Hunting Hall Archaeology Blog
A daily account of or Hunting Hall dig.
31st May 2025 : Dig Diary Day D minus 2
The preparation is now complete and so the scene is set to begin this year’s dig at Hunting Hall Farm on Monday of next week. All being well we intend to be on site every day from 10.00 until 16.00 with our final day currently set at Sunday 29th June but please keep an eye on the daily dig diary for any changes to the plan.
Topsoil removal has already exposed some potentially exciting features, some we already know and require further investigation but others are new to us. If this year is anything like our previous adventures then these areas will prove to be very fruitful.
Also and new this year, and thanks to our tech guru, Alistair Mckenzie, we now have access to a highly accurate GPS location system. The first photo shows Ali standing in trench 10 at the centre of our mysterious 15m diameter circle. And how do we know this? Because the second photo shows what Ali can see on his screen with his position overlaid on the geophysics map of the site and the circle obvious at the lower right centre. The semi circle above and left indicates the position of a palisade. Both features are among this year’s targets for further investigation.
Once again cars must be parked in the farm’s stack yard (What3Words : research.dragonfly.grew) where there’s also a Portaloo. The weather is looking good for Monday. Hope to see some of you there.
