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Diary Extra – Day Twelve in pictures

Tuesday, July 18, 2023 (10:20 PM)

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Nick J. and Lisa move a decorated stone from Structure Ten. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Alice and Dr Jo McKenzie discuss the deposit inside Structure Eight's entrance. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Structure One. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Phoenix excavating the robber debris to the side of Structure Twenty-Seven's entrance. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Allyson at the north-eastern corner of Structure Twenty-Seven. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Aaron and Sarah excavating a pottery spread in Structure Five. (📷 Paul Durdin)

Incised pottery sherd in situ. (📷 Paul Durdin)

The drying pottery sherd, with incised decoration, from Structure Five drying in the finds hut. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

He's back! Structure Twelve supervisor Jim Rylatt. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Eleanor investigating the 'lump' - a raised area that runs across the interior of Structure Twelve. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Clearly very happy with her second find of the day - Estella with the flint knife from Trench T. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Estella back in the finds hut with her second flint tool of the day. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Tom excavating the last of the Structure Eight hearth overlying Structure Seventeen's wall. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Aaron and Sarah in Structure Five's northern extension. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Linda sampling the ashy material in Structure Twelve's north-western recess. In the foreground in Twelve's eastern entrance and annexe. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

A swimming pool outside the 'Great Wall'? (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Planning. Planning. Planning. Kristina at the southern end of Structure Eight. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

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