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Diary extra – day fourteen in pictures

Thursday, July 11, 2024 (11:04 PM)

A few images from across the site today. Click on any photograph for an enlargement.

It's all go in Structure Twelve. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Jim and Chris investigating the area outside Twelve's south-western wall. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Rosalind and Anne take a breather during a quiet spell in the finds hut. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Jill excavating the floor surface above the planned extension to the Structure Twenty sondage. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Rowan excavating the cattle bone deposit surrounding Structure Ten. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Rowan excavating the cattle bone deposit surrounding Structure Ten. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
The south-eastern recess in Structure Ten. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Sarah-Jane planning the Structure Five heath and underlying channel/flue.  (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Four of the UHI Archaeology Institute students excavating Trench Z.  (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Four of the UHI Archaeology Institute students excavating Trench Z.  (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
The early Structure Two emerging from Trench Z.  (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

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