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Diary Extra – Day Twenty-One in pictures

Monday, July 31, 2023 (10:40 PM)

A small selection of the photographs taken by Jo Bourne, all across the site, today.

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Gary in the Finds Hut (📷 Jo Bourne)
Alice armed with the water spray to dampen down the floor surfaces in Structures Eight/Seventeen. (📷 Jo Bourne)
Professor Mark Edmonds in Structure Ten, alongside the newly named Structure Thirty-Nine. (📷 Jo Bourne)
Nick J. in Structure Ten's south-western corner. (📷 Jo Bourne)
Mark and Nick J. And Structure Thirty-Nine. (📷 Jo Bourne)
Ceiridwen in Structure Eight/Seventeen. (📷 Jo Bourne)
Meticulous sorting. Anne in the finds hut. (📷 Jo Bourne)
Visitors make their way to the on-site shop. (📷 Jo Bourne)
New arrival Leah in Structure Five. (📷 Jo Bourne)
Claire working on one of Structure Five's eight furniture features. (📷 Jo Bourne)
Louise and Ralph elevated above Structure Five's primary floor. (📷 Jo Bourne)
Aaron alongside the Great Wall's steps. (📷 Jo Bourne)
Looking positively regal. The queen of the finds hut, Anne. (📷 Jo Bourne)
Ray and Tom in Structure Eight/Seventeen. (📷 Jo Bourne)
Phoenix in the finds hut with a multi-hollow cobble stone recovered from Structure Twelve this morning. (📷 Jo Bourne)
Molly with the perforated stone she found in Structure Twenty-Seven. (📷 Jo Bourne)
Michaela and the Structure Twelve's 'Void of Despair'. (📷 Jo Bourne)

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