Hunting Hall Archaeology Blog
A daily account of our Hunting Hall dig.
4th June : Dig Diary Day 3
A full day today, exposing more of the ditch in trench 8 and further cleaning of trench 10. Some of you will recognise much of trench 10 as this is the third time it’s been worked on. It’s an expanded trench 3 that’s been made wider towards the west. Re-revealed today were some old friends, the ‘Big Stones’ first seen in 2019. Their purpose remains unknown but it’s likely they’ve been recycled through the ages. Their size and shape suggests that they could possibly have been standing stones at one time though that would probably pre date our predominantly Iron Age site. They may have then been repurposed as a gateway through the palisade into the settlement. They almost certainly became an obstruction during medieval ploughing hundreds of years later and were laid flat. We hope to find more of them as the dig progresses. Not the best weather forecast tomorrow but hopefully at least the morning will be dry. On site from 10.00 as usual.
