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Day Twenty-Four in pictures…

Day Twenty-Four in pictures…

1st August 2019, 9:50 pm 1st August 2019

A selection of pictures from today from Jo Bourne and Sigurd Towrie.

As usual, click on any image for a larger version.

Tonia and Natalie expose the hearth in Structure Seventeen.
Hearth preparations in Structure Eight.
Natalie and Structure Seventeen hearth.
Jo M. places a kubiena tin in one of the Structure Eight hearths.
Holly with the hammerstone recovered from Structure Ten.
Close-up of Holly's hammerstone.
Excavating animal remains in Structure Ten.
Charlie in Structure Ten as Claire plans Structure Twelve entrance in the background.
Hearths ready for archaeomagnetism sampling.
Planning in Trench T done, Lisa heads back to Trench P with finds trays.
Structure Twenty-Seven southern drain.
Structure Twenty-Seven southern drain.
Structure Twenty-Seven southern drain.
The interior cladding of the south-eastern interior of Structure Twenty-Seven.
Natalie and Callum sampling the 1925 hole that produced the 'Brodgar Stone'.
Planning continues in Structure Ten.
Excavation continues in Trench X.
Declan with a worked stone tool from the central midden area.
Catherine, from Structure Eight, with a fine piece of Grooved Ware pottery found in the central midden area.

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