Today, Thursday 17th
May, the weather is misleadingly sunny, despite being almost sub-zero
temperatures and gailforce winds, and the dig continues at Whirlow.
Activities today included:
- · Geophysics
- · Geochemistry
- · Floatation
- · Trench cleaning and recording
- · Experimental Archaeology
- · Finalising test pits
A new addition to today’s happenings included the arrival of
a psychic specialist to aid us in our efforts. With his own Media team- our competition ;)- he applied his special skills to gather archaeological findings of his own,
without needing to do any digging and using only the power of his mind. We can only
hope that we are as good at figuring out what occurred in that field as he is.
Our largest test pit, now 2x2 metres wide after being opened up earlier in the week, upon the grass-field seems to have our supervisors excitingly stumped at its findings. What has been found after excavating deeper over the past handful of days now appears to be signs of a possible fire pit, due to the positioning of the rocks as well as burnt sediment within the soil on the side of the initial test pit.
Situated in the Long Lane field, ideas and actions for the Experimental Archaeology side of Whirlow appear to be coming into fruition. By using methods employed in the past such as building the roundhouse, we will be able to better understand our findings and how the area was once used in human history. Experimental archaeology is a good way to have our theories on the happenings of the site proven, or in some cases, disproven.
Lastly, let us not forget about the cute animals that call Whirlow Hall Farm Trust home. They both add to the lively atmosphere as well as create the occasional chaos on the archaeological site, eg. Breaking into our trenches and leaving big squishy surprises behind for us to clean up the next morning. Unfortunately we have no pictures of this, however you can take our word for it, we would not lie about should a “serious” matter.
More updates to come tomorrow as our time at Whirlow Hall Farm Trust draws to an end L
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