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Diary Extra – Uncovering the site

Tuesday, July 4, 2023 (9:30 PM)

A few photographs from today. Click on any image for an enlargement.

Linda, Travis and Ceiridwen bailing out the water from Structure Twelve. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Paul, Ray and Lisa removing the first of Structure Twelve's protective covers.

Structure Ten revealed (except for the covers that protect the delicate floor surface). (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Structure Twelve uncovered. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Structure Twenty-Six - a much later building in the timeline of the site. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

On to Structure One. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

And Trench T. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Professor Mark Edmonds gives some of the diggers a refresher on what we know about Structure Twenty-Seven. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Work begins at the top of Trench J... (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

While Ray and Claire bail out the water at the bottom end. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Amost done Alette. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Chris mopping up the last of the water between Structure Five and the 'Great Wall of Brodgar'. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Aided by Claire. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Job's done. Structure Five revealed again. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

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