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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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