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Diary extra – catching up with photos

Thursday, August 15, 2024 (9:03 PM)

A selection of pictures from today and yesterday…

Structure Five's freshly cleaned hearth and underlying channel. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Claire sampling a sondage in Structure Five's northern extension. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Paul sampling a pre-Structure Five ash deposit. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Heads down in Structure Five. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Lewis and Andy in Structure One. (📷 Jo Bourne)

A delighted Dr Antonia Thomas after seeing Ceiridwen's latest decorated stone. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Tour group outside Structure Ten. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Jim, Sigurd and Sara. Waiting outside Structure Twelve. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Nick examines the decorated orthostat that formed one of the sides of Structure Twenty-Seven's entrance passage. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Claire in Structure Five. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Mark on camera in Structure Twelve with Time Team. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Paul in Structure Five's northern end. (📷 Jo Bourne)

McKenna cleaning outside Structure Twenty-One. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Hamish and Caz in Structure One. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Alice at work in Structure Eight/Seventeen. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Structure Five's freshly cleaned hearth and underlying channel. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Ray in Structure Seventeen. (📷 Jo Bourne)

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