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Diary extra – day forty-four in pictures

Tuesday, August 20, 2024 (7:29 PM)

Some of Jo Bourne’s photographs from today. Click on any image for a larger version.

The remaining dig team outside Trench T this morning.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Sigurd finalises context sheets, (📷 Jo Bourne)
Incised Grooved Ware pottery drying in the finds hut.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Incised Grooved Ware pottery drying in the finds hut.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Ben with the flint tool from the drain outside Structure Twenty-Seven's hearth.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Ben's flint tool.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Ben's flint tool.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Alice planning Structure Thirty-Four.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Alice planning Structure Thirty-Four.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Megan and Jane in the finds hut.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
And it's on to the plans. Sigurd planning the north end of Structure Twelve.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Structure Twelve's north end.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Dr Antonia Thomas examines Travis' decorated stone from Structure Twenty.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Travis outside Structure Twenty's pier.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Travis outside Structure Twenty's pier.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Paul and Rachel in Structure Five.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
The end of the rainbow. Jim in Structure Twelve.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Across the Harray loch.  (📷 Jo Bourne)

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