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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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