Hunting Hall Archaeology Blog

12th June 2025 : Dig Diary Day 11

Not quite so many volunteers today but ‘work’ continued apace in both trenches. What was thought to have been a bone find in trench 8 yesterday turned out after washing to be a third piece of wood. It’s a mystery how wood has survived what might be two thousand years since the ditch was an important feature of the Iron Age settlement. Last year we found many animal bones close by in amazing condition. The nature of the soil in this trench is clearly important. Later in the day, an unusual structure being worked on by Carole and Ali became apparent. It seems to be a structure comprised of fairly regular positioned stones in a concentric pattern. Some of these stones are very tightly packed. The feature is about 2 metres in diameter and situated just outside the north western edge of the palisade in trench 10. Check out the photo to see how the red sandstone components appear at regular intervals around the perimeter. This surely has more to offer when it’s excavated over the next few days. Tomorrow is forecast to be very warm with light winds. There are paper cups and drinking water available for everyone. As it’s a very exposed site then sunscreen might be advisable. We’ll be there as usual from 10.00