantastic start today - our small but dedicated team of excavators started the day with a short tour of the site and soo...
Looking forward to some fresh delving
Posted by Caroline Vawdrey - 14:50 on 13 July 2012
Lachlan and Lynne, the leaders of this year's community dig at the Foulis Mound are busy making sure that the site is all ready for action - all the e...
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