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Dig Diary Extra – Day Thirty-One in pictures

Monday, August 15, 2022 (7:04 PM)

Sigurd back in his nook between Structures Eight and Nineteen. (Jo Bourne)

Ceiridwen and her worked stone tool from inside Structure Eight. (Jo Bourne)

Ceiridwen and her context sheets. (Jo Bourne)

Professor Scott Pike. (Jo Bourne)

Inside Structure One. (Jo Bourne)

A much-depleted tea-break. (Jo Bourne)

Ceiridwen planning in Structure Eight. (Jo Bourne)

Tour group outside Structure Eight. (Jo Bourne)

Giles and Ray record levels. (Jo Bourne)

Structure Seventeen's wall curving along the interior of Structure Eight. (Jo Bourne)

Kaehlin planning her orthostatic feature at the rear of Structure Ten's central chamber. (Sigurd Towrie)

Structure Eight and Structure Ten's northern external passageway. (Sigurd Towrie)

Another view of the northern section of Structure Ten's external passageway. (Sigurd Towrie)

Still planning. Jo in Structure Eight. (Sigurd Towrie)

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