Hunting Hall Archaeology Blog
A daily account of our Hunting Hall dig.
20th June 2025 : Dig Diary Day 19
Please excuse the late publication of today’s dig diary. We’ve been waiting for the late results to come in (perhaps the page colour should’ve been pink for those of us of a certain age who remember the good old days!). Once again thanks to Deb for today’s entry.
Mad dogs and Englishmen… ( and a couple of mad Jocks) !! On the hottest day of the year a hardy group of us assembled and happily completed the ‘emptying’ of trench 8 before heading off at lunchtime to seek some shade and an ice cream!
Our quern stone was removed revealing it is indeed of the type known as ‘Beehive’ and -gathering the matrix lodged in the grinding mechanism for the purposes of floatation - we were able to see the extent of the damage to the stone. By good fortune Lindsay Allason-Jones of Border Archaeology Society visited the site at precisely the time it was being cleaned. Her impression (and bear in mind only an impression) was that the quern stone may have been abandoned during manufacture which is an option worth considering. The rest of the pottery was also removed, there being a significant amount. A veritable jigsaw for those who like that kind of thing. And finally the last of the bones was removed! Well done all!
Ready to go again at 10 am tomorrow with much better conditions forecast for the weekend!
